Tetris: A Blog Squirrel Mini Special

Here's the situation. I killed The Obscure Research Project a few months ago. I regret nothing. But the problem is that as long as I choose not to maintain it, it will be sitting there, telling lies, and I don't like that. So I'm going to rectify this situation by covering not the one, not the two, but the three (and a half) Tetris games for the NES. And the 1988 Arcade version. And god knows what else.

It's 2012 Squirrel correcting 2008 Squirrel in what I like to call a "mini special". Much like the days when I went through tons of games, except here there's only a half dozen, and I can't be bothered to take it out of blog format.

An NEC PC-6001 Special

It's twenty-three times the fun today with this NEC PC-6001 Blog Squirrel special spectacular! Marvel at yet another computer which time has tossed aside (though in this case, there's probably a good reason for it).

When Super Mario Bros. Special got into the mainstream press a couple of years ago, many websites started to acknowledge the NEC PC-8801's existence. But that's by no means the only Japanese computer of the early 1980s - there are many, many more, each with their own strange stories and questionable ports of Xevious to share, and the PC-6001 is one of them. I'm low on information regarding the machine, but it's a start.

Though I still haven't found that Donkey Kong clone with robots.

An Acorn Electron Special

All that talk about the BBC Micro reminded me of a forum post from about a year ago. I set about emulating the entire library of Acorn Electron games I've "inherited" to see if they've stood the test of time. Most haven't, but it's still worth taking a look.

So, presenting The Wonderful World of Squirrel's Acorn Electron! I'm sure you'll find it gripping... unless you read it last year.

I've cleaned up most of it from its original MFGG incarnation so now it's slightly more descriptive and employs a novelty rating system. I can't say it was a pleasant experience playing these things but I doubt I'll need to touch them again in the near future.

A Blog Squirrel Special

The latest version of DOSBox, released earlier this month, gives Frogger some water. It got me thinking... this port is a bit redundant, I WONDER HOW MANY OTHERS ARE

So, presenting A Blog Squirrel special on CGA arcade ports. A comparison of some of the earliest PC games with their arcade counterparts. From this little test I've found that old IBM PC ports tend to be 54.29% accurate... if that means anything.

It was a little too big to squeeze into a single blog post, which is why it's being hosted separately. It also wasn't really suited for tORP since there wasn't much research going on. Anyway, if you have time, check it out.