dev, computing, games

📅September 26th, 2016

After a couple repairs and lots of futzing with cables... life!
This is the SHARP x68000, a vintage computer from Japan.

If the name sounds familiar- it runs on a Motorola 68000 processor. This vintage computer was never sold outside of Japan due to very strict export regulations in the 1980s which included this system. Inside Japan, there were many notable video game franchises that debuted and/or gained prominence on this platform

It has an OS very much like DOS.

Sadly my Lagoon system disk needs to be replaced, but this is it booting up "Xak: The Art of Visual Stage".

September 26th, 2016 at 7:59 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

📅August 13th, 2016

This graphical rogue-like was incredibly addictive and challenging. Here I finished the main questline.

What do I do now?

End game unlock-

Nope.

August 13th, 2016 at 9:41 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

📅October 12th, 2015

Replaying Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (replaying nostalgia games lately) and it never occurred to me until now how BAD the soundtrack is.

I mean, the game has other qualities. Just not that. Why are literally all the dungeons and bosses one of two pieces? Why are all the loops like 5 seconds long? Why does this exist:

I would link to the Fortune Teller music but I don't want to put anyone else through that today.

October 12th, 2015 at 12:46 am | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

📅September 26th, 2014

Encountered Game Over in the SimAnt campaign.

Scary...

September 26th, 2014 at 11:34 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

📅September 22nd, 2014

Lucked out at Sangokushi Taisen. Acquired Guan Yu and the OP Zhang Fei.
How many arcade credits away from Five Tiger Generals??

September 22nd, 2014 at 7:04 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

📅September 9th, 2014

Played an old one today. Apparently there is a low-color-depth Creation of Adam in Mario is Missing.

September 9th, 2014 at 12:23 am | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink