ADG Filler #74 - Plans for ADG Season 6 and End of 2018

[@Nostalgianerd]

Extremely detailed gameplay mechanics sounds pretty compelling to me.

[@Spacemutiny]

Nostalgia Nerd I just ordered your book on Amazon! Can’t wait to get it.

[@PumpkinStrikesBack]

I'd say just do anything that you think is fun doing.

[@AlfredRusselWallace]

Really like the mods idea. I'd be super interested in that stuff

[@mattsteele2982]

I just found this channel thanks to an LGR video I've really liked getting to see the some of my old favorites replayed. Just keep up the good work I'm sure everything else will fall into place. I've pretty well binged all your episodes in just over 2 weeks. It's been great. I would really like to see more so don't stop!

[@Pixelmusement]

+Matt Steele I only stop for a couple months at the end of the year to take a break and avoid burnout... also for when I'm sick, which has been the past six days. :P

[@fastbreak333]

Mods is definitely a great idea. The possibilities are endless.

[@ProfRenderer]

I'm on board with these changes. I can't wait for 2019.

[@XanthinZarda]

I'm for the format change. More details in the email on your way.

[@alonsofernandez12]

I Just discover your channel few weeks ago searching information about Electroman, your channel and your work is so amazing, i start to watch every episode in chronological order, next one is episode 20. I think Pro and Mods are amazing idea too, specially if your burnout, but to be honest i will miss to see "new" dos games reviews, maybe you can at least make a new review once a year, specially after some Pro and Mods videos as your burn out decrease.

[@Pixelmusement]

+Alonso Fernandez You missed the part where I said there would still be regular reviews! The way it will play out will be the same quantity of videos, 30 per year, but instead of 25 reviews and 5 fillers it will be 10 reviews, 10 pro, 5 mod and 5 fillers. ;)

[@alonsofernandez12]

@@Pixelmusement Thannk you so much for your reply and sorry misunderstanding; I am perfecting my English and sometimes I do not understand 100% of what I hear. Im so happy about more episodes and Pro and Mods!!!

[@BeyondTheScanlines]

Both Pro and Mods do sound like some very interesting changes to the roster - the design stuff you do highlight in episodes has always been a great feature of ADG to me. Very interested to see how they go in the new year!

[@stevenjlovelace]

Excited for the new content. Shovelware Diggers is my personal favorite. I love seeing you critique the often amateurish shareware, and the short format means you don't have to dig for content on games where there's frankly not much going on.

[@Spacemutiny]

I think this sounds great! I’m especially interested in your videos about game mods. Enjoy the holidays!

[@bradboggess9347]

Your DOS game reviews are great, and I like the attention to detail. If you're feeling burned out, take some time off... you deserve it. Looking forward to next year.

[@anthonyspecf]

You have to do what helps keep things fresh. You need to have fun too. These idea sound good, and I hope it helps recharge your batteries.

[@jikissgamer]

I think this is a great idea Kris. I love hearing about how DOS game mechanics work, and I'm also a big player of Wolf3D and Doom MODs

[@DivineOb]

Both these ideas sound awesome. Can't wait.

[@SlavestoArmok]

Great Ideas Kris! cannot wait for the new content!

[@Hamboarding]

Great thoughts and ideas! I am looking forward to the next season! 🌞

[@matsuretro]

MegaRace and its car stats is something I've wondered about over the years. I've actually been considering doing some Cheat Engine exploring with it to try to figure this stuff out. Like yeah, the manual has car stats, but they're extremely vague. Looking forward to these new videos. :)

[@Pixelmusement]

+uematsufreak That would be a neat one to look into for sure! ;)

[@DarkTenka]

omg .. dude I just recently started speedrunning DOS games and I am SUPER hyped for AGDPro episodes. All of those nitty gritty details is information I wanna know!!! .. Can't wait for ADG Season 7!

[@Pixelmusement]

+Dark Tenka ...Season 6. ;)

[@DarkTenka]

@@Pixelmusement LOL ... I got too excited and jumped ahead a year. I just assumed ADGPro was going to be that successful. :P

[@mikemcgrumpy]

Mods sounds great to me. I personally would love for you to dig deeper in the technical side of things too (architecture choices the devs may have made, any info you can dig up on how it was coded, language, etc). I know that's niche, but I'm really interested in that stuff :-)

[@SonataFanatica]

Yessss, ADG Pro and ADG Mod sound great!!

[@ViolentElements]

Great idea, a format change sounds great even more the last reviews you clearly noticed you didn't have time to finish a game. This might change it

[@aliorunity]

Nice way to continue your show. Thanks for videos you already made and those that coming. My proposition is that you can make a videos about old games development (how they was made and some funny stories about it's lifecycle) Thanks again. Looking your videos with interest ;)

[@sirlight-ljij]

Your new formats sound extremely interesting, I am looking forward to seeing into what they turn into and wish you good luck with them! For the mod videos I have a slight question -- are you going to cover only mods for the existing engines (like map packs, texture swaps, new content and stuff), or you are also planning to cover source ports, remakes and stuff like that?

[@Pixelmusement]

+Sir Light Source ports and remakes can be covered too, but since Pro and Mod videos are specifically for games I've already reviewed, said ports or remakes should be significantly different enough from the base game to warrant taking a look at them. If they're just straight ports with no extra features or content then there's no material to really make a full video out of. :P

[@sirlight-ljij]

@@Pixelmusement You can always cover more than one port. If we're talking about games like Quake, there is never too little stuff you can cover when touching such topic.

[@maquinarama1689]

boi i'm so hyped for this

[@IS4Retro]

Having been a subscriber for a couple of years by now, I must say I really enjoy your content, whatever it is that you make. If you feel a certain change is necessary in order for you to enjoy continuing with the series, go for it. I would like to make a request for ADG Mod: Commander Keen. There's an impressive and relatively large modding community for this game series, having done some incredible feats to the game, NetKeen especially.

[@Pixelmusement]

+IS4 Retro If you have specific requests, make sure to send them to my eMail address; it's too easy to miss them and lose track of them in KZbin comments!

[@F2bnp]

Really liking both ideas, you could also go for late 90's Win9x games like you did with Descent 3 for example or perhaps start looking into console games etc. In any case, I've been a fan since you first posted Episode 1 on Vogons and I've always thought that as long as you do whatever makes you happy, this will shine through your videos.

[@pixelflow]

Great ideas! Tech deep dives (like Bisqwit did with console games that used password saves) are fun! And info on game editing will be great, especially just to preserve, since a lot of old sites/webrings might only exist on archive.org now. Also with the closing of theisozone, makes me realize a lot of early windows95/98 stuff is kinda ancient now :/

[@piratebear3126]

The pro videos sound interesting, your handle on game design and programming is one of he best parts of ADG. I don’t know enough about DOS game mods to have an opinion on the mods show, all the more reason to look forward to it. And while I understand why the guessing game is being scrapped, I will say that the hints were always a fun teaser for the next video. Even if I had virtually no chance of figuring it out, seeing as ADG is my main exposure to DOS games.

[@Pixelmusement]

+Pirate Bear I'm thinking I'll probably still give vague hints in passing at the end of each review as to what review's coming next, but it won't be a focus of the end of the video anymore, nor will there be anything to gain by sending guesses in.

[@laser8550]

Strategy games would be nice for adg pro (though you may not like that much) Xcom enemy unknown already has many mechanics not explained in the manual Change is good to keep things fresh, cant wait to see it

[@Pixelmusement]

+Laser 85 I probably should've clarified that I'll probably gravitate towards games I personally enjoy the most for the Pro and Mod videos, but every once in awhile if the requests are high enough I may stray from that to do a Pro or Mod video on games outside of my comfort zone. :B

[@XanthinZarda]

Also…if it isn't Minesweeper, Kris isn't really about strategy games at all.

[@Spacemutiny]

He still has to review a strategy game that I gifted him. Don’t think I’ve forgotten! Mwahahahaha!

[@Pixelmusement]

+XanthinZarda Or unless Bullfrog made it. For some reason I can play pretty much any strategy game Bullfrog made without issue. :B

[@vaughnbellwood4605]

Good plan, Gemini, good plan .... as long as you cover Master of Orion and the original Heroes of Might & Magic. I know how much you love strategy games! :D

[@cyrus649]

this sound so awesome

[@JemyM]

I am working on keymaps for all platform, shooter, racing and fighting games. I built a launcher that allows you to add your controller and that will be put into the map files automatically. As long as we covered the keymap for that game, the game is instantly playable with controller. We are streamlining the buttons based on stock controls. I am using the largest DOS collection out there with 6000+ playable games and out of those 1500 fit the genre´s I just mentioned. I also built a launcher that allows you to freely browse through games and play them instantly and see some screenshots and information about each game before starting it. While we currently wade through the 550 PC platform games we do find plenty of fun games and plenty of junk. Its just the reality of DOS gaming.

[@Roobar_Plays]

Review the unofficial Commander Keen 7, 8 and 9! Plus there are many more Commander Keen mods! Also, review some unofficial Captain Claw levels. Also, some Jazz Jackrabbit 1/2 levels/episodes!

[@Pixelmusement]

+Roobar If you have specific requests you want to make you should send them to my eMail address. Tracking requests from KZbin comments is extremely difficult and it's easy to miss them entirely! :P

[@IS4Retro]

These three Keen mods are my favourite.

[@intel386DX]

Pixelmusement you must try keen 58 and 59 fantastic mods with better graphics then originals :) awso net keen a multiplayer keen up to 4 players over tcp/ip very cool and fun

[@HappyFrogGamesLLC]

I'm intrigued by the idea of ADG Pro, it could be pretty interesting. ADG Mod however I'm pretty much already on-board with the idea of, heh.

[@scottishscotty7215]

Ooh, I'm excited.

[@cyrillobaggins8789]

damn no ADG videos until next year, rest well

[@shdon]

I have a wait-and-see attitude to the changes, as I'm not sure it's my cup of tea. However, if you're not enjoying the current format any more (it's pretty amazing that you did this for 5 years already), you definitely should shake things up a little. You liking what you do is more important than anything else. I'll miss the guessing game, was always excited when I had a good guess to send in, and totally thrilled if I got it right :) Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing season 6 and whether it helps you regain the enthusiasm for the series.

[@Pixelmusement]

+Steven Don The format's fine, it's just the games I'm not enjoying, so I'm trying to find a way to play more of the games I enjoy to help counterbalance all the ones I don't. Also, I've been doing this for EIGHT years. I started on Blip in May of 2010. The KZbin migration started in 2013 because fans wanted it, but pushed ahead faster in 2015 as a result of Blip shutting down. :P

[@OMGCaptRaven]

Hey Kris! First of all, I want to thank you a lot for doing what you're doing. I can't even remember how I found your channel, I think it was via twitter when Dosnostalgic interacted with you? Anyways, I'm looking forward to the new shows. I'm sorry that not a lot of people participated in the guessing games, but even though I grew up with DOS games, I could almost never think of probable guesses (and I am usually way too lazy to comment on videos anyways). The thing that I wanted to ask is: Even though your channel name suggests otherwise, would you ever consider focusing on early Windows (3.1) games? I enjoy seeing them during Shovelware Diggers episodes (which is an awesome format btw!). Anyways, many greetings from Germany and I wish you all the best for the future!

[@Pixelmusement]

+OMGCaptRaven Anatoly and I do still interact occasionally. As for Win 3.1 stuff I didn't actually play a whole ton of Win 3.1 games as a kid, and most of what I did play was from that same shareware collection we're digging through, so I'm not really the best qualified to talk about Win 3.1 games to a greater level of detail. Every so often I'll bring one up in a filler video, but if I tried to make it a series I'd be out of proper content in just a few weeks! D:

[@AleksandrBekhtin]

ADG Pro doesn't sounds like anything exciting, but ADG Mod...sounds awesome! I can see all these WizardWorks expansions filling your channel soon!

[@jaytime2698]

ever think of making vids for windows games,c64 games, or console games?

[@Pixelmusement]

+Jay Time Older Windows and the C64 I don't have nearly as much experience with as DOS, not by a long shot, and as for console games, that's a MUCH harder format to compete with on KZbin, so I just save playing console games for my livestreams. :B

[@SNESMaster5]

@@Pixelmusement I actually think your format for reviews is solid enough that it could compete with other console game reviews. I'm a console only gamer and still watch ADG because it's interesting, I'd definitely love to see it tried with console games. Maybe analyzing console ports of DOS era PC games?

[@crabman3144]

I'm going to be watching to see how this plays out; I can see this going well and going badly. I'll probably enjoy both series though. That said, are source ports going to be possible topics for ADG Mod? I can see arguments both ways for that.

[@Pixelmusement]

+Vahi5 So long as the source port offers more features and/or content than just being a straight up port with nothing special about it, otherwise there wouldn't be anything to mention about it other than, "This lets you play the game on this OS. Have fun." :B

[@malokegames]

I like the new ideas so far. Unfortunately, the DOS world is not expanding so, slowing down the reviews is a good idea... almost every DOS game that I already heard of was already covered in the channel! Is there by any chance the possibility of resuming the developer series?! I liked the Soluminite project...

[@Pixelmusement]

+Maloke Games I sometimes dabble in making simpler games on my Sunday livestreams or show things I'm working on for my larger projects, but yeah, trying to make a series related to what I was doing in terms of larger projects wasn't working out. Not only was it slowing down progress but it was also getting only a fraction of the views. :/

[@LinksPB]

Love your ideas. Looking forward to them. One request for ADGpro: strategies in Colonization (1994, obviously)

[@seanlavoie2]

If you're considering covering game mods . . . would you consider covering the Reelism doom mod? Reelism changes game mechanics while you play. It's revolutionary (though I haven't had time to try it). It has been covered before, but I think you're particular style would make it worth watching.

[@WhiteRhinoPSO]

I'm sorry, man; I never considered that part of the fun of making your Ancient DOS Games videos was because they were games you had grown up with. I just got excited to see any ADG video that was of a game I myself played, or knew, as a kid, and so was eager to see someone talking about them. Keep up the good work, man! You make some of the best videos about older DOS titles that most people have probably forgotten. Can't wait to see what mods you look at and game mechanics you tear apart in your new stuff.

[@Pixelmusement]

+White Rhino PSO To be fair, I was excited at first to get to play a bunch of DOS games I never did! But that excitement faded when I realized age hasn't changed the level of appeal of those games for me. Being able to play more of the games I'd rather be playing will make it easier for me to play the games I'm unfamiliar with, thus the key reason for making these changes. :B

[@WhiteRhinoPSO]

@@Pixelmusement For me, some of the appeal to playing older DOS games is because I played the Shareware versions as a kid, and never got to play the commercial release. Or, if I did have the commercial release, I just never played any of them through from beginning to end, for whatever reason. I'm still finding older DOS games that I end up loving to play, though; it wasn't until I was much older that I caught wind of Sid Meier's Covert Action, or actually gave System Shock a try. I'm sort of taking my own trip through nostalgia (and through the recently found DOS titles) by playing them for my channel - which also gives me the push I need to actually complete half of them. =P

[@AlyxxTheRat]

Oooooh exciting!

[@verysoftwares]

btw, what's the background music here? sounds nostalgic to me because it has Jazz Jackrabbit -like instruments :)

[@Pixelmusement]

+vs wares That would be "Other Side of the Mirror" which is a tune I made myself using Impulse Tracker a number of years ago. You can get an MP4 of it along with most (not all) of my music from the following page on my website: www.pixelships.com/misc/music.html

[@verysoftwares]

@@Pixelmusement very interesting reading about your musical experiences on that page. i can relate to those 'experience levels', having made music for 12 years now.

[@200dogz]

I'm trying to identify an indistinct memory I have of a DOS game played in the early 90s. Some kind of point-and-click first person adventure game...? Fit on a single 5.25 floppy. Colorful. There's an elevator near the start of the game that you can choose from around 4 floors. The exterior of the elevator has some kind of classic "elevator dial" above it. I also remember there being a sewer near the start. Anyone recall anything like that?

[@thewiirocks]

I think there are still a lot of fun games out there that you haven't had the opportunity to play. Just get some rest and come back to it fresh. :) That being said, don't be afraid to start an AWG at some point. PC Gaming didn't die with DOS. There is quite a lot of stuff you could review as "Ancient Windows Games". For example, I'm a huge Wing Commander fan. Yet WCIV, Prophecy, and the Prophecy Secret Missions are all outside the range of what you would play on ADG. Having and ADW would give you the chance to talk about them! Speaking of Wing Commander.... there are SO MANY games in the series you still haven't done! WC2, WC3, and Privateer are must-play games! Academy and Armada are very short experiences that you could review for the entertainment of your audience without having to invest much time into them. Plus, the WCNews site will feature anything that talks about Wing Commander. It's like instant views for the channel! ;-) Coming back to the AWG idea, you could also consider Ancient Mac Games and Ancient Amiga Games. i.e. Games that might be familiar to your audience , though they may or may not have had a chance to experience them. You know, like Super Wing Commander! (*ducks*)

[@Tgc_Dave]

I would've guessed more on the guessing game, but I know SO little, sometimes. Although, I had a feeling about Hand of Fate, and then didn't guess because I was second guessing myself 🤣

[@verysoftwares]

hey Pixelmusement! how's season 6 coming along? i've been catching up with episodes i've missed.

[@Pixelmusement]

+vs wares Fairly well so far! Getting lots of positive feedback on the new Pro and Mod videos, even though they're not getting quite as many hits as the others. (Although a fair amount to be sure!)

[@Darkstar2342]

What I would love to see for ADG Pro is you diving into various games' files. For example some games have data files that are easy to extract (Dune 2 comes to mind, but most other 90s games are similar). You can find graphics, sounds etc. in there, some of them even unused, and you could explain for example the difference between WAV and VOC files, or the various music tracker formats that were often found in such games. Sometimes, the game EXE itself also contains interesting bits and pieces (like left-over debugging symbols, overlays with data appended to the EXE file, undocumented command line switches for cheat-modes, etc.). Sometimes it might need a bit of digging to get usable data out (the game files might be "encrypted" via XOR, or graphics files might be split from their palette, etc.)...

[@Pixelmusement]

+Darkstar There's already a MASSIVELY better resource for that kind of hidden content: tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor

[@Darkstar2342]

@@Pixelmusement I know. And there's already a MASSIVELY better resource if all you want is play old DOS games. Yet, people still watch and like your channel ;-) Most of the stuff you show can be googled too, but people (me included, of course) prefer to watch you show/play it. Same with TCRF. Just because it's there doesn't mean people wouldn't want to watch it. But then again, you probably know your audience better than I do so I trust your judgement :)

[@Pixelmusement]

+Pixelmusement Well, it's more a matter that doing those kinds of videos means I'm either competing against TCRF trying to find everything myself, which is impractical since multiple people investigate these games so it would be way too easy for me to miss things, or rehashing the TCRF articles which isn't really something I want to be doing 'cause that's kinda not cool, taking other people's investigations and presenting them as my own... Or I suppose maybe someday in the future, with permission from the TCRF staff, I could make videos which specifically dive into the TCRF articles, showcasing the contents of them, but that's neither here nor now. Definitely stuff to think about and keep in mind though! :)

[@AsyyyGaming]

Hey Kris, for the ADG pro thing you may want to check out the youtube channel "spirit of the law". Among his other content, he does these empirical experiments to figure out how stuff works in Age of Empires 2. E.g., how does a unit's damage output vary based on distance, armor, elevation and type of the attacked unit. He then makes tables and plots and people really seem to enjoy that stuff.

[@Pixelmusement]

+AsyyyGaming Good to know there's other people who've tried that route with a measure of success! :)

[@StoneCresent]

ADG Mods sounds interesting. I get the impression that there were a ton of Doom mods; so, for those sort of games, maybe you could do a primer on the history of the mod scene for that game. Explaining what mods were popular, what mods pushed the game engine's limits, and what is the modding scene like today if it still exists.

[@Pixelmusement]

+StoneCresent Game history is not my forte so I probably wouldn't do a video like that, but covering the numerous mods and editors for Doom is very possible. What's great about the Pro and Mod formats is that multiple Pro and Mod videos can be made for a single game! ;)

[@RetroSwim]

How about the rest of 2018? Got some awesome fillers planned? (Or did you say, and I missed it?)

[@Pixelmusement]

+RetroSwim You missed it, I mentioned my plans for the rest of the year at the end. In short: Shovelware Diggers and livestreams continue as usual, no ADG for the rest of the year because I spent the whole year in a semi-burnout state.

[@RetroSwim]

@@Pixelmusement Ah true, fair call, hope the rest of the year treats you well! :)

[@DurradonXylles]

I think ADG Mods and ADG Pro sound like really good ideas, and if you feel compelled to do these in between more sparse regular DOS game reviews I think that sounds like a good way to stay focused and keep the vids fresh without burning out. I know you've been doing the occasional Windows game review as filler vids, and I don't want to put too much on your plate by suggesting this, but I think something you could do is an occasional "Ancient Windows Games" review as its own series. I know a lot of your peers have already talked about games made for Windows 3.1, 95 and 98, but I think that the ADG video review style would be nice for an occasional Windows game review if you need a week to fill up or a particular Windows game catches your fancy. There are a lot of Windows games made for the old 3.1 and 9x OSes that aren't covered a lot, some barely at all, and it would be nice to see a ADG styled breakdown of some of them. I want to stress again that I'm suggesting this as an occasional video series to fill in some weekly slots if necessary.

[@Pixelmusement]

+DurradonXylles 90s Windows is not my specialty in the slightest. I only played a very small number of full games and everything else was stuff from that Softkey collection we're going through on Shovelware Diggers. When particular games come up through I will consider them for filler videos! :B

[@drzeissler]

1. Old Dos-Games that had SMOOOOTH Scrolling (Hard/Software) like the competitors had (c64/atari/amiga). That woulbe be interesting. 2. Have you explained why you use dosbox to play the old dosgames? and what machine are you using therefore?

[@XanthinZarda]

To the second point, he has explained in a video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3TKmqZ7e7SVoKM TL;DW: It's easier than running 3 machines.

[@UltimatePerfection]

I wanna see your let's plays.

[@Pixelmusement]

+QVear Check out my Sunday livestreams then. There's also clips on my Twitch channel you can watch anytime of fun things that happened in prior streams! ;)

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@Pixelmusement Do you stream on KZbin? Because twitch is unreasonably laggy for me on either pc or mobile.

[@Pixelmusement]

+QVear I use Twitch; KZbin goes absolutely NUTS with ads on livestreams. That said, you can overcome most Twitch lag issues simply by using different browsers. If that's not enough, you can try choosing lower quality settings than "source", as I stream at the recommended 3.5 Mbps. Failing any of that you might want to consider a new ISP, router, or device because lag is absolutely not normal for the vast majority of users.

[@빵빵빵-m1o]

I am little bit sad when more old game KZbin creaters move to other direction like hardwares. Your plan seems good to me. By the way, I am the villain that constantly sending my game to you, Which is now on steam.

[@meanmole3212]

Still, I'd be more interested in hearing the development specific stuff behind the old games. Reaching the original developers and having a mini interview with them through email or other means would be a pretty unique addition to your channel.

[@Pixelmusement]

+mean mole I've thought about that, and it's not like I've never been in contact with these devs, but that would require significant amounts of planning, more than I'm usually able to put towards each video due to the pace at which I make these, so I'm not sure I could pull that off decently.

[@Solis4Champ]

AWG.. Ancient Windows Games. Time to start a new series! :D

[@Christopher-N]

Suggested ADG Filler video: Rocket Jumping in various games, the most obvious being _DOOM,_ and _Rise of the Triad._

[@Christopher-N]

And don't forget "The Moans" puppet outros on the *Techmoan* channel.

[@KainXVIII]

For a moment i thought that you will quit reviewing DOS games, whew!

[@Pixelmusement]

+Николай I wouldn't be ambiguous about something like that, and quite frankly, since all of my income is coming from Patreon support right now, that would be an amazingly dumb idea. :P

[@KainXVIII]

@@Pixelmusement can't say if i will be against some AWG episodes though ;-P

[@Pixelmusement]

+Николай They would be filler videos. I don't have enough experience with 90s Windows games to make an entire series out of it. :P

[@KainXVIII]

@@Pixelmusement i don't think you need some deep experience to play windows games :-D

[@divingonthemic]

Hex editor finds aren't a bad idea.

[@2livetgame789]

You could always continue with Windows95 games ya know. Shellshock Fury3 StarLancer Critical Mass Monster Truck Madness Carmageddon SKI OR DIE or what was it called. Then there's the Gameboy with awesome games like Gargoyles or Double Dragon (GB has best version with best music) Or Arcade games with Lightguns like House of the Dead 2. Or MAME games like Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. You could do more broad topics like music or art in DOS games. Or how technical limitations formed these games.

[@Imgema]

Do some kissing pranks. Seriously though, i would recommend doing old console games. Maybe compare DOS-Console ports. Or Arcade-DOS port comparisons. You will have a lot of material for many seasons.

[@pelimies1818]

Your new plan sounds good, and I’m sure you can follow your plan to make it an enjoyable package. Please, PEASE, do not start making food/movie revies like AngyJoe. This said, I’d like to praise LGR that most his videos are still ENTERTAINING (skipping thrifts and box openings now-a-days), but I see your channel as more serious; you as an inventor and upkeeper of the dos game heritage. Thank you for your long road making these vids for us.

[@pelimies1818]

How is it possible to make typos this frequent.. :D

[@Pixelmusement]

+Peli Mies I tried a soda pop related video once... It's probably the most downvoted video on my channel. ;D

[@TorinnDerg]

I wanna see Krypton Egg

[@EdmondDantes224]

Honestly both these things sound good. I'm thinking of doing a thing on my wordpress blog (jispylicious.wordpress.com) where I talk about steps to get old software running... because in some cases I've noticed its different between real hardware and Dosbox. Recent experience was the CD-ROM version of Flashback: the Quest for Identity. For some reason it doesn't install properly in Dosbox (it'll create a batch file but not a sound configuration or an installer--nor will it actually bring up sound configuration at any time) but does just fine on real hardware... yet on real hardware its a game that doesn't like fast machines but this seems to completely disappear in Dosbox. I'm not sure if these same issues exist in the floppy disk version... does anyone down in the comments know?

[@simovihinen875]

Pro format: Of course there could have been speedrunners (in specific) who might already have looked into this stuff if it was relevant to the runs. Make sure to look up guides and such.

[@XanthinZarda]

TASvids would be a great resource; the problem is, it isn't easy to TAS a computer game.

[@Pixelmusement]

+Simo Vihinen The point of the Pro videos is the process of investigation with a minimal reliance on external sources, or with only the most basic external knowledge typically found from the period of time the game was made in, such as cheat codes. If I was just rehashing info already on the web then there wouldn't be anything entertaining about the video. :P

[@simovihinen875]

@@Pixelmusement If you're going to put in such effort, you might as well make "has this already been done" one of your criteria though, mightn't you? To be fair, not a lot of DOS games in specific have been run, or thus, studied.

[@Pixelmusement]

+Simo Vihinen The trick is to play more of the games I want to be playing, so whether something I want to investigate has been done before or not is irrelevant and doesn't change anything in regards to the entertainment potential of such a video. ;)

[@JimLeonard]

@@Pixelmusement Planning on disassembling the games? (You can use sourcer if you want something period-appropriate)

[@PlayStationPaul]

I can't understand why people wouldn't want you to do LPs. Good, thorough, focused LPs by skilled and knowledgeable players tend to be some of the best gaming content out there. Reviews are nice, especially detailed objective reviews like yours, but they can only go so far. A good LP can deconstruct the whole game from beginning to end and take you on a journey that even the best reviews can't deliver. I guess the main problem, for me at least but presumably for other viewers, is that to avoid spoilers I'd only watch if I'd finished the game, which could restrict views to a certain extent. Obviously this doesn't apply to reviews, provided the reviewer is conscientious of spoilers which I'll admit isn't always the case. Regardless it still baffles me why someone who's supposedly passionate about games would not appreciate a good LP. Sure there are some terrible LPs out there, I'm not a fan of the shallow truncated half hour ones that trend on some of the bigger channels nor the "personality" driven ones where the focus is more on the player than the game (and don't get me started on streams), but when they're good, like I said, they can be some of the best gaming content out there. That said ADG Pro sounds great, I'm looking to play System Shock for the first time so providing you don't get too spoilerish it should be an interesting watch.

[@Pixelmusement]

+PlayStationPaul What it basically comes down to is that LPs are less popular than structured videos. Every single person I watch on KZbin who does both has between 1/4 and 1/10 the views on their LPs compared to their structured content. This doesn't mean people don't like them, but not enough people like them for me to warrant swapping out structured content for LPs. :P

[@PlayStationPaul]

@@Pixelmusement Sure, though not always the case. I watch a few channels where the LP views are higher than any "structured" content (though I'd argue that a good LP would still be structured, but I understand what you mean). I'm more of an LP guy than a review guy anyway so that's usually the main focus of those channels. But my point was WHY are they less popular? When in theory a good LP will give you a more thorough insight into a game than a review. I realise I've probably partially answered that question already. I've watched all your reviews, several times in some cases, but none of your LPs, mainly because I've never played the games you've let's played and I don't want them spoiled in case I do. But if you ever decided to let's play a game I'd finished I'd be on it like a shot.

[@trashkassett]

Looking forward to the mod videos. I'm guessing Doomed would be one tool to cover. By the way, I think you would love to play around with Turbo C++ 3 and poking the VGA memory. How about making some videos coding snow, smoke, plasma effect, raster lines, playing MOD and syncing to gfx, etc. Check out www.brackeen.com/vga

[@trashkassett]

Playing MOD/S3M, check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXWqaq1sjrStnck

[@TheCraziestFox]

Maybe return of the game dev series? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink?

[@Pixelmusement]

+TheCraziestFox I do occasionally do simpler game dev on my livestreams, but trying to make a series out of it for larger projects just slowed the whole process down and with so little time to work on game dev as it stands I can't really afford that time loss. Plus not a lot of people were interested in it compared to the rest of my videos. :/

[@herbiehusker1889]

Why not review new DOS games, 8-bit guy is releasing Planet X3 soon.

[@Pixelmusement]

+Herbie Husker I can cover modern DOS games in filler videos, no worries about that. ;)

[@intel386DX]

Pixelmusement the best new Dos game is colled MagiDuck you have to try it :)!

[@ワラッセまけんし]

Play old windows game too. Call it ancient pc games. Stick before 2000 and have ir a go.

[@z-3to204]

Mods sounds like it could be fun. Pro sounds legit boring. I guess I’ll have to be proven wrong.

[@doktoroptimo]

just expand to ancient windows games

[@eng3d]

If the change means alienate your own audience then no.

[@Pixelmusement]

+eng3d Exactly why I said it's not permanent unless my fans enjoy it. I can use the view numbers and the thumbs up and down to figure that out once I start producing these videos. :B