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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's avatar nathanntan 6 months 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's avatar overclockworked 6 months 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's avatar p7uen 6 months 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's avatar overclockworked 6 months 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

Alrighty, think the website is good to go now. If anyone here is linking to my site via the 8831 button or something else, please change the link to the new address! There's a new 8831 button on my website's sidebar now too (might not be visible on mobile unless you switch to desktop mode). Please let me know if you find any dead links!
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thegameboyabyss's avatar thegameboyabyss 6 months ago

The updates all look so good! Good work! :)

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nathanntan's avatar nathanntan 6 months ago

I'll change the link for the button! Lovely update ^^

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Biting the bullet and working on that name change. Moving forward the site's name will be OverClockWorked. Wanted something that has both a techy and dollish vibe, and I think I'm happy with this. Bare with me while I fix up my site and edit all of the broken links and rewrite the front page!
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I probably should change the name of my website since there's a lot of other things out there called "radpage" that come up before my site in web searches. Just also don't want to have to change urls, blegh
Enjoyed your writeup, I have played Bubble Bobble as much as the next person but never realised it was that deep, or that it had a ridiculous story.
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overclockworked's avatar overclockworked 7 months ago

In my opinion it's the gold standard for arcade game design; super easy to understand and pick up and play, with the replay value being not just because of difficulty, but also because of the underlying depth and complexity and secrets to uncover which can result in even replaying early levels being a different experience now that you can utilise those hidden mechanics. It's why i'm very fond of shoot-em-ups too!

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overclockworked's avatar overclockworked 7 months ago

P.S. the story gets even goofier with revelations introduced in Rainbow Islands

p7uen's avatar p7uen 7 months ago

Easy to play, hard to master! Insane to me that Bubble Bobble was hiding such complexity all these years (from me, at least!)

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