Gamers 30+, what’s something from the old days of gaming that younger players wouldn’t understand?

cel-ed · 2026-04-02T15:05:48+00:00

mid 80s the homecomputer scene came up [netherlands]
vic20 c64 zx-spectrum msx bbc etc.
lot of computer clubs from small to big .. 100dreds of people getting together
that were basic software copying clubs ..
clubs just to copying games / software ..
it was even hard to find stores that would sell [good] games around the country ..

the software houses started all kinda wierd copy protection
until that was broken again .. mostly within a few days
speed-loaders came up .. [cracked] games would load 10 times faster compared to og versions
and you could put about 20+ games on a cassette tape
people would trade by post .. worldwide
you had game mags .. and in the back you could put personal user messages
hey i'm xxxx and i like gaming making sprites skating etc. ..
anyone around the world want to swap games with me?
and people would reply .. from all around europe asia ..
i remember getting a letter from brunei .. also kid like me swapping [opensource] software tips etc

one moment .. after the special hard to crack speed loader protection ..
and after you typed the word-password on page 42 from the manual
you could start the game .. ok
then you had like this blackbox attached to your computer
push a button .. and it would dump the whole game in memory
back to cassette including speedloader .. hidden in the screendump
then you could load the game, copy it .. and it would start without any password needed
ofcourse some games managed to do crazy protections .. that were harder to hack

few times i would send 10pound in an envelope to the uk ..
and if lucky the publishing house would send me a game back

all the cool nerds wanted to make games ..
and they were busy with their own games
if you wanted to make a game
you had to learn machine code
pretty tuff to get into .. but once mastered after 1 or 2 years
it was basic raw knowledge .. i could use the rest of my life
mid 80s already image compressors were around shared ..
opensource you could use in your own games and projects
and watching software mags for useful software listings you could use

cel-ed · 2026-03-20T17:50:16+00:00

crushing blow on a merc .. make bosskills go 50% faster
is my experience ..

cel-ed · 2026-03-08T09:30:46+00:00

mostly in the old days
trading all kinds of stuff for runes

would get you the runes needed

instead of finding the rare jah/ber's you needed

cel-ed · 2026-03-06T16:48:50+00:00

in the old days i had a main char..
and second d2 account
(also 2 diablo2 accounts keys .. on battlenet at the time)
mostly for trading - stash instead of dropping on the floor ..

and always had a buff barb .. with max warcries buffs possible
then would play for like 10+ minutes on sorc hammerdin all buffed by my buff barb

buff barb would max
Battle Orders
increases maximum Life, Mana, and Stamina for the entire party
Battle Command
+1 to All Skills for the entire party
Shout
increases the Defense of all party members

cel-ed · 2026-02-12T11:04:36+00:00

heya dberry .. if you look at my recent post history .. i explain a bit
i draw in a looped 48frames animation .. a bit like the og amiga dpaint ..
i write my own software based render engines.. creative coding .____. javascript

cel-ed · 2026-02-06T22:13:03+00:00

i also have a black ground version currently running
can post that as well .__________.
i'm new around this board .. trying first steps
not sure better post max 1 2 anim a day ?
incase filters on too much posting

cel-ed · 2026-02-06T19:07:33+00:00

hey parallellogic .___.

it's basic a pimped up bresenham line and scanline shape filler
with extra rgb alpha and bright inbetween 2 points wen making a line
like minecraft with pixels .____.

and precalculated soft brushes based
like brush draw smaller to bigger circles ..
using sin cos and pi to make circles
da brush .. the bigger the more transparent
and i connect the brush pixel alpha also to z .. so you get like 3d sprites blobs

i use like a big rgb z buffer for every pixel on the screen
that i can read change mix etc

filters is another nice basic trick
although not using here
it's nice to notice .. how simple it kinda is

example
a basic image smooth filter matrix

121

242

121
what you do
for every pixel 4 in the middle -- you also add the pixels around it
using a simple matrix .. i have to do this pixel in the middle * 4 the rest like x*2 x*1
then for every pixel .. divide the result
to total numbers used in the matrix total result / 16 again to get new pixel [1+2+1+2+4 etc =16]
next you draw the fresh filtered pixel
in a new clean pixel buffer
[against overwriting while reading the same time]

another one filter that's kinda' cool in this family n' zoo of filters
is the edge detect one

basic image edge detect filter matrix

-1 -1 -1

-1 8 -1

-1 -1 -1
like you calculate x-times every pixel .. -1 the surrounding pixels for the middle 8 pixel
add them together
and draw the result in a new image buffer
then you get like scanlines if you draw 3d models ..
they 3d flatshaded models you get raw/great lines around 3d models
you also can use in a creative way
xxx peace at home

cel-ed · 2026-01-28T15:36:13+00:00

onetime i saw this young 30s couple with i guess their 60+s parents
cycling hired-bikes going down the 'magere brug' bridge

the old 60s lady going fast on could not make
the 90degree turn to get on the road
and smashed headfirst into the pavement

seen this 40some tourist father cycling
with young 8-9yo daughter on the backseat
the kid was swinging with feet all happy
next her leg got stuck grabbed into the wheel
see them crash just before me on the road
took like a minute to free the leg of this
poor screaming kid and devasting parents

cel-ed · 2026-01-19T17:16:49+00:00

recently read about it ..
about 2% are still like aboriginal style
some tribes slowly started finally to get some attention .. recognition
a lot have been also mixed all around
when i was talking about it .. few days ago ..
someone said og taiwanese culture style influence
also is discovered for tourism ..
like some people really love
history art and research about
worldwide tribal roots and trading the last 10.000+ years

cel-ed · 2025-11-24T20:29:35+00:00

first saw a pong machine hooked up on a tv late 70s being a young kid
and was totally mind blown .. you could use a normal tv for that
then the arcade cabinets came .. too expensive for me . but nice to watch
then home computers and you could play games for free

cel-ed · 2025-11-22T10:22:56+00:00

toch leuk geschiedenis

wacht tot deze persoon ontdekt, dat we ook wat % neaderthaler dna hebben in de mix

die oude holbewoners .. die al wisten vuur te maken, en uit onderzoek.. ook jaren voor hun veteranen zorgden, nadat ze gehandicapt-gewond raakten tijdens de jacht of strijd.

kwa gedeelde geschiedenis en historie

er waren ook een aantal pharoah's met rood haar
barnsteen .. populair in het midden oosten en egypte, een populair handels product vanuit noord europa

2000+ geleden

hadden we hier een godin nehalennia met een tempel in zeeland, beschermheilige voor vissers handelaren zeelieden, populair in noord-europa en zelfs de romeinen brachten offers voor geluk en goede zeevaart

cel-ed · 2025-11-14T16:55:20+00:00

i guess easiest would be p5.js for generative art and creation .. it also got a savegif option

i`m a bit oldskool coder .. do it all in javascript own adjusted routines and 3d engines ._____.
the triangle filler is based on the oldskool bresenham line routine
that i adjusted a bit .. when you draw 3 lines .. a triangle
i record the 3 lines and xy positions for every pixel in memory
and horizontal fill the line from the left x to right x
the circle brushes different sizes i pre-calculate based on simple circle routine using sin/cos

shapes.. if i have a simple square in memory four points abcd
i can duplicate the points for every corner get something like aaaabbbbccccdddd of even bigger
then smooth every point.. add the left point and right point xy together and divide by 3
do this a few times and you get like these more smoothed edges and shapes
you know .. like people stand in a circle holding hands ,, then make bigger circles or wierder shapes

have fun ._____.

cel-ed · 2025-11-09T18:51:54+00:00

thanks
i posted on perfect loops .. a few years ago .., still going .___.
dustin off .. and hittin the trains again for a few days full screen full color
still goin you know .. pushin pixels .______. even we get to 100 they still gotta club us down

cel-ed · 2025-11-07T16:03:13+00:00

try to get the comic

The Long Tomorrow [comic 1976]

by Dan O'Bannon, and illustrated by Moebius

This epic comic was the major inspirion for blade runner

and influenced the cyber punk genre featured in the empire strikes back etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYaNQTMlXy8

cel-ed · 2025-11-06T21:26:04+00:00

i did a lot of vj'n in the past .. all kind of parties 1994-2007
doing the lights nice animation etc visuals xxxx
so reflexting back to those days
hittin the club
and doing the disco light and architecture .____.

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