Sonic Adventure 2 OST meets 8-bit
My 8-bit playlist of the SA2 game soundtrack :)
Doom’s 386 Trick: The Lie That Made 3D Run Without a GPU
Doom ran on a 386 with zero 3D hardware because it was never truly 3D. Every wall is a column of pixels, every floor a row. Carmack didn’t build a 3D engine. He built the best lie in gaming. What’s the cleverest cheat you know?
https://playstationcouch.com/post.php?id=817Open linkView original on sh.itjust.worksOriginal Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years
The ‘magic security chip’ inside the original PlayStation 2 has been successfully reverse-engineered and dumped. Canadian retro hardware and software enthusiast DiscoStarslayer was the manic mind behind the cracking open of the CXP102064 MechaCon chip, which arrived inside the ‘PS2 Fat’ from 1999. It took “four years of effort” to reach this stage, but this milestone should be a boon to hardware preservation, repair, and emulation projects.
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/26-year-old-sony-ps2-security-chip-broken-wide-open-after-four-years-of-effort-reverse-engineering-enthusiast-successfully-unlocks-cxp102064-mechacon-chipOpen linkView original on lemmy.ml
One of the strangest point 'n' click adventures of the '90s, [The Dark Eye], is getting a modern 'restoration' for Steam, making it easily playable for the first time this century
![One of the strangest point 'n' click adventures of the '90s, [The Dark Eye], is getting a modern 'restoration' for Steam, making it easily playable for the first time this century](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/70289f9c-776a-450e-b997-c5e42580235e.png)
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/one-of-the-strangest-point-n-click-adventures-of-the-90s-is-getting-a-modern-restoration-for-steam-making-it-easily-playable-for-the-first-time-this-century/Open linkView original on piefed.world
ShaderBeam provides CRT-like motion clarity on high refresh rate LCD and OLED monitors — open-source project offers BFI emulation in any game
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/shaderbeam-provides-crt-like-motion-clarity-on-high-refresh-rate-lcd-and-oled-monitors-open-source-project-offers-bfi-emulation-in-any-gameOpen linkView original on piefed.world
"The physical world gave us possibilities we didn't have before": How Grim Fandango's 3D environments revolutionized PC gaming in 1998
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/adventure/the-physical-world-gave-us-possibilities-we-didnt-have-before-how-grim-fandangos-3d-environments-revolutionized-pc-gaming-in-1998/Open linkView original on piefed.world
Reminder to sign the Stop Killing Games petition UK and EU
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/31703708
I know these rarely have any sway with our governments and there is more important things in the world atm, but it's getting close to the end now and it's worth a reminder.
