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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Expecting to see ye olde "microkernel vs macrokernel" arguments flaring up again with the massive increase of discovered vulnerabilities and resulting patches happening lately. Seeing Linux vendors punching out new kernels multiple times per week is pretty nuts. RIP everyone's reboot schedules.

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you are still * Complaining about consoles killing physical media * Not understanding the difference between "physical" and "DRM" * Not actively switching to DRM-free PC gaming You're dead to me. Support the companies who still value ownership, like @gog.com do. www.gog.com/en/news/gog_...

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GOG Preservation Program brings the big box nostalgia – check new additions and an interview with Big Box Collection creator!

Some games came in boxes that were almost as memorable as the games themselves. Today, we’re giving those iconic boxes a new life, as more additions join the GOG Preservation Program!

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Metroid Prime Origins spits out to the console that it's saving out to "/%AppData%/Castlevania - Symphony of Innocence". Can someone explain this reference to me? (Other than the obvious "metroidvania" thing - I'm curious as to what that game title is).

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Still wondering when people will realise that "physical vs digital" isn't the problem, and when they will realise it has always been about DRM. Buy DRM-free content. Digitally, physically, it doesn't matter. DRM is the problem.

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I've been going through my archives for NES Wolverine and have managed to re-assemble my original 6502 game code and create a build from the 1st August 1990. As you can see it's a VERY early demo with the 8-way scroll routine, panel and collision working. No Wolverine sprites yet!

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Windows 11 project leaders promising "new" features that exist in both modern KDE/Plasma and the original Windows 95 release. Anyone still putting up with this is exhibiting some wild Stockholm Syndrome. blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...

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Our commitment to Windows quality

Hello Windows Insiders, I want to speak to you directly, as an engineer who has spent his career building technology that people depend on every day. Windows touches more people's lives than almost a...

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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

i would *love* to see a Grand Designs-like mockumentary about supervillains trying to build their lairs & superweapons

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jb @jbakergraphics.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

this is something I came across in the xRite literature. The qualitative saturation difference actually corresponds to the emission between the two illuminants - xenon has more wideband activity, and so it is "less saturated".

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Philip Summers @heyphilsummers.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

If you enjoyed my posts about Metroid games you might like to learn that I made a fully drawn strategy guide for the original game several years ago. It's free! www.handdrawngameguides.com/free-guides/...

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Temu targeted advertising has seemingly stared deep into my soul.

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Julian "Jaz" Rignall @jazrignall.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

35 years ago, I was heading into Xmas playing this absolutely terrific Mega Drive game. Castle of Illusion sounded fabulous, played brilliantly, and looked like a million dollars. A real landmark platformer that was the perfect Mega Drive demo game to wow your friends with!

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Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The "Sonic Advance Decompilation" project is progressing nicely! What you're seeing here is Youtuber "The Stelmo Show" playing and showcasing a native PC WIP of #Sonic Advance. Check his full vid youtu.be/Y5TnwtFcyQQ The SAD Github github.com/SAT-R/sa1 #mod #homebrew #fangame #Sega #GBA #gamedev

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Ryan Feigenbaum @ryanfeigenbaum.com · 08/10/2025

At first, I thought I could just rotate the hue of HSL colors and call it a day. Since then, I've learned about perceptual color spaces, OKLCH, Bezold-Brücke effect and I still can't always get good programmatic palettes 😅 But I built Color Palette Pro to help get us halfway there: colorpalette.pro

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Color Palette Pro — A Synthesizer for Color Palettes

Generate customizable color palettes in advanced color spaces that can be easily shared, downloaded, or exported.

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willow @albumminus.band · 14/11/2025

were so fucking back guys

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Ever wonder why a Supergun has such a stupid (but cool) name? It was just a name used by Taiwanese firm Gamesgroup Corp, similar to later products like Super Wildcard & SuperUFO game copiers Raven Games (London) got their own version made to UK spec & called it Supergun Deluxe. It stuck 1/4

A later Super Gun II, wired for MD / Neo Geo controllers, as all Superguns / brands of controller-less Control Boxes were

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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Yeah it’s funny to see the Avengers eat or whatever but they could NEVER go this hard real talk youtu.be/uxHWm_bGScY?...

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Partners In Kryme Turtle Power HQ

YouTube video by PARTNERS IN KRYME

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The Midwest Dreamcatcher @saskrotch.com · 27/10/2025

tubi is kind of the perfect streaming service

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retrorgb.com @retrorgb.com · 24/10/2025

Any retro-gamer who used emulators in the 90's NEEDS to see this awesome interview @zophar.bsky.social just posted with the creator of ZSNES, zsKnight! I really enjoyed this one: www.retrorgb.com/zophar-inter...

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Zophar Interviews ZSNES Creator

https://youtu.be/iG-oqvj4Tqk Zophar has just posted an interview with legendary Super Nintendo emulator ZSNES' creator zsKnight. This is an absolute MUST-WATCH for anyone who grew up using ZSNES in ...

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

From prototype changes by RQ87 to some lesser known(?) things in the game you might not know about from me Different title screen items are shown on each day of the week Sun - Sakura petals Mon - Maple leaves Tue - Hanafuda cards Wed - Confetti Thu - Snow Fri - Sakurasou flowers Sat - Feathers

Sam Sho 2 title screen with feathers because it's Saturday

A collage of 6 Sam Sho 2 title screens showing the different items from Sunday to Friday

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

DOS archaeology ain't much, but it's honest work.

A screenshot of the I Hate Collingwood Wolf3D mod. I managed to track down some of the files and I'm trying to wrangle it together.

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Bad Computer @badcomputer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the SEGA Mark III console in Japan, Astro Climber is now available for free on Itch ⬇️ #homebrew #mastersystem

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The Saturday Morning Podcast 🎙️ @satmornpod.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Super sad to hear that #80s icon and artist Drew Struzan has passed away at the age of 78. Super talented. He was the illustrator of our childhood dreams! RIP Drew!

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Thomas Cherryhomes @tschak909.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The FujiNet 5 Card Stud networked game continues to be ported to every available #FujiNet target. This one being the #Commodore TED machines (#Plus4 and #C16). Still to be done, double buffering to remove the flicker. youtu.be/Z6XujyeTUF0 #retrocomputing #retrogaming

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FujiNet 5 Card Stud for Commodore Plus/4 and Commodore 16: WIP Status

YouTube video by tschak909

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I got cited by Frank. Swoon! 💛

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I am forever cursed to love survival horror, but hate puzzles.

Signalis is a properly awesome game. But my ADHD makes some of these puzzles pure tedium. This particular letter/number switch up was fine. But the water level puzzle - nope.

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𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕤𝕤 @veensaw.net · 01/10/2025

Yay! Let's start a new #MODtober fest thread and share your love for tracked music, one track a day! Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

As a tall, broad shouldered fellow, I never enjoyed the cramped ergonomics of the compact computer nook. I was very happy to leave this behind for a spacious desk.

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 01/10/2025

the youtube vs yt-dlp arms race is hilarious, because of how lopsided it is. on the one hand, you've got a company with the GDP of Denmark who has about a manhattan-project's worth of developers they can assign to this. but on the other end, you've got every bored or annoyed javascript hacker.

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Julian "Jaz" Rignall @jazrignall.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

35 years ago, I was playing US Gold's top class SMS port of Gauntlet. More interestingly, YOB's Gossip page had some VERY interesting info. Considering it was written in Sept 1990, there are some really juicy nuggets about forthcoming systems years ahead of their release!

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The state of HDR in the game industry right now is catastrophic. Silent Hill F, AAA game, shipped w/out color grading in HDR, on top of the raised blacks that come with all UE HDR games It doesn't look as it's supposed to in HDR, atmospehre is completely gone, devs either didn't know or care for it

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Retroist @retroist.com · 26/09/2025

Knight Rider is 43 years old today. Still one one of my favorite star cars and the theme song still sounds amazing decades later. I still want to a car that can drive itself while I play Atari. www.retroist.com/p/retroist-k...

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Windows HDR continues to be a mess. It's quite incredible that the Linux desktop, streaming media, phones and console gaming are all pushing further ahead. It's so rare to see PCMR holding so tightly on to 1990s technology.

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SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

A little update of my Spectrum Next project...

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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 14/04/2024

Gonna tell my kids this was Wario.

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Hold Me Closer, Giant Dancers @giantdancers.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

GenX are so forgotten, we're not even worth mocking. 😢

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Colour PSA: When you read "DCI-P3", it's almost always wrong. DCI-P3 and Display-P3 have the same gamut, but a different white point. DCI-P3 uses a slightly greener white point. Display-P3 uses the same gamut as DCI-P3, but with the white point set to D65 (like sRGB/BT.709). See this plot:

CIE 1931 diagram showing DCI-P3 and Display-P3. They share the same RGB primaries and gamut, but have a different white point (6300K for DCI-P3, 6504K for Display-P3).

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I very much enjoy horror, and have done so from a young age. I've always been fascinated with what constitutes horror from the perspective of younger audiences. To the best of my memory, the video here is the first time I can remember being truly terrified by media.

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Shannon Birt @shannonbirt.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

* Mega Parodius Update * More colors ! Pyron reworked the background to 19 colors from 16 colors in the background, 3 more shades for a better gradient by using raster h/int effects. Music reworked by Vector, smaller size with more detail, includes the choirs created in FM and PSG sound. 1/2 ...

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Technical deep dive explaining this is up. I've included some background on why this happens, how the RetroTink4K is interpreting the overdriven NES signal, and some videos showing simulated results in HDR. www.retrorgb.com/hdr-and-the-...

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HDR and the Naughty NES - a technical deep dive

Recently Bob tried out the new RetroTink4K feature announced by Mike Chi where illegal NES colours could be displayed in HDR: https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink-4k-real-nes-composite-colors.html This...

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Dan @danmons.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Chrome dev 142 rolled this back again. So frustrating. Back to 1990s technology again.

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