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Software engineer, former MS-DOS hobby programmer. Interested in retro computing and retro gaming.
I got myself this not-C&C not-Lego set which was a lot of fun to build.
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I got myself this not-C&C not-Lego set which was a lot of fun to build.
Who says BeOS is dead in 2025 - it even has onsite customer support!
August 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Who says BeOS is dead in 2025 - it even has onsite customer support!
It's here. And the package design immediately takes me back to the 90's.
March 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It's here. And the package design immediately takes me back to the 90's.
Smurfs. Or blue slushies.
Healthy? Well... Maybe the chef can make special slushies? 😄
Healthy? Well... Maybe the chef can make special slushies? 😄
March 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Smurfs. Or blue slushies.
Healthy? Well... Maybe the chef can make special slushies? 😄
Healthy? Well... Maybe the chef can make special slushies? 😄
Not my home, but I know my way around.
March 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Not my home, but I know my way around.
Most of the book was pages and pages of letters, printed in a way designed to make it difficult to photocopy them (particularly with early 90s copy machines).
The numbers on the block were page number, row and column. You look it up, enter the code, and the block explodes.
7/x
The numbers on the block were page number, row and column. You look it up, enter the code, and the block explodes.
7/x
November 29, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Most of the book was pages and pages of letters, printed in a way designed to make it difficult to photocopy them (particularly with early 90s copy machines).
The numbers on the block were page number, row and column. You look it up, enter the code, and the block explodes.
7/x
The numbers on the block were page number, row and column. You look it up, enter the code, and the block explodes.
7/x
Well, it's not like you couldn't play level 11. It was there but you couldn't complete it because it contained a block that you couldn't get around with some numbers and letters on it. And that's where the book and the "dongle" concept comes in...
See that block next to the ball?
6/x
See that block next to the ball?
6/x
November 29, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Well, it's not like you couldn't play level 11. It was there but you couldn't complete it because it contained a block that you couldn't get around with some numbers and letters on it. And that's where the book and the "dongle" concept comes in...
See that block next to the ball?
6/x
See that block next to the ball?
6/x
That purchase would give you a detailed manual and a few hints for what to do when you get stuck on the later levels. But most importantly, it gave you the keys to progress past level 10. How is that, you ask?
5/x
5/x
November 29, 2024 at 7:24 PM
That purchase would give you a detailed manual and a few hints for what to do when you get stuck on the later levels. But most importantly, it gave you the keys to progress past level 10. How is that, you ask?
5/x
5/x
No, what you'd need to do instead is go to your local book shop (nobody had even thought of something like Amazon yet), and order the Oxyd book. It was 60 DM, which is roughly the same amount in today's US$, adjusted for inflation.
4/x
4/x
November 29, 2024 at 7:24 PM
No, what you'd need to do instead is go to your local book shop (nobody had even thought of something like Amazon yet), and order the Oxyd book. It was 60 DM, which is roughly the same amount in today's US$, adjusted for inflation.
4/x
4/x
The Oxyd game series is not super well known, but much fewer people know why the company called itself "Dongleware".
Let's take a look at the distribution model of the original Oxyd game.
Let's take a look at the distribution model of the original Oxyd game.
November 29, 2024 at 7:21 PM
The Oxyd game series is not super well known, but much fewer people know why the company called itself "Dongleware".
Let's take a look at the distribution model of the original Oxyd game.
Let's take a look at the distribution model of the original Oxyd game.