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Working as a system administrator near Munich, Germany. Collector of retro games. Cartridges and floppy disks. NES, SNES, Game Boy, Amiga, IBM PC, ...

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dfx, to retrogaming
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Oh wow... This is something special! I found an early pre-release version of "Castle of the Winds" .. v0.5.4. This was apparently released exclusively for Microsoft employees back in the day.

I think it's an awesome collector's piece! My gratitude goes to "iamxray" for his generous upload.

Here's where I found it:
https://archive.org/details/W3CASTLE

Have fun guys!

Castle Of The Winds 0.5.4 - Warning about the pre-release version
Castle Of The Winds 0.5.4 - gameplay

dfx, to retrogaming
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Incube8 Games has finally released legit digital editions of Greenboy Games' famous Game Boy titles. Took them long enough...

"The Shapeshifter 2" running on an Analogue Pocket

dfx, to amiga
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Messing around a bit with .DMS image files using AmigaOS 3.2 and DMS v1.11.

Yeah, I guess I could simply use .ADF files like everyone else, but I think it's a lot more fun to use depricated, oldschool tools. 😉

dfx, to retrogaming
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I just received the physical edition of Rogue Declan, a modern dungeon crawler for Commodore Amiga. My first brand-new Amiga game in over 30 years!

It‘s only the budget edition, but it still looks super beautiful! Totally worth the wait!

Thanks @nivrig for all your work and care!

Rogue Declan for Commodore Amiga Opened box
Rogue Declan for Commodore Amiga Floppy Disk

dfx, to retrogaming
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Back in the day, game developers needed to explain and justify each and every file that came with a game. The user was respected as the local system administrator and owner of the computer.

#RetroGaming #Nostalgia #MSDOS #SimCity #Maxis

nivrig, to amiga
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Looks like the Rogue Declan boxed editions are actually shipping now! Hurrah!

Get yours here:
https://www.polyplay.xyz/?suche=Rogue+Declan&lang=eng

⚔️🕹🕹⚔️

dfx,
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@nivrig I had almost lost all hope !!!

dfx, to retrogaming
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If you're a fan of the original "Super Mario Allstars" for the SNES, you should also know about its famous "brick bug", which is actually super annoying once you realize it's there. Luckily, there's a simple fix!

Here's a good explanation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGohbDM7nCg

Here's the fix:
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/7287/

dfx, to Nintendo
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Just to add a a little controversy: While trying to decide which version is my personal favourite, I just went through the different variants of "Super Mario Bros. 3".

Oh, well... there's the original NES version and there's the SNES "Allstars" remake. The NES graphic looks super clean and the SNES remaster is just beautiful! Both are perfect in their own way!

But there's also this creepy thing they put on the GBA.... I never understood why Mario needed a voice actor! That weird egg-throwing dinosaur somehow is also talking now. Adding the annoying screen crunch to fit the GBA's screen... this will never be as good as the originals!

Super Mario Bros. 3 on the SNES. A beautiful masterpiece!
Super Mario Bros. 3 on the GBA. WTF?!

dfx, to retrogaming
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I just had to test this combination: An original Japanese cartridge of „Super Mario Land“ running natively on the Japanese „Super Game Boy“ with Analogue‘s „Super Nt“ set to 60Hz NTSC. Image is set to sqare pixels and upscaled to 4K on a 55inch OLED screen. 1989-2024… perfection!

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dfx, to retrogaming
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Today, I completed my collection of Super Game Boys by adding the regular Japanese version. 😉

dfx, to retrogaming
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I just received this from eBay USA: "SimCity Classic - Deluxe Edition for Windows". Pretty much the definitive version of SimCity Classic. The Deluxe Edition will install both the official SimCity graphic packs and the Terrain Editor.

Have fun!

https://archive.org/details/simcity_classic_deluxe_windows

dfx, to retrogaming
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A few days ago, Knights of Bytes finally released "Sam's Journey" for the NES. Yesterday, I purchased the digital download and just put the NTSC ROM through its paces for maybe 20 minutes of gameplay.

Sam's Journey's a super beautiful game and it plays very well on my Nt Mini Noir! So far, highly recommended!

https://www.knightsofbytes.games

dfx, to retrogaming
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I found this little MS-DOS game, named "Data Becker Knobelkiste" in a pile of loose floppies. Maybe someone wants it?

https://archive.org/details/knobelkiste_kryoflux

Data Becker's Knobelkiste, install programm
Data Becker's Knobelkiste, sound card selection

dfx, to retrogaming
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I just added the original tech demo of "MicroMan" to my retro collection. I was always a fan of the finished game "The Adventures of MicroMan", but this one started it all, back in the day.

Shoutout to "Brian L. Goble", if he's still around somewhere! ;-)

#RetroGaming #Win311 #MicroMan #Shareware

MicroMan tech demo - credits showing a photo of "Brian L. Goble".
"MicroMan" tech demo, screenshot

dfx, to retrogaming
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My "new" 360K 5.25" floppy disk drive was delivered today. Now, I can finally archive all of these 40-track disks properly!

I already dumped several good disk images and everything seems to be working perfectly!

KryoFlux dumping a 5.25 inch disk

dfx, to VintageOSes
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Okay, maybe I'm actually a little bit crazy.. I just spent over 100 Euros on a 360K 40-track 5.25inch floppy disk drive. 😉

#Floppy #Retro #MSDOS

dfx, to retrogaming
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In 1993, a collection of five iconic arcade games was released by Microsoft for Windows 3.1. "Microsoft Arcade" included Asteroids, Battlezone, Centipede, Missile Command and Tempest.

Here's the complete 1440K KryoFlux disk image and a 300dpi scan.

https://archive.org/details/ms-arcade_kryoflux/

Have fun!

#RetroGaming #Win311 #Arcade #Microsoft #Floppy

dfx, to retrogaming
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Does anyone still remember playing the 3D action game „Descent“ for MS-DOS? I‘ve uploaded a complete set of KryoFlux disk images and scans to archive.org! The original full retail version of Descent on 5 x 1440K floppy disks!

https://archive.org/details/descent_kfx

Rock on! 😜😎

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dfx, to retrogaming
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I was finally able to find an unmodified, pristine 5.25 inch disk set of Microsoft's Flight Simulator 4.0 for MS-DOS in German. Enjoy!

https://archive.org/details/fltsim4_de_kfx_525

#Simulation #RetroGaming #FlightSimulator #MSDOS #Floppy #KryoFlux

dfx, to retrogaming
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Another one for the collectors!

A Titanium Seal shareware release from 1993: "Castle of the Winds - A Question of Vengeance" for Windows 3.1. 720K KryoFlux disk image and 300dpi scan.

https://archive.org/details/castle-titanium_kryoflux

Have fun!

Castle of the Winds I - Inventory screen

dfx, to retrogaming
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Banania is another Windows 3.1 game from Data Becker. From 1992. Here's the complete installation disk as a 720K KryoFlux and IMG image.

Have fun!

https://archive.org/details/banania_kryoflux/

#Win311 #RetroGaming #DataBecker #Banania

Banania in Windows 3.1

nivrig, to amiga
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Your reminder that pre-orders for Rogue Declan physical editions are still open!

https://www.polyplay.xyz/?suche=rogue+declan&lang=eng

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#Amiga #RetroGaming #RogueLite #TwinStick

dfx,
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@nivrig Any news when Rogue Declan physical editions will be shipping...?

nivrig, to amiga
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Rogue Declan physical editions are coming, but a little later than planned. Stay tuned!

#Amiga

dfx,
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@nivrig And here I was wondering what went wrong,.... thanks for letting us know...

dfx, to VintageOSes
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Last night, I discovered two quirky, little "Jump'n'Run" games from the early 1990s:

"Secret Agent" and "Crystal Caves" from Apogee (later known as 3DRealms). I never played these back in the day, but they seem to be fun games, so I added them to my retro library. Simple, but pleasant EGA graphics!

Btw: I also just purchased both of them on GOG.com... as classic and modern "HD" versions.

Playing "Secret Agent" for MS-DOS
Secret Agent for MS-DOS, Shareware warning.

dfx, to retrogaming
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A few days ago, Telev78 very generously shared his new scan of the official "Monkey Island 2 Hint Book" with the community. I am a huge fan of the classic LucasArts adventure, so - of course - I was excited!

It was glorious, but I felt his original upload could benefit greatly from a little bit of digital restoration. With Telev78's permission, I used macOS and Pixelmator Pro to clean and repair all of the Hint Books's 72 pages.

Here's the end result:
https://archive.org/details/monkey-island-2_hint-book

Have fun! 😉

Digital restoration using Pixelmator Pro.
The finished, restored Hint Book.

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