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electronickingdomfox · 9 months
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The Kobayashi Alternative (or the 1000 deaths of James T. Kirk)
Finished this game (a text adventure) recently, and oh God, what a glorious mess it was!
The frame story (which only appears in the manual, by the way) places you as a Starfleet Academy cadet, playing a simulation of one of Kirk's famous missions, as a sort of alternative to the infamous Kobayashi Maru test (hence the title). But the actual game revolves around Kirk's mission, trying to find Sulu, who has disappeared in the Trianguli sector. And you're given complete freedom to explore the area and planets in whatever order you choose, and to mess the game in whatever way you want.
And that's my main point of interest here. I've witnessed so, SO many deaths for poor Kirk, because of my ill-advised decisions... Falling into craters, being run over by lava from a (not-so-extinct) volcano, sinking in quicksand, being eaten by a dragon, falling into a moat (and then being eaten), beaming down to a planet with a temperature of -250° in just my uniform (because why not?), or the more gruesome version of beaming down to a no-atmosphere planet without a spacesuit. It's also possible to return to Earth without finishing the mission, just like that, which gets you court-martialed. Or beam down some unsuspecting redshirt to a dangerous area, and to his unavoidable death (which here causes a Game-Over, very much unlike the series). Want to swear at someone until the crew arrests you for bad conduct? Check. *For the record, these are the swear words I found to work: bitch, bastard, suck, c*ck, f*ck, ass (use them in any combination you see fit). There's also many crazy things to do, which don't necessarily lead to a game over. Leave poor Scotty stranded on a planet and depart without him (good luck when you need something from Engineering). Or make Spock mindmeld with clay. Or tell McCoy to enter Spock's quarters, and just leave him there for the rest of the game. There's a planet with aliens that are offended by clothes and will put you in jail for wearing them (well, this is inaccurate, because James Tits-Out Kirk would definitely beam down naked, if it would help the mission... and make sure to video-call Spock right before doing so).
Anyway, despite being a primitive game from 1985, I'm impressed by the sheer amount of possibilities and open-ended options in this game. The graphic adventures from the 90's (25th Anniversary, and specially Judgement Rites) are much, much better games overall. But I wanted to talk a bit about these, more obscure text adventures.
If anyone's interested in playing them, I've found the best way is through this custom installer here, which includes all three adventures: https://collectionchamber.blogspot.com/p/star-trek-first-contact.html It automatically runs the games through an emulator for modern systems, and has the last version of Kobayashi Alternative (which is very important, since previous versions were buggy as hell). First Contact uses the same engine of Kobayashi, but since it's a much linear and smaller game, it's obvious a lot of options go un-used. The Promethean Prophecy is a more traditional text adventure. It has some ingenious puzzles, but I found its typical plot of "go there and collect gems" less Trek-like.
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endlessmazin · 11 months
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Otherworldly Possessed Abandonware
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mugenfinder · 4 months
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Some old First-Person Shooters got added to MyAbandonware.
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cuda-cuda · 9 months
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Under City
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min3nc · 3 months
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So i was trying to look for a "Lost media" game (Black and white) and came across this website. It's really good and you can download stuff, including DLCs, soundtracks and art from games that will not be remastered due to copyright infringment or that simply was abandoned by its creators due to their studios dissolving and the patents getting lost.
You don't need to register to download stuff. There are no ads. Just rate the games you download! (And even then, that's optional and not a requirement)
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kaleidoxa · 4 months
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some screenshots of android htc-2065.0.8.0.0, the earliest known android 1.0 beta, built on the 15th of May 2007 (15/5/07).
screenshots and further information here
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posthumanwanderings · 4 months
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Everybody Votes Channel (6/26/13) Night Before Wii Channel Shutdown
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alphachromeyayo · 6 months
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Got a CD-ROM full of glorious 90s FX 💿💥
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These effects were apparently used in Duke 3D, wondering if the start of this one was for the octobrain attack 🪼
(apparently this exact effect was also used to fake a UFO vid pretty recently too)
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webcorewoozle · 2 years
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Jumpstart 1st Grade
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abandonwave · 2 years
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Catz II: Your Virtual Petz (Windows), 1997.
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wreckham · 11 months
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THE LION KING ABANDONWARE VIDEO GAME MASTERPOST:
Console ROMs include emulator links. Need help installing? This guy's gotcha
I've used these sites for years w/o incident; should all be virus-free
Assume all PC games = Windows. Idk nuthin bout Mac lol
Find yourself stuck? Notice a broken file? Reach out, I'll try to fix it!
PC games have been prepped to work out of box. Release dates are as accurate as I cared to make them lmao. If Disney asks where you got 'em from, don't mention my name.
Under the cut for length.
1994 - The Lion King [Super Nintendo] 1994 - The Lion King [Sega Genesis] 1994 - The Lion King [Sega Master System] 1994 - The Lion King [Gameboy] 1994 - The Lion King [Game Gear] 1994 - Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King [Windows] 1995 - Disney's Activity Center: The Lion King [Windows] 1995 - Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games [Windows] 1996 - The Lion King: Adventures At Pride Rock [Sega Pico] 1998 - Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa [Windows] 1998 - Disney's Active Play: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride [Windows] 1998 - The Lion King II: Simba's Pride: GameBreak [Windows] 2000 - Simba's Mighty Adventure [Playstation 1] 2000 - Simba's Mighty Adventure [Gameboy Color] 2003 - The Lion King 1½ [Gameboy Advance] 2004 - Operation Pridelands [Windows] 2004 - The Lion King: Simba's Big Adventure [VSmile] Other - Flashpoint Archive (Flash game repository and emulator) [I recommend Infinity]
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velvetapples · 2 months
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I stumbled upon some long forgotten disk images stored on my computer, the actual disk images themselves date back from around 2008 when I was only a teenager. One of the disk images contains an installation of Macintosh System Software 7 which first debuted in 1991, but the version I have installed is 7.6.1, released in 1997. Here are just a few applications I have installed. Screenshots taken on Basilisk II, a Classic Mac emulator available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Hopefully these photos are in order.
First screenshot at the top left is just a blank desktop with no running applications, except a window that says "About this Macintosh" which shows you how much memory individual applications are currently using. It even tells you how much memory the operating system is using, which is just a little over 2.5 MB. I decided to allocate 8 MB of RAM for the emulator but you can allocate more if needed.
Second screenshot located in the top center is from an application called Scrapbook, showcasing a graphic of the world's continents. A simple application to keep some of your favorite images or sound clips in. However, there was no true organization in Scrapbook so in order to find media in this program, you had to click the back and next buttons to view and find content, you couldn't categorize your media. Not all media and sound formats were supported, for instance dragging a JPEG wouldn't do anything. In the background is a Finder window showing various folder and application icons.
Third screenshot at the top right is Microsoft Word 5.0. No bloat, no nagging about subscribing to Microsoft 365, just productivity. This version dates back to 1991, making this version of Word older than I am!
Center-most screenshot is from one of the earliest web browsers available in the early 90s called NCSA Mosaic, showing a sample website that came bundled with the browser. Although it was not the first browser in existence at the time, Mosaic was instrumental in popularizing the internet to the masses. This version dates back to 1994, I was only two years old at the time and was unaware of the impact the internet would have in the world over the years. The browser eventually lost marketshare to Netscape, and Mosaic was discontinued in 1997.
Bottom photo is a screenshot from a simple dirt bike game called... Dirt Bike. Looks like this was developed by an independent developer. What else is there to say about it? You ride a dirt bike around and you can even create custom paths if you want to make the game even more exciting.
If this post gets decent traction, I'll get around to posting more screencaps of what I have in this disk image, even some of the schoolwork I did in it!
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amethystsoda · 11 months
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Crying (emotional) over seeing the guts of the old iMac 🥹 this is what powered my childhood. my best friend, my first game system 💿
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kirbism · 3 months
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I love tech people's penchant for every once in a while coming up with a new [adjective]ware
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linuxgamenews · 8 months
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Abandonware is actually a much deeper horror experience
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Abandonware is a collection of horror mini games for Linux, Mac, and Windows PC. Which is the result of the work and effort from developer Fossil Games. Available now via Steam Early Access. Abandonware is a new project crafted by two creative people deep into horror and real-life crime stories. Their goal? To create a thrilling experience, while blending an old-school play style with an escalating, unsettling vibe. Now, when you first look at the title, you might think, this is just like you used to play. Since beneath the throwback lurks a much deeper experience than you'd expect. When you start playing, you're met with a couple of options. As you start to explore these options, weird things happen. The experiences start changing, morphing, and getting creepy.
Abandonware : The Horror Collection Trailer
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So, what's the story here? Well, that's the fun part. The more you interact with Abandonware, the clearer things become. Since it's not just about getting the living daylights scared out of you. Instead, the lasting, eerie feeling you get from it is what sets it apart. You'll uncover things like strange pictures and creepy audio clips that linger in your mind. Doing so even after you've stopped playing. Now, let's say you're a live streamer who loves sharing with your viewers. Abandonware is just the thing for you. As you dive deeper, your viewers can join the adventure, pointing out things you might not have caught. Due to uncover new aspects that'll get everyone chatting. This story's has layers, like a mystery novel, and you will be eager find out what's next. Plus the story doesn't stop there. Fossil Games decided to release as an early access project. This means you will see regular updates with new content. Due to remain in Early Access for the next 12 months, depending on community demand. As of now, you can get Abandonware in early access on Steam. Over the next few months, they'll add more juicy parts to unravel more of the story. Available on Linux, Mac, and Windows PC.
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