What games are you playing this week? 2017-04-03

backstander

The games are part of Microsofts "Best of Entertainment Pack" for Windows 3.11.

I remember that being a good collection of card and puzzle games. I probably still have those floppies somewhere...would be surprised if they still work!

I missed out on the original You Don't Know Jack games for Windows but I eventually played one on the PSX.

Another funny game i found on very old disks was "Donkey.Bas", which is the first PC game ever created in history.

Good find! I think I downloaded that from like a BBS once a long time ago. In the town I grew up in, we actually had 2 different BBS's. One was ran by a local computer store and the 2nd one was ran by the Computer Club at the local university. I was in Jr. High/High School at the time those where around.

"Best of Lucasarts" Compilation

That does sound like an awesome compilation!

All the classics are included: Monkey Island 1+2, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, Zak Mc. Kracken, Loom, Sam & Max and Indy 3+4......

I had totally forgotten about Zak McKracken! I believe I had the demo of that game but never played the full version. I really enjoyed the demo but I never saw it for sale and quickly forgot about it. I wonder if they have it over at GoG.com?

Update...they do:
https://www.gog.com/game/zak_mckracken_and_the_alien_mindbenders

@Arcuza

Zelda - Link's Awakening for GameBoy, original grayscale version

You should also try the GameBoy Color version! It has an extra/exclusive color-based dungeon that's not in the original!

Banjo Kazooie for N64.

Have you heard of the new game Yooka-Laylee (the Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor)? Well Playtonic Games (who is comprised of ex-Rare developers that made Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64) is making it and I think it looks very promising!
http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/e3-2016-how-yookalaylee-is-a-modernday-banjokazooie

ABrugsch

Zelda - phantom hourglass on DS. Had it a couple of weeks now and almost finished. Will be the first zelda game i ever finish! Lol.

backstander

I finally got around to trying out Texmaster 2009 (tetris clone)!

Here was my score from my first game:

To install it, I followed @mediamogul's directions from here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/62463

maxriptide

I'm playing Sengoku Ace (on FBA emulator) and Super Star Soldier on PC Engine.

obsidianspider

I'm really enjoying this week's MAME ROW, Surprise Attack. I've had a lot going on this week, so aside from that I haven't had much time for other games aside from a little Super Mario Bros. (NES) for some testing here and there.

mediamogul

'Ninja Baseball Batman' in short bursts as I have time in the evenings. We've had some minor tornadoes here over the past week and I'm spending most of my time dealing with debris and downed trees.

backstander

@mediamogul
I upvoted about you playing 'Ninja Baseball Batman' and not because of the tornadoes with debris and downed trees!

meleu

@mediamogul are you Pseudoscience on retroachievements.org? I sent a PM to you there.

mediamogul

@backstander

...three second rule.

@meleu

Ack! I just read it. I'll get one of those apps going today and shoot you a text.

meleu

@mediamogul said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-04-03:

I'll get one of those apps going today and shoot you a text.

If you don't have any of those and want a suggestion, my suggestion is telegram. ;-)

Eldrethor

Final Fantasy I on the GBA. It's such a simple game compared to everything else that came after it, but it's surprisingly relaxing being able to go on quick grinds without having to think about espers, jobs, materia, guardian forces, sphere grids, etc.

mediamogul

@meleu

Thanks for the suggestion. I just signed up to telegram. Is the number you gave me through RA how I reach you there?

xaGe

Started a casual game of The Ur-Quan Masters port the other day. I originally played the Star Control games on PC way back when they 1st came out. My seven year old right beside me on the couch and he was very interested in my game.

Omnija

Volgarr on dreamcast, it's a tough game but so fun. Then probably some multiplayer king of kings on nes.

meleu

@mediamogul I've sent another PM to you at RA site.

backstander

@Omnija
Does Volgarr the Viking play well on the RPi?

mediamogul

@meleu

I've sent another PM to you at RA site.

Thanks! I'll contact you a bit later today. The new netplay is working better than even the developer gives it credit for. He lists lr-stella as being a core that would not perform well, yet I was able to connect to a user last night and we maintained a connection for quite some time. Granted, it was in spectator mode, as the user was playing the one player game 'Moon Patrol', but outside of the inability to have direct control over the game, the heavy lifting was still being accomplished.

meleu

@mediamogul I tested netplay with my "real life" friend @R1n0X and it worked well. Here is the setup:

both devices are Android phones.
RetroArch 1.5.0.
FCEUmm core
Battle City (NES)
4G network connection

We noticed a small bit of lag, not enough to impact the fun :)

I tried using my Android phone as a host and my RetroPie as the guest and failed, but I was tired and didn't tried hard...

mediamogul

@meleu

I was tired and didn't tried hard...

That's the same excuse I give the ladies.

Omnija

@backstander It plays very well at least from what i've tested. The cool thing is about it, it's also a free ported game.