I am now aware that Alexey Pajitnov had seen the Tetris-like mini game in "GAG" (1997,) more well known known as a standalone executable "Sextris" that quickly spread on the Internet in the 90s/2000s.

We've come a long, long way together
Through the hard times and the good
I have to celebrate you, baby
I have to praise you like I should

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

"Deus Ex" devs be like

Well, none of this matters anymore because I just learned that the Japanese version of Battletoads REMOVED THE PAUSE MUSIC, so fuck this shit.

It's getting cold out there. 🔊🎵❄

Speaking of 3D Studio Max, that one Macromedia Director-driven promo CD-ROM of it, the one with awesome music, is *almost nearly* fully functional in ScummVM now. 😂

All five are very fun games that manage to do a lot with the concept while never getting complicated. All the writing is intentionally humorous. The focus is on encounters & simple puzzles. RPG mechanics are minimal. I can't recommend them enough, and honestly wish there were more of them.

I hate driving, and being in cars for a long time in general. But unfortunately that's a big part of suburban US living. So I have to entertain myself when I'm driving. What happens when I run out of audio books and podcasts? Something like this:
#RoboCop #DickJones #BobMorton #ED209

Seriously, there need to be more of these Dungeon Crawler-lite games than the five titles John Carmack produced.

Realized I missed the 33rd anniversary of the release of one of the best albums of the 90s, but hey, this stuff is always timely. 🤷‍♂️

Another night, another dream, but always you
It's like a vision of love that seems to be true

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

Now *this* is freaking cool. NES and Game Boy music player Bleep!'s executable contains both Win32 and DOS programs. Here it is running in Windows 10, and then in DOSbox.
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