How are your nipple buttons today?
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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Most retro games
"Screenshots taken from various formats"
As a ZX Spectrum owner that phrase is still traumatising.
True. However back when these games were state of the art, you somehow were able to imagine the graphics to be better than what was actually on screen. At least that's how it felt to me (played my first games in the early 90s).
Of course, although in the 90s there were also some that stood out in terms of graphics and soundtrack 10 years ahead of the rest, like MDK, a real gem. Now you can play it for free, right in your browser
https://playclassic.games/games/action-dos-games-online/play-mdk-online/play ( it loads DOS Box)
or download it from GOG or Steam for Windows (€9.99)
https://www.gog.com/game/mdk
https://store.steampowered.com/app/38450/MDK/
I bought MDK two years after release for 10€ because the screenshots on the box looked pretty but I was super disappointed once I saw it in motion on my PC... Back in these days game graphics got better so quick, that a (originally super pretty) two year old game looked bad on my PC.
Good examples. In general the earlier 3D games aged particularly poorly. Not only graphically but also when it comes to controls. I think around 2000 things get better, though.