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Emmfoolery

3 weeks ago

Emmfoolery
3 weeks ago

FUCK IT, MISSING DOS WEDNESDAY

Trying to locate an Australian DOS game from ≈ 1988, 𝐋𝐞𝐱, 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝟏.

The game was part of a series of four Edutainment games by Reckon Software/John Grimley.

Here's the box cover art, a text ad, and screenshots of 2 other games in the series! Help a gal out!?

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #msdos #dosgaming #australia

Lex, Word Fun One cover art. Wizard with helicopters. Incredible concept.
The game allows you to become a wordy pilot of the Semantic Squadron, I've read!

Word Fun 1

Based on a helicopter theme, this package provides learners with plenty of hands on action as they take control of their various aircraft. Its interesting graphics reinforce the fantasy aspect of a skill building word rescue assignment.
Oppocopter uses words taken from a large pool of carefully selected exact opposite pairs, that have beeen graded into four levels of difficulty. The learner manoeuvres a helicopter to shoot down the correct opposite from a multiple selection. A scorebar counts correct answers, but if an error is made, the correct answer is highlighted. At each level, one of four speeds can be chosen to place a time limit on answering each question.
Synocopter asks the learner to effect a rescue by helicopter, by matching a word with its exact synonym to correctly locate the target. There are three levels of difficulty and three speeds to choose from.
Alphacopter provides a unique way to practise alphabetical skills as well as strategic problem solving skills. Using a helicopter to lift the top word block off one of three piles and then to move it to another pile, the learner is able to transform a randomly ordered pile of words into an alphabetically ordered array. Six levels grade this activity from a simple task to a most demanding one.
The exciting action in all three games gives this package a particularly strong computer games appeal which is well balanced by its sound educational content.

Spelling Fun 1 menu screen. In fetching CGA!

Lex, Wizard of Words commencement screen. Yet more lovely CGA!

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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen

3 weeks ago

Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
3 weeks ago

As a weekend project, I'm going to install a fourth Linux distro on my desktop PC to get some gaming going! Batocera is a Linux distro that supports over 220 gaming platforms and consoles, including MS-DOS, PS1-PS4, and various controllers directly.

I've built a couple of custom handheld consoles for retro gaming using RetroArch and EmulationStation, and we have an arcade machine with a JAMMA circuit board at the office, but I haven't tried Batocera before. Let the games begin!
batocera.org

#Linux #Batocera #RetroGaming #RetroGames #Gaming #Games #MSDOS #DOS #Consoles #OpenSource