Re: Open source DOS games
Posted on Yesterday, 10:52
It is my understanding that Inherit the Earth has its source code incorporated into ScummVM. Also the game was officially ported to other platforms.
Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list
Posted on Yesterday, 10:19
Something pretty cool popped up over at GamesThatWerent.com. That must be some very heavy serendipity going on, because just yesterday I was browsing this thread from 2003-2006 , which mentioned a site called PC Games That Weren't (accessible via the Wayback Machine) -- although I'm not sure if …
Re: Random free game findings
Posted on 2025-03-20, 11:59
Here's a couple of nice arcade-style racing games inspired by OutRun: Driven Wild Turbo OutRun Reimagined
Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list
Posted on 2025-03-15, 10:18
I think it would be nice to find the original installers for two German advergames, Aro & Elmi and Toffifee: Fantasy Forest , by Very Interactive Sales Tools . Both are very nice platformers, and ironically, while Aro & Elmi advertises toothpaste and promotes tooth care, Fantasy Forest is an …
Re: Some Command & Conquer source code has been released
Posted on 2025-03-14, 11:16
From what I heard from the C&C community folks, this is the entire source code for the respective games, unlike the previous release for the C&C Remastered Collection, which omitted everything not related to game mechanics. Apparently, in the present case you can compile the exact binaries from C& …
Re: VGA and Pixelart (or why 256 colors are enough for everyone)
Posted on 2025-03-13, 17:37
Completely by accident I found this bombastic picture via DiscMaster : https://discmaster.textfiles.com/file/16456/sZeNE%20Cliparts(Media%20Globe)(1998).iso/GRAPHICS/LOGOS/OTHERS/HAERMMM.PCX/HAERMMM.png Apparently, this was used as a logo by a demoscene group. The signature at the bottom says " …
Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list
Posted on 2025-03-10, 13:35
Lone Eagle - Colombian Encounter Type: Shareware Version: 2.1 File name: lone_s21.exe File size: 2 655 050 bytes Reference: http://www.gamersinn.com/library/adventure/?14 Found thanks to DiscMaster: https://discmaster.textfiles.com/browse/11264/Software%20of%20the%20Month%20Club%20-%20Holiday% …
German first-person adventure game Desperabis gets an English translation 25+ years after release
Posted on 2025-03-06, 15:17
Some of you may have heard of and/or played a German freeware first-person adventure game called Desperabis . The game, which came out in 1999-2000 for DOS, is remarkable for its custom-built true 3D engine that author Florian Born wrote from scratch. Desperabis looks really good for a freeware game …
Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list
Posted on 2025-03-04, 18:06
Love forgotten advergames. Perhaps we should have a separate topic for those, but I assume you know about the Werbespiel Archiv ? It covers many mostly German advergames (but likely there are at least a few still missing), although only some of those are available in languages other than German -- …
Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list
Posted on 2025-03-03, 19:51
Die Goldene Mähne des Samson Type: Demo of a commercial advergame Notes: This is one of those games that were made to promote a product, but were still sold for a price, while only a demo version is available for free. Such games were not that uncommon in Germany in the 90s (which was generally the …
Re: Your idea of the perfect game
Posted on 2025-02-26, 14:35
that illusion of older games falls away quickly though, in my experience, when you sense the basic repeating mechanic. As example are old SNES type RPGs where pretty soon the players realises they are doing the same things again and again but with different skins and stats, immersion in a self …
Re: Doe anyone have this game, please? It's a freeware game called 'Spots', a clone of the Arcade game 'Ataxx'.
Posted on 2025-02-25, 11:50
A couple of times, I managed to contact the author, and was surprised to find that he/she didn't have a copy available to them. This surprised me, as I always though that if I have made something that I was proud enough of to distribute, then I would always keep a copy safe somewhere. As an aside, …
Re: Doe anyone have this game, please? It's a freeware game called 'Spots', a clone of the Arcade game 'Ataxx'.
Posted on 2025-02-21, 19:25
I looked in Hallfiry's catalogue and it did not turn up any feasible results for either spots02 or spots.exe. I also looked up Wayback Machine snapshots of a couple of German free game websites, but no luck either.
Re: Your idea of the perfect game
Posted on 2025-02-19, 15:36
that sounds cool - i remember the effort in creating duke 3 d maps, however if they could be procedural then entire buildings would be possible! although they could end up bland if too samey. My experience with Daggerfall suggests that this might very well become the case, but it will likely depend …
Re: Your idea of the perfect game
Posted on 2025-02-01, 17:46
I always wanted to jump through more windows and see more rooms in buildings, it was good to just explore -even within the limitations of the time Haha, I wanted to mention exactly this, but my post was already too long. Yes, a good while ago, while exploring the urban levels I had this idea that …
Re: Unreal 1 - What is your opinion about it?
Posted on 2025-01-30, 15:30
it was astonishingly beautiful for it's time, it can't be overstated. If you didn't live it, it's very hard to replicate. Nothing else has really came close to having that impact, not your Cyrsis' or your Far Cry's or CyberPunks or any of them. It's still very visible that the game was breathtaking …
Re: Your idea of the perfect game
Posted on 2025-01-30, 15:06
[short version - what characteristics would make a game perfect for you? any actual games come close?] The specifics would very likely depend on the genre, but, in general terms ( warning, very long post incoming ): A. The game should be fun and interesting to play to me, meaning that there has to …
Re: Unreal 1 - What is your opinion about it?
Posted on 2025-01-30, 12:08
I remember that Unreal was a big name when it came out, with all the buzz, the reviews in game mags and such. But I had no interest for it back then, and actually never played it until Epic made the de facto freeware release last year. So far I've got to the caverns/mines level. My impressions so …
Re: There is no successor to Warcraft II
Posted on 2025-01-30, 10:44
The recently remastered Warcraft II sacrifices the old game's fluid animation for fancier graphics assets Gah, the updated graphics don't look as good at all -- at least, in WC2 there's hardly any meaningful difference between the original sprites and tilesets and the "remastered" versions. Also, …
Re: AI Generated Wallpapers Representing Retro Computing
Posted on 2025-01-26, 13:15
Apologies for the dumb question, but what is the purpose, exactly, of producing these AI images which, for the most part, look decidedly fake? Aren't there public domain photographs of actual vintage hardware available?
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