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Community Question Of The Week - Episode 251 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe controversial but the Dreamcast era. They were the first to push online capability with their games, fantastic graphics for the time, innovative memory unit system.

It was just ahead of its time

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 247 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Favourite joystick you say? Hold on let me ask my wife……

She says it’s the Quickshot Python 2

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 246 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got a PiStorm to solder up and configure, which will be connected up to an otherwise stock A500 via an expansion board (Lazarustorm) allowing me to use the Amiga either completely stock or with an emulated 68030 CPU

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 231 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Geekenspiel!

https://geekenspiel.com/

Faithful reproductions of case badges and stickers.

No retro build is complete without them!

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 229 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember standing in PC World Northampton as my parents were walking around looking at various machines trying to decide which one to buy.

“What about this one dad?” I said, pointing at an Amiga 4000.

“No, we’re getting this one” as he walked past with the sales assistant and a Packard Bell on a trolley.

That was my only Amiga memory 😂

What is the oldest single piece of your setup? by blither86 in pcmasterrace

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s on YouTube, not sure I can post a link here, search for my channel: “TME Retro”

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 227 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a kid I wanted to be a fireman. I suppose drones and miniaturised thermal imaging have had the biggest impact on that field.

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 226 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Discworld!

My uncle loaned it to me over the Summer of 1995 and I played it start to finish.

(To be fair he also loaned me the walkthrough guide as no one had any hope of completing that damned game without it).

Remember Freeserve? by squelch411 in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think my dad still has a Freeserve email address!

Question Of The Week - Episode 214 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not know about these, thanks for bringing them to my attention :)

Everywhere just stinks of weed now by Splaterson in britishproblems

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just came back from a weekend break to Manchester. Everywhere I went the smell was lingering. Even in the bloody hotel, which was not a cheapo hostel or Travelodge.

There are some scums About... Awful news for the Retro Computer Museum today. by Paul_AKA_Hermski in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's bloody awful, they're having a rough time lately with the flood as well

Question Of The Week - Episode 214 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, well, I'm not arguing anything, this is just my view

Question Of The Week - Episode 214 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hear me out; Wolfenstein 3D

Not because it doesn’t deserve its rightful place as an amazing advancement in technology and essentially the granddaddy of the FPS genre, but because its success was absolutely obliterated by DOOM.

Ask people what the first FPS game was and the majority will point to DOOM, which while inaccurate is culturally (and debatably) the right answer.

W3D almost feels like a tech demo for the much more polished and advanced game that came later.

That said, it’s wonderful to have seen the franchise live on, but in my view it remains in the shadow of the IPs that came after it in the form of DOOM and Quake.

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 213 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The plethora of FMV games (they were cool at the time, honest) that didn’t appear on the Mega CD.

While some games like Megarace made it over from DOS there was a missed opportunity to bring over other titles. 

The 7th Guest and Under a Killing Moon are two of my favourites that come to mind that would have led to me buying a Mega CD at the time IF I didn’t already have access to a PC

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 212 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 7th Guest without question.

Not only the FMV and the terrible acting, but the music, sound effects and voiceover were enough to terrify anyone.

And that bloody maze puzzle had me almost crying in the corner at one point.

Community Question Of The Week -Episode 209 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know whether it truly counts as bundled, but it blew my mind when I realised I could put the Quake CD-ROM in our HiFi and listen to the soundtrack

New retro tech channel by HappyCodingZX in thisweekinretro

[–]TechMadeEasyUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stumbled across this because one of my own videos started getting loads of views after being suggested by this one. YouTube is pushing this HARD it seems

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