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@lobsters@mastodon.social · 13h ago
The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon https://lobste.rs/s/99jbw2 #games #performance #programming https://larstofus.com/2026/03/22/the-gold-standard-of-optimization-a-look-under-the-hood-of-rollercoaster-tycoon/
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@fluttersh@pony.social · 1d ago
I can't wait for the DLSS upgrade so I can finally play #retrogaming #games with good graphics
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@sobierad@mastodon.com.pl · 1d ago
#warhammer40k #Battlesector #gry #games #giereczkowo #Sobierad :verified:
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@StitchedInkMedia@flipboard.social · 4d ago
It can be best, at times, to accept a peaceful outcome; regrouping and rebuilding until, if conditions persist and no reciprocal change occurs, a later date to unleash apocalyptic fury and end-of-world strategies. #games
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@reiver@mastodon.social · 4d ago
I think you could create a (certain type of) video game using the ActivityPub 'Question'. https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-question #ActivitiyPub #ActivityStream #FediDev #Games #VideoGames
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@reiver@mastodon.social · 3d ago
Would you play a Fediverse game? Would you play a Fediverse game about Meta Humans? #ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #FediGames #Fediverse #Games #VideoGames #MetaHumans
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@thomas@mastodon.trueten.de · 4d ago
Heute mal ein Spiele Tipp von mir: The Saboteur™ ein #OpenWorld #Antifa Spiel auf Steam bis 7. Mai noch für schmale 1,99€ zu kaufen. #games #NoNazis
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@cybercafe@lemmy.world in games · 6d ago

Fallout: New Vegas dev says don't expect a remaster, argues Bethesda doesn't have the source code or 'the engineering knowhow'

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@lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026

This one might be interesting to anyone interested in computer gaming history.

https://dec10.uknet.net

I spent the last couple of weeks finally finishing a project I started for Bletchley Park about 20 years ago. Recreating the original MUD and MIST on a mirror of the original Essex University system that finally closed in 1991.

Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle wrote the first online multi-user game (MUD) on Essex University’s DECSystem-10 in 1978 and it ran till I closed it in 1991. I diligently backed everything up so I could potentially recover it one day, but as far as I can see, all the DECSystem-10’s went to the great scrapyard in the sky, my backups were mostly stolen when my first museum was stolen, and I had huge issues recovering the Essex BCPL compiler to compile what I had left when I finally got a decent TOPS-10 emulator running on a VAX for Bletchley Park.

One good thing about being an unemployable whistleblower is free time, so I finally hunkered down to some 90 hour weeks and built a software replica of the Essex system I think reflects it well. It’s running on a KS10 not a KL10 but I had to let some things slip.

I put the latest known versions of MUD and MIST on it, and miraculously found ROCK too.

So, to meander to the point, if you want to see and relive exactly what online multi user gaming was like from 1978 to 1991, you can go to:

https://dec10.uknet.net

Or:

telnet telnet.dec10.uknet.net

(Port 2653 is available for ISPs that block 23)

And then follow the terse instructions from there.

In those days, you were generally faced with a “.” prompt and left mostly alone, so for authenticity, I will leave it at that.

I should note that although they were, in their day, wildly popular games with a relatively huge community, this is a museum peice in snapshot-form at the moment. But I will leave them up and running to see what happens and as a useful reference. I wasn’t going to, but Richard seemed happy to have MUD running, and former MIST players wanted it back, so…

Pop this a share if you know folks who might be interested.

** Update: New web client that works better.

** Another update - I added a telnet client.

Historically, the telnet connection is much more true to the traditional experience, where you were connecting to a working machine that didn’t care about the MUD Guests, so there were no pointers at all. Just rumour and hearsay :)

If any of you Unix/Security people notice I messed up something, please tell me. I left “^], !sh” open on the telnet link for about 2 minutes and nearly had a heart-attack once I spotted it :D

#history #digital #retrogaming #retrocomputing #games #mud #muds #mist #rock #computers #emulation #emulators #vms #tops10 #museum #history #bletchleypark #simh #essex #uk #computinghistory #36bit #engineering #Linux #Security

(don’t try this on a phone!)

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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 15, 2026
SDL3 - Add DOS platform support https://lobste.rs/s/jbyxup #c #games #programming #retrocomputing https://bsky.app/profile/dosnostalgic.bsky.social/post/3mjfdos7iok2o
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 15, 2026
Making A Game for the E-Reader using NES tools https://lobste.rs/s/cpzdvu #games #retrocomputing https://igwgames.com/blog/2025/06/22/making-a-game-for-the-e-reader-using-nes-tools/
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@13@2137.social · Apr 15, 2026
DOOM on a Fancy Smart Toaster https://hackaday.com/2026/04/15/doom-on-a-fancy-smart-toaster/ #Games #ReverseEngineering #Doesitrundoom #Toaster
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@mustikkasoppa@mementomori.social · Apr 14, 2026
Sattuipa sopivasti -90% alennus tälle pelille ku Golf With Your Friends. ⛳ Testasin classic modea ja teemana Twilight. Olipa hauska. Pitää kokeilla muitakin pelityylejä ja -teemoja. #pelit #games #minigolf #linux
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 13, 2026
Recovering a Lost Document: Habitat Anecdotes (1988) https://lobste.rs/s/cyzmjq #games #historical https://habitatchronicles.com/2026/04/habitat-anecdotes/
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@belghast@gamepad.club · Apr 13, 2026
Morning Folks. This weekend, I more or less arrived at a point of "normal", albeit one without much stamina as I prepared for the impending chemo week. I talk a bit about chipping away at challenges in #PathOfExile, and also rolling a new Fire Aura Spellblade in #LastEpoch. Ready for the bottom to fall out again. https://aggronaut.com/2026/04/13/freezing-fire-aura/ #arpg #mmo #mmorpg #videogames #games #gaming #cancerboy #cancer #chemo
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 12, 2026
DOOM, played over cURL https://lobste.rs/s/apczke #games #graphics https://github.com/xsawyerx/curl-doom
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 12, 2026
How Gran Turismo's Creator Snuck a Sim Into a Mario Kart Rival to Persuade Sony Execs https://lobste.rs/s/xwxhuz #games #historical https://www.thedrive.com/features/how-gran-turismos-creator-snuck-a-sim-into-a-mario-kart-rival-to-persuade-sony-execs
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 12, 2026
The quest for the perfect 2D sprite pipeline https://lobste.rs/s/ipqq90 #games #graphics https://www.coldbytesgames.com/blog/sprite_pipeline/
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 07, 2026
Nash Equilibrium for Terminal Maneuvers https://lobste.rs/s/ytfkkm #games #math #science https://r6.ca/blog/20260402T135216Z.html
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 06, 2026
Easters - an adventofcode-like challenge for easter https://lobste.rs/s/nnh9qk #show #event #games #programming https://easters.dev/
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