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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 8h

Oh yes, definitely cut off my power while I'm in the middle of coding a game. That fills me with such delight! (No, I meant the other thing... go fuck yourself.)

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

Fandango at Home is selling the Fangface cartoon series! Oh wow, that's nuts. I just barely remember that one. The whole concept was "what if Shaggy and Scooby-Doo were the same guy?"

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

I tried sticking with it, but got hopelessly bored halfway through and turned it off. Don Bluth's sanity went on a permanent vacation around the time he made Dragon's Lair 2.

FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Treasure Planet. It's already doing a better job of mixing CGI and traditional animation than Titan AE did.

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

So many of these voices are obviously from the same guy who used to do Fred Flintstone. It's weird!

FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

The second season of Thundarr the Barbarian seems to have better animation than the first season. Too bad it was only eight episodes!

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

It's a common complaint among players. I might do some adjustments, but I want to make sure that Byron can't survive a fall from one platform to a lower one. See also Donkey Kong, Spelunker, etc.

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

bsky.app/profile/star... You're doing well if you can finish the first loop! Some people complain that the game is too hard, which is a weird attitude to have in this era of Elden Ring.

Stargal Galexi 🎨🧷🍼🦄 @stargalgalexi.bsky.social · 2d

This is my high score. I made it to new old plus and got electrocute by an eel

This is that very game. It's a game over screen.

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

Weird Al was right, though.
"He's wearin' that dumb Power Rangers mask,
but he's scarier without it on."

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 1d

I had their ridiculous "joyball," a joystick designed to look like a trackball. My brother claimed that it sucked so badly he could play Super Mario Bros. better with his butt than his hands. (He proved his point by actually getting FARTHER in Super Mario with his butt than with his hands.)

FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 3d

Well, okay, not always.

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 3d

1990s cartoons were so sophisticated, you ever notice that?

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 4d

bsky.app/profile/mnek... You can play Byron's second game, Operation Hibernation, right on your desktop, without downloading an emulator! Just go here!

Jess Ragan @mneko.bsky.social · 4d

Courtesy of MSX dot org and its latest software competition, here's an online-playable version of my game, Operation Hibernation. www.file-hunter.com/MSXdev/?id=o...

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 4d

Spinel was left stranded on a planet alone for thousands of years. I can certainly understand her psychotic rage given the circumstances.

FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 4d

This is a really good musical. And I tend to hate musicals.

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 4d

Damn it, Steven Universe movie, stop making me feel things!

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 4d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPf... So here's some footage of the sitcom Fish, featuring Barry Gordon (Donatello) as the eager young graduate student. You can hear it, can't you? That's just how he talks, apparently.

ABC Network - Fish - "Power Play" - KABC Channel 7 [Los Angeles, CA] (Partial, 7/21/1977)

YouTube video by The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV)

www.youtube.com

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 4d

I had the worst nightmare. The guy from Barney Miller had to raise a bunch of spunky orphans, while putting up with lessons in new-age psychology from Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And the worst part is that it wasn't even FUNNY! ANY of it!

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 5d

Look, I get it. I've been four days without proper Internet (using a phone for Internet sucks royally), and there's been family drama over the past week. Anger has been a constant companion.

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 7d

Warning! A huge battleship FAMILY CRISIS is approaching! 😓

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 7d

Ugh. Well, that ain't good.

FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 8d

Joke's on him... along with six feet of dirt.

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 9d

The Courage and Scooby Doo crossover is way better than it ought to be. Not perfect, but they somehow made it work.

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 9d

I just bought the Urkel Christmas movie. What the hell is wrong with me?

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FriskyWoods @friskywoods.bsky.social · 9d

I'm not entirely sold on this whole Paw Patrol thing, but I saw a chunk of an episode with a dachshund character owned by a pirate, and she literally scuttles when she walks. That is cute and hilarious in equal measure.

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