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So I managed to beat the first level of Settlers. I wonder: are there any GERMANY ADF files out there? I only got the English copy. Physical copies seem to be super rare or expensive, too.
#retrogaming #commodore #amiga500 #diesiedler

The "level won" window saying that my opponent has resigned.
Closeuo if a battle in front of the enemy castle.

 

The most addictive Amiga? That would be „The Settlers“ for me. This is still such a brilliant game!
#retrogaming #commodore #amiga500 #thesettlers

The very detailed game map of Settlers showing grassy hills, paths, the central castle and settlers running around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@dentaku true! But after the Donald Duck games Sierra didn’t port any games to the C64 anymore. King‘s Quest probably would have been possible, as it was also on the Apple II. But the other games probably required at least 128K or even more.

 

Look at that: Leisure Suit Larry 1 is coming to the C64:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzRfuPg77IM

#commodore #c64 #retrogaming #sierraonline

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@[email protected] oof. I would have to look for a ROM hack… but if there is one for the Master System, why not!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@[email protected] 6 AA! You are thinking of the puny GameBoy! :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@[email protected] i think there is no other RPG of this scale on the GameGear…
There is Lunar, which is a JRPG, but quite different in style and scope from Ultima IV… and RPGs are not the biggest genre on the GG anyway…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ultima IV of course has the eight virtues as its main theme. The quest of becoming a good person.

The game screen showing a map in the upper left corner, talking points on the right, and the bottom part shows the conversation. Here the avatar is in a conversation about compassion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The introduction is quite elaborate and nicely drawn.

People at a renaissance fair. The text says: The ticket taker at the Renaissance fair‘s gate starts to ask you for money, but upon spotting your ankh says: „welcome, friend. Enter in peace and find your path.“

 

Ultima IV on the Game Gear is always a singular experience! This is obviously via the Master System compatibility.
#sega #gamegear #ultimaiv #retrogaming

 

Super Offroad by Virgin has been ported to a ton of systems. It is one of the few games on the PC that can utilize the full 64 color EGA palette! But this version is for the Sega GameGear. It is quite playable, but the tiny display makes every little mistake a grave punishment. Catching up to the leading car almost impossible. Nevertheless a fun isometric racer that perhaps plays better than Micro Machines on this handheld…?
#sega #gamegear #retrogaming

The race screen showing tiny cars on a muddy track with sharp corners.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@[email protected] oh wow! Das ist der Roman! Krass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh what a coincidence!
#amiga500 #diekathedrale #weltenschmiede

An article about the German text adventure The Cathedral

 

Finally got the new edition of the German version of the @RetroGamer_[email protected]
#retrogaming

 

Kirby‘s Pinball Land is a surprisingly good and not quite so easy game. Pinball games on the GameBoy don’t work very well usually, but this isn’t a regular pinball game, which is why it works, I think!
#retrogaming #nintendo #gameboy #kirby

 

One of the most influential games of my childhood: the Game of Robot. A German shareware 2D action adventure, maybe? I think this screenshot is of the freeware Robot Junior game, but the mechanics are very similar. You play the green guy in the upper left corner. You can leave each room only once all the robots have been destroyed. And you don’t have any weapons, but an array of items that you can pick up and use.
#msdos #shareware #gameofrobots #retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Inside the pub it‘s open mic night for the local poets. We grab some taffy and beer and make haste. Not much to do yet!
By the way: what is the beer for? I don’t think we used it later…

The inside of the drunk dragon inn is again made from gnarly wood. Several pirate like people hanging around reciting poems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The backdoor leads to a pub. It is closed however. But next to the door are colored buttons that open the door. By using the combination from the dragonfly tree AGAIN!

Zanthia says: „Here we go. There’s probably a cover charge too!“ The pub is in another large gnarly tree. A stone dragon statue sitting jn front of the door.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Inside the building is a shop for the local ferry line and the mustard cartel. The shopkeeper however seems to be in trance. This is actually a puzzle I didn’t quite get. For some reason we can heal all the people in trance state by giving them the skeptic potion… why…??
The map shows our destination: the volcano island. But the ship only goes to a different island.

The inside of the shop is full of large tree roots. A man stands behind a counter. In the background a map of the sea and islands are visible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Past the city gate we find a cozy place. Apart from our trusty stick there is not much else to discover here. So we enter the sole building on this screen…

Inside the city gate Zanthia finds a shop overgrown by a large tree. In the foreground a fountain with a seahorse is visible. In its snout a wooden stick.

 

Tonight we will play Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate!
#retrogaming #kyrandia #adventuregames

 

The Atari Video Chess program is impressive in that it crams a chess program into a machine with only 128 bytes of RAM. A quarter of that already used up by the board alone. But it gets even weirder. A great writeup by @[email protected] :

https://nanochess.org/video_chess.html
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #atari2600

 

I am planning to do a Let's Code Livestream on Sunday, 8th June 2025, at 20:00 CEST, 18:00 UTC. We will be hacking away on an Infocom interpreter for the Commodore PET -- and I barely speak 6502 assembly! What could possibly go wrong???
https://youtube.com/live/IvGJ7XQSHcc
#letscode #infocom #interactivefiction #retrogaming

 

For a good time call Edna!
#retrogaming #maniacmansion #commodore #amiga500

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