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Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA).

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject	Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA).
Date	2026-01-28 21:20 +0000
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 01:03 this Monday (GMT):
> Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:22:31 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:16:23 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>> ><dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> >>On 1/24/2026 4:17 PM, Ant wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142680/Kiki/
>> >>> Hmm, do I really want this free game? :P
>> >
>> >
>> >>Lost me at "A vibrant platformer".
>> >
>> >
>> >It was the 'catchy chiptune soundtrack' that did it for me. Look, I've
>> >a certain fondness for the old games with their primitive music-forms,
>> >but that /despite/ how terrible the technology was. I was ever so
>> >happy to move away from square-wave and noise-generators to proper
>> >digitized music. It's not that I still can't find beauty in the chirpy
>> >sounds of 8-bits... but it's not something I want to go back to. And
>> >if that's one of the biggest features of your new game, it's not a
>> >game I'm interested in getting.
>
>> Like Dimensional Traveler, I was lost at 'A Vibrant Platformer' but
>> unlike you, the game got my attention back with the mention of a
>> catchy chiptune soundtrack. I love those! Probably due to growing up
>> with the SID chip on the C-64. :-P
>
> I want to hear it without running the game. :p


Youtube is pretty good for that.
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Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-01-25 00:17 +0000
  Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). PW <noneused@noneused.net> - 2026-01-24 20:15 -0700
  Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-01-24 21:16 -0800
    Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 11:22 -0500
      Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2026-01-25 13:51 -0500
        Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-01-26 01:03 +0000
          Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2026-01-26 09:49 -0500
            Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 10:25 -0500
              Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-01-27 07:14 +0000
                Video Game Music (Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA)) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-01-27 07:34 +0000
          Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-01-28 21:20 +0000
            Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2026-01-29 09:23 -0500
        Re: Free Kiki game on Steam until 1/31/2026 @ 10 AM PST (USA). Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-01-26 15:37 -0800

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