Notices by Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social), page 36

Since it's Russian media produced by the state, here's a quick note:

The director of the film Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) spoke out against Russian war in Ukraine.

The writer of the source novel Sergey Lukyanenko banned Ukrainian translations of his books, denies Ukraine's existence, and wished violence on Ukrainian children.

So that's where we're at 20 years later. 🤷♂️

@thomasfuchs Most people did. It became the one that took over even in Russia over time. Which is unfortunate because it takes out things that should have been left in, and adds stupid exposition dumps as well as other additions that just weren't needed.

When Russian urban fantasy supernatural film "Night Watch" (2004) was released outside of Russia, a new version was produced. An inferior one, imo. Since then the "International" version became the one distributed across all formats, and the original 115 min cut was confined to a DVD released in only in Russia.

Now you can find a direct stream copy of the DVD together with official English subtitles in an MKV here: https://archive.org/details/night-watch-2004-original

Comprehensive comparison: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=2891

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing

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@misty @SpindleyQ That's the one! It's good.

Sooty & Sweep (Peakstar Software/Alternative Software, 1992) #DOSGaming

If you enjoy my silly posts, screenshots, and other stuff, you can buy me a sandwich and a cup of tea here: 🥪☕
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@foone No matter how many times this has happened already, this is still the first thing I think of when I see "AGI". 🤷

7,000 followers?! Woot! That's around the number things turned shitty over on Birbsite. Let's see what happens.

@Ertain I've loaded up enough ZX Spectrum games in my life to know exactly what data played as sound is like. I, and everyone else who owned a Spectrum, *wish* it resembled techno.

The ultimate Windows 3.x gaming experience

Greedy (Eclipse, 1996) #DOSGaming

And now it's liberated from the confines of Steam: https://archive.org/details/paco-dos-1994

@jibsaramnim @SharkaBytes To be honest, if you have the time I would recommend experiencing them all in release order.
But 5 is the best designed out of the bunch, imo.
And 3 is the most overall even & interesting out of the parser-input SQ games.

@SharkaBytes Considered by many Space Quest fans to be the peak of the series. I couldn't disagree more. While the writing and presentation are very nice, its puzzle design is so atrocious that I can't even refer to it as a good game, nevermind a peak of any kind. But, of course, back in the day it was more or less the norm. The game aged extremely poorly mostly in hindsight.

@Vyothric How long did it take you?

Unusual release of a piece of #DOSGaming history:
"Paco El Hare vs Los Marcianos Siderales," a never before seen 1994 DOS point & click adventure demo produced by Alcachofa (of Drascula fame) as a pitch to find a publisher, has been released on Steam (FREE):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1643000/Paco_El_Hare_vs_Los_Marcianos_Siderales/

Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

Fisher-Price: School Bus Driver (GameTek, 1989) #DOSGaming

Sweet from the flowers
Honey from the bees
I've got a feeling
I'm ready to release

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI