Hundstrasse

Rambling gamer, perpetually working on some kind of incomplete side-project. Mostly retro and also donkeys playing games.

(He/HEE-HAW/Him)

#Gaming #RetroGaming

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2025-04-19 22:11:36

Side projects are an endless cycle of managing to make the smallest amount of progress in a stolen hour during the evening. Thinking about it the rest of the day and realising that you need to redo everything you did last time because there's a better way to do it.

2025-04-02 23:36:51

I have decided to write something for the ZX81 in BASIC. here's a sneak peak at level generation and dealing a hand of cards.... Albeit at a 5x time lapse! 😅 This system does not do things quickly.
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/114/270/984/785/712/220/original/66cc99ee1b5ef825.mp4

2025-01-02 17:27:38

#Gaming and #RetroGaming 2024 highlights, a thread 1/x 🧵 (slow drip over the next few days)
Playthrough of Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes featuring MGS in MGS2 clothing and a Spiderman Snake, leaping at every opportunity.
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/113/759/930/159/194/925/original/33a52b285ad72b63.jpg

2024-12-30 12:04:07

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@nprofile…er6e I played it a little while ago and enjoyed it. I thought it was basically just an SSX3 clone given the game structure, but then found out it came out before SSX3 🤯

2024-11-30 13:38:51

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@nprofile…er6e hmmmm... Might have to look into it. I think it kinda passed me by when it was released. I can picture the 'boxart' but don't know much more than that. Thanks for the recommendation

2024-11-30 10:10:48

LT: I've had big game indecision this steam sale. For the first time in ages I've been looking for a new game for the deck, but can't settle on anything. No Idea what I'm in the mood for. I thought about cyberpunk, but honestly it looks like a lot of effort... I kind of want open world, but the old kind of open world that was actually manageable, I've no intention of sinking 100's of hours into a game, repeating the same half dozen quests that are marginally reskinned.

2024-11-21 19:24:40

If you've never watched the live action #StreetFighter movie from 1994, you should watch this movie.
It's cheesy, nonsensical and jams a huge ensemble cast into a short movie including JCVD at his "peak" plus Kylie Minogue as Cammy. Production troubled, partially due to Raul Julia (Bison) recovering from cancer treatment and who would sadly pass away before release. Despite this, RJ gives an incredible over the top characaturish performance as Bison. It's terrible in the best possible way.
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/113/522/523/093/599/501/original/de303857ff547fa6.jpg

2024-11-17 19:49:44

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@nprofile…45ny excellent read! 😁

2024-11-17 09:40:31

Hey #gaming and #RetroGaming fedi, question for the day:
What games do you think are objectively flawed, but you like them anyway?
For me it's the #JurassicPark game from Telltale games. I can't stay mad at the game that took me back to Isla Nublar not matter how many QTE's it threw at me
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/113/497/626/482/497/487/original/258703ba22136361.jpg

2024-11-16 19:14:03

Super annoyed that this is the first evening in ages I might have been able to work on a side project, but I've been back-to-back colds for the past few weeks and I just want to curl up and do nothing 😕

2024-11-08 11:43:44

"... And as you can see, our new MegaDrive has twice as many controller buttons as the Master System so we're really excited to see what your blue hedgehog game is going to do with them all"
"First up, we're going to use that dedicated start button to pause the game"
"Visionary stuff.... And the other three buttons?"
😶

2024-10-30 15:23:20

Very impulse #RetroGaming addition to the collection yesterday as I walked around the shops trying to get Nanostrasse to nap. What do we think? Any Beyond Good and Evil fans? I played it years ago on PC. Also leaving an old ePlay sticker... I miss ePlay!
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/113/397/054/223/791/655/original/08563a5630a508dd.jpg
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2024-10-21 17:22:20

Bllaarrggbralllarghhhhhh

2024-10-20 10:06:16

LB: I knew it wasn't a big list, but never realised there were only 3 Menacer compatible Mega drive games (not inc. Mega CD titles). And that's with the 6 minigame cart bundled with the unit.

2024-09-28 17:45:00

#Donkey 's in #VideoGames. A thread 🧵
Minecraft Donkey. Very square
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/113/216/419/814/015/726/original/86f82a407e2e7940.jpg

2024-09-14 16:12:26

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@npub1wkl…zaex Happy Birthday! 🫏🫏👾👾

2024-08-09 15:37:21

OmgOmgOmg! I think I may have just come up with the greatest joke ever.
Why couldn't Superman defeat the vampires?
Because they're in the Crypt Tonight!
😶

2024-08-07 19:02:49

It's finally home! #RetroComputing #ZXSpectrum .... And looking like the 80's icon it is! 🤩
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/112/922/279/833/767/557/original/168e46b7858694e9.jpg
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2024-08-07 06:14:47

For today's #VGMWednesday I'm going to share the B4F Culture Room music from #ResidentEvil 2 ('98). This kind of cool ambient science music can only be heard in this room of the game (sometimes just called the experiment room).
And while you're here, I'm going to share some fun facts about this area... Because I haven't talked Re2 for a little while. Walk with me 🧵#RetroGaming #Gaming https://youtu.be/NdMoB-wpEdg?si=3aNISbaFwB7enocD

2024-08-05 12:45:56

I've got a sudden urge to try playing American Mcgee's Alice. Anyone with advice on getting win98 games running on #SteamDeck? #RetroGaming

2024-07-26 23:14:54

#RetroGaming
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/112/855/325/963/297/673/original/dd836392de0a7426.jpg

2024-07-25 19:48:21

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@npub1wkl…zaex that sounds like exactly the kind of thing that I'd miss 😁 thanks

2024-07-25 19:18:36

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@npub1wkl…zaex I'll need to look at it again... Feel like that's what I was using, but somehow failed 🙃 thanks

2024-07-25 16:23:59

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@npub1wkl…zaex I picked one of these up a while ago, but struggled with splitting large ISO files (along with formatting a large SD in Fat32) do you split your own files?

2024-07-22 10:02:11

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@npub1h29…gq7w it's easy to get carried away!
I've reached the stage where the things I want are often the slightly more expensive items now 😳

2024-07-22 09:02:46

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@npub1h29…gq7w wow! Big haul! 🤩

2024-07-08 14:52:59

Looking for some #ZXSpectrum advice: I might be resurrecting a Spectrum in the not too distant future and I'd like to know if anyone can recommend (or has tried) a digital voice recorder to sub for a tape player?
I know that there are some great tap-->wav etc conversion softwares etc, but (for my own reasons) I'm interested in something a little more authentic and don't really want to load from PC audio.
I've been having a search and it looks like the output is often too low 😕
#RetroComputing

2024-06-07 18:33:42

Random #RetroGaming thoughts: I get that they were different technologies to what came before, but why did Nintendo and Sega decide to make their 16-bit era light guns look like.... That??? The Nintendoscope and the Menacer are both ridiculous designs for a light gun. One you're supposed to hold like a bazooka, and the other has a double eyepiece?!?

2024-06-06 19:48:09

Wii ended production 11 years ago. With its GameCube compatibility it's the most recent console that you can legitimately play the original Resident Evil 2 on.
Of course you need a copy of the GameCube game and a controller... That console ended production 15 years ago....
This is why preservation and emulation is important.

2024-06-05 15:34:01

🎶 Let's have some fun, this beat is sick...
I'm gonna kick your butt with ma'... 🎶
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/112/564/738/854/246/268/original/7dccdde77883a1c6.mp4

2024-05-31 18:03:22

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@npub1zmk…g4f0 oooohhh... Sounds promising!! 😁
... More like 'Min Payne'.. because it's on the small screen... So minimum... Instead of maximum... Or Max.
I'm sorry, I'll do better next time.

2024-05-31 17:44:24

Haven't posted any #RetroGaming pickups for a while, but here are a bundle of randoms that just arrived... Yes, I'm still on a #PSP spree... No, I don't know what any of these are like (I mean, apart from the Capcom classics I guess).
Particularly looking forward to trying a very cheesy looking "Infected"
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/112/536/938/576/600/555/original/8806c4d94ab54eae.jpg

2024-05-20 15:38:13

Wait, is this a Resident Evil Remake or a REmake Remake? Or maybe should #Capcom should just leave it the heck alone? #ResidentEvil #RetroGaming
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/112/474/157/814/440/052/original/b51658a12f3c930b.png

2024-05-10 22:58:21

Just adding to everyone's pretty home feed
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/112/419/263/939/874/529/original/94e4d676701dac2e.jpg

2024-05-06 18:53:45

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@npub1rv4…ft5j do it! I was trying to work out if you could make a kind of self contained pico-8 that loaded directly off floppy 😅

2024-05-06 12:15:15

What about, handheld console that uses floppy discs?

2024-02-05 08:09:01

After trying all three #GBA #JurassicPark games I decided to throw a blog post together about them. TLDR: 'Dino Attack' all the way! #RetroGaming #Gaming #Blogging https://hundstrasse.com/2024/02/05/jurassic-park-iii-gba-games-three-times-the-wha/

2024-01-26 14:28:34

If you're going to buy a disc only copy of a game then make sure you get the one in the best possible non-original-case. I present my newly acquired copy of Bloody Roar for #PS1, disc only in a #BlockbusterVideo rental case....
It's been on my side for the past few hours and I swear I keep catching the box in the corner of my eye thinking "I'd better return that..." #RetroGaming
https://cdn.masto.host/retropizza/media_attachments/files/111/822/713/655/887/373/original/622f842a55ff33b8.jpg

2023-12-25 21:05:54

In the late 80's, I distinctly remember going to a kid's science museum and there was a "Videophone" and it was going to be the future and everyone was going to have videophones. And now we have videophones, but we call it like Skype, or facetime, or zoom, so I'm asking you, please, before you next say "oh, let's meet over Teams" , try saying "I'll call you on the videophone" it'll make you feel must more like your living in a moon dome from the year 2000.

2023-08-10 06:26:52

Whilst I'm in a #ResidentEvil 2 kind of place, I once again highlight this mystery. Can any #RetroGaming people help me out?? What's going on with this window has bothered me for years 😅 https://hundstrasse.com/2019/01/21/resident-evil-2-rabbit-hole-involving-windows/

2023-07-04 08:24:16

Random Blog Post from the Past: Because it's relevant to my recent retro pickup. I figure my random share from the archives should be when I wrote about the top 5 versions of Resident Evil 2 that I wanted to own. Note that in the years since I now have 3 of these 😂. https://hundstrasse.com/2019/05/10/virtual-collector-top-5-resident-evil-2-versions-id-like-to-own/

2023-06-21 05:40:45

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@npub1gwd…e8wl just reminds me of the blissful ignorance of the opening screen and first level swimming around as a carefree dolphin... Before you game kicks your butt over... And over... And over again! 😅

2023-06-21 05:16:24

Nothing says #WholesomeWaters more than seeing a scrolling ocean fade in and hearing that first perfect 16-bit note ring out... I present the opening theme to #EccoTheDolphin for #VGMWednesday @npub1gwd…e8wl . #RetroGaming #Gaming https://youtu.be/GLk04DibLWs

2023-06-14 16:01:00

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@npub1gwd…e8wl excellent idea! I'm going to put my vote in for Battle of lil' Slugger, the chapter 1 boss from SuperMeatBoy. https://youtu.be/CQa4-s_3m_Q