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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hello! I'm Emmy!

Here are some things I've been involved with that you might like:

☆ DOS music compilations on YouTube (surprisingly popular!)

☆ Translated the first Czech game for DOS: Donkey Island!

☆ Helped give naked alien boy pants!

☆ Stream terrible DOS games on Twitch!

》 czecha.boo 《

💖

MFW people follow me on Bluesky. (Me dressed as a Satan, looking mildly aghast.)

Google screenshot of Bard playlist that got recommended to EVERYONE retro adjacent last year. 😅

Donkey Island screenshot from donkeyisland.zip

Pantsmo! Free on itch!

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 15h

Leonard Egg is now Dizzy's canonical legal name.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 15h

Lenovo Execs on their company name:
"Le Novo."
"New Legend."
Innovative, timeless, luxurious.

Me, every time my laptop starts up, over the past ten years:
"Len Ovo."
"Leonard Egg."
Who is Leonard Egg? 🤔🤔🤔

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 1d

It was literally just audiobook after audiobook with covers that looked like cowboy-themed hetero wedding announcements.

It looks like they're all gone, now? I never listened to any, but if you feel like you're missing out, you can always write your own.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 1d

My local library app lets you filter audiobooks by Popular, and last time I looked, it was literally just reams of cowboy erotica.

Now it's... this?

Happy Melbourne International Games Week, I guess????

Some sort of Ready Player One erotica idk

Reposted by Emmy

MysticalMachineGun @mysticalmachinegun.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow! I'll be 43 but I'm busy then so

Tonight! We're doing a viewer redeem to celebrate my birthday - kicking off with Fantastic Dizzy as redeemed by @underconsolepod.bsky.social followed by Thief redeemed by @boardgameheaven.bsky.social if we beat it!

#MMGPlays

twitch.tv/mysticalmach...

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 2d

Possibly! I'm semi-local, but I need to get you to autograph a roof tile or something.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 2d

TANAT WILL BE THERE!? AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 2d

Hahaha, if they're interested, tell them to hire me. I know of a heap of local games from this era that they have no record of.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely not, but maybe locally?

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 2d

It does! Unfortunately, ACMI really only tends to focus on high profile Aussie software releases. As a result, the indie scene of this era is not well documented anywhere, and much is close to becoming (if not already) lost.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 2d

*physical photo of a real game*
Rowan: Is this a real game?
Emmy: What did he mean by this? 🤔

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 3d

He's very impressionable.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 3d

Possible filenames for missing promo data include $exypix.gif and $exotica.gif

I'm wary of posting more images here, since they get pretty explicit, but if you're curious, the demo is on Internet Archive.

It's pretty high effort for the era/genre/medium, so would be great to locate this one!

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 3d

Missing DOS Monday!

Today's lost media is The Sexotica Collection by Dragon’s Eye Productions!

The full version containing four stories is confirmed to exist, but few were sold. The original source code is also missing.

#MSDOSMonday #Furcadia #Pixel #MSDOS #RetroErotica #RetroComputing #LostMedia

A pixie straddling a chess pawn, while a condom lies nearby. The caption says: Winners Use Condoms.

Dragon's Eye Productions Presents: The Sexotica Collection Volume I.
A green dragon is pictured to the left of the screen.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 3d

Thought about changing to 'Emmghoulery' for October, but fools are already pretty scary tbh.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe I should start MiSsing DOS Monday, where I post about elusive media and try to get people to find it.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, cool! My mate admins that page!

No luck yet, just dudes DOS dumping in my DMs, unfortunately.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 4d

Yup! That's the one! I've gotten dozens of people remembering it, and thousands of people aware of it, now, but it seems dangerously close to becoming lost media!

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a complex individual with diverse hobbies and interests, I swear!! 😂

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 4d

Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.

#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing

I HATE COLLINGWOOD Wolfenstein 3D mod on floppy disk. This version doesn't work. :(

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 5d

No wukkas at all, fam! I hope you're delighted with them when they arrive!

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 5d

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This should get you $15 off (and me too I think?)

No pressure, just if it helps you out! Been a Zenni convert for years now. :)

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 6d

I was supposed to get a new ISP today, but that hasn't happened yet, so the stream may go down at any minute. 🤔

MS-DOS games by Scott Haag!

twitch.tv/emmfoolery

Emmfoolery - Twitch

Games by Scott! (MS-DOS)

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WaveyGames @waveygames.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a special day! Melon Head turns exactly 1 year old! ONE year since release, whoopee!! 🎉📣😅🎉

Melon Head is a certified underground classic of modern #retro #pointandclick games! 😋

I'm hosting a SALE on itch to celebrate! 🔽
wavey-games.itch.io/melon-head

#indiegame #indiedev #adventuregame

Po Boy! A working class part time thief loitering in a crumped down alley.

A scene from a date in a calm opening in the woods. A floating woman meets a young romantic. It went horribly.

An office building turned revolutionary headquarters. This corridor is VERY pink!

A desert scene with cactoids in the foreground. A vast plain opens behind them and mountains rise in the distance slightly faded by atmosphere.

Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 8d

Lucky it's a 5 year plan because I will need 4 of them to process this.