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atomicpoet

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  • Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a JRPG, just got released on Steam—and this is a big deal because this game is to PC what Final Fantasy VII was to PlayStation.

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  • Never bought the deluxe edition—so I don’t know.

    What’s the whole purpose of them other than just giving devs more money?

  • Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a JRPG, just got released on Steam—and this is a big deal because this game is to PC what Final Fantasy VII was to PlayStation.

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  • Play the original. Right now, It’s C$11.00 on GOG.

    And while FFVII was ported to PC—I own that port—FFVII was more impactful as a PSX game and was a major factor in Sony winning the Gen 5 console war.

    On the other hand Trails in the Sky started off as a PC game, and never really got a mainstream console release—but this was the genesis of the Trails series.

  • BIG MILESTONE! We’ve just crossed 100 posts on !videogames@piefed.social. 🎉

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  • You don’t need to be on Piefed. Federation means you can stay on Lemmy, use whatever community you want, regardless of whatever platform it is.

    The reason I’m mentioning the milestone here is because I want to build a general gaming Piefed community.

    Not one that competes with this one, but one that complements it. You can enjoy multiple gaming communities, each with a different culture.

    Anyway, this is the Fediverse—not Reddit, not Instagram, not TikTok. We’re not competing against each other. We’re building together.

  • We had this in my house growing up

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  • That’s still in my house. And if I have my way, it will outlive me.

  • Every RPG subgenre acronym, decoded

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  • ARPG + MORPG hybrid with looter shooter characteristics.

    It doesn’t really fit anywhere cleanly, though.

  • Every RPG subgenre acronym, decoded

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  • Terms can definitely be confusing. Diablo is definitely a hack-n'-slash, but it's very different from the likes of Golden Axe and God of War.

  • Every RPG subgenre acronym, decoded

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  • The ARPGs you're probably referring to, I call them Diablo-likes to distinguish them from all the other action RPGs.

  • Every RPG subgenre acronym, decoded

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  • RNG = random number generator. In gaming, this just means random chance. Whenever loot drops, critical hits land, enemies spawn, or dice rolls decide outcomes, that’s RNG at work.

    Eurojank is a term for European-developed games (usually from Central or Eastern Europe) that are ambitious, creative, and full of unique ideas… but also full of technical rough edges.

  • Every RPG subgenre acronym, decoded

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  • There's a lot of subgenres I wanted to include, but I felt this document was already too long. Here's more of them:

    • DBRPG = Deck-building RPG
    • SurRPG = Survival RPG
    • RLRPG = Rogue-like RPG
    • SLRPG = Souls-like RPG

    I don't know why I overlooked GRPGs since Germany has some pretty important ones. You mentioned Gothic, but there's also both the Sacred series and ELEX series.

    I'd say that while both GRPGs and PRPGs are releated to each other, there's some big differences that go beyond nationality. I'd say GRPGs are more like a muddy Renaissance faire going on while PRPGs have more of a storybook style.

    EDIT: In the interest of thoroughness, I added even more subgenre acronyms.

  • Tetris Elements – one of the strangest Tetrises ever released

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  • Tetris Plus is quite neat because, not only is there PlayStation and arcade versions, it was released for Game Boy too.

    I regularly play it on my cabinet—it’s got a great PvP mode.

  • Tetris Elements – one of the strangest Tetrises ever released

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  • They’re gone. No mascots. No background worlds. Just the “elemental” machine skins.

    Tetris Worlds had eye monsters because THQ wanted a console-friendly mascot game.

    Tetris Elements has industrial pipes because ValuSoft (THQ’s budget imprint) wanted a cheap, self-contained PC release that didn’t require any cross-project asset wrangling.

  • Renovation was right—and we're ahead of schedule

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  • Use vJoy + Universal Control Remapper (UCR), or reWASD, to mirror the controller input to all emulator instances.

    This means pressing A once sends “A” to all 8 games.

  • When You Wish for World Peace

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  • Helen of Troy? Oh, don’t even get me started on her! She didn’t just cause the Trojan War—that was her warm-up gig!

    The Crusades? Helen. Napoleonic Wars? Helen again. Both World Wars, the Cold War, Star Wars, Cola Wars—every single one is her fault!

    Honestly, if she’d just stopped wishing for wars, we’d all be riding unicorns and eating ice cream for breakfast by now.

    Thanks a lot, Helen.

  • When You Wish for World Peace

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  • That woman’s name? Helen of Troy.

  • Spectrum Holobyte’s 1988 DOS Tetris: the first official release – the start of a global obsession

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  • It’s interesting because everyone has their definitive version of Tetris.

    For me, it was the arcade coin-op made by Atari Games.

    I have a friend, though, who swears by Tetris Plus for the original PlayStation. That was the first Tetris she ever played.

  • Spectrum Holobyte’s 1988 DOS Tetris: the first official release – the start of a global obsession

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  • Spectrum Holobyte’s 1988 DOS Tetris: the first official release – the start of a global obsession

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  • Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake"

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  • Nope, they are abandonware. You either buy the physical disks or sail the seven seas.

  • Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake"

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  • Both Thexder and Sorcerian were distributed by Sierra.

    Thexder, in particular, was quite popular—got a Western-only sequel called Thexder 95 that was a showcase for Windows 95:

    https://youtu.be/iI_qGdgybmU

    It’s still playable on modern Windows.

    As for Japanese games, they’re largely hit or miss on DOS. If it’s a Capcom or Konami game—it’s probably terrible. SEGA is good.

    I think the game that really humiliated Capcom was the DOS port of Street Fighter II. In the early 90s, a bunch of Koreans made their own unofficial port and it shamed the official port.

    This might explain why Super Street Fighter II for DOS was so much better.

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    The Steam controller was ahead of its time

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    The Steam controller was ahead of its time

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    I'm impressed by Rambo III for DOS

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    I'm impressed by Rambo III for DOS

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    Silverfall is low-poly and low mercy

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    Silverfall is low-poly and low mercy

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    Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

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    Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become

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    In Canada, Nintendo is increasing the price of the original Nintendo Switch.

    www.engadget.com /gaming/nintendo/nintendo-is-increasing-the-price-of-the-original-switch-in-canada-220145966.html
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    Microsoft's real problem was never PlayStation

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    Resident Evil fans, meet your Victorian cousin

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    Resident Evil fans, meet your Victorian cousin

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    The magic of remembering—and talking about—video games

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    The magic of remembering—and talking about—video games

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
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    Pick-ups from the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo

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    Pick-ups from the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo

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    PC Gaming’s Mascot Squad—who makes the cut?

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    PC Gaming’s Mascot Squad—who makes the cut?

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    Kool-Aid Man (1983) for the Atari 2600

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    Kool-Aid Man (1983) for the Atari 2600