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Semi-automated posting of old computers and videogames. Sometimes other bits of retro aesthetics and design. ~6-8 posts a day, ~24 posts on holidays.

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Can THREE Stooges save ONE orphange from FOREclosure?
An ad in a faux movie poster style, reading "Cinemaware Presents: The TREE STOOGES" Moe, Larry, and Curly appear right (They can save the day by making ASSETS of themselves!"; the Evil Banker appears stage left ("He took their NEST EGG and told them to BEAT IT!"); and the Widow and her Three Beautiful Daughters appear below ("They're about to be thrown out on their ARREARS!"). On the bottom, Amiga screenshots depict the handdrawn cartoons plus the realistically colorized screenshots of the old black-and-white films.
December 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The VTech Precomputer Powerpad
A grey laptop of early 90s design, with dozens of 'function' keys for each built in application - and a surprisingly nice mechanical keyboard - but the 'screen' is a tiny 4 line 20 character LCD surrounded by a faux Windows interface.
December 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Santa Slayer (Windows, 1996; Digital Dialect) (Source.)
The player character aims from his perch on a sleigh; with his perch on a sleigh, the devs have covered up the bottom half of the screen, to make space for photographs of the devleoper's legs and boots, partially obscured by the 3D tinsel. Santa looks over a low-poly battleground that might be a backyard. Below, a very low-poly Santa (possibly referenced from a 90s Santa lego set) screams. The player has two photographed hands, which are wielding two low-poly revolvers.
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." (Source.)
An opera singer in a red dress sings on stage; around her fall men, who are in various stages of spontaneous human combustion. Thus begins Parasite Eve (PS, 1998), a game about an alien parasite on Christmas Eve.
December 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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ALL WILL BE REVEALED... (Source.)
In this image from Your Sinclair Magazine, Santa stands atop a Your Sinclair branded present (marked "Do Not Open Till Xmas"), spreading his arms wide; the text ALL WILL BE REVEALED... appears over his head. It's about the tape that was included with the magazine.
December 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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FELIZ NAVIDAD (Source.)
The background, a metallic looking snowy night, with several gleaming stars. Up top, in funky angular font, the words "FELIZ NAVIDAD." Image center, an picture of Santa (with huge beard, and red hat and red suit, as is customary), having traded in his sleigh for a chrome model; the many layers of circles on the sleigh make it look like Santa is driving a chrome drum set this Christmas. Behind him, Santa is carrying six Spectrum games: Freddy Hardest (back, cover obscured), Super 4 (two games of which are Warriors and Ole, Toro, cover obscured), Army Moves (a game featuring a jeep with an absurd amount of missiles in the back), Game Over (a game where a chrome alien with huge eyebrows threatens a wealthy woman with a red lattice top, white furs, and a chrome hairpiece; she is not threatened by the alien but looks at the player for help), Basket Master Fernando Martin (the named player is wearing the orange #10 jersey, and has the ball on a basketball court; a shorter player in a yellow jersey is reaching in to try to block); and After The War (featuring a cover whose Terminator-esque protagonist is cribbed from a Punisher comic, complete with the absurd gun, in front of the ruins of some city). Down below, the Dinamic logo appears - narrow, tall, handpainted blue letters over a granite background, looking like the logo of a World of Darkness book.
December 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Who takes care of the Christmas lights this year? (Source.)
Up top, the heading "Who takes care of the Christmas lights this year?" Below, an image of the device itself, ready to be plugged into a US outlet. Down below, dense ad copy touts the ability of the Ami-X10 to 'control over 200 electrical devices with more than 100 time settings in a single program. Once programmed, youc an even turn your Amiga off!' It is priced at $59.50 for just the software, or $125.50 for the software and comptuer interface; a phone line and address to order from Digital Dynamics is down below.
December 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Happy Christmas from A.C.E.! (Source.)
The cover of Atari Computer Enthusiasts [N.S.W.] for December 1984. Up top: the ACE logo (a very chromed and beveled affair), the words Atari Computer Enthusiasts [N.S.W.] in faux LED font, their address, and the subtitles "INSIDE INFO - No. 16 - DECEMBER 1984." As the cover image, Santa carries a sack full of presents while holding aloft an ink blot poster. Handwritten text reads, "Happy Christmas from A.C.E.!" Sections within are listed bottom right: Grubs, WildWest, DISKussion, Odds & Sods, Book Reviews, InterACTION!, Diamond Mine, Tramiel Report, Variable Lister, Courting Crickets, Add a Numeric Keypad, Software Library LIst, Spell Wizard Reviwed, An Easy TAB Statement, 1050 Disk Drive Modification, Christianity and the Computer, Strings & Formatting Tutorial. Bottom right is the price ($3.00) and beneath are the postal registration numbers.
December 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Wishing you a very merry 1987! (Source.)
In this pullout calendar from the December 1986 issue of Micro Hobby, a snowman greets you. He's standing on a circuit board (in which the words 'Feliz Navidad' appear in the circuits); he is melting on the board. His buttons are oranges, and his scarf has the speccy rainbow. He's holding a traditional broom, has a carrot nose and button eyes, and is wearing a broad brimmed hat; but in his hand, he is holding a cover of Micro Hobby magazine, showing the cover in which this particular Frosty appeared.
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Remember the reason for the season - Santa Claus turned into a huge Frost Gigas because the children no longer believed in him, necessitating us beating him up.
Santa talks to three party members (and Rudolf) in a winter castle. Up top, the dialog box: "I set off to find a Mana Seed, thinking I could grow a huge Christmas tree!" Below, the status bars of the three party members (all of whom are at full health).
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Winamp Skin: A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Hey! Someone tell @spinny that something in Skybot broke:
Error when attempting to post that happened after we tried to contact Bluesky.
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Barney Bear meets Santa Claus (Amiga, 1990) (Source.)
A screenshot of Barney Bear meets Santa Claus, a coloring game. Most of the screen is the uncolored scene, where Barney Bear stands before a jolly St. Nicholas, who laughs: "Ho! Ho! Ho!" A paintbrush and sixteen colors line the right; controls dot the bottom. In the bottom right, the button reads "STOP."
December 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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"Here's a colorful and festive 40-column, animated display for the 128..." (Source.)
Up top, the title "Happy Holidays!" Below, the subtitle "Celebrate your Yuletide season with this festive Santa display for the C-128. Center, a screenshot, showing the words "Happy Holidays" in faux calligraphic text composed of PETSCII line segments; behind the text, Santa and his reindeer run in front of a star screen towards a glowing north star. To the left, the text describes the function of the program "Five spriates - one for Santa and his sleigh, four for the reindeer - are sent across the screen with the MOVSPR command. To create the illusion of flying..." The remainder of the page is a 63 line program, much of which are data statements.
December 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Christmas special edition! (Source.)
The cover of the December 17, 1985 issue of MicroHobby. Up top, the title "MicroHobby" in varsity-style lettering; the subtitle is "Independent magazine for Sinclair computer users. 175 pesetas." The center image is Santa Clause; he's laughing, and his sack of goodies reveals a rock biter (from The Never Ending Story, Robin Hood, Rambo, a matador, what looks like a gem from Sentinel, and a whole lot of christmas ornaments. Cover left are the title stories: "Photo to photo! We tear into the 128", "Software '86: The New Heroes", "Educational Programs: The Overlooked", "New: Risk, Action, and Skill: Keys of the Saboteur".
December 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Hey! Someone tell @spinny that something in Skybot broke:
Error when attempting to post that happened after we tried to contact Bluesky.
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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It's Christmas day, and you're Santa Claus. However, two eager children (one of which is a pig) are trying to find you! Drop presents down chimneys, but don't be caught by the children, or by sunrise. This is Woo-kun's Santa Chase! (Source.)
Up top, it reads "I'm back! Woo-kun's Software Shop #5"; beneath, it indicates that the Seiichi Sugitani program is for MSX or MSX2 with 32K ram. The title, "Woo-kun's Santa Chase," appears below; the hand-shaded Erika Sakurazawa drawing shows Woo-Kun, a pig with wings, lying on his belly happily with a present behind him at the face of a christmas tree, while a worm with angel wings says "Merry X'mas". The first column says, "Santa is very busy!" while setting up the lore of the game; the next two colums are how to run the program and the instructions for play.
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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LET'S SEE THE GUY IN THE RED SUIT TOP THIS. (Source.)
Up top, the title: "Let's see the guy in the red suit top this." Page center, a stocking, but this one filled with a card that reads "Up to $200 off an AMIGA 500." Around the stocking, dense ad copy promises up to $200 off on select Amiga models, and touts their many features ("Increidble graphics with more than 4000 colors, built-in sound, word processing, and three exciting games" "1 MB of RAM, a word processor, a clock/calendar, paint and music programs, and a challenging graphics-oriented game.") Down below, the Amiga with mouse is pictured below the slogan "The Amiga Power Up Program," with the Commodore Amiga logo; the bottom includes dense terms and conditions, and the notice to "Circle Reader Service Number 112."
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Buon natale! (Source.)
In this image from Amiga Byte magazine, the Atari logo becomes a christmas tree; a star is at top, garland and ornaments are draped around it, and a bunch of festively wrapped presents sit at the bottom of the Atari tree.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Hey! Someone tell @spinny that something in Skybot broke:
Error when attempting to post that happened after we tried to contact Bluesky.
December 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Make Christmas magic with your CoCo
Up top, the title, "Make Christmas magic with your CoCo" To the left, sale prices: Max-10, the dazzling Word Processor, $79.95, now only $34.95. CocoMax III, The Famous Graphics Creator, $79.96 now only: $39.95 Save $100 BOTH CocoMax II and Max-10 for $149.90 now only $49.95. Top right, in front of a sign reading "With every Christmas order you will receive FREE Desert Storm Game & Desert Storm Poster". Top right, image, a wizard fires off a spell that reads "School, Letters, Postcards, Home, Books, Newsletters, Reports, Pictures, Fonts, Schedules, Love Notes, Typestyles." Below, the images, it offers "The Works (CoCo Max III + Max-10 plus additional fonts)" for $79.95. Below that is dense ad copy describing the software, expansions, system requirements, and printer drivers (back when printer drivers were $14.95 and worked for one piece of software at a time). Down below are bells around the text, "Happy Holidays from all of us at Colorware," ordering information, and the Colorware logo (which is ironically black and white).
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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By the mid-90s, 90s nihilism combined with the runaway success of DOOM to create a broad gamut of direct-to-CD "anti-games": games that were pumped out en masse, for cheap, with often crude or violent themes so the buyer could be detached from buying something as uncool as a videogame. (Source.)
The player character aims from his perch on a sleigh; with his perch on a sleigh, the devs have covered up the bottom half of the screen, to make space for photographs of the devleoper's legs and boots, partially obscured by the 3D tinsel. Santa looks over a low-poly battleground that might be a backyard. Below, a very low-poly Santa (possibly referenced from a 90s Santa lego set) screams. The player has two photographed hands, which are wielding two low-poly revolvers.
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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You might say, "Isn't this a reskinned Santa-themed Boulder Dash?" to which I might say, "Aren't you supposed to be charitable on Christmas?" (Source.)
A game for the C64. The red sprite of Santa, the player character, is in a cul-de-sac of snow. If he breaches the wall to the left, he will be buried. If he breaches the block to his right, a boulder will fall on him. Three presents appear on the screen, but there's no clear path to them. To the right, the UI says "ICICLE WORKS. PLAYER 1 ROOM 4 TIME 00077 SCORE 00030 MEN 00000"
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." (Source.)
An opera singer in a red dress sings on stage; around her fall men, who are in various stages of spontaneous human combustion. Thus begins Parasite Eve (PS, 1998), a game about an alien parasite on Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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"This Christmas, there's a little bit of Commodore in all of us." (Source.)
A two-page spread left. First page, top left, in front of graham cracker: "This Christmas, there's a little bit of Commodore in all of us." Dense text describes the various packs Amiga has for sale: the Amiga 1500 ("Now let's see if I can..." ₤1149.99), the Commodore Amiga 500 ("Yes, I'm learning fast..." ₤399.99, or ₤599.99 for the First Steps pack), and the Commodore 64 ("I'll give it my best shot", ₤159.99), and the C64 Games System ("I knew I could do it", ₤99.99). Bottom right of the right hand page is the interest form, which you had to mail in directly.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM