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Oh how I loved those CD-ROM magazines and samplers. It was the best thing from a time I still didn't have internet at home. I used to buy lots and I'm pretty sure I already talked about it here in this thread. Spent so much time on the Windows 95 Game Sampler particularly, made by Monolith. They sure loved 2001 A Space Odyssey references cause there were lots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C09QKLyYzUI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpTHVAUY48M
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Man, those were the poo poo. I discovered so many cool games through those CD samplers, although I barely ever got the full versions of them. I actually still have some, including that Monolith Win95 sampler disk. I made an iso of it for when I want to get my nostalgia on.
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I still have a sealed copy of Launch that I found in a drawer years ago. I think it originally came with maximum PC?
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I used to subscribe to a bunch of Mac-specific ones as a teenager, my favorite was MacAddict. It had some solid technical articles mixed in with a humorous tone and a big dose of Apple fanboyism. Then around 2000 or so they ran a controversial article about how to make fake IDs, their corporate parent threw a shitfit, and they changed their format a few months later, doing away with the humor and running content targeted at higher income adults. Of course by then the Internet was taking off and I could get my Apple news and shareware games online, so it wasn't a big loss.
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Jul 17, 2017 12:30
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Oh is that what happened to them? God drat. I used to write for them but then one day it all just dried up.
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Konstantin posted:I used to subscribe to a bunch of Mac-specific ones as a teenager, my favorite was MacAddict. It had some solid technical articles mixed in with a humorous tone and a big dose of Apple fanboyism. Then around 2000 or so they ran a controversial article about how to make fake IDs, their corporate parent threw a shitfit, and they changed their format a few months later, doing away with the humor and running content targeted at higher income adults. Of course by then the Internet was taking off and I could get my Apple news and shareware games online, so it wasn't a big loss. This had to be later then 2000. I've still got almost every issue, at least until they changed names to MacLife.
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Konstantin posted:I used to subscribe to a bunch of Mac-specific ones as a teenager, my favorite was MacAddict. "Ay Sandunga, Sandunga no seas ingrata..." They were a great source of fun for me, and a decent source of timewasty demos in the mid 90s. I still have their silvered cover with Jobs wearing a Halo outlining how he would Save Apple (lol yea right).
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Negrostrike posted:Oh how I loved those CD-ROM magazines and samplers. It was the best thing from a time I still didn't have internet at home. I used to buy lots and I'm pretty sure I already talked about it here in this thread. Oh man all those sampled sound effects in the first one are making me nostalgic. They were in found in every game back then 
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Negrostrike posted:Oh how I loved those CD-ROM magazines and samplers. It was the best thing from a time I still didn't have internet at home. I used to buy lots and I'm pretty sure I already talked about it here in this thread. this thing was the first way I got to play doom
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Tommah posted:this thing was the first way I got to play doom I already had played Doom 2 before but that introduced me to Doom 1 shareware. I played from start to finish many, many, many times. By the way, early Monolith used to do some...interesting stuff. Kinda tacky often for a group who declares itself "the most creative group of people of all time", but they went on to make some nice games like Blood. I love its theme song.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxIBZsLEts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9AeCyz5CnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxmo_LJdXBI Jace Hall and co. fooling around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ckXZ1Nl-A Negostrike has a new favorite as of 01:40 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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Negrostrike posted:I already had played Doom 2 before but that introduced me to Doom 1 shareware. I played from start to finish many, many, many times. Me too. To this day, I can do a run of Knee Deep in the Dead getting 100% enemies, secrets and items for every level, but I can't for any other Doom episode/game.
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FilthyImp posted:Their little Jared programs were hilarious (little emoticon dude singing poorly). he pretty much did
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FilthyImp posted:Their little Jared programs were hilarious (little emoticon dude singing poorly). Jared for Windows was better 
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Regular Nintendo posted:Reminds me of some game I saw at Dave and Busters (ugh) where you were a cop and had to burst into rooms (it moved you like a rail shooter) and dodge bullets. You physically stood in this space where it could monitor your body movement somehow and you were supposed to physically dodge the bullets like Neo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiKa9aC6gQ8
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Croccers posted:Police 911/Police 24/7 and Police 911 2 Messed up my legs for a couple of days after playing that. You are so absorbed into the game that you go through 100++ squats rapidly without realising it until you game over. This complication is likely why we never go more than 2 games and the machines seem to be quite rare. It is drat fun and you get a pretty good workout if you are a good shot without feeling tired until afterwards. I highly recommend people to play it at least once if they get the chance.
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Croccers posted:Police 911/Police 24/7 and Police 911 2 The dude narrating reminds me of the guy in that epic katana unboxing video.
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Hugh G. Rectum posted:he pretty much did Yes but at the time Apple had just suffered through thr Performa line, killed the Clones, had been bailed out by Gates and was on what, OS 8.2? Jobs would have to be a miracle worker to fix that!
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FilthyImp posted:Yes but at the time Apple had just suffered through thr Performa line, killed the Clones, had been bailed out by Gates and was on what, OS 8.2? Apple is good and properly hosed! What about candy colored 15 inch monitored all-in-ones? Brilliant!
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About 16 years ago, there was a NASCAR cockpit simulator at my local mall. They had sixteen stations. My buddy and I loved it so much that we each paid like $120 to do a simulated Winston Cup. Every Friday we'd go down there and race on a different track against 14 other people. You would earn points like real NASCAR and the winner of the series would get a trophy. We were kinda running the show at this pizza place at the time so everybody got free pizza. It was awesome.
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Arms_Akimbo posted:About 16 years ago, there was a NASCAR cockpit simulator at my local mall. They had sixteen stations. My buddy and I loved it so much that we each paid like $120 to do a simulated Winston Cup. Every Friday we'd go down there and race on a different track against 14 other people. You would earn points like real NASCAR and the winner of the series would get a trophy. We were kinda running the show at this pizza place at the time so everybody got free pizza. It was awesome. That is rad as gently caress.
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I'm hoping one of you guys can remember a game for me. It was a point and click style game, and I played it in 1992 or 1993. I had remembered it as being a Blade Runner game, but apparently the only blade runner game like that came in 1997 so it could not have been that. I played it on a mac. It was definitely a dystopian future kind of thing, but I really don't remember details beyond that. edit: Lots of time spent googling leads me to believe it was Rise of the Dragon. Flash Gordon Ramsay has a new favorite as of 21:35 on Jul 19, 2017 |
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Jul 19, 2017 21:28
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Flashback immediately comes to mind, but I used a joystick for it on the Amiga.
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Trabant posted:Flashback immediately comes to mind, but I used a joystick for it on the Amiga. Don't think I ever played that, but it looks very similar to (and was published by the same outfit) as Out of This World, which was way cool.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Don't think I ever played that, but it looks very similar to (and was published by the same outfit) as Out of This World, which was way cool. neither one of those were point and click?
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I'm hoping one of you guys can remember a game for me. It was a point and click style game, and I played it in 1992 or 1993. I had remembered it as being a Blade Runner game, but apparently the only blade runner game like that came in 1997 so it could not have been that. I played it on a mac. It was definitely a dystopian future kind of thing, but I really don't remember details beyond that. Beneath A Steel Sky is likely what you're thinking of. It's also officially freeware thanks to the original developers.
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Efexeye posted:neither one of those were point and click? No I edited my question post, Rise of the Dragon was the game I was trying to think of. I was just commenting on the other game.
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Efexeye posted:neither one of those were point and click? You're right, it's just that Flashback has that dystopian feel. That whole Another World (aka Out of This World) and Flashback / Fade to Black genre was a thing of beauty.
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Trabant posted:You're right, it's just that Flashback has that dystopian feel. AW is on Steam for $10
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I'm hoping one of you guys can remember a game for me. It was a point and click style game, and I played it in 1992 or 1993. I had remembered it as being a Blade Runner game, but apparently the only blade runner game like that came in 1997 so it could not have been that. I played it on a mac. It was definitely a dystopian future kind of thing, but I really don't remember details beyond that. Rise of the Dragon was one of my first "proper" point and click adventure. My buddy actually bought a Game Blaster (an adlib only soundblaster) to play it, and it was so rad! I have fond memories of that game. And Space Quest IV which I got at the same time.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I'm hoping one of you guys can remember a game for me. It was a point and click style game, and I played it in 1992 or 1993. I had remembered it as being a Blade Runner game, but apparently the only blade runner game like that came in 1997 so it could not have been that. I played it on a mac. It was definitely a dystopian future kind of thing, but I really don't remember details beyond that. Do you remember tons of atrocious attempts at chinese accents? The word Bahumat being thrown around? Cause thats Rise of the Dragon and stars Cam Clarke. Id tell you to play it but its one of those adventure games where youre on a global timer from the very start so its sort of a chore to actually play now. On the note of obscure games and failed systems a goal in life remains to be so wealthy I can buy an N-Gage and a copy of the RIFTS game released for it without feeling deep regret. Barudak has a new favorite as of 06:14 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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Obscure games? Anyone remember Majestic? It was like an ARG, where you could provide your email, AIM screen name, phone or Fax number. Very weird but way ahead of its time -- subscription based release, broken up into Episodes/Seasons (first ep free as a sampler), Friends List of players at similar stages as you, 'cooldown' time to prevent you from gunning through the story, and a multi-media mystery. The "game" started with an announcement saying the game devs had been firebombed and the game was cancelled. Then, an anonymous source emailed or called you about secret Majestic 12 Government Documents that were forwarded to you. This poo poo went deep, man. Fluoride in milk deep, man. Faked moon landing as a cover for the REAL moon landing so that the Reptilians could meet with their Grey overlords deep, man. The game would call or send you an IM at times, and you visited websites or talked to Contacts (basically AIM bots) or asked friendly allies for help. But you never really knew if ypu were talking to another dweeb, if they were misleading you, etc. I remember some rando freaking out on me and accusing me of being a Fake Player / Bot.  Given the play style and cooldown limits, it was always going to be a niche title. But thankfully they released it at juuuuust the right time for it to be relevant. Yup July of 2001 was a GREAT time to release a conspiracy-based game that called into question media narratives and placed the player in the middle of a vast web of doubt.  (Not that they could have forseen 9-11 but drat did that game get shut down quick afterwards...)
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Yes, I remember Majestic, and I always wanted to check it out. Anyone remember the screensaver for The Game? This was a movie that came out in the late nineties starring Michael Douglas as a rich douche canoe who gets himself involved in a ~game~ that starts getting scary and creepy. The movie was roughly 7/10 but the promo Win '95 screensaver would also start screwing with you. You'd install it and it would run for a while, and then you'd discover an icon on your desktop. You'd double-click it. Then things would happen to lightly mess with you, asking questions about stuff. I mostly forget what, because I had no computer at home and had only installed it on a PC at my job, and I soon moved to a different workstation. Also because it was 20 years ago. e: only thing a quick YT search comes up with is this guy who has the floppy disk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5idB39vuf4Y doctorfrog has a new favorite as of 08:44 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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Here's the original "Electronic Press Kit" (it was actually a videotape!) that EA sent out to stir up attention for Majestic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG0oY8obuGU
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Trabant posted:You're right, it's just that Flashback has that dystopian feel. Flashback is probably one of my favorite games ever. The rotoscoped animations, the dystopian setting, everything. That whole puzzle platformer genre was on a roll in the 90s. Prince of Persia in 1989, Another World, Flashback, Blackthorne, so many games. And I guess the basis for Tomb Raider and every action/adventure game since. KozmoNaut has a new favorite as of 09:06 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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The Kins posted:Here's the original "Electronic Press Kit" (it was actually a videotape!) that EA sent out to stir up attention for Majestic. Man that would have been right up my alley if I was aware of it at the time! The only ARG I got involved with was no where on that level but was the ARG to promote Tron: Legacy. Ended up with some cool merchandise like a Encom security lanyard and ID Badge, some origami 'Bit' characters, a bunch of pins and stickers etc. Still have them all in the original envelopes they were mailed to me in (somewhere in a pile-o-random-poo poo under my house)
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doctorfrog posted:Yes, I remember Majestic, and I always wanted to check it out. Hey The Game was pretty great. As another David Fincher movie, it makes an excellent doubleheader with Fight Club
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I'm hoping one of you guys can remember a game for me. It was a point and click style game, and I played it in 1992 or 1993. I had remembered it as being a Blade Runner game, but apparently the only blade runner game like that came in 1997 so it could not have been that. I played it on a mac. It was definitely a dystopian future kind of thing, but I really don't remember details beyond that. It's from '94 so fairly close... Beneath a Steel Sky? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky
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doctorfrog posted:Yes, I remember Majestic, and I always wanted to check it out. Yeah, it would change your wallpaper to text based on those questions. It looked like your computer was hacked by someone who had dirt on you.
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Majestic was really cool for it's time, considering a quarter of the game ran through a fax machine. I played it for about six months, had a great time. Then they announced a delay between seasons and I wasn't going to pay a monthly fee for nothing.
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Here's some footage from a CD-ROM based FMV "multimedia magazine". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGtP-86zBUI Quoting my friend who actually focuses on these sorts of things as his thing: quote:Multimedia magazines like this fascinate me because of the direction they expected all media to move in. The idea of an interactive video-based media magazine in the style of something like Spin or Rolling Stone isn’t too far off from what we have now, and it matches up with what other companies like Voyager predicted about the future of print media. This take, though, is so focused on creating a physical place rather than just being a page. You watch Bill Murray on a screen at a theater from an awkward angle, then you go up to the stage to talk to Ray Liotta. You meet Shaq on the street.
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