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Here are some of the games from 10 years ago this year:

Homeworld (was mentioned in my previous 10-year anniversary post)
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Mechwarrior 3
Starfleet Command
Hidden & Dangerous (This game of course became free)
Age of Empires 2 (First sequel to Age of Empires)
Lego Racers
Star Wars Episode I: Racer
SimCity 3000


These are PC games of course (though there are some that were multi-platform like Lego Racers and Star Wars Episode I: Racer). Feel free to make a comment about console games that have or will turn 10 this year (as I didn't start getting new console games till a few years later after 1999). Feel free to also include any PC games I missed.

Though it was first opened up on July 28, 2004, I'm here to announce the 5 year anniversary of Text City Simulator BYOND version.

While I have not finished up a new version of Text City Simulator yet still, I have a gift for ya. The incomplete old version of Version 3 to view! While it doesn't have much gameplay included, it is at least for viewing pleasure of what was supposed to be successfully implemented. This version of Version 3 is no longer in development as the new one is still being developed from scratch.

Here's the link (as it will not replace the download on the hub entry):
http://www.byond.com/members/Bandock/files/ Text%20City%20Simulator%20V3%20Old.zip

Warning: This version of Version 3 Old was compiled with at least BYOND 4.0. Original version of Version 3 Old was originally compiled around the 341/3.5 Era.

Yep, I just turned 21 today and now I should develop more plans.

I know some of ya live in places where alcohol is legal at 18 or possibly younger. That is all I have today.

And just to mark an interesting ad today while this post was being designed:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/Bandock/Screenshots/ IntByAd5.png

This is the 2nd edition of my projects and experiments in article-like form (well, sort of...). I would like to note a few things before I get into anything currently going on right now.

For anybody wondered what happened to "Text Nuclear War"? Well, source code fell victim to data corruption that happened a few weeks ago thanks to nForce4's SATA Controller, which took out a recently bought 1TB Hard Drive (in the process of replacement right now, though still has a warranty as it is a Seagate drive). Same problem also happened to my 500GB Seagate SATA drive (current drive I'm using right now, since it was reformatted), though suffered less damage due to the speed being only at 1.5 gb/s mode (used a jumper, which can be taken out as ya already know). For that reason, had to get a seperate SATA controller and so far no more damage. nForce4 SATA Controllers can be real nasty to Seagate SATA drives (something I read online, since others had data corruption problems as well with nForce4). Fortunately, not everything vanished. Text City Simulator was definitely spared, since no progress was done in a long time and was stored in a backup disc before ever getting an external hard drive for Christmas.

Remember that experiment named "Ultima-Style City Building Experiment" or at least a experiment with a Ultima-like world map, but Ultima-like city view where changes are noticeable from inside of the city to the outside world? If you forgot about it or never seen the story, you can go here: http://www.byond.com/members/ Bandock?command=view_post&post=43772

However, source code was also lost for that. Don't worry about that though. I plan to reconstruct it with improvements I intended to apply for the original one anyway. Experiment is being renamed to the MacroMicro City Building Experiment, which is basically the World Map with City Maps for cities. When it's done, I will release a working demo ya can base it off from, which was actually supposed to be released last year.

Another experiment or test project in construction is just a map loading/saving type deal. These suckers are common aren't they? :P

For my final entry into this edition, I would like to state that I'm planning for another strategy game (again?). It is likely to be an RTS, though it may end up being a TBS depending on some personal decision making. This game will have an interesting appetite ya can't resist. :D

Believe me, ya will really want this appetite sooner or later. That is all I have for this edition.

Thank you Teka123 for the renewed membership. I should be able to do some things as a member once again and even provide new updates.

As of right now, I've currently been planning on a map loader system that either borrows from a known system or build a new one from scratch. That is all for the new at this time.


And thanks again Teka123 for the renewed membership.