Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game
13 comments
·June 23, 2025mzajc
In case anyone wants to play around with DECtalk without downloading the game, there's https://webspeak.terminal.ink/
sdovan1
Here is my favorite one: https://youtu.be/aFbuSShYKpc
ryan42
huehuehuehuehuehue john madden john madden
ethagnawl
I'm not sure why but that is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the internet.
Aardwolf
Similar fun has been had with Windows2K/XP speech synthesis:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3db_4xYahVc
"ROFLcopter soi soi soi soi"
null
nosmokewhereiam
Obligatory John Madden song clip showing off the speech to text engine: https://youtu.be/ovcTKHupdxo?si=Qh_nsYmkGtwcxrMR
kotaKat
John Madden? John Madden!
nurettin
Spent years playing this game. It is the closest thing I've seen to real time chess. Also excellent soundtrack that sets the mood.
EDIT: whoops I thought this was moonbase commander, another NASA sponsored game from another time.
p1mrx
> real time chess
That would describe Crypt of the NecroDancer.
jacknews
Bah, thought this was related to the classic UK TV series Space:1999.
Wow, I can see how many people would find this to be a very boring game but it looks amazing to me. Sad that I missed its golden age.