@williamtries @dosgameclub I've had surprisingly good times with that once I found the right kind of card; my 486 Aptiva presently has a 3Com Etherlink III in ISA. The drivers for it are still available and easy to locate for both DOS and Windows 3.11, and it is not difficult to set up mTCP in a pure-DOS environment to access LAN and/or internet (for example, to FTP things to/from the computer): https://www.brutman.com/mTCP/
(gah, had the wrong link earlier)
Into The Shadows was an impressive looking 3D fantasy fighting game developed for Scavenger back in 1996 for #PC, #PlayStation and #Sega #Saturn. Only a rolling demo currently exists, but something playable is hoped to be found. Can it be saved?
New blog post: I dug out my old copy of a favourite Japanese Mac game from 2004, and ended up discovering that it's had an official English translation hidden inside its files this entire time - that can be unlocked by just changing a single byte in the save file.
FTC denies rating board's suggestion for age verification system
The Federal Trade Commission has denied a petition to allow companies to use facial age estimation (FAE) technology to obtain parental consent when collecting data from children under 13, a requirement for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
#FTC #ESRB #COPPA #games #gaming #facialrecognition #biometrics #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech
https://www.techspot.com/news/102493-ftc-denies-esrb-petition-suggesting-facial-age-estimation.html
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/
print ad screenshot (1984) https://archive.org/details/eu_The_Micro_User_1984-11_OCR/page/n65/mode/2up?view=theater
Varvara / Uxn core 0.0.1 for Analogue Pocket is released!
Itβs still early, and a lot of features arenβt there yet, but it should be good enough for some simple demos and games π
Here's one of my little contributions to the fab #amiga #chiptune music disk ChipChop 17 / Desire released at
@revision_party
last wknd :) this one's called Friday Feeling <3
#demoscene
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