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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 2h

always makes me grin with delight

Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 2h

I hear ya. this is a rough year to factor in hardware. I'm sticking with my 2023 M2 Mac mini Wideboy for many more years.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 3h

I want the timeline where that was the Madden track.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 3h

I was just amazed things could be creatively printed. Our game's manual on Atari ST was done in I think Typesetter. Loaded with superchdese cut and paste earliest of the stock art. But Star Soft Laboratories were infamous bargain bin and big fans of DTP. 😆

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 4h

Basically Scott Adams selling his tools. ⚒️👍

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 11h

Free Kofi-Fun! Want your Cat memorialized in my game? Write that cat's name in the comments of this picture and if it will be considered! (have to edit it for language / theme & what not) This one is for any one, not just ko-fi donators!

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 12h

U3 is mine. I but loved appreciated and was mesmerized by U4.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I like that video and presentation! Sharp!

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When QuestLord is done I will do a video of me playing these two games. I wonder if I would be the first recorded human to win Ultima IV on the iPad in 2026. 🤔

The ¡Daptive or JD Aptive's Ultima IV Commodore game perfectly preserved in app form on a iPad (4th generation) device.

Medieval Mishaps in front of the Castle by the town docks! !!

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This part is solid drool. Yes Please. More @denisloubet.bsky.social art in my face at all times, Thank you very much!

The ¡Daptive or JD Aptive's Ultima IV Manuals are preserved perfectly in this long gone app (Except when trapped on iPads around the world!)

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The weird ¡Daptive or JD Aptive's Ultima IV Main Menu Screen. It has some cool things like an old BBS and Ascii style Starter Guide. The Original Manuals! Yes Please. an EA Add for that horrible Ultima Release by EA (and their last Ultima release at that) which got pulled after a year or so..

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh Hell Yes Son!! You know I grabbed Ultima IV Apple iPad back in 2013! LMAO. I remember I hated the conversions back then for some reason. Probably tedium. This game owns Tedium and invites it often.

¡Daptive or JD Aptive's Ultima IV Game Intro Screen

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Todd Trann 🇨🇦 @prairiewest.net · 09/10/2026

I am in the early stages of development on a new game, however I now have the urge to shelf that and make a sequel game to Hexium and Hexium 2 (Hexium 3 of course) #gamedev #solar2d play.google.com/store/apps/d... apps.apple.com/ca/app/hexiu...

A swimming pool where I am supporting the new project while all the unfinished projects are drowning

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Some company named jDaptive or JD Aptive. I think they were from the UK? They had some port or emu of the commodore I think & just a ton of classics. My iPad from 2012 still has Alternate Reality!😁 Eventually it got taken down, but it's crazy how these titles get cemented in Amber like this.🤓

jDaptive or JD Aptive's Alternate Reality game running on emu hardware system that appears to be commodore running on a 2012 Apple iPad (4th generation)

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

cheezin rice. Man V came out I just wanted to be on my Atari so V was a lot of this for me. 😆

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Feel violated & pilfered. Because you were. Then just contact itch about it. They'll get it within in a day, usually. I got them to stop and ban an illegal .apk of my GooglePlay games. Then congratulate yourself! Stay vigilant!

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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Print ad | Diablo (1997, PC)

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Chris Wu 🪐 @chriswu.com · 08/10/2026

Back in my day you couldn't create an App Store In-App Event celebrating iPad support and actually mention "iPad". For iPhone Duo I'm happy to report that is no longer the case.

A cartoon frog under an umbrella. The text says "Major update. Foldable support. Please Don't Rain is now compatible with iPhone Duo, in every pose."

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This thing now has a Kapitel zwei this Samstag. 🤔

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I really want companies to call themselves Syndicates again.

A Garfield phone ad from (C)Garfield, 1978 United Features Syndicate, Inc

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

OMG that Lowerlander guy? He told me he was inspired by QUestLord! He lives in Austin and he worked on A Scanner Darkly. He was programming rotoscoping they had in flash! I still want to play that series he made! I know RogueJack dev. That's another solar2D one. cool! Yeah, will get PixelStudio!

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Daaaaaaaaaammmmmnnnnnn.. You're like a machine! That was awesome! 🥁

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

haha! choice drink-a-mation! 🫡

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't know wth the kids are playing on mobile these days. My TouchArcade demographic is all old with kids of their own now. lol. I should ask some of them.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The framing is perfect, Drumming is excellent. I can't help to be overly fascinated with those little polyp drum beat enjoyers. They are having their moment. 🥹

Chorus or group of polyp creatures screaming in rhythm to @mr2600.bsky.social on drums.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh wicked! If you're mobile only that sounds like a solution. What's that pixel app? I still find Procreate my go to for app animation, but I'm pretty sure it's only pixel precise with a brush setting and Pencil2 Pro. :/ When I can maintain those tools that is! =). I still use good old Aseprite!:

A QuestLord 2 Ogurn taking a swipe with a bone.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

HAHA! Totally! I should find and print out the Aerosmith sprites playing on stage. That game I worked on was on SNL! 😅 #AnotherWeekendClaimToLame

Revolution X Aerosmith Arcade Game mentioned & featured in a Vin Diesel skit about "The Movies" as Vin Diesel says "The Movies" the way he says "Family"

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

People say printers are obsolete while this guy saving the world. 🌎🖨️

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My Ko-Fi is jumping! Thank y'all so much! For you subscribers/crowdfunders/one time ko-fi donators: I have a Retro Quiz Question you should be able to figure out! 👾🕹️Drop answer in the comments! For the rest, follow ko-fi page - blog posts to eventually revealed & fan art! ko-fi.com/erickinkead

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Meine deutschen Freunde, die ein Stück die Straße runter wohnen, haben mich auf einen Kaffee eingeladen. Sie sind so nett. ☕️

A picture of a warm colored wooden table. Upon the table a floral designed placemat. Coffee cup with saucer. Cream, sugar & spoon in a bowl, pestachio nuts, Constanze Mozart Chocolates! yum😋

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes I pulled my wideboy Mac mini M2 2023 out for Apple references. That's what a develop and make games on: support.apple.com/en-us/111837

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Mac mini (2023) - Tech Specs - Apple Support

Mac mini (2023) - Tech Specs

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cozy #Inktober this #inkotber2026 but still nefariously rotten! I don't think I've ever done an Inktober here on bsky before. Don't know if bsky is the Inktober crowd for my quirky drawings, but I've done them on Instagram if you're into hand drawn art: www.instagram.com/erickinkead/

My cozy 2026 Inktober desk with hacky sacks, velociraptor, Apple Magic Keyboard, Apple Mac mini M2, pens, a drawing of a rotten apple for Inktober 01.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is so cool! Now you have to make a night one and have the sunset transition complete! 😄🎨

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's a shot in the dark I really suck at Final Cut Pro. Any Final Cut Pro users out there in bsky? I keep grabbing everything and making yellow boxes on them. :/ Any good Youtube Tutorial's y'all use ? I need to watch some FinalCutPro youTube links to watch. 😅 #FinalCutPro #Apple #MacOS

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