iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ok, fine. Beat that. 😜 #My9Games

My 9 games…

Ultima 7. Doom. XWing. Sim City 2000. Dungeon Master. Half Life. Baldurs Gate. Deus Ex. Civilization 2.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Latest issue arrived! 😍 (Possibly on the wrong computer...) #freeze64 #c64 Cheers @freeze64.bsky.social !

Freeze 64 Issue 88, with Back To The Future on the cover. The zine is place on top of a Tandy 1000 HX

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good chap I used to work with is doing this: djmike.itch.io/addams-famil... I had considered looking into this myself ages ago and never got around to it, those backdrops are sorely missing on the Amiga version of Addams Family - such cool work DJMike is doing here! 😍 #amiga #addamsfamily

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Addams Family Amiga: The Backgrounds Edition by DJ Mike

Now with restored backgrounds!

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've played a *lot* of NMS (though admittedly not lately...) but I had no idea this was possible. Amazing build! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr7k... #falcon #starwars #nomanssky

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The Ultimate Millennium Falcon | Without Mods! [No Man's Sky]

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Zo(mbi)e 🧟🍂🪾🎃🦃 @retrozo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

age verification?

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Ian Hanschen @furan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The core I’ve been working on for the Graphics Gremlin HDMI now supports the following: - Full VGA feature set (includes CGA and EGA) - VESA support for 8-bpp bank-switched modes: 320x200, 320x240, 320x400, 400x300, 640x400, 640x480, 800x600 - MDA as a configurable secondary adapter on 4-bpp HDMI

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Advertise your BlueSky with a Simpsons gif.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Alanah Pierce is such a great ambassador for games devs. I've often tried to convey much of what she says here, but without achieving anything like the warmth, clarity or humour she manages. Alternatively, wanna know what the reality of games dev is? Here yer go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnfK...

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I fear we have misunderstood game development

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

When Amadeus first transferred from London to Broadway in 1980 the Broadway production starred Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Salieri and I would like to go back in time and watch that.

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IndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Indie Retro News: Basilisk of Roko - A new action platformer for the speccy with a great soundtrack! www.indieretronews.com/2026/08/basi... #retrogaming #gaming #games

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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New video of Great Axe (Golden Axe), #Atari8bit computers game taking part in the ABBUC Software Contest 2026 #atari #retrogames

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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I love it when projects include side quests Two-player #BBCMicro #Elite (releasing next week) was having Delta 14B joystick issues, so I built a test tool This proved the hardware was bad, not the code (phew!) And I've released the code for others to use A fun detour! github.com/markmoxon/de...

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Iain Mew @superchartisland.com · 24/08/2026

Sega arcade racers Hang-On and Enduro Racer inspired a lot of British devs. It put some of them in the right place at the right time for Sega & Yu Suzuki's legendary next move. New post on Out Run and its deeply compromised, mega successful home computer ports: www.superchartisland.com/out-run

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Out Run – “A tank full of gas and an open road”

First, a recap of the last time I wrote about Yu Suzuki and Sega. After joining Sega from university in 1983, Suzuki was the lead designer for Hang-On,…

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Binary Dinosaurs @binarydinosaurs.co.uk · 23/08/2026

Good fun at the @computinghistory.org.uk meet up today. I took some of last year’s RetroFest exhibits to show - Sinclair QL with Schön keyboard and my CST Thor - along with something I’ve never seen at any retro event, the Mancomp replacement keyboard for the ZX Spectrum. Should do a feature on it.

My show and tell exhibits today, the Mancomp spectrum board replacement where you take the dead flesh off the top of your machine and rest it in the provided space on the lower moulding. Interface 1 space is provided and there’s a hole on the right for the PSU to poke out of.

Underneath is the QL with very excellent Schön keyboard and QL Medic disk interface WITH CASE (not many of those escaped) and the CST Thor which is a QL with a custom expansion board containing ram, serial io, floppy and hard disk (scsi) and an IBM XT keyboard.

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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 22/08/2026

Retro Computer Festival 2026 is Go for Landing! This year we'll boldly go to a galaxy far far away. And Houston, we hope there's no problems. As you might have guessed, the theme is SPACE! Tickets available now - 14th / 15th Nov - no space suit required www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/77371/re...

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BrewOtaku Homebrew Retro Gaming Magazine @brewotaku.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Morning Star (2026) by Dareint for Commodore 64. A letter from your friend Yvain. A creeping Void. A village where no news ever returns. Classic 8-bit text adventure with puzzles, inventory, and dark atmosphere. 🏔️🕯️ 💸 dareint.itch.io/the-morning-... #homebrew #commodore64 #c64 #themorningstar

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers."

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Ten non horror movies to get to know me Trois couleurs: Bleu Trois couleurs: Rouge Solaris (1972) Dancer in the Dark 2001: A Space Odyssey Paris: Texas Groundhog Day Somewhere in Time Reservoir Dogs Star Wars (1977)

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The National Museum of Computing @tnmoc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy Anniversary month to the Dragon 32, released in August 1982! Welsh computing history was made when Dragon Data brought this 32KB Motorola-powered machine to high street stores. Raise a glass to 8-bit nostalgia! #Dragon32 #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #OnThisDay #80sTech

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Joe's Computer Museum @museumjoe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Your Friendly Reminder: Sean Lee Robinson, AKA "Geek With Social Skills" is a known scammer. He has run cons on video game, arcade game, and vintage computer communities for decades - and is still doing it-. Just look up his name.

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Vinny Mainolfi | FREEZE-ZX | ZX Spectrum @freeze-zx.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Busy afternoon here at FREEZE Towers getting this lot packed, labelled and shipped out today and tomorrow. Lucky pre-order recipients will receive an email once their copy has been dispatched. freeze64.com/freeze-zx-is... #ZXspectrum #z80 #Speccy #GameDev #IndieGames

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just discovered this truly wonderful interview with the people who made my favourite game of all time, Dungeon Master: www.timeextension.com/features/the... @timeextension.com

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The Making Of: Dungeon Master, A Truly Trailblazing First-Person RPG

"I think in a certain sense we were a little bit too early"

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Pyjamarama (WIP). Demo mode done. Next up: fireworks on the "win screen". For these 2 features I unpack and hide the data (scripts) in the upper part of the screen temporarily. Desperate times, desperate measures when it comes to available RAM 😅

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Daniel Albu 🕹️ (Tech Talk with Daniel Albu) @danielalbu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📅 Happy 32nd anniversary to Star Wars: TIE Fighter! 💾 Star Wars: TIE Fighter was released on July 20th, 1994!

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Circuit Rewind @circuitrewind.com · 14/07/2026

Look what @jeffchen.bsky.social found on eBay a few days ago. I was dumb enough to buy it. Take a look at that 8... erm... not-quite-16bit ISA slot !? Yeah, that's what attracted both of us to this oddity of a card! SERIOUS QUESTION: have you literally EVER seen something like this before EVER!?

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Port of Pyjamarama to Acorn Electron (WIP). I have converted enough to be able to complete the game now. Working on the "you lose" and the "you win" screens, with nice chunky font. Screen mode split is still active but you won't notice it. Also, large boulder could be smoother but is good enough

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Joe's Computer Museum @museumjoe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This has got to be one of the best CRT emulators I've ever seen. It gorgeous.

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Ben Porter @eigenbom.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

don't use the term production-grade i've seen what goes on in production

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Sacrilege to some I'm sure, but I'm playing Lemmings on an Apple IIGS and there's nothing anyone can do to stop me. #notanamiga #iigs

Lemming on an Apple IIGS, shown on a flatscreen monitor with some seriously bad window glare.

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LukHash @lukhash.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Nothing beats the Amiga! 💜👾 #A1200

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Kate @geekate.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

After hearing the news of Bonnie Tyler, I can't get this song out of my head. This video was so incredible at the time #DarkAgeOfCamelot #DAoC #mmorpg #mmo

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DAOC - "Hero" (original)

YouTube video by wheatpuff

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nivs @nivrig.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Some Lumo testing on real 060 hardware. Watching this for glitches, not sure. I never see any on the emulators. 🧙 #amiga #retrodev

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☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Having resigned as MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage will be a candidate in the resulting by-election to see if he can be MP for Clacton. His only confirmed opponent will be Count Binface 🗑️! A joke candidate in the style of an absurd cartoonish villain, Nigel Farage will be representing Reform UK.

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Sophie Rose @sophierosemusic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

With the games industry crumbling.. it really is the time for indie developers / bedroom coders. That’s where the innovation is usually anyways.. imo obvs

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Star Trek TNG: Q's Deadly Games

ALT: Star Trek TNG: Q's Deadly Games

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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 08/07/2026

I have been playing around with a production Lisa FPGA board and it's so cool. What an amazing project! I had a small issue with an incompatible SD card, but we got that sorted. AFAIK, Joe still has some that aren't reserved yet: jcm-1.com/product-cate...

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Spooky Robb from 8/16/32bit @81632bitretro.com · 08/07/2026

I'm not often in favour of people voting for the "silly" candidates in an election.... But people of Clacton, you know what to do!

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Alan Day (Kilsally) @kilsally.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Latest issue of Amiga Future from Germany #retrocomputing #retrogaming #Amiga #commodore

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The first games company I worked for was Kuju Entertainment. They were making the multiplayer part of Dark Messiah at the time. I got to play test it early into my job. I remember saying it would be excellent after a year or so of development. I was told it was to be released in a few weeks.

Front cover of Dark Messiag Might and Magic, developed by Arkane and published by Ubisoft. Less known is that the multiplayer part was developed by Kuju Entertainment.

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Kim Justice @kimjustice.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Everyone and their mother has a video out about Sony dropping discs. I have a video coming out today too...about GX4000 homebrew games. For the sickos.

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Sinclair Research @sinclairresearch.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Ever wondered why the ZX Spectrum screen memory is so weirdly non-linear? It all comes down to how the ULA reads bitmap and attribute data from DRAM in page-read mode - the hardware constraints shaped the layout we all know. Great technical deep-dive here: breakintoprogram.co.uk

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

@gouldfishongames.com Hello good sir, it's Mark the Tool(s Chap) from the Lionhead days, how are you doing? I spotted you bought one of those Amiga GBAPII++ cards over on the bay, was considering getting one as backup in case my CyberVision 3D fails. Is it any good? Have you run any benchmarks?

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