Video Freddy Pharkas – Frontier Pharmacist – Intro – HQ Enhanced James Schumacher, June 30, 2013October 6, 2016 The Intro sequence from the classic Sierra On-Line adventure game, Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist. Sierra Fanfare uses soundfont from below. Graphics are scaled through DosBox. Probably going up a bunch of Sierra intros and gameplay like I did for Lucasarts Madness – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKfzZUidwkH4MJFDgGGY28SUR7FFd0HOM Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist CD version DosBox… Continue Reading
Video Sleeping Dogs Nightmare in Northpoint – Part 1 – Chinese Magic James Schumacher, April 9, 2013October 6, 2016 I definitely have more videos from LucasArts games coming up soon (and then I plan on doing some classic Sierra work), but here is a little break with some more Nightmare in North Point DLC from Sleeping Dogs. Wei meets an old friend, Vincent. Only trouble is, Vincent died awhile… Continue Reading
Video Sam and Max Hit the Road – Intro (LucasArts) James Schumacher, April 4, 2013October 6, 2016 Sam and Max Hit the Road takes the two titular characters created by Steve Purcell and puts them in a big LucasArts adventure game. The original Sam and Max might be the most underrated of the LucasArts / Sierra adventure gaming golden era. It features great voice acting work from… Continue Reading
Old School Gaming Maps James Schumacher, July 17, 2012July 17, 2012 Nostalgia Alert. Good Stuff A Tribute to Old Video Game Maps Ah the Video Game Map. It used to be that almost every good game came with an in-depth color manual and usually a map of some sort. The Nostlagia is strong now. Check out this article from Kotaku with… Continue Reading
Video Games Video – Police Quest III Intro Sequence James Schumacher, July 14, 2012October 6, 2016 Police Quest III was the first in the series to be fully mouse-driven, preceding the Police Quest 1 VGA remake. This game was strictly PC and Amiga only and came in 3.5″ and 5.25″ floppy versions. Following the events of the first two games, Sonny has married Marie after the… Continue Reading
Awesome Retro-style Prints James Schumacher, July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 Awesome retro-style prints. #crosspost RetroGeekology offers a small collection of art prints inspired by classic gaming, such as Metroid, Super Mario, Zelda and the always classic Castlevania. A great way to add some classically-inspired art to your gaming or media room. Silent Hill f – PlayStation 5, Amazon Exclusive Day One… Continue Reading
Gun Crazy Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series James Schumacher, June 16, 2011March 2, 2014 Gun Crazy (originally called Deadly is the Female) is a 1950 Film-Noir from director Joseph H. Lewis and writer MacKinlay Kantor who wrote the screenplay based on his original work. An interesting side-note, Millard Kaufman received a co-credit as screenwriter. Kaufman was creator of Mr Magoo at the time and… Continue Reading