The layout of the front page DOES sicken me

by **loafergirl** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:15 pm

AArdvark wrote:That's some front page now! Stick a powerpuff girl on there and you couldn't tell it from a middleschool girl's myspace page.

Actually, it's a nice change from the PS2 theme.

ROFL - I could assist with that I have PPG stuff kicking around still....

by **loafergirl** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:15 pm

AArdvark wrote:That's some front page now! Stick a powerpuff girl on there and you couldn't tell it from a middleschool girl's myspace page.

Actually, it's a nice change from the PS2 theme.

ROFL - I could assist with that I have PPG stuff kicking around still....

by **AArdvark** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:32 pm

That's some front page now! Stick a powerpuff girl on there and you couldn't tell it from a middleschool girl's myspace page.

Actually, it's a nice change from the PS2 theme.

by **jjsonick** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:32 am

Woo-hoo! Thanks, ICJ!

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:10 am

jjsonick wrote:Jonsey, when you re-do the front page can you also make the ACK link point to http://www.mozomedia.com/ack?

Done! Thanks for the heads-up.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:33 pm

That sounds like a plan. If that theme is still in use in December, I'm on it.

I have also been trying to find a screenshot of RGB-Man for the PC. This may deserve its own thread.

by **Flack** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:54 pm

One of my dad's favorite jokes went something like, "the PC now does four colors, as long as two of them are black and white ..."

Maybe on Christmas you can edit the CSS file and swap to the other red/green/yellow pallete.

by **Chris H** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:10 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:It may take me a while, but it is IN the hopper.

Take your time -- pretty soon my Ultima parody comes out, and it's the first game to really run the new ACK through its paces.

Pity you missed CGA, JJ... although after suffering through the crazy colors on the Apple II (white was white, except when it was purple or green) then I think the predictable colors of CGA would have been a relief. :)

I have fond memories of tracking down a copy of SIMCGA so I could run CGA games on my Hercules amber monitor. :)

by **jjsonick** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:33 pm

I was computer-less in the years between my Apple II and a 1993 PC, so I missed the Cyan Era, but goddamn do I love DosBox.

Jonsey, when you re-do the front page can you also make the ACK link point to http://www.mozomedia.com/ack ?

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:14 pm

Chris H wrote:It shouldn't surprise you that you would need DosBox to play it now. :)

Worm had to be the one to tell me that you can simply type "mount (directory)" in DOSbox to mount any directory on your PC ... I had avoided using DOSbox for my entire life because I didn't want to take 20 seconds and use config files.

And then even those were not needed.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:13 pm

Chris H wrote:Hey cool, thanks.

It may take me a while, but it is IN the hopper. For instance it took like three months for me to write a review of Flack's book, and since I really enjoyed it, I didn't have to agonize about coming up with anything snarky. But yes!

by **Chris H** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:45 pm

The game was Alley Cat -- here's a link:

http://www.80sgaming.org/alleycat.exe

It shouldn't surprise you that you would need DosBox to play it now. :)

by **pinback** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:09 pm

Chris H wrote:

I used to love this game! What was it called?? How did it work?? What platform did I play it on?

Your image tapped a forgotten part of my memory cells!

by **AArdvark** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:07 pm

I installed After dark and most of the screensavers look just like that only less pink.

by **Chris H** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:47 pm

Hey cool, thanks.

And yeah, I wouldn't have thought CGA. And I liked CGA. Come, let us bask in the magnificence.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:59 am

Should be front page updates next week. Flack tagged me on Facebook in the meme going around where people post 25 facts about themselves: I'll do it for this website and just link it over on FB.

I want to do an article congratulating Chris H about all the amazing advances he made with his game system, and also an IF article as to why I continue to use Hugo (and/or why I picked it in the first place). So yeah, the Content Beaver should feed again shortly.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:07 pm

Also, following the CGA/EGA thing, in a few years I can look forward to upgrading that front page to display SIXTEEN colors at once.

How did IBM-compatible computers become any sort of standard again?

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:19 pm

Everyone seems to be getting the full PCjr experience so far!

by **Maxell** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:04 am

Oh god why

This just gets worse and worse!

by **hygraed** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:55 am

Change those rounded rectangles to sharp-edged rectangles, and maybe do the titles in the DOS system font for MAXIMUM OLDNESS.

The layout of the front page DOES sicken me

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