I wish I had known that back in the day. It was one of my favorite games on n64.

I want to say that’s Tetris.

Here’s a clearer image:

That’s impossible…

This was the one that I saw a video about before I knew what UFO 50 was! I tried searching for Mortol on steam, to no results. Lol

What a creative idea for a platformer.

Yeah, I have been confused by some at first. However, that was also my experience playing games like this back in the day, so in a weird way it has added to the authenticity for me. Lol

If I can’t figure some of them out (looking at you, Barbuta), I’ll have to look up some stuff.

Terrifying…

Just brutal

I’ve been making one-move blunders in daily games this week… I have no excuse.

Those are just their custom vote buttons on the chess subreddit

Thank you! I picked the uniform adjustment for my profile pic.

How do you feel about carrots and leafy greens?

Hikaru, obviously

I’m happy to talk chess any time.

If you’re just starting out and looking to improve, doing a search for “chess principles” helps so much, because they teach you simple, solid play without memorization. Then, whenever you DO want to learn an opening, they make more sense, like “Oh, this one is designed to let me castle early” or “Aha, I see that every opening revolves around different ways to take control of the middle squares”

The best way to get started is just to download either the chess.com app or the (open source) Lichess app, which are the 2 main platforms, and start playing. They have matchmaking (elo), so you’ll be paired against people around your level.

Oh, and take advantage of the puzzles. I burn through those for fun, and I credit them as the #1 way I’ve been improving.

Not really for a while, I think. I’m around 1400 online and only know like 3-4 moves into a few of my favorite openings.

You really only need to focus on chess “principles” to get started, like why it’s good to control the middle, and developing all of your pieces before moving one twice, etc.

Holy jail

You know, I haven’t thought about burning CDs for my Dreamcast before. Is it pretty simple these days?

Retro Sega systems stand out with their cool, mystical/sci-fi sounding names: Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast.

They were unique and felt like they were telling customers that we’d be in awe when using their consoles.

(Master System and Sega CD were pretty boring though)

Most other big systems’ names seem so utilitarian and uninspired:

• GameCube and Xbox are little boxy devices on your shelf that play games.

• The Nintendo Switch can switch between handheld and docked.

• All the PlayStations are stations that you play games on.

Yawn

I’m not super techy, but I have an idle raspberry pi and tons of retro consoles… The idea is now in my head.

That’s an amazing idea…

I was thinking about using mine for this. Maybe I’ll limit myself to 2d retro games then.

Well that sucks. I’ve heard the competitors are pretty good now though.

Sadly my SNES tends to reset games when jostled, so it’s gotten a little less relaxing for me.

They’re inflated right now, depending on where you buy them. I got one for MSRP (around 30 bucks) last year at my local electronics store, but I had to give them my info to deter scalping.

It is if that’s what you play

Call the Sau.

This is a fantastic photo!

Sorry, any draws go to armageddon.

Lol, I had just written out a compliment of your 1800 elo before realizing I was mathing wrong.

Assuming roughly 2500 points per GM, about 3 kangaroos.

I have so many fond memories of it.

I remember reading about how mind-blowing and “next gen” the graphics on the Dreamcast were at the time. All the kids seemed really interested in it, but we hadn’t had long enough with the previous gen to justify our parents buying a new system already.

One friend wound up actually getting it, and we played the hell out of it for a few years.

I thought so too at first, but it sort of released in a window between the previous gen and these. They marketed it as “next gen” like they were beating the newer gen to market, but it was just terrible timing.

Mine is an Atari 2600. It’s my dad’s old one that I used to play as a kid, so it has a lot of sentimental value to me.

Search gives no results… =(