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People who grow up using these sorts of bespoke software are gonna have some pretty weird nostalgia. "Hey when you were a toddler did you ever play with a paint

by fwipsy 4mo ago

People who grow up using these sorts of bespoke software are gonna have some pretty weird nostalgia. "Hey when you were a toddler did you ever play with a paint app where the fill tool created flashing swirly patterns? ...no?"

IncreasePosts 4mo ago
I spent my whole childhood trying to find someone who played Defender of the Crown and never found one :(
- _0ffh 4mo ago
  This is... strange? I wonder what the reason might be? Anyways, you've found someone. Or at least someone who used to.
  - gikkman 4mo ago
    That makes a whole three of us. I played it on NES, and it wasn't until I was in my 20s I learned to it existed on other platforms too. My dad and I spent days on that game trying to figure out good strategies and how to beat it. Good memories.
- CodesInChaos 4mo ago
  Apparently Defender of the Crown will get a remaster next month: https://www.gog.com/en/game/defender_of_the_crown_the_legend_returns https://www.gog.com/en/game/defender_of_the_crown_the_legend... https://store.steampowered.com/app/4208140/Defender_of_the_Crown_The_Legend_Returns/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/4208140/Defender_of_the_C...
- jasfi 4mo ago
  I played it! Couldn't remember the name but it is the same game as linked to that I do remember.
scrame 4mo ago
I have a friend who's dad is a good carpenter, put a whole second story on his house, did the flooring and made a lot of furniture. He said it was about 4th grade before he found out that there were stores where people went and bought furniture instead of just making their own.
- __MatrixMan__ 4mo ago
  My parents aren't especially skilled carpenters, electricians plumbers, or HVAC technicians, but they managed to be good enough at those things. At sixteen my girlfriend's family was flabbergasted to learn that I had never seen my parents hire such people. My dad was also a pirate, and I had a similar experience when I learned that you could buy VHS tapes with pictures of the lion king on them, rather than just "Lion King" in dad's handwriting.
  - benj111 4mo ago
    Was he a pirate? Or did he just record off TV?
    - __MatrixMan__ 4mo ago
      He did not wear an eyepatch or kill people, he did sail the high seas on occasion, he recorded both TV and made vhs and cassette tape copies, I don't think he ever sold these copies. I'll let you decide if he was a pirate.
      - benj111 4mo ago
        Recording off the TV isn't pirating. Why do you think they were allowed to sell blank tapes and later hard drive recorders? If he's selling copies then maybe. But for personal consumption that's legal. The term pirate is already expansive enough. I don't think we need to expand it into legal activities.
      - dhosek 4mo ago
        No eye patch, peg leg or parrot, not a pirate.
BalinKing 4mo ago
On the subject of nostalgic paint apps, I distinctly remember one of the Kid Pix drawing tools/games that I had growing up... what a weird piece of software that was!
- fwipsy 4mo ago
  Yeah I remember kid pix! All the computer labs in school had it.
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hiyfsch 4mo ago
The best one for me is Mario Paint on SNES!
- NDlurker 4mo ago
  I loved making animations on there. Anyone remember Kai's Power Goo? My school computer lab had it on all the Macs
sublinear 4mo ago
I think we're well past the point where anyone is feeling that level of nostalgia for software. Unless they are explicitly reminded (immediately ruining any sentiment other than indifference), they're more likely to find closure mistaking it for something else. We just saw this play out over the last 20 years with meme pollution.
jamal-kumar 4mo ago
Reminds me of the Nanny Lynn tapes that everyone was wondering what the hell it was about for a while like it was some kind of analogue horror thing and then it turned out to be just some cartoon someone made for their grandkids or something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-x_JtsdCvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-x_JtsdCvA

by fwipsy 4mo ago

IncreasePosts 4mo ago

I spent my whole childhood trying to find someone who played Defender of the Crown and never found one :(

_0ffh 4mo ago
This is... strange? I wonder what the reason might be? Anyways, you've found someone. Or at least someone who used to.
- gikkman 4mo ago
  That makes a whole three of us. I played it on NES, and it wasn't until I was in my 20s I learned to it existed on other platforms too. My dad and I spent days on that game trying to figure out good strategies and how to beat it. Good memories.
CodesInChaos 4mo ago
Apparently Defender of the Crown will get a remaster next month: https://www.gog.com/en/game/defender_of_the_crown_the_legend_returns https://www.gog.com/en/game/defender_of_the_crown_the_legend... https://store.steampowered.com/app/4208140/Defender_of_the_Crown_The_Legend_Returns/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/4208140/Defender_of_the_C...
jasfi 4mo ago
I played it! Couldn't remember the name but it is the same game as linked to that I do remember.

scrame 4mo ago

I have a friend who's dad is a good carpenter, put a whole second story on his house, did the flooring and made a lot of furniture. He said it was about 4th grade before he found out that there were stores where people went and bought furniture instead of just making their own.

__MatrixMan__ 4mo ago
My parents aren't especially skilled carpenters, electricians plumbers, or HVAC technicians, but they managed to be good enough at those things. At sixteen my girlfriend's family was flabbergasted to learn that I had never seen my parents hire such people. My dad was also a pirate, and I had a similar experience when I learned that you could buy VHS tapes with pictures of the lion king on them, rather than just "Lion King" in dad's handwriting.
- benj111 4mo ago
  Was he a pirate? Or did he just record off TV?
  - __MatrixMan__ 4mo ago
    He did not wear an eyepatch or kill people, he did sail the high seas on occasion, he recorded both TV and made vhs and cassette tape copies, I don't think he ever sold these copies. I'll let you decide if he was a pirate.
    - benj111 4mo ago
      Recording off the TV isn't pirating. Why do you think they were allowed to sell blank tapes and later hard drive recorders? If he's selling copies then maybe. But for personal consumption that's legal. The term pirate is already expansive enough. I don't think we need to expand it into legal activities.
    - dhosek 4mo ago
      No eye patch, peg leg or parrot, not a pirate.

BalinKing 4mo ago

On the subject of nostalgic paint apps, I distinctly remember one of the Kid Pix drawing tools/games that I had growing up... what a weird piece of software that was!

fwipsy 4mo ago
Yeah I remember kid pix! All the computer labs in school had it.

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hiyfsch 4mo ago

The best one for me is Mario Paint on SNES!

NDlurker 4mo ago
I loved making animations on there. Anyone remember Kai's Power Goo? My school computer lab had it on all the Macs

sublinear 4mo ago

I think we're well past the point where anyone is feeling that level of nostalgia for software. Unless they are explicitly reminded (immediately ruining any sentiment other than indifference), they're more likely to find closure mistaking it for something else. We just saw this play out over the last 20 years with meme pollution.

jamal-kumar 4mo ago

Reminds me of the Nanny Lynn tapes that everyone was wondering what the hell it was about for a while like it was some kind of analogue horror thing and then it turned out to be just some cartoon someone made for their grandkids or something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-x_JtsdCvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-x_JtsdCvA