Retro Gaming General

I've been playing a lot of Wipeout on the PSX
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An Open Letter to Retro Gaming and Vintage Computing fans. Want to know how to beat Impossible Mission on the C64 (or Evercade)? Want to know how the VIC-20 uses memory expansions? Or Why your Vectrex won't turn on? With modern technology, the answer is...
  • CommodoreCruiser
    • Yeah, I agree with a lot of this, but am guilty of it too. It's so much easier to use Discord on my phone than a forum.
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Not the usual retrogaming fare, but I'd highly recommend checking out what's going on over at cyber1: https://www.cyber1.org/ This group is preserving and offering access to PLATO software. PLATO was an educational project in the 60s and 70s that ended up...
  • Ramokromok
    • Maybe there's a way of picking a time and date and announcing it beforehand, perhaps on your podcast, and get enough people...
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I just picked up an overlay for Vectrex Clean Sweep!
  • Sanxion
    • I have recently been very silly and purchased something for my C64 collection. I will post pics when it comes through. Most...
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Anyone have an old rogue-like game they are particularly fond of? I feel like there are a lot of weird ones tucked away that are tons of fun. Personally, I really enjoy alphaman(http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Alphaman). It's something between...
  • Ramokromok
    • I've got an Ouya that I haven't got round to hacking yet. Sounds like something I need to look into - did some googling and...
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Think this counts as retro gaming, but I've been slowly working on a janky DOS game in my spare time. Here's the codebase: https://github.com/WizardOfHaas/secret_of_uruk The good stuff: it's a 100% text mode rouge-ish game written in x86 assembly...
  • Ramokromok
    • Well I’m looking forward to hearing how you get on! Good luck
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https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/may/13/15-greatest-video-games-of-the-70s-ranked Not a bad list. Though I think Colossal Cave Adventure should be there over Zork. And perhaps a nod to Microchess as the first commercial computer game.
https://www.standard.co.uk/reveller/attractions/four-quarters-elephant-castle-video-game-bar-b936904.html "Rather than replicas, the gaming stations will be the original, vintage machines with period-appropriate releases, including Street Fighter II, Pac...
  • JoyFreak
    • This sounds awesome. I'll be moving out to London in September so I will have to make a stop and check it out :)
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Let’s see your collections of machines! I’ve just been having a tidy up so it looks a lot neater than usual. (Missing from the pic is the Vectrex, as that’s permanently plugged in elsewhere!)
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