dirkdierickx

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to FinalFantasy

Let's get February started by adding two classics to the collection!

Final Fantasy VII was in my collection before, but never returned after lending it out ☹️

#Castlevania #FinalFantasy #retrogames #retrogaming #NES #Nintendo #PlayStation

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to Bulgaria

The recent new #EU ruling for #iOS browser engines, sideloading and store apps, might not be a win after all.

#Mozilla says #Apple new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for #Firefox

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24052067/mozilla-apple-ios-browser-rules-firefox

#mobile

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to amiga

After three years of development, Final Fight: Enhanced for the #Commodore #Amiga is finished and available for download!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynxcA54SI1o

#retrogame #retrogaming

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to windows

Minesweeper - No need for #Windows anymore, the best game for it has been ported to your favorite #8bit #retrocomputer by Under4Mhz

https://under4mhz.itch.io/minesweeper

#retrogaming #retrocomputing

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to retrogaming

Double Impact! A Retro Bit Gaming delivery of two new re-released #sega #megadrive games, top quality once again.

#retrogames #retrogaming

Sol Deace and El Viento boxes front

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to apple

#TodayInHistory 1984 - Steve Jobs introduces the #Apple #Macintosh featuring a 7.83MHz Motorola 68000 CPU, built-in 9-inch monochrome screen, 512x342 graphics, 400kB 3.5-inch floppy disk drive, mouse, 128kB RAM; price: US$1995-2495.

#retrocomputing

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to Nintendo

Time for some #Nintendo #NES love! Hammerin' Harry from Irem, a new awesome (re)release from Retro-Bit was just delivered by the postman.

#Retrogaming #retrogames

Both Hammerin' Harry 1 & 2 boxes

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to retrogaming

Due to a cut in the cover, I was able to get my hand on one of my favorite games in the Wonder Boy series for the #Sega Master System, for cheap. Wonder Boy In Monster Land was still missing in my collection until today!

#retrogame #retrogaming

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to random

#todayinhistory 1984 - Jack Tramiel, founder of #Commodore International, resigns after a fallout with Chairman Irving Gould. Later that year, Tramiel would buy #Atari and release the ST line of computers.

dirkdierickx, 4 months ago to 8bit

#TodayInHistory 1984 - #Sinclair announces the 16/32-bit Sinclair QL microcomputer. It features a 7.5-MHz Motorola MC68008P CPU, 128kB RAM, 48kB ROM, two built-in 100kB Microdrive tape drives, two network sockets, and multitasking OS. QL stands for Quantum Leap.

#retrocomputing

dirkdierickx, 5 months ago to Nintendo

Super Sushi Pinball - an unreleased and presumed lost game for the #Nintendo #NES has been found and recovered/dumped.

https://gamehistory.org/super-sushi-pinball/

#retrogame #retrogaming

dirkdierickx, 5 months ago to tes

After 10 years #DaggerfallUnity a remaster of the classic #Bethesda game, is finished and available for free

https://kotaku.com/bethesda-elder-scrolls-daggerfall-unity-starfield-1851136713

#retrogame #retrogaming #pcgaming #RPG

dirkdierickx, 5 months ago to Nintendo

A new book from Manning on Classic Game Programming on the #Nintendo #NES

https://www.manning.com/books/classic-game-programming-on-the-nes

#retrogaming #IndieGameDev #gamedevelopment

dirkdierickx, 5 months ago to tetris

35 years after releasing, #Tetris on the #Nintendo #NES has been "beaten"

https://gonintendo.com/contents/30471-35-years-after-releasing-tetris-on-the-nes-has-been-beaten

#retrogame #retrogaming

dirkdierickx, 5 months ago to random

First mail call of 2024, and it is not a game (or games), but a book. But, boy oh boy, what a book!

#monkeyisland #retrogame #pointandclick #book

Monkey Island book, inside Murray cartoon
Monkey Island book cover front
Monkey Island book extra postcards

dirkdierickx, 5 months ago to retrogaming

Oldest known version of #DOS unearthed – #msdos ancestor 86-DOS version 0.1 C is now available on the Internet Archive

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/oldest-known-version-of-dos-unearthed-ms-dos-ancestor-86-dos-version-011-is-now-available-on-the-internet-archive

#retrocomputing

dirkdierickx, 5 months ago to amiga

Besides the notorious XCopy, is there any other program more iconic for the #Commodore #Amiga then DPaint II ? I think not.

I'm pretty happy with my near mint version.

#retrocomputing #pixelart

DPaint II manual and waranty card
DPaint II box front
DPaint II box rear

dirkdierickx, 5 months ago to windows

The world is going backwards, Linux is getting a BSOD and Windows might be getting a text based editor.

Who's getting the better deal here?

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-is-exploring-adding-a-command-line-text-editor-into-windows-and-it-wants-your-feedback

#windows #cli

dirkdierickx, 6 months ago to security

We've come to a point where the boot logo your computer uses can be exploited. Sometimes I just wish we were still in simpler times...

Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/

#security #exploit #uefi

dirkdierickx, 6 months ago to c64

chipsynth C64 is an emulation of the SID so good, it can replace hardware

https://cdm.link/2023/12/chipsynth-c64/

#Commodore #C64 #retrocomputing #chipmusic

craiggrannell, 6 months ago to retrogaming

#DailyRetroGame 229: Pitfall II (1984)

An ambitious 2600 game to the point the cart had a custom chip, Pitfall II greatly expanded on its predecessor. Pitfall Harry’s new world was massive – as you quickly discovered on getting clobbered and the screen slowly scrolling way back to a rare restart point. Even more so on the Atari 800 conversion, which used that machine’s clout to add a huge additional stage.

Play it on: #Atari2600, #Atari8bit

Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81TuNwizPKA

#retrogaming

dirkdierickx, 6 months ago to Nintendo

Maniac Mansion for the #Nintendo #NES easter egg discovered after +35 years!

https://www.romhacking.net/news/2984/

#retrogame

dirkdierickx, 6 months ago to gaming

40 year ago the Atari 2600 started my life long passion for video games. Today, the new Atari 2600+ arrived and I feel like I'm 7 years old again.

#Atari #gaming #retrogaming #nostalgia

Atari 2600+ console

dirkdierickx, 7 months ago to IBM

#TodayInHistory 1983 - In New York, #IBM announces the IBM PCjr. It features an Intel 8088 CPU, 64kB RAM, detached keyboard, two cartridge slots, joystick, light pen, serial port, for US$669. #retrocomputing