The Amiga was difficult to program and lacked easily accessible documentation. A lot of software was developed to be ported across platforms like the Atari ST and dos, and so the Amiga often didn’t get the dedicated attention it required. At the time, people would compare the Amiga to the mega drive (genesis) and SNES - it was all about the games, while the Amiga could create and not just consume. If commodore had dropped a game from the bundles and stuffed some books and a couple of dev tools then the story might have been a bit different. They bundled deluxe paint and created a long lasting legacy of artists. If they included Amos or Blitz basic they might have played more into the bedroom programmer scene of the 80s, which dipped a bit during the console years and has seen a resurgence over the last decade, which is in no small part due to the proliferation of high quality development tools. If the scorpion engine had existed for the A1200 at the time, commodore might not have needed to worry about the hardware.

UFO (or xcom) - enemy unknown.

It’s Interesting how Dunlop spent his life wrestling with a suffocating corporate command and control structure to implement a system to facilitate a suffocating corporate command and control structure, while Engelbart was presenting ways of facilitating the expression of ideas with the machine. Dunlop’s work with IBM is probably best left in the garage, along with IBM.

ha yes! that is depressingly likely to be 100% correct.

so sega realised that rather than sell a retro console once, they can sell a reboot filled with DLC and monthly subscriptions forever. nice.

I hope they don’t embark on a purge of all the original versions across the web, as is the trend at the moment from likes of Blizzard, and shackle old titles with new restrictions.

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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