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Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit
The PC version of Halo came out about a year after Halo dropped for the Xbox, which is probably why it was forgotten to exist.

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Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Iron Crowned posted:

The PC version of Halo came out about a year after Halo dropped for the Xbox, which is probably why it was forgotten to exist.

It also was not the most optimized and did not run very well.

Video Nasty
Jun 17, 2003

Picnic Princess posted:

I had Pong when I was a kid. What do I win?

Jeza
Feb 13, 2011

The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.
Weird that I don't remember it being poorly optimised. Potentially I had a very recent rig upgrade at the time or it's just rose tinted specs I guess. It was pretty big on PC though, I don't think it slipped under the radar. It had an active and long-lasting competitive scene.

Flash Gordon Ramsay
Sep 28, 2004

Grimey Drawer

A girl gamer? Now I've seen everything.

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.


Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus



drat, Grandma didn't forget about Dre.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKEL4cUTOI4

Macdeo Lurjtux
Jul 5, 2011

BRRREADSTOOORRM!

Iron Crowned posted:

I don't think it had ever been slated to be an MMOFPS, but I know that they had intended the halo to be one big continuous map with no boundaries, and not broken up into levels.

I think that Halo really started out as a RTS actually.

Maybe proto-mmofps is the wrong word? I remember them talking up the idea of getting missions that required a variety of skills, player not character, so you’d want to put together a team of players based on skill leaderboards.

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007


No jokes when I was like five or six for Christmas my grandfather bought me a "Gameboy" which is what he called one of those $2 Tetris games, which he got instead of an actual Gameboy because the shop didn't have any in stock when he went. I remember being super disappointed but my parents raised me well enough not to show it. I played the poo poo out of that Tetris game anyway to be fair.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014



coolskull
Nov 11, 2007

accessories are for closers

Guy Goodbody
Aug 31, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

Queen-Of-Hearts
Mar 17, 2009

"I want to break your heart💔 and give you mine🫀"




Iron Crowned posted:

so I just mashed the keyboard like I saw people do on TV.

Its nice that some things dont change. :3:

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

swordfish duelist posted:

I cant tell if you're joking or not and I blame just waking up for my night shift.

PC got all 3 games..

If the article came out at the time Halo was being talked about for the PC, their idea for Team Fortress II was very different to what it is today.

Also, I can't believe no one has mentioned recording games for their C64 off the radio. poo poo was tight in 1984.

Grumbletron 4000
Nov 30, 2002

Where you want it, bitch.
College Slice

Flyinglemur posted:

I'm an old person with scrambled brains and I swear you had to boot it with a cassette. I might have been wrong about that but that was definitely the external storage device for my basic programs that used to write LOL. It also had a cartridge game called impossible mission that was bugged at the end and wouldn't let you finish the game. It was my first experience with what would come to be Bethesda gaming.

I'm in on the cassette storage derail. My mom found a Texas Instruments 99-4/A at a barn sale when I was a kid. It had a bunch of cartridges with it like "Munch Man" aka the shittest Pacman clone ever. Anyway, it had a code book with it too. With the code for a bunch of the games I didn't have. After I finally figured out a way to tap out an entire game and get it to work (River Raid I think) I realized there was no way to save it. I didn't have the cassette drive.

I never got that drive and never bothered to tap out another game either. Got a Colecovision and reveled in arcade quality Donkey Kong goodness.

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

snergle
Aug 3, 2013

A kind little mouse!

Zil posted:

It also was not the most optimized and did not run very well.

none of bungies pc games until destiny 2 had a decent port and destiny 2 is still not that great. Same reason you dont buy the witcher on pc until witcher 3.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://i.imgur.com/4D57TzK.mp4

MizPiz
May 29, 2013

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/tahkion/status/1013304616958607360?s=19

Comptroll The Forums
Apr 25, 2007

DON'T HURT MY FEE FEES!

I can tell this really works becuase people rarely make eye contact with me

woop woop clown love y'all

Lizard Combatant
Sep 29, 2010

I have some notes.

Works on family and friends too

Skippy McPants
Mar 19, 2009


I adore how unimpressed this cat is.

"I'm supposed to get a treat when I ring the bell, Jerry. That's the deal we made. Now, where's my loving treat?"

Former DILF
Jul 13, 2017


this is huge

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Former DILF posted:

this is huge

That's just J. He's always that.

Guy Goodbody
Aug 31, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo
I don't think this needs nsfw tags, because it's art, but you guys got all kinds of weird rules so I'm just gonna post the link and you can click on it or not and whatever happens isn't my loving problem

https://i.imgur.com/YczBYsr.jpg

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

Guy Goodbody posted:

I don't think this needs nsfw tags, because it's art, but you guys got all kinds of weird rules so I'm just gonna post the link and you can click on it or not and whatever happens isn't my loving problem

https://i.imgur.com/YczBYsr.jpg

Why would a vase be NSFW? You're so conservative

Dr. Fraiser Chain
May 18, 2004

Redlining my shit posting machine


bike tory posted:

Why would a vase be NSFW? You're so conservative

http://imgur.com/JZxfhI8

NSFW probably. Dirty Peruvian pottery

Zombear
Dec 4, 2007
Catchphrase!


[/quote]

Grandma is much cooler than Santa Claus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhd4hOjvy3s

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Goodpancakes posted:

http://imgur.com/JZxfhI8

NSFW probably. Dirty Peruvian pottery

This was deleted, so it probably was NSFW.

Phy
Jun 27, 2008



Fun Shoe

Jamesman posted:

The Man Who Laughs

I wanted to let you know I appreciated this

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

CityOfLostChildren posted:

You were in the SS?

They never need to ask if I know my blood type.

BovineFury
Oct 28, 2007
I moo for great justice!

Zil posted:

It also was not the most optimized and did not run very well.

Players didn't have color on my computer. I wondered how you were supposed to tell who was on what side. Then I found out they were supposed to be colored...

JIZZ DENOUEMENT
Oct 3, 2012

STRIKE!

Zero One posted:

What about this?



Can some angel please make this avatar sized?

Phlegmish
Jul 2, 2011



Grumbletron 4000 posted:

I'm in on the cassette storage derail. My mom found a Texas Instruments 99-4/A at a barn sale when I was a kid. It had a bunch of cartridges with it like "Munch Man" aka the shittest Pacman clone ever. Anyway, it had a code book with it too. With the code for a bunch of the games I didn't have. After I finally figured out a way to tap out an entire game and get it to work (River Raid I think) I realized there was no way to save it. I didn't have the cassette drive.

I never got that drive and never bothered to tap out another game either. Got a Colecovision and reveled in arcade quality Donkey Kong goodness.

I always tell my kids they can play all the video games they want, but they have to program them themselves

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIpi0kle1g0

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://i.imgur.com/DaZedhk.mp4

Marta Velasquez
Mar 9, 2013

Good thing I was feeling suicidal this morning...
Fallen Rib

JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

Can some angel please make this avatar sized?

Only registered members can see post attachments!

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Johnny Aztec
Jan 30, 2005

by Hand Knit

Memento posted:

This was deleted, so it probably was NSFW.

Oh please. IMgur mods are 1850's Victoria era Puritans.

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