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On #SaturnDay here’s “Dynamite Deka”, better known as “Die Hard Arcade”. This is a 1997 port of #Sega’s 1996 Titan Video Arcade 3D beat-em-up, developed by Sega AM1 & published in-house. Sega did not have the Die Hard License in Japan, hence the different name.
#Retrogaming #Saturn
We are not yet continuing with Wonderland, but some days ago I upgraded the black A500 to 1MB of chip RAM by way of mainboard swap. And a quick session on one of the later savegames didn‘t reveal any crashes. Even with lovely graphics enabled! So this bodes well.
#retrogaming #commodore #amiga500 #interactivefiction #magneticscrolls
On #MasterSystemMonday here’s “Global Defense”, also known as “S.D.I.”. This is a 1987 port of #Sega’s System 16 arcade shoot-em-up from the same year, with conversion duties handled in-house by R&D 2. The game’s control system was severely limited by the #MasterSystem’s control pads.
#Retrogaming
On #HuCardHuesday here’s “Street Fighter II Dash Champion Edition”. This is a 1993 port of #Capcom’s incredibly famous 1992 1-on-1 fighting arcade game. Conversion duties were handled by #NEC Home Electronics Ltd. It’s a remarkably good port for the relatively humble #PCEngine.
#Retrogaming #HuCard
On #SaturnDay here’s “Henry Explorers”. This bizarrely named game is better known as “Crypt Killer” & is a 1997 port of #Konami’s 1995 arcade lightgun game. This version is compatible with the #Saturn Lightgun, the Shuttle Mouse & the 3D Control Pad.
#Retrogaming #Sega
On #WiiUWednesday here’s “Monster High: 13 Wishes”. This is a 2013 action adventure game developed by Game Machine Studios & published by Little Orbit. The game is based on a special from a TV cartoon show, itself based on a toy line.
#Retrogaming #Nintendo #WiiU
On #HuCardHuesday here’s “R-Type I”. This is a 1988 port of #Irem’s 1987 horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up, converted & published by #HudsonSoft. Despite the name, this is only the first 4 levels of the game, with later levels released as “R-Type II”.
#Retrogaming #NEC #PCEngine #HuCard
On #MasterSystemMonday here’s “Championship Hockey”. This is a 1995 ice hockey simulation game developed by Imagitec Design & published by US Gold. It’s a direct port of Electronic Arts EA Hockey for the #Sega #MegaDrive. It was released in Europe only.
#Retrogaming #MasterSystem
🌸 there is a special place in jannah for the people that devote their time to translating these text heavy games like sakura wars, even though they'll never see a dime for it
:tomo_MimimiSalute: we are in your debt (but in terms of money we have no money)
#SakuraWars #Translation #RetroGaming
As we are currently stuck due to technical difficulties with Wonderland, we switch to a different Magnetic Scrolls game: The Pawn.
It is a humorous, weird fantasy text adventure set in the mythical kingdom of Kerovnia.
#interactivefiction #magneticscrolls #retrogaming
Alright, done a by-hand compile of Nuvie from the GitHub version, because it's easier to use the modern style open world map view in this one.
However, the instructions on GitHub don't seem to be right, so here you go. This is on Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS running on aarch64 hardware, but the same should work on any standard Linux install. You'll might need to install cmake and whatever your distro's build-essentials package is.
You'll need SDL2 and its libraries installed for this.
git clone https://github.com/nuvie/nuvie.git
cd nuvie
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../
make
You can optionally make install after this, but I just ran it from the build path.
your .nuvierc config file is made at the root of your home directory
To make it live in large window on a 1920x1080 display (alt+enter for fullscreen), and force it into New mode, which replaces the parchment viewports with an Ultima 7 style map and interface windows, I changed the following settings:
<scale_factor>4</scale_factor> <game_style>new</game_style>
Other game style options are original and original+ (which removes some but not all parchment borders to expand the map).
Setting use new dolls to yes improves paperdoll handling in new mode
<use_new_dolls>yes</use_new_dolls>
I also downloaded extracted and copied the GOG version of Ultima VI to the path where I built nuvie, updating the config file with the following hard paths:
<datadir>/home/kg/Software/nuvie/data</datadir>
\ /home/kg/Software/nuvie/ultima6
Downloaded the offline installer from
https://www.gog.com/en/game/ultima_456
As discussed earlier, once you've grabbed U6, stick it in a directory called ultima6:
sudo apt install innoextract
innoextract setup_ultima_vi_-the_false_prophet_1.0_cs(28045).exe
After character creation, I'm looking at .nuvierc's built in preferred gender and character portrait settings, although this might only work for new games that skip the intro (and thus, potentially, character creation).
<gender>1</gender>
If you'd rather try hex editing the nuvie save format, savegames by default live in the hidden .nuvie directory of your home directory. Hard path looks like this for me:
/home/kg/.nuvie/savegames
Don't forget to click Introduction on the main menu and watch that before you do character creation. And make sure to put all of your party members into Command mode for true turn-based combat.
@[email protected] this is your damn fault by the way - your urge to make an Ultima-like has definited stirred a need in me.
#retrogaming #ultima
On #HuCardHuesday here’s “Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III”. This is a 1991 single screen platform game developed and published by #Taito. It’s the third game in the Bubble Bobe series, and returns to the single screen format.
#Retrogaming #NEC #PCEngine
On #MasterSystemMonday here’s “Altered Beast”. This is a 1989 port of #Sega’s 1988 System 16 arcade beat-em-up, with conversion duties being handled in-house by Sega R&D 2. The gimmick here is you play as a resurrected warrior who can transform into various beasts.
#Retrogaming #MasterSystem
On #SaturnDay here’s “X-Men: Children of the Atom”. This is a 1995 port of #Capcom’s 1994 CPS-II arcade fighting game, featuring the famous #Marvel comics characters. It was noted for its impressive graphics, smooth gameplay & fast pace.
#Retrogaming #Sega #Saturn
On #MasterSystemMonday here’s “World Class Leader Board”. This is a 1991 golf simulation game ported to the #Sega #MasterSystem by #Tiertex & published by #USGold. It was originally developed by Access Software for various home computers.
#Retrogaming
