NEW PODCAST! We've done lots of combat sims over the years, but never before under water, which is what 1993's Subwar 2050 by Particle Systems and Microprose is all about!
Some say it's merely "aquatic Wing Commander", but when you dive into it (pun intended) there's quite a unique experience to be had at the bottom of the sea!
Okay, it's almost 4am... I should really go to b.... but let's first upload another set of floppy disks to the retro community! Here's "Aces of the Pacific", version 1.2 in 256 colors for MS-DOS. Perfect KryoFlux streams, working disk images and scans.
https://archive.org/details/aces-of-the-pacific_v12
Have fun! ... and good night!
Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender: Rex Nebular Is For Hire!
Source: Game Players PC Entertainment 5.5 (September/October 1992)
Scan Source: RetroMags
Here's another gorgeous set of floppy disks for a classic DOS game. "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" in a 16 color EGA version. This was released in 1989 on 6 x 360K, 5.25 inch disks.
https://archive.org/details/indy3_ega_525_gw
Have fun! 
Picture Perfect Golf (Lyriq International/Priority Records, 1995) #DOSGaming
Terrorpods, the first Psygnosis game I played 
(on Atari ST)
In addition to anecdotes about the games, I see there will also be interviews.
Can't wait for the book!
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Having played quite a few Psygnosis games on Atari ST and Amiga, I had to back this book dedicated to the company
https://www.editions64k.fr/psygnosis/
What's more, a T-shirt is offered! 
NEW COMMUNITY PROJECT! In March we revisited DOOM, the game with which we started the club all the way back in 2017.
During this month the club took it upon themselves to put together a complete custom episode WAD for vanilla Doom 1.
Nine people contributed work on putting together 8 maps, 1 secret map and a custom MIDI intermission track.
We're very proud of our awesome community and we hope you'll check out what we put together for you all!
Oh, well.. I guess, it ain't much... but today I just came across this very fine 5.25" 1.2MB single disk version of "The Games: Winter Challenge". An awesome addition to the games collection!
I cannot share this disk itself, as it is not mine, but here's an equally pristine 3.5" version:
https://archive.org/details/winter_challenge_kfx
Have fun! 
i can't really believe this research was never done or published over the years. it's funny how basic knowledge like this disappears: the original typeface that graced the cover of every Ultima game.
"Victorian" was created by english typeface designers Freda Sack and Colin Brignall in 1976, and was included in the ITC typeface library.
top: Victorian Standard Regular typeface.
bottom: Worlds of Ultima - Martian Dreams box cover, with a slightly modified version of the Victorian font. You'll notice that the M has a very pretty descender added by an artist at Origin Systems. i *suspect* this was painted or airbrushed by Denis Loubet (does anyone know denis here?), but there are no credits given in any of the manuals.
both use an exactly 64 point font.
MS. PAC-MAN for IBM-PC. From 1983. Okay, I am really bad at this game... but at least the emulation is working!
Sometimes, I just love to dig into really old games. Here's 1983s "Ms. Pac-Man" from Atarisoft. The game came on a double-density, single-sided 5.25inch disk of 160K. But when you tried to look into it from DOS, it just seem completely empty, because it's a "Booter" without a file system. Interestingly, this one doesn't seem to be copy-protected at all.
P.S. Here's the link:
https://archive.org/details/pc_mspacman_kfraw
Casino Tournament of Champions
Source: Electronic Entertainment 15 (March 1995)
Scan Source: RetroMags
Tristan Pinball
Source: Game Players PC Entertainment 5.5 (September/October 1992)
Scan Source: RetroMags
back in the mid-90s just prior to sierra's downfall into fmv and poorly funded titles (their sale to CUC international), the company started looking for low-risk low-profit income avenues.
in the post-doom FPS feeding frenzy, the bloom was off adventure games. they were expensive to produce, and their audience was shrinking fast.
one solution was recycling old software, and honestly, it was great for a 13 year old kid like me, because it meant that i could buy a "sierra game" for $10 instead of the $60-$80 i would normally have to pay for a flagship title
Crazy Nick's Software Picks were collections of mini-games taken from sierra adventures. there were several of them - LSL, King's Quest - I happened to find this Conquest of the Longbow pack at a pharmacy.
the games were *great* - Archery and Nine Men's Morris kept me absolutely occupied for weeks. I had no idea at the time that they were culled from a full sierra adventure, until I discovered it by accident in my twenties.
today i found my copy of the game, buried in another game box. it still has the greasy kid fingerprint from me eating a bag of Old Dutch (regular) chips while i played
Pulsoid (Fifth Dimension Company, 1998) #DOSGaming #UkrainianVideogames
how did i only learn now that Uncharted Waters 2 had a DOS port? 
the dithering style is unusual and beautiful - almost like woodcuts with the very intentional horizontal spacing between vertical lines
Bio Menace has been remastered by Apogee and is coming to Steam later this year 
(video via dosgamert, a nice dude and an excellent YouTube follow, as he does lots of playthroughs of DOS games and often posts exclusives like this that you'll see first on his channel.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldaf8z2ik3o
Wishlist it on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3459100/BioMenace_Remastered
Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-43
Source: Game Players PC Entertainment 5.5 (September/October 1992)
Scan Source: RetroMags
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Source: Game Players PC Entertainment 5.5 (September/October 1992)
Scan Source: RetroMags
