Random video of the day...

[Zerg Rush]

Statue of Liability

Edited November 9, 2021 by Zerg Rush

[datiswous]

Not sure where to post this, but I found it interesting:

It seems they implemented visportals now

Edited November 13, 2021 by datiswous

[Zerg Rush]

 

[Zerg Rush]

 

[kano]

 

This player winds up rage-quitting one of my favorite wads! The visuals are simple and strictly 1990s (because that's when it was made), but the gameplay is varied, fun with the occasional nasty surprise thrown in (like teleporting you right into the middle of a room full of monsters), and it has a kick-ass soundtrack.

 

That part with the Cyberdemon at the end of the video is especially tough. You have two choices, fight him down below, suicide because there's no cover (never succeeded at that one myself, or weave in and out in front of the window up top and take pot-shots at him whilst trying not to get pasted by his rockets. This is Doom, after all, so move, move, move! Running away is not an option, because he blocks the teleporter to exit the level, and even if his rockets don't get you while you're navigating the glorified tightrope that leads to the teleporter, he's not likely to let you in.

[Zerg Rush]

https://visitsteve.com/404

[Zerg Rush]

Security Robot

[Anderson]

The interviewer looks like a movie scientist from Independence Day or other movies. Pretty cool answers from the computer.

 

[Zerg Rush]

Nagscreen

[woah]

Really enjoyed this STALKER fan film

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvJ91D-N29g

Edited December 11, 2021 by woah

[woah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz8ObjoYhLQ

This is also a really neat Half-Life themed short

[datiswous]

Broken smartphone to working laptop transformation

https://tube.cadence.moe/watch?v=mciEZKSvva8

Next question is: Can it run ...

 

[Zerg Rush]

Nokia 3310 Destruction Test - Extreme 900 Feet Drop Test!

After the test, although with the screen broken and the housing split, it was still possible to make and receive calls.
 

Same with iPhone, falling 2 fts from the desk.

[Anderson]

 

[kano]

 

Nobody but me ever played this game but it had really good atmosphere. Stuff like the sound of rain on the windows when you go inside (break the windows and the rain comes in), the sound of water in the pipes, etc.

[LDAsh]

Shhh, don't tell anyone I found this here:-

https://www.moddb.com/games/chasm-the-rift/downloads/chasm-portable

 

[Zerg Rush]

On 1/1/2022 at 10:44 AM, LDAsh said:

Shhh, don't tell anyone I found this here:-

https://www.moddb.com/games/chasm-the-rift/downloads/chasm-portable

 

https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=rCjVx1iPOBg

Nice, huge resemblance to Quake

[Zerg Rush]

 

[kano]

 

So... Why DID this thing fail? It looks like they got everything right while designing it. The only thing they left out, was batteries, which was probably not very practical while driving a CRT. And if you think 23 pounds was heavy, imagine what it would be if there were batteries inside. lol

[kano]

Still can't comprehend how they managed to get this game onto the N64 when it occupied two disks on the Playstation, cut-scenes and all. Nothing short of a marvel. I think it is the only N64 game to actually have FMV...

 

 

[datiswous]

Yesterday I saw Skeletor for the first time (I missed it somehow in the 80s):

 

[kano]

Somehow I missed this mod. Hilarious and creative.

The plot is as follows. The main villain of the original Shadow Warrior game, Zilla, has caused so much trouble that MI6 (James Bond) is after him now. But the Protagonist of the original Shadow Warrior game (Lo Wang) doesn't take kindly to this, because after all, taking Zilla down is his thing. So, Lo Wang captures and imprisons Bond, and takes his place.

Edited January 15, 2022 by kano

[kano]

 

Yiesh, I had forgotten how much some of those old hard drives "scream". Yes, that high-pitch whining noise is the hard drive. Modern hard drives are so much quieter and way less offensive to the ears...

Edited January 24, 2022 by kano

[datiswous]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1735110/Museum_of_Mechanics_Lockpicking/

Edited January 31, 2022 by datiswous

[kano]

 

Some parts of this WAD are artistically an A++ in terms of music and level design. Others suffer from too much copy/paste architecture. The volcano level is especially a treat. BTW I break the rules of most of the musicians and (instead of using the Roland GS soundfont that they would expect/tell you to, use the following one). Because in most cases, it sounds a hundred times better.

Basically, instead of midi files sounding like they are being played on a cheap little keyboard, it sounds like a huge, expensive organ. Of course you pay for it in terms of memory use. 240MB vs 6MB for the standard soundfont that everybody uses, but on a modern computer, who cares?

There are much bigger soundfonts than this one floating around, but I personally would not use them, because in my testing they didn't sound any better, actually worse, than this one. All of the instrument sounds have been perfectly balanced with each other in terms of volume and quality in this soundfont, it was obviously put together by a professional.

Edited February 13, 2022 by kano