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Really hard to just pick a couple of articles as there's so much good stuff in this issue, but I'll try to select some really interesting things. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Probably my favourite DS game… and better than its sequel. So much character in those reward animations.

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Twenty years ago today, Activision released a buggy, broken mess of an RPG. It sold very poorly. That should have been the end of it. (digipres.club)
 

Twenty years ago today, Activision released a buggy, broken mess of an RPG. It sold very poorly. That should have been the end of it.

It wasn’t.

My video about the making of Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO4S2VY3pJE

#vampirethemasquerade #retrogaming #videogamehistory

Review for Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force on PC. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] This game is associated permanently in my mind with 11th September 2001, since I missed what’d happened because I was marathoning it.

There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

@[email protected] There are already a couple in the list that only say the name when you pick an option from the startup menu — if you ask me, that’s just a different kind of ’says name on startup'.

Added both, thanks!

There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup. in c/[email protected]
There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] @[email protected] oh, this is a good one! Couldn't find a way to add it to the playlist — it's not in IGDB, so you weren't kidding about obscure — but hopefully it'll be there someday. Thanks!

There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] added, and this is now the most recent game on the list. thank you for keeping this trope alive!

There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

this could double as a list of games with easy TitleDrop% speed-runs

There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

we need to bring back this trend

we need to add it to websites too. multiple times a day, a deep, supercool voice should boom 'WIKIPEDIA’ from your laptop speakers

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There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup. (digipres.club)
 

There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup.

I've created a playlist on @[email protected] with every suggestion from that thread that had video proof attached (+ a few more):

https://questlog.app/u/retrohistories/playlists/games-that-say-the-name-of-the-game-on-startup--jihlb4ne

#retrogaming #gaming

Preview for Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck on Mega Drive. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I had no idea this game got a sequel.

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Spending Sunday rectifying a 37-year old cultural blank spot. I’ve tried before… but this time I brought graph paper. #retrogaming #zelda (fedia.io)
 

Spending Sunday rectifying a 37-year old cultural blank spot. I’ve tried before… but this time I brought graph paper. #retrogaming #zelda

It's weird that emulators support such elaborate shaders and filters to recreate as closely as possible the way games were intended to look, while simultaneously producing perfect clarity of sound in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

@mr_[email protected] Yeah, this is fair. It's not a 'designer's intent' thing in audio’s case... but it would still be more faithful to most people's experience.

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It's weird that emulators support such elaborate shaders and filters to recreate as closely as possible the way games were intended to look, while simultaneously producing perfect clarity of sound (digipres.club)
 

It's weird that emulators support such elaborate shaders and filters to recreate as closely as possible the way games were intended to look, while simultaneously producing perfect clarity of sound across all frequencies that could never have been produced by any contemporary television.

#retrogaming #emulation

One recommended way to play difficult or cryptic retro games is, instead of looking to YouTube playthroughs or GameFAQs when stuck, looking for help and hints only in the (digitised) pages of in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Ah, not sure how this ended up crossposted to Lemmy...

Good point about manuals. There are some games where reading them is anticipated by the game and almost non-optional. I remember early-to-mid-90s CRPGs falling into that category more often than not…

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One recommended way to play difficult or cryptic retro games is, instead of looking to YouTube playthroughs or GameFAQs when stuck, looking for help and hints only in the (digitised) pages of (digipres.club)
 

One recommended way to play difficult or cryptic retro games is, instead of looking to YouTube playthroughs or GameFAQs when stuck, looking for help and hints only in the (digitised) pages of contemporary magazines.

More challenging, but more immersive to the era and arguably more fun.

#retrogaming

Wish there was a site where people could share guided #retrogaming playlists. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@questlog I hadn't seen Questlog before (thanks, @EighthLayer!) but Playlists are halfway there already, I think.

Someone linked this on Backloggd as an example of a guided list: https://backloggd.com/u/LucasTheYeti/list/introduction-to-video-games/ Kind of a Playlist/editorial combo.

Ideally, there’d need to be a way to annotate individual entries with notes; more importantly, there'd need to be a way to search and discover playlists by title (maybe I missed this?)

I think that’d get you 95% of the way there.

Thanks for reaching out! :D

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Wish there was a site where people could share guided #retrogaming playlists. (digipres.club)
 

Wish there was a site where people could share guided #retrogaming playlists.

Like ‘wanna see how stealth games have evolved? Here's six milestones to play that'll give you a solid grounding in the history of the genre’.

Or ‘do you suck at 2D platformers? Play these four games in this order; there's a good difficulty ramp and if you can beat all four you should be able to tackle anything’.

I want to be able to assign, or be assigned, homework, basically. Gaming with a metagoal.

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