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This week's review is up, looking at the survival strategy game Ocean Bound on Mac: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/macos/ocean/
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This week's review is now up, looking at surreal first-person shooter adventure Mazeworld on Mac: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/macos/mazeworld/
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Update: I am intending to resume my original schedule of weekly Mac reviews for the immediate future! I'll upload a new review every Friday (NZ time) until further notice. I've got the next review finished already and two more reviews are nearly done, so I'll be able to at least keep this up for a month at this pace.
New review of Pipe Dream on Mac is here: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/macsimumarchives/pipedream/
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pixelglade
3 weeks ago
Pipe Dream on Windows 95 is the version i'm most familiar with. It had bright green flooz instead of pink.
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overclockworked
3 weeks ago
@pixelglade It's slightly odd that the flooz isn't green in the Mac version tbh, though I'm not as familiar with how the 4 color mode palettes work on Mac OS Classic. Had to catch myself instinctively typing "green flooz" into the review because I kept forgetting it was pink in the Mac version after looking at other ports to compare!
pixelglade
2 weeks ago
There were so many knockoffs of Pipe Dream I think many were trying to distinguish themselves from the original by changing the colours. Also in the process of looking up the colour palette for classic mac os I learned about old monitors using RGB565 colours which is absolutely fascinating.
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Late response, but I was just looking through your Tomb Raider pages again. I completely agree with the bit on Thames Wharf! The Windows 9x and I believe Mac OS Classic original versions of Tomb Raider 3 also both have more remastered-esque lighting as well, it seems to be only the PS1 version that has the cool deep blue glow to everything. It's a shame since they're otherwise superior to the PS1 version
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nathanntan
1 month ago
ohhh, i see! thanks for letting me know! i didn't know it was a ps1 thing only. it's such a cool lighting, it makes everything so mysterious! 💗💫 i wonder why the difference.. maybe something about the hardware. thank u for sharing!! ^^
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Really fascinating read on the classic trans games page! I was really happy to find out that so many of the Mac ports of games I really loved playing on that platform like Duke 3D and Tomb Raider were trans developed, and I always love seeing the history of LGBT+ stuff in gaming.
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New update: I've been working on a shrine dedicated to my favourite first-person shooter, Blood, over the last three or so weeks. There's still more I want to add but I'm at a point where I'm happy to share what I've got as a starting point! https://overclockworked.neocities.org/blood/
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overclockworked
1 month ago
This has been a big labour of love for me and involved me playing through the whole game twice in a row. It currently has pages analysing the weapons, enemies and characters. Later I want to make more pages about other elements of the game too, such as my thoughts on the individual level designs and source port comparisons.
p7uen
1 month ago
I was a Duke 3D person although I did play all of them, I think I only had the shareware of Blood. I've bookmarked this for later although I had a scan through, had completely forgotten about the voodoo doll. Games used to be real fun!
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overclockworked
1 month ago
@p7uen Duke 3D is really close to Blood for me, they're both extremely high quality and highly replayable classics. The varied and non-linear levels and large and unique arsenals in both games really nail what I love about the genre
Great review thank you! I think my younger self would have loved this back in the day, until the point you mentioned it goes from strategy into puzzle. I always get disappointed when that happens, not that I don't love a puzzle game but it feels like a different itch to scratch.