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More vintage cereal for you to crunch on!
Found a few pics of video game-related cereal. Grab some milk and enjoy!
Not really vintage due to the fact it’s still made today and still tastes just as good!
Another one that’s still sailing the seas of the breakfast table!
And let’s throw an actual commercial in here for you!
The best thing to hit the floppy market EVER!
When this bad boy hit the market my best friend talked it up like it was the best thing since sliced bread! He would constantly talk up this device till I was sold. Also being a design student my files were getting more complex, bigger, and better. I needed a way to get my files to Art School or the Career Center and home again.
This bad boy came in standard IDE and SCSI formats. I picked up a SCSI card and velcrowed the drive under the corner of my desk over my computer. The SCSI increased the R/W Speeds.
Of course, we all know that the Jazz Drive hit from the same manufacturer, but it never took off with disks that cost a fortune. Sure it had a massive amount of space however by then one could have a standard CD-R from 650mb for far far less and the only problem you’d have is writing them getting that dreaded “Buffer Underrun Error”. So sure you bought a spindle and oh 1/4 of that spindle wound up as either coasters or trash due to that error.
But the ZIP Drive was great! Reliability was awesome and the disks came in multiple colors eventually! How can you argue with all that? There was also an internal version of the drive but come on who would want that when they could bring their drive wherever they went (except me cuz. I had a SCSI model) I chose speed over transporting my drive everywhere. My best friend had a parallel version and being we were always around each other bam instant drive!
The one thing to look out for was that you USED it only as a transport method because at any time you would hear the dreaded *CLICK* of the disk going bad… Ah, memories.
And you think HD prices are currently high…
My first comp was a IBM PS/2 with if I remember correctly a 150 MB HD. It was even when CD-ROMS were first being installed. I don’t know what Mom and Dad paid for my first computer but it opened a whole new world of discovery and profit!
I can’t imagine that kinda price tag in that ad, makes me wonder what the hell the actual computer cost!
The Last Faith (Retail) – Thoughts
Well well well… I finally get around to giving a brief review of something I’ve been playing for a long time now – The Last Faith. The last article below this one was a review of the Beta. Needless to say, I had this ready for purchase on Xbox Series X in a deluxe version that came with an artbook, soundtrack, and all sorts of goodies. The date kept getting moved back and back and back. So a good thing I didn’t buy it there as I sold my Xbox.
So I picked it up on Steam after all that frustration. Little did I know that wouldn’t be my only source of frustration. THIS GAME IS HARD! I love a good challenge but when controls seem to almost be a bit lumbering in a world where quick reflexes are key it makes for an odd experience. I only have experienced this on the Steam Deck OLED where before I had an Alienware (sold that too). However, a piece of software I’ll be putting up some info on in a future post, Crossover for Mac lets me play just about all my games flawlessly and this is one of them! Here’s my link to how the game performs in Crossover. Just scroll down to “Rating Breakdown” under the stars to see my notes if you are a Mac user and want this to work. I also uploaded all the media for the game.
I will say the controls felt a bit more responsive in a Crossover (WINE-based system) than the Steam Deck. Overall this was EXACTLY what I expected based on the highly playable beta! The story holds up although a bit slow at times still loaded with cool characters. Let me start the next part by saying anyone who knows me knows I don’t like voice acting in video games. However, their voice actors brought emotion and tone to these characters. Sometimes VERY VERY creepy!
Action at times is slow to FAST needing those reflexes that this older gamer just doesn’t have much of anymore, something that would take my son 1 or 2 attempts takes me 15-20. Hey it’s what happens when gamers age.
Let’s talk sound and score. I LOVE this soundtrack it’s dark and at times can enhance the dark nature of the game more than the visuals. Often you’ll hear cries and screaming in the background depending on where you find yourself, immersing you into the world of darkness that is The Last Faith.
I’ve taken a few screenshots from the Steam Deck OLED version. Enjoy and if I were to give this a pass or a buy I’d say buy it and DO NOT CALL IT A METROIDVANIA GAME! That term shouldn’t even exist…
