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6 days ago

50 hours of playing Metal Slug. Quite possibly just as much time researching, writing and editing the shrine, if not more. 29 A4 pages of analysis in LibreOffice documents. The Metal Slug Shrine is finally up! https://overclockworked.neocities.org/mslug/

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overclockworked 6 days ago

As a result of the size of this update, there may be errors throughout that I missed, as well as things that generally could just use a visual touch-up. Either way, I'm happy to finally be able to share this!

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p7uen 5 days ago

Aww yeahhh! That's my next few lunchtimes sorted.

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overclockworked

1 week ago

Overclockworked now has a mirror! Kindly hosted by my friends at the Cleft of Dimensions MUD. Aside from simply being a backup, it's my intention to eventually get this mirror of the site Classilla/Mac OS 9 compatible, though it's not QUITE working 100% on OS 9 just yet. For everyone using modern web browsers though, no issues! https://overclockworked.cleftofdimensions.net

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overclockworked 1 week ago

To further clarify, the Neocities version of the site will continue to be updated alongside the Cleft version, and I'll remain active on this site and on these activity feeds.

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overclockworked

1 week ago

Working on something big for the site! It'll be a while before it's ready, but my next shrine is well underway for an arcade game I've been dedicating myself to practising for the past few weeks; Metal Slug 1. I hope to provide similarly obsessive attention to detail as I have with the Blood shrine with this!

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overclockworked 1 week ago

I started playing Metal Slug as a way to unwind on hiatus (because I'm a freak and practising 1CC runs of really hard arcade games is how I relax) and then it turned into the next project for the site ahaha. Still, a change of pace!

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overclockworked ripemachine

3 weeks ago

Thanks for the follow! Just read your review on Golf Story partially because the intro resonates with me (Mini Golf is SO much more interesting and less of an ecological nightmare) though I have also guiltily enjoyed a few golf games myself despite thinking the sport irl is blegh. Everybody's Golf on PSP was my main one, ahaha. Really enjoyed your review!

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ripemachine 3 weeks ago

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed reading through the Blood Shrine on your site. Looking forward to reading through your retro reviews!

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overclockworked 1 month ago

Only just realised that the guestbook borked the front page on mobile, oops, fixed up now

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overclockworked

1 month ago

New Amiga review is up, looking at the first game in the legendary Turrican series: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/amiga/turrican/

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overclockworked 1 month ago

Creative burn-out is kicking in, so I think it's time to take a hiatus for a bit and unwind. Thanks for reading all, will be back when inspiration hits again!

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p7uen 1 month ago

I look forward to catching up on your Amiga reviews, have a good rest!

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1 month ago

OverClockWorked now has a guestbook on its front page! Feel free to say hi if you want to say hi.

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overclockworked soundmindandvision

1 month ago

Immediately smiled at the use of Realmz music on the main page. Loving the vibe here! DROD incidentally is on my to-play list, I'm big into those kinds of puzzle games (Lemmings addict)

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soundmindandvision 4 weeks ago

Hahaha thanks! Found the soundtrack from The Obscuritory and loved the hell out of it... Forgot where I heard about DROD though, but good lord I'm sad it seems so obscure, especially since it's a 30+ year old series that's still getting games.

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overclockworked

1 month ago

New blog update, sharing my thoughts on generative AI (I don't like it): https://overclockworked.neocities.org/blog/2026/18-1/

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overclockworked 1 month ago

As I mentioned in the post itself, this is a bit dryer and more cynical than my usual stuff. If you're not feeling yet another AI rant, you might want to skip this. A new review is in the works and nearly finished, so more fun content is on the way soon!

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underwhite 1 month ago

I agree with this review a lot, I hate how people are misusing AI to replace rather than its intended purpose, which I still would not use because I don't wanna. I do want a petition to call AI "artists" AI commissioners because their way of making their "art" is more similar to commissioning an artist (the only difference is that the "artist" is GenAI) than drawing.

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pixelglade 1 month ago

I agree with this. I also hate how genAI and AI are bundled together. A lot of old machine learning algorithms that don't pirate people's data are lumped in there. It doesn't help that genAI users claim things like "technology is always advancing art like photoshop, there's just an adjustment period" like they are in any way equivalent in terms of how they work.

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overclockworked 1 month ago

@pixelglade There's a Taiko no Tatsujin game on Steam that has an AI content disclaimer because it uses Vocaloid songs, and it was when I first saw that that I realised just what a mess this whole AI terminology has become, since Miku is harmless!

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p7uen 3 weeks ago

I used those robots.txt files from Neocities since htey were available but Google still has me (but says I provide guided meditations based on games which... actually now I really want to do). My question is why are those people writing/arting/whatever if the computer is doing the creative bit. Literally the whole point is that is your unique voice! Oh well.

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overclockworked 3 weeks ago

@p7uen Yeah, seems Google also still has AI summaries of me last time I checked after adding robots.txt. It's minor, but my main objection is the emphasis of the AI summary to emphasise nostalgia when summarising my site. I consciously try to avoid getting hung up on nostalgia when writing for my site, plus most of the games I review I'm playing for the first time! Ah well.

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overclockworked

1 month ago

New Amiga review is up, looking at Treasure Island Dizzy's follow-up; Fantasy World Dizzy https://overclockworked.neocities.org/amiga/dizzyiii/

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p7uen 3 weeks ago

May the God Egg bless you for playing these Dizzy games so that we don't have to.

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overclockworked 3 weeks ago

@p7uen I have become numb to Egg, I can handle it now. I give Fantasy World Dizzy a Not Treasure Island Dizzy out of 10.

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overclockworked

1 month ago

New Amiga review is up, looking at DMA Design's first video game, Menace: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/amiga/menace/

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p7uen 4 weeks ago

I'm too weak for shmups, but I did learn about euro shooters, I didn't know about that sub-genre!

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overclockworked 4 weeks ago

@p7uen They're an intimidating genre for sure! My love of arcade games has made me a fan however, if a somewhat casual one. Sometimes practicing a tough arcade game for better high scores is weirdly comforting to me, in spite of the difficulty.

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p7uen 3 weeks ago

"Sometimes practicing a tough arcade game for better high scores is weirdly comforting to me, in spite of the difficulty." No wonder you like pinball!

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1 month ago

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overclockworked

1 month ago

New Amiga review is up, looking at the arcade-style top down run & gun Alien Breed: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/amiga/alienbreed/

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overclockworked 1 month ago

Additionally, I have added a couple of links to two previous posts that a mutual linked me on Discord, both relevant to subjects covered on this site. First off is a beta source port of Realmz ( https://github.com/Realmz-Castle/realmz ) and secondly is an article about gaming history across the world in different regions ( https://felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrification-of-video-game-history-dfe11f1e08ae )

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p7uen 1 month ago

Great stuff, I remember playing this a bit back in the day. Were the soft locks just a way of making the game 'harder' and extending the play time

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overclockworked

1 month ago

Final update for the year; a reflection on 2025, what's next in store for the site and awards for each and every game I reviewed on OverClockWorked this year: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/blog/2025/31-12/

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p7uen 1 month ago

Thank you for your writing and for the fun collab this year. I can see now that I missed so many of your posts at the beginning of the year so I have some great lunch break reading to look forward to in 2026. Happy new year!

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