The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoLet's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers.media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1427
arrow-up1427imageLet's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers.media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareBenderRodriguez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoDo you play modern FPSs?
minus-squareToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 hours agoI do! I play shooters from every era. Using the d-pad for movement isn’t too dissimilar from WASD movement IMO, and the joystick for aiming is standard. I thought it worked quite well.
minus-squareBenderRodriguez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoWhat about the original Duke Nukem from 1991?
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours ago You mean this? It’s a Swedish release, can’t find the year, but it has over 1 Mb of graphics and animations!
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThe og is a side scroller
minus-squareBenderRodriguez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThat’s the one I’m talking about. I’m trying to get it for free online, but I can’t find it.
minus-squaremech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 hours agohttps://www.playdosgames.com/play/duke-nukem You can play it in your browser or download the installer under “Files” further down the page.
minus-squareToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoI’ve played the OG Duke a little bit on modern PC, but otherwise I don’t have much experience with it.
Do you play modern FPSs?
I do! I play shooters from every era. Using the d-pad for movement isn’t too dissimilar from WASD movement IMO, and the joystick for aiming is standard. I thought it worked quite well.
What about the original Duke Nukem from 1991?
You mean this? It’s a Swedish release, can’t find the year, but it has over 1 Mb of graphics and animations!
The og is a side scroller
That’s the one I’m talking about. I’m trying to get it for free online, but I can’t find it.
https://www.playdosgames.com/play/duke-nukem
You can play it in your browser or download the installer under “Files” further down the page.
I’ve played the OG Duke a little bit on modern PC, but otherwise I don’t have much experience with it.