Gamer/Dan

40s. He/Him. Mostly harmless. This is the side blog where I share my love of videogames. Mostly old Nintendo games and PC boomer shooters, but probably a bit of everything

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So it turns out the greatest video game of all-time, with a 109% review score, is on the Amiga.

(Amiga Computing, March 1990)

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Mario fangames/mods be like;

Here's an unfair and hard timed sequence, but you're playing it to the most beautiful music ever orchestrated

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Kinda hard to believe it now, but in 2003 Unreal 2: The Awakening was one of those "videogame graphics can never possibly surpass this" games

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Earthbound (Nintendo, 1995)

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I have learned after 40something years on this earth, something never ever mentioned in any behind the scenes book or gaming magazine article from my childhood: That Super Mario Bros is based on japanese athletic competitions (think Ninja Warrior) that were super popular there in the 80's. It's such an obvious thing once you know. It all makes sense now

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Half-Life 2 is now playable in a browser window!

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Modern gaming has lost the totally fearless edge the bootleg scene had in the 90's. In VERY short: Many NES games were unofficially released in Russia with Mario reskins since he was the most well-known game character around. Millions of Russian kids playing their Dendy (a Famiclone) knew no different and grew up thinking Super Mario 14, Super Bros 8, 7 Grand Dad and the rest were all official parts of Mario canon.

Other than that weird and... not great Project Three, which somehow exists to buy on Steam as a fake and unfinished Half-Life 2: Episode Three/Half-Life 3, you just don't get fake sequels charging you money and pretending they're the real thing anymore.

We have become soft.

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The ducks have become sinister

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I really wish I had the patience and talent to do romhacking. The kinds of scenarios I'd put beloved Nintendo characters through would be something.

Oh and I'd remake of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter but instead of Turok, you play as wrestler Jeff Jarrett and instead of an arsenal of heavy weaponry you have a bunch of guitars to hit dinosaurs with.

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far distant eyes.

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Simpler times. And a lot of what turned out to be misinformation especially at the end, but it's not Bad Influence's fault.

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Just came across this ad for the Atari Lynx, from a 1990 comic book.

Atari Lynx did not win the handheld war.

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I realise it's about the retro play style, but it bothers me greatly to hear Echoes of Wisdom and the Link's Awakening remake referred to as 2D Zelda games when the graphics are very clearly 3D.

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oh. oh no.

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*for context. im playing the decomp pc port 'dusk' that just came out with a modded iso (that i legally obtained by dumping my own copy of course) to play as a linkle. this is probably my 8th or 9th replay of the game. grew up on the wii version. it being unmirrored is a trip lol. (yes i know i can change the mirror mode in the settings. im keeping it off in the settings :)

resources:

fan pc port (requires ur own iso, meaning its legal)

linkle mod

gamecube file tools (used to modify ur iso for the above mod)

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Once, I added you to my Steam wishlist. I was excited about our future together.

Now, I don't even remember what you were.

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