Mr Creosote / is on Nostr

Writing about computer game culture at https://www.goodolddays.net
Blogging about movies (in German) at https://www.yllr.net/filmarchiv
Occasional software written can be found at https://www.yllr.net

There is too much in the world to see it all. Won't stop me from trying.

The Good Old Days: https://www.goodolddays.net
Personal Website: https://www.yllr.net
Hannes' Filmarchiv: https://www.yllr.net/filmarchiv

Last Notes

2024-07-06 18:38:41

40 years ago, the first wave of established novelists lending their names to computer games occurred. #MichaelCrichton was an exception insofar that his involvement was not just a licencing deal. Before even being approached by the eventual publisher, he started designing #Amazon by himself, programmed scenes and logic himself and hired a programmer to translate his BASIC code into a more efficient language.
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1590/Amazon.html
#AppleII
#Telarium
#RetroGames
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2024-06-29 12:59:55

If that email interface doesn't scream 90s, I don't know what will! And wait until you see their website. Straight out of Frontpage Express. Uh… that was a horrible "WYSIWYG" website editor from Microsoft in case you don't remember. #JaggedAlliance2, the game in which this virtual mail application and those virtual websites appear, has aged a bit better, thankfully.
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1589/Jagged-Alliance-2.html
#SirTech
#RetroGaming
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2024-06-15 14:41:03

Don't we all love these moments in classic text adventures? The obligatory maze, intended to make the game longer! What's worse, you have to traverse this one without any memory. Because #Mindshadow has you stranded on a remote island *and* with amnesia. Oh boy, retrospective trope alert!
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1587/Mindshadow.html
#RetroGaming
#InteractiveFiction
#AppleII
#Interplay
#Activision
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2024-06-08 13:54:32

To the chair with him! Next case. To the chair! Next. The chair! Who said that being a judge cannot be fun? And what's fun must have a computer game made out of it. #CrimeAndPunishment - if that doesn't spell fun, I don't know what would.
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1586/Crime-and-Punishment.html
#RetroGaming
#AppleII
#Imagic
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2024-06-01 10:30:27

Another one of these extremely obscure games from the past which very few remember and even fewer have any nostalgia for. Safe to assume that this one will remain at the bottom of the pageview statistics. Though that is one of the nicest things about doing this for no commercial interest at all: it doesn't matter. Those who want to have a look, enjoy #Intrigue!
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1585/Intrigue.html
#RetroGaming
#SpectrumHolobyte
#C64
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2024-05-25 08:15:44

A title screen in full, ugly CGA glory. Thankfully, the game itself uses a different, much more pleasant screenmode. Which, in a game such as #EmpireWargameOfTheCentury , is a necessity. It lies in the nature of strategic wargames to have their players staring at hardly changing maps for hours and hours.
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1584/Empire-Wargame-of-the-Century.html
#ClassicGaming
#DOSGaming
#PDP11
#Interstel
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