There’s a ROM hack out there that changes the controls to a more traditional D-Pad control scheme out there. I’ve used it before and it worked pretty well
I haven’t played for years now but NeoTokyo still has an active community.
Post Scriptum (now known as Squad 44) is still alive. A very under-appreciated game and they are trying to revive it with a new dev team who have been doing wonders but the active player count is still well below 1k.
The other platforms on PC, for example Steam, itch, gog, all do better things.
Itch really supports game jams, which in turn supports smaller devs and puts out a lot of unique stuff, much of which is free. They also allow devs to choose what percent itch gets with even zero as an option.
Valve is a massive contributor to open source projects and the game dev community. They have contributed a ton to SDL which is used to make many games and engines, and Proton is rocketing wine development forward. Steam also allows adding non-Steam games and even lets you run them with Proton just as easily as Steam native games.
GoG is DRM free, enough said. That in and of itself is one of the most pro consumer stances.
The only plus for Epic is they give out free games, no other redeeming qualities or features.
Don’t forget the beauty of PC is that it’s an open platform, and Epic does nothing to support that.
Not only that, but they made the platform ever so slightly less open when they bought a bunch of games just so that they could remove them from other stores. They garner hatred because they don’t try to gain a competitive edge by being good or unique in some way, they’re just making gamers who aren’t willing to download their launcher suffer.
As the one in my family who always does the farming while the others ignore it and explore it hurts me. I need things efficient, or I will never escape!
Xbox360 Minecraft is on Java version 1.13.2 isn’t it? That’s the version where they added underwater temples and those fish mini bosses. Must’ve been around 2019, that’s shortly before i stopped playing after I started in 2011.
I think so, yeah. I’m not playing the latest version so i can’t say for sure but I know PS3 edition goes up that high though so i’d have to assume 360 does too
Huge +1 recommendation for Manic Miners. Functionally a 1:1 remake with everything you could ask for and more- lots of settings, remastered levels, and a level builder. The (solo) dev got hired by Lego’s video game division afterwards
Disclosure: That’s my baby. We’re not very active any more and while we were self hosted for a decade the development shifted to GitHub recently: github.com/maxr-dot-org/maxr/releases (I know but I don’t have the spoons for this any more so the active devs got to decide)
I’ll sure try Diablo, I totally forgot about that. Having played Diablo 2 Resurrected recently, that fits. Also want to try that Lego game, never heard about it, but it looks fun. And maybe some Icewind Dale, but not sure how that holds up :)
I dunno, I heard about the history of Bungie and what Pete Parsons did to the company. There should be no surprise. He destroyed it and Marathon is just another indicator it seems.
I feel bad for the artist and hope they get more than just “exposure” after this.
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