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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There is a key map toggle for cursor keys, try them all, one works. I need to relabel them properly

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Rc3 is out with x86 Mac builds. I haven’t tested it, so let me know how you get on

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Bizmuth 1.0.0-rc3 — seven new ADP commands for driving the emulator from a tool, Copper and AY mixing fixes, and separate Apple Silicon and Intel builds for macOS. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-1-0-0… #ZXSpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #Debugger #emulator #RetroDev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Strarwake Trail - a little game I’ve been working on for the Spectrum Next youtu.be/CVtLZcwdzUY twistedraven.itch.io/starwake-trail #RetroGame #ZXNext #Trailblazer #RetroDev #SpecNext #itchio

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Starwake Trail - Spectrum Next

YouTube video by Twisted Raven

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ll have an intel build of rc2 soon, I’ll let you know when it’s done

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It should work, unless your Mac is intel. I’m going to try and build an intel version too.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s experimental at the moment, but I’m sure it could be added to the web version.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bizmuth now runs in your browser. Every Spectrum from the 16K to the +3, plus the ZX Spectrum Next booting NextZXOS — one click, nothing to install. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-online #ZXSpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #Debugger #emulator #RetroDev #WebAssembly

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’ll look into it, i only have really recent Mac hardware.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

FantASM 2.2.0 — the linker grows up: link maps, fxi version 3, !test blocks carried through the link, and brace blocks for MACRO, IF, REP and friends. 25 fixes. twistedraven.net/news/fantasm-2-2-0 #Assembler #Z80 #ZXSpectrumNext #RetroDev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bizmuth 1.0.0-rc1 — first release candidate of my ZX Spectrum Next emulator + debugger. Faster, and far lighter on the host: about a quarter of the CPU time with a window open. Free. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-1-0-0… #ZXSpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #Debugger #emulator #RetroDev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Rookery 1.1.0 released. One Rookery now hosts several Gitea runners — a row each for status, uptime and current job, with Start/Stop per runner. Bundled runner moves to gitea-runner v3.3.0. twistedraven.net/news/rookery-1-1-0 #Gitea #CI #macOS

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

0x1DE 0.5.0 released. Highlighting is generated from a language surface now, so a word added once reaches every editor. New Boriel ZX BASIC and PASTA/80 grammars, plus a long list of colouring fixes. twistedraven.net/news/oxide-0-5-0 #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #retrodev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

FantASM 2.1.0 released. !virtual assembles a block for an address it is not placed at, ALIGN pads to a boundary, and an experimental object format brings ar and link. Three breaking changes. twistedraven.net/news/fantasm-2-1-0 #Z80 #ZXSpectrumNext #retrodev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

bizmuth - my #zxnext emulator now running on a steam deck, retro gaming on the go! #spectrum #emulator #specnext

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Bizmuth 1.0.0-beta2 released. 174 changes since beta 1, 123 of them fixes: ESP networking with no extra hardware, and ASSERTs in your asm source via SLD files. Free beta. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-1-0-0… #ZXSpectrumNext #emulator #retrodev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Bizmuth 1.0.0-beta1 — my ZX Spectrum Next emulator and source-level debugger. It now runs on hg80, our own Z80/Z80N core, so the LGPL CPU library is gone, and --load starts from a cached boot state. Free beta. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-1-0-0… #ZXSpectrumNext #emulator #retrodev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Living in the north of England I never thought I'd be checking my pond daily to see if a snake had taken any of the fish! Bloody great #grasssnake swimming in there the other day.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Rookery 1.0.1 is out — the macOS menu-bar host for a Gitea act_runner. Bundled runner updated to gitea-runner v2.3.0. twistedraven.net/news/rookery-1-0-1 #Rookery #Gitea

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Bizmuth 0.9.5-beta5 is out — our ZX Spectrum Next emulator + source-level debugger. Now with save/load states, much faster emulation, working DeZog (DZRP) debugging, and new SD-card tools. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-0-9-5… #Bizmuth #ZXSpectrumNext #Z80

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

#Amazon uk deliveries are getting worse. I think I’m now done with them. Complaining does nothing.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Well that's a new one, just rescued a mole from the murder mittens of one of our cats. Never seen a live wild mole in the flesh. #cats #murdermittens #mole

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Bizmuth 0.9.4-beta4 is out — our cycle-accurate ZX Spectrum Next emulator + source-level debugger. New: save/load states, re-runnable setup, faster interrupt-heavy code, and a swappable LGPL Z80 core. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-0-9-4… #Bizmuth #ZXSpectrumNext #Z80

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the pickwicker man @pickwick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

this is where they keep the Pratchett books, I assume

Waterstones department sign that says OOKERY

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I've updated the site, downloads are back now.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

FantASM 1.7.5 — my cross-platform Z80 assembler. New: a data-driven memory model (page/slot directives), a paging-aware !test simulator, --ram device sizing, and an in-app update check. Plus a Linux ARM64 build. twistedraven.net/news/fantasm-1-7-5 #Z80 #ZXSpectrum #retrocomputing #gamedev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Bizmuth 0.9.3-beta3 — my cycle-accurate ZX Spectrum Next emulator + debugger. New: in-app update check, ADP page-qualified breakpoints + headless mode, plus ARM64 Linux and portable Windows builds. Free beta. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-0-9-3… #ZXSpectrumNext #emulator #retrodev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

@0xcafed00d.bsky.social next beta release is planned soon and will fix the library issue and add a Linux arm build

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Bizmuth 0.9.1-beta2 — my cycle-accurate ZX Spectrum Next emulator + source-level debugger. Now emulates the 16K Spectrum; the ADP debugger gains async *stopped events, mem write and step-over. Free public beta. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-0-9-1… #ZXSpectrumNext #emulator #retrodev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

FantASM 1.7.4 is out — my cross-platform Z80 assembler. Bugfix round: cleaner --lsp output, out-of-range jr/djnz now errors instead of truncating, and the test suite grew 206 → 304. twistedraven.net/news/fantasm-1-7-4 #Z80 #ZXSpectrum #retrocomputing #gamedev

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I've released my new ZX Spectrum and Spectrum Next emulator out into the wild, it's been a long old slog, but I've finally got a beta version available to download and a shiny new website to boot. #emulator #zxspectrum #sinclair #spectrumnext #zxnext #specnext twistedraven.net/bizmuth/

twistedraven.net

TwistedRaven

Homebrew Z80 and ZX Spectrum Next tools — the FantASM assembler, the Zinc language, and the Bizmuth emulator.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It's alive! Getting the slowly but surely...

ZX Spectrum Next Boot Menu running in an emulator

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Getting closer to having my ZX Spectrum Next #emulator booting correctly! Just the rest of the hardware to implement! #SpecNext #ZXSpectrum

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I'll drop you an email as I don't use discord, only mastodon and Bluesky.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Probably classic as I don't want to confuse users too much. Stick to what they would expect.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Something 8-bit pixels in black and white, as long as the style is consistent

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

At least 15, it's for a graphics editor so things like paint bucket, spray can, dropper and most standard ones.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Looking for a pixel artist to help design some 8bit mouse cursors for a graphics editor I’m working on. #indiedev #request #pixelartist

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!

The Librarian from Unseen University holding up a sprig of mistletoe and grinning broadly. As drawn by Paul Kidby.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Wasn’t expecting this to turn up on a Sunday, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless. My order status hadn’t even been updated from confirmed, I had no idea it had even shipped. #c64ultimate

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Took the #SamCoupe along to the Lincolnshire #Amiga group meet-up last weekend. Quite bus and a couple of people said it was the first time they’d ever seen one.

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

In a company wide project kick off meeting and the term “AI integration” keeps sneaking in as a bullet point. Looks like business daddy has succumbed to the corporate marketing BS. #ai #yawn #CorporateBS

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Thought I’d have a play and see what a #SpectrumNext version of Manic Miner might look like. Just a few rough pixels so I’ve got something to work with while I start a little coding exercise. Something to get me back into #z80 #retrodev #RetroGaming

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twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Not impressed with the “pay us or accept that we will ignore your right to deny tracking” that is becoming pervasive around the web. I will not be held to ransom, your business model is broken and I will not visit your site again. #Enshitification #BrokenWeb #Privacy

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