Okay, I have been playing Lemmings recently - the original version on the Amiga. I uncovered a few shitty levels that I couldn't quite figure out right-away, but found they're very well designed. Look at this beginning - the goal is one screen to the right, but that's less complicated - the beginning is the … Continue reading Annoying levels in Lemmings
Category: Retro Games
Upgrading an Amiga 500, WHDload and disk trouble
With a little more time on my hands, I finally decided to plan and progress with some of my old and retro hardware and put them to meaningful and fun use. I have had two Amiga 500s for a while now, both in fair condition, and decided to keep one was pristine as possible, with … Continue reading Upgrading an Amiga 500, WHDload and disk trouble
Game disk archiving
I am collecting the hardware and software from my past to preserve and show-display them in my home office for my personal pleasure. I have grown up with an Amiga 500 and an Amiga 2000, then later a 486/60MHz and later a Pentium with 200MHz. Especially the Amiga 500 has gotten me to start playing … Continue reading Game disk archiving
Playing on real retro hardware
I've asked ChatGPT what it thinks about playing games on retro/old hardware vs. emulation: Playing retro games today is super easy: for many games, there are remakes that still run on modern computers or consoles - you can find them on your favorite gaming platform, like steam, which has a "Retro" tag for search, or … Continue reading Playing on real retro hardware
Guiding a user through a story
I am playing Maniac Mansion on my C64 at the moment. After I've successfully found and purchased it off of ebay, in a very good condition with all of its original big box, including its contents: Box Manual Poster of announcement board Response card for purchasing merch The 5.25" disc - still working! âĶI wanted … Continue reading Guiding a user through a story
Upgrading how video from the Amiga 500 is displayed
I have been looking into improving the video output on my Amiga 500 that I use for playing, capturing screenshots and capturing video. Not that the video quality was bad, but you could notice that there were distortions in the screenshots and the captured videos. It was more noticeable on my 1080p monitor that I … Continue reading Upgrading how video from the Amiga 500 is displayed
Learnings from Maniac Mansion
Ron Gilbert talked about Maniac Mansion in a classic game postmortem at GDC. I've watched the recording for a second time now. Aside from the obvious fact that Ron is an excellent story teller, there's a few learnings and notes that I took away again. Some of the things he learned and mentioned were processed … Continue reading Learnings from Maniac Mansion
I asked ChatGPT a few very relevant questions…
And it did well, I think: Until it tried to sell me quotes from the Beetles:
Avoiding your monkey wrench moment
Building up my excitement for Return to Monkey Island, I read the interview with the development and designer crew the other day: Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman reveal their one Monkey Island regret | Eurogamer.net. I knew about the puzzle they are talking about in the article, and that it was a huge challenge to … Continue reading Avoiding your monkey wrench moment
If you had a rough day…
How satisfying ð https://youtu.be/ARefBpL1Ylk works best with sound on. Or for individual, single blopps: https://youtu.be/2gBF15357Mk
