Dwarf Fortress is 20 years old and still only has half the planned features. Tarn will be working on it until he croaks. Bless that man.
The amount of simulations is still looking for its match. Hell, it reminds me of the possible best simulation: Dwarfes are having a party. Someone spills their beer. A cat walks through the beer puddle. The cat cleans its paws. The cat becomes drunk from the beer on its paws.
The graphic is rather old, even the steam version or with “Lazy Newb Pack”, but it is still !!FUN!!.
It’s kind of blown my mind to learn about the development of that game. UnReal World’s similar how it started development in like the 90’s and the guys still just keep working on it like a group hobby. Love that for them
My ADHD would never. I’d love to have a forever project, but the unending crave for novelty would never allow me.
Flashpoint Archive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashpoint_Archive
Flashpoint is amazing!
Fuck yes I’m so happy people did this. This is art preservation
Right now is the best time to play old games. Retro gaming handhelds have never been better, and honestly there’s little to improve in them at this point.
Get yourself a retro handheld for as little as $100, that will feel more premium than a Steam Deck, and start playing games that came out before you were born.
I’ve genuinely forgotten how bad the current video game industry is, because I’m so busy having a blast with older/retro titles.
Highly recommend to all gamers.
You can check out what handheld console would fit you best here: https://retrocatalog.com/
And see what people’s experience is in various games here: https://www.emuready.com/
games that came out before you were born
how old do you think i am
About to say, I’m older than Pac-Man :D
my cool SIL is way too into Ms. Pacman because that was her game at the arcade.
i can’t solder for shit, but i could code a mame console to run that for her 50th
I mean Warcraft II is still the shit. As is classic doom, carmageddon, Aoe,… you name it.
I have this urge to revisit Dune 2000 but my life is a bit hectic. Boys+Sports…
I still play Warcraft III - Frozzen Throne. So many custom maps. I’ve got enough gaming content for another 10 years.
Playing GTA V as GTA VI is getting leaked
Wololo!
I mostly play minecraft and indies, i am relatively safe lmao, what can happen? Mojang stop to update the game? Great now everyone will make mods on the same version lol
??? so i have some bad news about minecraft…
That there’s an open source alternative which is gaining momentum?
Edit: oh bad news the Microsoft
You can log in Minecraft (Java) without using Microsoft authentication servers (and even if we couldn’t, we could just mod it in the game tbf)
I was not able the last time I tried…
What launcher have you used?
This is the way.
Everyone about that GTAVI life while I’m in the Fire Emblem and Yakuza mines trying to make a dent in the 50 million games each of those series have, because every time I finish one they release three more
Japan…please…stop…I beg you. I feel as overworked as the devs working for you.
On top of FE and Yakuza, I’ve still got like 10 Shin Megami Tensei games to go through, after playing (what feels like) 20+. It never ends.
I am a man dying of thirst watching another drown. Smashes skull in Fallout borne frustration
I’m having a blast with all of the old God of War games currently. 🥰
i tried so hard to get them to work on my ps2. those damn gold discs.
i can emulate a ps2 now. thanks for the idea.
All of them have PS3 ports (God of War Collection Vol. 1+2), even the PSP games.
God of War III even got a PS4 remaster. :)
i was a fool and went xbox that generation because of the online bullshit. i had to “make a point with my wallet” it’s not like i enjoy online games anyways.
i should boot mine up and play costume quest tho, that was fun
Not quite, rimworld and factorio are only around 13 years old.
Indie devs are fucking killing it, though. A lot of bangers have been coming out.
I’m currently obsessed with How Many Dudes? That game is so much fun.
Cyberpunk 2077 is 6 years old. May pirate and try out before realizing my pc can’t run it.
You could, or gog have a much better refund policy than steam. You could even refund it and keep the offline installer if you really wanted to, of course you won’t get updates and it isn’t really the idea of it. I think they do block you eventually if you keep abusing it for everything.
I love that he says “splendid” in response to his own point
That’s honestly my favorite part of this template
I like how they both say it at the same time
All hail the ability to emulate console games up to a certain generation well enough on even lower end hardware.
Ain’t no other way to officially enjoy classics like Tony Hawk Pro Skater ( best on Dreamcast IMO ). Probably one of the greatest skater games, just behind a game like Skate 2. But maybe that’s the nostalgia talking…
All hail the ability to emulate console games up to a certain generation well enough on even lower end hardware.
A little wordy as a catch phrase, but I like the sentiment.
What about playing them on the original consoles? I’ve got a Game Cube and PS3 I still use occasionally, and a PS2 that I haven’t tried in a long time but would give it 50/50 for just booting up if I hooked it up, plus some portion of the failure 50% includes the possibility of repairing it.
Original console, in most cases, is probably gonna be the better option IMO. But due to the rising cost of everything, games/consoles included, emulation is better from a purely price saving standpoint. I am lucky enough to have so many consoles, but I still emulate or use console softmods because I can’t afford every game I want.
I also love how emulators make 40 year old games much more playable with features like state save.
Hey! That’s cheating! (I do it too)
I knowwww but I need to get good at it without spending thousands of hours per game. I have kids and only maybe 30 years left to live lol
No disagreement there, I only responded because of the “ain’t no other way” in your OP.
I remember spending hours watching my friends play that game.
I remembered my family having the ps1 version, but my brother said I was wrong because we apparently had the n64 version.
Either way, was definitely a defining game of my early childhood. Such a fun game. I was lucky enough to find it at a game store where I live. It was for some reason tucked away with the ps1 games and somehow just barely under $20USD before tax! A steal, if you ask me.
