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crossing my fingers that IBM will release the 40th anniversary PC miniconsole next august.
with a bunch of classic original IBM PC games, like ROGUE and ADVENTURE and even one or two that have graphics (DONKEY.BAS?)
with a bunch of classic original IBM PC games, like ROGUE and ADVENTURE and even one or two that have graphics (DONKEY.BAS?)
I can& #39;t believe I forgot the best game for the original PC... https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1229154091231637504">https://twitter.com/Foone/sta...
bonus points if it& #39;s just the same scale as the @rabbitengr IBM PC model, but with a tiny LCD in there
to do: 3d print a IBM PC sized around one of the 4:3 OLED displays
ok they& #39;re not exactly 4:3, more like... 2:1
although obviously I wouldn& #39;t want it in white.
it should be amber, or green.
it should be amber, or green.
like this, maybe? a little too blue but it& #39;s close.
also the description of this says "Needn& #39;t backlight, the display unit can self-luminous."
also the description of this says "Needn& #39;t backlight, the display unit can self-luminous."
anyway I placed an order for some more OLEDs/LCDs so expect a tiny IBM PC and/or pregnancy test video game console in the coming days
ooh, I should build the pregnancy test into an ISA card, so you can just pee onto a cable coming out of your IBM 5150 and then anxiously look at the CGA display until it tells you if you& #39;re pregnant or not
if you want to support me doing stupid things with IBM PCs and/or pregnancy tests, feel free to send me a dollar or two: https://ko-fi.com/fooneturing ">https://ko-fi.com/fooneturi...
it& #39;s getting expensive. all my electronic parts keep getting peed on
That joke keeps bothering me because I& #39;m having a constant fight in my brain of "you should probably clarify that it& #39;s a joke. People are going to sour on all this pregnancy test stuff real quick if they actually think there& #39;s urine involved"
Versus the obvious counterargument that pointing out that it& #39;s a joke KILLS THE JOKE.
Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.
- E.B. White
- E.B. White
anyway one of the main games you& #39;d need on the mini-PC, and who knows how chronologically accurate it& #39;d be, would be PARATROOPER.
ahh, 1982. so perfectly fine.
and mobygames says it& #39;ll run on a 64k PC, so only some of the wimpiest early IBM PCs (also the ones without floppy drives) can& #39;t play it.
although I bet you could port it to a cassette tape...
although I bet you could port it to a cassette tape...
TODO: port paratrooper to a cassette tape
and @robdaemon suggests Sopwith. Good idea. Bit late at 1984 but it& #39;ll run on an original PC just fine (no idea on RAM needed, though) so sure.
I should start compiling these games together for making (some version of) this.
Other early PC games we& #39;d definitely need: Alley Cat (& #39;84)
Other early PC games we& #39;d definitely need: Alley Cat (& #39;84)
Digger (1983) has already been suggested
Those are actually WAY later than you& #39;d expect, coming out in 1990 and 1991, but they are playable on a PC with CGA graphics.
I dunno how well it holds up (I suspect the answer is "not very") but as a kid I had a lot of fun playing the uncreatively named "Ninja" (Mastertronic, 1986) at a friend& #39;s house:
part of the problem of finding games for this era is that there are a lot of games that supported CGA graphics, but were actually designed for EGA or VGA, and just had it as a fallback for slow machines.
Designed-for-CGA-only games are not terribly common.
Designed-for-CGA-only games are not terribly common.
or Telengard, which is an early graphical (somewhat)roguelike
Arcade Volleyball is a very simple game (it& #39;s a port of a type-in C64 game) but it& #39;s CGA native.
and the first of the Moraff dungeon crawlers, Moraff& #39;s Revenge (1988) is CGA native:
sorry, googol.
or Reader Rabbit:
