A new Rise of the Triad beta leak is here! This time it' from July of 94, six months before the shareware release. Lots of small differences, especially as far as graphical assets go, and removed from the final version female enemies are still present:

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Rise of the Triad Beta (July 1994).This version leaked shortly after the release of Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition (2023).It features alterna...

Preparing instructions for all my PC games at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo this weekend:

Gold Mine Run! (Juan J. Martinez, 2023) #DOSGaming

Jon Van Caneghem's letter to the fans of the series from the manual of Heroes of Might & Magic 3:

Fucked up my hand enough to get a bad trigger finger. I have 30 pages to type up in the next two days. Excellent timing. 👍

Fellow retro game enthusiasts of New York! Long Island Retro Gaming Expo is happening this weekend, August 11th - 13th. Dozens of arcades, almost every console you can think of, rare computers, cool guests, tournaments, cosplay, live music, retro vendors, and more! And, of course, I'll be there with my setup of 50+ PCs with something for everyone. Don't miss out on a great gaming event! I'll see you there. Tickets and info:

Long Island Retro Gaming Expo

Long Island Retro Gaming Expo

Celebrate and Play over 50 years of video game history with authentic hardware and experiences this August.

Ok, looking for people with very specific Quake 3 knowledge: How to increase the default number of clients? It defaults to 8. I want all spots to be open on the creation screen without having to set it manually every time.

I don't even like Rise of the Triad (although I do admire many of its aspects,) but I think its current re-release goes above and beyond. Here's Civvie 11's breakdown of all the new and improved stuff in the aptly named Ludicrous Edition:

BonBon Paradise (Electronic Music and Animated Graphics/Japan Software Engineering Shop, 1997) #DOSGaming

Oh yes, I forgot to tell you. Fun exists on only one system in the entire Universe. The system is IBM PC. Also known as DOS.