Things about non-Doom video games you just found out

[Panzermann11]

I might probably be too late to post this for April's Fools, but...

Call of Duty: Ghosts replaced titles of game modes with silly names during April 1st, 2014.

Edited April 2 by Panzermann11

[Wadmodder Shalton]

The Wii titles developed by Data Design Interactive were actually ports of their games originally were released on PC and PS2 exclusively in Europe between 2004 to 2006 (and a few from 2007).

[Geniraul]

All the games from the Home Sweet Home series (Home Sweet Home (2017), Home Sweet Home: Episode 2 (2019), Home Sweet Home: Survive (2021)) by Yggdrazil Group were developed on the Unreal engine. This explains the smoothness of movement.

[THEBaratusII]

I was recording Kraisoft MIDIs using the Nuked-SC55 emulator and I noticed that Astrobatics - Music4.mid and Alien Sky - Music6.mid share a similar melody.

[Plerb]

21 minutes ago, THEBaratusII said:

I was recording Kraisoft MIDIs using the Nuked-SC55 emulator and I noticed that Astrobatics - Music4.mid and Alien Sky - Music6.mid share a similar melody.

I've noticed that too! Also, Alien Sky Music08 is a remix of Warkanoid#31 :)

[taufan99]

Stunts (1990), a DOS arcade racing game similar to Race Drivin', has a still-active community not unlike ours.

 

Also, @THEBaratusII @Plerb Vakhtang Adamiya sure is one of a kind when it comes to MIDI composition. His Atomaders - Music1.mid is, simply put, an awesome MIDI opera song of sorts, and I plan on using it for another game's mod to submit for this project.

 

[eanasir]

On 4/2/2024 at 2:24 AM, Panzermann11 said:

I might probably be too late to post this for April's Fools, but...

Call of Duty: Ghosts replaced titles of game modes with silly names during April 1st, 2014.

Should've kept them like that ngl

[Plerb]

48 minutes ago, taufan99 said:

Stunts (1990), a DOS arcade racing game similar to Race Drivin', has a still-active community not unlike ours.

 

Also, @THEBaratusII @Plerb Vakhtang Adamiya sure is one of a kind when it comes to MIDI composition. His Atomaders - Music1.mid is, simply put, an awesome MIDI opera song of sorts, and I plan on using it for another game's mod to submit for this project.

I'm always happy to see even a few people on here that are aware of Vakhtang's MIDI masterpieces, those games are obscure. Especially the Warkanoid/Jetball trilogy, which is probably the biggest influence on my taste in music in general. I've still never played the full registered versions of those games, only the "special edition" demos from an eGames compilation CD... I really should sometime.

 

Also I played Stunts as a kid, the level editor was cool.

[Wadmodder Shalton]

The PS1 version of Tiger Woods 99 is quite infamous as the first 100,000 pressings of that version contained a pirated version of one of The Spirit of Christmas shorts, the predecessor to South Park by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, which prompted EA to recall the PS1 version and re-release it with the video removed.

[taufan99]

Also, this just in, the Stunts community has their own wiki hosted on MediaWiki (not Fandom!). I reckon the likes of @Quasar are gonna find some pleasure with this.

[SiFi270]

One of the Steam Points Shop items for Shadow Warrior Classic Redux is a background based on the cancelled Deadly Kiss expansion from Simply Silly Software. Maybe at one point they were hoping it was complete enough to include, or at least close enough to that state that just a bit more needed to be added.

 

Also not directly about a video game but today I saw both models of the Atari Lynx. I thought they'd be much smaller based on the pitiful screen resolution, but apparently they're about the size of a loaf of bread.

[Wadmodder Shalton]

An Interplay VR Sports game VR Baseball 2000 uses a early version of the engine that would be used to power Shiny Entertainment's Messiah.

[Wadmodder Shalton]

Many arcade games in the 1970s and 1980s had integer overflows or weren't properly programmed in terms of software and hardware that a higher level in any of these games results in the term "Kill Screen", as seen in this video:

 

[thiccyosh]

In Postal 2 you can light these funny looking plants on fire and overcharge your health up to 200 without having to worry about withdrawl.

 

 

(Friday, Non-descript warehouse)

[heliumlamb]

On 1/20/2024 at 11:45 AM, Individualised said:

Nintendo manufactured the Famicom (more specifically the AV Famicom) until 2003; they weren't just selling old stock but were continuing to manufacture the system and chipset.

i'm wondering if there's a way to check the date of manufacture?? i haven't needed to open mine up as it's a very, very reliable system ime.

semi related to this: the 8-bit nintendo home console hardware specification, in all its forms - official, unofficial, disguised plug&play home systems without ROM interchangeability - has not gone a single year since 1983 without a piece of newly developed software being released for it.

[Daytime Waitress]

2 hours ago, heliumlamb said:

i'm wondering if there's a way to check the date of manufacture?? i haven't needed to open mine up as it's a very, very reliable system ime.

 

You can probably check serial number listings relatively easily.

 

2 hours ago, heliumlamb said:

semi related to this: the 8-bit nintendo home console hardware specification, in all its forms - official, unofficial, disguised plug&play home systems without ROM interchangeability - has not gone a single year since 1983 without a piece of newly developed software being released for it.

 

That's pretty mad.

I probably won't drop the 9800 yen on it any time soon, but I do enjoy that this kind of thing is still finding whatever kind of impossibly boutique success? viability:

 

 

[Maximum Matt]

Wolfchild sucked.  My nostalgia for it was misplaced.