they still pulled them from GoG. Why not release them there for free? Epic slapped its legacy fanbase in the face with its handling of the Unreal series and then dumped it on the internet archive to wash its hands of it. They have no respect for their own heritage. This is not the same company that once released the likes of the titan pack as free DLC. It’s just a shadow of it’s former self, pushing fortnite micro transaction trash.

At what point does piracy become a cultural obligation? It’s certainly more socially responsible than the so-called owners these days.

just about any game from the 80’s 8bit era was sold by the tape insert’s artwork… but that artwork was so fine I do miss it today.

Powerhoof and joy masher make some nice indie games.

No computer should be without one! :D

Robotron on mame and yar’s revenge on 2600.

i hope this works with brutal doom!

Yes! That is a true masterpiece that at the time set a new standard.

3 of them:

• watching an Amiga 500 load from disk having only seen 8bit games on tape. Everything that machine did at the time was like magic.

• watching the castle fly through intro for Unreal on PC when the first 3D accelerators appeared. Everything changed after that.

• experiencing the shark diving demo on PlayStation VR. And also how nothing changed after that! xD

And to have been able to experience that evolution from space invaders to cyberpunk in a single life time has been a privilege.

working link to the rom hack: https://romhackplaza.org/romhacks/jurassic-park-volcanic-edition-genesis/

They’re not hostile to new players, but there are a lot of veterans. UT2k4 is probably going to be easier than ut99 where the pace is a lot faster.

You know you’re old when games you still play quite regularly turn up in retro reviews! The community master server is still pretty well populated, as are UT '99 servers. These games are still the pinnacle of their genre. No micro transactions, no DRM, no pay to win. Just you, your shock rifle, and as much amphetamine as your nerve endings will take. As the reviewer says, the level design and game mechanics are legendary at this point, and players of any ability can quickly get into a flow state that modern games can only dream of. These are fine wines in a world of cheap lager. New gamers should drink deep from the pc games of the 2000’s.

these books were great. I still have the fantasy games one on my shelf.

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Hunter was an early sandbox game on the Amiga and was quite good back in the day. Mercenary series too. Daggerfall was/is a huge sandbox rpg. Minecraft was the first to capture the lego style creativity though. Dwarf fortress is probably the closest to Minecraft.

With lashings and lashings of downloadable content and nft’s, all wrapped up in sweet pay to win :)

I bet they struggle to compete with Electronic Arts these days! ;p

ChinnyVision has some nice reviews.

I always thought it played slow and while everybody raved about the soundtrack and graphics, it was style over substance. I preferred Hybris and Swiv back in the day. Deluxe Galaga was probably the pinacle of that genre on the Amiga.