Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)mmalex @mmalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026today i'm taking erik (music synth prototype) in a more sober direction; the code is displayed in a more traditional way, but you can set a colour for any variable, it shows where its used via color + lines, and you can edit any number as a knob. 1576
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 24/09/2026The amount of times I experienced this in my early teens, not to mention those speakers were awesome for the time. 350
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I finished my port of legendary game Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro! Check it out here to download the disk, play in the emulator or read through the code: bitshifters.github.io/posts/prods/... [Disclaimer: AI assisted with Claude Code.] #retro #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #demoscenebitshifters.github.ioParadroid, by BitshiftersAcorn, BBC Micro and Retro Computer Code & Demos 5339
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 07/09/2026By the powers that be I hope more eyes are on jailbreaking LGs horrific TV firmware. Legislation needs to catch up quickly. 110
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 02/09/2026Some AI assistance helped bring the excellent paint.net to Linux - but guess what? The author got harassed by morons who have a very singular interpretation of AI, almost like implying driving any electric car means you're a fan of Elon Musk. Looking forward to auto blocklist notifications now. 1320
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 22/08/2026Put a ZX Spectrum emulator on the Waveshare AMOLED 1.8 RP2350 Dev board, pretty sweet! A ZX Spectrum in your pocket! 💫 181
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 12/08/2026The awesome mrdoob ported Tesla by Sunflower to the browser - absolute classic demo with a beautiful soundtrack: mrdoob.github.io/tesla_sunflo...mrdoob.github.ioTesla by Sunflower 000
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)Peter Gordon 🇺🇦 @gordon.plus · 07/08/2026Nice write up from Reassembler (not paywalled) www.patreon.com/REASSEMBLER6...patreon.com10 Ways I've Sped Up Sonic on the Amiga 1200 | REASSEMBLERThe Amiga 1200 is a funny beast. On paper, it's Commodore's beefed-up home machine with a processor clocked twice as fast as the hugely succ 044
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 06/08/2026Reading this article bought up some nostalgia for sure: blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/08/06/l...blog.gingerbeardman.comLet’s all meet up in the Y2K ⌘I Get InfoBack in 2024 I posted a few of these on Twitter (thread reader) after digging out old photos from the dot-com boom. I was working in London at a digital agen... 010
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 29/07/2026I've always been curious about multi-head / multi-seat configurations - why not allow multiple users use a single PC desktop session simultaneously? The last time I saw this was two player Lemmings on the Amiga..! Find out what's possible with Wayland here: blinry.org/multi-seat-w...blinry.orgState of multi-player WaylandI've been fascinated by the idea of attaching multiple mice to one computer, and then having multiple mouse cursors inside of one desktop environment! 250
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 27/07/2026I've come to quite like Paged Out! Computing, Digital Art, Programming, Science, Security and everything in between. Well worth a read. 020
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)🔄️ Rotating Cars 🚗 @rotatingcars.bsky.social · 23/07/2026🚗 Lizard Tamer 💿 Ridge Racer Type 4 🎮 PlayStation 1 🗓️ 1998 410642
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 27/07/2026I really hope Ridge Racer 6 ends up playable on Windows via Microsoft's Fission (XeO3) Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility solution at some point. It's okay in Xenia but lots of Z-fighting in scenery and the rendering is a bit off. The game is 20 years old, here's hoping! cc: @dark1x.bsky.social 010
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 25/07/2026It'd be cool if Steam supported tiered storage, where unused games would be automatically moved to lower performance drives and vice versa, but also mindful of the demands of a game, so older titles could stay on low performance drives if they still ran well. Considering the price hikes 'n all. 120
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 19/07/2026Funny how Andy Burnham has only been in the office for a few days and the left and right are dumping on him already. Absolutely mental how this country self-sabotages because things don't improve overnight and people start protest voting extreme parties instead. 140
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 17/07/2026Who doesn’t love software rendering? Great post from Ben Houston with some source code included! 051
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 15/07/2026The very cool and affable @misterk.in shares his experiences at Revision 2026. (yes that's me at the start 😅). 021
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 12/07/2026The most insane beeper only sound on a ZX Spectrum ever. A true milestone. It's been a sweet year for the Speccy! 241
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 12/07/2026This needs more hype - David Thomas aka bagospanners is continuing work on his C port of the ZX Spectrum version of Chase H.Q. and it's come along quite a bit! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxaC...youtube.comZX Spectrum Chase H.Q. ported to C: Objects, Hazards, Sound, Stages!YouTube video by David Thomas / bagospanners 072
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026On my way, Clacton. 579152893460
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 01/07/2026I did this, I'm now M7RUA. Nice little skill you can get for a small amount of work. Thank you @essexham.bsky.social. :) 010
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 01/07/2026Skillshare did another auto renewal that I forgot to cancel. Hoping they're okay to refund it, eek! 000
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 29/06/2026MyFitnessPal is such a disaster of UX. You can't just type in 18g of Cashews, you have to select from a list of Cashew entries of varying quality, then provide a proportion of a present amount, often in meaningless units. So yes, I've just had 0.634931 ounces of Cashews. Nice. 310
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 23/06/2026I completed Doom 2 on Ultra Violence the other day. Goodness me it was a total slog! It was okay but stupidly hard and unfair in places. Doom maps have come a long way. Legacy of Rust was awesome. Sigil is next! 👍 000
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)yaz0r @handle.invalid · 18/06/2026Wrote a test harness that let me run the decompiled game in lockstep with the Ymir emulator, validating that for the same input, the game behavior remain faithful to the original code. This checks character position, camera, collisions, and can easily add more. #panzerdragoonsaga #reverseengineering 616663
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)Retro Rich : LOiD 💾 ➡️ IAAPA EUROPE @retrorich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Just spent the weekend at NOVA, so much fun! Not only were the demos great, got to hang out and pick amazing peoples brains, such an incredible community. So many laffs! @rc55.com and crew are so incredible to put on such a great event, thank you!! #novaparty #demoparty #demoscene 051
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 28/05/2026Loving seeing how fast machine learning on audio is progressing things - great quality speech under 1kbps is real, and good quality music under 2.5kbps is a reality as well. That's a CD of music on a floppy disk...I can't believe this hasn't had more coverage! github.com/SonyCSLParis/codicodecgithub.comGitHub - SonyCSLParis/codicodec: Encode and decode audio samples to/from continuous and discrete compressed representations!Encode and decode audio samples to/from continuous and discrete compressed representations! - SonyCSLParis/codicodec 100
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 25/05/2026I tend to fire up Doom / Doom 2 every now and then for a blast, but I thought I'd give Legacy of Rust (free with Doom & Doom II on Steam) and wow - it's fantastic. So creative and the soundtrack is an absolute delight. Honestly, give it a go if you have it (you probably do), it's mega fun. 020
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)Mike Dailly ™ @mdf200.bsky.social · 12/05/2026How old school Tape Loading worked. lemmings.info/how-tape-loa...lemmings.infoHow Tape Loading Works - THE LIFE OF A GAME DEVELOPERTape loading is simple, and really clever - but how does it actually work? Let's take a look... 78028
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)themaister.bsky.social @themaister.bsky.social · 09/05/2026New blog post! This time I went deep down the rabbit hole of NTSC/PAL emulation in the context of PS2 emulation. themaister.net/blog/2026/05...themaister.netEmulating old junk from yesteryear – or my obsession making native resolution PS2 emulation look good – Maister's Graphics Adventures 0104
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 09/05/2026I've been following the Xbox coverage and think Asha Sharma is doing a wicked job. Really hope Microsoft buy in on restoring the brand. Similarly for the K2 project, if they can make a concerted effort to desloppify the OS it will only help. I still appreciate all things Linux, it all helps the PC. 000
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 07/05/2026Funny getting block notifications for mentioning someone's trigger word regardless of context. 100
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 07/05/2026Well, the UK's in a prisoners dilemma stopping Reform, the vote is split between Labour and Green who in aggregate would win easily. Note: Reform voters can't speak on anything apart from migration and many voters can't articulate what Keir Starmer has done wrong apart from "nothing's changed". 220
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 05/05/2026I wish Emulation News YouTube channels were a bit more concise - Retro RGB and Lu's Retro Source are great but some others just pad out so much it's infuriating "Hey guys welcome back and have we got some great news in store for you, something we've all been asking for believe me..." etc. 110
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 01/05/2026Fired up an old MacBook running Sonoma and it still had the old UI. Really cements what a mess Tahoe is. I really hope the new CEO reverts the glass mess. 020
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)_lemon @andylemon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026New Kaneel album is out and it is awesome <3 :) Go check it out here: mynameiskaneel.com #newmusic #kaneel #demoscene #traxmynameiskaneel.comkaneel - hemispheres running interferencekaneel is music is kaneel is love is kaneel is name. 114
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 30/04/2026Yeah I just spent £56 on a rare Scooter CD - "Back in Ireland", which is the same as "Back in the UK", except they replaced the words UK and England with Ireland, unsurprisingly. Only 5000 copies got pressed. Actually have been looking for it on and off since 1996! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikhd...youtube.comBack In Ireland (Radio Version)YouTube video by Scooter - Topic 010
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)Gigabates/dSr @gigabates.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Myself and @h0ffman.bsky.social have put together a technical write-up of Second Nature, the Amiga demoscene production that was released at Revision a few weeks back. Check it out if you're interested in how these things are done. blog.grahambates.com/posts/second...blog.grahambates.comSecond NatureSecond Nature is a demo for the Amiga OCS platform by Desire and TTE. It was released at Revision 2026, taking first place in the Amiga demo competition. It requires 1MB total RAM and fits on a single... 34015
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)Revision Demoparty @revision-party.bsky.social · 18/04/2026While we are still recovering from an awesome party and already miss all of our friends, we like to look back at past editions, and now you can do the same in great detail! Head on over to archive.revision-party.net to relive memories of past editions of our wonderful easter party!archive.revision-party.netRevision Archive · Through the YearsExploring 16 years of the world's largest demoparty. Every competition, every entry, every moment preserved. 24521
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 14/04/2026I keep thinking a lot about how it would be very useful to have a lossless but very flexible video format for old school computer / video game capture that supported resolution changes and interlacing for demoscene production preservation and game captures. ZMBV / FFV1 are close but not quite there. 230
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 14/04/2026Sad to hear of the passing of Moya Brennan - one of the incredible members of Clannad: www.rte.ie/entertainmen...rte.ieIrish musician Moya Brennan dies aged 73Moya Brennan, best known as the lead singer of the Grammy and BAFTA-winning group Clannad, died peacefully yesterday, surrounded by her family, at the age of 73. 011
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 13/04/2026I can’t be the only one eagerly awaiting the next update from Reassembler on the Amiga Sonic the Hedgehog port… 😁 231
