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Oh, I have a full episode of Prince of Bell Air also compressed into 3gp in 3 parts.
And I don't have that but I remember watching Goldeneye on my ancient phone about 11-12 years ago too, compressed into 3GP. It was a painful experience and the battery died before I could finish the movie.
Fun times.
And I don't have that but I remember watching Goldeneye on my ancient phone about 11-12 years ago too, compressed into 3GP. It was a painful experience and the battery died before I could finish the movie.
Fun times.
@enigmatico 3GP is one of those things I refuse to get nostalgic for.
That and RealMedia Player.
@polychrome @enigmatico but the funny sheep visualizer!
Real Arcade was a hoot tho'. Steam, before Steam
I have lots of juicy memories on how much of it piratable:
- There was no platform DRM a la Steam for a while I believe
- Each games would give you a 60 mins demo from the full version
- You could just outright restart the computer and the depleted time wouldn't count (found this as an 11 years old)
- Later, there were tools to reset it
- Games asked for a serial number, but any valid serial worked, so you had sites full of them
- Later, there was a tool to get a serial from the exe itself
- They later hid the serial box so that the program would provide it, but there were tools to make it appear again, it worked for 95% of the games
- Sega had an emulator with games. Technically you could unlock one fully, then download the demo for the others and just switch the rom files lol
A Real hoot
There was some pretty darn good games on that tho'. The very odd 2000-2010 era of small companies making small shareware games for PC is hiding a lot of really good shit that's being completely forgotten today
Try:
- Fitznik 1 and 2. Adventure of Lolo clone, seems a lot more like Chip's Challenge
- Airxonix. Kickass 3D Qix clone
- Crimsonland. One of the few not forgotten. Got a remake on Steam and the download includes the original!
- Gruntz. Puzzle RTS and I'm pretty sure this kicksass in Lan multiplayer
- Get Medieval. Gauntlet clone. Has Lan. Recommended by the /v/ recommended games wiki
- Dweep Gold. One of those puzzle games where you have a limited number of special tiles and tricks you can use to help you finish the level. The author of that became one of those self-help guru
And many more I'm forgetting and are being lost to time or not functioning in modern OS. Stuff like Popcap's Mummy Maze Deluxe
Real Arcade was a hoot tho'. Steam, before Steam
I have lots of juicy memories on how much of it piratable:
- There was no platform DRM a la Steam for a while I believe
- Each games would give you a 60 mins demo from the full version
- You could just outright restart the computer and the depleted time wouldn't count (found this as an 11 years old)
- Later, there were tools to reset it
- Games asked for a serial number, but any valid serial worked, so you had sites full of them
- Later, there was a tool to get a serial from the exe itself
- They later hid the serial box so that the program would provide it, but there were tools to make it appear again, it worked for 95% of the games
- Sega had an emulator with games. Technically you could unlock one fully, then download the demo for the others and just switch the rom files lol
A Real hoot
There was some pretty darn good games on that tho'. The very odd 2000-2010 era of small companies making small shareware games for PC is hiding a lot of really good shit that's being completely forgotten today
Try:
- Fitznik 1 and 2. Adventure of Lolo clone, seems a lot more like Chip's Challenge
- Airxonix. Kickass 3D Qix clone
- Crimsonland. One of the few not forgotten. Got a remake on Steam and the download includes the original!
- Gruntz. Puzzle RTS and I'm pretty sure this kicksass in Lan multiplayer
- Get Medieval. Gauntlet clone. Has Lan. Recommended by the /v/ recommended games wiki
- Dweep Gold. One of those puzzle games where you have a limited number of special tiles and tricks you can use to help you finish the level. The author of that became one of those self-help guru
And many more I'm forgetting and are being lost to time or not functioning in modern OS. Stuff like Popcap's Mummy Maze Deluxe
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@coolboymew @polychrome @enigmatico I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who is nostalgic for those casual, shareware PC games of 2000s. I wished those services offered more hardcore games though. The only one I remembered was Alien Shooter.
