Jonny Octane
@jonnyoctane.bsky.social
Playstation 1-5, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, C64, Master System, Super Nintendo etc.
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Anti-Nowhere League, System of a Down. Punk/Post-Punk/Metal.
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Anti-Nowhere League, System of a Down. Punk/Post-Punk/Metal.
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Random little niggle: I think I've found my bugbear when watching videos where someone's just talking into the camera.
For some, it's a "millennial pause". For me, it's reaching for the camera before a cut.
You're editing the video anyway, so maybe... cut that out too?? 🤷🏻♀️🤣
For some, it's a "millennial pause". For me, it's reaching for the camera before a cut.
You're editing the video anyway, so maybe... cut that out too?? 🤷🏻♀️🤣
a man in a white shirt and suspenders is holding a pair of scissors in front of a tree .
ALT: a man in a white shirt and suspenders is holding a pair of scissors in front of a tree .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Random little niggle: I think I've found my bugbear when watching videos where someone's just talking into the camera.
For some, it's a "millennial pause". For me, it's reaching for the camera before a cut.
You're editing the video anyway, so maybe... cut that out too?? 🤷🏻♀️🤣
For some, it's a "millennial pause". For me, it's reaching for the camera before a cut.
You're editing the video anyway, so maybe... cut that out too?? 🤷🏻♀️🤣
Bloggo plays some nice shooty bang games and a not at all nice punchy face game. Bloggo themselves is excellent throughout, as usual.
I watched this earlier in the week but forgot to post this because that's what my mind does.
I watched this earlier in the week but forgot to post this because that's what my mind does.
It's more of the obscure arcadey stuff. Which is nice if you like that sort of thing. If you don't well, I don't know. Watch it anyway. You might surprise yourself. Go You.
youtu.be/W2I7kUeDIME
youtu.be/W2I7kUeDIME
Arcade Obscura Vol.10 "Autogyro" Obscure Arcades POW
YouTube video by Bloggos Pow
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Bloggo plays some nice shooty bang games and a not at all nice punchy face game. Bloggo themselves is excellent throughout, as usual.
I watched this earlier in the week but forgot to post this because that's what my mind does.
I watched this earlier in the week but forgot to post this because that's what my mind does.
As well as YouTube Grifters, I'm also sick of the artificial scarcity merchants with names like "Scalper Fodder Games" who get the rights to make physical editions of games.
No, I don't want to lend you money and become an unsecured creditor whilst you take upwards of a year to deliver. Fuck off.
No, I don't want to lend you money and become an unsecured creditor whilst you take upwards of a year to deliver. Fuck off.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
As well as YouTube Grifters, I'm also sick of the artificial scarcity merchants with names like "Scalper Fodder Games" who get the rights to make physical editions of games.
No, I don't want to lend you money and become an unsecured creditor whilst you take upwards of a year to deliver. Fuck off.
No, I don't want to lend you money and become an unsecured creditor whilst you take upwards of a year to deliver. Fuck off.
R-Type!!!!!!!!!
Another one.
Of it.
Another one.
Of it.
R-Type 2 on the PC Engine
A tough game to play but still very enjoyable
#rtype #rtype2 #pcengine #gamersunite #retrogaming
A tough game to play but still very enjoyable
#rtype #rtype2 #pcengine #gamersunite #retrogaming
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
R-Type!!!!!!!!!
Another one.
Of it.
Another one.
Of it.
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like.
- Computer/Video games
- Doggies
- Music (but my taste is very narrow)
- Horror Movies
- Proper Jim Bowen fronted Bullseye
- Books, but non-fiction only
- My Wife
- Erm...
- I think that's all I like
- I hate loads of things though.
- Computer/Video games
- Doggies
- Music (but my taste is very narrow)
- Horror Movies
- Proper Jim Bowen fronted Bullseye
- Books, but non-fiction only
- My Wife
- Erm...
- I think that's all I like
- I hate loads of things though.
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like.
- Computer/Video games
- Doggies
- Music (but my taste is very narrow)
- Horror Movies
- Proper Jim Bowen fronted Bullseye
- Books, but non-fiction only
- My Wife
- Erm...
- I think that's all I like
- I hate loads of things though.
- Computer/Video games
- Doggies
- Music (but my taste is very narrow)
- Horror Movies
- Proper Jim Bowen fronted Bullseye
- Books, but non-fiction only
- My Wife
- Erm...
- I think that's all I like
- I hate loads of things though.
Every copy of Mortal Kombat 3 for the PS1 I've seen has been afflicted with those horrible looking circular scratches, some mildly, some riddled with them.
I've always assumed it was somehow related to these cases, so I avoided them like the plague.
I wonder if I'm actually correct, though.
I've always assumed it was somehow related to these cases, so I avoided them like the plague.
I wonder if I'm actually correct, though.
Petition to bring back cardboard boxes for games and CDs. 🙋♂️
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Every copy of Mortal Kombat 3 for the PS1 I've seen has been afflicted with those horrible looking circular scratches, some mildly, some riddled with them.
I've always assumed it was somehow related to these cases, so I avoided them like the plague.
I wonder if I'm actually correct, though.
I've always assumed it was somehow related to these cases, so I avoided them like the plague.
I wonder if I'm actually correct, though.
Seems that the anti-grifter sentiment is growing, which is always nice to see. Long may it continue to do so. m.youtube.com/watch?v=feXE...
This week at the Job Centre with the Grifters
YouTube video by Tony Fighter 2
m.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Seems that the anti-grifter sentiment is growing, which is always nice to see. Long may it continue to do so. m.youtube.com/watch?v=feXE...
"Why are we sailing around the rocks?"
"I don't know"
"I don't know"
My first PS1 game (alongside Total Drivin', Worms and Rayman)
To this day I have the voice in my head from the Viking table saying "YOU ARE REANIMATED"
had zero clue what that meant
To this day I have the voice in my head from the Viking table saying "YOU ARE REANIMATED"
had zero clue what that meant
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Why are we sailing around the rocks?"
"I don't know"
"I don't know"
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The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a door with a cartoon character on it .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a door with a cartoon character on it .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
My fondness for Pac-Mania has wained not a single iota since last week. I doubt it ever will.
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My fondness for Pac-Mania has wained not a single iota since last week. I doubt it ever will.
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AI fanboys get so upset when you criticise their precious GenAI because it is allowing them to "be" something that they have never been able to be before.
They get to "be" artists. I say "be", when they are of course just cosplaying at being an artist at best.
They get to "be" artists. I say "be", when they are of course just cosplaying at being an artist at best.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
AI fanboys get so upset when you criticise their precious GenAI because it is allowing them to "be" something that they have never been able to be before.
They get to "be" artists. I say "be", when they are of course just cosplaying at being an artist at best.
They get to "be" artists. I say "be", when they are of course just cosplaying at being an artist at best.
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Meanwhile on Lemon64 the Perifrantic stans slagging off the Italians chances in their trademark challenge are totally legit
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Meanwhile on Lemon64 the Perifrantic stans slagging off the Italians chances in their trademark challenge are totally legit
I used to sometimes bear witness to the atrocity that was Highway, but only because the TV was already on ITV before it came on.
If only Chinnyvision were in existence back then. Thankfully, it is now. I don't think Highway is, but my knowledge of current ITV is nonexistent.
If only Chinnyvision were in existence back then. Thankfully, it is now. I don't think Highway is, but my knowledge of current ITV is nonexistent.
Sunday night, it's Highway on ITV and Songs Of Praise on BBC. So why not watch this instead? youtu.be/6K5xbKBtpvw
ChinnyVision - Ep 569 - An Hour Of Amstrad CPC Game Reviews
YouTube video by ChinnyVision - The Retro Game Review Channel
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I used to sometimes bear witness to the atrocity that was Highway, but only because the TV was already on ITV before it came on.
If only Chinnyvision were in existence back then. Thankfully, it is now. I don't think Highway is, but my knowledge of current ITV is nonexistent.
If only Chinnyvision were in existence back then. Thankfully, it is now. I don't think Highway is, but my knowledge of current ITV is nonexistent.
I've adored Pac-Mania ever since playing the arcade machine at Birmingham International. The Master System version entertained me for more hours than I care to count.
Sinclair User (Dec 1988) - Pac-Mania and Artura reviews
READ: https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-081/SinclairUser_081_Dec_1988#page/n72/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming
READ: https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-081/SinclairUser_081_Dec_1988#page/n72/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I've adored Pac-Mania ever since playing the arcade machine at Birmingham International. The Master System version entertained me for more hours than I care to count.
I never thought I'd find a clean version of the Bullseye winning end theme without Jim talking over it, but fate has finally smiled upon me. I'm not sure I'll ever lose the urge to play this when something even mildly pleases me. Also has losing theme as an added bonus. m.youtube.com/watch?v=03Xw...
Bullseye - All Series 5 Templates (1985)
YouTube video by Ollie Redshaw is ready for Bonfire Night 2025
m.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I never thought I'd find a clean version of the Bullseye winning end theme without Jim talking over it, but fate has finally smiled upon me. I'm not sure I'll ever lose the urge to play this when something even mildly pleases me. Also has losing theme as an added bonus. m.youtube.com/watch?v=03Xw...
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I didn’t even know “John Lewis Xmas Ad” was a thing for anyone at all until Twitter And I still would have no idea were it not for Twitter. Or here, as its now nearest equivalent.
if you’d told me actual real people made an event in their lives out of an advert before then, I’d have been like nah.
if you’d told me actual real people made an event in their lives out of an advert before then, I’d have been like nah.
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I didn’t even know “John Lewis Xmas Ad” was a thing for anyone at all until Twitter And I still would have no idea were it not for Twitter. Or here, as its now nearest equivalent.
if you’d told me actual real people made an event in their lives out of an advert before then, I’d have been like nah.
if you’d told me actual real people made an event in their lives out of an advert before then, I’d have been like nah.
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I really don't push it enough but if you want to avoid YouTube and/or adverts then my videos are available on MakerTube the same day as I release on YouTube makertube.net/c/reenthused...
re:enthused
Videos about RetroGaming and RetroComputing. Covering rare and obscure machines. We also create open-source/hardware solutions to keep machines running as part of our #keepITalive initiative.
makertube.net
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I really don't push it enough but if you want to avoid YouTube and/or adverts then my videos are available on MakerTube the same day as I release on YouTube makertube.net/c/reenthused...
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Worse than CEX pick ups videos is selling stuff in "amazing condition"
That SNES looks like it has been dragged through Donald Trump's hair.. what's left of it.
That SNES looks like it has been dragged through Donald Trump's hair.. what's left of it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Worse than CEX pick ups videos is selling stuff in "amazing condition"
That SNES looks like it has been dragged through Donald Trump's hair.. what's left of it.
That SNES looks like it has been dragged through Donald Trump's hair.. what's left of it.
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In fact, do this for every video you watch from small creators like myself.
Youtube is flooded with low effort, A.I. generated slop, and it is crowding out material made with love & passion. So every little thing you can do to help by engaging with a video is always appreciated by every channel.
Youtube is flooded with low effort, A.I. generated slop, and it is crowding out material made with love & passion. So every little thing you can do to help by engaging with a video is always appreciated by every channel.
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In fact, do this for every video you watch from small creators like myself.
Youtube is flooded with low effort, A.I. generated slop, and it is crowding out material made with love & passion. So every little thing you can do to help by engaging with a video is always appreciated by every channel.
Youtube is flooded with low effort, A.I. generated slop, and it is crowding out material made with love & passion. So every little thing you can do to help by engaging with a video is always appreciated by every channel.
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And please don't forget folks, when you go watch mu latest video, do leave a "like" and/or a comment.
1: They make me feel good, and we could all do with a bit of that these days.
2: Every piece of engagement helps with the video in the mysterious "algorithm" on YouTube.
1: They make me feel good, and we could all do with a bit of that these days.
2: Every piece of engagement helps with the video in the mysterious "algorithm" on YouTube.
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
And please don't forget folks, when you go watch mu latest video, do leave a "like" and/or a comment.
1: They make me feel good, and we could all do with a bit of that these days.
2: Every piece of engagement helps with the video in the mysterious "algorithm" on YouTube.
1: They make me feel good, and we could all do with a bit of that these days.
2: Every piece of engagement helps with the video in the mysterious "algorithm" on YouTube.
The most egregious example for me is Mondelez and their obsession with bastard oreos.
Can we stop mixing one thing with another thing to make a thing that nobody wants WE USED TO BE A PROPER COUNTRY
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The most egregious example for me is Mondelez and their obsession with bastard oreos.
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There are so many great games out there. It’s really not that hard to avoid the ones that use genAI
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
There are so many great games out there. It’s really not that hard to avoid the ones that use genAI
This is exactly how I remember it looking when I used to avoid it.
I'm guessing that failing to get that lucrative generic independent chicken shop contract didn't help. Pepsi's UK distributor seems to have tied that up nicely.
I'm guessing that failing to get that lucrative generic independent chicken shop contract didn't help. Pepsi's UK distributor seems to have tied that up nicely.
AI says Panda Cola was discontinued due to health concerns due to high sugar content.
I suggest it was discontinued because it was shit and Coca Cola and Pepsi became more affordable.
I suggest it was discontinued because it was shit and Coca Cola and Pepsi became more affordable.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is exactly how I remember it looking when I used to avoid it.
I'm guessing that failing to get that lucrative generic independent chicken shop contract didn't help. Pepsi's UK distributor seems to have tied that up nicely.
I'm guessing that failing to get that lucrative generic independent chicken shop contract didn't help. Pepsi's UK distributor seems to have tied that up nicely.
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Today we're releasing a cancelled #SNES development of Titus the Fox. At very early stages, with an animating fox sprite and a test map that you can move around. There's also a split screen mode. Likely a new Titus game, rather than a conversion.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/07/titu...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/07/titu...
July 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Today we're releasing a cancelled #SNES development of Titus the Fox. At very early stages, with an animating fox sprite and a test map that you can move around. There's also a split screen mode. Likely a new Titus game, rather than a conversion.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/07/titu...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/07/titu...
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The development studio for 'X2: Wolverine’s Revenge' - Bruntwood Hall, Cheadle, Manchester (2002). This is where we developed the game - on the top floor, formerly the servant's quarters. I'm at the back popping up my head to see what's going on. That arched window is where we are located - top left
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The development studio for 'X2: Wolverine’s Revenge' - Bruntwood Hall, Cheadle, Manchester (2002). This is where we developed the game - on the top floor, formerly the servant's quarters. I'm at the back popping up my head to see what's going on. That arched window is where we are located - top left