Reads like an infomercial for Epic to me

I loved that game !!

Brings back memories of Pitfall on the C64, what a game it was!

By Activision, not Epic though.

I remember playing Jill of the Jungle in early 1997, it was on one of those "100 in 1" pirate CD that were common around the time the CD-ROM was introduced (became somewhat common in my region).

That same pirate compilation had Commander Keen, Dune 2 and many other games.

Good post, OP. I played the crap out of platformers like this. I even wrote a saved game generator for the Duke Nukem platformer (which used the same pattern as Prince of Persia).

Fortnite ... was one of the main drivers of the tech industry’s obsession with the “metaverse” in the early 2020s.

Citation needed.

Did I completely miss something? What the fuck does Fortnite have to do with Zuck's stupid metaverse idea stolen from 80s & 90s cyberpunk?

Funny timing, I'm actually playing through the games right now. I had forgotten about the little quips it has about the game industry!

Feels so different using a gamepad on a modern PC, I still remember playing it as a kid with a keyboard and CGA graphics. The shareware version of course, ha.

Back before the grease and Tencent took over his brain, Tim gave me all three on floppy for free when I thanked him for making it and ZZT.

I LOVED this game when I was little! Played it (well, the demo) about a year ago and totally agree with this. It's held up great