You can buy this forgotten '90s shooter from its original website, which is a perfectly preserved time capsule of PC gaming's golden age
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-buy-this-forgotten-90s-shooter-from-its-original-website-which-is-a-perfectly-preserved-time-capsule-of-pc-gamings-golden-age/
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makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml · 34 pts · 2y
The website.
https://www.tibosoftware.com/bad-toys.htm
kakes@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 2y
The "journalist" didn't even try the demo before writing this. Thanks for the direct link, no point going through the article.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 2y
That’s PCGamer for ya
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social · 31 pts · 2y
Who the fuck descided that this was the golden age of gaming?
torvusbogpod@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Yes I too look nostalgically look back on my games having nothing but beep audio because I didn't have one of three sound cards my chosen game decided to support
lolcatnip@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 2y
Ok but that's kind of on you for not noticing that everything supported Soundblaster.
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
That was the audio equivalent of RTX ON.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Crazy that it only needs 3.5mb of disk space.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 2y
Back then Amiga computers were at their peak, it wasn't uncommon for a whole game to be on a single 1.44 MB floppy. It was also pretty common that booting from the disk was the only way to launch the game.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I guess it's good that devs don't need to optimize as much as they had to, but I also feel like we've collectively allowed the laziness to go too far, with 110gb updates and stuff.
I personally would prefer spending my time building new stuff, but I think if I had to, optimizing can also be fun and interesting in its own way.
agent_flounder@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Castle WTF