BruberryMuffin
I'd nearly forgotten this game. Note, this is not fanart of an adult Sora. 
𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗢—
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BruberryMuffin
Spookitty
Sion Barzahd. From a Square game called the Bouncer.
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nothing about these proportions make sense
That Cozy Cat
haha the bouncer sure was... a thing
BruberryMuffin
BruberryMuffin
IG image of the character.
That Cozy Cat
vitarays it makes more sense if you realize his clothes are just really dumb and baggy
That Cozy Cat
classic nomura
BruberryMuffin
But yeah, two years before KH was a thing. And I remember playing this back in college.
That Cozy Cat
it's not a great game but I'd love for SE to take another run at it
BruberryMuffin
I think I played it. Hrm.
BruberryMuffin
Like, it looks familiar.
Spookitty
I remember you saying like it had too much fighter at the time.
BruberryMuffin
I think that might have been one of the fighting games that Ben had.
ʙᴀɴɢʙᴏᴏ
god I loved that game so much
BruberryMuffin
And then this one: 
BruberryMuffin
Bloody Roar.
BruberryMuffin
That Cozy Cat
god I miss bloody roar
That Cozy Cat
I hate that konami has the rights to it
BruberryMuffin
That Cozy Cat
: ...and this is why we're friends.
That Cozy Cat
♥
That Cozy Cat
if you want me to shit talk konami I will happily do so.
That Cozy Cat
or obsess about weird fighting games from the early 2000's
BruberryMuffin
How about weird games period.
That Cozy Cat
y'all ever heard of mister mosquito
That Cozy Cat
it's a game where you play as (you guessed it) a mosquito. your goal is to navigate around this one family and collect blood from them without being swatted
BruberryMuffin
That Cozy Cat
and like, the family has their own weird dynamic??
That Cozy Cat
oh gosh. 
BruberryMuffin
That game that's part dating sim, part RPG, where the dating sim is part of the mechanics of the weapon system.
That Cozy Cat
that sounds rad as fuck. what is it and tell me that I can afford it
Spookitty
It's a vintage PS1 game
BruberryMuffin
Thousand Arms - Wikipedia
That Cozy Cat
so.... definitely not then
That Cozy Cat
ebay is laughing in my face right now
Spookitty
The key to power is dating ,as many and as often as possible.
Spookitty
I got lucky at the used bookstore for my copy.
That Cozy Cat
you lucky duck
That Cozy Cat
boyfriend dungeon might be the closest I get I get for now
That Cozy Cat
but for other cool, weird games, Spinch is a really neat little platformer
Spookitty
I just love that all the "dates" involved trick questions with multiple choice answers, and one of the girls wanted you to tell her that she looked fat.
BruberryMuffin
That Cozy Cat
: So, uh. Remember how you convinced me to buy Spike Chunsoft games?
BruberryMuffin
May I return the favor?
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<i>Conception</i> (video game)
That Cozy Cat
oh hell yeah conception
That Cozy Cat
such a weird game. I need to pick this up
That Cozy Cat
esp. before they get hard to find
BruberryMuffin
It's on PC, apparently.
That Cozy Cat
which is nice, but I'm a magpie. I like physical when I can get it
BruberryMuffin
lol
Spookitty
It's harder to lose a digital copy....
That Cozy Cat
I want physical danganronpa but I am waaay too broke to afford them
BruberryMuffin
On July 4, 2019, it was announced that the game would receive an English release on November 5, 2019 for the PlayStation 4 and Steam, under the title Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars. The PS4 versions were criticized for having varying levels of censorship.
BruberryMuffin
A feature called Touch Communication was removed internationally, while the western versions received additional censorship. The PC versions were completely unchanged.
That Cozy Cat
Spookitty
until they take away the digital rights/shut down any way to download it
BruberryMuffin
That Cozy Cat
: Also, I sent you a PM.
That Cozy Cat
Spookitty
as a side-note, ps3 and vita digital stores are shutting down this summer. There are games that exist there that will not be obtainable after the service is shut down
Spookitty
I know....it sucks, but it also happens. There are plenty of games that basically no longer exist because nobody bothered.
Spookitty
I keep talking about trying to port a shape puzzle game I played the hell out of as a kid on a truly floppy disk back in the day onto mobile.
That Cozy Cat
man, I almost guarantee there's a community out there for that
That Cozy Cat
game preservation seems to be picking up steam lately, and I want to get in
Spookitty
Oh, totally. I miss Gertrude's Secrets/Puzzles.
Spookitty
I no longer have the machine that could play it or the actual disks.
That Cozy Cat
I guarantee you're not the only person who likes them.
Spookitty
Maybe. Although I don't know very many people who are THAT nostalgic for PCjr games.
Spookitty
Considering how few people even know that model existed.
That Cozy Cat
i work in a vintage game store. you would be so surprised at the shit people try to collect
Spookitty
Oh, I'm not. We have a lot of computer kitsch.
That Cozy Cat
nice
Spookitty
Supposedly there are decks of cards here, one of which is a version of Edith.
That Cozy Cat
woah
Spookitty
The strip-tease program.
That Cozy Cat
how tf
Spookitty
My parents were career IBMers.
That Cozy Cat
dayum
That Cozy Cat
that's one of those things like you look at and say, "how the fuck do I even begin to monetarily evaluate this"
Spookitty
Dad sneaker-netted a mainframe version of the old Star Trek text game across international borders, and had to stop them from trying to wipe it. "But you said the data has no value, so you won't mind if we erase it." "It has no value because there are only six other machines to run it on."
Spookitty
And they're all owned by institutions.
Spookitty
The gem of the collection is an actual round-hole keypunch made by The Tabulating Company.
Exacerangutan
whoa someone else remembers Thousand Arms
Exacerangutan
aside from the harem-ness I actually really liked the basic idea of instilling weapons with power through the cooperation of a weaponsmith and a spiritual medium of some sort
Spookitty
Right, but the fact that they turned that into an excuse to be a horndog was just....cheesy in the best ways.
That Cozy Cat
Spookitty
holy shit
That Cozy Cat
ngl, if you still have those, I guarantee there's preservation people who would want to get their hands on that
Spookitty
Oh, I know. We got an offer in the thousands the first time Dad mentioned he found it at the antique store. The best part is he got a discount for telling them what it was, and the price was already low enough they weren't going to walk out without it.
That Cozy Cat
in fact, Jirard Khalil/The Completionist is actually having a charity stream coming up with proceeds going to Preserved Play, which is all about preserving stuff like this
Spookitty
I don't think Mom will let go of the 001.
That Cozy Cat
can't say I blame her
Spookitty
Maybe the keypunch repair manuals...
That Cozy Cat
there might be merit in talking to these folks and seeing if they can at least figure out how to make a copy or document the program
That Cozy Cat
just so that some record of it actually exists
Spookitty
Oh, these are commercially published operators manuals. A box set.
Spookitty
As I said, we have computer kitsch. (I'm still sad Dad didn't get the plastic model of Conan the Librarian to go with his ET & Friends)
That Cozy Cat
dang. that's sad
That Cozy Cat
idk, it was just a suggestion. Y'all are perfectly within your rights/wants to do whatever with your stuff
Spookitty
Yeah, I keep thinking about it, but Mom's attached.
That Cozy Cat
there's a chance they might even have stuff like this already, but I personally still think it's worth at least talking to them to see what can be done
That Cozy Cat
it's data. data can be copied
Spookitty
Yep.
That Cozy Cat
and preserved in a way that lets your mom hang onto the original, while the code/data is saved and preserved for archival purposes
Spookitty
nod.
That Cozy Cat
but that's entirely on you guys. I understand the sentimentality, 100%
Spookitty
My parents were mostly hardware and architecture. So a lot of it isn't code.
That Cozy Cat
but I don't think there's much harm in at least talking to people to see what can be done
That Cozy Cat
oh dang.
That Cozy Cat
that does change things
Spookitty
I mean, there were the decks of keypunch cards, but.
Spookitty
And I know we have a bunch of the old slipcover books with things like DOS 2.0 docs.
That Cozy Cat
all useful!
That Cozy Cat
but again, assuming you want to give them up
Spookitty
I've actually used the codepages at times.
That Cozy Cat
ooh
Spookitty
It was nice having the original ASCII tables.
That Cozy Cat
that's so cool!
That Cozy Cat
I've flipped through old C64 manuals and stuff trying to figure out how to get things to run, and tbh it's all greek to me
Spookitty
My favorite bit was how the old IBM manuals that were model-specific all had the first chapter to be how to unbox and plug together the machine.
Spookitty
Like my PCjr BASIC manual shows the various ways one of those were assembled.
That Cozy Cat
maaan that's so cool. I love shit like that
space witch
omggg The Bouncer
space witch
Thousand Arms omg