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tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 19 hours agoolder gamers like myself that are more than happy to take a trip down memory lane
Not only memory lane, but stuff like ROM hacks and randomizers can make new games from their retro roots. Hell I’ve gotten back into Doom in the past few years, and people just basically never stopped making new (free) levels for that since it came out 30+ years ago.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
There’s also the Quake Brutalist Jam 3 that came out last month. It’s playable with a modern Quake I engine, and man, some of those levels are incredible.
All for the low-low price of $0.
nutomic@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
Looks neat! In fact I never heard much about Quake having singleplayer.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
It’s super neat. Map quality is all over the place, but most are real gems. I’ve only had one soft-lock in about 20 maps, and only a handful of those had impossible to beat final fights (I’m sorry, but failing to take down 15 shamblers at once, in a room with four central columns for cover is not a “skill issue”).
It had good singleplayer for the time. IMO, it hasn’t aged particularly well. ID was learning how to do a fully 3D game on the fly here, and it shows in spots. The best moments are built on experience with building Doom maps, but that’s practically a different sport.