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Happy’s great! He coded bespoke versions of his games for a 2025 expo high score contest in West Virginia, and I took the Pac-Man trophy.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@logrus.uk Howzabout one or both of us struggle to finish Maze Master leading up to Shadow Snare's release?

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Actually, after you sent this, I realized the mug I had JUST TAKEN A SIP OUT OF probably falls into this category.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If u see this, we implore u to post a pic from whatever device ur using without explanation

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

C64 Dark Castle score challenge.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Among my printouts, this World Class Leaderboard scorecard marking what may be the ONLY time I could get my dad to play C64 with me. Having played Golf on the NES, he'd get really impatient for Leaderboard to redraw the screen between shots. Hard to believe he's been gone almost a decade, RIP Dad.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

My sister made this one. She thought she'd be cute and name the dog after me.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Going through old papers, I found printouts of some of my geoPaint masterpieces. The last one depitcts an idea I had for a Dark Castle sequel where a secret passage under the castle leads to a cave network that's the domain of the wizard who gave you the fireball power in the first two games.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Finally gave up trying to get Tetris Recoded to play nice with my Kung Fu Flash and just copied the prg over to my 1581. Would freeze from the KFF trying to write a high score table. Works perfectly now though. And boy is it fun! See if you can beat my top score. csdb.dk/release/?id=...

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

With the speedup kit, high scores become a matter of endurance. I’ve had enough of this game to last me a month or so.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I got Dungeon of the Rogue Daemon working on my real C64 using an ethernet cartridge. We could play together, and it’s easier on an Ultimate or an emulator. He has other networkable C64 games, but this one is the most interesting to me. Lemme know if you wanna try to connect! schema64.itch.io/rogue

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

If you see this, post a haunted house.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This is something we never get to say during an Alabama June, but (converted to Celsius for your convenience)... Yes yes yes yes

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Post a robot that is not from Star Wars or Transformers. 🤖

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'm all for the idea of a digital detox phone, but ain't WhatsApp one of the worst offenders, toxwise?

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Got tired of all the recent macOS drive icons, so I redecorated, taking inspiration from the days before OS X. Some lovely being has created a set of OS 9 drive icons for modern macOS, and with a few customizations, I have implemented them on my own desktop.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

clear && neofetch my most-typed terminal command by far

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Speaking of the Wonder Twins, have you ever noticed how much Zan looks like Beyond the Valley of the Dolls’ Z-Man? Even their names are just a letter off.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

@thejoyofsticks.bsky.social You've got this vast tract of screen space that's an ideal location for your chat roll. You could set it up in the Atari ST font and everything.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Repost with your first crush

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Name your fav non-DC non-Marvel comic book movie.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Substack makes me jump through hoops to get a link sans nag screen. Show your appreciation for said hoop jumpage by reading. sammcdavid.substack.com/p/c94b2f8a-7... (re-re-posting, third time's the charm)

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Again today, only now it’s the Sprouts parking lot, Jack Jones, a plastic fork, and this stuff that was on clearance.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Looks like it might've been on the receiving end of one of these babies.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Did you know Splank was Count Basie's nickname?

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

AI prompt: mock up a screenshot of how macOS might look if it'd been a straight evolution of the OS 9 paradigm with modern features. Result is disappointing, but it’d be great to bring back the old design language. Again, the iPhone is the worst thing that ever happened to the Mac. @maccy.me et al

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I was sure I’d seen a cassette, but I can’t imagine how anyone could play it this way.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

@golgo13.bsky.social My friend is at Tower records Tokyo. Having him pick up these.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

A toddlin’ Princess Leia kisses the real Amidala. Happy Mother’s Day!

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

A game that's made worse by voice acting. This one is also loses some of its charm in VGA. And with the Roland MT-32. Stick with Amiga or Atari ST or EGA / Adlib or Tandy graphics and sound.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Last night I saw these two live. Didn't know they were in town or even touring, and a friend called to say they had an extra ticket. Loads of fun and laughter, and the time flew right by! International treasures, both.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Lemon64's adult content warning thumbnail is more titillating than any of the content it's meant to protect us against.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Microprose is the undisputed king, then Emlyn Hughes, then the Italian version thereof, then a load of manager games until you get to the original C= release. Basically, with 4 pages of football games, only 2!! action-oriented ones managed to surpass the original C= game over the life of the system.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using with no explanation.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The "and for what?" was because I could've just watched on YouTube in the first place. I also had to massage the link a little to get the command to work. In the end, after exporting the cookies, here's what worked:

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I’d keep going but I need to calm down for a bit.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We had today what I expect is our last-gasp-of-winter snow. Now it probably won't snow again until the year after next. Tonight, a cozy melancholy. The evening's selection: