Retro Gaming

Game copy protection was an art form, as well as #cracking these protections. This cat and mouse game evolved over time, with protections including more and more complicated and well-hidden checks trying to identify poor or quickly made cracks. The best protections hindered the release of a crack long enough for the game to hit enough initial sales. After the initial sales the eventual release of a crack would no longer hurt (much).

Rewind to 2025 and legal purchase of early 90s PC games from palaces such as COG: Apparently, there are plenty of releases that have the poor crack built-in, and where the anti-crack checks kick in, making the game unplayable. The irony is that the only way to play is to get a proper "real crack".

Cool write-up of the protection in "The Games: Winter Challenge" and the associated problems of "legal releases":
https://mrwint.github.io/winter/writeup/writeup.html

#retrogaming #hacking

https://tilvids.com/w/f1cgPgckuGZKAjmdEk5fA5

#technology #retrogaming #AI #coding #video

On #MasterSystemMonday here’s “Great Volleyball”. This is a 1987 volleyball simulation game developed by Sanritsu and published by #Sega. The game features eight teams of six players, each representing a different country.
#Retrogaming #MasterSystem

On #SaturnDay here’s “Hexen”. This is a 1997 first person shooting game developed & published by Id Software. This runs on the Doom engine and is a medieval/fantasy version of Doom with some light RPG elements. The #Sega #Saturn port is considered better than the PS1 version.
#Retrogaming

New video! I'm building the Open Source Arcade Stick in the DE-9 version (Commodore, Atari etc) with adjustable auto fire and lit fire buttons.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/1HzP0J1iCzU
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/jgfwx7jofMpVmychGogFrV

#Joystick #OSAstick #OpenSource #OpenHardware #CreativeCommons #Arcade #Commodore #Amiga #C64 #Atari #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #DIY #Build

After at least 15 years we once more played Photopia by Adam Cadre. I would describe it as an „adventure on rails“ with very linear gameplay and hardly any puzzles but very surprising and dense story. Still a great classic.
Make sure you try it out.

https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=ju778uv5xaswnlpl

#interactivefiction #retrogaming

Another interesting video from @[email protected] vibe-coding series. :ms_robot:

https://tilvids.com/w/qL9m2aGETxrM3ygyk6fFmS

#ai #coding #Development #technology #retrogaming

I know have functioning ports of Jurl for the Atari 2600, Nintendo GameBoy, Atari Lynx, Sega Master System/GG, NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx, Sinclair Spectrum and PC as well as Mille for the PC and Sinclair Spectrum #IndieDev #RetroDev #RetroGaming
https://tonsomo.itch.io/

Jebus, it took a LOT of work but I finally got a working music driver for the PC Engine version of Jurl. To celebrate i've implemented another horrific version of Fur Elise - will upload an update soon. #IndieDev #RetroDev #RetroGaming

I‘m going to build an open source joystick today. Pretty excited about this project, the website for it is here: https://www.osa-stick.com/ #InTheLabDoingStuff #RetroGaming #OSAStick

Occasionally I stumble upon great content on TikTok :guilded_lul: :tiktok: :mariorock:

#RetroGaming #Mario #N64

Taking another break from my #Retrogaming posts this week as my Easter weekend is super busy! Back to normal next week

New video:

New Homebrew Sound Card: Sonic Buster 8

https://youtu.be/znpbPxCm3Yc
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #opl3

On #HuCardHuesday here’s “W-Ring: The Double Rings”. This is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up developed and published by Naxat Soft. It’s a lesser known shooter for the #NEC #PCEngine & while it doesn’t do anything outstanding, it’s a decent game.
#Retrogaming #HuCard

On #MasterSystemMonday here’s “Assault City”. This is a 1990 on-rails reticule shooting game, developed by Sanritsu and published by #Sega. This is the first version of the game that requires the use of the control pad to play.
#Retrogaming #MasterSystem

On #SaturnDay here’s “Golden Axe: The Duel”. This is a 1995 1-on-1 fighting game featuring characters from the Golden Axe games, developed by #Sega AM1 & published by Sega. It was originally released as a Titan Video Arcade game then ported to the #Saturn shortly after.
#Retrogaming

Recent #RetroGaming pickups (past 3 weeks):

For #Sinclair #ZXSpectrum:

• Aliens (Ricochet)
• Kong (Ocean)
• Pssst (Ultimate)
• R-Type (Hit Squad)
• Robocop (Hit Squad)
• Spectral Invaders (Bug-Byte)
• Turrican (Rainbow Arts)

For #Japanese #Nintendo #GameCube:

• Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II

Caught an #N64 #Everdrive just in time. Anyone got games or #romhacks to recommend? I had the console growing up so I've played most of the classics

#RetroGaming

Dynamite Headdy is the game in which I am seeing the Game Over screen more often than anything else. It’s tough.
#sega #gamegear #dynamiteheaddy #retrogaming

No #Retrogaming posts from me this week - I’m super busy at work all weekend and the next few days! 😫

On #HuCardHuesday here’s “Victory Run”. This is a 1987 racing game based on the Paris-Dakar Rally, developed & published by #HudsonSoft. Uniquely, the player selects spare parts before the race to be used as parts degrade, adding an element of strategy.
#Retrogaming #NEC #PCEngine #HuCard

New video: Funny Playing 4.2 SEGA GameGear LCD Mod

This is another GameGear mod. But as my favorite LCD mod is currently not available, I ordered a random one off of Aliexpress. It turned out to be a Funny Playing branded one -- it seems it's their version 4.2, with laminated screen and glass lens. Funny enough (haha!) I can't see it on their website. No idea what that's about, but let's give this mod a go, anyway!

https://youtu.be/Sq8_l8haYdo

#retrogaming #sega #gamegear

On #MasterSystemMonday here’s “World Games”. This is a 1990 multi-event sports game developed by Whiteboard & published by #Sega. It’s a port of the 1986 game developed by Epyx for the #Commodore64 & other home computers. Events include Caber Toss & Barrel Jumping.
#Retrogaming #MasterSystem

I know how some people feel about PS2 and PSP being considered retro. But here we are.

I finally got to finish God of War 2 and Ghost of Sparta in the past couple of weeks. It’s being a great experience playing it with upscale and in a portable fashion.

Now I got the remastered version of the 3rd game and I’m ready for it!

What games have you dropped for one reason or another years ago and you want to pick it back up?

Finished up Yoshi's Island. Fantastic game and shows off how far ahead Nintendo was back then. My biggest complaint is that near the end there were way too many autoscrollers and maze levels. Autoscrollers can be fine but maze levels are always the worst part of any Super Mario game

Overall not as good as Super Mario World (the GOAT), but I'd put it in the same tier as Super Mario Wonder. If you have any interest in platformers it's definitely worth playing even if you're not into #RetroGaming