Thanks for the shout @harkeofficial ! Delighted to see this "relic" being used to remind us that, there was a whole digital gaming universe that felt so cool that it was easy to become totally enthralled with it. Loved the video, and the background shelf screen saver! Special request for either toasters or pipes for the next background please? 🤓
I guess 5 - 10 year old me never bothered to view the ReadMe file... >:(
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If you wanna see a totally cursed version of this kind of game, check out Story Machine by Spinnaker Software. I think the TI-99/4A version looks the best. You type in words from a limited dictionary and the game creates and animates what you type. My two favorite things were 1) this weirdo creatures in it called a bumpus, and 2) if you typed something like "THE DOG EATS THE BOY" the game would refuse to do it, saying "NO! THAT WOULD HURT!"
“I do in fact like to torture myself” same. Should be my reply when people ask why I have shelves of old mostly working computers. That theme music takes me right back to the library of my elementary school in 1998, playing “Auteur Studio Deluxe” as the French version was called.
I never played storybook weaver but this was exactly my kinda thing as a kid. I played so many demos of creative games like orly's draw-a-story and 3D movie maker. I couldn't convince my parents to buy the full games so I played the hell out of the demos over and over again haha
I also I played this other educational game called mighty maths number heroes. It's kind of amazing how this was the peak of pc gaming in the 90s and we loved it because there wasn't anything much better really, so even just a demo was good enough to keep us entertained for hours. I do miss that simplicity sometimes.
I absolutely love this. Belly laughed all the way through. Such nostalgia. (Also the "WAIT YOU COULD DO THAT ALL ALONG???" IS SO REAL. I've had countless games/etc from when I was a kid that I was like "no, you can't do that--wait WHAT DID YOU DO?!" so. I get it.)
I just wanna say that I'm really enjoying the Amazing Emporium so much! The editing is chef's kiss ❤ My favourite educational computer game is The Magical School Bus Explores The Solar System. That game was fantastic (and probably the main reason I got into astronomy and retro computers in the first place).
Thank you so much! I have The Magic School Bus Explores the Rain Forest, but to be honest I’ve never played that or the solar system one! It’ll be fun into the future to play some games that I’ve never tried before…
bro, 90's cd childrens game where INSANE i cant remember half the names of what i played back then, but each one is just a pure distillation of surreal creativity. they were like that famous book where you have to find stuff but every time its different and fresh and on a interactive computer
Love these so much, the attention to detail is incredible. The retro graphics, the computer sounds, everything about it is so good, I especially loved when your arm was glitching out at 7:34 😂 can't wait to have a whole series of these!
I’m a bit too young for storybook weaver but my school had us playing kid pix, which was fun but not educational at all lmao. I’m surprised they never had anything like this for us, it seems like the perfect mix of educational and fun
@@harkeofficial You’re most certainly welcome! as a fellow retro tech enthusiast, it makes me really happy to this level of editing and dedication towards the series! The future pixelated you explaining things is a good laugh too!
i mean the keyboard and mouse are peripherals, but that connector is called PS/2. Even computers still today sometimes come with a single PS/2 port especially in industrial settings. Wait until she finds out about AT connector. This video was fun though... Thanks, I enjoyed it a lot!
You’re absolutely right-calling them peripherals is technically true, but I should’ve been more specific about PS/2 for those vintage hardware fans out there. And yeah, I haven’t forgotten about the classic AT connector. Maybe one day I’ll dive into that rabbit hole for fun! Glad you enjoyed the video-appreciate the watch and the info!
I remember the first computer I ever had. It was a Honeywell that my dad got second hand from his work. It had a whooping 33mhz processor and 16mb of memory. It was as big as the older keyboards and ran DOS 2.20 😂
I feel like I should make an inspired video of the story weaver deluxe by using a VMware to install the old windows software but probably soon. I loved that video! ❤
For fun with future projects you should get something like a Sony MVC-FD73 the camera that used floppies for storage, probably make putting pictures on your old stuff really easy. I think those cameras are super cheap now, probably like $20. In highschool my TA had one and I was fascinated by it lol
One of my gradeschool teachers had one for exactly this purpose (the project I remember was photoshopping ourselves onto different planets that we had researched using AskJeeves) and I was similarly fascinated
I have that exact same Wyse V90 thin client AND the same external bluray drive! Creepy! The Wyse is awesome, makes a great Win98 box! Thanks for the video!
wait what, in the 70's schools everywhere started integrating computers into their classroom, i was in school in the 70's there wasn't no computer integrating going on, the closest thing we had to a computer was the microfiche reader in the school library.....
Oops, I’m not sure what happened but a sentence is missing there. Must have accidentally deleted it, indicating that it was the mid/late 1980s that computers were being integrated into the classrooms.
Yeeees Story Book Weaver was my friggin JAM back through like... grades 1 through 3 probably. Don't get me wrong, I loved me some Kid Pix, but there's something about being able to make a coherent image as opposed to just clicking to see the funky effects and hear the crazy noises lmao
That external optical media drive is so unnecessarily large and unergonomic, I need it...even though my main PC still has an optical drive (CDs aren't gonna rip to iTunes themselves!)
@harkeofficial I really love how you gave background into the development consortium. I highly support keeping that sort of history element of the industry alive in future content.
Did you ever check out "Knowledge Adventures: Magic Theatre" ? It was a similar gate but with no Text to Speech Component. Used to play it for hours as a kid haha
Ooh i also have a small PC like that, but it only has 256 mb of RAM. It was not easy to install Windows 98 via USB Drive :P Edit: Who doesn't love the Floppy Sound :P I even got a Floppy Drive on my prerior Main PC, but it didn't sound as nice. There is something very off with modern Floppy Drives.
@@harkeofficial cool. I play a lot of retro games on my Mac or on a win VM or use wine, but with Mac now 64 bit some games don't work properly. Been thinking about getting something and this looks like a good compromise.
You pronounce "Oregon" wrong lol. you are saying "OR-uh-gone" but its actually "OR-uh-gun". it may seem like a subtle difference, but to people from PNW it sounds like you are speaking moon speak when you say Oregon wrong haha. Good luck ever pronouncing Willamette though; i live here and i still don't know how to say it
Thanks for your feedback! I totally get that some people prefer full, uninterrupted gameplay walkthroughs, and there are tons of great videos on RU-vid that focus entirely on that. My channel, though, is more about capturing the overall feel and vibe of the software, while sharing my thoughts and opinions along the way. It’s less about being comprehensive and more about a creative look at the game, aiming to capture the essence of the experience rather than just the gameplay. So, yeah, you’ll see my face pop in quite a bit!
