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pfr, do games w Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley
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You got me when the NOFX track… I’m here for it

PerfectDark,
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That’s all Riley right there!

TimeNaan,

Especially this one, it’s a real banger. Whole album is fantastic.

j4yc33, do games w Tetris Variations

I had a game on my Pocket PC in the 2000s called Cyclotomix.

That was my favorite Tetris-like

JennyLaFae, do games w Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley

I was rocking my DSlite with a flash card back in 2009, used it as my mp3 player, ebook reader, and of course games.

mech, do games w What is the definitive way to play certain games?

The definitive way to play Skyrim is to take a shot every time someone says “dragon”.

cybervseas, do games w Tetris Variations

Tetris Effect in VR

NachBarcelona, do games w Tetris Variations

First person Tetris was freaky.

Bitflip, do games w What is the definitive way to play certain games?

There’s something like 20 versions of Machaarior 2. Dos versions are the best.

mech2.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=281

dubyakay,

Pyre Light intensifies

BurgerBaron, do games w What is the definitive way to play certain games?
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First off, here’s a big list of unofficial ports:

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_unofficial_ports

Dhewm 3 for Doom 3. Just updates the game engine to run better on modern hardware since id tech 4 is open source. Mod support sort of, not every mod is compatible. They helpfully list those that do here: https://dhewm3.org/mods.html

The Sims 2 High DPI patch, self explanatory: https://github.com/lah7/sims2-4k-ui-patch

VCMI - Heroes of Might and Magic 3 open source engine/game extension. Has a built in mod manager, really handy: https://vcmi.eu/

Coming soon / WIP: I’m excited to play this port of the MS-DOS game Albion when it reaches feature parity with the original:

https://github.com/csinkers/ualbion

brsrklf,

Does VCMI includes the ability to play the original campaigns with everything they had, on whatever language they were installed? It’s not clear in their FAQ.

I tried installing the original with HD mod through lutris on a PC I am converting to linux, only to discover HD mod just doesn’t support the French version of the game.

Lutris apparently passes down the system language to the installer with no option to change it. I’m sure there is a way to change the install script, but I haven’t really looked into it yet.

If there’s a way to pass down the French version in VCMI and get about the same improvements HD mod provides, and get all that to run natively, maybe I won’t have to.

chunes, do games w Games you really want to play, but can't or won't?

Silksong. My muscle disease has progressed too much to physically play it. That really stings because Hollow Knight was one of my favorite games ever.

yakko,

That fucking suuuuuuuuucks. I wonder if there’s a mod that could accommodate you somehow. I’m not trying to spawn a big debate about difficulty in games here, but I really wish you’d be able to play it for yourself, somehow.

chunes,

I’m sure there’s a cheat engine invulnerability hack or something I could use, but it would kinda take the fun out of it.

ohshit604,
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Have you considered the Xbox Adaptive Controller? I know Microsoft designed this controller with different extensions an such to assist people with disabilities while gaming.

Here’s hoping for a healthy recovery chief!

yakko,

I agree. I was imagining maybe a time dilation mod that you could toggle on/off to make your inputs less physically demanding, but I don’t know if that exists. That’s how I’d do accessibility in this game personally. I don’t know anything about your condition though, so really I’m just spitballing and daydreaming simultaneously.

KhantoBlackhand, do games w Games you really want to play, but can't or won't?
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I honestly want to play skyrim on the Switch 2, but I won’t because the input controls function so poorly and the framerate is subpar. I was excited for when we got the boost in power on the Switch 2 but Bethesda fumbled it. Hopefully they do fix Skyrim and that they launch Fallout 4 in a good state with a gold framerate.

Hafler,

Don’t you worry. With every new console release, you can accommodate guarantee that Skyrim will be on it at some point. It’s like Bethesda NEEDS to release it on every single platform… Sometimes multiple times.

Quetzalcutlass, (edited ) do games w What is the definitive way to play certain games?

There are a host of open source remakes of old game engines that fix bugs and update them for modern systems as well as add support for higher resolutions and widescreen aspect ratios. Here’s a few off the top of my head:

  • OpenMW for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. This is probably the most famous one.
  • Daggerfall Unity for The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.
  • OpenRA for Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn, Dune 2000, and (in pre-alpha form) Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 (the latter requiring extra fiddling with Github repositories).
  • KeeperFX for Dungeon Keeper.
  • OpenRCT2 for Roller Coaster Tycoon 2.
  • OpenTTD for Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
  • OpenJKDF2 for Dark Forces 2 and its standalone Mysteries of the Sith expansion.
  • Arx Libertatis for Arx Fatalis, though IIRC the version sold now integrates an older build of it; one without the fixes for glyph drawing - it’s worth upgrading for that alone as spellcasting is a nightmare without the fix.
  • TRX for Tomb Raider I and II.
  • Tfix, T2Fix, and the Sneaky Upgrade for Thief 1/2/3 respectively. These are mods, not wholesale engine replacements, but serve the same purpose.

These are just the ones I know of. There are probably loads more.

Edit: the Ur-Quan Masters for Star Control II. I can’t believe I forgot about this! Star Control II is one of the best and most influential games that most people have never heard about.

Peffse,

OpenRCT2 is 100% the definitive way to play Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 & 2.

But I would never recommend a new player try OpenRA. The game has stellar multiplayer support but they just can’t figure out the campaign scripting at all. Go with the remaster collection instead.

Quetzalcutlass,

Still? I haven’t played OpenRA in several years and assumed they would have fixed it by now.

Then again Red Alert 2 is even less supported than it was the last time I checked, so I’m guessing their focus is mostly on the multiplayer side of things.

Jesus_666,

OpenXcom for the first two X-Com games (UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-Com: Terror From The Deep). This reimplementation is insanely good.

  • It fixes all known bugs of the original X-Com engine.
  • It works on modern systems, including Linux, macOS, Windows, and even Android.
  • It has support for modern resolutions and aspect ratios.
  • It allows you to use soundtracks from other versions of the game (e.g. look at the website’s “Extras” tab).
  • It has mod support including a basic mod manager. And some of those mods are damn good.
  • It runs flawlessly.

There’s really no reason to play the original DOS versions anymore.

yermaw,

Aaaaand saved. Thanks!

Peffse,
wax,
eezeebee, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of Feb 1st
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Chugging along through the Halo: Master Chief Collection.

I missed out on the series back in the day and now I’m playing through all of them. They’re great. The collection is insane value, especially since I got it on sale for like $10. 40-50 hours in and I have 1 and a half campaigns left still. Multiplayer is active and works well.

GammaGames,

Such an a great pack! I jumped on the multiplayer a few months ago and had a blast in the Halo 1 maps

Rooty, do games w Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley

I was toying with the idea of turning my retro portable into a music player and then this comes along. Thanks, OP.

PerfectDark,
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Then this is perfect timing!

mika_mika, do games w Tetris Variations

I have this very cheap “200 games in 1” devices that has a game called “Pikachu” and it’s just endless Tetris with a little dancing/cheering Pikachu frame.

tynansdtm, do games w Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley

Similarly they ported Rockbox to the RG Nano and even sort of to the Nintendo 3DS.

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