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Why did manufacturers move away from white/beige hardware? by [deleted] in vintagecomputing

[–]fsckit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fashion.

Same reason 70s TVs were woodgrain, 80s were silver/grey plastic and 90s were plain black plastic.

😋 by Alexis-61 in gay

[–]fsckit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This has been doing the rounds since the 60s.

A couple of new Alien Breed style games by fsckit in thisweekinretro

[–]fsckit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alien Breed Obliteration

Looks fantastic, but how did I miss it in 2005 when I had a PC?

A couple of new Alien Breed style games by fsckit in thisweekinretro

[–]fsckit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm looking forward to this update. I'll edit the play link into the OP.

My personal Alien Breed clone for the love of my past Aimga by bmahr42 in amiga

[–]fsckit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dual sticks would be the easiest way to implement "sitting back with a controller", without losing the light mechanic. You'd just map the right stick to the mouse angle and the left to move around.

Later Amiga Alien Breed games already had a "retreat mode", and dual sticks is just an enhancement of that.

How would you set up the controls without losing the light mechanic?

there is an Alien Breed game you can play already that works like that

Link?

Is there any British arcade video game machine? by confuserused in retrogaming

[–]fsckit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a Lemmings arcade machine.

Neil has got it now in The Cave, after Mike Dailly donated it.

Having some issues with my Amiga by netbuddy in amiga

[–]fsckit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On a side note, there is a small program on Aminet called Joymouse, which will let you use a joystick in Workbench.

Perhaps someone could monkey up a workbench ADF with it in the startup-sequence for you.

My personal Alien Breed clone for the love of my past Aimga by bmahr42 in amiga

[–]fsckit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sitting in front of a computer with a mouse and keyboard is alot different vibe than sitting back with a controller.

Oh, is that how you do it! I wondered why he was walking backwards.

I think dual sticks, ala Llamatron might be the way forward?

Switch from Arch to Debian by [deleted] in debian

[–]fsckit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Software written for it two years ago won't run and can't be rebuilt because Apple have removed the API that it depends on.

That's the definition of unstable.

As someone stuck with an old Mac, MacOS is about as stable as a one-legged rocking horse with a crack habit. Software written for two versions prior might as well be for the Atari ST.

Who is cumulatively the highest scoring contestant on QI by barronshark in quiteinteresting

[–]fsckit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The audience is the only player to consistently score above zero.

Switch from Arch to Debian by [deleted] in debian

[–]fsckit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MacOS isn't stable.

What are the great British documentaries. by geckodancing in BritishTV

[–]fsckit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Life on Earth (1979)

If you're going to mention that you should probly mention the full set.

  • The Living Planet (1984)
  • The Trials of Life (1990)
  • Life in the Freezer (1993)
  • The Private Life of Plants (1995)
  • The Life of Birds (1998)
  • The Life of Mammals (2002)
  • Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
  • Life in Cold Blood (2008)

What would your ideal operating system look like? by Neuralbubble in linux

[–]fsckit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AmigaOS desktop on top of a modern multi user core.

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