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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thought I would struggle to think of 9 but once you start they just keep coming. Disappointed Millennium 2.2 wasn't there.
My 9 Games panel, in no particular order:
Airborne Ranger
Might and Magic VI
Outrun
The Bard's Tale
Speedball
Manic Miner
Gods
Faery Tale Adventure
Gran Tourismo
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bit of Wing Commander trivia: Whenever the player quit the game back to DOS an error message appeared. They couldn't find the cause in time, and it didn't negatively affect the game, so they edited the error message to say 'Thank you for playing Wing Commander!' #RetroGaming
Anecdote on Reddit from Ken Demarest (one of the original developers) describing this.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hang on a minute, lads. I've got a great idea for a game...
A sign on the gate to a field. The sign says, "Do not cross the field unless you can do it in 9 seconds because the bull can do it in 10 seconds." Reader, there was no bull in the field.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
These cassettes. We had others but these are the only survivors.
4 ZX81 multigame cassettes from around 1982.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It used to be more honest.
Windows update screen. Working on updates...This will take a while.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Very nice. Better than my DPaint attempt in the 80s!
An image of a floppy disk drawn in Deluxe Paint 3 on my Amiga when I was a wee nipper.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Look, if you want a cheaper TAC 2 joystick, you simply need to invent a time machine and buy one in 1989. Don't forget to include your cheque or postal order. #C64
Advert from ACE magazine for various joysticks. The TAC 2 is £10.99.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It's another hot sunny day, so I'm indoors playing Gods. #RetroGaming
Gods. I'm going to return a pot to the stores.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Of course it's all coming back to me now. Makes perfect sense... 🤯
Some esoteric calculations for half adder that I could never hope to comprehend.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Rooting around in boxes (as you do) and found this old course 'book' from university. No wonder I struggled - I was an undergraduate and this is for the M.Sc. / post-grad course!
Ring-bound course book - Notes for the Computer Systems Course. Says it's for the part-time M.Sc. and post grad diploma in Computer Science.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Hydration break
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hydration break
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Back to work tomorrow after two weeks off. Ugh.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I found the remains of a T1000 Terminator in an orthodox church today. Oh, they CLAIM it's an 18th C. relic of St. Tryphon, but they're not fooling me. Everyone knows Terminators time-travel.
A silver arm TERMINATING in a silver hand, reaching upwards in a reliquary display.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
As I sit here melting, I am trying to keep in mind that for six months of the year at home, it's cold, dank and cloudy.
Weather forecast on my phone. Today's high is 38°.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yes. If I knew then that he'd brutalised a low(ish) serial number C64 with a rare(ish) KU motherboard because he was too cheap to buy a freezer cartridge, I'd have called the police. This is the one I put the Copperdragon board in that you sent me a couple of years ago. 👍
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RKU-14194HB motherboard.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My older brother bought one second- possibly third-hand around 1986. The first game I played was Terra Cresta, a fantastic arcade game, O thought. The in-game music, title music and loading music blew my mind. Somewhat the worse for wear, it's still going.
An old Commodore 64 with fudge coloured function keys and an ugly key stem brutally cut into the top of the case, functioning as a reset switch.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I still haven't finished loading the last one...
Screenshot of an old Tweet about it taking 81 years to load GTA V using a C64 Datasette (without a turbo loader routine, obvs). You would need half a million C30 cassettes, which would weigh close to 40 metric tons.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Proof, if proof were needed, that there's less air pressure on a flight at 30,000 feet than at ground level, where this crisp packet was sealed. #science
A packet of Tyrrell's sweet chilli flavoured crisps on an aeroplane seatback tray. The packet looks highly inflated because there's more air pressure inside than outside. It did not look like this in the airport.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Thought about putting the #C64 case out in the sun for some UV brightening, but I'm worried it will melt!
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Bugger. The old Samsung has suddenly developed a bright spot. Thought it was a hazy moon for a moment! Only way to fix that is a new panel, which I'm sure they still make, it's only about 12 years old...
Photo of a TV screen showing a clear pre dawn sky and some grass. There is a bright spot in the sky that shouldn't be there.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Feeling vaguely threatened.
Screenshot of a Wired article that has been overlaid with a vaguely threatening notice: You've read your last free article.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Another game that came with a poster. Here's my copy, although I got this more recently. I played it on the Amiga BITD and I do prefer it to the sequel.
Speedball for the C64. Box, poster and manual.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I had War in Middle Earth on the Amiga BITD. I never got very far, though. I should see if my [cough] 'backup' disks still load. I wonder if there's a speed run on YouTube!
Two 3.5 inch disks with photocopied Lord of the Rings images glued on in place of the disk labels.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
More info on those Cray Supercomputers. Looks like the bidding starts at you-must-be-joking, rising sharply to what-the-actual-f...
Screenshot of opening bid prices for three Cray Supercomputers. £40,000, £60,000, £2,400
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Incidentally, I'm not a fan of the disk release / locking mechanism on this 1541. Push it and it springs up and fires the disk into your finger. #C64
Commodore 1541 disk drive with the stupid disk release mechanism like a spring-loaded garage door.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
1541 next. Seconds to load to the California Games title screen. 1. 13.5 2. 16.6 3. 16.8 Why do both drives load significantly quicker the first time? Anyway, ignoring the first runs, and taking the average of the others, the Oceanic is nearly 10% faster than the 1541. 3/3
Commodore 64 BASIC screen showing results of very basic calculations to show by what percentage the 1541 is slower than the Oceanic disk drive. 9.5%
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
In the name of science (OK, I had nothing better to do) I decided to test the claims that Excelerator/Oceanic disk drives are 10% faster than the 1541. So I dug out...the Beast. Look at it. Absolutely ridiculous. #C64 1/3
A desk, on which are, left to right, an Oceanic disk drive, a Commodore 1541 disk drive, a C64C and a TV. The 1541 is larger than all of the other items.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I don't think my cat is enjoying the 30°+ heat.
A small tabby cat lying on her back, legs akimbo.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
There's something deeply satisfying about running software from actual floppy disks, whatever the hardware. #RetroGaming
A C64 with two 5.25 inch disk drives and some floppy disks.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Well, that's another C64 posted and winging its way to its new owner up north. Safe travels! #C64
Commodore 64 Computer Compendium box.Commodore 64, Music Maker and 1531 datasette.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
When games came with posters. (Perhaps they still do, I don't know.)
Robocop big box game and poster for the C64.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Inspired by @janbeta.net 's excellent repair-a-thon video, I'm happy to report I've finally got this 1531 working again. New belts, bit of WD-40 and cleaning an unbelievable amount of filth off the pinch roller. Should be good for a few years now. #C64 #RetroComputing
A topless Commodore 1531 Datasette loading a Ghostbusters tape.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Just when you thought it was safe to make a cup of tea... It's the most brutal Space Invaders clone ever released. #C64
Invade-a-load title screen.Invade-a-load game screen.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I have done my civic duty. #LocalElections
The Prisoner - vote for no 6.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Hi Jan, do you know where I can get a drive belt for my 1531? I ordered one from DataServe Retro (UK) but the one they sent was way too small. You can see it compared with the original in the photo.
Commodore 1531 datasette.The guts of a 1531 datasette.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Alan, about to delete something extremely important (probably).
A black and white cat pawing at the delete key on an Amiga 1200.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Mrs Stuff still has her Snoopy Tennis game & watch. It's been sitting in a drawer for decades, but I put some batteries in and it's still working.
Nintendo Game & Watch - Snoopy Tennis.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Are you a (Molecule) MAN or a (Micro) MOUSE? #C64
Two cassette games standing atop a Commodore 64C.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I always thought Airborne Ranger was released in '87 but the disk label suggests otherwise. But why? 🤔 #C64
Airborne Ranger floppy disk and field manual (game instructions). One says ©1986, the other September 1987.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"I'm ye firestarter, Ye twisted firestarter." 🎵
Screenshot of Bard's Tale on the C64. The bard is playing his lute and singing Firestarter by the Prodigy.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Who else owned a magazine that WAS the cassette tape? Ah, The Long Way Home. Don't think I ever finished that.
Card mount for 16/48 magazine, which came on cassette.Card mount for 16/48 magazine, which came on cassette.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Morning brew.
Cup of coffee. Cup has Commodore logo.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Now that is a top 10 from the golden age of 16-bit gaming! I had all of those except Falcon, and I still have a soft spot for Sword of Sodan despite the disk-swapping nightmare (the cracked version was 4 disks). It was also fairly easy to complete.
Sword of Sodan credits on Commodore Amiga.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Excuse me, can I interest you in a dodgy copy of Workbench 3?
A cat sitting on a desk in front of a monitor displaying the Workbench 1.2 operating system for the Amiga.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today in Petty Annoyances: Some people at work need a good talking to...
Multiple versions of a 'Final' Excel file.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Only recently did I learn that Emirikol the Chaotic ran amok in the Street of the Knights, Rhodes. #AD&D
Street of the Knights on the Greek island of Rhodes.Street of the Knights rendered in line art in the AD&D Players Handbook (first edition) featuring Emirikol the Chaotic.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A very shrewd bit of marketing that increased #C64 sales at a time when 8-bit was getting very old.
Commodore 64 Terminator 2 box
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Happy birthday to the ZX81, 45 today. Mine is long gone but I still have some remnants.
ZX81 BASIC manual.An assortment of ZX81 games on cassette.3D Monster Maze and 3D Defender cassettes
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