MS-DOS gaming enthusiast, YouTuber, podcaster, cat admirer, RU in NY. Ask me about DOS games! Tell me your DOS game memories! I swear and repost a bunch. 🥂 (He/Him) I don't describe images
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Last Notes npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Any experts on vintage printers in the house? Which old dot matrix printers can you still reliably order new ink tapes for? Working on vintage PC setups for an event, and it would be nice to have a vintage printing station & let people lose on Print Shop or Bannermania or something. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 $39.95 back then is about $83 today. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Happy 30th birthday to the SHAREWARE version of Duke Nukem 3D! 🎂🎉🥂 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/979/246/537/951/203/original/6725c1b6eb0302dd.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/979/246/974/249/131/original/d1fbab63f22e0c08.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/979/247/204/135/049/original/9cc7de2772ae7293.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/979/247/404/088/393/original/dd49366a04a7e5d4.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Finally picked up Paul Verhoeven's (RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Showgirls) book about Jesus. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/917/898/288/553/856/original/0dd855eadac182a2.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Zoom! (Discovery Software International, 1988) #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/917/239/933/862/265/original/c452d9a93d689867.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 The intro from "Another World" (1991) still manages to impress even decades later, which is why I feel like it's nearly impossible to describe emotions one felt upon encountering it 35 years ago for the first time. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/896/999/141/447/035/original/2088af9e2cba22d5.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 From Giorgio Moroder's restoration of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927): https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/890/589/063/608/889/original/7a2ec79fc50d1e14.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Art by Fatih Öztürk https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/851/257/947/002/060/original/6a66520d0c273a27.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/851/258/211/101/110/original/4be52b9702760082.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/851/258/787/895/277/original/53a1f9d8d034098f.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/851/258/981/399/423/original/186489eb9f4bfa17.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 MacWolf for DOS, a port of the Macintosh version of Wolfenstein 3D to DOS. https://github.com/FrenkelS/Wolf3D-Mac-for-DOS https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/766/629/474/421/561/original/09c663f149711761.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Happy 35th to the original Commander Keen trilogy. 🎂🎉🥂 ($15 back then is approximately $36 today.) https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/720/263/537/040/951/original/013636bb958c6a71.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/720/263/741/972/630/original/2e0e6e69b4e585bb.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/720/263/956/004/454/original/36f181e95776f396.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/720/264/196/701/908/original/a5f07b425054d9ad.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Duke Nukem Redux, a fan recreation of the original 1991 Duke Nukem game. Offers various enhancements, and even has a co-op mode! https://sfjake.itch.io/duke-nukem-redux https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/707/880/921/375/634/original/81e2e5aecdc8d73e.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Danger Busters (Gemini Software, 1995) #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/639/910/174/210/524/original/c7bb001c3d19f383.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Voxel Duke Nukem 3D is out! https://www.moddb.com/mods/voxel-duke-nukem-3d/addons/voxel-duke-3d npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 RIP Rebecca Heineman. I don't even know which notable games of hers to pick because her list of credits is a mile long. She was a very online-present person, and was always there to patiently answer questions of random internet nerds such as myself, and was always nice about it. She will be missed. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Skifree DOS Edition (Yuv422, 2025) #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/560/425/224/638/669/original/41da1c4a13370a45.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Kahvibreak, like Flashpoint, but for J2ME phone games instead of Flash: https://bluemaxima.org/kahvibreak/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/526/537/961/680/691/original/fb1c6beb86fc16cc.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Happy 25th birthday to version 1.0 of Counter-Strike! 🎂🎉🥂 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/521/084/993/827/042/original/25f19f632e412d4f.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Bubba Ho-tep, a surprisingly emotional film about ageing Elvis Presley fighting a mummy in a Texas rest home made for just $1 mil and featuring one of Bruce Campbell's greatest performances, is FREE on YouTube (in the States) and Tubi. YouTube: https://youtu.be/k2-WqEsQUQA Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/358570/bubba-ho-tep npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 This shit is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S! https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/423/919/168/256/474/original/b6893a1549301217.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 First release of DOSBox Pure Unleashed, a standalone version of the DOSBox Pure RetroArch core, is here. It offers loading from archives, configuration menus, mouse & keyboard mapping for controllers, save states, screen filters, and other convenient features. https://schelling.itch.io/dosbox-pure npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I have updated my TERMS & CONDITIONS: You all have to play *MORE* DOS games! npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/084/703/336/585/686/original/c49038e4b889c635.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Happy 30th birthday to MS-DOS 7! 😉🎉🎂🥂 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/084/588/523/479/770/original/b30edf1540631f72.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Secret Legacy of the Ancient Caves (Holy Meatgoat Productions, 2025) #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/971/179/090/749/472/original/860454b43d78a0f6.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 А счастье будет, если есть в душе покой. 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/964/813/365/135/546/original/6f99ba029db5851e.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 TURBO https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/949/200/798/386/876/original/70dce2a1895db32f.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Intro from Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon (Coktel Vision, 1992). This was absolutely *peak* videogame animation back in the day. #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/944/845/883/447/202/original/c0b72d147c3bca6f.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 @nprofile…t3wn It doesn't, sadly. There's a patch for Magic Carpet that adds Forte VFX-1 VR headset support though. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 DOS gaming is cool all the time, but sometimes it's even more cool when it's in 3D! https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/870/748/595/026/673/original/abd96716cabbdc48.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 A great moment in classic interactive fiction: #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/808/340/464/144/704/original/7c23946f750e82dc.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Here's a cool #DOSGaming video: someone was intrigued by many aspects of an obscure 1996 shareware game, so they tracked down its author for an interview, and to archive the game's interesting soundtrack: https://youtu.be/_fM5UIuwbu0?si=VR7WVCUGp-ao4Swt npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Following a decompilation project, "Lego Island" now has a web port: https://isle.pizza npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Pedro Pascal *in* Turbo Pascal https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/616/665/410/151/870/original/26fe1a3a335f4241.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Offensive (Wave Software/Ocean Software, 1996) #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/609/834/544/749/248/original/6a1f7b7b53798161.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 In a rather unfortunate turn of events I'm now waiting to get a root canal done in a couple of hours. 🦷😞💸 Any assistance to help alleviate this unplanned expense is much appreciated: https://ko-fi.com/dosnostalgic npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Working on this year's Long Island Retro Gaming Expo's PC gaming lineup. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/575/311/190/792/930/original/a69a0bb5bd471d98.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/569/698/294/150/187/original/5dfbf564f4f514da.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 All of Clippit's sprites in one animated GIF! (size x2) https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/503/824/541/402/930/original/fb099cd85172c718.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 GENIUS.ACS https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/503/419/811/548/887/original/80d4adce366b8741.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/497/403/552/094/649/original/251c5961c11c2e34.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 A spectre is haunting Europe... https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/475/135/320/688/056/original/40f50759d8d5852c.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I know it's up for me 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 Making sure I'm not in too deep 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 Keeping versed and on my feet 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/473/492/805/574/619/original/3a1a2c9c19bdcf8c.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Long live the new flesh! https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/469/351/036/846/638/original/5a23ba0bc26eb21b.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Gonna take an edible and watch this video: https://youtu.be/y8azQEceSJo?si=LgO_No7Nnq-9B64x npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 May the 4the be with you! (From the cancelled DOS port of "Super Star Wars") https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/450/408/492/992/318/original/2ef8e9648ebcbe45.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I just realized that I don't think I ever used a right shift key on a keyboard, unless it was a part of a game's control scheme, or when I used double-shift as a keyboard layout change combo in the pre-Windows 95 days. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Oh, shit. I just realized that if I dump Windows this year, I'll also be dumping Total Commander along with it. Ok, taking suggestions for your personal favorite orthodox file managers for Linux. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/412/960/378/258/845/original/a581b721c4a7949e.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/410/869/955/462/857/original/f619435e9e35913e.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/401/266/475/264/660/original/c35342704a3df5da.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I cannot describe emotions I experienced when I found out *why* Treasure Island Dizzy only gave the player a single life to beat the entire game with: https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/378/692/714/054/415/original/eed2e04aa1f3e8f9.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 WipEout: - PlayStation (1995) - DOS (1995) - Windows (1996) - Phantom Edition (2023) https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/331/532/335/387/420/original/eb5284b287d6b2dc.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/331/532/550/716/113/original/934081f1d4950c6a.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/331/532/888/996/598/original/27e8f12cbd047e34.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/331/533/243/936/135/original/f4dece682819e677.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 This season's hit "A Spectre is Haunting" (From the 1995 Russian-Ukrainian tv show "Cabaret «Maski Show»".) https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/303/432/022/841/648/original/d921dd87271475de.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Did you know that you could watch an amazing documentary mini-series about the 90s Canadian CG animated tv show "ReBoot" officially and *for free* on YouTube? Honestly, it's really good. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmsFQF5CvPribGVmcSNRQGHmU33agz8BN https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/259/776/837/863/855/original/9d8c124213ef7b80.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 This kitchen's not the same Without you It's just a greasy spoon Without you 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/219/990/036/862/132/original/b6b6a5e016e4bbc7.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Bridge Deluxe 2 with Omar Sharif (CP Software/Interplay Productions, Oxford Softworks, 1996) #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/195/693/339/703/150/original/b6357ef47faa3fe3.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Microsoft sent me an email telling me to throw my computer in the trash. 🤷 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/184/935/205/826/870/original/7ab9c0293702f474.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Cheat codes for "The Shadow of Death" expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic 3. Can you tell this game came out early in the year 2000? https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/174/220/987/093/869/original/a443bbb672448ef0.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Happy π day, everyone! When I was in school in Russia I learned a little poem to remember some of Pi's numbers. The principle was simple - count the number of letters in each word for a digit after 3: Я знаю и помню прекрасно Пи лишние знаки мне вовсе напрасны (I know and remember well, Pi's extra digits are useless to me) 3.14159265358 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Letting the days go by, Let the MIDI hold me down 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/156/012/422/701/231/original/7b4ac35ae476af86.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Abracadabra, abra-oo-na-na In her tongue she said, "Death or love tonight" 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/123/938/932/353/295/original/9c3da71111e1f71e.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 @nprofile…5zd4 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/116/643/364/186/401/original/975574aeb174f888.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 What do you see? Business people, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it. 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/116/608/481/179/181/original/e23198a7fe885aa6.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Fortnite is as old this year as Wolfenstein 3D was when Deus Ex came out. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Oh yeah. Just what I needed on a Sunday evening. https://youtu.be/F0C8uyHKJZM npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 My love has got no money He's got his strong beliefs My love has got no power He's got his strong beliefs 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/089/953/059/906/872/original/4f9d5e1775b8a170.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 EA just released a bunch of Command & Conquer source code. - Tiberian Dawn: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn - Red Alert: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Red_Alert - Renegade: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Renegade - Generals (+ Zero Hour): https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Generals_Zero_Hour npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Still my favorite Wikipedia photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000#/media/File:Sabu_with_his_Tandy_1000_Computer.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Kinetic Worm Dimension (Windows 9x, 2000) #NotDOS #RussianVideogames https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/050/603/900/462/246/original/1b9033c8548bbf6a.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/050/603/897/032/059/original/c379661367418c85.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/050/603/907/773/271/original/9c00736e2f6dd792.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/050/603/906/365/340/original/0bb52f0b5c0b327b.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Is there a name for the genre of film adaptations of literary works that get turned into fictionalized versions of their authors' biographies? Like "Naked Lunch", Soderbergh's "Kafka", or "The Master and Margarita (2024)". 🤔 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 A bit of Erana's Peace on a Roland MT-32 for all of those who need it today. #DOSGaming (Real hardware recording) https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/033/267/665/126/736/original/cb9628abb402ba21.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Universal DOOM - run Doom on DOS, Windows 9x, or modern Windows from the same exe https://github.com/nneonneo/universal-doom npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Happy 30th birthday to the registered version of Rise of the Triad! 🎂🎉🥂 #DOSGaming https://youtu.be/xGytCyUiOQI npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I know Viktor Antonov was known for many things, but for me the biggest impact of his work was seeing the very distinct Eastern European environments of Half-Life 2 for the first time. At the time you just didn't see these kinds of things depicted realistically in major games. And with me being a fresh immigrant at the time, it felt special. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/020/140/013/049/386/original/895a0fe56df34bfc.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/020/140/414/558/279/original/9c845f515c6cd34a.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/020/140/690/157/838/original/63cf3e961e2010e1.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/020/141/081/202/382/original/ea58c2e5fa5b0da7.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Meanwhile in 1996... ❤️ LET ME BE YOUR VALENTINE! ❤️ https://youtu.be/ByTuHDdZOX8 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 @nprofile…5zd4 I think Monolith had their own video format at that time. Not too sure what was special about it though. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 UI/UX https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/994/204/631/779/109/original/fc92ced404ced0b1.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 A soundtrack for the upcoming game Metaisland by Stéphane Picq released ahead of the game to commemorate the composer's passing. https://picq.bandcamp.com/album/metaisland-stephane-picq npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 A very comprehensive edition of the X-Wing soundtrack https://youtu.be/NzIndmKsVk8?si=IGCbYUeWtU5S7S_z npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 EXCELKFA https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/959/629/109/093/788/original/cd12342395531893.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 @nprofile…5zd4 No, I've got a job. I don't really have a place to live. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 The way things are, if I'm not living on a street a year from now, I'll be most surprised. And I'm not quite sure what to do to avert that. Resources are scarce. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go 🎄 #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/705/021/695/890/680/original/e7d1e2606417c9ba.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go 🎄 #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/693/585/555/841/060/original/4e3a03a876a6e9c3.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go 🎄 #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/688/099/951/739/022/original/24710988fa26790c.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Human Interact put out a 2 hour long interview with Louis Castle, the co-founder of Westwood Studios https://youtu.be/jXbXwDsasgs?si=ChHR_4tBXjrN6Hb7 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 My body is a MACHINE. An 80s IBM PC-compatible machine that is too slow, too loud, and takes too long to get started after nearly 40 years. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 A look at works of a man who got into gamedev in his 70s: https://youtu.be/IeiAFxZDOrw npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 @nprofile…l6mt 🤷♂️ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/586/130/693/464/589/original/4a44dd433ea671b9.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I... don't know what this means. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/586/116/002/113/247/original/73f851f22a9ec91b.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Blizzard is going to delist original versions of WarCraft 1 & 2 off digital distribution services in favor of the recent remasters. If you wanted to grab the originals, they are available on GOG as a bundle, and you can use promo code "MakeWarcraftLiveForever" to get a couple bucks off. https://www.gog.com/en/game/warcraft_bundle npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 3d-Mania (Microtech, 1992) #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/586/074/098/699/822/original/c18ae86cb541ad6d.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Original DOS platformer demo by Arjan Brussee that would eventually get picked up by Epic Megagames and turned into Jazz Jackrabbit: #DOSGaming https://youtu.be/G8vIFcIbu48 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 @nprofile…2ze4 just wait till the last 30 minutes npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 One of this year's best movies - Hundreds of Beavers, is *free* on YouTube right now (at least in the US it is.) It's like if Buster Keaton made a movie inspired by Looney Tunes and 8-bit videogames in After Effects. No, this isn't a bit. It is *really* good. Watch it. https://youtu.be/guE0Qd8BRw0 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I CAN'T SAND IT I KNOW YOU PLANNED IT I'MA SET IT STRAIGHT, THIS WATERGATE 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/528/830/784/911/479/original/1c6f96d747f86bac.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Seriously though, this movie is freaking CRAZY. Watch it. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/522/129/147/063/407/original/419011b8b3750421.mp4 npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I wanted to put this up during the spooky season, but the Internet Archive was in read-only mode then. The MKV is just a direct stream copy of video, audio (English & French) & subtitle (English & Spanish) tracks, no re-encoding. Grab that if you don't want to deal with an ISO. npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 Vidocq (2001) is the 1st major feature film that was shot entirely on HD digital video. A French film directed by special effects guru Pitof (Catwoman) & designed by Marc Caro (The City of Lost Children,) it is a fascinating blend of fantasy horror and visual excess. It is also not very good. One of my all time guilty pleasures. This is its only US release - a single layer DVD that surprisingly includes an English dub: https://archive.org/details/vidocq-us-dvd https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/521/901/796/300/852/original/6a693c7968d28bc2.jpg npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 East vs. West: Berlin 1948/Berlin 1948 (Time Warp Software/Rainbow Arts Software, 1989) #DOSGaming https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/521/782/844/855/627/original/b18d9adb3df9c0ea.png npub1hcpjcghqee4r0cwsddpsegp4sul73urekyerg6xcj40wgktpzt6qrt7nwy Anatoly Shashkin💾 I am a very cautious and safe Tetris player. My body *rejects* all attempts of trying to create a set-up for a t-spin triple. 😭😭😭