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Robb Sherwin

@icecreamjonsey.bsky.social

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Text adventure creator. 🕹️ WISHLIST Cyberganked on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/880930/Cyberganked/ https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@icecreamjonsey

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Jan 24

Here is a link to the Steam store for my upcoming CRPG / text adventure game called Cyberganked. I am told wishlisting helps with visibility, so if you are interested, please feel free to do so!

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Cyberganked on Steam

Cyberganked is a six-character CRPG blobber and text adventure, all using a CGA graphics palette.

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 12h

Hahaha

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh. Sorry, man. I think we talked about this on your BBS, the fail condition of water heaters being "dump it all out" is so unacceptable. Two years! The designer for this trash should be legally obligated to fly out and man a bucket.

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 1d

Game 30: BuGS (Rand-Emonium Software, 2021)

An awesome recreation of the arcade game Centipede for your Apple IIGS. Having been squashed once by the full-size arcade cabinet, I found this version to be pleasant and painless.

#arcade #Apple #atari #appleiigs

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Game 30: BuGS (Rand-Emonium Software, 2021) | Jolt Country

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 3d

I want to recommend my web host, POE Hosting.

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 4d

Love it. I'm reading your posts and thinking that as a remote worker manager in IT, this game is like helping people get unstuck over Slack. This is the game that's aged the best as far as I'm concerned. Berlyn was 40 years ahead of his time.

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 4d

Game 29: My Friend Pedro (DeadToast Entertainment, 2019)

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Game 29: My Friend Pedro (DeadToast Entertainment, 2019) | Jolt Country

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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 9d

I'll also give my regular shoutouts to DOS Game Club for talking about DOS games (they're playing Halloween Harry right now)
www.dosgameclub.com

intfiction.org for interactive fiction

And Adventure Game Hotspot just launched a forum now that Adventure Gamers is dead
adventuregamehotspot.com

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 9d

You make good points (about a lot of things, really), but I'm also really glad you are on Mastodon.

If this place was a forum and I saw the admin post like this one's CEO did, I'd leave and delete the bookmark.

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 18d

I am bad with directions. I use Waze every day. I appreciate it. For me, it's a miracle.

An "I got it from here" toggle where it shuts up when you're within 5 miles of home, instead of it dutifully announcing the turns I do know, would be wonderful.

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 18d

It's great, I have been playing it on a real Apple // and it's so good - the sense of "flow" is perfected between running around and fighting bad guys. I did have to get the guide/hint book though, as the game world was so big I was getting lost!

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 20d

I missed Timberborn completely - thanks! I'm checking it out!

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 20d

I uploaded Dinosaur Jr. vs the 1960s by Devi Ever to the Internet Archive.

archive.org/details/dinojr

Screenshot of Dinosaur Jr. vs the 1960s, a 10 second game where you are a dinosaur and you are stomping and eating concert goers!

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 21d

Right, my favorite team already can't win in whatever stadium they use, I'm half-expecting to now see a future headline of "Varsho out tonight with a drown"

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · 22d

Game 28: Banished (Shining Rock Software, 2014)

While well-reviewed, Banished made more reviewers angry than I would have expected. I went in on the easiest level, clicked around my little forest and enjoyed my time. The world created anger, Banished didn't.

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Screenshot of the game Banished, available on Steam.

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Al's Geek Lab @alsgeeklab.bsky.social · 27d

If you're a fan of the movie Sneakers, the late Robert Redford (RIP) or just geeky things, you can ssh into [email protected] and watch the movie in glorious 24-bit colour ANSI :) Enjoy!

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Sep 13

Likewise! Your game looks freaking great, and the sort of thing I love playing 😀

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Sep 11

Very the same thing over here, too. I found myself putting metadata in the directory folder - stuff like F:\_GAMES\Abuse - DOS - No Frame Lock and AmigaGames\WHDLOAD\Purchased and so forth. 😀

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Sep 10

I had some copies left over, so I thought I would try this an experiment. New physical copy of Cryptozookeeper for sale over at eBay. www.ebay.com/itm/13644044...

Cryptozookeeper text adventure game new in slipcase | eBay

This is a new in box copy of Cryptozookeeper.

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Sep 6

Love all of these. I bet we were collecting comics at the exact same time, appreciate you going back in time to the full histories of everyone. I remember getting some of it from "Marvel Saga" each month (I think that was the name?) but these recaps are so great!

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Aug 30

hahahahah!

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Vectrexer @vectrexer.bsky.social · Aug 23

Vectrex Major Tom (Boxed)
Brand new, Vectrex Major boxed game with manual and overlay. Written by Scott Huggins with graphic design work done by Stephen Gros and Scott Ross.
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vectrexmulti.com/order2.html#...
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#Vectrex #MajorTom #Major #Tom

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Aug 26

Game 27: Shadows Over Riva (attic Entertainment Software GmbH, 1996)

Possibly the worst UI decision in computer game history has me unable to engage in combat tactics, this is one of the best looking games of its time. Everything else about it is perfect!

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Screenshot from Shadows Over Riva, where we see the party wandering around town in daylight.

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Aug 19

Game 26: Dino Pop (Primetime Amusements, 2012)

Every redemption arc starts with a quality redemption game, what kind of reputation does Chuck E. Cheese have in your town, BlueSky?

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Picture of Dino Pop, an arcade redemption game taken for blog and educational purposes at a Chuck E. Cheese.

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Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Aug 16

Haha, right? If "Moneyball" had been a thing 30 years earlier, maybe the first exploitable market inefficiency would have been dudes tripping their balls off on the mound. 😀

Robb Sherwin @icecreamjonsey.bsky.social · Aug 16

Baseball Reference's feature for the next start for a pitcher hasn't worked in a bit - here it is saying that the deGrom is going back to back today - but I do hope at some point that a pitcher was out carousing all night only to shockingly see that he's supposed to start that day OH SHIIIIII

A screenshot from baseball-reference.com that shows that Jacob deGrom started yesterday, but his "Next Game" to start is today, where typically pitchers have four or five days of rest before the next start.