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makingStuffForFun, do games w First Ever REBIRTH in NES Tetris
@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

What does that mean?

TexasDrunk,

Some guy played to level 255 and it rolled back to level 0, (that’s the rebirth). Then he played to level 91 after that. To answer an unasked but important question: he did it on a ROM and not a cartridge because it’s pretty damn likely a cartridge would have crashed long before this point. Even on this particular ROM there are a bunch of ways to crash it (there’s loads of them documented).

makingStuffForFun,
@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

That’s awesome. Thank you so much.

dogslayeggs,

Did he use an original NES controller with the ROM or a modern controller? I know I have a hard time getting the 40 year old controllers to respond fast enough at higher levels, though I haven’t tried the bump control method.

TexasDrunk,

As a drunk language model I do not have that information.

dogslayeggs,

Watching the earlier levels I can hear the thumps on the controller indicating he is doing a bump/rolling control method.

TexasDrunk,

So I did a little research. Along with what you heard, rolling may be the only way to do it. Hypertapping may not be fast enough.

Adm_Drummer,

To add on: After a certain level is reached there are a multitude of tile combinations you have to avoid or they cause a hard crash. I believe oldschool tetris used to be played until the very first hard crash and that’s where everyone thought the record would end. Prior to that was the development of rolling which allowed players to get past the original game over state that sped tiles up too fast to react to.

Now we have players so proficient they’ve memorised crash states, and are rolling over the game.

I wonder how long until Points + Prestige become an antiquated measuring system.

CluckN,

He completed the karmic cycle of Samsara and has been reborn.

Evotech,

He prestiged Tetris?

Poopfeast420, do gaming w You're Emulating Retro Games Wrong (you need CRT Shaders)
@Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

You’ll never catch me using filters like these voluntarily. Inject those crisp pixels straight into my vein.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein,

I was a crisp pixel diehard for like 20 years even despite growing up with CRT, because I remember in the 80s-00s trying hard to get the clearest picture (RF->SRGB->S-video->Composite) and it felt like, “what’s clearer than exact pixels?”

And then I tried a good CRT filter that emulates not just scanlines and noise, but subpixel effects, and it really changed my mind. The graphics really were designed to be displayed with those analog “imperfections,” and if you lived in that era, you kind of took for granted the things that worked well with the natural CRT blur while pursuing image clarity. Bringing back the CRT effects was a revelation.

Like, even handheld emulation filters that mimic how those particular LCD screens functioned often give a better experience since game designers took that into account.

I don’t know if someone growing up with only emulated square LCD memories would feel the same, and I’ll always take pixely LCD over bad CRT emulation, but I’d suggest to give it a try with good filters.

yozul,
@yozul@beehaw.org avatar

Square pixels are a filter just as much as CRT filters are. In fact, they distort the image even more. Even leaving aside all the things that just don’t work right in square pixel land, turning every pixel into a square messes up the aspect ratio of a lot of old consoles. Everything ends up squished and stretched because it wasn’t designed for square pixels. You can call that distorted funhouse mirror version of old video game art “crisp” if you want, but in reality it’s just the cheapest and worst filter.

Railcar8095, do games w The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – Announcement Trailer

Should have been called The Legend of Link just to perpetuate the confusion

The_Vampire,

The biggest missed opportunity this century.

kaffiene, do games w Starfield, is it getting review bombed?

Why? It’s a pretty bad game in many ways. Also good in other ways. I can totally see why it’s polarising

totallymojo,
@totallymojo@ttrpg.network avatar

To me it was a disaster because I expected it to be way more next gen after all these years. And it was very expensive compared to the quality I got.
Meanwhile my friend was all like “Eh, it’s fine. Pretty much what I expected.”
So I think people had very different expectations.

What I absolutely cannot comprehend is those who say “10/10, game of the century!”
Come on… No way. If you really think that, you have really low standards or haven’t played a new game in 8 years.

Carighan,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

I expected it to be way more next gen after all these years

It is “next generation”:

  • It’s the next generation of huge.
  • It’s also the next generation of empty.
  • It’s the next generation of pretty.
  • It’s also the next generation of soulless.

I mean, it basically heightens all previous design parameters for open world games, does it not?

qarbone,

It is absolutely NOT the next generation of “pretty”. Can’t even sign up for the qualifiers for that competition.

ImplyingImplications, (edited ) do games w Mario Kart Should Cost More - YouTube

remember this video game is Open World. That means we must open our wallets and pay all the money in the world.

Honestly surprised this hasn’t be used by a game studio yet.

Omegamanthethird,
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

MMOs charge indefinitely.

LambdaRX, do games w Flappy Bird Returns but now with microtransactions
@LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works avatar

You can always download original apk file, without mtx and bloat.

TwinTusks,
@TwinTusks@bitforged.space avatar

Also without banner ads? If I recalled correctly the original game has ads which Nguyen had said generated some 10K USD per week for him.

Caligvla, do games w [F4 Mod] Fallout London - Official Release Announcement
@Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I had completely forgotten about this. Such an interesting idea, especially considering Fallout is so “American”, I wonder if it’ll work out and still feel like Fallout or just a derivative.

Essence_of_Meh,
@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

The few glimpses at technology (future bike for example) and ads gives me hope for a neat spin on the classic elements of the setting. That’s all we can do for now, I guess.

100_percent_a_bot,

Would be funny if people try to stab you with unloicensed butterknoifes instead of shooting

tacosanonymous, do gaming w Steam Deck is the ❝Biggest Threat❞ to Xbox [Fan The Deck]
@tacosanonymous@lemm.ee avatar

Meh. They are their own worst enemy. If you’re going to make a console, you have to give people reasons to buy it. Their lack of console selling games isn’t the steam deck’s fault.

I thought the ps3 might kill Sony’s console dreams but they buckled down and delivered with the ps4.

M$ can salvage this, if they genuinely reflect and start delivering.

thingsiplay,

The video content isn’t talking about the current market or the past, but how Steam Deck is the biggest threat to Xbox in the future. Xbox has a lot of potential. The leadership changed (which is addressed in this video too). When Microsoft was at its worse, Steve Ballmer was the boss of Microsoft and Don Mattrick was ruining Xbox in the ground with XBox One. Now we have Satya Nadella and have Spencer, who did bring back the Xbox brand and seem to understand their stuff better.

narc0tic_bird,

Sony also built up momentum during the second half of the PS3’s lifespan by focusing on what’s most important for a games console: games. And they made the PS3 more affordable and therefore accessible with a great, focused PS3 redesign in form of the PS3 Slim, saving costs while only cutting features that weren’t really important to most potential customers (PS2 backwards compatibility).

They took that momentum, watched Microsoft fail and made a home run with the PS4 based on the perfect storm that was created.

The PS5 was simply a continuation of their good form, and Microsoft has just been going along with their Xbox brand and consoles, seemingly not knowing where to go, buying studios left and right which then proceed to release mediocre titles. They also tried something with their subscription service, but it turns out most people just buy the games they want to play instead of picking from a selection of games of which they wouldn’t have chosen most of them if they weren’t included in a subscription.

warm,

After being away from consoles for a long time now, they really have little appeal beyond their easy setup and cheaper hardware. The exclusives on any console are not worth buying a whole new console to play. There's so much more value in PC gaming, the intial barrier of entry and possible technical problems just put people off.

I really think Steam Machines could make a major comeback now, the deck has proved the software side, SteamOS is much more mature.

DebatableRaccoon,

I couldn’t agree more. Back during the initial pitches of the Steam Machines, I was a supporter of the concept and was looking forward to the release. In my market, they took a long time to release and ended up being stupidly expensive. To give an idea, in my market an i3-powered unit was expensive as an i7-powered one in the US despite not having that problem with PC components or even prebuilts. Eventually I spent the money on a parts to build my own rig that was significantly more capable than what the Steam Machine of equal cost would have been. I found little ways to make being a couch PC gamer viable without breaking the bank on horribly expensive niche products like lapboards and it’s enabled me to become a PC gamer despite having been a console boy for so long. It’s a shame because I think Steam Machines would make PC gaming so much more approachable to the average consumer (which I was at the time) and I hope they still manage to in the future.

narc0tic_bird,

Oh I agree with that and I’m a PC gamer 99 % of the time (well, like 95 % desktop PC, 4.5 % Steam Deck, 0.5 % consoles). I mainly use my PS5 for playing BluRay nowadays. I don’t fancy paying more for games, a subscription for online gaming and getting a worse experience (in terms of graphics/performance and things like modding but also voice chat options etc.).

simple, do games w Starfield, is it getting review bombed?

From Metacritic

Metacritic user ratings have literally never mattered and never been an indicator for anything. I’m pretty sure every relatively popular game on it gets “review bombed”, because anyone who actually wanted to review it wouldn’t review it there. This is non-news.

Astroturfed,

Doesn’t metacritic aggregate reviews from other sources on their review scores as well? I havent really considered any of the big name review places a reasonable source for a long time anyway…

Everyone expects the next big game every game. How often can a studio really live up to the hype people create?

emptyother,
@emptyother@programming.dev avatar

Everytime if they just listened to a guy on the internet who has no clue what it takes to create a game.

MeatsOfRage, do games w Fallout: London | Trailer

If you’re unaware of the recent history of this project, the big Fallout 4 update that came out a few months ago broke this project. GOG worked with them to build an installer that would downgrade Fallout 4 to the required version to run this (hence the GOG logo at the start). Good guy GOG to the rescue.

Cobrachicken,

Plus, they needed a place to host that big a mod with connections to Bethesda to prevent a probable takedown order…

MeatsOfRage,

Any reason to think this would be a probable takedown? Mods on Bethesda games have historically been a thriving community unless they directly infringe on another company’s copyright.

Cobrachicken, (edited )

It was mentioned in one of their previous interviews as reason to parner with gog. I’ve unfortunately not bookmarked it, though, and I’m too lazy to search for it, sry.

edit: found it: “At the very least, GOG is sure that its support for Fallout: London won’t upset Bethesda,“They’re also our partners so we wouldn’t want to do anything to harm our relationship.””

in https://www.thegamer.com/fallout-london-gog-release-delay-fallout-4-update-interview/

Renacles,

That says that GOG is sure that Bethesda won’t have a problem with the mod, not that they will do anything to prevent it.

It’s literally the opposite.

we_avoid_temptation,

The more relevant section is here

“It’s not uncommon for larger game companies like Bethesda to have mixed reactions to fan-made projects of this scale, we saw this with things such as Fallout: The Frontier,” says Carter, referencing the game-sized mod for Fallout: New Vegas that launched in 2021. “They often tolerate projects’ like ours’ existence as long as they don’t infringe on their intellectual property or negatively impact their brand.”

That said, I agree with you. The Frontier had issues because they put problematic shit in their mod. Bethesda has explicitly given shoutouts to Sim Settlements (I’m pretty sure there’s others) in the recent past.

Coelacanth,
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

It’s a shame the writers and directors of The Frontier were so shit. The programmers did stellar job within the confines of that crappy engine and I’m still salty Xilandros fantastic vehicle implementation isn’t made available as a standalone (officially).

ExtraMedicated, do games w 15 More Free to Play Overwhelmingly Positive Steam Games

The Looker was a funny parody of The Witness. Made me laugh.

RudeGryphon,

The ending had me rolling. I didn’t realize what was going on until just right before the reveal. Great game to check out because you can beat it in a couple hours

evilgiraffe666,

Do you have to have played the witness to get the jokes, or does it stand alone?

RudeGryphon,

I’ve never played it. So I’d say no. I still thought it was great.

addie,
@addie@feddit.uk avatar

It would still be a fun little puzzler, but it’s very much a single-note satire, and a lot of it would come off as “lol random” rather than taking the piss out of The Witness. Which is also brilliant, love them both.

Lev_Astov,
@Lev_Astov@lemmy.world avatar

I just love the review of it that states, “if you like The Witness, you’ll like The Looker, but if you hated The Witness, you’ll love The Looker.”

elouboub, do games w Unity ...It Just Keeps Get Worse
@elouboub@kbin.social avatar

If the studios don't switch to Godot and contribute back, they'll be setting themselves up for another Unity a few years down the line.

ExtraMedicated,

I’m also interested in checking out Stride tomorrow. Hopefully I can find a good alternative to Mirror for multiplayer networking and the FinalIk package I had in Unity.

elouboub,
@elouboub@kbin.social avatar

I'm curious why they chose C#. Maybe to be a Unity alternative without requiring to invest in a new language?

ExtraMedicated,

I don’t know, but I like C#. It’s got a lot of features that I like such as extension methods and custom attributes. And I feel comfortable with it.

zik,

Godot has C# as an option.

bighi,

If we don’t get together and destroy capitalism itself, we WILL get another Unity every few years.

elouboub,
@elouboub@kbin.social avatar

The easier path is opensource. You can use it today, no need to wish the fall capitalism and do nothing until then

DoucheBagMcSwag, do gaming w Every Video Game Is Woke Apparently... [The Act Man, YouTube]

Woke = mostly anything not supporting Aryan White Supremacy

See; Nazi

ceenote, (edited ) do games w Do Not Buy NZXT | Predatory, Evil Rental Computer Scam Investigated - Gamers Nexus

Well shit, wish they’d posted it before black Friday. It was only an AIO.

Edit: Cancelled. It was the wrong size, anyway. Sad I’m not gonna have a small LCD on the right one, though. NZXT was by far the cheapest in that respect.

stardust,

I like my arctic liquid freezer aio. Wanted a simple one.

ghostsinthephotograph,

Same boat - just ordered an AIO directly from them and see the “we’re building your pc” emails. Hoping there’s not shenanigans with this.

AceTKen, (edited )
@AceTKen@lemmy.ca avatar

Just FYI, as per their own terms you can cancel up until it ships.

ScreamingFirehawk,

If you live somewhere with consumer rights, by law you can return it no questions asked within 14 days of receipt (actual length of time may vary, UK is 14 days)

Wooki,

So is Australia, and these contracts will end them in court here real quick with potentially two Government departments: ACCC and ASIC. Feel sorry for Americans.

TheDemonBuer, do games w Minecraft *Movie Edition*
@TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world avatar

The irony is, something like this probably would have been a lot less expensive to make, while also appealing more to fans. It’s funny how so many people in the movie business are not very good at, you know, the movie business.

SassyRamen,
@SassyRamen@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah… Unfortunatly some producer that doesn’t care about the original ip or the fanbase is probably at the wheel.

PunchingWood,

It’s just your typical meme-movie that nobody really asked for, they gather a bunch of classic game tropes and shove it into a movie and then max out on publicity like “Haha look, so funny and recognizable Minecraft stuff. Are we right, fellow kids? We totally get you!”.

They probably could’ve gotten away with it if they just used 3D characters like the Mario movie too and it would’ve worked fine for younger audiences. It probably still will work fine for younger audiences but it feels so terribly forced.

SassyRamen,
@SassyRamen@lemmy.world avatar

Username checks out, this guy Minecrafts.

I just feel like the kids are gonna drag me to this… I just want it to be at least okay.

Ashelyn,

I think they’ll get away with it because they’re deliberately marketing it the way so many similar movies are managed: formulaically for kids, but with some actors and writing meant to give ‘the adults’ something to watch too. Unfortunately, ‘the adults’ are almost always assumed to have only a passing familiarity with the subject material, and I have a feeling they’re going to write the ‘for the adults in the room’ jokes with that assumption in mind.

It feels like it’s being written on an outdated manual, ignoring the fact that there’s a very sizable core audience of 20 and 30-somethings they could tap into. My guess is that everything they tried only tested well with children in focus groups, since apparently they were dead-set on a live-action format from the very beginning. I hate to be so cynical, but it’s possible they decided to go all-in on kids because they can hit the appeal without worrying as much on the production standards.

LiveLM,

since apparently they were dead-set on a live-action format from the very beginning.

The live-action fairy has these Hollywood execs in a trance.
To this day I don’t understand what made Disney swap all their lovable animated characters for photorealistic-lion.fbx and make a Lion King “”“live-action”“”

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