It's no mere Valentine's week. Here's my initial CD dump of Little Shaker: Summer Adventures, an excellent, obscure Windows 95-era action-RPG from 2001: https://t.co/QFJMsay0ra
When young rascal Cliff learns to use a mail-order alchemic shaker, his vacation gets a lot less dull!
I'm proud of the work we and the orgs we partnered with did to try and change copyright law. We really gave it our all, I can't see what else we could have done. This fails the needs of citizens in favor of a weak sauce argument from the industry, and it's really disappointing.
DOOM + DOOM II is getting newly enhanced versions (and now combines both games). New achievements coming as well. Listing up ahead of QuakeCon https://t.co/bl5ueuHaek
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993, DOOM pioneered and popularized the first-person shooter, setting a standard for all FPS games. The critically acclaimed sequel, DOOM II, followed in 1994. Now the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Owners Receive:
- DOOM¹
- DOOM II¹
- TNT: Evilution
- The Plutonia Experiment
- Master Levels for DOOM II
- No Rest for the Living
- Sigil
- Legacy of Rust (a new episode created in collaboration by id Software, Nightdive Studios and MachineGames)
- A new Deathmatch map pack featuring 25 maps
Altogether, there are a total of 187 mission maps and 43 deathmatch maps in DOOM + DOOM II.
We have detailed pictures of one of the first physical GameCube ever made!
It was called the "Nintendo Dolphin"
This GameCube is so rare that we where not allowed to to upload it on internet... until now more pictures soon!
The European Citizens' Initiative has launched! This is the biggest and most ambitious chance to create law on publishers destroying videogames they have already have sold to you. Get EU citizens to sign it!
https://t.co/cAWDD8O6tq
In shocking news, https://t.co/W08nY5SYT9 is ceasing operation as we know it. This website has been the nexus for fan-translation and romhacking for many years, and is a huge loss.
For anyone wondering how import friendly the EggConsole release of Popful Mail is on Switch… It includes 6 pages of English language hints and tips, including full menu translations. It’s plenty to help you play through the game and enjoy it.
Madou Monogatari 4, the first proper follow-up in the mainline series since 1-2-3 in 1990, has been officially revealed in this week's issue of Famitsu. It is titled Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School & coming to PS5, PS4, & Swich on November 28 in Japan.
In collaboration with @virtuallyfun , we ported Neko Project II to Windows NT 4.0 for PowerPC.... and it can run on Power Mac G4s (emulated here thank to DingusPPC)!
The legendary PS1 kusoge RPG Ancient Roman—the true rival to Final Fantasy 7—now arrives in English for the first time!
Save the world from the Power of Dark Side, one broken, lag-filled step at a time!
Translation: @SnowyAria
Hacking: @EsperKnight
Editing: @Cargodin
Fun fact: Tomomi Sakai has a blog he is very active on where you can comment and he will respond quickly.
Source: I commented and he responded quickly.
Who Did What At Irem: A (Semi-)Comprehensive Thread
Today, we're going to be doing a deepdive on one of the premier arcade giants of the 1980's. We're all familiar with enduring classics such as R-Type and In The Hunt, but who were the talented men & women that created them?
New blog post! I've been hunting for one of these for a long time, but anything I buy for myself is going to need some work (otherwise, what's the point?) Come watch me get this Sharp MZ-700 running.
#retrocomputing#retrocomputer#mz700#z80