p7uen
4 days ago
Another core-memory game that I can tick off the list. Also the hardest game I've completed for this site, I kind of love it and I will never play it again..
overclockworked
14 hours ago
There is something so specifically 'Euro computer game' about games with a character that is probably meant to look cute and instead just looks extremely off-putting, see also Nicky Boom. In terms of gameplay I get some Creatures 2: Torture Trouble (C64, unrelated to a-life Creatures) vibes, which is also a brutally hard single screen platformer with puzzle elements that was still hard even with infinite lives cheats
p7uen
2 weeks ago
My latest hyperfixation is El Fish: A story of the most popular game in the world, the fall of the USSR, a murder-suicide, a conspiracy and a very good digital fish tank.
overclockworked
2 weeks ago
The fish need to be put on trial for their crimes against dinosaurs clearly. We have crime scene witnesses in New Zealand that could help, thanks to us having tuataras, the closest thing we have to surviving dinosaurs!
p7uen
2 weeks ago
@Skep: Molyneux just admitted they were all high at Lionhead so I assume Maxis dropped acid as they came through the door in the mornings (I worked at Lionhead for a bit and I wasn't offered any).
p7uen
2 weeks ago
@overclockworked I worked in wildlife for 10 years and never heard of tuataras, thank you they are superb dudes!
p7uen
3 weeks ago
Updated with link to a massive FAQ and guide I wrote because I'm the only person on the internet sad enough.
oopsiedoodle
3 weeks ago
well this is delightful. very generous of you to share all of those amazing gifs. keep doing what you do!
p7uen
4 weeks ago
You got to like your own too! (I have to be guilty of at least the nostlagia part of your lesson 1, but it is hilarious)
dwellerscave
1 month ago
Thankyou! I really appreciate that. I'm hoping adding them one by one will motivate me to continue filling the gaps i've been meaning to fille for a few years now. I too used to have a big collection of games and had to give them up after moving countries a few times. I started collecting them again about ten years ago- but have had to slow down due to the cost.
p7uen
1 month ago
Exactly the same! Everything on eBay is so expensive now even the most rubbish or most popular of games.
dwellerscave
1 month ago
Yes, it went from being a fun hobby where you could pick up an old DOS game for 20-30 dollars australian that someone else didn't want- to being a collector driven market where people are trying to flog bargain bin relreleases of "rare" games in terrible condition for 50-100 dollars plus postage.
Updated the gif library with the latest sets for your giffing needs.
Also a quick admin update on the old Ghostbuster review, please excuse!