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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Enjoyed some time outside earlier. More fodder to play with EGA high-res. In the afternoon I sent Europa Panic 1.2 to friends to try a friendlier non-expert mode. I'll post that once they give me the green light.

Power lines through an overgrown cleared way between trees under a cloudy sky. EGA Hi-res, dithered to the best 16 colors of the 64 available.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"I'll make something totally different this time." One day later. "So, three islands. On each island, four smaller locations. ... Wait a minute... This sounds familiar."

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The DOS game jam has officially started! 😊

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Oh, dang it, sorry @emmfoolery.bsky.social I should have documented the "Expert" default. There is a, er, less diabolical mode 😅

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Buttprince @buttprince.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Bayeux EGA pixel art test 2, I worry this might be a little too... what critics might describe as... "Un-look-at-able." I'm not super worried about it being "ugly", so much as literally hurting one's eyes to look at, physically. Feedback welcome and appreciated!

pixel image of a mock up of a Bayeux Tapestry based EGA palette compute game. a man and a dog stand on either side of a church, surrounded by wiggle plants in the margins.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This photo I took a while ago is extra creepy in EGA hi-res. Experimenting with ideas for the next DOS project.

A photo of a tree with a "one way do not enter" sign that the tree's bark is consuming. It has been reduced to a predetermined indexed palette, dithered and scaled.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sometimes I think Dr. Quandary isn't a real doctor.

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Jaybee @jayb33.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Cole Dröws, with permission from the rights holder, released the unpublished UK English version of Blackout. Blackout is a 1997 non-linear point-and-click psychological horror game filmed on Beta with hand crafted sets and stop motion puppets. coledrows.itch.io/blackout

coledrows.itch.io

Blackout 97 by Cole Dröws

Escape your fate - if you can

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is a cool, relaxing experience set to some very smooth, somber OPL2 music. #msdos #opl2 aarnig.itch.io/road

aarnig.itch.io

Project Road by Aarni

DOS adventure game demo with pre-rendered backgrounds

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Great, now I want to play a Doom FMV adventure. woe-industries.itch.io/myst-fps

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Europa Panic! v1.1 is now posted! Bugfixes, new difficulty modes, and a PDF that explains... the dietary preferences of the invading aliens. You know, important need-to-know things. hollerpots.itch.io/europa-panic... #dos #ega #adlib

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v1.1 Released: Bugfixes, Expert mode, Extras!

Europa Panic v1.1 is now out! Smoothing some rough edges. Difficulty : There are two modes, with “Expert” now the default. This is close to 1.0, with some nerfing I did before release reverted. Di...

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

v1.1 might come as soon as this weekend. Little things, like finally tightened some of the hitboxes. Meanwhile, I have an idea for a halloween pallate cleanser. As soon as I can figure out PCM via PC speaker. It is a requirement that a creaking door sound play via 1-bit DAC...

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Happy 45th birthday to the original IBM PC and PC DOS! 🎉🎂🥂

IBM Personal Computer model 5150 with a printer.
Photo from Science Museum Group Collection.
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hot dog, I sold a DOS game in 2026. You there, you know who you are, high five. You are a connoisseur of the arts. As a reward for this milestone, all may gaze upon Scrambles, the Europa Station Mascot.

A terrier mix dog in a NASA bandana sitting alertly next to an inflatable astronaut in front of a neblua

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Friends are still testing, but why not, what could go wrong? Here's the rest of Europa Panic! (Or, "Holy cow I finished something") Like that cover? I sure do. Looks very sharp in the manual. Thank @delightmonster.bsky.social hollerpots.itch.io/europa-panic... #msdos #ega #adlib

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"Registered" version released!

There it is, as I intended, with an homage to all three levels of Venture, complete with easter eggs and secrets. I’ll post more soon. I have a fun idea for a trailer. The game might receive tweaks...

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I will be posting again soon. For reasons. I hope your 386 is ready.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I'm working against the "what's the point" futilism that's crept in with some purposely pointless activity today. Take that, inner monologue.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Huh. It sure is yellow out for noon.

A tree backed backyard under a cloudy, yellowed sky

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Slick graphics on the new rig

A wall mounted screen shows the Major Stryker title screen in rich 16 colora over a wooden shelf with a cube shaped computer console of recent notoriety. A sign next to it says Pobody's Nerfect.

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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Something game players AND designers don’t know is that the perfect video game features a digitized sprite of an actor as the player character in front of a pre-rendered background

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finally getting around to the Micro Journal upgrade case for one of my neos

A messy workshop butcherblock counter with assorted wood repair bottles, focused on 3d printed pieces next to an Alphasmart Neo word processor

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Scored some nostalgic afternoon reading at a favorite estate sale place. (I guess don't think too hard about that.)

Two Nintendo Power magazines circa 1991 on a lap on a couch. The top one shows BATTLETOADS: Croaker Capers. The lower, Mega Man In Dr. Wily's Revenge

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The best modern NES emulator is still just Nesticle running inside DosBox, I realized today.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I like my yard. The clover seed I threw willy nilly a few years ago has really taken off.

A forest backed yard fully of white dutch clover blossoms

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We lost our lost cat Jack after 21 great years last week, comfortably at home. She liked to howl during my WFH meetings. It turns out some coworkers were big fans, and one surprised me with this art today.

A color sketch of a small orange cat napping

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I look forward to next week, when I disable my Internet connection and finish the DOS thing so I can make another different DOS thing. There is a list. The reason it isn't done yet is because you can eat lemon meringue pie, that's why.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Me at least once a week: "It was Flavor-Aid, actually."

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

ART/ARTGALRY.GIF

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Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This could be a metaphor for... everything. #retrogaming #genesis

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Snowy voxel MS-DOS landscapes. #DOSGaming ❄

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If more movies in the theater had a small budget I might actually go more often. Really enjoyed Iron Lung. Andrew Hulshut's OST is excellent. Looking forward to Squirrel Stapler on the silver screen.

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

COMPART/ROOM256I.GIF

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

For those I connected with recently on DOS enthusiasm, I'm still poking along. I've just really struggled with creative energy lately. But! I slogged my way through a couple OPL2 songs today! Here's one: hoolis.net/fun/hjpmusic... It'll replace the level 1 ocean tune.

hoolis.net

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

FANTASY/CRYSTORB.GIF

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Cyningstan @cyningstan.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Now that 2026 is underway, it's a good time to post an updated collage of my DOS games. Since I have nine out now, that fits into a nice neat rectangle. So here are all 9 #msdos games I released from 2020 to 2025. All #cga, all running on an #ibmpc, all available from cyningstan.itch.io

A 3x3 collage of all 9 games I've released for MSDOS from 2020 to 2025. Top left to bottom right: Barbarians, The Chambers Beneath, Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle, Star Cadre: Combat Class, Barren Planet, Team Droid, The Anarchic Kingdom, Ossuary, and the CGALIB demo game CGA Robots.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I just realized Gimli is the Quake Ranger.

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

OK I'll play. "Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers*" *More specifically, those of good taste remember

A screenshot of a first person game showing a two headed dinosaur and a corpse. Heavily pixellated, constrained to 90 degrees. Text reads "Beastiario"

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

A Hellraiser themed Myst clone was a lost opportunity. "The Surrealistic Adventure That Will Tear Your Soul Apart"

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hoolis @hollerpots.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Wife surprised me with an absolutely stunning print by @partyinthefront.bsky.social I've oggled

A canvas print of a stylized interpretation of Dark Souls's Undead Berg, evoking a 60s Lovecraft paperback cover to me

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