The Dutch Game Exhibition

The Dutch Game Exhibition
An event held on April 25th to April 29th, by Chrouya.
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/Chrouya
Rough Schedule: https://horaro.org/dutchgameexhibition/schedule

Hey there, and welcome to my 200 follower special, the so-called Dutch Game Exhibition! During this week, I will be featuring a few Dutch programming pioneers every single day, from the Commodore 64/MSX era to the modern Steam gaming era... A platform well known on my usual daily streams! But that's not all! Every day, I will also be holding giveaways featuring Steam games published by the Dutch game publisher, SOEDESCO! I hope you'll have a good time!

[日本語]
ようこそ、「オランダのゲーム展覧会」へ！フォロワー100人の祝いとして、この一週間の間、オランダのゲーム業界はどれほど進展しているかお見せしたいと思います。毎日、別のゲーム機をテーマにし、どのようなゲームがあるのか一緒に探検しましょう！さらに！この中にもSteamゲームも含まれていますので、元の職場のパブリッシャー、SOEDESCOが発売しているSteamゲームを少数配布しようと思っています。これからのご視聴、お待ちしております。よろしくお願いします！

[Dutch]
Hallo iedereen, en welkom bij mijn 200 follower special evenement, de zogeheten Dutch Game Exhibition! Gedurende deze week zal ik elke dag een paar legendarische Nederlandse programmeurs toelichten, van de oude Commodore 64 generatie tot de huidige populaire Steam generatie... Iets waar ik mij dagelijks mee bezighoud in mijn stream. Maar dat terzijde, heb ik nog iets extra's in petto! Elke dag zal ik ook wat Steam keys van de Nederlandse gamepublisher SOEDESCO weggeven! Dus blijf vooral rondhangen!

The schedule is as follows:

Monday [C64 & MSX & DOS]
Featured Programmers:
>> Commodore 64 <<
Radarsoft - John Vanderaart (DR.J) & Cees Kramer
	-- 1984 -- 				In Den Beginne								(In The Beginning)
	-- 1984 -- 				Steen der Wijzen 							(Philosopher's Stone)
	-- 1984 --				Space Mates
	-- 1984 -- 				Snoopy
	-- 1985 -- 				Eindeloos									(Endless)
	-- 1986 -- 				Hopeloos									(Hopeless)
	-- 1986 -- 				Balletje Balletje							(Shell Game)
>> MSX <<
Aackosoft - Paul van Aacken
	-- 1985 --				Oh Shit!									(Pac-Man clone)
	-- 1986 -- 				Hopper										(Frogger clone)
	-- 1986 -- 				Sprinter									(A "Sprinter" is a Dutch express train)
	-- 1988 -- 				Skooter										(Old Dutch spelling of motor scooter)
>> MS-DOS <<
Euphoria - Laurens van der Donk
	-- 1988 -- 				Flimbo's Quest 								[actually Commodore 64, but here for developer consistency]
	-- 1995 -- 				Yogho!Yogho!
Team Hoi - Reinier van Vliet, Metin Seven, Ramon Braumuller
	-- 1994 -- 				Clockwiser
Procurion 9 - Alexander van Oostenrijk & Alexander Lentjes
	-- 1995 -- 				Dream Prisoner
Wiering Software - Mike Wiering
	-- 1995 --				Super Worms
	-- 1996 -- 				Charlie the Duck							(remake called Charlie II in 2002)
	-- 1998 -- 				Sint Nicolaas								(based on Saint Nicholas' Day)
	-- 2004 -- 				Olaf & Elmar in the Castles of Nabokos		(Wiering stopped making games after this PC game)
"The godfather of Dutch game development" - Arjan Brussee
	-- 1994 -- 				Jazz Jackrabbit								(+ Holiday Hare '95)


Tuesday [Windows 98]
Featured Programmers:
"The godfather of Dutch game development" - Arjan Brussee
	-- 1998 --				Jazz Jackrabbit 2							(+ The Secret Files & The Christmas Chronicles)
Davilex Games - David Brons & Lex van Oorspronk
	-- 1997 -- 				A2 Racer
	-- 1998 -- 				A2 Racer II
	-- 2000 -- 				A2 Racer III: Europa Tour
	-- 2001 -- 				A2 Racer IV: De Politie Slaat Terug!		("The Cop's Revenge")
	-- 1994 -- 				Red Cat										(DOS platformer, here for developer consistency)
	-- 1995 -- 				RedCat 2: De ontvoering	van princes Dana	(DOS platformer, "the kidnapping of princess Dana")
	-- 1997 -- 				RedCat Core Games							(eg. Superkarts, Spookkasteel, Bankroof)
							RedCat Serious Games						(Maths, Geography, Spelling, History, English, Biology)


Wednesday [Retro PC / PS2]
Featured Programmers:
Triumph Studios
	-- 1999 -- 				Age of Wonders
	-- 2007 -- 				Overlord
DarXabre
	-- 2000 -- 				Hooligans: Storm Over Europe
Guerrilla Games (with Arjan Brussee as CEO)
	-- 2004 -- 				Killzone


Thursday [Nintendo]
Featured Programmers:
Lost Boys Games
	-- 2000 --				Rhino Rumble
	-- 2001 -- 				Tiny Toon Adventures: Dizzy's Candy Quest
	-- 2002 -- 				Invader
	-- 2002 -- 				Black Belt Challenge
Witan Entertainment
	-- 2002 -- 				Suske & Wiske De Tijdtemmers
Karma Studios
	-- 2001 -- 				Keep the Balance
	-- 2004 -- 				Downforce
Two Tribes
	-- 2001 -- 				Toki Tori
	-- 2006 -- 				Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties*
	-- 2007 -- 				Worms - Open Warfare*
	-- 2008 -- 				Rubik's Puzzle World*
(*depends if emulation is working and I have time left)

Friday [Steam]
Featured Programmers:
Two Tribes
	-- 2010 -- 				Toki Tori 								(remake on Steam)
	-- 2010 -- 				RUSH
	-- 2011 -- 				EDGE
Ronimo Games
	-- 2006 -- 				de Blob
	-- 2012 -- 				Awesomenauts
Vlambeer
	-- 2010 -- 				Super Crate Box
	-- 2011 -- 				Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
	-- 2012 -- 				Gun Godz
	-- 2013 -- 				LUFTRAUSERS
	-- 2015 --				Nuclear Throne

F.A.Q.
Will you be trying to finish all of these games?

No, I sadly do not have the time to beat all of these games, but I will try my best if the goal isn't that long, which isn't too uncommon in retro games.

Are you playing these games emulated?
As I don't own any recording hardware (or any of the retro devices to begin with), most of these games are indeed emulated. I consider most of these until MS-DOS abandonware. Aside for Wiering Software, which is one of the only old company that's actually not defunct in this age, albeit only making serious games at this point. Some of the old W98 games require 16 bit installing which means I also need to virtually run a W98 to actually run these games.

Why are you playing in Dutch when there's also an English version around?

While I think viewers would probably understand more of the story (if there's actually any) if it were in English, do understand that it's very uncommon that games actually have a Dutch translation if it wasn't developed in the Netherlands. Dutch is not within the EFIGS localisation, despite being pretty much in the middle of all these languages. But hey, I can try to amuse you by translating it to Dunglish (or coal-English, as we Dutchmen like to call it!)

What games are featured in the giveaway?

I will be handing out Steam Keys for the following games, published by Dutch game publisher SOEDESCO:
Monday:		Wild Season - Episode 1			(http://store.steampowered.com/app/328220/)
Tuesday:	Defunct							(http://store.steampowered.com/app/359350/)
Wednesday:	Nanos (Early Access)			(http://store.steampowered.com/app/389200/)
Thursday:	Adam's Venture: Chronicles		(http://store.steampowered.com/app/362410/)
Friday:		Tic Toc Tower					(http://store.steampowered.com/app/389310/)