Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

deater @deater78@mastodon.social

3/5/2026, 2:50:32 AM

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plan: as a joke, port Apple II "Peasant's Quest" to DOS for the CGA Jam, how hard could it be...

I'm re-learning a lot of Turbo Pascal at least. I actually would have had a playable Proof-of-Concept by now if work wasn't over-the-top busy this semester.

DOS/CGA port of the Homestar Runner "Peasant's Quest" game, showing the entry level with the knight in the cyan/magenta palette, but with a glitched text dialog box

deater @deater78@mastodon.social

3/6/2026, 1:42:44 AM

Public

there's something oddly satisfying about graphcis glitches on 1980s hardware

in the end it was a combination of an out-of-date lookup table and an off-by-one error

CGA Peasant's Quest, text glitch with unexpected IBM ANSI chars

CGA Peasant's Quest glitch with almost random noise

CGA Peasant's Quest where it says already far too many times

CGA Peasant's Quest, this time with the correct text: "You've reached the mountain pass that leads to Trogdor's Lair. A royal knight blocks the entrance."

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