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New review is up for the Mac shareware fantasy CRPG Realmz: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/macos/realmz/
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Okay, think I'm FINALLY happy with the site renovations. Blood shrine will also eventually be replaced with a shrine directory for both it and any other shrines I make in the future. I am going back to playing Mac games now.
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overclockworked
3 months ago
If the navbar looks broken in the Blood Shrine, that's because I had to update the css file for it and that takes time to refresh if the old css file is still in your cache.
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overclockworked
3 months ago
Experimental index for all my reviews idea, it looks awful right now but i'm also tired and spacing out so i'll try and make it less terrible tomorrow fgjhhgkj
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New review up of Tomb Raider II for Mac: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/macos/trii/
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nathanntan
3 months ago
What a nice review, as always! I never understood the springboard mechanic either: I just hoped for the best and jumped LOL
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p7uen
3 months ago
Finally fantastic and thoughtful review! The instakill bits got to me a bit you are much more patient than me. It's SUCH a 90 sequel. (Also in no way is my site more professional than yours!)
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p7uen
3 months ago
Also would love to read what you think about the expansion one day, I have never played that.
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Any time I see a review for a game on a computer I haven't used myself, I always end up wanting that computer a lot more (vintage computers are my favourite retro gaming platforms), and you absolutely did that for me with the Archimedes with the Lander/Zarch reviews. V2000 also sounds delightfully playful with its mechanics and I'm interested in checking it out down the line!
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p7uen
3 months ago
Thank you I'm glad to have had an effect! There is a great and easy emulator called Arculator but yes, no subsitute for having a go on the old clunky hardware again.
New Mac review for Crystal Quest out today: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/macos/crystal/
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overclockworked
3 months ago
I'm a little out of it tonight so apologies if the review needs some editing. Will give it another read over when I'm less tired ahaha. Small review of a small game to start out my return. Next review will be a big one I've been putting off far too long!
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p7uen
3 months ago
Great review, I have been on a weird-mouse-control-game bender recently so I looked up a video to see what you meant about the controls. Weird!
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p7uen
3 months ago
Also, you reminded me of shareware game Rats! in the 1990s which had an even more extreme female orgasm sound effect, which my parents were not amused by. What is it with these old devs?
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overclockworked
3 months ago
@p7uen I've actually seen Rats! before myself, and yeah, the sound effect there REALLY goes overboard even compared to Crystal Quest and Apeiron. Something I've noticed when looking into classic Mac games is just how developers could get away with whatever they wanted in self-published shareware.
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overclockworked
3 months ago
(addendum: I say it's "something I've noticed" as if I only found out recently, but in actuality I've known it for the past 23 years due to a time when I accidentally stumbled upon Barney Blaster as a kid and got horrified by the cute purple dinosaur being gorily torn to shreds on the title screen)
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This sounds well ahead of its time, lovely review thank you! Also, look at those lovely fonts. They don't make them like they used to.
Fun fact: The main font used in Realmz actually comes from an earlier 1989 Mac CRPG by the name of Theldrow. I know this because unlike the Pinball Dreams music, they actually got permission to use this font and credited the original creator ahaha