thread of my #arcadeexploration posts, starting with my latest:
exploring the arcade in the 1978 movie 鬼畜 / Kichiku (The Demon)
each blog entry features an arcade in a movie (mostly from #japan) and tries to identify all of the machines.
This is an exceptionally difficult task because:
I'm a game release specialist working on the Anvil Pipeline at Ubisoft Montreal. I've been working in #gamedev since 2005 on consoles/PC and mobile platforms. I've been a gamer and playing #videogames my entire life and actually doing a lot of #retrogaming and #emulation. Very interested in #gamepreservation and #arcade games and arcade culture. Just started learning some #nesdev as well recently.
I've also recently became interested in #WeightLoss as I've lost 250 pounds in the last year. Feel free to poke me if you're interested in how I've done it or want to know about #BariatricSurgery. I've added a link to my bio to the documentation I received when I had the surgery so that you can get an idea of what to expect: https://cloud.zerojay.com/s/BariatricSurgery
I'm also really interested in everything having to do with the #fediverse. I've collected a bunch of links that are likely to be of interest to anyone from a complete Mastodon beginner, power users and even server administrators that you can find in my bio as well as here: https://cloud.zerojay.com/s/mastodon
Trying something new this year to help beat the backlog. So this will be a thread of all the games i finish this year accompanied by a mini review of sorts :gamepad: #Gaming
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
Mar 29, 2023 - Day 88 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 94
Game: Arcade Mayhem Juanito
Platform: Steam PC
Release Date: Aug 4, 2017
Library Date: Mar 13, 2018
Unplayed: 1842 (5y16d)
Playtime: 15m
Arcade Mayhem Juanito (or Juanito Arcade Mayhem, it can't seem to decide), is a well made pastiche of retro arcade games.
It feels like someone threw early 2000's Nickelodeon, Wreck-It Ralph, and a bunch of arcade games into a blender, and hit frappe.
The gameplay mechanics are basically straight out of Space Invaders. Use the controller's A button to shoot upwards at the things falling out of the sky. You can also dash with the B button.
That's it.
The problem is that that much single button mashing very quickly takes a toll on my thumb, and as for yesterday's platformer, timing is everything, and mine is rubbish.
The graphics are great, the sound effects a little overwhelming, and I have some questions about the game assets in the first set of levels that seem to be a straight rip from a certain falling-blocks game, Comrade.
This is a well-made game, but while I feel interested in continuing to see how the story (such as it is) develops, it's just a little too frustrating for me to push forward.