Microsoft open sources 1995’s “3D Movie Maker”
Including the BRender 3D engine used in games like Carmageddon. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast – April 27, 2022
Listen now (45 min) | Wayland or X11? BBS tips? VR remakes of classic games? ⌘ Read more
“Lunduke’s Quest” – a new (nerdy) adventure game for Linux, Mac, Haiku, Amiga, & more.
Quite possibly the nerdiest adventure game ever created. ⌘ Read more
The nerdiest wristwatches of all time
Do some programming, watch TV, and play some video games… all from your 1980s watch. ⌘ Read more
A new (free) racing game for DOS has been released!
From a developer that has released racing games for Amiga, Linux, Sega Genesis, and… Haiku?! ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal has now published 10 eBooks. 10 very, very nerdy eBooks.
Plus 4 video games. And like a bazillion articles and podcasts. Which is crazy awesome. ⌘ Read more
TradeWars and LORD BBS Tournament begins!
An old-school BBS gaming tournament via Telnet. All are welcome! ⌘ Read more
Lunduke Journal Events for April - BBS Game Tournament, Linux Sucks, Hangout
Just some nerdy fun. ⌘ Read more
Ron Gilbert returns to Monkey Island! New game coming this year!
The original creator of Monkey Island 1 & 2 makes his triumphant return to the series. ⌘ Read more
Run x86 Windows games…on a Raspberry Pi. Not kidding. It really works.
ARM Linux running x86 Windows games? What sort of crazy Mirror Universe do we live in?! ⌘ Read more
is every normal-form game representable by a tree a potential game?
party game idea: MNIST debate
Linux Tycoon 3: The OS Wars
A brand new game for Linux and DOS. Releasing on April Fools Day. No joke. ⌘ Read more
1970’s BASIC Computer Games compiled for Linux
Remember typing in code from magazines and books? Let’s compile a bunch of those old games for modern Linux. ⌘ Read more
South Park’s parody of War Games is epic
Here’s a detailed analysis of the Linux and DOS references. ⌘ Read more
The 1980s: When PC game box art used pictures of real people
So cheesy. But so awesome. ⌘ Read more
in conways game of life, does chaos always spread strictly faster than order?
Wordle ported to Windows 3.1, PalmOS, DOS, Linux Terminal… and much more.
Tandy Color Computer 3, Atari 2600, Game Boy, Emacs, and… Microsoft Word? Yup. Wordle is there too. ⌘ Read more
submissive strategies in normal-form games
https://www.arduboy.com/ a productivity killer :D 200 games in a hackable credit :D
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… the Coleco Bowlatronic
The 1981 hand-held bowling game traveled to the Star Wars universe in The Book of Boba Fett. ⌘ Read more
Nintendo Game Processor - The lost Nintendo game creation PC
A 1994 PC, built by Nintendo, for making SNES games… that never saw the light of day. ⌘ Read more
What If: Nintendo never released the Game Boy?
What company would have won the hand-held war? SEGA? NEC? Atari? Someone else? ⌘ Read more
Dockerize your own Game of Thrones’ API
This article will demonstrate a fun and useful use case of docker, where we will create and deploy to production a custom-made API. In our case, it will provide information about the episodes of the TV show “Game of Thrones”. Besides Docker, our stack will include: About the API The API will serve information about […]
The post Dockerize your own Game of Thrones’ API appeared first on [Dock … ⌘ Read more
A new text-mode “Psuedo-3D Engine” written in BASH
Imagine an old-school dungeon crawler, first person game. In ASCII art. Running in your terminal. It’s a thing of beauty. ⌘ Read more
** Chess Rules **
I love when folks say stuff like“there are only a finite number of states a chessboard can occupy, therefore a computer can play chess.”
To the folks who say such things — I wish you to play chess with my 6 year old.
Be not confined by rules! The only things governing chess in this house here are the laws of physics!
…and even then, not all need apply.
For instance, during a recent game the opposing kings left the board in order to go out on an adventure. They returned later with a large, plastic dragon. The dra … ⌘ Read more
I mean you don’t even have to do the game to make a fake emoji result. But its a fun little challenge for brain food.
Physical “Retro Computer” Trading Cards now available for order!
Want collectible trading cards for classic computers – including a playable trading card game? Trick question. Of course you do. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft’s bad history disrespecting classic video games (a firsthand account)
The Redmond giant just purchased some of the most historically significant video games… but will they respect them? ⌘ Read more
Top-rated entries from Game Off 2021
Here are the top games created in our annual game jam as rated and reviewed by the developers that made them. Game On! 🤘🏻 ⌘ Read more
The House of Lunduke BBS
Classic BBS gaming, 24x7 telnet access, fancy-pants ANSI graphics ⌘ Read more
Whoever named “NFTs” really missed a great opportunity…
Can we all just agree to call them this from now on? The Lunduke Journal subscriber exclusives as of this moment: 7 books, 2 games, LundukeFest pass, + articles and podcast episodes. You can subscribe here on Substack or join The Lunduke Journal Community at ⌘ Read more
Real men don’t comment their code…
Insert manly grunting. The Lunduke Journal subscriber exclusives as of this second: 7 books, 2 games, LundukeFest pass, + articles and podcast episodes. ⌘ Read more
**New Free Adventure Game for all Lunduke Journal Subscribers **
“2299: Episode One” is an adventure game, set in space, for Linux and Windows. And it’s free for all full Lunduke Journal subscribers. ⌘ Read more
Game Boy gets WiFi… and video streaming! Seriously!
Why? Because it’s awesome. That’s why. ⌘ Read more
🙌 Liked: Lisp in Life - Conway’s Game of Life ⌘ Read more
Space Quest: The Movie
The original, EGA adventure game from Sierra… turned into a movie. Seriously. This is worth checking out. ⌘ Read more
GPT-3 is No Longer the Only Game in Town - GPT-3 was by far the largest AI model of its kind last year. Now? Not so much. ⌘ Read more
The best part of Pokémon Go is hatching eggs. I just wish I could queue up eggs for the incubators so I didn’t have to check my phone every now and again. Actually, I wish there was a game where you just hatched eggs.
Game Off 2021 theme announcement
The theme for this year’s Game Off is… …BUG! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a game between now and December 1 incorporating the theme somehow, and submit it to ⌘ Read more
Source code released for Little Big Adventure 1 & 2!
The engines of the classic 1990s 3D adventure games get released under the GPL. ⌘ Read more
A new commercial RPG for the Commodore 64!
“Briley Witch Chronicles” is a brand new, JRPG style game for the C64. ⌘ Read more
13 short and scary games plus source to play (or hack) this Halloween 🎃
It’s that time of year again where I like to share seasonally spooktacular games plus source code—a goldmine of material for (a) those looking for coffee-break entertainment, (b) those interested in learning more about game ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - Episode 8
Listen now (10 min) | New games ported to old computer platforms! ⌘ Read more
We need a DRM-free console game ROM store like GoG
GoG.com makes buying computer games reasonable and DRM-Free. We need a video game console ROM equivalent. ⌘ Read more
A peek inside some of the top games from Ludum Dare 49
The 49th Ludum Dare game jam just wrapped up with almost 3000 entries. Here’s a peek at some of the highest-rated entries that you can play, plus their source code that you can poke around ⌘ Read more
The beauty of computer games on Amber screens
Colors? Colors?! We don’t need no stinking colors! ⌘ Read more