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happy 32 years of DOOM II

A promotional poster for 'DOOM II' featuring the title in bold, stylized letters at the top. Below, text reads 'Prepare yourself for the Second Coming. Monday, October 10, 1994.' The background is filled with smaller text from various gaming magazines.

Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 2h

I love this place, you know. It’s not easy for a lot of city kids to ever get the chance to interact with animals like this.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 2h

Took a little visit to the city farm today so the grandson could meet Guinness the Donkey. 🫏

A wooden gate leading to a green field at Rice Lane City Farm in Liverpool.

Guinness the donkey at Rice Lane City Farm in Liverpool.

A sign giving information about animals and donations at Rice Lane City Farm in Liverpool.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 5h

Had to look up a few of the more recent puzzles, bit too cryptic for me, but I really like this game, man.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 5h

Another nice view out over the Martian landscape. 👽

Martian Gothic: Unification on PS1, playing on SuperStation One.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 21h

The lesser spotted Anubis of the Moon's Surface for your spooky approval. 👀

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 8h

Check out that view over Mars! (Ignore the zombie…or nondead as we refer to them in Martian Gothic 😅)

Martin Gothic: Unification on PS1, playing on SuperStation One.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 20h

Always been hopeful this one would get translated one day. 🥲

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FantasyAnime @fantasyanime.bsky.social · 21h

The final blow! 💥 - Secret of Mana (SNES)

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hilkojj @hilkojj.nl · 09/10/2026

📢 Wheelie is excited to tell you the game is OUT NOW in Early Access! Pave Paradise and put up the Car Parks of your dreams TODAY. store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/... 🙏 Thanks everyone for the support!

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 21h

The lesser spotted Anubis of the Moon's Surface for your spooky approval. 👀

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 22h

And Judith sounds like she’s voiced by Tilda Swinton! 🤔

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Using this little RC car to avoid the big scary Trimorph. 👀

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Folks I just looked at an English copy of Master Fighter II (the classic bootleg NES version of SFII) and you need to read the back

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That’s extremely disappointing, but not surprising. 🫠

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

TFI Friday! Off work today so it’s coffee and this view. 🫡

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’ve been curious about this one for years now. 👀

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I love this game, man. It’s a bit clunky and obtuse but I can’t get enough of it.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Tonight’s progress! MOAR puzzles and vac tube action. 🥲

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is why no-one eats in the canteen. 🥲

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'll always be a summer boy, but I do love that cosying up bit of autumn. 🥲

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

KOF Orochi saga, man. The best of times for sure. 🥲

The King of Fighters Orochi Collection on PS2.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Autumn has well and truly arrived today! This room starts to come into its own even more on days like this. 🥲

A small room filled with video games paraphernalia and a rocking chair.

A screenshot of the iPhone weather app showing the weather in Liverpool, UK. It is currently 14°C.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I wasn’t authorised. 💀

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

MOAR great camera work here. Last hour or so, the game has definitely become more adventure and less standard survival horror. Stumbled on the answers to a few problems by accident, which was lucky. 😅

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RPGFan @rpgfan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber was out 26 years ago (2000)! ♟️ This deep strategy RPG holds up wonderfully today with RTS maps but grid-based battle mechanics; then add a riveting plot and excellent music between the rest. Review + Media: www.rpgfan.com/game/ogre-ba...

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

KOF Orochi saga, man. The best of times for sure. 🥲

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shades of the Virgin White Label PS1 releases here. 👀

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not that there aren’t a load of baddies to deal with or anything, it’s just the whole thing has a much more methodical and puzzle oriented way of doing things.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Had a couple of these instant death by big monster scenes now. Thankful I’m on save states. 😅

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Hawklorddragon @cimerians.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

'The Primitive' book cover by Peter Andrew Jones (1977) #scifiart

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m pretty sure that the MOOD AI/super computer thing that controls the base here is voiced by Judi Dench. 😳

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I bought tons of retro CG books from Japan, btw. The package was 12 kg (!). “We can’t do this anymore, we forgot how” will not be a thing anymore. Will post more photos in the thread.

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DeezNutterButterz @deeznutterbuttersz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Linktober '26 Day 3: Favorite Game

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also, at no point has any character remarked about it being strange that there are lots of dead bodies about, or that most of them end up reanimated as zombies. I do love that plucky nonchalance.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A bit more of Martian Gothic’s adventure game roots. We pumped up a deflated Space Hopper and used it to seal a breach in the base wall. 😅

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Nice! Just a few things to flag. You need a computer for the initial SD card setup and a USB keyboard for controller mapping. Probably worth upgrading the stock SD card too. And depending on how many games you want at your fingertips, a big HDD. I’ll link you the tutorial I used for setup too.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I would 100% recommend. Also, I can’t see me ever going back to original hardware after this. Unless we win the lottery and buy a house that can fit an enormous CRT and all my games and systems. 😅

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m completely new to the whole FPGA thing so I only know the SS1, but it’s one of the best things I’ve ever bought. Pair it with a big HDD and you have potentially thousands of games on the one system. Plays nicely with current TVs and the UI is just like file explorer on a computer.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Autumn may be here but there are still a few bees working hard on the last of the wildflowers in the garden. 🥲

A lone honeybee gathering pollen on a pink wildflower.

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pretty sure I read somewhere that this started out as an adventure game (Syberia style), you can definitely see those roots in some of the camera angles.