Just missed out on picking up this crazy gamepad on eBay - if I hadn't had an early night I might've spotted it.
Will you just look at this thing!? It's not a gameport device, it plugs in through PS/2 or a DIN port (with what look like adapters from one to the other). It's got Alt, Control and Delete buttons. It's got an enter button. It's got a second D-pad in the middle for some reason. The most normal thing about it is the "P" button, and that's saying something. #retrogaming#retrocomputing
This week I've been preparing for the first release of #OpenCrystalCaves! Most of the time was spent on fixing build scripts; between CMake, Github Actions, itch.io/butler and fixing multiplatform compile errors, I'm ready to shovel my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon. 👁️ 🥄 🩸
Fortunately I do have progress to show: the in-game quit menu works now, so you don't get stuck in a broken level! That's something, I guess...
2024 is the 30th anniversary of the last push for new NES titles. This was the final year of the system's official releases, as Nintendo and developers steered their sights toward the newer Super Nintendo and an Ultra system appearing just on the horizon.
What were your favorite 1994 releases on the Nintendo Entertainment System? :) :nes_controller:
It's Friday night, it's cold outside and I'm still working on that whole social life thing, so here's a long rambly thread about the 15-pin PC gameport and its historical significance, because it's something I want to practice writing about at length (if anyone was silly enough to give me a PhD for something, it'd be for this nonsense).
Feel free to mute this thread if that's not your thing - or if it is, bookmark it for later, or prepare to be en-knowledge-ified!
#RetroGaming / #RetroComputing folks: recommend me some Windows 3.x games to play. If it's in eXoWin3x, on archive.org, or you can send me a copy, I will play it. Bonus points for little indie shareware/freeware games that you doubt anyone would know about.
Oh wow... This is something special! I found an early pre-release version of "Castle of the Winds" .. v0.5.4. This was apparently released exclusively for Microsoft employees back in the day.
I think it's an awesome collector's piece! My gratitude goes to "iamxray" for his generous upload.