Malc Seventyfour
@malcseventyfour.bsky.social
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Guys, your qualifying group is the *literal embodiment* of that McGlashan sketch from Absolutely.
“And here’s England’s group! England! Lapland! Melchester Rovers! Me and my Mum!”
“And here’s England’s group! England! Lapland! Melchester Rovers! Me and my Mum!”
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Guys, your qualifying group is the *literal embodiment* of that McGlashan sketch from Absolutely.
“And here’s England’s group! England! Lapland! Melchester Rovers! Me and my Mum!”
“And here’s England’s group! England! Lapland! Melchester Rovers! Me and my Mum!”
Very pretty display of the aurora last night…
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very pretty display of the aurora last night…
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Please feed my fragile ego by watching this video on the Friday The 13th game. It's the worst performing ChinnyVision for some time and unlike other channels there's no adverts. I don't get my wallet fed but my ego needs feeding as I am important YouTuber - youtu.be/7a6N3ZyTWvM
ChinnyVision - Ep 568 - Friday The 13th - C64, Amstrad CPC, Spectrum
YouTube video by ChinnyVision - The Retro Game Review Channel
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October 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Please feed my fragile ego by watching this video on the Friday The 13th game. It's the worst performing ChinnyVision for some time and unlike other channels there's no adverts. I don't get my wallet fed but my ego needs feeding as I am important YouTuber - youtu.be/7a6N3ZyTWvM
There are three things in life you can be sure of.
Death, Taxes and a Penalty to Rangers.
Death, Taxes and a Penalty to Rangers.
August 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There are three things in life you can be sure of.
Death, Taxes and a Penalty to Rangers.
Death, Taxes and a Penalty to Rangers.
Listen to me talk bollocks about old games! It’ll be fun and informative! (maybe).
Join @malcseventyfour.bsky.social and I for a chat about Atari 2600's, Spectrums and broken Z80 chips. Live via satellite from the colonies! Yes it's the ChinnyVision podcast, and it's half an hour of fun for old and young without the slightest hint of vulgarity! www.podbean.com/eas/pb-32xv8...
Ep 16 - Malc Seventyfour
Malc Seventyfour comes to us live via satellite from Canada. But he isn't Canadian, he grew up in Scotland with an Atari 2600 and still has his original Spectrum 48k (well actually his brothers). How ...
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July 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Listen to me talk bollocks about old games! It’ll be fun and informative! (maybe).
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I’ve just verified my age by telling Bluesky I’m off to Fine Fare for some groceries.
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’ve just verified my age by telling Bluesky I’m off to Fine Fare for some groceries.
Right…
Now to explain things to my wife.
Now to explain things to my wife.
July 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Right…
Now to explain things to my wife.
Now to explain things to my wife.
Good to see that the live scores section of the BBC Sports app is behaving totally normally…
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Good to see that the live scores section of the BBC Sports app is behaving totally normally…
Waterfall slo-mo.
July 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Waterfall slo-mo.
I just finished Dick Tracy on the Speccy so you don’t have to. The game is so bad that when you beat it, it literally stops working and you have to reset your Speccy.
Obviously the programmer knew perfectly well the utter shite they were spewing out.
Titus, eh?
Obviously the programmer knew perfectly well the utter shite they were spewing out.
Titus, eh?
July 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I just finished Dick Tracy on the Speccy so you don’t have to. The game is so bad that when you beat it, it literally stops working and you have to reset your Speccy.
Obviously the programmer knew perfectly well the utter shite they were spewing out.
Titus, eh?
Obviously the programmer knew perfectly well the utter shite they were spewing out.
Titus, eh?
I’m chasing a hearse in this level apparently.
Chase HQ is terrible, but I’m going to give it 73% because I’m terrified Ocean will pull their advertising from the mag if I give it a crap score.
Chase HQ is terrible, but I’m going to give it 73% because I’m terrified Ocean will pull their advertising from the mag if I give it a crap score.
July 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I’m chasing a hearse in this level apparently.
Chase HQ is terrible, but I’m going to give it 73% because I’m terrified Ocean will pull their advertising from the mag if I give it a crap score.
Chase HQ is terrible, but I’m going to give it 73% because I’m terrified Ocean will pull their advertising from the mag if I give it a crap score.
The graphics are atrocious. Honestly, why couldn’t they just use most of the assets from the original game?
Your car sprite looks like a bourbon biscuit, and the other cars are made up of about seven pixels each.
And HOLY SHIT the music!
Your car sprite looks like a bourbon biscuit, and the other cars are made up of about seven pixels each.
And HOLY SHIT the music!
July 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The graphics are atrocious. Honestly, why couldn’t they just use most of the assets from the original game?
Your car sprite looks like a bourbon biscuit, and the other cars are made up of about seven pixels each.
And HOLY SHIT the music!
Your car sprite looks like a bourbon biscuit, and the other cars are made up of about seven pixels each.
And HOLY SHIT the music!
Ahahahah! You know the great title music on the original Speccy version of Chase HQ? And the animated title screens?
What you get here is a static screen and some “music” that sounds like some bored seven year old plonking away at a Bontempi organ.
It’s *bad*.
What you get here is a static screen and some “music” that sounds like some bored seven year old plonking away at a Bontempi organ.
It’s *bad*.
July 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ahahahah! You know the great title music on the original Speccy version of Chase HQ? And the animated title screens?
What you get here is a static screen and some “music” that sounds like some bored seven year old plonking away at a Bontempi organ.
It’s *bad*.
What you get here is a static screen and some “music” that sounds like some bored seven year old plonking away at a Bontempi organ.
It’s *bad*.
I don’t believe I’ve ever really given this one a serious go before. Let’s see what it’s really like…
July 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I don’t believe I’ve ever really given this one a serious go before. Let’s see what it’s really like…
Er, so are they recommending that I vacuum-seal my cat?
Also, wasn’t Rodster Del Boy’s brother?
Also, wasn’t Rodster Del Boy’s brother?
July 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Er, so are they recommending that I vacuum-seal my cat?
Also, wasn’t Rodster Del Boy’s brother?
Also, wasn’t Rodster Del Boy’s brother?
Good grief. The people who programmed this game clearly had no actual idea how football works.
I don’t think they had any idea how computer games work either, to be honest.
I don’t think they had any idea how computer games work either, to be honest.
June 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Good grief. The people who programmed this game clearly had no actual idea how football works.
I don’t think they had any idea how computer games work either, to be honest.
I don’t think they had any idea how computer games work either, to be honest.
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Here y'are, from YS53... #zxspectrum #retrogaming
June 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Here y'are, from YS53... #zxspectrum #retrogaming
Not enough popcorn in the whole fucking world…
June 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Not enough popcorn in the whole fucking world…
Retro Friends! Remember, we may all be getting alarmingly old and decrepit, but just look at what you can do with your ever-expanding collection of old prescription bottles!
May 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Retro Friends! Remember, we may all be getting alarmingly old and decrepit, but just look at what you can do with your ever-expanding collection of old prescription bottles!
Spellbound Dizzy? Spellbound bollocks more like.
“You know how Dizzy sort of bounces around all over the place? How about in the next game we make it so he loses energy every time he fall off anything higher than a kerb, and make the player sit through a five second animation every time it happens!”
“You know how Dizzy sort of bounces around all over the place? How about in the next game we make it so he loses energy every time he fall off anything higher than a kerb, and make the player sit through a five second animation every time it happens!”
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Spellbound Dizzy? Spellbound bollocks more like.
“You know how Dizzy sort of bounces around all over the place? How about in the next game we make it so he loses energy every time he fall off anything higher than a kerb, and make the player sit through a five second animation every time it happens!”
“You know how Dizzy sort of bounces around all over the place? How about in the next game we make it so he loses energy every time he fall off anything higher than a kerb, and make the player sit through a five second animation every time it happens!”
Anyone care to guess which little fat bastard managed to sneak downstairs and eat half the dog’s food when no one was looking?
April 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Anyone care to guess which little fat bastard managed to sneak downstairs and eat half the dog’s food when no one was looking?
Thalamus *really* hated the Speccy, didn’t they?
“Let’s tease new Speccy games a couple of times a year but then never release any of them! Then let’s release one game and make it one of the worst shoot-em-ups ever!”
“Let’s tease new Speccy games a couple of times a year but then never release any of them! Then let’s release one game and make it one of the worst shoot-em-ups ever!”
April 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thalamus *really* hated the Speccy, didn’t they?
“Let’s tease new Speccy games a couple of times a year but then never release any of them! Then let’s release one game and make it one of the worst shoot-em-ups ever!”
“Let’s tease new Speccy games a couple of times a year but then never release any of them! Then let’s release one game and make it one of the worst shoot-em-ups ever!”
Why do I do this to myself? I managed to get to level 4. It doesn’t get any better.
April 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Why do I do this to myself? I managed to get to level 4. It doesn’t get any better.