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i like video games too much // neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire // she/her // https://nicole.express

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0.0060 and that was a struggle, damn

11.03.2026 01:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But the HuC6270 graphics chip does have a 16-bit bus for access to VRAM!

10.03.2026 21:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"Then earth and fire and air and watery rage
Then tree and flesh and stone did understand
And know the law of Magister, shaman and sage
Lord of the Old Time, ruler over beast and man."

Castle Master has some deep lore written fully in verse by the odd and enigmatic Mel Croucher (often best know for the 1984 Deus Ex Machine), talking of ancient times in England where the omnipotent Magister ruled over everything, then the rise of mankind and their many civilizations that never last, and the Normans who built a mighty structure named Castle Eternity, made out of the very rock and soil that is the epicenter of the Magister's power while he slept for centuries and, after waking up, unleashing his magical fury and turning the king and all subjects into ghosts and beasts to haunt the halls of the castle.

You choose your character, a prince or princess, as your sibling is imprisoned in Castle Eternity and your first task is to figure out how the hell you're supposed to enter the castle and avoid the deep moat with no more than a shark swimming in it!

"Then earth and fire and air and watery rage Then tree and flesh and stone did understand And know the law of Magister, shaman and sage Lord of the Old Time, ruler over beast and man." Castle Master has some deep lore written fully in verse by the odd and enigmatic Mel Croucher (often best know for the 1984 Deus Ex Machine), talking of ancient times in England where the omnipotent Magister ruled over everything, then the rise of mankind and their many civilizations that never last, and the Normans who built a mighty structure named Castle Eternity, made out of the very rock and soil that is the epicenter of the Magister's power while he slept for centuries and, after waking up, unleashing his magical fury and turning the king and all subjects into ghosts and beasts to haunt the halls of the castle. You choose your character, a prince or princess, as your sibling is imprisoned in Castle Eternity and your first task is to figure out how the hell you're supposed to enter the castle and avoid the deep moat with no more than a shark swimming in it!

Entering one of the huts full of hay bales, a pitchfork and a spirit in the form of a cute black bat with triangular red eyes.

The earth shakes (or perhaps that's just you) when you encounter one of the inhabitants turned ghost and critter by the Magister with the message "SPIRITS!!" shown in the bottom part of the screen, and the only way to be victorious is to sling a rock with your slingshot at the spirits, probably because they're just not used to the idea and just flee.

Entering one of the huts full of hay bales, a pitchfork and a spirit in the form of a cute black bat with triangular red eyes. The earth shakes (or perhaps that's just you) when you encounter one of the inhabitants turned ghost and critter by the Magister with the message "SPIRITS!!" shown in the bottom part of the screen, and the only way to be victorious is to sling a rock with your slingshot at the spirits, probably because they're just not used to the idea and just flee.

Outside the castle is the Wizard's Hut, the home of a dirty and smelly old wizard that everyone ridiculed but in eventually learned was the Magister himself, risen back from his slumber.

We see a the lowest of polygons (this game has very primitive but charming graphics) with a table and a chair with a six-pronged star and some cheese on the table.

Let me tell ya, this game has A LOT of cheese to much on throughout the castle.

Outside the castle is the Wizard's Hut, the home of a dirty and smelly old wizard that everyone ridiculed but in eventually learned was the Magister himself, risen back from his slumber. We see a the lowest of polygons (this game has very primitive but charming graphics) with a table and a chair with a six-pronged star and some cheese on the table. Let me tell ya, this game has A LOT of cheese to much on throughout the castle.

The castle stables, with a beautiful pinkish-red horse made out of like ten polygons, being a good boye.

You open the gate of the stable so the horse can go free if it wants, but it kinda just looks like it wants some food and a pat on the head.

The castle stables, with a beautiful pinkish-red horse made out of like ten polygons, being a good boye. You open the gate of the stable so the horse can go free if it wants, but it kinda just looks like it wants some food and a pat on the head.

Castle Master (DOS) (1990)

1/4

10.03.2026 11:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 179 ๐Ÿ” 48 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

They're all just missing out on the most advanced crosshair and rail shooters known to mankind

10.03.2026 17:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A page from Hobby Consolas with three screenies of roughly textured graphics and a green dragon in flight and some details and drawing parallels to the Virtua graphics (presumably Racing and Fighter)

A page from Hobby Consolas with three screenies of roughly textured graphics and a green dragon in flight and some details and drawing parallels to the Virtua graphics (presumably Racing and Fighter)

A very early glimpse in Hobby Consolas magazine of Sega Saturn classic Panzer Dragoon in development, presumably at the stage where it was going to be a 32X game. The graphics definitely have that feel.

Very cool stuff.

04.10.2025 19:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 233 ๐Ÿ” 60 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Happy mar10 day I guess

10.03.2026 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 692 ๐Ÿ” 248 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Happy #MAR10Day from *the* Mario on DOS!
#DOSGaming

10.03.2024 16:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 95 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

societies typically talk about human cognition as working similarly to whatever is seen as the latest and greatest technology. thatโ€™s why we currently describe the brain as a roguelike deckbuilding game about characters making their way up a spire

10.03.2026 14:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 770 ๐Ÿ” 202 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
A crt tv screen photo  of Golden Axe for ZX Speccy with a dungeon stonework and general creepiness background and the head and shoulders of a grinning skeleton looming in front of it and asking 'Happy with your controls yes or no'

A crt tv screen photo of Golden Axe for ZX Speccy with a dungeon stonework and general creepiness background and the head and shoulders of a grinning skeleton looming in front of it and asking 'Happy with your controls yes or no'

"Hey friend, happy with your controls yes or no"

30.11.2025 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 700 ๐Ÿ” 174 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

"We're going to have to do massive layoffs" "But I'm the only employee" "100% is pretty massive"

09.03.2026 23:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

nicole express has got to be worth at least a few million then, hit me up investors with too much money to burn, strip mahjong pcbs are the new nfts or whatever

09.03.2026 23:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Online features for "Pink Sweets Gaiden: Taisen! Rose Sisters" have been revived, thanks to @yuvi.app! This keitai-exclusive Pink Sweets spinoff let you upload ghost data and fight against other players in ranked VS battles. Earn points and upgrade your character!

09.03.2026 20:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 45 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i can't believe all AI is gay and trans

09.03.2026 16:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Miri are you trying to seize control of the .tv registry again

09.03.2026 15:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was such a good intro to the game, really set the stage, and the gimmick boss battle is fun

09.03.2026 14:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, I will say other than this hiccup and the usual Super ZZT problem of figuring out exactly what's on screen at any given time, the experience of editing has been very smooth so far, nice work (using ClassicZoo DOS in Zeta for Mac)

09.03.2026 13:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah thank you! I just kind of assumed it was a FIFO queue sort of thing, but that makes sense too.

09.03.2026 13:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...you know, it just hit me, "Enter/Return" is working for most things, it's just one thing that's not working, copying whatever's under the cursor to the pattern list. But that's probably more likely to be a bug with ClassicZoo SUPERZ, I guess?

09.03.2026 12:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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// PC Engine CD
// Intro ~English Mod

08.03.2026 23:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 33 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to work in this context...

09.03.2026 01:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does anyone happen to know how to make an "Enter" keystroke (as opposed to "Return") on a MacBook Air keyboard? @asie.pl maybe since this is for use in Zeta

08.03.2026 23:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rejected Mega Man robot master?
#art #animation

08.03.2026 19:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2070 ๐Ÿ” 765 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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08.03.2026 09:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 65 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

08.03.2026 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 11572 ๐Ÿ” 3287 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Loretta's Portrait - English Translation - Content Titles, menus, and dialog text have all been translated to English. The text processing routine has been modified to support assigning multiple characters to single byte-codes to make the dialog text ...

Loretta's Poโ€‹rtrait - English Translation (SG1K) Added

08.03.2026 14:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nomura no Famicom Trade was a stock trading application for the Japan-only dial-up modem add-on for the Famicom. Through a Nintendo collaboration, the game featured Mario on the information screen, doing a unique little dance.

08.03.2026 15:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2315 ๐Ÿ” 573 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

Thank you!

08.03.2026 13:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What if the Apple ][ had run on Field-Sequential? One thing I remain fascinated by is the field-sequential color system. Essentially, unlike composite video, which sacrifices color depth in space, field sequ...

New blog post! A what-if scenario where we try to see how a home computer designer might've dealt with the field-sequential color television, had the Korean War not stopped that standards' rollout. Enjoy! nicole.express/2026/the-app...

08.03.2026 13:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 56 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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08.03.2026 03:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SF2IBM - Chun Li vs Terry

SF2IBM - Chun Li vs Terry

happy 35th anniversary Street Fighter II

07.03.2026 12:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 76 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1