Retro Geek
Cloudscout
– December 23, 2007 08:49AM
I know I'm not the only one here to dabble in old toys and technology. What retro entertainment do other people enjoy?
Commodore
Atari
Coleco
Intellivison
Pong
Merlin
Simon
Betamax
LaserDisc
CD-i
8 Track
Windows XP
Etc.
YDD
– December 05, 2011 01:08PM
Why don't browsers "look ahead" and highlight dead links in some manner?
Because that relies on sites always using POST for actions with side-effects (such as billing your credit card).
El Jeffe
– December 06, 2011 01:02AM
What a journey.
No. There have been 'web accelerators' before. This would merely look one or two levels deeper, and perform a 'look before you leap' logic. Highlight its findings on the currently displayed (level zero) page.
I'm sure there is a plug-in somewhere.
YDD
– December 06, 2011 03:08AM
Indeed there have - and I remember that iCab's documentation warned that its 'web accelerator' (which eagerly downloaded links) could cause trouble for the reason I mentioned above (there was a particular complaint about Amazon's site at the time). Pages are supposed to mark links with side effects as being POST, so the 'accelerators' can filter them out. But if the website doesn't (i.e. uses GET for everything), the results could be painful and expensive for the user. And Mozilla, Microsoft, Google and Apple are all big enough to be sued. Plug-in authors probably aren't.
ddt
– December 12, 2011 06:04AM
Well, this is _kinda_ retro... finally set up my old PS3 and found a demo for Valkyria Chronicles on it. Though I'm not in the mood to appreciate "villagers shoot and kill other people", I was really taken by the art and animation style and ordered a $10 used copy online.
ddt
porruka
(Admin)
– January 05, 2012 01:25PM
Pseudo-retro... I stumbled across this when looking for something else.
"The game is playable in Call of Duty: Black Ops with the code "ZORK". To do this, Mason (the main character) needs to get up from the chair. PS3 and XBOX360 users need to pull R2 and L2 rapidly. PC players need to press the space bar rapidly and wii players must shake the controls (wiimote + nunchuck control scheme). After Mason gets up from his chair, you will need to walk to the left and use the old computer, which is behind the chair. To play Zork, type "zork" into the command prompt. An achievement is also awarded for putting in the code."
Madaracs
– January 06, 2012 09:18AM
Ooh! Scary! Scary! Don't we look mean? You can't see me! But I can see you!
You must watch The Prisoner. (And not the crummy new one that came out a year or two ago.)
El Jeffe
– January 06, 2012 11:32AM
What a journey.
yes sir
Ron Burns
– January 06, 2012 02:02PM
"We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation." Voltaire
Hey! He is a free man...
John Willoughby
– January 06, 2012 02:09PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Not a number?
El Jeffe
– January 12, 2012 12:02PM
What a journey.
I just had yearning for this frenzy again!
James DeBenedetti
– January 19, 2012 10:40AM
WotC is doing limited edition reprints of the
first three AD&D books. check with your local (US) hobby store before they arrive in April if you're interested.
John Willoughby
– January 19, 2012 12:02PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
I still have my AD&D originals. Hell, I've still got the first three booklets and the Chainmail game that they, theoretically, extend. Actually, my original three booklets have self-destructed and are present only as separate pages, but I bought a new set around 1980 that is still relatively intact.
"% in Liar"
And if you understand the previous line, and the confusion it wrought, you are Old School.
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John Willoughby
– January 19, 2012 12:05PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
By the way, a
Traveller-based MMO is coming to iOS soon.
This is the Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone ...
Mayday, Mayday ...
we are under attack ...
main drive is gone ...
turret number one not responding ...
Mayday ...
losing cabin pressure fast ...
calling anyone ...
please help ...
This is Free Trader Beowulf ...
Mayday ..
John Willoughby
– January 19, 2012 12:10PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
What I'd really like is D&D eBooks. I gather that they were available until a few years ago, when WotC decided that they were being pirated too widely. Pity. I should buy the re-prints, along with a razor blade and a scanner and make my own eBooks. Maybe use Apple's new authoring program.
James DeBenedetti
– January 19, 2012 01:54PM
I signed up for the Traveller AR beta before they had an app, but then decided Trav = cool, AR = WTF? Maybe it's safe to try now, but one reviewer complained of 25% battery drain in 30 min. because of continuous GPS use (for the AR).
I have a couple of the official AD&D pdfs, but they're relatively bad (fuzzy) scans. I'd rather use hardcopy (or at least something with electronic fonts).
John Willoughby
– January 19, 2012 01:59PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Yeah, the AR is probably what will keep me from buying it. Seems gratuitous and annoying, even aside from the battery drain.
I wouldn't mind fuzzy scans too much, as I don't play any more. (And haven't for 3 decades.) My main interest in D&D is nostalgia, these days, though I have considered running a game for my kids. I think that they may have been spoiled by WoW, though, no interest in spending an hour rolling up a character or mapping a dungeon on graph paper. Maybe I'll start them on The Fantasy Trip instead. Bunnies and Burrows might be more their speed.
James DeBenedetti
– January 19, 2012 02:54PM
I bet your kids would love to play something less scripted than a WOW quest. And unlike current editions, classic AD&D characters can be generated in less than five minutes. The problem (for me at least) is finding the spare time to create a decent adventure. I guess that's what all those random tables were for.
John Willoughby
– January 19, 2012 07:57PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
I still have the ones I worked on in the 70's. But they're a little sophisticated for newbies. I think I have some of the TSR simple dungeon packs.
