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Now presenting our @GameDevTV 2023 Game Jam submission! The 3 of us made this game in Unreal Engine 5 over the course of 10 days & about 160 man-hours. Development - Aaron Petrek @AaronPetrek Design - Me Music - Nick Burt @nbur4556 Play it here! 👇 aaron51.itch.io/bit-ridge-blitz

Little walk in my little indie game village

@RealGameVault @TheGoldenDays I’m stuck on this level or the 2nd snow level! The one after silo. I can’ find one of the objectives. You have to pickup something.

GoldenEye 007 (1997)

Played the shareware version a ton as a kid on PC with a joystick. Picked it up last year for PS1 and am really enjoying it!

@sciencegirl Mechwarrior 3 because of the incredible graphic fidelity for 1998 and it was a blast to play!

For those who used a computer between 1995 and 2001, what's the computer game from that time that sticks with you the most, and why

@TwinzDynamic Also, the only games I have ever 100% are Mario 64, The OG Assassins Creed and soon Pikmin 3 on the Wii U because my twin girls absolutely love it! We are about 40 hours in and just have 5 fruit to collect and the final boss to beat!

I still need to play that! I typically play sim or open-world and sandbox games so I make my own stories or just practice, practice, practice. I have been trying to play more story games in recent years but only complete a few a year typically. Usually shorter ones. Last year I beat Starfox 64, Waverace 64, A Short Hike, Micah and the Witches Mountain (indie gem!) and I’m about halfway through Goldeneye and 3/4 through The Phantom Menace on PS1

Ahh, #CrashBandicoot, 30 years later and we've never completed it. Certainly brings back fond memories though It's made us wonder.... Are you the type of gamer that has to complete games 100%? Or are you just happy completing the story or essential missions?

@ShimazuSystems This is amazing! What is it? Is it a real-life version of a device from a video game that you are custom making or is it an older device that you are restoring?

I have added the keypad, & added hardware input (again, finally). Small things like wiring those LEDs up & screwing the I/O shield back in aee about all that remains. It is 3:15am, I must sleep

My latest Sith Lord comic book pickups. 🔥

I absolutely love the aesthetic, gameplay preview, and the sound design is incredible. Wish listing now!

@exQUIZitely The pink & purple twin rollercoasters I made for my twin daughters when they were infants. Now they are 5. 😃

Just booted up my custom map & scenario the other day. I made the map when I was 19 & it is inspired by where I grew up — Southern California. I have had this scenario running since 2019 & I boot it up for usually about 20-30 mins every 6 months or so. Occasionally I will just boot it up for a few mins to escape the real world for a bit & go to my happy place. Life was a lot simpler in 1999. It's nice to go back every now & then.

Among the people who don't get enough recognition for their contributions to gaming history, I often think Chris Sawyer falls into that group. There was a time when I couldn't wait to get home, disappear into my room, and build the most awesome roller coaster park. What Sawyer created with RollerCoaster Tycoon will forever be part of iconic gaming history. He developed the game more or less by himself (insane skill!), a pretty rare feat in 1999 when big studios and large teams were the norm. Sawyer coded the original in assembly language, creating realistic coaster physics, guests with individual needs, and - of course - chaos like vomiting or ride breakdowns. The sweet "ka-ching" of fees lives rent-free in my head. What an absolutely brilliant sandbox-like game, with practically endless replay value, similar to games like Sim City or Civilization.

Back in 2001, Nvidia created this map for Quake 3 to showcase the power of their top of the line GeForce2. Two decades later we can play this standalone in VR, rendering in 3D at 120hz, 2200x2200 on a mobile chip. Took us long enough but here we are! 🤘 #nvidia #Quake3

🔥🔥🔥 — Now this is podracing!

The history of the Jedi Order, as told by Darth Sidious in "The Wrath of Darth Maul" by Ryder Windham... “The Jedi Order was founded twenty-five thousand years ago by a group of beings who were strong with the Force. Before the Jedi Order, such Force-sensitive beings were isolated instead of united. Some were regarded as wizards. Others as demons. There were not many. Nearly all were considered unique on their own worlds. They were strong, powerful individuals. Free to live and die as they wished. “But the Jedi Order changed all that. They started by analyzing the Force to understand its power. They found it had a wide spectrum that was influenced by emotions. They debated their findings. Over time, they discovered there was much they could not understand, and they chose to believe what they wanted to believe. They believed some mysteries were best left unsolved. They believed that the Force itself was testing them. Like narrow-minded, superstitious children, they created explanations for the Force. “And rather than embrace the full spectrum of the Force, the Jedi ignored the infinite shades of gray that stretched between light and darkness. They declared the light side of the Force was good and the dark was evil. To them, there could be no in-between, no middle ground.” Sidious let out an exasperated sigh. “It’s one thing to examine an energy field that permeates the galaxy. But to give an energy field characteristics of good and evil? One might as well say, ‘That cloud wants to protect us from solar radiation, but that other cloud wants to strike us dead with lightning.’ “And then the Jedi declared that to be born with Force powers was not a gift or a curse. They insisted it was a calling. They proclaimed the Force should never be used for selfish purposes, that all Force-sensitive beings were obligated to use their powers for the benefit of others.” Sidious shook his head ruefully. “Many Force users joined the Jedi Order, but the Jedi were not satisfied with their numbers. They sought out the so-called wizards and demons, and gave them three options. Join the Jedi, cease using Force powers, or die.” “Join the Jedi,” Sidious said. “Relinquish your individuality and freedom, and fight only when the Jedi tell you to fight. Cease using Force powers. One might as well tell an ordinary life-form to stop living. Die.…Well, I don’t believe that requires an explanation. And so, the Jedi not only increased their ranks but destroyed those who disagreed with them. guardians. The Jedi Order thrived, and they expanded their authority beyond the Core Worlds. They used their powers and their lightsabers to vanquish those who opposed them. For many millennia, the Jedi were unchallenged. And they grew confident. So confident that they could hardly imagine the possibility that some Jedi did not want to be Jedi. “But almost seven thousand years ago, a group of Jedi rebelled against their own kind. The battle that ensued lasted one hundred years. The so-called peacekeepers believed the war was over when they banished the surviving rebels to an uncharted region of the Outer Rim Territories. But the exiles did not meet their end in the Outer Rim. They discovered the Sith species, and they used their powers to conquer the Sith. They became the Sith Lords.”

After 7 years of development with a friend, our space fleet strategy game Space Reign is finally out on Steam. 🚀🪐 Inspired by Homeworld and The Expanse. Command fleets or take direct control of individual ships in massive 3D space battles. #indiegame #gamedev

A canceled Star Wars video game made by LucasArts is now playable 13 years after being scrapped 🤯 Watch 76 minutes of gameplay and learn about the surprising release here: theholofiles.com/2026/03/10/scr…

If I had unlimited money… I’d buy one of these Star Wars podracer arcade games INSTANTLY!!

@NostalgiaDrops Nice pic, sorry, I lived in Colorado for a few years but to each their own! Thanks for connecting.

#vintage #budweiser We used to be a proper country.

@NostalgiaDrops Lol

Sega's Crazy Taxi has been reverse-engineered by a developer known as Will, so you can freely explore its levels in your browser. Read about the process in detail: 80.lv/articles/sega-…