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Mostly 8 bit computer stuff.

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Deluxe Poly @deluxepoly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today, we do this 😎 fabiensanglard.net/another_worl...
Palette tricks to fake translucency with an additive blend.
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merman1974 @merman1974.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This personal blog is not affiliated with Future Publishing. Interview content used with permission. Link: andrewrfisher.wixsite.com/retro-gamer-...
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Homebrew Extra Retro Gamer 285
We try to bring you the cream of the homebrew crop, and that means three great games are reviewed this time – with the news that Roguecraft DX will also be converted to the Spectrum Next ( thalamus.li...
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Robert @flatduckrecords.co.uk · 11/09/2026
I've added more tunes, *now* it's a jukebox. #RC2014 #SAA1099 #Z80 #50Hz #Click #Clack
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いぬふと @inufuto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
MZ-2800版 UCHOTOS #mz2800 inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/uchotos...
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Wow, look at this - it’s Revs on the #BBCMicro with telemetry, a track view showing all the other drivers, and brand new tracks! What wizardry is this? 🤯 Well done @racesimcentral.net, this looks epic. #simracing #retrogaming
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Maxwolf @bigmaxwolf.com · 14/08/2026
OREGON TRAIL A clone of the popular 90's computer game, rebuilt from scratch and playable right in your terminal. It is free, it runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and it comes with the original MECC artwork and chiptunes bundled in. C# source is on GitHub. bigmaxwolf.com/oregon-trail...
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Robert @flatduckrecords.co.uk · 14/08/2026
Logging on to BlueSky
ZX Spectrum+ 128 ("toastrack") connected to an Amstrad GTM644 monitor, showing a social media post by Jim Blimey (a picture of Hobgoblin beer)Screenshot of Nihirash's Gopher browser, running on Spectrum, via  Jim's Bluesky-to-Gopher bridge, showing a few skeets.
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Call me Ishmael @jamie-b-b.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Fun project #opensky
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SDF @sdforg.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Do you know the Cambridge Computer Z88? (made in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
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ZXVintage @zxvintage.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Crash Apr 1987: Z88 review, Steve Taylor interview. READ: archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-3…
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Hackster.io @hacksterio.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Ben Ryves patched BASIC to print graphics from the late 1980s Cambridge Z88 notebook computer to a Serial 8056 printer.
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Printing Graphics From BASIC
Ben Ryves patched BASIC to print graphics from the late 1980s Cambridge Z88 notebook computer to a Serial 8056 printer.
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Juan F. Ramírez @juanfr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026
#yoursinclair april 1986: the Sinclair Z88 portable computer #zxspectrum #retrogaming
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Old UK Catalogues @oldukcatalogues.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
1987: Electronics from Sinclair Research (+Z88)
This page advertises the Cambridge Z88 computer, listing where to purchase it and providing contact information for trade inquiries. It highlights various retailers including large department stores. The ad features an image of the Z88 and its accompanying storage media.

(+Z88)
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Linda @lindabythesea.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Crow (2026) by Mary Ruggeri. Pastel on paper.
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Here's how the 3DO version of The Need for Speed would run on #AtariJaguar console youtu.be/mzsNzaX0BzM #atari #retrogames
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Atari Jaguar - The Need For Speed - Real Proof on Hardware
Playing the first Level of The Need For Speed with a Game Drive on a real NTSC Atari Jaguar.
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dvlsblsh @devilsblush.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
castlevania: bloodlines / mega drive konami, 1994
eric lecarde climbing the spine of a huge creature. mountains are in the background and crows are flying away as the spine crumbles.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In northern Japan and the forests of China, you can see these flowers that appear normal but whose petals become transparent upon contact with water. Its common name is skeleton flower or crystal flower; its scientific name is Diphylleia grayi.
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saucerbrain @saucerbrain.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Final tests before publication. Seems stable so far. Also, creator's tip: If you haven't got a camel by year 4, you're not winning!
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Frenkel @frenkel.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Doom for Sinclair QL running on Spectrum Next QL core youtu.be/LyAntMtfyDs
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Doom for Sinclair QL running on Spectrum Next QL core
YouTube video by Federico Achaerandio
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SAM Retro @retroman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Match Point (1985) #QL #Sinclair
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Two years ago I released Elite 3D - the #BBCMicro classic, in anaglyph 3D (for red-and-cyan glasses) But I failed to give the project a repository, so here it is, only 22 months late: github.com/markmoxon/el... So you now can see every change I made to Elite to drag it into the third dimension 🚀
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GitHub - markmoxon/elite-3d: Anaglyph 3D version of the classic BBC Micro game Elite
Anaglyph 3D version of the classic BBC Micro game Elite - markmoxon/elite-3d
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Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I ran into this cool little tech demo by kweepa.bsky.social over on their Twitter account It's a cool little attempt at getting #Doom running on the ancient #C64, which has hardware that predates Doom by over 10 years! And it actually doesn't look half-bad #gamedev #retrogaming #gaming #homebrew
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Call me Ishmael @jamie-b-b.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I made a website for #SpectraNext. And also a text reader with is the core of my site. Very fun
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Call me Ishmael @jamie-b-b.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I made a website for #SpectraNext. And also a text reader with is the core of my site. Very fun
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Lord Arse! 🕹️ @lordarse.com · 25/07/2026
Hello!
Sinclair Cambridge Programmable calculator in it's original box with instructions and a cable.
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Robert @flatduckrecords.co.uk · 26/07/2026
Here look, I’ve coaxed SAM Coupé into running SCC’s Small Computer Monitor, and Microsoft BASIC (lifted from the RC2014 ROM). It doesn’t know about SAM’s screen or keyboard (etc) so communication is over serial. (It’s easy enough to output some text to the LCD though)
Photograph of a television screen. Text on the screen in black-on-white, reads “1) MicroSoft BASIC” and “2) Small Computer Monitor”.Closeup picture of SAM Coupé with serial interface and LCD attached. Text on the display reads “MICROSOFT BASIC ON SAM COUPE”. Photograph of a laptop screen. The running program is a terminal, running Tio serial terminal emulator. The information listed shows we are connected to USB serial, and the output is being generated by SAM. Microsoft BASIC is starting up and we’ve typed in a short program. The program accepts user input and displays it on the attached LCD.Another picture of a laptop screen showing a text terminal, this time showing Stephen C Cousins’ “Small Computer Monitor” running on SAM and connected over USB serial. Text on screen is a listing of the SCM commands.
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Ignacio PG (Neil Parsons PB48K) 👾🎹🎬🏳️‍🌈 @ignacioprigar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Y la película de James Cameron dio lugar a una adaptación en forma de videojuego para ordenadores domésticos de concepto sencillo pero dotado de una atmósfera opresiva. Aliens (Electric Dreams, 1987) spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/161/ZX... #ZXSpectrum #Aliens #videojuegos
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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
One of our favourite ZX Spectrum games in issue 6 was Wacky Robot, a tough arcade platformer available from cronosoft.itch.io/wacky-robot-... or physically on cassette tape from Cronosoft cronosoft.fwscart.com Here's what Phil South had to say. Full review at breakspace.itch.io/break-space-...
Part of Phil South's review of Wacky Robot from Break Space Issue 6

Ever have one of those jobs where it’s
all go? No sooner do you jump up a
few levels in the building to collect
some electricity, you suddenly have to
hover or fling yourself down an elevator
shaft to escape a marauding robot. I
mean, we’ve all been there. Such is life
in the world of Wacky Robot.

Now lookit, it’s pretty rare I see something I’ve never seen
before. It’s obvious really. When you’ve seen as many
damn games as I have, kid, they all start to blur together.
But every once in a while someone does something
unexpected and remarkable, something which looks like a
classic instantly. It’s like they finished the game and
painted a thick coat of patina of age all over it. It looks like
it’s always been here, part of the woodwork.

So it is with Wacky Robot. It looks like something produced
by a leading boutique game developer of the late 80s, part
of a franchise perhaps, with the polish and panache of a
game with a fair amount of clout behind it. This is a game
which has gotten a lot of love for every aspect. No stone
has been left wanting for a turning. Technically smooth,
creatively detailed and the playability is off the map at a
45° angle leaving a smoking hole in the ceiling.
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Call me Ishmael @jamie-b-b.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I was expecting a little more #skipsea.
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We found a lost Indiana Jones adventure from LucasArts! But it probably isn't what you expect. Join Frank Cifaldi for a look at this newly discovered demo as Indiana Jones sets out on the "Quest for Paradise VGA"
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🕹️ Davey Sloan 👾 @sloanysoft.itch.io · 02/07/2026
I hereby announce that Sloanysoft will continue to produce physical tapes for the ZX Spectrum, if we can ever be arsed making any more that is.
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Two-player #BBCMicro #Elite is coming along nicely. It now supports two pilots in two ships with two controllers and a split-view screen Here are some work-in-progress videos - see the thread for an explanation There’s lots to fix, but at least we have a proof-of-concept… (1/6) #retrocomputing
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IndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Indie Retro News: Return to Blacktooth - Spiritual successor to ‘80s classic Head Over Heels is coming May 4th for both Amiga and Atari ST! www.indieretronews.com/2026/04/retu... #retrogaming #amiga
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Return to Blacktooth - Spiritual successor to ‘80s classic Head Over Heels is coming May 4th for both Amiga and Atari ST!
Return to Blacktooth - Spiritual successor to ‘80s classic Head Over Heels is coming May 4th for both Amiga and Atari ST!
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Tony Wang @wangrenxin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A realtime speech synthesizer for Game Boy that outputs gibberish voice: tonywang.itch.io/gb-speech github.com/paladin-t/gb... #gameboy #gbdev #gamedev #gbdk #gbbasic
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Game Boy Speech Synthesizer by Tony Wang
Play in your browser
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RetroElectroDad @retroelectrodad.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I do think this one I have is very pretty!
Sinclair ZX81 vintage microcomputer with a Memotech external keyboard in blue.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 27/04/2026
A Japanese developer has created a Chrome extension called Cat Gatekeeper that superimposes a big Ginger/Orange cat on your screen if you send too much time on social media. I have a real one that does that, and he doesn't limit it to social media. Buzz has interrupted client calls before now.
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Craig Stevenson @craigstevenson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Happy 44th Birthday to All Time Greatest Computer of All Time™️, the ZX Spectrum.
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RedMufflerMan | Gordon Williams @redmufflerman.moe · 24/04/2026
Ending this awful day with a picture of my new keyboard... It clicks and clacks...
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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
CHUCKULUS for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro.... Download or play in browser: github.com/Snuggsy187/C... Coffee (no milk) welcome: ko-fi.com/snuggsy187
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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Acorn Electron Prince of Arabia WIP. Testing a few more movements. Now using an extra 16K RAM bank (auto-detected) for part of the large amount of sprite+mask data. Foreground tiles are working as well. No collision detection or map awareness yet
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The Loud Scots Bloke @loudscotsbloke.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Who needs your modern Playstation's and XBox's??!! When I have computers that can produce such master pieces as this?! Just look at it! I already feel like I'm at the bottom of the ocean, I don't even need to show a video.. You already know how good the animation will be 😳😁🐠
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🕹️ Davey Sloan 👾 @sloanysoft.itch.io · 22/04/2026
I really enjoyed this article. For this & many more, download the latest Break Space magazine it's completely free here: breakspace.itch.io/break-space-...
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Call me Ishmael @jamie-b-b.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
See my QL piece in the latest #breakspace issue - a free #zxspectrum magazine, available now on itch!! :D
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Fuzzweed @fuzzweed.co.uk · 21/04/2026
I've waited too long and spent too much money, but that is now a successful external AV mod.
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RISC OS London @rougol.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
What's really amazing is that we went from simple 2D platform games like Chuckie Egg to 3D space exploration, trading, dogfighting Elite in less than a year, *on the same hardware*! elite.bbcelite.com
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Fully documented source code for Elite on the 6502 (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Apple II, NES)
Fully documented source code for Elite on the 6502 (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Apple II, NES), with more than 100 deep dive articles explaining how every aspect of this iconic game works...
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Robert @flatduckrecords.co.uk · 21/04/2026
Just for fun, I made a SAM Coupé disk for Go-Go Bunnygun. It’s a neat self-contained 48K Spectrum game so all it really needs is a few bytes of machine code to shuffle SAM memory into a suitable configuration (screen at $4000, game at $8000).
Photograph of a blue 3.5" floppy diskette, the label is hand written and reads “Go-Go BunnyGun!”A photograph of the BunnyGun splash screen displayed on a CRT telly running on SAM Coupé. Also pictured is a lurid green, pink and yellow joystick and several floppy disks.
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Robert @flatduckrecords.co.uk · 14/04/2026
Character I love and 5 mutuals to do the same @samcoupe.com @jasesdesouza.bsky.social @jamie-b-b.bsky.social @sonicyoda.neocities.org @sloanysoft.itch.io
SAM the robot, a cute li'l robot dude made from hemispherical bits with springs for limbs. In this illustration by his creator Robin Evans, SAM is saluting.
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🕹️ Davey Sloan 👾 @sloanysoft.itch.io · 21/03/2026
This is great fun! Get on it folks!! puttycad.itch.io/babyman4
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BabyMan Vs Terminatots PT 2 by PuttyCAD
Baby-Man Strikes Back
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Ant Ogden @uniforix.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I have no idea how @0xc0de.bsky.social achieved that on the #acornelectron - it's some kind of voodoo 😱 #retrogaming
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Erika Lee Sears @erikaleesears.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Nice Lemons 🍋 #oilpainting #art
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