anyone else obsessively play The Incredible Machine growing up?

when i was a teenager, it was pretty rare to have games that ran in VGA/EGA hi-res modes. so whenever i came across one, it was a rare treat.

TIM runs in 640x440 using non-square pixels. that's already a fairly uncommon graphics mode in its time.

even weirder: the original diskette for it reads "256 color" on it. except..... the game isn't 256 colours! not even close. it is a *16 colour game*. it uses the standard EGA palette colours with one tweak: it replaces screaming pink magenta with a warm gold.

it manages pull off the 256-colour-like look through dithering. zoom in to the screenshots to see how the artist creates really beautiful texture and colour ramps using just 2-3 colours. (e.g. the gold plating in the first pic)

#sierra #dynamix #dosGaming #retrogaming #msdos

Before Betrayal at Krondor, #Dynamix was already dungeon crawling. #SwordOfKadash mashes up Rogue, Wizardry and Gauntlet into 256 hand-crafted screens of real-time, trap-filled brutality. It's not fair, it's not gentle, but it might be the most atmospheric 8-bit crawl you've never played. Save states recommended. Imagination required.

https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/Sword-of-Kadash/

#C64
#AppleII

3-D Ultra Pinball & Trophy Bass

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/3-d-ultra-pinball-trophy-bass

A compilation of two of Sierra's games, 3-D Ultra Pinball and Trophy Bass.

#macgarden #GameCompilations #Pinball #Simulation #1998 #Dynamix #Sierra

In-development images from Castle of Dr. Brain, EcoQuest 1, and Willy Beamish, from Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Vol. 4 #6, Buyer's Guide, Holiday 1991.

#sierra #dynamix #castleofdrbrain #drbrain #ecoquest #willybeamish #adventuregames

Adding the game "Betrayal at Krondor" to my personal collection. This is a DOS game from 1993.

Thanks to the amazing work of the retro gaming community, there are already several different versions of disk images available. All of them tested and verified, which is incredibly awesome! I'm really grateful for this. 🙂

#MSDOS #RetroGaming #DOS #SierraOnline #Dynamix #DOSGaming #Retro #Diskette #FloppyDisk #RPG #90s

The death screen in Rise of the Dragon.

More games should have an ending screen that says "THEND"

#dynamix #riseofthedragon #sierra #adventuregames

Okay, it's almost 4am... I should really go to b.... but let's first upload another set of floppy disks to the retro community! Here's "Aces of the Pacific", version 1.2 in 256 colors for MS-DOS. Perfect KryoFlux streams, working disk images and scans.

https://archive.org/details/aces-of-the-pacific_v12

Have fun! ... and good night!

#RetroGaming #RetroGames #Dynamix #Sierra #MSDOS #FlightSim #DOSGaming #90s

TATLIN и Basis Dynamix: интеграция нашей платформы виртуализации с отечественной СХД

Работать с YADRO мы начали еще несколько лет назад, главной задачей нашего сотрудничества было и остается обеспечение совместимости между СХД TATLIN и нашей платформой управления динамической инфраструктурой Basis Dynamix Enterprise. Наша платформа и раньше умела работать с различными СХД — Hitachi, Huawei и других. Однако где-то были реализованы не все возможности, где-то не хватало веб-интерфейса и приходилось работать через консоль, где-то страдало быстродействие. Тесное сотрудничество с YADRO позволяло подходить к решению этих проблем с обеих сторон, плюс, многие наши заказчики регулярно интересовались развитием поддержки TATLIN.UNIFIED в наших продуктах. И вот на этой неделе мы объявили о более глубокой интеграции между TATLIN.UNIFIED Gen 2 и Basis Dynamix Enterprise, включающей поддержку репликации и мгновенных снимков через интерфейс платформы. О чем и хотим рассказать подробнее.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/basis/articles/890950/

#платформа_виртуализации #dynamix #хранилище_данных #tatlinunified #yadro #интеграция #репликация #снапшоты