xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@icedquinn I think the only true options are a communist dictatorship or a neocon, capitalist, republic. But it seems like these government simulators are pretty biased. I've noticed that SimCity is pretty biases towards social democracy (having a successful city requiring you to provide as many social programs as possible).

@icedquinn Just play Tropico and side with the commies.

@Indigo The game in question is just one of those shovelware games you find in cereal boxes back in the early 2000s anyway. You could probably find the ISO on archive.org or something.

This was actually the only PC game that didn't have the CD in it, but being old PC games, it's a gamble to getting them running on your computer, either due to compatibility or DRM. It seems like Goodwill knows this, which is why you can't get refunds if the games don't work.

There were a few things that I could've bought, but I simply don't have the space right now. There was some portable electronic device that seemed to be from Japan. It turned out to be an electronic Japanese to English dictionary, but I passed on it. There was also a Brother printer which is WAY more reliable than any modern HP or Kodiak printer, but my family doesn't need a replacement right now.

Anyway, with the recent inflation and economic crisis, I bet people would rather sell their old stuff than give it away, which is probably why I saw a lot more yard sales than usual during the summer. Even my parents considered having one, and they are the types who think that making money outside of your day job is greedy and immoral.

@GD5426 I've checked some other PC games and they still have the CDs in them. I think I remember my mom giving away the empty jewel case for our copy of Rollercoaster Tycoon years ago.

The Goodwill shopping experience!

@shebang Spit that shit out! Pizza is meant to be eaten fresh.

The Japanese-only N64 port of SimCity 2000 (not to be confused with SimCity 64, which was for the 64DD) is probably the most bizarre port of a video game I have ever played. It of course, weebs-up an originally American game by adding things like anime cutscenes and a dating sim, but it also adds a sci-fi story arc to what was originally an open-ended city builder.

Basically, you start off building you city until scientists discover an asteroid heading towards your city. If you get a high enough population, by 2015, some benevolent aliens presumably relocate your entire city (including the buildings and literal landscape) into a space-ship. There are even minigames where you battle evil aliens on your multi-generational journey across the stars. Once you reach a population of 1 million people, the generation ship carrying your city lands on a habitable planet where you can unlock a free-play mode.

There are also things like a horse-betting minigame and some minigame where you try to create some GMO crops. Though I do have to admit that the BGM for the space attack minigame is really good.

https://fi.zophar.net/soundfiles/nintendo-64-usf/sim-city-2000/sparse13.mp3

But yeah, I can clearly see why it wasn't localized, but I actually do find the idea of a story-driven city-builder quite interesting. It kind of makes sense for a console game where people expect an actual goal.

@coolboymew At least it's not Windows.

@Kerosene @Kyou I miss mps-youtube. It was a command-line front-end for Youtube that allowed you to search videos and watch them via MPV. You can even just listen to the audio. Sadly, it hasn't been updated in years.

@Kyou Or the invidious pill. Which is free and ad-free.

@lanodan @Vril_Oreilly Too bad my Dad is too much of an HP fanboy to realize this.