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Joachim Froholt

@jfroholt.bsky.social
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Hi! I write about games, and try to make them as well. Games: joachim.itch.io Writings: spillhistorie.no (English: spillhistorie.no/content-in-english ) Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/joachimfroholt I support 🇺🇦

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Finally completed Ropoko on the MZ-700. Took way more than the time shown there, and I still have to do the final part of my walkthrough so I'll have to repeat a ton of stuff. I'm very happy that I solved most of it on my own, was a difficult game! Mapping & the though process around that helped.
End screen for Ropoko.
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Random Commodore 64 Screenshots @rndc64screens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Graphics BASIC (1983) A double feature today, as one didn't really work without the other. We see a programming example from Graphics BASIC by Ron Gilbert and Tom McFarlane. The tiny listing and the image it produces. If you've ever tried to do graphics in standard BASIC, this'll blow your mind.
Graphics BASIC on the Commodore 64.The code produces this image.
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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My new game SP13KTRA is out! 🌈 8 racers, 8 tracks, 8 songs, real 3D, and it all fits in 13K. Play in your browser on desktop or phone: mouse, keyboard, gamepad or touch. @newgrounds.com @wavedash.com @itch.io @github.com #js13k #gamedev
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Jason Dyer @jdyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
All the Adventures turns to Australia and their most succesful home-grown computer, the Microbee. I give the story of how the Microbee came to be and explore one of the games published by their software branch. bluerenga.blog/2026/09/18/e...
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Eye of Min (1983)
In the 1960s, Qantas wanted to improve their flight reservation system. At the time, reservation clerks would get tickertapes from travel agents and enter flights manually; every single sales offic…
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My friend @mickyalbert.bsky.social just dropped (hehe) his latest game on Steam. It's called Dropping Drops, and it's a very neat looking puzzler featuring sound design by Namco legend Yuriko Keino!
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Save 15% on Dropping Drops on Steam
Put all 300 DROPs into shape! This is a new game where you can play repeatedly in short bursts to master it, with no game overs due to mistakes. Sound design by Yuriko Keino, creator of legendary game...
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My #sharptember project this year is trying to finish my walkthrough of Ropoko before @sharpworks.bsky.social releases the English version on tape.
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Ropoko walkthrough in progress - Spillhistorie.no
Need help with this adventure game created for the Sharp MZ-700? Here's a partial walkthrough.
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Sharpworks @sharpworks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A few screenshots for #Sharptember - This is the English language version of Tookato's excellent graphic adventure game "Ropoko" for the Sharp MZ-700, coming very soon now on physical cassette tape from Sharpworks :)
English language version of "Ropoko" for the Sharp MZ-700. Coming soon from Sharpworks.English language version of "Ropoko" for the Sharp MZ-700. Coming soon from Sharpworks.English language version of "Ropoko" for the Sharp MZ-700. Coming soon from Sharpworks.English language version of "Ropoko" for the Sharp MZ-700. Coming soon from Sharpworks.
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Way ahead of everyone. Invest 100 billion dollars in my Ko-fi now please.
A disk I found.
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A quick #sharptember post. Here's my MZ-80A at a small computer gathering in Bryne, Norway, earlier this year. Pretty much every other machine was a @commodoreofficial.bsky.social of some sort. :)
My Sharp MZ-80A next to a C64 and an Amiga running ... Death Rally?
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Roguecraft DX from @badgerpunch.com is finally out on the PC! I wrote about it in Norwegian here. TLDR; it is deceptively simple, but if you don't treat it seriously and consider your choices carefully, you'll never win.
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Tim Holyoake @timholyoake.uk · 06/09/2026
Happy #Sharptember to all those who celebrate. #RetroComputing
A Sharp MZ-80K computer shot from a low, sideways angle. The power /caps lock light is in the foreground below the Argo ship symbol. There's an inbuilt tape deck above it. In the background is the bottom of the inbuilt screen and the keyboard, consisting of square keys.
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Spillhistorie.no @spillhistorie.no · 06/09/2026
Do it. #sharptember
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Badger Punch Games @badgerpunch.com · 05/09/2026
Five days until Roguecraft DX is out!🤯 It started life on the #Amiga and ended up here. Chunky pixels, handcrafted rooms, and tentacled Eldritch horrors. A wishlist before launch day genuinely helps a small team like ours ❤️ Wishlist: thalamus.link/roguecraft #ScreenshotSaturday #roguelike
Dungeon room with monsters in Roguecraft DXDungeon room with monsters in Roguecraft DXDungeon room with monsters in Roguecraft DXRoguecraft DX title screen
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Antonia @tonialuisa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh, this is cool! The manual/newsletter alone would be worth the price to me. There's a very nice guide on how to get these games running, too 🙂
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A few years ago, I was working on making a dungeon crawler for the Sharp MZ-80A. It used a mix of traditional character graphics and pseudographics. Development eventually stopped, and it's been sitting around collecting dust since then.
Combat in my dungeon crawler.Combat in my dungeon crawler.Combat in my dungeon crawler.Combat in my dungeon crawler.
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We had the best king. King Harald: I'm going to Antartica in february, to visit the station we've got there. Queen Sonja: Which I consecrated ten years ago. King Harald: Yes, it was named after you, wasn't it? Queen Sonja: No, it was not. It's called Troll.
He most certainly slept on the couch that night.
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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 29/08/2026
Our August Commodore 64 archive update is here, with 1 new GTW entry, 15 game updates and a fantastic batch of 15 previously unpreserved Grolier/Mindflight titles recovered thanks to MalcSeventyFour. Another busy month for C64 preservation! www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/08/gtw6...
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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 27/08/2026
We are here in a booth sponsored by the German government. Here's the PRESIDENT OF GERMANY this morning, posing in front of a game that Steam considers too pornographic for this whole country.
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Amplitude Studios @amplitudestudios.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The HUMANKIND 2's live-action announcement trailer was filmed at Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia using real actors, practical sets, and custom-made props created specifically for the production. We will be sharing behind-the-scenes images from the shoot soon.
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Official Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Commodore is proud to release the Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection for PC & Consoles in partnership with our friends at @antstreamarcade.bsky.social and @team17.com. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4870460/... #gamescom #retrogaming @pixel-arcadia.bsky.social
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I reviewed Theropods at @spillhistorie.no (in Norwegian). It's quite lovely. Dinos, puzzles and lush pixels. A bit like the old Gobliiins games in a way.
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Inntrykk: Theropods - Spillhistorie.no
Herlige piksler og mye sjarm preger dette nye Gobliiins-aktige eventyrspillet.
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We posted an interview with Kristjan Hatlelid today. It's about his work in games (he did audio programming and music for a bunch of classics in the eighties and nineties). He also reveals that he's making new games now, and a sequel to Frantic Freddie. Interview by @retrogamingpappa.bsky.social .
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Interview with Kristjan Hatlelid - Spillhistorie.no
He did the music and sound programming in everything from Test Drive II to Stunts. Now he's working on his own indie games.
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Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A new, really ambitious #homebrew port of #Wolfenstein 3D has landed on the #C64 Created by kweepa.bsky.social this port not only manages to squeeze all the shareware levels onto 1 disk, it also manages to capture and recreate the true #Wolf3D experience kweepa.itch.io/wolf64 #retrogaming #gaming
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I quite enjoy my day job.
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Official Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Our Y2K Callback 8020 commercial sparked a lot of comments. "I’ll buy it if you remake the commercial with real people instead of AI." So we did. No generated cast. Just a gloriously Y2K commercial brought to life. Pre-Order your Commodore Callback 8020 today: commodore.net/callback
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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 05/08/2026
A lovely huge preservation update today! Thanks to @malcseventyfour.bsky.social, 15 previously unpreserved Commodore 64 educational titles from Grolier/Mindflight have now been recovered, including the long sought-after The Story of Miss Mouse and Rhyme Land. www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/08/grol...
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Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Calling all C64 fans. You can get the latest issue of FREEZE64 right now, free download. No sign-up required, who says you don't ever get anything for nothing?
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Random Commodore 64 Screenshots @rndc64screens.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hi! Here are some random Commodore 64 screenshots for you!
Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (also the best football game on the Commodore 64 on the days that Microprose Soccer isn't the best football game on the C64)Fox Fights Back. (fox hunting was a sport in the UK in the eighties, and this game was possibly a bit political. I am not from the UK but I hope they've banned fox hunting by now...)Pinball Dreams. (this was a preview of an unofficial conversion, and unfortunately the finished version hasn't been released yet).Amazon (Michael Chrichton wrote this!)
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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
BAD APPLE in Impulse Tracker! 🍎🔊🎵
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LEGENDS OF ADVENTURE @gamelegendsdoc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Happy 80th birthday to game designer Al Lowe (Leisure Suit Larry, Torin’s Passage) – a key figure in the story of Sierra On-Line!
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daskfjord.bsky.social @daskfjord.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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The Loud Scots Bloke @loudscotsbloke.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I have just released a version of my ALTAIRIS game for the Sharp MZ-700 !! Feel free to check it out! loudscotsbloke.itch.io/altairis-sha...
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ALTAIRIS - Sharp MZ-700 by Loudscotsbloke
A brand new Tetris style game for the MZ-700
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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Dawn of Microsoft Games: This is a cool interview from a Microsoft exec. Close Combat a series I got to work on after my time at Midway (Arcade Games) & right before I went to wok on the Genesis3D engine - which became WildTangent (that service you always uninstalled on your new PC😄) #RetroGames
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Step into my office, please! (this is where I work this summer, which is pretty neat if you ask me) And yes, please come visit. www.visitnorway.com/listings/tom...
Log flume in Vennesla, Norway. Please come visit!Log flume in Vennesla, Norway. Please come visit!Log flume in Vennesla, Norway. Please come visit!Log flume in Vennesla, Norway. Please come visit!
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
YES!
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Sensible Soccer @sensibleswos.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Norway vs Brazil World Cup 2026 Round of 16 Ostenstad with a higher rating than Solskjaer?! #SensibleSoccer #Norway #Brazil #Brasil #NorBra #football #soccer #Haaland #Ronaldo #worldcup #90s #gaming #amiga #commodore #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer #gamersunite #gaming
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In this remarkable image of white supremicists on a subway train in Washington I see cowards afraid to show their faces and a strong woman who shouldn't have to put up with this shit. (Photo: Cheney Orr - Reuters)
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Andy Davidson @rockandrollmachine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
August 7th sees the release of the official Expansion Pack for Worms: The Director’s Cut on the Amiga: Over 40 new custom levels Over 50 sample sets 10 new landscape types Massive thanks to everyone who has contributed to this project. Stay tuned for more details! 🪱
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Reinier van Vliet @reiniervanvliet.eurosky.social · 17/05/2026
As promised: the tool we made to help convert Hoi! from Amiga assembly code to portable C code. The original Hoi! assembly files are included to prove it's working. bitbucket.org/rhinoid/conv... We hope it will help other Amiga devs to revive their old games and breathe new life into them. 💚
Amiga logo with the Hoi character above it
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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
when folks say that manual procedural generation work is not the same as generative AI, this is what we mean. it's all just humans making artistic decisions, even if it is generated. it's more often than not a highly manual process as detail oriented as when i'm manually making environments.
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I unexpectedly got the chance to interview Akira Yamato about 70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X, and Bill Litshauer about the remaster. You can read it here (I posted Yamato's answers in Japanese too):
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Q&A about 70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X - Spillhistorie.no
We spoke with Akira Yamato and Bill Litshauer about the story behind the 1999 original, and the new remaster.
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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Found this... but do I actually have the unit itself somewhere? Not sure! Might have sent it off to a colleague as I started focusing more on PC games. Still have the PS2 one, though.
Manual for a debug ps3.
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Metin Seven, Moon Child's dad 🌝 @seven.eurosky.social · 25/06/2026
My first game device as a kid was a Soundic TV Sports console, featuring Pong and a few variations upon that theme. It was connected to an old TV set via an analog coaxial RF cable. The exciting early years of digital light and magic. 💚
Photo of a Soundic TV Sports console.
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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 24/06/2026
The Acrobat was an ambitious comic book-style adventure by Simon Price and Mike Lewis, planned for PC, Atari ST and Amiga before MicroProse cancelled the project. Released today on Games That Weren't, including the surviving source code. www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/06/the-...
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Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I don't know if anyone will see this, but if I see someone posting "Why aren't game critics doing this?" I will block them. As a game critic, I've spent too many years trying my best, and I'm tired of getting this bullshit flung in my face.
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Sharpworks @sharpworks.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The final part of @jfroholt.bsky.social 's look at one of the Knights library collections for the Sharp MZ-80A :)
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.
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Monte Boyd @monteboyd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Infe2tation: coming soon! The galactic sheriff is back to unravel the Mystery of the Crystal Moon. Run ’n’ gun action with massive levels, varied enemies, 4 distinct areas, fun power ups, and a mini-game featuring robo-sidekick, D3P-UT! Late June release. #c64 #commodore64 #pixelart #8bit #indiegame
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Jess Ragan @mneko.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Here's a fun suggestion for @bsky.app: don't push away users with draconian and illogical rule enforcement. We only have two other options: fascist X or ghost town Mastodon. We'd like to be here as much as you'd like to continue existing, so let's do each other a favor here.
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