RetroElectroDad
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Level 14 husband/father/software developer by trade. Vintage computer/video game console collector by hobby. Live by the coast in the North East of England.
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This week on The Digital Antiquarian: "Bullfrog in the Dungeon" www.filfre.net/2025/08/bull...
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THE HEART OF NEON BLU-RAY
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THE HEART OF NEON BLU-RAY
Own the film about a life in video games: HEART OF NEON tells the story of how game developer Jeff Minter went from pioneer to legend.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
THE HEART OF NEON BLU-RAY
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Gamers: Ghosts in the Machine
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Gamers: Ghosts in the Machine
The true stories of the creators of video gaming: genius, love, struggle, murder, addiction, suicide and a whole heap of fun.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Gamers: Ghosts in the Machine
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Once I knew this existed I just had to have it.
March 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Once I knew this existed I just had to have it.
I will never again complain that my Atari 800XL took 15 minutes to load Solo Flight from cassette. My PS5 is taking over an hour to set up Assassin’s Creed Shadows from the Blu Ray drive! And they call it progress.
March 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I will never again complain that my Atari 800XL took 15 minutes to load Solo Flight from cassette. My PS5 is taking over an hour to set up Assassin’s Creed Shadows from the Blu Ray drive! And they call it progress.
One of my favourite blogs is covering one of my favourite old machines, the TI-99/4a... bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/w...
Writing Cartridge Software for the TI-99/4A
Last week’s adventures revolved around TI BASIC and its extensions. Those extensions were shipped as cartridges, or, in TI parlance, “command modules.” This week we’ll trans…
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February 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One of my favourite blogs is covering one of my favourite old machines, the TI-99/4a... bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/w...
A Eurogamer article yesterday on Lucasfilm Games told me something I didn’t realise… Star Raiders on the Atari 400/800 directly inspired Rescue on Fractalus! which led to Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (that started out as “Return to Fractalus”).
February 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A Eurogamer article yesterday on Lucasfilm Games told me something I didn’t realise… Star Raiders on the Atari 400/800 directly inspired Rescue on Fractalus! which led to Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (that started out as “Return to Fractalus”).
Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 6: Asteroids (Atari)
If I could buy one arcade machine this would be the one.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 6: Asteroids (Atari)
If I could buy one arcade machine this would be the one.
#games
#gamechallenge
January 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 6: Asteroids (Atari)
If I could buy one arcade machine this would be the one.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 6: Asteroids (Atari)
If I could buy one arcade machine this would be the one.
#games
#gamechallenge
Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 5: Tetris (Nintendo Game Boy)
This must be at or near the top of the list of games most developers wish they had come up with. Perfect for the Game Boy. I lost days to it.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 5: Tetris (Nintendo Game Boy)
This must be at or near the top of the list of games most developers wish they had come up with. Perfect for the Game Boy. I lost days to it.
#games
#gamechallenge
January 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 5: Tetris (Nintendo Game Boy)
This must be at or near the top of the list of games most developers wish they had come up with. Perfect for the Game Boy. I lost days to it.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 5: Tetris (Nintendo Game Boy)
This must be at or near the top of the list of games most developers wish they had come up with. Perfect for the Game Boy. I lost days to it.
#games
#gamechallenge
Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 4: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (XBox 360)
Skyrim may take the plaudits but for me it's Oblivion. That moment you exit the tutorial prison and emerge into the open world...
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 4: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (XBox 360)
Skyrim may take the plaudits but for me it's Oblivion. That moment you exit the tutorial prison and emerge into the open world...
#games
#gamechallenge
January 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 4: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (XBox 360)
Skyrim may take the plaudits but for me it's Oblivion. That moment you exit the tutorial prison and emerge into the open world...
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 4: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (XBox 360)
Skyrim may take the plaudits but for me it's Oblivion. That moment you exit the tutorial prison and emerge into the open world...
#games
#gamechallenge
Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 3: Star Raiders (Atari 8-bit)
This was a system seller. Take the old Star Trek mainframe game, speed it up, make it loud, fast and pseudo 3D. Do it in 8K of ROM. Astounding.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 3: Star Raiders (Atari 8-bit)
This was a system seller. Take the old Star Trek mainframe game, speed it up, make it loud, fast and pseudo 3D. Do it in 8K of ROM. Astounding.
#games
#gamechallenge
January 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 3: Star Raiders (Atari 8-bit)
This was a system seller. Take the old Star Trek mainframe game, speed it up, make it loud, fast and pseudo 3D. Do it in 8K of ROM. Astounding.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 3: Star Raiders (Atari 8-bit)
This was a system seller. Take the old Star Trek mainframe game, speed it up, make it loud, fast and pseudo 3D. Do it in 8K of ROM. Astounding.
#games
#gamechallenge
Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 2: Kick Off 2 (Amiga)
The reason I bought an Amiga. Friends had it and I was desperate to be able to play it any time I wanted. Sensible Soccer didn't really do it for me.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 2: Kick Off 2 (Amiga)
The reason I bought an Amiga. Friends had it and I was desperate to be able to play it any time I wanted. Sensible Soccer didn't really do it for me.
#games
#gamechallenge
January 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 2: Kick Off 2 (Amiga)
The reason I bought an Amiga. Friends had it and I was desperate to be able to play it any time I wanted. Sensible Soccer didn't really do it for me.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 2: Kick Off 2 (Amiga)
The reason I bought an Amiga. Friends had it and I was desperate to be able to play it any time I wanted. Sensible Soccer didn't really do it for me.
#games
#gamechallenge
Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 1: Lunar Rescue
I loved this early arcade game so much. The first game I ever wrote was a version of this in Ext. BASIC on my TI-99/4a computer and played surprisingly well.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 1: Lunar Rescue
I loved this early arcade game so much. The first game I ever wrote was a version of this in Ext. BASIC on my TI-99/4a computer and played surprisingly well.
#games
#gamechallenge
January 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No particular order.
Day 1: Lunar Rescue
I loved this early arcade game so much. The first game I ever wrote was a version of this in Ext. BASIC on my TI-99/4a computer and played surprisingly well.
#games
#gamechallenge
Day 1: Lunar Rescue
I loved this early arcade game so much. The first game I ever wrote was a version of this in Ext. BASIC on my TI-99/4a computer and played surprisingly well.
#games
#gamechallenge
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Jack Tramiel wanted a new 64-kilobyte home computer in time for CES in January '82. He notified his engineers of this in late November, 1981. In their own words, the developers talk about the design sprint that followed created the world's best selling home computer.
Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story
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January 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jack Tramiel wanted a new 64-kilobyte home computer in time for CES in January '82. He notified his engineers of this in late November, 1981. In their own words, the developers talk about the design sprint that followed created the world's best selling home computer.
Old Macs..... When trying to connect an old Mac to WiFi, in my case running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, if you get a prompt asking for a username and password try turning off the router's "fast roaming" 802.11r support. It took me ages to find a solution for this in an obscure forum post from 2013.
January 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Old Macs..... When trying to connect an old Mac to WiFi, in my case running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, if you get a prompt asking for a username and password try turning off the router's "fast roaming" 802.11r support. It took me ages to find a solution for this in an obscure forum post from 2013.
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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast: ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy!
ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… The clear case Kickstarter doesn’t make it, lots of FujiNet news, and we end the year 2024 with a bang by ...
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January 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Just collected a new arrival that I’ve wanted a good while now. Finally found a Roland MT-32 MIDI sound module for a decent price as it has a replacement volume knob.
December 22, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Just collected a new arrival that I’ve wanted a good while now. Finally found a Roland MT-32 MIDI sound module for a decent price as it has a replacement volume knob.
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This week on The Digital Antiquarian: Half-Life This week on The Digital Antiquarian: Half-Life www.filfre.net/2024/12/half...
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December 20, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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New arrivals today for a bit of bedtime reading. Your Computer magazine was one of my absolute favourites in the mid 80s.
December 19, 2024 at 12:38 AM
New arrivals today for a bit of bedtime reading. Your Computer magazine was one of my absolute favourites in the mid 80s.
Budget cassette releases were a lifeline for Atari 400/800/XL/XE owners at the time. Many were high quality releases given a new lease of life like these Spy vs Spy games I have.
December 14, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Budget cassette releases were a lifeline for Atari 400/800/XL/XE owners at the time. Many were high quality releases given a new lease of life like these Spy vs Spy games I have.
I bought a Switch game for a Christmas gift. Whenever I get my hands on a new game these days, it always reminds me how much more you used to get for your money.. Big box, lots of disks, thick manual, data sheets. This is my copy of Wing Commander for the Amiga. Many happy hours spent at this.
December 12, 2024 at 11:08 PM
I bought a Switch game for a Christmas gift. Whenever I get my hands on a new game these days, it always reminds me how much more you used to get for your money.. Big box, lots of disks, thick manual, data sheets. This is my copy of Wing Commander for the Amiga. Many happy hours spent at this.
Well, the ZX Spectrum gets a mention in the Christmas Radio Times! You have to look hard though. Not sure that makes it worth the price.
December 9, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Well, the ZX Spectrum gets a mention in the Christmas Radio Times! You have to look hard though. Not sure that makes it worth the price.
Normally, we oldies tend to remember things being more intense when we were young. Snow fell deeper, summers hotter. Lightning more impressive. However I don’t remember there being major storms a couple of times a year seemingly every year with this intensity. And some still question climate change.
December 7, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Normally, we oldies tend to remember things being more intense when we were young. Snow fell deeper, summers hotter. Lightning more impressive. However I don’t remember there being major storms a couple of times a year seemingly every year with this intensity. And some still question climate change.
Going to finally get around to fixing a minor issue with my Oric Atmos’ keyboard in advance of the Loci interface arriving. Can you spot the problem?
November 30, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Going to finally get around to fixing a minor issue with my Oric Atmos’ keyboard in advance of the Loci interface arriving. Can you spot the problem?
It seems the expected delivery from Amazon for my 7800+ changed from “by 10pm tonight” to “estimated 21st December”.
November 29, 2024 at 8:01 PM
It seems the expected delivery from Amazon for my 7800+ changed from “by 10pm tonight” to “estimated 21st December”.