I've just given this one a try and was surprised by how fun it is!

I still prefer Super Bomberman R Online since that's more hectic due to the game corralling everyone into an ever-decreasing amount of confined spaces, but Super Animal Royale is definitely a keeper too.

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Glad that it's finally working - I just grabbed my copy. Thanks so much for bringing it to everyone's attention, Liam!

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Quoting: malkienAs a side note, what I'd like Steam to tell me these days is whether a game is best played with keyboard and mouse or controller (Deck or TV should be more or less equivalent).
Anyone else is wondering when picking their next game?

Yeah, I often think that this'd be a nice feature, even without considering the Steam Deck. With all of the input options that PC-gaming offers, it actually seems a bit strange that they haven't done this already - I can remember console-game boxes doing this decades ago!

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Quoting: iiariand will definitely be a buy for me.

It's your lucky day - it's free!

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Quoting: CybolicI'm thinking something like this:

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I use a GPD Win Max 2021 as my main Linux gaming PC and as my main portable Linux gaming machine (I also have an Anbernic RG351MP running 351ELEC as a small companion device), but that wouldn't be covered by an option like this because GPD is only listed as a provider of console-like options and not for their x86 laptop/palmtop options. I have to agree with malkien and mirv - I think that it might be a bit tricky to cover all of the choices, here, which is a pretty nice problem to have in a market that tends to be dismissed as being too niche to bother with!

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Elite Dangerous wasn't for me, but space-flight + racing? Hell yes! Will definitely be checking this out.

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It's no good - no matter what, every time I see the Mesa logo, I can't help but think of the 1993-1997 logo of Clockwork Games Limited.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeNice! I have not seen them. Sad fate of the 7800.

I'm looking forward to when the videos get to stuff like Scrapyard Dog, because for a 1990 game it seemed like such an odd answer to the likes of Super Mario Bros., Wonder Boy, and so on. More on-topic, this one came out the year before the first Sonic game did, and it feels so incredibly far removed from that era that it's hard to believe! I'd love to see more about that point in the 7800's life.

Quoting: slaapliedjeThere was an attempt to make the XM module for it, but sadly Curt Vendel that was working on it passed away suddenly.

A very sad loss - he did a hell of a lot in the Atari sphere, and was one of the first video game historians and preservationists.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeBut Atari farted around like they usually did, and instead decided to release the 7800 2 years too late with the sound being the same TIA chip that was in the 2600...

Yeah! And the irony is, had it released on time, it probably would've done well for itself.

I don't know if you've seen the video retrospectives by video game historian Jeremy Parish about the Atari 7800, but if you haven't they're well worth watching. These should be all of them so far;

Atari 7800 1986 (1 of 3): Pole Position II / Dig Dug / Ms. Pac-Man / Joust | NES Works Gaiden #12
Atari 7800 1986 (2 of 3): Asteroids / Food Fight / Robotron 2084 / Galaga | NES Works Gaiden #13
Atari 7800 1986/87 (3 of 3): Xevious / Choplifter! / Karateka / One-on-One | NES Works Gaiden #14
Ballblazer & Winter Games retrospective: ’88 dawns for the 78 (hundred) | NES Works Gaiden #023
Summer Games & Desert Falcon retrospective: Struggling for the bronze | NES Works Gaiden #024

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Quoting: Deleted_User@pengling: May I ask where you live? Usually, if it is too cold for flower blooming it is also too cold for (honey) bees to fly. So your sugar water would be useless, unless you put it directly into the hive.

I'm a beekeeper myself (in Germany) and interessted in ways of beekeeping / helping bees all around the globe.

I'm in the UK. I should be clearer, there are flowers blooming, but definitely less than usual around here, and there have been a handful of struggling bees around my property.

Quoting: Deleted_UserI'm a beekeeper myself (in Germany) and interessted in ways of beekeeping / helping bees all around the globe.

I'm a little too squeamish for it, but I think that that's such an awesome job - kudos to you!

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