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What If Video Games Came on VHS? One Modder Is Finding Out (gardinerbryant.com)
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Most of the actual news about this project has already been covered elsewhere, so this is really just me indulging my love of strange physical gaming media and the wonderfully impractical things people come up with.

I've always been fascinated by oddities from gaming history, and the idea of someone getting Doom and Super Mario Bros. working with VHS tapes was far too interesting for me to ignore.

So here's a little/casual dive into GCVHS, the bizarre Action Max console from 1987, and why I think there's something super curious about people finding new uses for old technology. Sometimes I just like writing about things because they're weird :)

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[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Long and frequent load screens

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Seek times are measured in 'yes'.

[–] potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I instantly knew it was Throaty Mumbo, his channel is full of neat stuff like this

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 1 points 5 days ago

Yes. Just can't mention what all of involved with his projects. Why can't we just have fun things once in a while. The hive mind would collectively have a conniption fit if they heard those two letters.