Buggy Boy [Arcade MAME] I don't think the kids today appreciate how difficult it was to go three screens wide in the days of CRT displays. 😄

There's something about the odd-angles art style (it must have a name) for Day of the Tentacle that I don't entirely like. 🤔 But it's such an adorable game with smart writing and excellent voice acting. I soon forget and am just absorbed by the story.

I dunno about you, but if I was going to investigate the atmosphere processing plant of a planet where the colonists have mysteriously disappeared, that's exactly the kind of vehicle I'd wanna be doing it in. (Knowing it's a Hunslet aircraft tractor doesn't deter me at all.) 😄

Nothing like a bit of Wave Race-ing on a simulated CRT to pass this sunny day. 🌞 youtube.com/watch?v=wJzVT4ZX…

Amok (VIC-20) 5K of RAM, 176x184 pixel screen, four sound channels, no sprites. I actually had a ton of fun with this unexpanded configuration of VIC-20. Most arcade conversions weren't exact, but Amok here made for a fun Berzerk clone for me. I spent hours on that game. 😎

🎵 Yellowed creme and yellowed creme 🎵 🎵 Live together in perfect harmony 🎵 🎵 Side by side by my mouse and keyboard, oh Lord 🎵 🎵 Why don't we? 🎵 (Apple/PC analogue joystick, and USB track ball.) 😎

I realise the conversation round here might soon be dominated by discussion about the new GTA game. 🤔 It could be time for me to return to Vice City. 😎

Yeah, I may have bought a joystick.. again. 😊 I already have one of these. They've got a real good feel to them. But the old one doesn't do right properly. This one is a bit twitchy on some of the movements, and fire. Might need some contact cleaner. 😎

Moon Patrol (arcade) 🎵 da-da da-da-da da-da-da! 🎵 Love that music. Gorgeous parallax scrolling too. (The first game with parallax!) 🤓 youtube.com/watch?v=SSh--9mB…

Mission AD (C64) There's something bouncy and warbly about the music of Fred Gray that I just adore. No other music on the C64 sounds like his. The game itself, Mission AD, is yer basic run-n-gun type of affair, but needs quick reactions to survive. 😎 youtube.com/watch?v=HfbG_3Ea…

Choplifter (C64) A beautifully made conversion of an Apple II game that even made the jump to an arcade version later. Choplifter has you rescuing men while defending you (and them) against tanks, jets, and the occasional over-aggressive satellite. 😎 youtube.com/watch?v=FILXUJBb…

Galaga! (arcade) Whoever thought of that capture-the-ship mechanic is a genius. 😎

WipeOut Phantom Edition on Windows is really a fun way to revisit the original PlayStation 1 classic. But, what if it's too sharp and antialiased for your retro sensibilities? Why pipe it through ShaderGlass I say, to give it that old-timey CRT look. 😎 youtube.com/watch?v=rVsc26FX…

Just spending some time out in the garden. Contemplating the meaning of 6502. 🤓 (Waiting for the internet to point out to me things they think I don't know, in 3.. 2.. 1..) 😉

Monkey Island 1 (FM Towns) I know there is much to be done to become a pirate.. I just keep revisiting it from time to time to give the old man a fright, sneak into the kitchen, and talk to the dog. 😄