BlueSquid0741
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- Comment on Spectrum Holobyte’s 1988 DOS Tetris: the first official release—the start of a global obsession 4 days ago:
Seems like almost nobody has checked out Digital Eclipses Tetris Forever collection, which has a lot of this info too, with pictures and videos, as well as letting you play most known releases of Tetris.
- Comment on Old School Rally scratched our ‘90s arcade racing itch... then promptly disappeared 6 days ago:
There are options. #DRIVE Rally and Parking Garage Rally Circuit are the ones that come to mind.
- Comment on Tax breaks for huge US-style utes cost Australians over $250m in foregone revenue in 2023. 1 week ago:
Walking through a carpark and there was, I think a Silverado. The edge of the front bonnet was at shoulder height.
How do these people check their oil? Get up on a ladder every time?
- Comment on Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" 1 week ago:
I think maybe people don’t know about the arcade game.
- Comment on The mane attraction: how many lions are in Australia and how well are they regulated? 1 week ago:
My grandma lives in Silverdale, a short walk from Warragamba dam.
There used to be an amusement park there with caged lions. I remember it vaguely from when I was about 5 years old I guess.
But it shutdown and they just left the lions there, fenced into the bushland between the dam and Silverdale. Growing up we’d stay with her every school holidays, and you could hear them roar every so often.
Those bushlands don’t exist anymore. It’s another shitty housing development now.
- Comment on I'm impressed by Rambo III for DOS 2 weeks ago:
If I’m playing Sega, I’m not wasting my time on Rambo iii, but if I’m running through some dos games of absolutely give it a shot.
- Comment on Anthony Albanese names his top 10 Australian songs of all time – and there’s one big surprise 2 weeks ago:
It’s a terrible article that leans into shaming of listening habits if your favourite songs don’t include artists from a diverse range of backgrounds.
- Comment on Australians will soon need their age checked to log into online search tools – here’s why 3 weeks ago:
Do a lot of people log in to search engines?
- Comment on So you want to start playing Castlevania games (a giant primer) 3 weeks ago:
Portrait of Ruin is a direct sequel to Bloodlines/New Generation as well.
Order of Ecclesia is the only ds game that doesn’t rely on touch screen gimmicks too, and it’s so much better for it. Portraits of Ruin is still playable at least without touchscreen, but some of the bonus modes, like playing as the sisters require it. Dawn of Sorrow sadly was absolutely gimped by touchscreen crap, but a romhack is available to remove it.
Unfortunate turn of art style in the DS era too. They lean heavily into a crisp anime style compared to the earlier look of Symphony and the gba titles which were anime inspired but had a very fitting gothic painting style.
- Comment on Summer Sale 2025 on GOG 4 weeks ago:
Terraria is there for a few bucks and might be my most played game of all time.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2, 3, 5. These have have given me so much good time since I was a kid gamer.
Some of that good 2010s stuff is on heavy discount. Tomb Raider, Arkham City, Mad Max, Deus Ex HR, Alan Wake.
A bunch of classics are a couple dollars each. like Rollercoaster Tycoon, Blood, Fallout, Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis, Crusader No Regret, Anachronox, Jedi Knight DF2 (comes with mysteries of the sith), Classic X com series.
- Comment on One million Australians missing specialist doctor appointments due to cost, report finds 5 weeks ago:
I used to go to the dentist for annual check ups. Now I have been since 2021. That kind of thing has become a luxury that “one day I’ll have money for it again”.
- Comment on Going back to the roots. 1 month ago:
With Radical Dreamers so you don’t need to patch a snes rom for that either.
- Comment on Aboriginal community shaken by second death in Australian police custody 1 month ago:
Well it’s a discussion in bad taste. I don’t really know how to explain more because this should be obvious already why people wouldn’t like seeing it.
I can present a report on an extremely low LTIFR right after a workplace fatality and watch as I never get to present data in that room again.
Turning around and saying “but it’s factual!” isn’t going to get a “you’re right. Good job mate”
- Comment on Aboriginal community shaken by second death in Australian police custody 1 month ago:
Because your statement reads as “people dying isn’t good but this affects fuck all people”
- Comment on No need to hurt me, GOG :( 1 month ago:
Double Dragon 1 and 2 have terrible slow down issues. This isn’t a bad port, this is from the original games. It can get nearly unplayable at certain points.
Double Dragon 3 is just not very good. The Mega Drive port runs a little bit better than the arcade though.
- Comment on The Witcher III is currently on sale for 3€ until 25th May 2 months ago:
I think I’ve played the opening scene a dozen times. I know it’s gonna be good, but I never go back to playing it.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 months ago:
Hatris just when I feel like killing some time.
I started my first Terraria game since the covid lockdowns. Just wanted to show off something fun to my daughter, but then I got lost in it for a few hours.
- Comment on Top 10 PC exclusive platformers -- not available on console. 2 months ago:
Hocus Pocus and Realms of Chaos I played a lot, they were good fun for a while.
I didn’t play Jazz Jackrabbit 2 until not long ago. I didn’t like it as much as I remember liking Jazz 1 way back.
I also played the hell out of Duke Nukum 1. I loved it. But I know it’s not great and there’s not much to it.
What about Ninja Rabbit? I barely remember it aside from crashing so much.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Gina Rinehart is very short on understanding that people hate her and everyone like her.
- Comment on Ecco the Dolphin Remasters and New Game Announced by Original Team | Retro Gaming News 24/7 2 months ago:
I finished both Ecco games the hard way, by calling the Sega hotline to get the solutions.
Great games, great music. I even still pull out Ecco Jr for my 4 year old daughter. So many memories of playing it with my cousins during Christmas holidays.
I don’t think these games need a remaster, but I still play the originals. I think the current crowd of young gamers probably struggle with it.
- Comment on Apparently it was in the manual, but I'm just learning it now. 2 months ago:
You can’t really generalise by country in this. Where I lived (NSW South coast) you didn’t even get the box. All the game cartridges were being the counter in a separate generic box with the name printed on it. The real boxes on the shelves were empty and you didn’t get to take them home.
- Comment on How many times will i hear about the evil left if the greens loose their leader 2 months ago:
I read it as they’re going to let him loose on everyone. Adam Bandt just running around off the leash and having a go.
- Comment on Trine Was a Masterpiece. Why Doesn’t Anyone Remember? 2 months ago:
Trine was okay. Trine 2 was better. I didn’t care for the other sequels at all.
Road to Perdition was fine. Not great in my opinion.
Everclear did kick ass. But they did well for themselves, and their fans still remember them.
- Comment on The Euro platformer revival that almost happened 2 months ago:
The best for me is Flink, Blades of Vengeance, James Pond 3.
- Comment on Honest Government Ad | Peter Dutton for Dickson 2 months ago:
What are the chances Dutton loses his seat
- Comment on In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami 2 months ago:
I’ve been unemployed since November. It was a time that should have been really happy, and it was for a while, but mostly it’s been the exact kind of stress described by Sunil here.
I start a new job tomorrow morning, it’s only a few months contract, but it’s something.
- Comment on Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research finds 2 months ago:
In the end, Tacos was the only thing I liked using Quorn for, I think because even with beef mince tacos I would spice it with so much cumin and paprika.
But it was really good for tacos.
When I used it for bolognese, just awful.
- Comment on Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research finds 2 months ago:
Just putting an opinion out there, I don’t know how widely liked it is. Quorn was not a good alternative (I say this purely based on personal taste).
Started eating it in 2010, but haven’t touched it since 2019 with all the other alternatives that you can easily get now.
Coles branded seitan was really our favourite but they discontinued it.
Anyway, the amount of stuff I always had to add to Quorn to make it taste alright… what a time.
But yeah, I’m a meat eating guy and my partner is vegetarian, but for a while now I’ve been mixing it up with fake meats to try and eat less red meat.
- Comment on Does Anyone Else Find the Sega Genesis' Sound Annoying? 3 months ago:
I love it. Even GEMS stuff people always complain about - Chakan has some of my favourite vgm ever.
To me, the SNES was terrible sounding. Awful muffled music, or some really good composition but then the SNES puts so much reverb on it that’s all you could hear. It’s not all bad, but mostly. Especially the Final Fantasy games sounded very nice.
- Comment on Stop Skeletons from Fighting got 16 Player Faceball working on Gameboy 3 months ago:
I don’t care about faceball 2000 but I want to see Uncle Derek, so I will absolutely watch it