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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭

@alxtratrstrl.xyz
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Asexual, agender, agnostic. Communist luddite, antifascist, anti-genAI, anti-zionist. Trans rights are human rights. Shark + cat friend. Public transport + walking fan (eff your car). Atari ST fan (eff your Amiga). Lapsed semi-goth. alxtratrstrl.xyz

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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 17/10/2026
This week for #RandomGameSaturday I found something that is obscure and not terribly good.
The front of the box for High Steel on the Atari ST.The back of the box for High Steel on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 10/10/2026
We’re doing isometric murder investigation for #RandomGameSaturday this week, I suppose you could call this pseudo-clu3do.
The front of the box for Murder on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Murder on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 03/10/2026
This week for #RandomGameSaturday I have chosen the best Life is Strange game. I will not be taking questions at this time.
The front of the case for Life is Strange 2 on the PS4The back of the case for Life is Strange 2 on the PS4
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 26/09/2026
This week for #RandomGameSaturday football is going into the third dimension.
The front of the box for International Soccer Challenge on the Atari ST.The back of the box for International Soccer Challenge on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 19/09/2026
I don’t know anything about this #RandomGameSaturday game, or the game that it so faithfully simulates, sorry.
The front of the box for Micro League Baseball on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Micro League Baseball on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 12/09/2026
Back once again with the #RandomGameSaturday and here’s a puzzle game where you remove tiles to reveal pictures of naked robot ladies?
The front of the box for Blue Angel 69 on the Atari ST.The bacj of the box for Blue Angel 69 on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 11/09/2026
Actually this was all I could think of.
The box art for Propeller Arena on the Dreamcast, featuring WWII style fighter planes dogfighting over a city of tall office buildings.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 05/09/2026
Fell asleep on the settee because I am turning into my dad, woke up in time for #RandomGameSaturday so here’s a game that came out when my dad was about the age I am now.
The front of the box for Spirit of Excalibur on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Spirit of Excalibur on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 29/08/2026
They say that as you age #RandomGameSaturday seems to come round more and more quickly.
The front of the box for Theme Park Mystery on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Theme Park Mystery on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 22/08/2026
It’s #RandomGameSaturday but I found a good game this time.
The front of the box for Xenon on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Xenon on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 15/08/2026
A somewhat late #RandomGameSaturday game, and for that I apologise.
The front of the box for Hotshot on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Hotshot on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 08/08/2026
#RandomGameSaturday this week is a game that I’m sure contains no problematic elements.
The front of the box for Gold Rush on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Gold Rush on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 07/08/2026
The Now That's What I Call.... style logo but saying:

NOW
IS THE WINTER OF OUR
DISCONTENT
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 01/08/2026
#RandomGameSaturday this week is one of Thalion’s first games.
The front of the box for Seven Gates of Jambala on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Seven Gates of Jambala on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 25/07/2026
Maintaining my position as the number one Atari ST #RandomGameSaturday poster.
The front of the box for Star Raiders on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Star Raiders on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 18/07/2026
Celebrating #RandomGameSaturday and the end of the corrupt fascist football festival with one more mediocre football game.
The front of the box for Sensible Soccer European Champions on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Sensible Soccer European Champions on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 11/07/2026
Another mediocre football game for #RandomGameSaturday. (Edited 14:30 via @skeetsapp.com)
The front of the box for Sensible Soccer 98 for the PC.The back of the box for Sensible Soccer 98 for the PC.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 04/07/2026
I’m still doing mediocre football games for #RandomGameSaturday..
The front of the box for Fighting Soccer on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Fighting Soccer on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 30/06/2026
Can't afford near the centre Andy? I wonder why that would be.
A news headlinev saying "Burnham’s No 10 North ‘will be based on brownfield site on edge of Manchester’".
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 28/06/2026
"I will grow the things that need growing and that is the growth that I will bring about".
A news headline saying "Andy Burnham to pledge ‘good growth in every postcode’ in devolution plan".
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 27/06/2026
A late #RandomGameSaturday game, lateness courtesy of LNER and game choice courtesy of the most rancid world cup so far.
The front of the box for Emlyn Hughes International Soccer on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Emlyn Hughes International Soccer on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 26/06/2026
Every hometown's got the ominous megastructure. What's yours?
The High Point building in Bradford, a notable piece of brutalist architecture.  Here it looms menacingly over various sandstone buildings
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 21/06/2026
That's quite the sentence.
A news headline saying "Concerns over therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison".
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 20/06/2026
#RandomGameSaturday this week is a crap minigame compilation based on a weird license that still predated Switch shovelware by about 35 years.
The front of the box for Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Circus Games for the Atari ST.The back of the box for Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Circus Games for the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 18/06/2026
The last 3 years have seen a shocking decline in the number of millionaires being imploded underwater but I am working on addressing that shortfall.
A Logitech F710 wireless gamepad on top of the drum from an old washing machine, there are brown leaves scattered around and over it.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 16/06/2026
Is this why we now have wipe-clean banknotes.?
An email from Revolut saying “your bank account is coming”.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 13/06/2026
My sole concession to the fascist football festival for #RandomGameSaturday.
The front of the box for World Cup Italia 90 on the Atari ST.The back of the box for World Cup Italia 90 on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 08/06/2026
We don't usually see each others headers, but here's mine. quote post with yours (if you feel like it).
A monochrome Atari ST GEM desktop, with the usual Desk / File / View / Options menus and icons for the following drive letters:

ACAB
BDS
TRANS
RIGHTS
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 06/06/2026
Ventured past the sharks to the Dreamcast shelf for #RandomGameSaturday and I heard this might be getting a remake. My gaming confession for today is that I have never played a Resident Evil.
The front of the case for Resident Evil: Code Veronica on the Dreamcast.The back of the case for Resident Evil: Code Veronica on the Dreamcast.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 05/06/2026
Sounds like a good reason to leave NATO then.
A news headline saying "UK intelligence suggests there could be Russian attack on Nato ‘as soon as 2030’, says Starmer - UK politics live"
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 30/05/2026
#RandomGameSaturday is here again and so is the Pilot of the Future.
The front of the box for Dan Dare III - The Escape on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Dan Dare III - The Escape on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 28/05/2026
The Doctor Who intro with the words "Every version of the theme tune inferior to the original".
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 23/05/2026
It’s #RandomGameSaturday again.
The front of the box for Windwalker on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Windwalker on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 17/05/2026
A brilliantly-timed statement with an upcoming northern by-election Labour already stand a good chance of losing.
A news headline saying: "London major criticises plans for north of England to host Olympics".
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 16/05/2026
Today for #RandomGameSaturday we have a below-average fighting game for the Atari Jaguar, the home of below-average fighting games.
The front of the box for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story on the Atari Jaguar.The back of the box for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story on the Atari Jaguar.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 10/05/2026
That's just the Reform effect.
A news headline saying "Concerns raised after Bradford waterway turns 'lifeless' milky white colour"
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 09/05/2026
#RandomGameSaturday tried to play this as a kid, didn’t understand it, might check it out again one day.
The front of the box for Bermuda Project on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Bermuda Project on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 05/05/2026
Thought I’d ruin the fun by making it topical
The Burger King logo except it says “Wool Stencil” between the buns and “a danger to others” below.

It doesn’t actually say Wool Stencil of course but I’m sure he has a legion of sycophants name searching and blocklists are always imperfect.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 02/05/2026
This week for #RandomGameSaturday we have a not-good game from a company that specialised in not-good games (they’re still going but I think they do mobile games now, which I can’t comment on),
The front of the box for Winter Supersports 92 on fhe Atari ST.The back of the box for Winter Supersports 92 on fhe Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 25/04/2026
The bedside shark stack once again permitted me passage to the Atari Jaguar shelf so that I could pick a #RandomGameSaturday game.
The front of the box for Raiden on the Atari Jaguar.The back of the box for Raiden on the Atari Jaguar.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 18/04/2026
Once again I am late to #RandomGameSaturday so I grabbed something off the “purchased back in the day” shelf rather than a from-Ebay crate.
The front of the box for The Guild of Thieves on the Atari ST.The back of the box for The Guild of Thieves on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 11/04/2026
Back to somewhat obscure earlyish Atari ST games for #RandomGameSaturday
The front of the box for Enterprise (no connection to Star Trek) on the Atari ST.The bsck of the box for Enterprise (no connection to Star Trek) on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 10/04/2026
As a prolific blocker it's always fun to run into extremely normal people. And all just for adding them to a list blocking followers of a certain popular/unpopular Blueskeeter with the initials WS (not Walton Simons).
Lisitifications notification showing that the user make-maga-suffer has added me to lists called "Subhuman scum", "Disgusting lowlife trash" and "World's Biggest Dumbfuck" as well as blocking me twice.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 04/04/2026
Here’s another #RandomGameSaturday game, bought in a charity shop in the late 90s.
The front of the box for the Silicon Dreams compilation on the Atari ST.The back of the box for the Silicon Dreams compilation on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 29/03/2026
If you see this, post a concert photo that you took.
Trent Reznor playing keyboard at the O2 London in 2007, there are lots of lights in the background but half his face is in shadow.  It looks like he is concentrating.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 28/03/2026
Another game bought in my actual childhood for #RandomGameSaturday this week. This is either the first or second game I ever bought (or got bought, given my then-age).
The front of the box for Asterix: Operation Getafix on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Asterix: Operation Getafix on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 21/03/2026
#RandomGameSaturday seems to come round quicker every week but I don’t have anything to say about this game.
The front of the box for Thunderstrike on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Thunderstrike on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 14/03/2026
I hope I’m not too late for #RandomGameSaturday. If I remember correctly this had one of the better-sounding bits of pre-STE sampled music on the ST (or at least it still sounds good in my head).
The front of the box for E-Motion on the Atari ST.The back of the box for E-Motion on the Atari ST.
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 09/03/2026
Congratulations to Jay on the only transition that Bluesky management will ever respect (taking up a fake job so a mediocre man can take your also-fake job).
A skeet from jay.bsky.team saying "Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO.

More here: https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-09-2026-a-new-chapter-for-bluesky"
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alextraterrestri-hell [they/them} ☭ @alxtratrstrl.xyz · 07/03/2026
It’s #RandomGsmeSaturday and if you are of a certain age you can now probably hear Betty Boo.
The front of the box for Magic Pockets on the Atari ST.The back of the box for Magic Pockets on the Atari ST.
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