Game still in development, but thinking ahead to promoting it. I remember as a kid going to Egghead Software and seeing Zork and Rogue for sale there. So, I have some nostalgia for the store. I'm planning on promoting the game the old fashioned way (at least partially)...in person. So, I made an Egghead store banner to hang up to catch people's attention. #retrocomputing #gamedev #interactivefiction #textadventures

in which I finish Time Warden, a lost ZX81 game and an attempt at referencing Dr. Who

and observe the curious difference between fantasy and sci-fi in early adventure games

and also, as, usual, come across a thumpingly bad moment of parser feedback

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/18/time-warden-you-have-saved-the-universe/

#retrogaming #adventuregames #videogames #textadventures #interactivefiction #zx81 #drwho

Telarium’s Classic Commodore 64 Adventures: A Retrospective
#Telarium #Commodore64 #C64 #RetroGaming #TextAdventures #GraphicAdventures #VintageGames #MichaelCrichton #RayBradbury
https://theoasisbbs.com/telariums-classic-commodore-64-adventures-a-retrospective/?feed_id=2845&_unique_id=6800fd394bb53

Ultima III Port in Progress for Foenix F256K – Playable Build Available
#FoenixF256K #UltimaIII #CRPG #RetroGaming #8bitDevelopment #MinstrelDragon #Ultima3 #Sosaria #GamePorting #Exodus
https://theoasisbbs.com/ultima-iii-port-in-progress-for-foenix-f256k-playable-build-available/?feed_id=2965&_unique_id=680a39229b2be

@nosfe Yeah, it's a good resource. Same here, I've been on that thing since 1998

At All the Adventures, Zodiac Castle continues, with ornery secrets being hidden by an even more ornery parser.

Also, killing tiny dragons.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/22/zodiac-castle-as-in-the-fairy-tale/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #appleII #apple2 #apple

@nosfe Ah, btw, the stocks were mostly consumer formats, since that was our business. So color and black and white reversal...a lot of kodachrome and ektachrome.

@nosfe Honestly, it's been years since I've been eyeing lots of film. I've seen all sorts of patterns, degradation or no. My recommendation is to ask the experts...lots of archivists and film chemistry nerds hang out on the Frameworks experimental film mailing list...that would be the place to ask https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org

@nosfe All sorts of patterns. Usually the emulsion would crack inward from the edge of the film. I remember seeing it a lot on super8 and 8mm, since that was what we mostly transferred. We didn't get much 16mm to transfer. At an internship at a film archive, I didn't see degradation of this type on any 16mm, since it was stored properly. Vinegar syndrome was the most common problem. When we would see stuff like this, it would be time to either transfer it to video or make a new print.

@nosfe check this out

I have Fujichrome R25 Single-8 8mm film on which one of the color layers has spontaneously formed #Sierpinski #triangle #fractal like patterns, all over the whole 15m roll.

It is unclear if this has happened through some biological or physical process, and would like some help finding out.

@nosfe Yes, I have. Sometimes it creates other patterns as well. If you store it in a place where it doesn't have a stable temperature, not too hot or too cold, and stays dry, it will begin to degrade in this way. Mostly it was only on old home movie film. Decades old. I have stuff I shot 20 years ago that I've stored at room temp., and nothing like this has happened.

@nosfe I used to work in the film to video transfer business, and I saw customers' film coming in with this same kind of phenomenon. I always thought it was simply age, or film that was stored improperly..causing the emulsion to degrade, coming off layer by layer. One color layer comes off, then the color of the surface changes. The emulsion in general simply cracks as it comes off. You probably want to buy something like this to clean and strengthen the film https://www.film-tech.com/products/filmguard.php

Favorite Demos From Steam Nextfest Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/embed/hFSBEXlBUd0

This is a collection of my favorite demos from our first nights of streaming next fest 2025 February edition.

0:00 Intro00:17 Monster Trai
https://setsideb.com/favorite-demos-from-steam-nextfest-part-1/
#indies #Chainstaff #Empyreal #indie #indiegameshowcase #Moadra #MonsterTrain2 #RustyAndTheRiverside #Scaravan66 #ShotgunCopMan #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTacticalTakedown #TwistedTower #WhiteKnuckle

Happy 28th anniversary to Winamp!

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The first version of ⚡Winamp⚡ was released as freeware on April 21st, 1997!
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Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass!

Hey pals: Someone I like made a tool that extracts still images from youtube tutorials so we can follow them step by step with screenshots as God intended instead of having to constantly be pausing and seeking back and forth. I have LOST this precious resource.

Was it you? Will you give me the link? I will bookmark it this time.

UPDATE: FOUND. It is https://github.com/obra/Youtube2Webpage by @jesse and it deserves a genius grant if we're honest

If anyone is in the SF Bay Area, and hasn't visited the Computer History Museum, they have demos of the IBM 1401, punched cards and all. The guys running the demo were great. They let me shoot the demo with my super8 camera, and even let me type out my credits of my film and then shoot the printer printing them out. Check out the editing sequence. #retrocomputing

ZX Spectrum, Soviet Style: A 44-IC Clone you can build.

If you’ve ever fancied building a ZX Spectrum clone without hunting down ancient ULAs or soldering your way through 60+ chips, [Alex J. Lowry] has just dropped an exciting build. He has recreated the [Leningrad-1], a Spectrum clone from 1988, with a refreshingly low component count: 44 off-the-shelf ICs.

https://alex-j-lowry.github.io/leningrd.html

#zxspectrum #retrocomputing #engineer #media #history #programming #retro #tech #art #news

@Olly42 Dang, I love the design.

What a beauty. The DRS 8801 by International Computers Limited. Picture by Nostalgia Nerd. #retrocomputing