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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Cats and dogs living together! This should be fun to explore.

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The Civitas Universe @thecivitasuniverse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Working today on a BBSs to feature in my game. In this alternate universe @visitthecave.bsky.social's @retrocollective.co.uk was already a thing, and had its own BBS! I just need to figure out the old landline format for a phone based in Stroud,UK in 1989 🤔 #GlyphisIOBBSTheProxyTapes1989

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Video: youtu.be/sIoOehM2wYI The #MiSTerFPGA Multisystem Pocket prototype is now working! See our latest update on the design and development of this and other exciting new products. #retro #retrogaming #fpga #emulation #handheld

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Reuniting Ultima VI with its missing “Orb of the Moon” to complete the box. Feeling virtuous.

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Before the sleek, GPU display cases of modern PC builds we had the era of jank. My mounting of a fan on a PSU bracket to cool an accelerator in this case from 2000 celebrates the jank. That’s my excuse anyway.

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sad to see Dolly Parton leave us. Music aside, in 2007 she set up her Imagination Library to ensure every child in care in the UK gets sent a book every month. Our little one is always thrilled to get a package from Dolly. I’m sure she’s a hero to many kids for this reason, a wonderful legacy.

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This Week in Retro @thisweekinretro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

@retrocollective.co.uk is back as a guest! A legendary joystick returns, thanks to @commodoreofficial.bsky.social. Dave and Neil discuss the evolving world of collecting and the Need for Speed goes Jaaaag. All this and more on this week's show!

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A Legendary Joystick Returns - This Week In Retro 282

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Turned an old Cherry G80 from German to UK layout as my new daily driver. 👍 or 👎?

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

No exceptions, no discussion, no excuses. I liked “Guru Meditation” better.

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 10/08/2026

Event: www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.p... Treat yourself to a day of vintage tech, lunch and our guest speaker Martin Wren-Hilton sharing his tales of '80s bedroom coding, Quicksilva and more, hosted at The Retro Collective in #stroud #gloucestershire Book now! #retrogaming #technology

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 23/07/2026

Harnessing Quantum Entanglement in Computing - A clip from a fascinating talk coming to the channel soon by Hermann Hauser. Subscribe at youtube.com/@theretrocol...

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 17/07/2026

We like to chat on Discord. You can join us at discord.com/servers/the-...

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 16/07/2026

Video: youtu.be/GdR8SYuUB34 We're developing a handheld #MiSTerFPGA compatible console. See the latest on our development journey and help us to shape it!

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Multisystem 2 Pocket Update - Design & Development Update | July 2026

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

32 years ago Kick Off 2 was still the best football game around.

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A happy 1084s but I don’t know, it just doesn’t sit right on an A600. Does it need a 500 here?

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 06/07/2026

New Video: youtu.be/d_gRYaEoDg8 He-Man never got an arcade cabinet, so we built the machine we'd have loved to see in an arcade in 1983! #retrogaming #gaming #arcade #diy #3dprinting #heman

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We Built the He-Man Arcade Game Cabinet That Never Existed

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 05/07/2026

What a wonderful day! Thank you to Hermann, Pamela and all of our visitors who shared such a special occasion with us. A video of the talk will be on our channel soon.

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

New Video: youtu.be/A7MTtPQvj0Q Brian 'Biscuit' Watson explores 4 decades of his life as a game dev! Special thanks to @mdf200.bsky.social for helping to organise this one!

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I Was A Game Dev for 4 Decades! with Brian 'Biscuit' Watson

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ImACoconut.ini @imacoconut.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Finally finished collecting for 3dfx - at @visitthecave.bsky.social the Banshee belongs to Neil and the Orchid box isn't mine but the other voodoo boxes are complete in box, the 3500 and 5500 being factory seals.

Far too much 3dfx for one man alone to store

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 22/06/2026

New Video: youtu.be/EYNHtEZTywI An Epic unboxing of retro computer, console and gaming donations to our museums. #retro #retrogaming #computers #tech #retrotech

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Epic Retro Donations To Our Computer Museum | Retro Collective

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Checking my phone for a new C= announcement so it can push yesterday’s one out of my brain.

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Jaelatrollz on the Phone

ALT: Jaelatrollz on the Phone

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 16/06/2026

Event: www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.p... 7 Tickets remain for what promises to be a wonderful day of tales from Acorn, ARM and beyond with Hermann Hauser at The Retro Collective. Book now!

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Good morning from sunny sunny Cornwall. Who wants an ice cream?

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Look at that beautiful 20mb MFM hard disk from 1986. 3.5” drive for scale!

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The team is assembled and ready to convert a plain arcade cab into something very special. #teamwork

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Nora Catty is discovering the outside world

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 18/05/2026

Video: youtu.be/YLOg9tGRdjA @h0ffman.bsky.social teaches us "how not to be a game dev" with his fascinating journey into accidentally creating games for our favourite retro systems. Enjoy!

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How Not to Get Into Game Development, with h0ffman

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 12/05/2026

New Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHA... Neil bangs his head against a wall and spends more than he wanted to trying to figure out a Creative Labs 3DO Blaster, just so Jason can kick his behind at FIFA. #retrogaming #gaming #tech #restoration #computers #repairs #trashtotreasure

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Why Won't My 3DO Blaster Work? | Trash to Treasure

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VGEsoterica @videogameesoterica.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The new @multisystemfpga.bsky.social is up for pre-order today so have a full teardown and review of an AIO MiSTer FPGA with a JAMMA edge. Spoiler alert: its legit so good youtu.be/ZULXYMh0hYM #gaming #gamingnews #retrogames #arcade #MiSTer #MiSTerFPGA

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 06/05/2026

New Video: youtu.be/d7YXSS27oX0 We've produced a brand new #misterfpga compatible board for arcades! Now available to order and built to usual high standards by the @heber-limited.bsky.social team here in the UK #arcade #retrogaming #tech

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Is This The Ultimate FPGA Arcade System? - Multisystem 2 Arcade Is Now Available

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Followers, I want to see Animals using technology. I’ll start…

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I just typed edit in Windows 11 command prompt as instincts are hard to kick, but this time something magic happened. Edit.exe is back! Apparently it returned in May last year but I’m slow at updating!

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 27/04/2026

Event: Games are for Gingers too - with special guest Brian Watson A special day at The Retro Collective with tales from DMA Design and beyond told by Brian 'Biscuit' Watson, and rumour has it some of the other DMA team may be there too. Book now at www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.p...

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Games are for Gingers too - with special guest Brian Watson - 17/05/2026

Games are for Gingers too - with special guest Brian Watson | Book your visit for 17th May, 2026 (All day)

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 26/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to see @h0ffman.bsky.social today and enjoyed his wonderful talk on game development. Especially Thomas who came from Germany just for the day ❤️

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Looking forward to this tomorrow! 4 last minute tickets added if anyone wants to join us on Sunday!

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 22/04/2026

Event this Sunday: www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.p... Last tickets remaining for a day with the multi-talented and tremendously nice chap, @h0ffman.bsky.social Treat yourself to a day at the Retro Collective, lunch and an open invite to dinner with us all in the evening. #retroevents

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h0ffman: How Not to Get into Game Development - 26/04/2026

h0ffman: How Not to Get into Game Development | Book your visit for 26th April, 2026 (All day)

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Never mind the Neo Geo, now the real gaming can begin. Picked up the new Pico GX from shop.flamelily.co.uk/picogx for use in the museum

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 17/04/2026

It's 2026 and Mastertronic is looking for new games to publish. Maybe you have what it takes...

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 17/04/2026

We're open for retro gaming this weekend. The Retro Collective is dedicated to preserving computer, console and arcade history in a hands-on setting. Book a visit to our museums in Gloucestershire this weekend at retrocollective.co.uk #gaming #retrogaming #tech #computing #stroud

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 14/04/2026

New Video: youtu.be/RVO9L06C6fs Commodore Blew it | Test driving the restored Amiga 3000 and considering what C= got right and wrong. #amiga #retro #tech #computers #retrogaming

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Event: Fresh from Revision party success @h0ffman.bsky.social is our guest on Sun 26th April. Enjoy his talk about his game dev work, including those awesome Neo Geo / Sega ports. Full access to The Cave and @arcadearchive.co.uk with lunch laid on. Book at www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.p...

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 07/04/2026

An Archimedes A310 and a game of Zarch. One of the many exhibits you can try at The Retro Collective. Visit retrocollective.co.uk to book your visit #nostalgia #retro #gaming

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

New Video: youtu.be/sASOfpzPjxg You probably didn't know you needed this in your life. (also I fall over). Watch now!

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Make Hard Disks LOUD again! - The HDD Synth Prototype | Show & Tell

YouTube video by The Retro Collective

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