Diamond Member Steam 0 Posted May 23, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted May 23, 2025 Is it weird to have nostalgia for an operating system? I don't mean missing a particular feature that's been removed from modern versions or a specific productivity setting that's no longer supported. I mean a sense of longing for the vibes of the computer interface you grew up with, an ache for the aesthetics of user interfaces past. I would have thought I was immune to this particular brand of nostalgia. Then I happened upon Desktop Survivors 98, a new This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up -style "bullet heaven" autoshooter that leans hard into the aesthetics of the late '90s Windows machines I grew up with. And while that low-res, 256-color presentation is what drew me in, it was the intriguing mouse-controlled gameplay underneath that has kept me coming back for more retro-styled action all week.Start me up When it comes to capturing the feel of the '90s computer environment, Desktop Survivors 98 gets everything just right. This is in large part due to rampant theft of familiar old-school icons; items like My Computer, Calculator, Minesweeper, Search, and more look like they were taken directly from a classic This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up tile set. The game's low-res desktop backgrounds and Windows also look like they came out of a years-old This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up style book. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/257649-steam-desktop-survivors-98-is-more-than-just-a-retro-windows-nostalgia-trip/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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