I can't press enter in my iPad's browser, so it's entirely useless.
You can just click, but you're gonna have more problems than that on a tablet.
I tried that, but it did not work for me.
Show HN: Arcade – Play retro games streamed inside a browser
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#22Okay, I changed the wallpaper and removed the start-up program, and shut the computer down, does this affect everybody?
We give every new session a freshly cloned VM. Changes you make will remain for your session but be reverted over when the machine is reclaimed for the next user.
What's the maximum number of users you can support at any given time?
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ha, yeah. Warcraft III is a long way from being retro. It was released in 2002 (expansion in 2003).
Really? That was 12-13 years ago. For comparison's sake, I feel like in 2002, I was thinking of games like the Sierra point-and-clicks (Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Conquests of the Longbow, et al) as retro and most of those would have been in that age bracket.
Well, what's retro or not is kind of nebulous. But I'm pretty sure that most of the gaming community wouldn't consider Warcraft III retro. :) Generally retro is referring to games from the 80s and early 90s.
When someone makes a retro inspired game today, it's 2D, generally pixelated and often MIDI-like audio.
I think you're probably right about that example, but that's because the difference in tech changed so drastically from the 80s to late 90s. We went from very small resolution, small # of colors and 2D engines to 3D engines. The difference from 2002 to 2015 isn't nearly so vast. Warcraft III still holds up pretty well.
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#24Amazing, so this could be the remote desktop in browser, with lower latency, totally allow corporations to use this instead the original remote desktop app that Windows have right now...
I think AWS allows you to interact with remote Windows as well, right?
Regardless, great job! Love the idea and the implementation...maybe League or Legend or Dota2 in the future? This means ppl can play Dota2 at work in browser lol
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? That was 12-13 years ago. For comparison's sake, I feel like in 2002, I was thinking of games like the Sierra point-and-clicks (Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Conquests of the Longbow, et al) as retro and most of those would have been in that age bracket.
Not even close to that age bracket. Those Sierra classics were relased from 24-31 years ago, at least twice as old as WC3. Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards - 1987 King's Quest: Quest for the Crown - 1984 Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter - 1986 Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel - 1987 Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood - 1991
> For comparison's sake, I feel like in 2002
Counting from the viewpoint of 2002, not 2015.
Also, you're using the first games when I was thinking of the later ones in the series (say, King's Quest V era); they definitely came across as retro to me and my peers in 2002.