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Adam Dawes

@adamdawes.com

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Gamer, coder, author, radio DJ. I created Highway Pursuit, and wrote several books about game dev. I post about gaming, coding, retro stuff & general nonsense! You can hear my radio shows every weekend on 90snetwork.com -- Live and Unplugged Saturdays @5pm

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jun 28

Pac-Zania, my remake of the arcade classic Pac-Mania, is available now!

Here's a quick preview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deii...

Download for free for Windows and Linux:
adamdawes.com/games/pac-za...

I hope you like it, let me know what you think.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #retro

Pac-Zania is available now, free for Windows and Linux

YouTube video by Adam Dawes

www.youtube.com

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 1d

I'm sure it was scary at the time, but it's probably been slightly overshadowed since then by the likes of Resident Evil! I bet this was fun to play back in the day though.

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 1d

Isn't it ironic?

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 1d

It's a spooOOooky night, and if you feel like spending your evening being chased around by ghosts, then why not give my Pac-Mania remake a try? Can you reach, and survive, the haunted library? 👻

Download Pac-Zania free for Windows and Linux:
adamdawes.com/games/pac-za...

#gamedev #indiegame #retro

A screenshot from my game Pac-Zania, showing a scene from the Haunted Library level.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 11d

Got the barrel, realised they didn't pick up the monkey to go inside it.

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 15d

That context menu change is particularly irritating.

Fortunately there's a very easy registry update that switches it back to sane behaviour:

superuser.com/a/1753431

How can I revert to the old context menu in Windows 11?

In Windows 11, right-clicking a file in File Explorer brings up a context different menu than in previous versions. The new version is really great for people who want to pin everything to their Qu...

superuser.com

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 17d

Oh so do I. It was great fun to use and it was great fun to develop apps for it. A part of me got left behind when I finally gave up on Windows Phone. 😢

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 18d

We bought a copy of that for my son when he was little, it was very much enjoyed. I've not thought about it for years, but I just looked on his bookshelves and there it still is! ♥️

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Sep 28

@carringtonvanston.bsky.social @savetz.bsky.social "We are back, baby!" -- Kay and Carrington, December 2024. 😂

Missing you guys, wondering how you are getting on with "Fish!"? Will your next report be ready any time soon? 🤞

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Sep 19

@helenzaltzman.bsky.social I just finished listening to Allusionist 110, about gravestone epitaphs. Very interesting listen. I got to thinking about what I might like mine to be, and realised I would use my social media profile text. We all have our own little living epitaphs on our profiles. 🤔

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Sep 17

Ooh, sounds like fun, I'll definitely take a listen!

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Sep 17

Oh it's heartbreaking isn't it? When my second book was published and I received the physical copies, this is what I found as the very first heading in the whole book. That first word was not present in the documents I had submitted, the publishers added this themselves. I could have cried! 😭

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Aug 21

TNZS is one of my all time favourite games. I managed, just once, to complete the arcade version without losing a single life, and that was before emulation when I was having to pay for each credit! 😂

Is there any information about which platforms this is releasing for, or any ETA?

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Aug 21

The TheC64 products are made by Retro Games Ltd. and aren't anything to do with any of the Commodore companies, you'll notice that the name "Commodore" doesn't appear anywhere on them.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 27

When I wrote three consecutive books for Apress, an American publisher, I was pretty much at the point where I had forgotten what British spellings looked like, and I did eventually make peace with it. Though I could never accept "aluminum" or "math". Fortunately, neither of those were needed.

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 27

Good grief. I kind of assumed it would involve the sprint key and maybe avoiding a few fights. I have learned a lot today. 😳

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 25

Can't read it right now, busy watching Hom8 +ovway.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 19

I think those stargazers of the past could never have imagined what they were really looking at.

Much as I think the stargazers of today probably have nearly as much still to learn. It's mind blowing what we're discovering out there.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 18

That's from a Seestar S50, lovely piece of kit. www.seestar.com

Seestar | Smart Telescope | S50

Established in 2011, ZWO introduced Seestar in April 2023 as a visionary sub-brand. With a dedication to astronomy, Seestar strives to provide innovative solutions for accessing the cosmos.

www.seestar.com

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 18

(This remake was actually inspired by an old issue of Retro Gamer that was on my shelf a few months ago.)

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 18

In the meantime, why not have a little play with Pac-Zania? Completely free for Windows and Linux.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deii...

Download available at adamdawes.com

Pac-Zania is available now, free for Windows and Linux

YouTube video by Adam Dawes

www.youtube.com

Reposted by Adam Dawes

gentlemenspixelclub @gentspixelclub.bsky.social · Jul 13

Soon my channel is going to start to also do Pinball content, this is why...

youtu.be/CZ0rSI0sqCI?...

#pinball #retro #videogame #retrogaming

The Pinball Hall of Fame - A Journey into Virtual Pinball

YouTube video by Gentlemen's Pixel Club

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 13

Oh I think you're going to love that machine! I built my own virtual pinball some years back when we replaced our TV, and I have a huge amount of fun with it, you completely forget it's not real once you start playing - video and pictures attached. I look forward to seeing your pinball videos soon!

Reposted by Adam Dawes

Matt Gray @mattgrayy.es · Jul 10

The European Space Agency invited me to their mission control centre in Germany to find out what it takes to be a Satellite Operations Engineer working on their new Earth observation satellite, BIOMASS.
@esa.int

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i1X...

These EXPERTS show what it takes to FLY A SATELLITE at the European Space Agency

YouTube video by Matt Gray

www.youtube.com

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · Jul 4

It's a lovely city. I visited once, around 20 years ago, and still have many fond memories.