If you’ve ever wondered how to use a normal PC on a consumer CRT TV, perhaps to play retro games via emulators, then look no further. I’ve perused /vr/’s CRT threads and arcade projects and forums threads for a couple of years now, and since a year earlier been playing on what I consider my dream setup.
I translated my “Videogames don’t age” article into English recently, and while reading it I remembered some personal opinions I didn’t include and some other points I should’ve gone over. It’s no surprise, I wrote it almost a year ago and in the meantime I’ve read (and watched videos) more on the subject. Some remakes of games I’ve played and enjoyed were released, too, so I also had the chance of both reviewing and reflecting upon the reaction of the community at large and the opinions of a wide variety of gamers.
Groovyarcade is a Linux distribution for using your PC as a games station. It comes with batteries included so you can use your system on a CRT display, which are famously finicky when you’re trying to hook them up to a computer.
Kimimi en su reseña de Shadow Tower: Abyss mencionaba como Shadow Tower no era un juego particularmente agradable de jugar: era frustrante, críptico y difícil. Muy difícil. Pero esa faceta de Shadow Tower terminaba elevando, para ella, la experiencia.
Liminal es una palabra que se ha puesto de moda en los últimos años, y aunque no deseo ser otro sujeto más que la usa mal, siento que describe muy bien el paso al nuevo milenio. Si bien yo no nacería hasta un año después, el 2000 es inquietantemente transicional (liminal, pues) y aunque hayan pasado más años entre el 2000 y el 2024 que entre el 2000 y 1980, estos últimos se sienten más distantes entre sí que los primeros.