Henrique Olifiers
@olifiers.bsky.social
Co-Founder, Gamer-In-Chief of BAFTA-winner Bossa Studios. Chairman tinyBuild. Driver of the ZX Spectrum Next. Retro computing fan. Maker. Space enthusiast.
Today's haul: a mint Speccy that looks like it just came out of Sinclair's factory and a signed copy of Zynaps.
A very happy Sunday.
Thanks Chris @gamesyouloved.bsky.social and Andrew Hewson!!!
A very happy Sunday.
Thanks Chris @gamesyouloved.bsky.social and Andrew Hewson!!!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Today's haul: a mint Speccy that looks like it just came out of Sinclair's factory and a signed copy of Zynaps.
A very happy Sunday.
Thanks Chris @gamesyouloved.bsky.social and Andrew Hewson!!!
A very happy Sunday.
Thanks Chris @gamesyouloved.bsky.social and Andrew Hewson!!!
Nursing a cold with my dog faithfully playing nurse. She hasn't left my side since the first cough. We really don't deserve dogs.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nursing a cold with my dog faithfully playing nurse. She hasn't left my side since the first cough. We really don't deserve dogs.
One of the best new games for the ZX Spectrum, hands down. Fluid, beautiful and full of surprises, it's a must-have in any Speccy game collection.
Tras casi 2 años de desarrollo el equipo de @patmorita.bsky.social liberó este peculiar y espectacular homenaje a Toki para #ZXSpectrum
Una auténtica gozada para disfrutar y explorar a lo largo de 155 pantallas y 5 áreas.
Disponible en patmorita.itch.io/tokimal 👍😊🕹️ #retrogaming #videojuegos #8bit
Una auténtica gozada para disfrutar y explorar a lo largo de 155 pantallas y 5 áreas.
Disponible en patmorita.itch.io/tokimal 👍😊🕹️ #retrogaming #videojuegos #8bit
October 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
One of the best new games for the ZX Spectrum, hands down. Fluid, beautiful and full of surprises, it's a must-have in any Speccy game collection.
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Spectrum Next #Delphian progress: various changes, and it's starting to feel like a game. Controls and movement are now interrupt driven, so it'll always fly at the same speed no matter what the frame rate. Also added a compass and map coordinates, and added some cockpit graphics, but still WIP.
September 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Spectrum Next #Delphian progress: various changes, and it's starting to feel like a game. Controls and movement are now interrupt driven, so it'll always fly at the same speed no matter what the frame rate. Also added a compass and map coordinates, and added some cockpit graphics, but still WIP.
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I’ve started adding some precompiled “.nex” demos in the library. I appreciate that not all will have the time to install z88dk to try these out. Just a cube at the moment. Will add more as I continue exploring the capabilities.
github.com/breakintopro...
github.com/breakintopro...
September 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I’ve started adding some precompiled “.nex” demos in the library. I appreciate that not all will have the time to install z88dk to try these out. Just a cube at the moment. Will add more as I continue exploring the capabilities.
github.com/breakintopro...
github.com/breakintopro...
Japan is on a league of its own when the airport lounge features an arcade.
I rest my case.
I rest my case.
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Japan is on a league of its own when the airport lounge features an arcade.
I rest my case.
I rest my case.
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I remembered that Fumito Ueda (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus) was an Amiga person! He talks about it here, and how Amiga was used in the Japanese show ‘Ugo Ugo Ruga’
shmuplations.com/ueda/
shmuplations.com/ueda/
Fumito Ueda – 2005 Developer Interview - shmuplations.com
This long and wonderful interview with ICO and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda first appeared in vol. 25 of the excellent CONTINUE magazine in 2005, and was later compiled in a book of inte...
shmuplations.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I remembered that Fumito Ueda (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus) was an Amiga person! He talks about it here, and how Amiga was used in the Japanese show ‘Ugo Ugo Ruga’
shmuplations.com/ueda/
shmuplations.com/ueda/
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speak of the devil, this just-translated interview covers the making of that very show, with plenty more Amiga talk shmuplations.com/yukihitomori...
Yukihito Morikawa – 2000 Developer Interview - shmuplations.com
This lengthy interview with Yukihito Morikawa discusses his early background, his past work as a CG artist, and his pioneering work on Ganbare Morikawa-kun.
shmuplations.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
speak of the devil, this just-translated interview covers the making of that very show, with plenty more Amiga talk shmuplations.com/yukihitomori...
The owner of this Commodore Amiga store in Tokyo, whose door still features GVP and Video Toaster stickers, used to sell Amigas in Japan back when.
I've just walked into him closing the store to head to a filming, he's a video maker now.
What serendipity!
#retrocomputing
I've just walked into him closing the store to head to a filming, he's a video maker now.
What serendipity!
#retrocomputing
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The owner of this Commodore Amiga store in Tokyo, whose door still features GVP and Video Toaster stickers, used to sell Amigas in Japan back when.
I've just walked into him closing the store to head to a filming, he's a video maker now.
What serendipity!
#retrocomputing
I've just walked into him closing the store to head to a filming, he's a video maker now.
What serendipity!
#retrocomputing
Wait, what is this place I've just stumbled upon in Tokyo?!?
@commodoreofficial.bsky.social @commodoreblog.uk @judgedrokk.bsky.social
@commodoreofficial.bsky.social @commodoreblog.uk @judgedrokk.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Wait, what is this place I've just stumbled upon in Tokyo?!?
@commodoreofficial.bsky.social @commodoreblog.uk @judgedrokk.bsky.social
@commodoreofficial.bsky.social @commodoreblog.uk @judgedrokk.bsky.social
Mr. Purple meets Col. Mustard at the Library.
Surely these guys can afford better haircare.
Surely these guys can afford better haircare.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Mr. Purple meets Col. Mustard at the Library.
Surely these guys can afford better haircare.
Surely these guys can afford better haircare.
Oh, look, Takeru! Chose what software you want, drop in some coins and the machine gives you a floppy full of your goodies.
Peak retro. Peak MSX.
Peak retro. Peak MSX.
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Oh, look, Takeru! Chose what software you want, drop in some coins and the machine gives you a floppy full of your goodies.
Peak retro. Peak MSX.
Peak retro. Peak MSX.
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ZX Spectrum appreciation post! 👍
September 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
ZX Spectrum appreciation post! 👍
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From the creative mind behind the legendary FREEZE64 comes a brand-new, A5 brilliantly quirky 36-page gaming fanzine dedicated to the treasured ZX Spectrum. Ladies and gentlemen, we’re thrilled to present: **FREEZE-ZX**!
Grab your copy today from:
freeze64.com/freezezx-iss...
#ZXspectrum #Speccy
Grab your copy today from:
freeze64.com/freezezx-iss...
#ZXspectrum #Speccy
September 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
From the creative mind behind the legendary FREEZE64 comes a brand-new, A5 brilliantly quirky 36-page gaming fanzine dedicated to the treasured ZX Spectrum. Ladies and gentlemen, we’re thrilled to present: **FREEZE-ZX**!
Grab your copy today from:
freeze64.com/freezezx-iss...
#ZXspectrum #Speccy
Grab your copy today from:
freeze64.com/freezezx-iss...
#ZXspectrum #Speccy
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A little update of my Spectrum Next project...
September 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A little update of my Spectrum Next project...
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Working on a list of local games that are unpreserved. It is surprising how many titles haven't been found yet, but I think Czechia and Slovakia is still in a very good place compared to the rest of the world. There are over 500 games archived for the ZX Spectrum alone!
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Working on a list of local games that are unpreserved. It is surprising how many titles haven't been found yet, but I think Czechia and Slovakia is still in a very good place compared to the rest of the world. There are over 500 games archived for the ZX Spectrum alone!
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Brand new Spectrum game, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, by Kamil Blazěk.
A text adventure based on the epic 90's point & click game. Download (english and czech):
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/44498/ZX-Spectrum/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
A text adventure based on the epic 90's point & click game. Download (english and czech):
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/44498/ZX-Spectrum/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
September 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Brand new Spectrum game, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, by Kamil Blazěk.
A text adventure based on the epic 90's point & click game. Download (english and czech):
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/44498/ZX-Spectrum/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
A text adventure based on the epic 90's point & click game. Download (english and czech):
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/44498/ZX-Spectrum/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
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To celebrate the launch of Lost Skies, we've got wonderful humans streaming the game this week.
Wed 17th: Bekzxx
Thurs 18th: @elloawendy.bsky.social
Fri 19th: Adrift
Join us in their chats all week to celebrate the launch!
#LostSkies #Indiedevs #Twitch
Wed 17th: Bekzxx
Thurs 18th: @elloawendy.bsky.social
Fri 19th: Adrift
Join us in their chats all week to celebrate the launch!
#LostSkies #Indiedevs #Twitch
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
To celebrate the launch of Lost Skies, we've got wonderful humans streaming the game this week.
Wed 17th: Bekzxx
Thurs 18th: @elloawendy.bsky.social
Fri 19th: Adrift
Join us in their chats all week to celebrate the launch!
#LostSkies #Indiedevs #Twitch
Wed 17th: Bekzxx
Thurs 18th: @elloawendy.bsky.social
Fri 19th: Adrift
Join us in their chats all week to celebrate the launch!
#LostSkies #Indiedevs #Twitch
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Facehuggers and Xenomorphs await in Aliens: Neoplasma II, a masterpiece for ZX Spectrum! Perfect platforming, awesome 8-bit soundtrack, & pure 'Alien' action.
Read our full review in BrewOtaku #003:
www.brewotaku.com/2025/09/alie...
#AliensNeoplasmaII #ZXSpectrum #RetroGaming #BrewOtaku #homebrew
Read our full review in BrewOtaku #003:
www.brewotaku.com/2025/09/alie...
#AliensNeoplasmaII #ZXSpectrum #RetroGaming #BrewOtaku #homebrew
Aliens: Neoplasma II (2024) ZX Spectrum » BrewOtaku Homebrew Retro Gaming Magazine
Aliens: Neoplasma II (2024) – A commercial ZX Spectrum platformer by Sanchez Crew. Face Xenomorphs, guards, and a hostile AI in this tense, retro sci-fi adventure inspired by Alien.
www.brewotaku.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Facehuggers and Xenomorphs await in Aliens: Neoplasma II, a masterpiece for ZX Spectrum! Perfect platforming, awesome 8-bit soundtrack, & pure 'Alien' action.
Read our full review in BrewOtaku #003:
www.brewotaku.com/2025/09/alie...
#AliensNeoplasmaII #ZXSpectrum #RetroGaming #BrewOtaku #homebrew
Read our full review in BrewOtaku #003:
www.brewotaku.com/2025/09/alie...
#AliensNeoplasmaII #ZXSpectrum #RetroGaming #BrewOtaku #homebrew
Progress on the Spectrum Next 3D engine continues at pace with Dean smashing vertexes and polygons with math lookup tables and a moving camera!
Righto, happy with the scene maths now, so can start porting to Z80 assembler. First, I need a fast 16-bit sin and cos routine that does HL = SIN(A)*DE/256. Rotating the centre points of the objects uses more bits than rotating the vertices around the centre of a model. Much faster already.
September 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Progress on the Spectrum Next 3D engine continues at pace with Dean smashing vertexes and polygons with math lookup tables and a moving camera!
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Anyhow, that’s how we used to time code in the old days, and goodness, what a performance boost here at very little cost. Got to love the Next. I’ll leave you with the coloured Cobra MkIII. Enjoy.
September 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Anyhow, that’s how we used to time code in the old days, and goodness, what a performance boost here at very little cost. Got to love the Next. I’ll leave you with the coloured Cobra MkIII. Enjoy.
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Skyship build of the week! - Archer by Sand from the Fuel Foxes Guild
Submit your own on Discord: bit.ly/SkiesDisc
#lostskies #community #Create
Submit your own on Discord: bit.ly/SkiesDisc
#lostskies #community #Create
September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Skyship build of the week! - Archer by Sand from the Fuel Foxes Guild
Submit your own on Discord: bit.ly/SkiesDisc
#lostskies #community #Create
Submit your own on Discord: bit.ly/SkiesDisc
#lostskies #community #Create
Can't contain my excitement with how this 3D engine for the Spectrum Next is shaping up... And what we're going to build with it.
Dean is a hell of a developer to pull this off so fast.
Dean is a hell of a developer to pull this off so fast.
Pretty happy with how today went - after spending a few days gnarled under with silly bugs I've managed to get a load done, including importing from Blender using a Python script and refactoring the code so I can render more models in the viewport...
September 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Can't contain my excitement with how this 3D engine for the Spectrum Next is shaping up... And what we're going to build with it.
Dean is a hell of a developer to pull this off so fast.
Dean is a hell of a developer to pull this off so fast.
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That didn't take long at all. I can now shape the data to fit the Next 3D engine. This is a good shape to test its capabilities.
September 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
That didn't take long at all. I can now shape the data to fit the Next 3D engine. This is a good shape to test its capabilities.