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Isn't it like, super hard to get Diablo 1 running on modern hardware?
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Nov 6, 2018 16:04
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Diablo and all the loot grind games of its ilk are slot machines with no monetary payout and sometimes less gameplay than actual slots
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Nov 6, 2018 16:07
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Barudak posted:Diablo and all the loot grind games of its ilk Part of the reason why I like the first game so much is that it's very much not like this at all.
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Nov 6, 2018 17:13
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Barudak posted:Diablo and all the loot grind games of its ilk are slot machines with no monetary payout and sometimes less gameplay than actual slots Yeah, they were fun for a bit but I didn't even play Diablo 3. At one point I tried to play 2 again but it was just boring. I can only right click on monsters so long, guys. In this case the funniest thing is that, well, didn't Blizzard specifically say that they weren't announcing Diablo 4 or a new PC Diablo game ahead of time? Then a bunch of angry nerds got angry anyway even though they were specifically not promised what they wanted.
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Nov 6, 2018 17:42
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ItBreathes posted:Isn't it like, super hard to get Diablo 1 running on modern hardware? Would that be a problem for people ITT?
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Nov 6, 2018 18:09
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Diablo in all forms is garbage imo
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Nov 6, 2018 19:27
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Jerry Cotton posted:Would that be a problem for people ITT? There are fan patches that make it easy. I played it last summer on Windows 10.
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Nov 6, 2018 19:38
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Just play Nox instead but that game is actually cool and good
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Nov 6, 2018 19:43
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Diablo 1 had a nice atmosphere going for it, the soundtrack was great and there wasn't any needless cinematic lore to ignore. I can't even imagine how lovely it must be today but back then it packed a good punch. The OST is still great.
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Nov 6, 2018 21:51
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I can run in Diablo II.
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Nov 6, 2018 22:00
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The Playstation version of Diablo has running of sorts, it speeds up the game which makes it better than the PC version. The 2 player mode is also on par with Battle.net in fun factor since you can wing fireballs at your little brother that'll instantly kill him. The PC gaming community gets mad when they reveal a Diablo phone game but Diablo 1 and 3 were better as Playstation games anyway. ToxicSlurpee posted:In this case the funniest thing is that, well, didn't Blizzard specifically say that they weren't announcing Diablo 4 or a new PC Diablo game ahead of time? Then a bunch of angry nerds got angry anyway even though they were specifically not promised what they wanted.
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Nov 6, 2018 22:51
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Laslow posted:They were certain that the other thing was a Diablo 2 remaster. Which is silly to think they're competent enough to manage that, when regular Diablo 2 is still broken. Trust me, I cheat like a motherfucker on Battle.net and they're powerless to stop me. I thought the issue was that a lot of assets needed to do it are lost.
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Nov 7, 2018 02:04
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barbecue at the folks posted:Diablo 1 had a nice atmosphere going for it, the soundtrack was great and there wasn't any needless cinematic lore to ignore. I can't even imagine how lovely it must be today but back then it packed a good punch. The OST is still great. Oh yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrK90XJfqRs Star Man posted:I thought the issue was that a lot of assets needed to do it are lost. Oh well what a shame I guess they can remaster the original instead then.
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Nov 7, 2018 03:46
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Mak0rz posted:Oh well what a shame I guess they can remaster the original instead then. That's never happening. Brood War refuses to die even though no one gives a poo poo about the RTS genre anymore and enough of the assets were still around that they could do it. If Blizzard ever gives any attention to the first WarCraft games or Diablo 1, it will be something that makes them playable in Windows 10 and nothing else will be done.
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Nov 7, 2018 04:59
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Star Man posted:I thought the issue was that a lot of assets needed to do it are lost. I think the problem is they don’t know how to do anything with it, since it was made by Blizzard North, which doesn’t exist anymore and there’s probably zero Blizzard North guys left on the payroll.
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Nov 7, 2018 06:47
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Mak0rz posted:Oh yes. Playing Diablo about six months after its release was an audio/visual Experience. It looked high-res, nearly photorealistic to me, gritty and haunted as hell. I played it only when my dad wasn't able to hear it since we were a pretty churchy bunch and he would not have cottoned to such a thing. I remember playing through it the first time, getting destroyed by the Butcher, grumbling and creating a new character, and my jaw dropping as I realized an entirely new level had been created from scratch. That said, I did get bored and never finished it. I get sucked in pretty good by loot clicker games, but burn out after a hot couple weeks. I only understand the Diablo series as a loot-clicker with a great soundtrack. It's not that great of a franchise, but to each his own.
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Nov 7, 2018 06:49
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Star Man posted:If Blizzard ever gives any attention to the first WarCraft games or Diablo 1, it will be something that makes them playable in Windows 10 and nothing else will be done. Excellent. Let's do that then.
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Nov 7, 2018 18:31
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Nov 10, 2018 19:08
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That's amazing. Is it midi or a highly compressed single or what?
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Nov 10, 2018 19:11
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Sentient Data posted:That's amazing. Is it midi or a highly compressed single or what? It’s the 21st Century Screen Saver Collection.
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Nov 10, 2018 19:14
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Todd in the Shadows just did an episode of Trainwreckords about Billy Idol's Cyberpunk, which came with a floppy.
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Nov 10, 2018 19:22
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If you've got to use imgbb, please don't use the lovely thumbnails, thanks.
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Nov 10, 2018 19:57
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Randaconda posted:Todd in the Shadows just did an episode of Trainwreckords about Billy Idol's Cyberpunk, which came with a floppy. I guess I'll google for that, because Cyberpunk is unironically one of my favorite albums. Yes, yes, I have terrible taste in music, etc.
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Nov 10, 2018 20:12
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BigFactory posted:It’s the 21st Century Screen Saver Collection. Which consists entirely of a photo of a seated Robert Fripp looking grim and disappointed in you
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Nov 11, 2018 18:49
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And as it bounces around the screen, you realize it has been carefully programmed to never satisfyingly hit a corner.
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Nov 11, 2018 19:17
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Why is there a giant Save logo in their album?
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Nov 11, 2018 19:59
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EvilGenius posted:Why is there a giant Save logo in their album? We went over this upthread: it’s a screen saver.
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Nov 11, 2018 23:12
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doctorfrog posted:I guess I'll google for that, because Cyberpunk is unironically one of my favorite albums. Yes, yes, I have terrible taste in music, etc. Adam in Chains is a great song, you just have to set the file to start playing at the end of all the hypnosis poo poo.
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Nov 12, 2018 18:04
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doctorfrog posted:I guess I'll google for that, because Cyberpunk is unironically one of my favorite albums. Yes, yes, I have terrible taste in music, etc. Going by the episode, it didn't sound all that terrible.
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Nov 12, 2018 18:25
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I recognise how unexciting this is, but it amuses me how the only labelled item in the cover picture that might still be in an office is the plain yellow envelope. (And the code isn't even in Word 365.)
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Nov 14, 2018 07:47
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I had completely forgotten the thrill of using the little sheet of stickers that came with blank VCRs/cassettes.
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Nov 14, 2018 09:36
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I remember being frustrated that they didn't include enough letter stickers to spell anything
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Nov 14, 2018 11:36
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RandomFerret posted:I remember being frustrated that they didn't include enough letter stickers to spell anything Two of every vowel and one of everything else. You ended up with tapes labelled "IND1AN4 JON35"
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Nov 14, 2018 14:12
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The letter stickers were meant for a catalogue number or something; you just wrote the title on the label(s).
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Nov 14, 2018 22:22
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I know that NOW, but it's no longer useful information
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Nov 15, 2018 17:57
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ItBreathes posted:Isn't it like, super hard to get Diablo 1 running on modern hardware? If I remember right, in Windows 7 you had to kill explorer when you started Diablo 1 due to how Windows handled DirectDraw. In Windows 10 it seems you can just install it and play the game as is... Though i'm having issues with it just randomly closing.
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Nov 15, 2018 19:41
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Randaconda posted:Going by the episode, it didn't sound all that terrible. Yeah, I finally watched it. I bought and listened to Cyberpunk around 1997, and one takeaway from the video that describes the album's appeal is its utter sincerity. By 1997, I'd lived through, identified with, and enjoyed a hell of a lot of sneering in music, and Cyberpunk rounded that out a bit. I think Mother Dawn was the first song that I straight up loved that I could also simultaneously acknowledge how incredibly lame it was.
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Nov 15, 2018 19:54
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doctorfrog posted:I think Mother Dawn was the first song that I straight up loved that I could also simultaneously acknowledge how incredibly lame it was.
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Nov 16, 2018 05:35
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I think I've posted this before but analog recording and Adam Savage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF4A4wdnXkU
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Nov 17, 2018 17:02
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It's cool to have a record that is a direct copy of someone's voice and not copied off a tape. I listen to mine every once in a while.
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Nov 17, 2018 17:13
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