I am visiting my parents and the only computer I have here has windows xp installed with all my childhood games. It's time to play some REAL games baby! - ThreadSky

firriapril.art • 154 days ago

I am visiting my parents and the only computer I have here has windows xp installed with all my childhood games.

It's time to play some REAL games baby!

Comments

arcrcric.bsky.social•154 days ago

based and riders on the storm pilled

emmieq.bsky.social•153 days ago

wait, UG2 has a 16:9 setting?

i installed it a few months ago but gave up on it cause it only ran on 4:3

naryhd.bsky.social•154 days ago

such a good feeling this picture has 🤤

devops4future.bsky.social•154 days ago

Here is the soundtrack! I love it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7KncmJj82s&list=PLDE0DBBFAA8E2F771

thelocalbogan.bsky.social•154 days ago

Grouse game 💪

ozcav.bsky.social•154 days ago

All the way back to 2003. That was the best NFS, especially the soundtrack.

nancharlie77.bsky.social•153 days ago

Those were the times. 🔥

wekillinit.com•154 days ago

That’s so awesome!

shibentech.bsky.social•154 days ago

Must be pointed out, your parents must have kept it maintained and cleaned over the years. What will we do without them? 🥲

tbonedev.bsky.social•154 days ago

If it has X-Wing and/or TIE Fighter installed, you just won 2025.

firriapril.art•153 days ago

we had another computer that still ran MS DOS on it, and that had both X-wing and TIE Fighter along with other classics like the original DOOM and the first Need for Speed on it! Sadly it broke and it was thrown away before we had a chance to try fix it

timbotom.bsky.social•153 days ago

This screen is burned into my retinas like the channel logos on a plasma screen.

silly-goober.neocities.org•154 days ago

what is that keyboard and what model is it?

firriapril.art•154 days ago

oh that's some old €20 chinese gaming keyboard the keys of which I've literally split in two playing Rocket League 10 years ago. I think it was branded Exibel but I doubt it can be found anywhere anymore

silly-goober.neocities.org•154 days ago

awww

thefreezer.co.uk•154 days ago

That’s some hardy keyboard, the wear on WSAD. And the arrow keys.. old school 👍🏻

silly-goober.neocities.org•154 days ago

XP era media keyboards are awesome, had a button for everything, and had an amazing design. Now everything is minimalistic and it pisses me off...

thefreezer.co.uk•154 days ago

Am a developer so splash out on keyboards. Always a gamer one though, gotta have that clack.

Look at Vigor GK50 Elite, is pricey but lasts and has functions I have no idea what they do..

Can attest to them being cleanable after pouring a whole pint of beer into one after 2 days of owning..

sockynoob.bsky.social•148 days ago

Install some mods for it.

firriapril.art•148 days ago

I like my games vanilla!

sockynoob.bsky.social•147 days ago

At least install extra options. That's a MUST

inscrutiana.bsky.social•154 days ago

Even the spyware will be like "No way! This takes me back!"

firriapril.art•154 days ago

what spyware

inscrutiana.bsky.social•154 days ago

Fair. None of the kitware is even looking for XP anymore, only specialists.

firriapril.art•154 days ago

oh this computer has never even been able to connect to the internet lol

inscrutiana.bsky.social•154 days ago

Some of it came along with other software in the XP era. If you do connect it to the internet, a packet sniffer would be niche amusing, pinging off to countries which no longer exist and to NICs long gone, like Voyager II off beyond the heliosphere

inscrutiana.bsky.social•154 days ago

or it responds and was also forgotten & you now control the system running the volunteer calendar for a fish hatchery in Pruchten

nostalgiajon.bsky.social•154 days ago

I still play a bunch of these older games on my laptop lol

brendan87na.bsky.social•153 days ago

That game was the high water mark for NFS

and the soundtrack was an absolute banger

ashlyn-tempest.bsky.social•153 days ago

That was the game where I realized my love for the Subaru Impreza… now 25 years later, I own one.

andreiabluesky.bsky.social•154 days ago

That game was fire! 🔥

kikoroc.bsky.social•154 days ago

Would love a remaster of this thing.

twayn.bsky.social•154 days ago

I’m rocking The Battle for Middle-Earth on my WinXP Thinkpad T61. Old school rules.

cashmeremarmot.bsky.social•154 days ago

at first glance I thought it was a sexified Carmen San Diego
😂

1upthereward.bsky.social•154 days ago

This is golden

rj-photo.bsky.social•154 days ago

I immediately hear Riders on the Storm

byatw.com•153 days ago

Don't connect it to the internet, though.

trooper1881.bsky.social•154 days ago

the intro song is just amazing

tibtibtibs.bsky.social•154 days ago

Back when games were still made with passion and not to milk players with micro transactions.

firriapril.art•154 days ago

While you are here enjoying the nostalgia trip, check out my car paintings! https://bsky.app/profile/firriapril.bsky.social/post/3lehuo7zhnk2v

firriapril.art•154 days ago

here are some absolutely wild creations from little baby Firri's old save!

tjenator.bsky.social•154 days ago

Goes so unbelievably hard

azlekayn.bsky.social•154 days ago

RIDERS ON THE STORM.

somehooplehead.bsky.social•154 days ago

Even my computers have computers, you poor thing.

ex3t1xdotexe.bsky.social•154 days ago

holy fuck the sudden nostalgia of my 6 yr old self renting this game from a blockbuster dvd store and playing on my ps2 just hit me like a truck but it’s a blurry memory. I only recognise the game cover art because I found it recently through gmod workshop.

markobalazic.bsky.social•154 days ago

Rx8

imkitsune.bsky.social•154 days ago

Best game ever

ninjaonaninja.bsky.social•154 days ago

Screen shots or it didn't happen

msjoannadark.bsky.social•154 days ago

Looks cool! Don't connect to the internet! XP machines can get infected quickly! I have an old Dell XPS with XP on it and a lot of my old discs for games :)

firriapril.art•154 days ago

don't worry this PC has never even been able to conmect to the internet

past-o-rama.bsky.social•154 days ago

I can already hear the song in my head…

Love it

enogueras15.bsky.social•154 days ago

Leisure Suit Larry? LOL

linkfreeman1998.bsky.social•154 days ago

Hold on that desktop man. Don't let it go to the bin.

ollycogan.bsky.social•154 days ago

Haha, a trip down game memory lane

brokencreation.bsky.social•154 days ago

awwwwwww yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

jramjee.bsky.social•154 days ago

I have a similar setup at my folk's place. Not quite my "childhood" but I do still get a serious kick out of Unreal Tournament.

mohamedation.com•154 days ago

this will always remain my fav N4S

scot-f.bsky.social•154 days ago

Sweet!

msdemonade.bsky.social•154 days ago

I'm loving bluesky but I'm not sure how to feel about the lack of subtlety on the "spying". I just downloaded like 15 NDS roms and now I get this post on my feed... Guess I'll have to make it 16.

firriapril.art•153 days ago

what spying 😭

drago9545.bsky.social•154 days ago

I have Need for Speed 2: Underground on the Ds, still a great game series with great soundtracks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ0_oXau8pQ

smooty.bsky.social•154 days ago

midnight club was better!

solidnaps.bsky.social•154 days ago

I was just thinking about this game yesterday!

williamnb.bsky.social•153 days ago

For the love of all that's good, DO NOT allow that machine to have Internet access?
The last thing the world needs is yet another machine that can be remotely compromised in seconds, and used for nefarious purposes.

firriapril.art•153 days ago

already told several other people with the same concern that this PC has never even been able to connect to the internet. It's just for playing old games!

amayorilabs.bsky.social•154 days ago

Maybe dont connect to the internet with windows xp on the machine. (Anytime I see someones old computer my mind goes: which Linux distro would be the best for this ..)

firriapril.art•154 days ago

don't worry this pc has never in its lifetime been connected to the internet lmao