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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Definitely my best game of #Atari2600 HERO but the patch score is 75000. If I move slowly and carefully in the later levels, I won’t have enough power or dynamite for the bonus points I sorely need. This one is really tough. #activisionpatch #highscore

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Back to trying for the #activisionpatch score for HERO for #atari2600 which is 75000. Got a ways to go.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Maybe Xbox can retaliate by promising disc based releases for another decade in ironic comeuppance to regain market share.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This excellent 8x11 magazine like promo from @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is missing one major thing it should have - a volume and issue number.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Starting on HERO, best for today so far. Made it to a level I don't remember seeing and it's starting to get weird. #ActivisionPatch #Atari2600

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Best Dragster score today and it's worse than before. I read up a bit on Todd Rogers record and as I need some strategy help.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Shocked I improved my score after hundreds of runs on #Atari2600 Drag Race. I'm thinking the key is popping the clutch. Target #ActivisionPatch score is 6 seconds. An obvious strategy that I didn't know at first is moving the joystick right resets, so you don't have to lean over to the console.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Floppy disk sleeve of the day

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Working on the Pressure Cooker patch score which is 45000. That seems like a long way to go. I'm only making it to the third wave. #ActivisionPatch #Atari2600

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Big fan of the VideoBrain computer system. The crowd watching the ball is a nice touch on pong-alike Tennis for the system.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Pitfall patch score, got it on my first try. I didn't go underground once for this, I just ran to the right. #ActivisionPatch #Atari2600 #retrogaming

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A little Pascal something on my Texas Instruments CC-40 #calculator #vintagecomputer

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Mad Magazine April 1982 video games issue

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

One kind of IBM PC copy protection - intentional physical damage to the disk.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The ChuChu Rocket single or two player challenges are definitely worth playing. Multiplayer is certainly a staple. #Dreamcast

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I wonder if anyone bought the full set of 225 Eamon in 1986? #AppleII #Computist magazine #81

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Got the Activision patch time for Sky Jinks 36.63 and the goal is less than 37 seconds no missed gates on game 1. It took me two sessions, maybe an hour total of gameplay. #Atari2600

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Started working on the Sky Jinks Activision patch for #Atari2600 The goal is 37 seconds on course 1. Probably a matter of memorizing the course and maximizing of he boost you get from the button press. #retrogaming

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A marathon game of Tapper on Colecovision difficulty 2, probably should have gone harder.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A contest you've never heard of for a game you've never heard of #Apple2 #AppleII #retrocomputing

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Cats always win. Apple ad 1982.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

World's highest energy neutrino detected, sponsored by Red Bull. @theonion.com

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Maze Wars for 68K Macintosh. Up to 30 players on Apple Talk in 1986.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

One of my favorite entries in @supercade.bsky.social Supercade a visual history of the videogame age 1985-2001 is of course by @chriskohler.net #ZZT

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

It's bad luck to be superstitious.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

First match Intellivision Time Pilot did better than I ever did in the arcade. It might be a little easy but the auto-fire option helps a lot.

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I come from a time when being promoted to Boatswain was enough. #AppleII #wavynavy

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

We were promised drunk Santa

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Wide boy 64 and an Everdrive

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

Another Activision patch score. Starmaster didn't take more than a couple of house over two game sessions. The difficulty lies in how limited steering is. Waggling the joystick works best to track bases and enemies. #Atari2600 #ActivisionPatch #retrogaming

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

finally got back to my quest to reach the Activision patch scores. Laser Blast wasn't terrifically tough, but it required a lot of patience and focus to reach 100,000. It took around 45 minutes. In the end I just quit at this score. #ActivisionPatch #Atari2600 #retrogaming

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 26/05/2024

Roger Moore for... Spectravideo SV-318?

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

From Creative Computing 1983 Software Buyer's Guide

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Before there was the world's largest NES controller, there was

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