Platform: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Infestation: Origins
Starbound
Postal 4: No Regerts
Race With Ryan
Virtua Tennis
Eternights
The Dig
Streets of Rage 4
Dragon Age: Origins
Thomas and Friends - Trouble on the Tracks
Batman: Arkham Knight
Angry Birds Seasons
Meatly's Storage World
Killer7
Wattam
Dungeon Defenders
Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant
Need for Speed: High Stakes
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Alvin and the Chipmunks
The Night Ripper
Theme Park
Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Battlefield Hardline
Ittle Dew 2
Suikoden
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures
Don't Starve
Chipper & Sons Lumber Co.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All
Advent Rising
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
Football Manager 2005
Star Wars Chess
Garfield
Rust
Call of Duty
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon
Serious Sam II
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
Persona 4 Golden
Five Nights at Candy's 2
Gears of War
The King of Fighters 2002
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Deliver Us the Moon
Sorry!
subdirectory_arrow_right Metal Gear Solid (Game), One (Game), Gran Turismo 2 (Game), Tekken 3 (Game), Dreamcast (Platform), PlayStation (Platform), Xbox (Platform), Sony Interactive Entertainment (Company)
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Sony would sue Bleem! twice over alleged copyright infringement, and despite all odds, Sony lost due to Bleem!'s use of screenshots in promo material and the PS1 BIOS being protected by fair use. However, a mix of legal fees and Sony threatening retailers stocking Bleem! products with subpoenas would force Bleem! off of shelves anyway, and its website would be replaced with an image of Sonic the Hedgehog mourning at a grave with the Bleem! logo carved on it. Bleem! would countersue Sony for anti-competitive activity.
The popularity of Bleem! would lead both Sega and Microsoft to attempt to work with Bleem! officially to make PS1 games run on Dreamcast and Xbox, though these plans fell through due to Sega being afraid of Sony's litigation, while the developers of Bleem! simply felt Microsoft wasn't paying high enough for the license for Bleem! (something they had come to regret in the years since).
Video on Bleem! history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHul1PrXCE
Source of Bleem! collection photo:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/dvf1ow/bleem_the_playstation_emulator_for_pcs_and/
Bleem! article:
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-history-of-bleem
Archived Bleem! page for One:
https://web.archive.org/web/20001109112400if_/http://bleem.com:80/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHul1PrXCE
Source of Bleem! collection photo:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/dvf1ow/bleem_the_playstation_emulator_for_pcs_and/
Bleem! article:
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-history-of-bleem
Archived Bleem! page for One:
https://web.archive.org/web/20001109112400if_/http://bleem.com:80/
subdirectory_arrow_right Windows Solitaire (Game)
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Solitaire was included on Windows hardware to soothe users unfamiliar with computers by using something familiar that could also introduce them to the functions of a mouse.
subdirectory_arrow_right Cheese Terminator (Game)
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subdirectory_arrow_right Reversi (Game)
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subdirectory_arrow_right 3D Pinball: Space Cadet (Game)
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At an unknown point after 3D Pinball: Space Cadet's removal from Windows hardware starting with Vista, there was an attempt within Microsoft Garage (Microsoft's program for experimental, non-profitable employee projects) to revive the game with compatibility for current Windows operating systems. While the port was finished, it could not be publicly released due to the 1994 contract with Cinematronics (now merged into THQ Nordic) stipulating that the game could not be released as an independent entity, only bundled with Windows hardware.
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The "Glorious PC Master Race" is a term coined by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of The Escapist in a review of The Witcher, used frequently in the 2010s by fans of PC gaming. Despite being used as a term of endearment by PC gamers, its origins were ironic and intended at the expense of the common gatekeeping against casual gamers in the PC gaming community at the time. Croshaw explained in a 2013 Extra Punctuation article:
"It was intended to be ironic, to illustrate what I perceived at the time to be an elitist attitude among a certain kind of PC gamer. People who invest in expensive gaming PCs and continually spend money to make sure the tech in their brightly-lit tower cases is up to date. Who actually prefer games that are temperamental to get running and that have complicated keyboard interfaces, just because it discourages new or 'casual' players who will in some way taint the entire community with their presence. I meant it as a dig."
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KFConsole reveal article:
https://collider.com/kfconsole-real-specs-price-release-date-details/
Mark Walton tweet:
https://twitter.com/markalexwalton/status/1341430877356765185
https://collider.com/kfconsole-real-specs-price-release-date-details/
Mark Walton tweet:
https://twitter.com/markalexwalton/status/1341430877356765185
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