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Tempest, the 1981 arcade game, has some clever anti-piracy checks in its code

Revisiting the 1997 Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick for PC! This started off as simple FFB stick nostalgia, showing off a few Windows 95 games, annnd ended up going down rabbit holes on gameport adapters, DirectX, patent trolls, and the quiet demise/resurrection of force feedback flight sticks.

I remember playing Doom 3 on my pc at the time, and it was like 20 fps, maybe. I also remember the marketing on PC parts at the time having stickers like “Runs Doom 3” on them....

I had not played Diablo at the time so this game was my introduction to the genre...

I just stumbled upon this video and it brought back a lot of childhood memories. The creator’s channel features a bunch of other HD remakes of old games too.

There’s a Kickstarter out to produce vinyl records of an industrial rock cover of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour soundtracks, with the blessing of the original composer! There’s also a bunch of WIP preview tracks on the Kickstarter page if you want to hear what it’s going to sound like when it’s done.

claude.ai’s summary (AI generated) from the captions:...

I’ve heard it’s the first but not really sure. Anyway, the overseas version linked in the post is particularly cute since the singer is obviously not a professional and it feels like the main character herself is singing as the voice actor is probably the same as the singer. I was like “what the hell is happening?” when...

Stumped? #monkeyisland #dosgames #lucasarts

I thought this was the best /c for this....

Here’s my consoles collection. They’re all wired up and ready to play! My house haven’t burn yet so I guess I’m okay one year later! :)