Space Fury Arcade Cabinet MAME Gameplay w/ Hypermarquee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl6cwysXN1s

@john2001plus
2 minutes ago
It is sort of a combination of Moon Cresta, Bosconian, and Asteroids Deluxe. I prefer Moon Cresta.

Cat'n Mouse (Arcade)

TNT Evilution (100%) Walkthrough (Map30: Last Call)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkvUw1wmc4Q

@john2001plus
1 minute ago
I just finished Final Doom on "Hey, not too rough".  Because of the complexity and difficulty of this game, I think that I need more practice before I move to a harder level.  However, I could just jump into "Hurt Me Plenty" and see what happens.

I have been alternating all the maps in Doom, Doom II, and Final Doom for months.  I love playing this game, but I think that I need more variety, so I'll be looking at what else I can play.  Maybe a different Doom WAD.

The Bounty (Arcade)

THE DIFFICULTY OF FINAL DOOM

Tank 8 & Arcade Video Games in 1976

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDiOqzGa8dQ

The Pac-Man Game You Never Played

Atari Had ONE Great Idea for This Snoopy Game

Night Driver & Arcade Video Games in October 1976

Birdie King (Arcade)

@john2001plus  11 minutes ago

I remember playing Birdie King, maybe just once. 

In 1985, I played the Bally Mini Golf which I loved.

Multitasking on a Z80 CPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMYGlYO3v9U

@john2001plus
0 seconds ago
I programmed games on a couple of different Z80-based systems. The traditional approach is to have a game loop that calls several functions inside the loop. Each function checks whether it needs to update something and performs the update only if necessary.

The Moment Gaming Stopped Trusting Players

Sony Has Spoken. This sucks. I’m not happy

The End of Physical Media

No Escape! on the Atari 2600 - The MASHUP You Didn't Know You Needed

Atari 2600 (It's Better Than You Think)

Bachelor Party

Azurian Attack

The Plutonia Experiment (100%) Walkthrough (Map32: Go 2 It)

@john2001plus

3 months ago
WTF. I played Plutonia Map 32 on "I'm Too Young to Die," and it was a nightmare. The arch-viles kept resurrecting enemies, and I had to kill multiple cyberdemons. I left maybe five of them alive when I hit the exit and still got 98% kills.

I had to keep saving my progress incrementally just to get through it. The map left me with a stress level that honestly feels detrimental to my health. I can't imagine playing it on a tougher difficulty.

@john2001plus

0 seconds ago
I managed to barely get through this map on the second level of difficulty.  Just like my "I'm Too Young to Die" experience, I had to exit before I got 100% of the kills.

I tried to get the monsters to infight in the big area, and this really saved my bacon.  Eventually, I had to do some almost suicide-runs against the Cyber Demons.

There are too many "peek-a-boo" attacks in this map.  You have to do it constantly.  This becomes tedious.

Due to the extreme difficulty of this Wad, I'll probably stick to the second level of difficulty on my next playthrough.

Azurian Attack (Arcade)

This is Amazing! Zaxxon Arcade on Atari 2600

This is what happens when you put a CPU on a 2600 cart.

Astro Pinball

@john2001plus5 minutes ago (edited)

10:43 The attract mode looked really fun, but the actual gameplay seems to have problems. That lower bumper blocks most of the angles that you could shoot. 

Having worked in the videogame industry, I know that companies are more concerned with making release dates than they are with quality.

Galaxian Atari 2600 Livestream Casual

Swoop (BBC Micro)

Zoo Keeper (Arcade)

Air Raid (Atari 2600)

Astro Navigator (BBC Micro)

My Reaction to Completing Final Doom

I just finished TNT Evilution on the "I'm too young to die" difficulty. I enjoyed this perhaps more than The Plutonia Experiment, which starts with some dull maps and the secret maps were ridiculously difficult even on the easy difficulty. My stress levels playing those maps were at an extreme unhealthy level.

I asked ChatGPT what it thought of this, and it came up with...

'That’s a pretty reasonable take—and honestly, you’re not alone.

TNT: Evilution vs. The Plutonia Experiment comes down to very different design philosophies:

• TNT: Evilution leans more toward atmosphere, exploration, and gradual escalation. Even when it’s challenging, it usually gives you space to breathe.
• Plutonia is basically a gauntlet. It was designed by the Casali brothers to punish mistakes—tight encounters, lots of traps, and enemies like Arch-Viles and Chaingunners placed to maximize frustration.

What you felt with Plutonia—high stress even on easy—is kind of the point of that megawad. But that doesn’t automatically make it more fun. There’s a difference between:

• engaging challenge (TNT often hits this), and
• constant pressure with little recovery time (Plutonia at its worst)

Your comment about the secret maps is especially telling. Plutonia’s MAP31 and MAP32 are infamous for being brutal regardless of difficulty. On “I’m Too Young to Die,” you get more ammo and take less damage, but the encounter design itself doesn’t fundamentally change—so the stress is still there.

Also worth noting: early Plutonia maps do feel oddly flat compared to what comes later. It ramps up hard, but not always smoothly.

If your stress was at “unhealthy levels,” that’s a good signal—not a weakness. Doom is at its best when you’re in that flow state: alert, but not overwhelmed. Once it tips into constant tension, it stops being fun and starts feeling like work.

If you’re continuing with classic Doom content, you might enjoy:

• Final Doom TNT on higher difficulties (it scales more gently)
• Community WADs that emphasize exploration over ambush spam
• Or even revisiting Plutonia later with foreknowledge—it becomes more of a puzzle than a panic simulator.

Stargunner (Atari 2600)

Monster Inn (Tomy Tutor)

@john2001plus6 days ago (edited)
Monster Inn gives me Popeye vibes, but it looks like much less fun. The movement looks jerky.