#computer gaming

[techturd]

[videogamesskies]

Metal Angel (TurboGrafx CD) (1993)

[oldschoolfrp]

Conan on a computer? (Scot Bayless illustration from his article "Byte the Bullet," The Space Gamer 15, Metagaming, January-February 1978)

In his article Bayless created a simple fantasy game with two competing species based on the Life Game by John Conway, popularized by Martin Gardner, and wrote a flowchart that could be coded as a computer program. From there he made the leap to describe very briefly how rules and decision making in a board game or RPG could be programmed. He warned that you probably would need discs or bubble memory for storage instead of cassette tapes. He noted that the price of computers still was high but was falling, and some people could find access to them through local community colleges and universities.

Nine years later Scot Bayless left his engineering job to code AD&D games for SSI, and went on to be a technical director and producer at Sega of America and a studio head for Microsoft and Midway.

[arconinternet]

Frac (DOS, Simsalabim Software, 1990)

A Swedish 3D Tetris clone with unusually-shaped pieces. You can play it in your browser here. May run slowly in Firefox.

[nintendroid]

The Oregon Trail for Wii.

[basic-retro-programming]

https://www.vintag.es/2021/07/computer-ads-families-1980s.html

Post #317: Radio Shack, The Technology Store, The TRS-80 Color Computer, 1980s Advertisment, 2024.

[womandust]

What Happens When You Put a Bunch of Famous Trump Supporters in Drag Race Simulator? Too much! 😅

Assembling the cast, based on this thread.

For the talent show, Dr. Phil sings, Scott Baio does burlesque, Caitlyn Jenner does a majorette performance, and Roseanne does stand-up. (Too fitting)

Dr. Phil is the porkchop after flopping a lip sync against Jake Paul. (To “So What” by Pink)

Kanye does the best split of the season, while lip-syncing to “Waiting for Tonight” by Jennifer Lopez.

Kid Rock breaks a light while lip-syncing to Rebecca Black’s “Friday.”

Caitlyn slays the country-themed runway.

Roseanne and Kanye yell at Jake Paul.

Kanye and Jake Paul bet on who will eat a dragonfly for $100.

Roseanne does an “amazing” reveal while lip-syncing to “If U Seek Amy.”

For Snatch Game, Joe Exotic plays Saucy Santana, Kid Rock is Kourtney Kardashian, Caitlyn Jenner is Della Reese, Kanye is Marlene Dietrich, and Roseanne is La Veneno. (Why)

John Schneider and Caitlyn Jenner flop the lip sync to RuPaul’s “Call Me Mother.”

Jake Paul and Roseanne Barr lipsync to “Numb” by Linkin Park. Roseanne flops, but somehow Jake goes home.

John Schneider is voted Miss Congeniality.

The top three are Kanye, Caitlyn Jenner, and Roseanne Barr.

Roseanne wins.