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- Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmannyoutube.com ↗Submitted 37 minutes ago to technology@lemmy.world | 6 comments
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- Comment on Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit for PC Video Review 1 week ago:
It’s so neat to see the game still receiving mods and independent patches after all these years. I wonder how many new players discover this series, who are probably born well after its release.
Multi-generational fanfare is common among other multimedia such as books and movies, but I wonder what the breakdown is for video games, or how that percentage may be changing as the game publishing industry continues devolving.
- Comment on Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit for PC Video Review 1 week ago:
Yeah, I preferred when the franchise mostly centered around stock super and hyper cars, and performance tuning was done via the settings menu rather than mucking about with in game farming for aftermarket parts.
The voice over and picture show promos for vehicles in the selection menu was so hype for every model, even if you knew the car wasn’t even top tier in the game.
- Comment on Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit for PC Video Review 1 week ago:
Horizontal split screen worked rather well for racing games, given the split field of view on the old 4:3 displays are quite similar to widescreen gaming today.
- Comment on Bro wake up it's 1997. 1 week ago:
Haha, that’s great! What related landmarks does that track allude to?
- Comment on Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit for PC Video Review 1 week ago:
Wow, the mods for NFS have really advanced since last I checked:
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Extra Options, but for NFS III: Hot Pursuit
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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit - Limits Unlocker Mod Menu
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- Submitted 1 week ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 9 comments
- Comment on Bro wake up it's 1997. 1 week ago:
I had a hard time finding that game after finishing NFS3, until EA finally released a box set collection.
https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/4416838-the-need-for-speed-collection-windows-front-cover.jpg
mobygames.com/…/the-need-for-speed-collection/
I remember seeing an LGR and behind the scenes video for NFS2:
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Need For Speed II - 24 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective
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Making of - Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 [Behind the Scenes]
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- Comment on Bro wake up it's 1997. 1 week ago:
Porsch Unleashed was quite a bit more simulator-like, at least the steering mechanics and coefficient of friction. I always kind of enjoyed the arcade physics of the original trio, without going completely slot-car, as keeping racing lines and risking shortcuts was still heavily rewarded. They all had really good soundtracks though, with that late '90s techno and grunge. Or at least that’s what my nostalgia tells me.
- Comment on Recommendations for games to play on a treadmill (i.e. not too intense) 4 weeks ago:
Oh, Need for Speed! I still break out the originals like NFS III Hot Pursuit when I want to focus on a podcast or an audio book, but don’t want my mind to wonder. Letting my visual and motor cortex enter a flow state while doing timed laps pacifies my ADHD, keeping me on track to complete any audible reading, pun intended. It also helps having all the maps memorized from nostalgia.
Emulating the PS1 and PS2 titles is an option, but there are modern patches of the PC ports that improve the ergonomics of running them on current operating systems, including Wine and Proton:
- Need For Speed III Modern Patch v1.6.1 [2016/10/28] (HD + Widescreen + Portable)
Another racing series with a similar flow vibe could be the Track Mania titles. Forza Horizon is a little flashy, but if you create a waypoint race route and then avoid the finish line, you can then free roam without traffic making for a relaxing and scenic diving game. The Hot Wheels DLC for Forza Horizon is also rather zen once you get a grasp for the different gravity and motion model dynamics.
- Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels on Steam
- Comment on Just like his dad. 7 months ago:
That’s a cute flash forward. For those of the loop:
Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi
- Comment on New Cyberpunk Netflix animation confirmed as 2077 tops 30 million sales 8 months ago:
In your opinion, what’s a good example of a well written Solarpunk story? How about another one that is at least well known in pop culture?
I’d say “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” could be one good example. Perhaps a little more post-apocalyptic, but it’s got all the markings of positive change, societal sustainability, and environmentalism, along with futuristic sci-fi world building. Both the anime and manga are fantastic, but I guess not too prominent in Western pop culture.
