Trixter
@oldskool.org
I'm an oldskool gamer, coder, and demoscener. Co-created mobygames. I make videos about vintage computing at http://youtube.com/TheOldskoolPC . Existential nihilist.
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Bloop got a donation match!
Donations before the end of 2025 will be doubled by an anonymous donor - up to $10,000! See comments.
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#tech #museum #museums #technology #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pittsburgh #PGH #education #nonprofit
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Bloop Museum Moves to Pittsburgh
We got the building! Here's what's next.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Bloop got a donation match!
Donations before the end of 2025 will be doubled by an anonymous donor - up to $10,000! See comments.
givebutter.com/bloopholiday
#tech #museum #museums #technology #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pittsburgh #PGH #education #nonprofit
Donations before the end of 2025 will be doubled by an anonymous donor - up to $10,000! See comments.
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#tech #museum #museums #technology #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pittsburgh #PGH #education #nonprofit
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New video is out! Watch as I re-discover the joys of flex cables and somehow restore a Game Boy DMG in the process.
Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance!
youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?...
#retrogaming #restoration
Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance!
youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?...
#retrogaming #restoration
Restoring a Busted Game Boy DMG - ASMR Repair
YouTube video by iiiDIY
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New video is out! Watch as I re-discover the joys of flex cables and somehow restore a Game Boy DMG in the process.
Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance!
youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?...
#retrogaming #restoration
Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance!
youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?...
#retrogaming #restoration
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#dosember drawing to a close seems a fitting time to wrap up this MS-DOS gouraud renderer, which I've been wanting to write for ages now. Running on emulated 486. Music from Team Yankee II. Sources up soonish (DJGPP or Watcom C). #retrogames #IndieGameDev
December 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#dosember drawing to a close seems a fitting time to wrap up this MS-DOS gouraud renderer, which I've been wanting to write for ages now. Running on emulated 486. Music from Team Yankee II. Sources up soonish (DJGPP or Watcom C). #retrogames #IndieGameDev
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I've released my tool for encoding pixel art on floppy disk tracks.
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
December 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I've released my tool for encoding pixel art on floppy disk tracks.
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
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Available Now, do you need some lovely non-holiday retro YouTube to hide and/or recover from the world with? Would you like it to feel like a real TV channel? With the co-operation of 30+ of the loveliest channels, this is Sub5000 TV.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Sub5000TV 2025 - YouTube
A Virtual TV channel of lovely retro gaming and hardware videos, if disappearing into lovely people being lovely for several hours is something that would be...
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Available Now, do you need some lovely non-holiday retro YouTube to hide and/or recover from the world with? Would you like it to feel like a real TV channel? With the co-operation of 30+ of the loveliest channels, this is Sub5000 TV.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I was honored to participate in the annual Big Red Arrow Club Christmas Trivia Quiz this year, not only did I participate on a team, but had a lot of fun creating questions for the other team.
After the holidays, I'll post my question block at max quality for everyone else to test their DOS skills.
After the holidays, I'll post my question block at max quality for everyone else to test their DOS skills.
Big Red Arrow Club Gets Festive: Holiday Quiz Challenge
YouTube video by Big Red Arrow Club
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I was honored to participate in the annual Big Red Arrow Club Christmas Trivia Quiz this year, not only did I participate on a team, but had a lot of fun creating questions for the other team.
After the holidays, I'll post my question block at max quality for everyone else to test their DOS skills.
After the holidays, I'll post my question block at max quality for everyone else to test their DOS skills.
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One of my big "they don't make anime like they used to" old fan complaints is that Cool Computer screens are a dying art
December 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
One of my big "they don't make anime like they used to" old fan complaints is that Cool Computer screens are a dying art
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this is so brilliant - a writeup of an oldschool demo running on 4096 gates of a tiny tapeout chip www.a1k0n.net/2025/12/19/t...
Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates
www.a1k0n.net
December 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
this is so brilliant - a writeup of an oldschool demo running on 4096 gates of a tiny tapeout chip www.a1k0n.net/2025/12/19/t...
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The cable-TV powered Sega Channel for Genesis/Mega Drive has been preserved and over 140 ROMs recovered. Here's the remarkable story: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...
Sega Channel Preserved: Over 140 Mega Drive ROMs Recovered
Unreleased prototypes, never-before-seen MD web browser.
www.digitalfoundry.net
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The cable-TV powered Sega Channel for Genesis/Mega Drive has been preserved and over 140 ROMs recovered. Here's the remarkable story: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...
This is an interesting project to port a simple overhead shooter to seemingly every platform under the sun. I booted the 320KB disk image on my real IBM PC/XT + CGA and it fired right up and it played very well, considering the hardware platform. Smart screen updates too (no tearing or flickering).
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This is an interesting project to port a simple overhead shooter to seemingly every platform under the sun. I booted the 320KB disk image on my real IBM PC/XT + CGA and it fired right up and it played very well, considering the hardware platform. Smart screen updates too (no tearing or flickering).
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My digital logic simulation of the IBM CGA now has color!
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My digital logic simulation of the IBM CGA now has color!
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
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Never forget...
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Never forget...
Memes are generally fine, but I really hope the "X is now as old as Y was when X was new", etc. ones die out soon. It's the most irritating way to say "Y is twice as old as X", ie. "Today the NES is twice as old as the Sony PSP"
December 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Memes are generally fine, but I really hope the "X is now as old as Y was when X was new", etc. ones die out soon. It's the most irritating way to say "Y is twice as old as X", ie. "Today the NES is twice as old as the Sony PSP"
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A new challenger approaches!
We just got a donation challenge from our friends at @cyan.com, creators of Myst and Riven! If you donate toward our Winter Fundraiser right now, Cyan will DOUBLE your contribution. If you were waiting to donate, now is the time! givebutter.com/vghf-winter-...
We just got a donation challenge from our friends at @cyan.com, creators of Myst and Riven! If you donate toward our Winter Fundraiser right now, Cyan will DOUBLE your contribution. If you were waiting to donate, now is the time! givebutter.com/vghf-winter-...
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A new challenger approaches!
We just got a donation challenge from our friends at @cyan.com, creators of Myst and Riven! If you donate toward our Winter Fundraiser right now, Cyan will DOUBLE your contribution. If you were waiting to donate, now is the time! givebutter.com/vghf-winter-...
We just got a donation challenge from our friends at @cyan.com, creators of Myst and Riven! If you donate toward our Winter Fundraiser right now, Cyan will DOUBLE your contribution. If you were waiting to donate, now is the time! givebutter.com/vghf-winter-...
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Join us tonight at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern for a YouTube Premiere of @frankcifaldi.bsky.social's impassioned, energetic talk about the state of video game preservation. This was previously for GDC attendees only, but has been unlocked for all. We'll be in chat! youtu.be/_00AjQNjgDk?...
Preserving Game History: It's Just Us
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Join us tonight at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern for a YouTube Premiere of @frankcifaldi.bsky.social's impassioned, energetic talk about the state of video game preservation. This was previously for GDC attendees only, but has been unlocked for all. We'll be in chat! youtu.be/_00AjQNjgDk?...
Putting together a short dos trivia quiz video for a holiday event with friends. 10 questions from easy to tough. Assuming it goes well, I'll post it to my YouTube channel afterwards.
As usual, I'm over-engineering the thing. 😕 Have spent 10+ hours in production thus far.
As usual, I'm over-engineering the thing. 😕 Have spent 10+ hours in production thus far.
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Putting together a short dos trivia quiz video for a holiday event with friends. 10 questions from easy to tough. Assuming it goes well, I'll post it to my YouTube channel afterwards.
As usual, I'm over-engineering the thing. 😕 Have spent 10+ hours in production thus far.
As usual, I'm over-engineering the thing. 😕 Have spent 10+ hours in production thus far.
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PC-Man (IBM PC, 1983) and The Spark Of Childhood Wonder cc @dosnostalgic.bsky.social #dos #dosgaming #intel #x86 #retro #retrogaming intotheverticalblank.com/2025/12/02/i...
PC-Man and The Spark Of Childhood Wonder
Teenager Greg Kuperberg wrote three fast-action arcade games for the IBM-PC in 1982 and 1983 (an almost impossible of feat at the time) and then took another path. In this rare examination o…
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December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
PC-Man (IBM PC, 1983) and The Spark Of Childhood Wonder cc @dosnostalgic.bsky.social #dos #dosgaming #intel #x86 #retro #retrogaming intotheverticalblank.com/2025/12/02/i...
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THIRTY NINE ENTRIES. 😐
Go play 'em! Leave a lovely comment! Follow the devs! Get inspired!
Go play 'em! Leave a lovely comment! Follow the devs! Get inspired!
Submissions to DOSember Game Jam
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December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
THIRTY NINE ENTRIES. 😐
Go play 'em! Leave a lovely comment! Follow the devs! Get inspired!
Go play 'em! Leave a lovely comment! Follow the devs! Get inspired!
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November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The google doodle today for Thanksgiving doesn't lead to a history article, a historical figure, food recipes, or anything heartwarming: It leads directly to AI-generated thanksgiving "suggestions".
Google doing this for a holiday meant to celebrate human connections is outrageously tone-deaf.
Google doing this for a holiday meant to celebrate human connections is outrageously tone-deaf.
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The google doodle today for Thanksgiving doesn't lead to a history article, a historical figure, food recipes, or anything heartwarming: It leads directly to AI-generated thanksgiving "suggestions".
Google doing this for a holiday meant to celebrate human connections is outrageously tone-deaf.
Google doing this for a holiday meant to celebrate human connections is outrageously tone-deaf.
When I learned the US penny would be discontinued, I asked my father, a world-renowned numismatist, for his reaction. His response was surprisingly practical: Not only did he agree, but thinks we should discontinue the nickel as well, simply because both cost more to mint than their face value.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When I learned the US penny would be discontinued, I asked my father, a world-renowned numismatist, for his reaction. His response was surprisingly practical: Not only did he agree, but thinks we should discontinue the nickel as well, simply because both cost more to mint than their face value.
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Choosing to spend my evening disassembling a rare PCjr cartridge ROM (JrVideo, supposedly speeds up PCjr video routines) while consuming pizza and caffeine.
Reliving my youth, or retrocomputing like a boss? I choose to view it as the latter.
Reliving my youth, or retrocomputing like a boss? I choose to view it as the latter.
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Choosing to spend my evening disassembling a rare PCjr cartridge ROM (JrVideo, supposedly speeds up PCjr video routines) while consuming pizza and caffeine.
Reliving my youth, or retrocomputing like a boss? I choose to view it as the latter.
Reliving my youth, or retrocomputing like a boss? I choose to view it as the latter.
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Ah, I'm awake again. Time to open the psychological harm app
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ah, I'm awake again. Time to open the psychological harm app