Talking about pinball and the old days of me growing up in a little café in the later 70's, that my mom had, after my deadbeat father left her while she was pregnant with me, brought back so many memories.
So I went looking for the pictures I knew I had somewhere.
Finally found them again.
The only table there that I know is Trident. All the others, I can't identify myself, but I'm sure others will without much trouble . 😊
Continuing on my dive into pinball yet again, I just found out that the Zaccaria collection has been delisted in Europe.
So I grabbed $60 in US PSN cards at play Asia and bought the full set with my American account just to make sure I got them before those get delisted one day.
Such a damn shame this keeps happening with digital pinball. 😒
i'm always surprised at how overlooked Inherit the Earth is by the adventure gaming crowd.
i can understand why: it doesn't fit cleanly into the sierra-lucasarts design dichotomy, all of the characters are animals/"morphs", and the game switches between isometric and theatrical perspectives constantly.
all of those reasons alone are enough to make me enjoy an adventure game. but what stands out to me today is just how unique it all feels. the gameplay freely moves between mystery, exploration, treasure hunt and social squabbles without falling too deeply into the genre traps that have plagued adventure games for decades
even after three decades i'm surprised every time at how fascinating this little world is. i wish the dreamer's guild and talin/david joiner had be given more time and money to make games like this.
Preview for Atomic Runner on Mega Drive from Sega Force 6 - June 1992 (UK)
Loved this one back in the day.
Somehow never hear anything about it besides a single mention in a Youtube video like every year or so.
I really should dig this one out one of these days.
Very funny nerd misunderstanding today. So I buy a lot of knock-off old SNES carts, PS1 games and other expensive retro stuff from Aliexpress. I mostly just want to have the box to put up on a wall.
A friends wife who likes old games came over while I was getting my hair cut and told my wife “Mat must have spent thousands and thousands of dollars on this collection.” My wife, concerned, is then shown the value of Earthbound new in box. She is (understandably) shocked that I have $15,000 worth of retro gaming on the shelf.
Sheepishly I have to explain they’re just knockoffs and cost $20 each. #retrogaming
Review for Gynoug on Mega Drive from Sega Force 6 - June 1992 (UK)
Another one I adored back in the day.
The designs, not only of the enemies, but the levels itself is something to behold.
Blew my mind back when it came out.
This one is also available today on modern platforms.
The new #Anbernic retro gaming handheld, which runs #Android 13 and has a 720x720 (1:1) screen is now available for a slight discount during the Dragonboat Festival time. Of course it can also run Stradew Valley, Minecraft, etc... as it comes with Play store enabled.
Preview for Sagaia on Sega Master System from Sega Force 6 - June 1992 (UK)
I usually always gravitate towards Darius Gaiden by default, but this past month I've been delving into the others again thanks to the Darius collections and I'm still amazed just by how creative these all were.
Brilliant series.
And I don't know what it is, but this line goes straight to my soul: 🥰 https://youtu.be/u1t2YC5CRtE?si=vhYd-Lmv9pLm-vLt&t=35
Retro video games
Cosy games
Streams with audience participation
Streams that welcome lurkers
Discworld
Strategy and Sci-Fi
Kind, inclusive vibes
Safe online community spaces
Dad jokes and innuendo