gorilla.bas (Andrew)

UK-based vintage gaming and computing fanatic. Curating, restoring and using ancient PC tech since 1993 for that nostalgia hit. He/him, ADHD/BPD.

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

Well, it's been a little while, but here's a tribute to reaching 700 followers. It's a quiet period while I get my space sorted out, but there's lots of vintage computing masochism still to come!

New followers: welcome. Those who have stuck with me: thank you. 🙂

#PrideMonth

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

@COTW_SNK_NeoGeo @therealh0ffman All you've proved is that you know nothing about h0ffman 🤣

[Knightmare: The Game @knightmarequest]

KNIGHTMARE IS BACK! An official point-and click adventure game based on the classic TV series - with actors from the original show. Coming 2027.

But just remember - it's only a game...isn't it?

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

Wow 🤣

[Ayaan 🐧 @twtayaan]

genuine question: why does every Windows PC start at the "C" drive?

wtf happened to A and B?

[Kari (rhymes with atari) @KariLawler]

Just hit 100,000 subscribers on @YouTube ... and I'm genuinely lost for words! 🎉 ... So big thanks goes out to all that have watched, commented and shared, and to the retro community as a whole. As without this support we wouldn't have made it here! So excited for what's still to come.🙏

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

@Gammitin I worked in a Special Reserve shop in '98 when I school after A-Levels. I absolutely loved playing with the latest games and newest tech, especially as I was still running a 486DX/4 at home. Unreal was the first time I saw transparent water in a game, blew me away.

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

@Procyon86 Holy shit, I only just updated to a 4790K 🤣

[Dany Belvedere (Lord Alfajor) 🖱 🕹💻 ⌨️🍪🤘🏻 @losalfajores]

SEGA RALLY 2 para PC 25 aniversario.
NO es emulación, es la versión nativa de PC adaptada para correr en Win10/11 con total fluidez y compatibilidad con teclado o joystick.
Acá el instalador listo para jugar. Enjoy.
https://t.co/rt5LdQU0Le

[retrokat - retro gaming and Discord chatterbox🐾 @retrokatg]

I could drive an 850hp F1 car with a 7 speed gear shift around Monaco before I could drive irl….

Super Monaco GP

On Megadrive, it’s still great to this day!

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[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

@retrokatg Same 🤣

[Vervexx @BlackburnLord]

Fantastic breakdown of why disc rot is actually a pretty rare problem (mostly due to manifacturing problem with some games/DVD's) and not a common thing as some recent posts I've seen here would like you to think. Absolutely worth a read if you're into physical media collecting.

[John Romero 🤘🏽 @romero]

Hi Sandy, I hope you’re well. I have appreciated the recent discussions. I do not agree with your framing.

Regarding piracy, DOOM is a complicated example because shareware was the model. DOOM’s first episode was designed to be freely copied, passed around, uploaded, installed, and played. That enormous unpaid audience was not the same thing as piracy. It was part of how DOOM reached the world.

By the mid-90s, DOOM had something like 20 million shareware installs and more than 2 million paid copies sold. Those 20 million people were not “pirates” by default. A huge number of them were playing the free episode exactly as intended.

That doesn’t excuse people pirating the registered game. However, it’s important not to collapse legal shareware distribution, unpaid reach, and actual piracy into one number.

I also don’t think piracy is what “gutted” id - id is still around and still making games. Piracy may have cost money, but it wasn’t the reason Quake was hard or why people eventually went different ways.

So yes: pay developers. Buy the games you love. Support the people who make them.

But history is messier than “pirates killed the companies.” Sometimes the same free distribution that looked like lost sales was also the thing that made the game impossible to ignore.

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

@kashiokyoiku Yes!

https://t.co/0vVdu9O918

[Phil Bennett @PhilBennett3D]

The sounds of the Casio MT-540 sample ROMs (with thanks to @brassicGamer)

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

Been a while since I've done a thread, but an opportunity has arisen to do one on this keyboard. @PhilBennett3D asked if someone could dump the ROM from a Casio keyboard with the 'Nightbirds' demo. This is one of those!

[Chris Chapman @retrohistories]

Seeing as how the Emmy awards happened last night, let’s talk about the February 1998 issue of PC Zone magazine.

Thread 👇

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

@Bhaal_Spawn 🤣

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

Okay, time to officially quit this hellscape. Been using Bluesky for about a year and the balance seems to have shifted in recent weeks thankfully.

https://t.co/fu8yXs2Vpy

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

9/ Nice. Time to play some Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003, GTA Vice City and Need For Speed Underground 2.

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

1/ Join me while I build my early (2003) XP gaming PC. I will start with a wildly inappropriate case because it's the only spare one I have except for an aluminium one with a window and that clearly has to be used for the late XP SLI system. My peripherals are black though.

[gorilla.bas (Andrew) @brassicGamer]

8/ It's done. The case came with an intake fan, but I don't have any spare fans for exhaust with the right cables. One thing I remember pissing me off about this board is that there's only one case fan header and it's right at the bottom. It's a Northwood, it should be fine.