Rob Crowther
@robertcrowther.bsky.social
Software Developer who likes retro games, non-retro games and American Football.
It's back! Congrats to @amigaaddict.bsky.social on 40 issues! #amigaformat
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It's back! Congrats to @amigaaddict.bsky.social on 40 issues! #amigaformat
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Oh wow, this time next we'll be in full swing! Tickets for the Saturday are close to selling out - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re... - alternatively, Sunday will be quieter, but still the same wonderful exhibitors - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74909/re... - see you all next weekend!
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Oh wow, this time next we'll be in full swing! Tickets for the Saturday are close to selling out - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re... - alternatively, Sunday will be quieter, but still the same wonderful exhibitors - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74909/re... - see you all next weekend!
It's #RandomGameSaturday and this week I've dug Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy out of the loft. Like other Douglas Adams adaptions, this was "the same, but different" to the books (and radio shows). Back in the day I got stumped trying to make a cup of tea on the Heart of Gold.
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It's #RandomGameSaturday and this week I've dug Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy out of the loft. Like other Douglas Adams adaptions, this was "the same, but different" to the books (and radio shows). Back in the day I got stumped trying to make a cup of tea on the Heart of Gold.
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Sound Blaster is back, this time with magnets.
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Sound Blaster is back, this time with magnets.
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!
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🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
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Warhammer Survivors announced as a licensed Vampire Survivors game
#WarhammerSurvivors #VampireSurvivors #PCGaming #Gaming #Warhammer
#WarhammerSurvivors #VampireSurvivors #PCGaming #Gaming #Warhammer
Warhammer Survivors announced as a licensed Vampire Survivors game
Oh wow, that's certainly a surprise. Warhammer Survivors is coming from Auroch Digital as a licensed version of Vampire Survivors.
www.gamingonlinux.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Warhammer Survivors announced as a licensed Vampire Survivors game
#WarhammerSurvivors #VampireSurvivors #PCGaming #Gaming #Warhammer
#WarhammerSurvivors #VampireSurvivors #PCGaming #Gaming #Warhammer
I had the Amiga version and played it a lot during my university days. In my eyes things went from the various american football games having comparative strengths and weaknesses to Madden simply being the best in every category.
35 years ago, I was playing the absolute crap out of this. John Madden on Mega Drive was an absolute revelation - a fantastic sports sim that evolved the genre by a huge step almost overnight. It not only helped me learn how the sport works, but fall in love with it. Go Niners!
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I had the Amiga version and played it a lot during my university days. In my eyes things went from the various american football games having comparative strengths and weaknesses to Madden simply being the best in every category.
Played Escape Plan today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14...
Escape Plan
Escape the city, but don't forget to grab your loot on the way out!
boardgamegeek.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Played Escape Plan today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14...
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The pic is just to lure people in.
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The pic is just to lure people in.
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?
Time for #RandomGameSaturday and this week it's Neverwinter Nights! Unfortunately I've still never really played it. Each time I installed it I then spent hours tracking down the patches and getting things working which sapped my will to actually play it. I have it on Steam, so maybe this year!
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Time for #RandomGameSaturday and this week it's Neverwinter Nights! Unfortunately I've still never really played it. Each time I installed it I then spent hours tracking down the patches and getting things working which sapped my will to actually play it. I have it on Steam, so maybe this year!
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I’ll be on the #1440Makers fundraiser stream later today. Creative makers.
Please support this great event for @wck.org
Please support this great event for @wck.org
Yes, yet a another link :) Tiltify campaign page is now live :)
Want to donate early?
tiltify.com/@1440makers/...
Want to donate early?
tiltify.com/@1440makers/...
Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers
We give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity
tiltify.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I’ll be on the #1440Makers fundraiser stream later today. Creative makers.
Please support this great event for @wck.org
Please support this great event for @wck.org
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Paging @visitthecave.bsky.social! youtu.be/6rm-IXPll98
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Paging @visitthecave.bsky.social! youtu.be/6rm-IXPll98
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
Yay! @apwot.bsky.social issue five has arrived!
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Yay! @apwot.bsky.social issue five has arrived!
Played Misty Ruins today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85...
Misty Ruins
This is a dungeon crawl with an original twist. You don't know who you are. All characters are listed on a summary sheet with their attributes. As they encounter monsters, locked chests, and locked...
boardgamegeek.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Played Misty Ruins today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85...
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What a pleasure it was to host Professor Steve Furber CBE today. A thoroughly entertaining talk and an insight into some incredible projects he’s worked on.
Thank you to everyone who came along and shared the day.
Thank you to everyone who came along and shared the day.
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What a pleasure it was to host Professor Steve Furber CBE today. A thoroughly entertaining talk and an insight into some incredible projects he’s worked on.
Thank you to everyone who came along and shared the day.
Thank you to everyone who came along and shared the day.
For #RandomGameSaturday here is Super Sunday, which I got for Xmas in 1987 after I'd read the Zzap64 review earlier in the year. It's the only C64 game I've still got, kept it because of the unusual box.
October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For #RandomGameSaturday here is Super Sunday, which I got for Xmas in 1987 after I'd read the Zzap64 review earlier in the year. It's the only C64 game I've still got, kept it because of the unusual box.
Family day out: patron day at @retrocollective.co.uk with @angel-mhor.bsky.social and Oliver
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Family day out: patron day at @retrocollective.co.uk with @angel-mhor.bsky.social and Oliver
Shiny new eBay account, first purchase: old things 😀
I had the first volume and a few extra issues back in the 80s, been regretting getting rid of them for a while.
I had the first volume and a few extra issues back in the 80s, been regretting getting rid of them for a while.
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Shiny new eBay account, first purchase: old things 😀
I had the first volume and a few extra issues back in the 80s, been regretting getting rid of them for a while.
I had the first volume and a few extra issues back in the 80s, been regretting getting rid of them for a while.
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We've got SNACs! shop.heber.co.uk/mister-multi...
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We've got SNACs! shop.heber.co.uk/mister-multi...
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🚨 It's that time of year again! Please sign up for the upcoming ISSUE 6 campaign! 🙌🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
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Coming soon: A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6
The sixth issue of A Profound Waste of Time. Kickstarter coming late 2025.
www.kickstarter.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🚨 It's that time of year again! Please sign up for the upcoming ISSUE 6 campaign! 🙌🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
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Stuck for gift ideas?
You can now get museum entry and gift shop vouchers in the museum shop at caveshop.co.uk
Gift shop vouchers can be redeemed online or in person when you visit the museum.
Pop it on your Christmas list! (Sorry for mentioning Christmas in October!)
You can now get museum entry and gift shop vouchers in the museum shop at caveshop.co.uk
Gift shop vouchers can be redeemed online or in person when you visit the museum.
Pop it on your Christmas list! (Sorry for mentioning Christmas in October!)
October 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Stuck for gift ideas?
You can now get museum entry and gift shop vouchers in the museum shop at caveshop.co.uk
Gift shop vouchers can be redeemed online or in person when you visit the museum.
Pop it on your Christmas list! (Sorry for mentioning Christmas in October!)
You can now get museum entry and gift shop vouchers in the museum shop at caveshop.co.uk
Gift shop vouchers can be redeemed online or in person when you visit the museum.
Pop it on your Christmas list! (Sorry for mentioning Christmas in October!)
For #RandomGameSaturday I present Spelunky, a game that was my main route back into PC gaming and Steam in 2014. This is a special edition PS4 version I bought later for the cool box.
October 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For #RandomGameSaturday I present Spelunky, a game that was my main route back into PC gaming and Steam in 2014. This is a special edition PS4 version I bought later for the cool box.
There's a repair cafe in progress inside the Grand Arcade in Cambridge, right next to the Raspberry Pi shop
October 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There's a repair cafe in progress inside the Grand Arcade in Cambridge, right next to the Raspberry Pi shop
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It's just four weeks now and we've got a fantastic range of exhibitors for you - see you all in Cambridge next month! Tickets are selling fast, so we do recommend booking in advance if you can - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/re... (Sat) www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74909/re... (Sun)
October 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It's just four weeks now and we've got a fantastic range of exhibitors for you - see you all in Cambridge next month! Tickets are selling fast, so we do recommend booking in advance if you can - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/re... (Sat) www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74909/re... (Sun)