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PerfectDark

Here's a fun one:

Square Enix staff have discovered a cache of pristine retro games, some dating back to the #C64 era, #Atari and #Amstrad times. Amongst others, from the #Wii and and #DOS computer titles.

It's funny even seeing some #NGage games are in there!

Workers have been invited to take what they want from it, but they're also in talks with the National Videogame Museum in Sheffield for maybe donating to them!

#RetroGaming at its finest? Yes.

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OldCoder
See the attached screenshot. This is Microsoft #Word 5.5 for #DOS running in #DOSBox 0.74-3. For the moment, the installer can be obtained from:

https://archive.org/download/msword5.5/Wd55_ben.exe

To install, run "Wd55_ben.exe" and then "SETUP.EXE" [which the first EXE should create].

"Wd55_ben.exe" has a glitch where it's apparently supposed to restore a directory structure, but fails to do so. The result is roughly a dozen messages similar to the following:

Warning: HPDJ.PR$ already exists. Overwrite (y/n) ?

However, when "SETUP.EXE" is done, you should have the working program shown in the screenshot.

The screenshot indicates that the program supports images. However, not, it appears, JPEG files. You might need to convert JPEG files to Postscript to use them in this setup.
Screenshot of Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS.
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Aviancer

The first episode of my playthrough of Death Gate is live! I made some playful cover art in the style of a movie poster to celebrate it too!

Labyrinths & Horizons - Part 1
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sZYjv5Wx

Released by Legend Entertainment in 1994, it’s one of the best point and click adventures I've had to date! Based loosely on a book series written by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman. You traverse five distinct elemental and magical realms that the Sartan - a magically talented race sundered the world into.

We start our interplanar journey having just barely escaped a deadly labyrinth where all our kin were banished to as a threat to the Sartan hundreds of years ago. It is time to set out on a many twisted journey to discover what has happened to the world and the great Sartan plan of reforging it anew in their image with them as gods.

Titled “Death Gate”. A composite movie poster style picture made of three different sceneries from the Death Gate spliced together as if a gate has opened in the middle. Left to right, a castle in front of billowing clouds, a large tree in a jungle, a lake of lava surrounded by rock. The picture shows many of the characters in the game, an adventurer stands out in the middle haloed by a yellow glow. Two white robed figures stand on either side of him, one wearing a wizards hat. On the left side a number of unfortunate individuals are shown, including a sad child - fronted by a smiling king. A man standing behind him has a knife held up in his hand as if to strike. In the middle in front of the hero sits a sophisticated man wearing blue robes and reading a book. To the right a brigand threatens a lady dressed in red and an apron with a sword. At the front an aged man reads a book, a reanimated dwarf sitting beside him. Many groupings are references to the game, others intentional misdirections as the plot is yet to be revealed.
#streamer#smallstreamer#playthrough
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Thomas Wong Matthews

There's barely anything more iconic than the company logo introduction included in the 90s-era Sierra adventure games. Starting with King's Quest V, most titles made with the Sierra Creative Interpreter (SCI) game engine (version 1 or higher) started up with their own flavour of this intro. Sometimes a different colour, sometimes different audio, but always the feels.

#Gaming#RetroGaming#GameDev
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Jukka O. Kauppinen

Lomamatka Salomoninsaarille oli huono idea vuonna 1942. Sota näet saapui paratiisiin. Onneksi sinne kaiken keskelle ei ole ihan pakko tunkea, vaan #MicroProse Task Force 1942 antaa mahdollisuuden tarkkailla tapahtumia tietokoneruudun takaa.

Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific

#videopelit #videogames @pelikopteri #pelikopteri #Pelivatkain #retropelit #retropelaaminen #retrogames #retrogaming #pc #dos #dosgaming @v2fi @microprose #nightdive

v2.fi/uutiset/pelit/39647/

www.v2.fiPelivatkain 104 - Task Force 1942 – DOS-merisota ei ole enää niin maittava kuin vuonna 1992 Lomamatka Salomoninsaarille oli huono idea vuonna 1942. Sota näet saapui paratiisiin. Onneksi sinne kaiken keskelle ei ole ihan pakko tunkea, vaan MicroProsen Task Force 1942 antaa mahdollisuuden ta...
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