marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 11/10/2026On that note, something silly from my (rather large) bag of unfinished stuff. Inspired by WCP ICIS, needless to say 😁Don't let Academy fool you with its simplicity, there's still a lot of fun to be had here. Probably my favourite underdog game 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 11/10/2026So i've been going through my archive of WC stuff lately. Although I lost some stuff in the past, I think I still have a good chunk of what I worked on, and am thinking it would make sense to open source some of my stuff soon. As dated as it is, maybe some of it will still be useful to the community 130
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Part 2/2. Anyway, if you grew with WC1, WC2 and WCA, this scratches a very specific type of itch. The Gauntlet is incomplete as of yet btw 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm fairly proficient at x86 assembly. Unfortunately, not so much with OBS. Or playing WC1 with the keyboard, for that matter. But still, here's a small showcase of the state of my small mod (captured from DOSBox). Disclaimer: nothing here is final, and some bugs and shortcomings are fairly obvious 110
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Also ported my WCA Hellcat because why not! As it stands it's a small .COM file that does a bit of brain surgery to the EXE once it loads it. Small patch, so nothing extraordinary in the grand scheme of things, but damn, haven't had this much fun in a while 😁 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Working on a little something for DOS WC1, still on the polishing stage but already quite playable 261
Reposted by @marioapbrito.bsky.socialMike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 29/09/2025"Let's see what's out there..." It was 38 years ago today (Sept 28, 1987) that "Encounter at Farpoint" had its premiere broadcast, introducing Capt Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D. I'm proud to have been a member of the team who made the show at Paramount. 1062268261
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I gotta have pissed some deity at some point in my life. I lost my dad earlier this year. Now my mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Honestly, fuck 2025, I have very little of good to say about this year. That's it for my venting. Thank you 010
Reposted by @marioapbrito.bsky.socialX-Wing/TIE Fighter Game Series @handle.invalid · 12/09/2025Happy Friday... #xwing #tiefighter #starwars #lucasarts #lucasfilmgames #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer #dosgaming #dosgames 27813
Reposted by @marioapbrito.bsky.socialCthonian Godkiller @cthoniangodkiller.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Wing Commander 2 (DOS) - Ferret light fighter , cuando en VGA y 320x200 y 256col el universo era un lugar más bonito 😔 062
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 27/06/2025BillGatus 😆 ok not gonna lie, I miss the 90s (I do not miss early 90s web pages, those were abominations) 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Good one! I think I have most of these in my collection, along with magazine CDs with demos for WC4 and Privateer 2. Internet access back then was quite the luxury, and you'd pay dial-up access by the minute. Actually played with the P2 one recently 010
Reposted by @marioapbrito.bsky.socialX-Wing/TIE Fighter Game Series @handle.invalid · 11/05/2025Capturing Admiral Harkov in my Assault Gunboat in TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM (LucasArts, 1995). #tiefighter #xwing #starwars #lucasarts #lucasfilmgames #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer #dosgaming #dosgames 1215
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I've been into computers my entire life. But the older I get, the more I appreciate a good, paper book 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Thanks really appreciate the support ❤️ I'm really sorry we kinda lost touch, let me shoot you an email at some point so we can reconnect if that's ok? Thanks 100
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Thanks, really appreciate the support! Doing alright given the circumstances, but I think it will get better with time 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Thanks Chris, those are wise words, and I think they resonate with me a lot. Thanks for the support 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Might be also time for a small digital detox, so I might be even more away from social networks than usual.Take care everyone! 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 01/03/2025... and definitely reach out to folks that are somewhat distant in your life, you never know when they'll be gone for good. I think I'll take some time off work and just ponder about the meaning of life. + 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Lost my father recently, he was fighting a battle with cancer at 72. Due to a complicated past,we weren't as close as we could be, so there was definitely a lot left unsaid. I don't know where I'm going with this, but I would be remiss if I didn't tell whoever reads this to hug your loved ones + 640
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 01/03/2025media.tenor.coma boy and two girls are drinking juice through strawsALT: a boy and two girls are drinking juice through straws 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 21/02/2025(cont) Say what you want about the game's troubled development history (there's plenty out there to document that), but it was a nice game, and it deserves kudos at least for that 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 21/02/2025(cont) In my college years, I saw gamers that wouldn't give Wing Commander or other flight sims a glance occupy our study rooms in their laptops playing FreeLancer. In my mind, it was the perfect cross between Wing Commander and an RPG, a genre which was quite popular at the time 110
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 21/02/2025StarLancer was a great WC-like game, and its multiplayer capabilities were beyond its time: you were able to connect PC and Dreamcast players in the same session which was awesome 😎 FreeLancer doesn't get enough credit, as it brought space sims to the masses. 310
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Thanks for sharing! Sorry to hear that, it must not have been easy, so I would have made the same decision (kinda made a similar one back in 2017 when I left the US to be close to family again). Family is the most important thing. Right, I understood the joke:) Hoping for a SQ42 release, we'll see 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Well, hopefully we'll see Star Citizen and SQ42 out in some form or another. I'll hold off upgrading until then, haven't for a while now and nothing compells me to. Can't help but be curious tho: what made you step away from SC? Can't imagine anyone more excited and dedicated to the cause than you 100
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 15/02/2025It's a shame, I really enjoyed Pacific Strike back then. Maybe it's because of the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia, but I really don't remember it crashing that much. Or at least not more than Strike Commander. Would have loved to see this CD-ROM release 100
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 06/02/2025For me it was maybe: X-Men X-Men: Clone Wars Strider Sonic 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Different games will speak to different people in different ways, that's the beauty of our hobby. And hearing someone else's perspective on a retro game, computer, or piece of hardware is always delightful 🙂 Having more voices in our community is always a good thing. Cheers 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 27/01/2025One of the very early FMV games. Good stuff! The FMV "grid" or "double interlace" effect was painful tho 110
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Played this for quite some time, endless fun! I don't think I even had a sound card back then, I can only remember the pc-speaker sounds:) 110
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Grew up with Allo Allo on the telly, Kim Hartman was great, the entire cast was to be fair 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Looks great, thanks for pointing me in this direction 😁 020
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Great game! And I really miss the aesthetic of the text-based Sierra games. Simpler times that are not coming back... 🥲 120
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I didn't particularly mind Windows ME back in the day, I didn't feel it was that much crash-ridden. The only thing that ticked me off was that they disabled the ability to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode, which was needed by Wing Commander Privateer (but even that you could re-enable) 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Ahh the Central Park theme, that really takes be back. Timeless tune ❤️ 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I hear you buddy 🤣 don't ask, don't tell 😉 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I suspect you'll get the same answer if you ask people if they registered WinRar 😅 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 30/11/2024That was me, until I realized I'm not gonna have enough space (or money), so I'm now settling for 1) digital copies and 2) games from my past that actually mean something to me (otherwise experience tells me that I'm just gonna put them aside, which is a waste) 010
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Yes, this would be much appreciated 😁 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Yep I have the space legends collection somewhere in my games shelf, I think it's a regular WC1 install with an extra CD check (but it's been a while since I looked) 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Also Last Ninja 2 Remix if I could make it 5 😁 000
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Jetset Willy Saboteur 2 Wing Commander Tie Fighter 130
Reposted by @marioapbrito.bsky.socialDimitris @modernvintagegamer.com · 22/11/2024Relieving the old days of rubber keys and color clash this weekend. The Spectrum is a modern updated ZX Spectrum computer with 48 built in games that connects to modern displays via HDMI. 5553
marioapbrito.bsky.social @marioapbrito.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Got mine yesterday, also reliving the good old days, absolutely love this Speccy recreation😁 I'm from Portugal, the Speccy was king here during the 80s (or maybe it's more accurate to say the Timex TC 2048 was king... but that's splitting hairs). 010
