TCD

@TCD@oldbytes.space

TheCyberDruid. Retro person. Mainly games.

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TCD, to retrogaming

Another comparision video between the original 1997 release and the 2023 remaster for Quake 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5FQ0RL1Yxc
#Retrogaming #Quake2

TCD, to retrogaming

Today I finshed the Quake 2 remaster episode Call of the Machine and it is mostly good, but there are some seriously slaughter map moments that just don't work. Limiting your weapons and resources is not that bad, but throwing 20+ enemies at once at you isn't that much fun.
#Retrogaming #Quake2

TCD, to amiga

https://mastodon.social/@AmigaAbime Official Abime (HOL, English Amiga Board, Amiga Games That Weren't etc) is now on Mastodon.
#Amiga #Retrocomputing #Retrogaming

dfx, to amiga German
@dfx@techhub.social avatar

I managed to install Workbench 3.1, various tools, WHDLoad and a few games. Well, this is kinda cool...

#AMIGA #Retro #Commodore

TCD,

@dfx For all your up to date WHDLoad needs: http://ftp2.grandis.nu/turran/FTP/Retroplay%20WHDLoad%20Packs/

TCD, to retrogaming

Quite nice comparison video for the Quake 2 remaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bqgBn9c3Qc
#Retrogaming #Quake

TCD, to amiga

Into the wonderful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJtkYCxZBtQ
#Amiga #Retrogaming

TCD, to random

Last one for tonight, the 36 minute full version of The Box by Orbital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5IUv0arB4

TCD, to random

A b-side in 1991 is still one of my favourite The Prodigy tracks, Pandemonium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viCQXcb8grc

TCD, to random

What a beautiful and at the same time weird phase for electronic music the end of the 90s were. Case in point Orbital - The Box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJnve05CnNE

TCD, to VintageOSes

1997 Atari ST fueled music goodness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmw94O9OWRE
#AtariST #Music #BigBeat #FatboySlim

TCD, to amiga

The Crystal Hammer theme by Karsten Obarski always felt like one of the most Amiga songs ever written to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8saW9rKpUw
#Amiga #ModMusic

TCD,

@mrsbeanbag Given that Karsten created ST-01 that's not an unlikely scenario ;)

SharkaBytes, to amiga

Have YOU got what it takes?

High hopes for the #Amiga 600's success and plenty of SEGA Mega Drive ad energy in this UK commercial.

The A600 was my first Amiga, handed down after the second-hand 500+ that my parents picked up for me kaputt within a couple of days and was refunded. They decided to buy a newly-released 1200 instead and give me the 600.

I have quite a few 'miggy magazines from 92 and 93 and there were definitely high hopes from Commodore that it would be a success. The PCMCIA card slot features heavily in discussions prior to its release and it was believed that it would supplant the floppy disk as its primary storage medium for games and applications and would eliminate software piracy - ever a bone of contention for Amiga software houses.

Bit of a boondoggle in the end, and heartily disliked within Commodore itself, with David Pleasance of Commodore UK quoted as calling it a complete and utter screwup.

#Retrogaming #Retrocomputing #90s #vintagecomputing

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TCD,

@SharkaBytes David wanted an 'A300' which would be a lower cost Amiga variant basically aimed at C64 owners hesitant to switch to the Amiga. Commodore Germany wanted to have something that they could market as an 'updated' Amiga and went for additions like PCMCIA that meant it wouldn't be as cheap as David hoped. Releasing the A1200 later that year made the whole thing pretty much pointless. By the end of 1992 the financial issues of Commdore were also out in the public, so in hindsight the A600 in the form it was brought to market really didn't make much sense.

TCD,

@SharkaBytes There's a thread about it on EAB right now and it's fascinating that some people really think that pushing machines out at a loss really made any sense. An AGA machine in 1991 would have made a huge difference even at a higher price point. At least in my opinion :)

The whole timeline between 1990 and 1996 about the Amiga is pretty interesting. Escom releasing the A1200 with just an (partially) incompatible disk drive in 1995 and announcing a new machine a month before failing to sell the brand... it's mind boggling.

TCD, to retrogaming

That's why I love to dig through old magazine ads for games: End of 1990 exchange rates for UK Pounds, French Francs and German Marks (approximation) immortalised in the last three adverts here https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/the-immortal#scans
#Retrogaming

SharkaBytes, to amiga

Adventures in polygonal space in four images.

I lived and breathed this game for a good 18+ months. Dreaming of finding secret worlds, secret ships, and of adventures beyond the horizon of the known cosmos.

Frontier: Elite II, #Amiga version.

#Retrogaming #Retrocomputing #scifi #videogames #vintagecomputing #space

A pair of polygonal green 'Eagle Fighters' cruising through space.
An Imperial courier, its engines blazing, prepares to pass a wheel configuration space station.
Frontier is the long-awaited sequel to Elite by Ian Bell and David Braben. Words to conclude a stunning intro as our imperial courier makes one last pass, engines trailing blue fumes.

TCD,

@SharkaBytes You should bring them to the planet that this game plays on https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/alien-fish-finger

TCD, to amiga

My favorite part of the Budbrain Megademo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBsNkggY-UQ
#Amiga #Demoscene

unormal, to random
@unormal@mastodon.social avatar

Really loving BG3 so far

TCD,

@unormal You gotta love the ad campaign.

TCD, to retrogaming

German advertisement for Prince of Persia. The artwork looks amazing.
#Retrogaming

TCD, to retrogaming

Good video about the differences of the remaster to 'vanilla' Quake 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFrBjgsrq0
#Retrogaming #Quake

TCD, to retrogaming

You can now play wipEout in your browser: https://phoboslab.org/wipegame/
#Retrogaming

TCD, to retrogaming

Played through the first unit. They fixed the recoil on the machine gun :D That thing is actually useful now. The maps have some tweaks here and there. The enemy AI feels a bit smarter. Overall a really good overhaul of the game and it's great that you don't have to pay for it if you already own the game on Steam.
#Retrogaming #Quake

TCD, to retrogaming

First impressions:
#Retrogaming #Quake

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TCD, to retrogaming

Quake 2 remaster is out: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2320/view/3644027577415996831
A 3.3. GB update. Will report back once it finished downloading.
#Retrogaming #Quake

metin, (edited ) to amiga
@metin@graphics.social avatar

In 1992 our Commodore Amiga platform game Hoi was released worldwide on two 3.5 inch diskettes, but as the US-based publisher didn't pay the royalties, we decided to release an AGA chipset remix for free in 1993.

Here's a full longplay video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eMZzThgz7k

Download the game for free here (Amiga emulator needed):

https://archive.org/details/HoiAmigaAGARemix

#commodore #amiga #retro #RetroGames #RetroGaming #game #gaming #GameDev #GameDevelopment #GameDeveloper #TeamHoi #1990s #video #chiptune

TCD,

@clyde @metin HOL has it: https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/clockwiser

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