Weasel @wildweasel@computerfairi.es

rare lore: back in 2018 I came across a 500-page technical deep dive guidebook on SimCity 2000. In a process that took several years because they had so much backlog of manuals, magazines, etc, I sent it to Gaming Alexandria and they made a proper professional scan of it and uploaded it to archive.org. You can read it right now!

When I say technical... I mean there's a section on how to hex edit your save files.

https://archive.org/details/sim-city-2000-power-politics-and-planning-revised-edition-strategy-guide/

#gaming #retrogaming #simcity

Hey everyone, I've been informed that cyber.ms will be shutting down in a couple of months. This means I need to find another instance.

If you know of another good bot-friendly instance for my 3x/day postings, let me know. Otherwise, postcardbot will go away when cyber.ms does.

Also: my last migration (from botsinspace) failed utterly, so keep your eyes peeled for an announcement of a new host and maybe be prepared to manually switch over when it's announced.

computer graphics (1996) https://archive.org/details/cdromuser199601/page/n59/mode/2up

It's 2026 -- DOES YOUR HARDWARE ACCELERATED WINDOW MANAGER CAST SHADOWS ACCURATELY?? 1996 for comparison.

#psion #wayland #linux #retrocomputing

⭐ Jurassic Park Computers in Excruciating Detail https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html

This is what personal blogs were made for. Be weird and obsessive then write about it.

∞ https://rknight.me/links/jurassic-park-computers-in-excruciating-detail-/

A new engine landed in ScummVM!

Introducing: The Fool's Errand, a critically-acclaimed narrative puzzle game written by Cliff Johnson in 1987 and based on characters and arcana from the tarot.

The engine, implemented by own @moralrecordings, adds support for all known Macintosh releases of the game.

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #linuxgaming

New on Patreon ($1/month or more): It's Soldier of Fortune Inc. and the episode "Alpha Dogs."

A run-of-the-mill 90s action show where one episode has a computer nerd recreating military combat scenarios in Quake, and gets more what he bargained for.

https://www.patreon.com/youfoundasecretarea/posts/looking-at-of-s-163802634

most emulators: hey we finally figured out how to emulate this super obscure n64 game! and also, we've added some better support for running romhacks! isn't that great?

scummvm, for some reason: dude you can now run mcdonalds circus of edutainment for the mac+ on your fucking psp. duuuuude

“Fuck this, I quit.”
“Wait Stan, you can’t just-“
“Later, losers!”

“I, _____ in the presence of these my mentors and my peers in my CALLING, pledge on my HONOUR and COLD IRON, that to the best of my knowledge and power, I will not tolerate or pass, or participate in the passing of, BAD WORKMANSHIP or FAULTY MATERIAL in all that concerns my works as an ENGINEER, or in my dealings with my own conscience, before the WORLD.

“My TIME I will offer freely; my THOUGHT I will openly share; my CARE I will fully apply, towards the honour, use, stability and perfection of any works to which I may be called to set my hand.

“My fair WAGES for that work I will openly take. My REPUTATION in my CALLING I will honourably guard; but I will not attempt to manipulate, obscure judgement or seek personal gain from anyone with whom I may deal. And further, I will diligently strive against professional jealousy or the belittling of my working colleagues, in any field of their labour.

“For my assured failures and derelictions, I ask pardon beforehand of my mentors and my peers in my CALLING here assembled; believing that in the hour of my temptations, weakness and weariness, the memory of this, my OBLIGATION, and of the company before whom it was declared, may return to me to aid, comfort and restrain.”

The above is the text of the Calling of the Engineer; this oath is required of Canadian engineers to receive the Iron Ring signifying their profession.

Software engineering is excluded from this ritual and obligation. I resent that fact.

lemmings & oh no! more lemmings, disc, playstation (1998) https://www.mobygames.com/game/12725/lemmings-oh-no-more-lemmings/cover/group-62016/cover-167543/

Writing on the back of this one says “I don’t like this program”. Photo from my collection, 1961.

I've had this post on the backburner for six years, through an entire format-change (it was almost a YouTube video!), before I decided it needed to be a blog post instead. Prime Target, a Macintosh FPS game that's weird precisely because it isn't weird.

https://netizen.club/~wildweasel/blaugh/posts/2026-07-05-Prime-Target---Senseless-Patriotism.html

hot shots golf 2, print ad, imagery, playstation (2000) https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-issue-31-april-2000/page/n1/mode/2up

Oasis - Ed Latimer
https://macthemes.garden/themes/7356550eda88-Oasis

someone said there are no CGA nerds, there are only CGA sickos.

I take offense to that, I can be both