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Quest for Infamy / Re: Re: Boxed version DRM free?

« on: August 15, 2014, 03:30:03 PM »

Quote from: Blackthorne on August 15, 2014, 10:49:26 AM

No, unfortunately, the DVD will have only versions for DOS 3.1 - and DRM that requires you to be connected to the internet while playing, and every five minutes you must "like" a cat picture on Facebook, or it shuts off.

Dude! I've got a boatload of 3½" AOL floppy diskettes laying around.

Just put a piece of tape over the read/write hole to copy the QFI game; next, cross out "AOL Install Diskette" and then write "QFI" on the label using a Sharpie™-brand marker.

BOOM, you're set: practically ZERO cost for the magnetic media! Just $$$ for the marker and a roll of tape...

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Defunct Publisher Sierra Reveals New Website

« on: August 13, 2014, 08:53:19 PM »

Quote from: Blackthorne on August 13, 2014, 08:08:54 PM

Quote from: Bad2DaBone on August 13, 2014, 04:18:53 PM
You guys should....

SUBMIT SPACE QUEST 2 VGA TO THEM AND RACK IN THE BIG BUCKAZOIDS!!!!!!!

Hahah, if they want to give us a budget to go in, clean it up and finish a new version, that would be cool, eh?

I'm ready with the fonts!

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IQ Chat / Re: A Message from Steve Alexander & James Mulvale of IQ!

« on: August 10, 2014, 09:31:04 PM »

Quote from: Blackthorne on August 10, 2014, 08:19:18 PM

Hahah. I used to do "Tribute" and "Fuck Her Gently" back in my coffee house days. I've been a fan of "The D" since the mid-90s. Even watched the obscure HBO show they had - along with Mr. Show, which may be the best sketch comedy show ever.

Another Mr. Show fan here!

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Favorite videogame magazines of the 80's/90's

« on: August 08, 2014, 10:09:36 PM »

Quote from: Bad2DaBone on August 08, 2014, 09:55:26 PM

So what were your favorite gaming magazines from the oldschool days?

I really like Nintendo Power as well as EGM.

Hah! Not old school enough for me, sonny!

It's Electronic Games magazine FTW!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Games

https://www.google.com/search?q=electronic+games+magazine&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Y4HlU_LUFcjA8QHw_4GICw&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=588#q=electronic+games+magazine+-monthly&tbm=isch

Still have a bunch of them (early-to-mid '80s) in a box somewhere in my parent's basement...

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Tequila?

« on: July 30, 2014, 06:28:19 PM »

Since I don't tweet, I have to make the observation from BT's recent tweet here instead...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3h2YaYqljI" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3h2YaYqljI</a>

Tell me -- at the following times:

0:08-0:11
0:12-0:17
0:21-0:24
0:31-0:33
0:35-0:38
0:41-0:44
0:48-0:51
1:01-1:03

...is the Iceman doing the Pee-Wee Herman Big Shoe/"Tequila!" dance? (Granted, he's not on his tip-toes.)

Or am I exhibiting the first stages of early on-set PW withdrawal?

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Quest for Infamy / Re: Medieval Pixel font created for Quest For Infamy

« on: July 10, 2014, 02:50:26 PM »

Quote from: s_d on July 10, 2014, 01:45:27 PM

So good!! You're a master of fonts, my friend.

Thank you, s_d!

Along with this typeface, I designed the main text font (coincidently called "IQ Text") that's used in QFI. I'm hoping that BT & Klyotos like it enough to use it in future IQ games, much like Sierra used certain fonts across many of their games...

And I also designed the in-game copy protection symbols, based on my love of QFG4's five element icons for Dr. Cranium's formulas.

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Quest for Infamy / Medieval Pixel font created for Quest For Infamy

« on: July 10, 2014, 12:25:21 PM »

*Note that you must be a registered FontStruct user to download the font.

After a while — if there's any interest — I'll probably provide a direct, non-FontStruct link for the TTF...

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Quest for Infamy / Re: Countdown to Infamy...

« on: July 10, 2014, 08:43:26 AM »

Today.

And on this day, INFAMY is upon us!

(Quest For Infamy, that is)

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Quest for Infamy / Re: Countdown to Infamy...

« on: July 09, 2014, 08:36:40 AM »

1 day.

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Quest for Infamy / Re: Countdown to Infamy...

« on: July 08, 2014, 08:48:46 AM »

2 days.

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Incredible Machine's spiritual successor: Contraption Maker

« on: July 07, 2014, 09:41:57 PM »

Saw this one a while back, but now it's on Steam's Early Access. The team making this includes some of the original TIM developers, including Jeff Tunnell himself:

http://www.destructoid.com/have-fond-memories-of-the-incredible-machine-check-out-contraption-maker-277720.phtml

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