MIST0525/MIST0525.NFO

Mistigram: this #ANSIart portrait of #RogueOne and #Andor’s #K2SO was drawn by Zeus II for use as an infofile header in last year’s science fiction-themed MIST0525 artpack collection. #MayThe4thBeWithYou!

When most people think about the classic BBS door game Barren Realms Elite, they probably remember the drippy logo from John Dailey's 1999 release.

But, in fact, BRE went through *many* different title screens during the years it was under active development by its creator, Mehul Patel.

Check out this gallery of 14 BRE title screens, culled from my collection of 40 BRE releases between 1992 and 1997.

https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/05/02/the-many-ansi-title-screens-of-barren-realms-elite/

#bbs #retrocomputing #retrogaming #vintagecomputing #ansiart

For the last 25 years, Barren Realms Elite (BRE) has been frozen in amber, with the same ANSI title screen.

But it was preceded by _lots_ of other designs from 1992-97.

I put together a gallery of 14 of these forgotten screens:

https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/05/02/the-many-ansi-title-screens-of-barren-realms-elite/

I hope you'll enjoy revisiting the changing looks of a classic BBS door game.

#bbs #retrocomputing #retrogaming #InternetHistory #history #vintagecomputing #ansiart #ansi #textmode

MIST0426/CT-JOSE_SARAMAGO-BLINDNESS

Mistigram: one of the first screens Cthulu started when the idea of doing a books-themed artpack came up (and also, after quite some turbulance, the very last one he finished), this adaptation of the typographical cover design to the 1999 Mariner Press edition of #JoseSaramago’s #Blindness was included in last month’s new literary MIST0426 artpack collection. (The artist thanks Yvonne for lending her copy so many years ago!)

If you've done 6 impossible things this week, why not round it off with a trip onboard "thE grAvY trAIn" TONiGHT at 21:00 UK! (1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern)

https://erb.pw/y/tgt20260502

#DontPanic #thEgrAvYtrAIn #TextMode
#RetroComputing #BBS #ChipTunes #TrackerMusic #ANSIArt #ASCIIArt