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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

In this new video we look at Game 31, the first computer game Satoru Iwata ever played, which helped stir his love of gaming and programming that led him to eventually become president of Nintendo. youtu.be/hyHeQgrvu4w

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What is Game 31? Recreating Satoru Iwata's First Inspiration

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

My friend Jason Compton is once again guest co-hosting on This Week In Retro, and doing a great job of it. If you'd like him to have a permanent spot on the show, leave some likes and comments on the video: youtu.be/0bM4EfBY1WY

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16-Bit Demakes & OS Updates - This Week In Retro 215

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I have no idea why a book-and-software combination about the TRS-80 Colour Computer has the Loch Ness Monster with his arm (?) around a kid using a Commodore PET computer, but it was the '80s so I guess it's okay.

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

My first-ever repair of an iPhone 8 was successful: new screen and battery. The phone was given to me by a friend in case I could fix it, after it went through a snowblower and was later found in the snowbank!

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

New video about this CBM-64 "Fix" program on tape by Technicom, that claims to be an official Commodore program. What does it fix, and how? #C64 youtu.be/C_VspqJ9H3g

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CBM-64 "FIX": Does this tape fix some Commodore 64s?

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

"Double" your child's school grades in Mathematics, for use with the Commodore 64. If your kid had 65% in math before, they'll have 130% after. Math(s)!

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

"LOAD shift/run" is a variation I have not seen before!

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Probably the most common Commodore 64 disk ever, some variation of the 1541 Test/Demo diskette shipped with every 1541 disk drive. Which version did you have, if any?

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Today my dad gave me an old school exercise book, and on the back are these fun ARITHMETICAL TABLES. I've always loved these super-condensed info charts. And now I can quickly check how many Poles in a Furlong, or Scruples in a Dram.

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Aleksi Eeben @aleksieeben.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

VIC 20 port of Ultima III is now out: vic20ultima3.wordpress.com

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VIC 20 Ultima III

Journey Onward

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

You might also like Clowns, Clowns, Clowns, CLOWNS, CLOWNS, Clowns, CLOWNS, Clowns

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I think my favourite old-timey sentient AI novel is The Adolescence of P-1 from 1977. I like that the author really tried to ground it all in somewhat plausible computer science, rather than just computer magic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ado...

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Somehow I didn't realize that Dr. Charles Forbin in the excellent Colossus: The Forbin Project was played by the same actor as Victor Newman from The Young and the Restless: Eric Braeden. If you haven't watched Colossus, it's one of the best-ever old-timey computer movies, imo.

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

First Kickstarter I've been excited about for a while! Interviews with 32 C64 game devs including some of the earliest, like the HAL Laboratory guys. I've disassembled a lot of their code over the years, so I feel like I know them! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bey...

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?REDO FROM START – Volume I

64 Ways to become a Grandmaster | Japan & USA

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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 09/03/2025

I love the color schemes they had

Two Commodore calculators, one is orange/brown/white with red numbers, the other one is red/white/blue with teal numbers.

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

This JCPenney calculator is actually a rebranded Commodore GL-996R. Nice big chunky keys!

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

One of my favourite things about old computer game collecting is the notes sometimes included to explain away odd design decisions (or bugs), such as this one for Bazooka Bill for Commodore 64.

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Somehow I only became aware of this great Tron (1982) tribute in the last couple years. The Stokes - 12:51 video takes place inside a Tron Light Tank crossing the Grid for no particular reason other than it's pretty cool, I think. youtu.be/LPAVDHo1Elc

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The Strokes - 12:51 (Official HD Video)

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Needed to find the wide-angle lens to fit this CPC464 in a single picture. Good news: it powers up!

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Amazingly, this mittful of connectors is all part of one video cable, and hopefully it's the last thing I need to start using my CPC.

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Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Hi! For my little list of Bad Box Art from companies with usually high standards, SSI's "50 Mission Crush" is a new surprise entry.

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