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  1. Re:Not at all by SpiceWare · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Are The Days of Homebrew Gaming Over?

    Not at all. Co-processers inside of game cartridges have been around for a long time. David Crane of Activision created the DPC, which was used in the 2600 game Pitfall II. It allowed for enhanced graphics as well as 3-voice music. They had planned to use it in other games, but the market collapsed. http://www.gooddealgames.com/interviews/int_David_Crane.html

    My prior games were stock 2600 games though - Medieval Mayhem, a remake of Warlords: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR_B857oJo4

    and Stay Frosty, one of the mini games in the holiday cartridge Stella's Stocking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vy2mO29wCU

    Most NES games also used a coprocessor. The "mappers" added various abilities such as smooth scrolling, extra sound channels, improved graphics and so on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_Management_Controller

  2. Considering Burning Fist was just released... by sesshomaru · · Score: 4, Informative · on Sega Opens Gate, Puts Dreamcast Out To Pasture
    Considering Burning Fist was just released for SegaCD, I'm not too worried. In fact here's a page of recent SegaCd releases:

    Sega CD Releases

    Of course, this means CD based games and not GD-ROM based games, but so be it. Looking forward to Age of the Beast

    SEGA was defeated but the soul still burns....

  3. Re:Why not make the source open? by stratjakt · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Unfinished Adventures

    some reasons.

    most games, codewise, are just mods to a game engine, which is/was very much used, and not something you give away, with a few exceptions (doom, quake).

    the plots can be recycled, again not something you give away. Same with any artwork, cinemas, etc.

    they can, however, be bought. these guys have bought out a few scrapped sega cd, vectrex, cd-i and colecovision games, finished them, and offers them for sale.

    Similar community based efforts may work. Though not enough are interested in anything but 'latest newest highest poly-count' FPS titles.

  4. Of course, the original remake... by jvmatthe · · Score: 4, Informative · on Flash Version of Adventure

    ...is Craig Pell's Indenture. Copies can be found around the 'net, but I found one here on RetroRemakes which has similar recreations for other games. Indenture is different from Adventure in that it includes an extended game mode that involves tokens and has some secrets that I'm not sure I've ever seen explained outright, although several people have claimed to have figured it out. Interview with Pell is here.

    IIRC, Indenture was written in assembly and it requires a DOS-like system to run. Not sure if it'll work correctly on newer Microsoft systems, like WinXP, but you might get lucky.

  5. Re:Why subscribe to software in the future... by Kris_J · · Score: 2 · on Windows in 2020
    I have one word in reply to your one word "games" -- and that's "retro". The Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo are coming back in a big way. People are even starting to release new games for old platforms. I can walk into any pawnbrokers and buy a game for my SNES or MD that I have never played before. Or you can try Amazon's "Rare and used" section. Or eBay. And the games are cheaper and more fun than most current titles.

    Games are not the reason to upgrade that they once were.