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RT @VinciusMedeiro6
Some people are probably not aware of this, but recently an prototype of Rise of the Triad just surfaced arround the internet.
This one is from september 1993, when the game was still supposed to be a sequel to Wolfenstein 3D.
https://twitter.com/VinciusMedeiro6/status/1633912487207743490
hey i got commissions open right here get yourself a cool portrait and help me not be too poor to treat myself https://maple.pet/commissions
@revenant years ago i sampled a bunch of the sounds (not from the rom, just soldered in an output jack) and made them into soundfonts, and did this track, tryna channel the style of the original demo arrangers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMfbMVjM0gA
i've released a new version of the gameyob gameboy emulator for DSi, it includes all the new features i've worked on so far
- pocket camera mapper support
- color correction for GBC screen approximation
- custom palettes for GB games
https://github.com/Lana-chan/GameYob/releases/tag/v0.5.3-mavica
If you used a Macintosh in the late 80s or early 90s, you're about to have a flashback...
In a good way.
In 1999 to 2000 I was going through a very rough patch in my life. What with the state of things, I didn't get to see #GalaxyQuest when it was first released. Finally, on a day I was feeling particularly low, and shortly before the movie left the theaters, I canceled work and took myself out to a midday matinΓ©e.
I was the *only* person in a vast theater, of a size that no one builds anymore, sitting and waiting for the lights to go down. At one point, I turned and peered up at the projectionist's booth. I saw a shadowy figure moving back and forth behind the window, bending and straightening. This was in the days before automated, digital films. The Phantom Menace had been released digitally in 1999, but the equipment to show such films was extremely expensive and most theaters hadn't converted yet; "projectionist" was still real job.
While I was looking, the figure paused, strode to the window and peered back at me, then disappeared quickly.
I turned back around and continued to fidget and ponder the misfit pieces of my life.
At the top of the aisle behind me, the theater door swung open and banged loudly on the wall. The projectionist strode down the aisle toward me, a tall barrel-shaped man with a thick beard and glasses. My first thought was that the matinee was canceled due to low turnout, and I'd be getting a refund. Just as I'd resigned myself to that, the marching projectionist shouted out in a booming voice,
"WELCOME to your PRIVATE viewing oooooooof GALAXY QUEST!!!"
He stopped in front of my row, and I saw that he had an *armload* of STUFF. One by one, he began presenting each thing to me, and as the pile in his arms dwindled, the one in my lap grew.
"As our SPECIAL VIP Galaxy Quest GUEST today, YOU are entitled to..."
"- A commemorative t-shirt!"
"- A poster suitable for framing!"
"- A limited edition refrigerator magnet!"
"- A button to pin to your lapel!"
The list and the shwag went on. With every ridiculous item, I laughed harder and harder, until there were tears leaking out of the corners of my eyes.
Then he bowed and shouted, "WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW!" and turned on his heel to march back up the aisle and out the exit door.
Alas, of all the shwag only the magnet has stood the test of time. But the humor and kindness of the unknown projectionist lives on.
Gameplay details for "Mars After Midnight"
https://dukope.itch.io/mars-after-midnight/devlog/495856/gameplay-loop
Try the delicious Wet Dust Pie.
A very special thank you to @vga256 for his work archiving #german #canadian #programmer Klaus Breuer's (#inmemoriam) fan port of ChipWits to #windows that would have otherwise been lost to time! https://chipwits.com/2023/03/03/unofficial-windows-version-by-klaus-breuer/
Myst is "moody, magical, and filled to the brim with mysterious mechanisms..."
It's also the latest subject of our Why I Love series of developer-penned pieces, with this one contributed by Andy Cargile of Smart Technologies
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/building-a-myst-ery-why-i-love
One of the ones that hurts more than most in these anniversary posts I make. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon turns 50 today (1 Mar 1973).
While not my fav album of theirs (Animals is), there's no debating the power and influence of this album. Will be spinning it today. Probably more than once. #PinkFloyd #DarkSide #DarkSide50
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