Seems fine on Android.

And apparently this message needs to be longer before submitting. Terrible weather to day!

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"I recently completed Atari 50 and its DLC and I gotta say, I'm so impressed with the whole "interactive documentary" idea. What an awesome concept!

If you don't know, Digital Eclipse has been in the emulation and game compilation business for years and they're rightfully acclaimed for their accuracy and attention to detail. With the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection and SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, they set the games on a timeline and provided bits of context like concept art and info blurbs to give the player a fuller, chronological picture.

Then in Atari 50, they incorporated video interviews, even more archival media, and a museum-like presentation. As you follow the timeline, you're given the option to jump in and play a multitude of games, unreleased prototypes, and even some reimagined entries and community-made homebrew titles! They give you piles of context and you decide how much or how little to take with you into the games. Personally, knowing the drama and genius behind some of this stuff made the games far more interesting, and thus the collection far more fun.

Now they have their Gold Master Series, which is currently comprised of The Making of Karateka, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, and Tetris Forever. Each title wants to add to this idea of comprehensive, engaging, completely rad game history education and I'm so down for it; I can't wait to check them out.

So I wanted to ask, for my first forum post (please let me know if I messed something up 🙏), who else has thoughts about Digital Eclipse, the Gold Master Series, and/or the preservation and curation of games this way? Are they going in a direction you like or do you have reservations? What series or companies would you like to see get this treatment?

Off the top of my head, I can think of two I'd love to see: HAL Labs and LucasArts (the adventure games, specifically). And I know what you're thinking: "How are they ever gonna get Sakurai on camera to talk about Kirby?" Tricky, yes, but if they can find a way, it'd be an utterly fascinating experience 😉. And the more ways I can learn about Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, and SCUMM, the better, as far I'm concerned."

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That led me to this picture:

...and now I'd also be interested in knowing more about these guys, haha. Both to hear their stories and to fill in my (very lacking) knowledge of the UK home computer gaming scene.

Any thoughts?

My plan for October is to play an SNK (Neo Geo) fighter every day for 30-45 minutes to see if I actually get any better at it by the end of the month...

...but I need your recommendations on which one to choose! I've never really played any of them much so I'd be coming at all of them pretty much new. I've left plenty of time before the start, so if you'd like to recommend a game please do. The game with the most recommendations is the one I'll pick. In case of a draw I'll pick one at random.

If I can figure out how I may upload day 1 and day 31 as a record of progress (or otherwise) to YouTube or somewhere.

PREVIEW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1szhDypqA5Q

DOWNLOAD

https://www.reddit.com/r/SwordWorld/comments/1lt274q/sword_world_pc_sw_rpg_videogame_beta_translation/

TLDR: it just sets up the cliffhanger that the current IP holder may want to sell him the Commodore brand. Now we get to wait for part 2 to find out if it's legit and could happen. But, I'm really curious where/how he'd get the money. In his vid he covers a lot of the sums that have been spent by various companies to acquire the IP. I wouldn't guess the current holder is going to not want to make some money off their investment since they haven't really seen any profit from licensing deals.

I'm all for this, if only for Perifractic to actually launch a business to support the community, and maybe be able to launch/support 3rd party protects to further extend the retro community for C=64. It's not clear if this would include Amiga IP. In the vid it sounds like the Amiga brand wouldn't be included. I didn't know it was split off, and he didn't cover it specifically.

Gotta keep an eye out for part 2.

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So people who had a ZX Spectrum in the home: how did it get used?

Article in question: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/poorly-analyzed-us-centric-garbage-why-do-americans-keep-ignoring-european-gaming-history

For reference, I'm an American born in '83, had Atari 2600, 7800, Genesis, and always had an IBM Compatible PC from 1990 onward. It was purchased for business purposes (Dad was treasurer for a local non-profit) but we used it in evenings for games, school work, BBSs, and usenet.

Well I want to do something about that! Ever since getting FFVIII and seeing the manual document a whole in game mode that required the device, it felt that in Europe, we were not getting the full PlayStation experience.

So anyway, there is not a lot of footage or information out there on it, so I thought do an actual hardware capture on the PocketStation & FFVIII so you can all see what we've been missing out on.

I've also recorded 9 other games and their PocketStation functions as well as capturing the mini games and functions of the PocketStation.

Hope you enjoy it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfwcpXdjnbY

These days, social norms feel much more accepting. Rappers reference Naruto, PS5s are in living rooms instead of basements, and I have no problem telling my wife I’m playing Elden Ring for a few hours.

Do you think gaming and “nerd culture” have become more mainstream, or is it just about growing up and becoming more confident?

Bloom was a visual novel/relationship sim/business sim with a real-time clock and time delay between events that would give you reason to check in every now and then with no consequence for waiting too long.

Voidblazers is a narrative-based vertical SHMUP that I ended up playing through 5 times so I could unlock all the items and thereby unlocking all the dialog. The ship upgrades are collected early, the rest of the items are things that prompt the loveable characters to talk interact and talk. It’s not too difficult and has assist options if you just can’t get past something. Also, the entire soundtrack is full of bangers!

Echo: The Oracle’s Scroll, a chill exploration-focused metroidvania. Reminds me a bit of the Momodora series but without the combat. It does suffer slowdown which made some of the obstacles impossible to beat if your RAM hadn’t been cleared. A recent update improved that so there’s less slowdown.

Next 2 games in the queue are Initial Daydream and The Heist of the Argonaut Limited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkMe9MxxZiI&ab_channel=AccursedFarms

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

Here's the link to the demo rom :

I've been working for months on the MegaDrive port of the Cinemaware Amiga game "The Three Stooges"
Game is 90% finished and tested.
Enjoy !

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

All in all its under 5 million.
Which is less then expected , by me at the very least.
But I am not really au fait with the Amiga as is.

Anyone know anywhere in the real world that stocks them?!
Or any good places online if not?