merman1974
@merman1974.bsky.social
C64 fan, retro gamer, writer, deeply affected by Crohns
Merman1974: The Retro Crusader of Bluesky
A digital merman swimming in a sea of pixels and profound social commentary
Merman1974: The Retro Crusader of Bluesky
A digital merman swimming in a sea of pixels and profound social commentary
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Not sure who the Tory prat they wheeled out this morning was, but when he talked about the 'cloud of dishonesty' surrounding Rachel Reeves and the budget, the jaw-dropping hypocrisy is laughable. Also the continued refrain that taxes have gone up to pay for welfare is not the own they think it is
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Not sure who the Tory prat they wheeled out this morning was, but when he talked about the 'cloud of dishonesty' surrounding Rachel Reeves and the budget, the jaw-dropping hypocrisy is laughable. Also the continued refrain that taxes have gone up to pay for welfare is not the own they think it is
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
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It's that time of year. Get you thinking Santa hats on an try to solve the 24 Christmas Picross puzzles in my free #C64 game Grid Pix Advent.
thalamusdigital.itch.io/grid-pix-adv...
thalamusdigital.itch.io/grid-pix-adv...
Grid Pix Advent (C64) by Thalamus Digital Publishing Ltd.
A **FREE** Xmas version of Grid Pix
thalamusdigital.itch.io
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It's that time of year. Get you thinking Santa hats on an try to solve the 24 Christmas Picross puzzles in my free #C64 game Grid Pix Advent.
thalamusdigital.itch.io/grid-pix-adv...
thalamusdigital.itch.io/grid-pix-adv...
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What's that knocking at the door? Why, it's the first of the Advent of Beeb Games videos!
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
Day 1: The Advent of Beeb Games 2025
YouTube video by Colin Hoad
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What's that knocking at the door? Why, it's the first of the Advent of Beeb Games videos!
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
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Need some Parappa on BlueSky.
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Need some Parappa on BlueSky.
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You’ve NEVER Heard ‘Major Tom’ Like This! 😱 C64 SID 8-Bit Remix (Mind-Blowing Retro Sound!)
FULL TUNE ▶️ youtu.be/g88BPbPlRzI?...
#C64 #Chiptune #8bit #80smusic #synthwave #Commodore64 #PeterSchilling
FULL TUNE ▶️ youtu.be/g88BPbPlRzI?...
#C64 #Chiptune #8bit #80smusic #synthwave #Commodore64 #PeterSchilling
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
You’ve NEVER Heard ‘Major Tom’ Like This! 😱 C64 SID 8-Bit Remix (Mind-Blowing Retro Sound!)
FULL TUNE ▶️ youtu.be/g88BPbPlRzI?...
#C64 #Chiptune #8bit #80smusic #synthwave #Commodore64 #PeterSchilling
FULL TUNE ▶️ youtu.be/g88BPbPlRzI?...
#C64 #Chiptune #8bit #80smusic #synthwave #Commodore64 #PeterSchilling
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This line from Video Games (Apr 83) was too prescient. One of the more frustrating things to me about the state of video game preservation is what feels like a general lack of interest in pre-'80s games; I will never stop banging the drum about the importance of '70s games (especially Death Race).
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This line from Video Games (Apr 83) was too prescient. One of the more frustrating things to me about the state of video game preservation is what feels like a general lack of interest in pre-'80s games; I will never stop banging the drum about the importance of '70s games (especially Death Race).
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For those of you who were busy this weekend, the whole of the @transmission64.com 2025 party was live streamed on Saturday. A full recording of the whole event is here, with demo, music, PETSCII, one-liners and interviews all crammed in for #C64 scene goodness.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd2D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd2D...
Full Transmission64 2025 Stream C64 demoparty from 2025-11-29
YouTube video by Transmission64 Demoparty
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
For those of you who were busy this weekend, the whole of the @transmission64.com 2025 party was live streamed on Saturday. A full recording of the whole event is here, with demo, music, PETSCII, one-liners and interviews all crammed in for #C64 scene goodness.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd2D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd2D...
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To celebrate #DOSember myself and @chrisjfemo.bsky.social made a deduction mini-game in EGA for your 286 PC (but you can also play in the browser!)
mausimus.itch.io/quid-pro-quo
Huge thanks to @emmfoolery.bsky.social for organizing the DOSember Game Jam and a fist bump to everyone who participated!
mausimus.itch.io/quid-pro-quo
Huge thanks to @emmfoolery.bsky.social for organizing the DOSember Game Jam and a fist bump to everyone who participated!
Quid Pro Quo by mausimus
Deduction mini-game in EGA for MS-DOS
mausimus.itch.io
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
To celebrate #DOSember myself and @chrisjfemo.bsky.social made a deduction mini-game in EGA for your 286 PC (but you can also play in the browser!)
mausimus.itch.io/quid-pro-quo
Huge thanks to @emmfoolery.bsky.social for organizing the DOSember Game Jam and a fist bump to everyone who participated!
mausimus.itch.io/quid-pro-quo
Huge thanks to @emmfoolery.bsky.social for organizing the DOSember Game Jam and a fist bump to everyone who participated!
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This week on the Suoer Show we talk about the Analogue 3D in-depth and do a lot of benchmarking DF style. It’s an EX episode - something we wanted to try for specific types of hardware releases.
A new episode of the DF Retro Super Show is now live, discussing and testing the remarkable Analogue 3D. Just far much smoother is game performance with overclocking enabled? youtu.be/TGGlJHYSk38
DF Retro Super Show EX1 - Analogue 3D Review - Overclocking, Image Quality Boosts + Much More
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This week on the Suoer Show we talk about the Analogue 3D in-depth and do a lot of benchmarking DF style. It’s an EX episode - something we wanted to try for specific types of hardware releases.
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Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media
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Can't stop singing our compo rap-jingle? No problem, just follow-along here: youtu.be/0T9z1OpwGdg
Lyrics/Voices by Makke Censor/Design, Music (c64, 8580) by T.L.F./Padua, Video by Slaygon/Padua inspired by graphics by Alias Medron/Padua.
#c64 #demoscene #demoparty #transmission64
Lyrics/Voices by Makke Censor/Design, Music (c64, 8580) by T.L.F./Padua, Video by Slaygon/Padua inspired by graphics by Alias Medron/Padua.
#c64 #demoscene #demoparty #transmission64
Transmission64 2025 Compo Jingle-Rap with C64 SID Music
YouTube video by Transmission64 Demoparty
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Can't stop singing our compo rap-jingle? No problem, just follow-along here: youtu.be/0T9z1OpwGdg
Lyrics/Voices by Makke Censor/Design, Music (c64, 8580) by T.L.F./Padua, Video by Slaygon/Padua inspired by graphics by Alias Medron/Padua.
#c64 #demoscene #demoparty #transmission64
Lyrics/Voices by Makke Censor/Design, Music (c64, 8580) by T.L.F./Padua, Video by Slaygon/Padua inspired by graphics by Alias Medron/Padua.
#c64 #demoscene #demoparty #transmission64
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Indie Retro News: Stab'N Dash - The Commodore Plus/4 gets another fantastic version of Green Beret www.indieretronews.com/2025/11/stab... #retrogaming #gaming #games
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Indie Retro News: Stab'N Dash - The Commodore Plus/4 gets another fantastic version of Green Beret www.indieretronews.com/2025/11/stab... #retrogaming #gaming #games
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Hell yea, Grazia's also got a fantastic cover of the Robocop (C64) theme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bniR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bniR...
Jonathan Dunn - RoboCop Title Theme (for Piano, C64)
YouTube video by Grazia Pizzuto
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hell yea, Grazia's also got a fantastic cover of the Robocop (C64) theme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bniR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bniR...
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Tax the rich, implement UBI. UBI is proven to create jobs, as is raising the minimum wage to a livable wage. Invest in clean energy, which also creates jobs. Creating jobs in climate destroying industries and weapons industries is not the solution we need.
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tax the rich, implement UBI. UBI is proven to create jobs, as is raising the minimum wage to a livable wage. Invest in clean energy, which also creates jobs. Creating jobs in climate destroying industries and weapons industries is not the solution we need.
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"Just like in Kent, Reform are finding out that making big pledges about cutting wasteful spending is the easy part. When you actually get to the governing, it all becomes a lot more difficult."
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
Darren Grimes' Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
The financial black hole of Reform-controlled Durham County Council - where Darren Grimes is deputy leader - has grown by £11.1m in two months.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Just like in Kent, Reform are finding out that making big pledges about cutting wasteful spending is the easy part. When you actually get to the governing, it all becomes a lot more difficult."
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
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Alright, I’m gonna put out a call, since searches have come up blank: if anyone has a complete driver package for the MSI Mega 651 (or similar models), please, PLEASE archive it. Or send it to me and I’ll do it. If someone knows where one is, please let me know.
(Reposts appreciated.)
#MSI #Win98
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#MSI #Win98
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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This is what my ideal Simpsons game looks like
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is what my ideal Simpsons game looks like
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Technical perfection, an incredible soundtrack, and impossible to put down: Sektori is one of the best games of the year and every sicko needs to play it. aftermath.site/sektori-shoote...
Sektori Is The Technically Perfect Heir To Geometry Wars
I need every sicko reading this to play Sektori right now.
aftermath.site
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Technical perfection, an incredible soundtrack, and impossible to put down: Sektori is one of the best games of the year and every sicko needs to play it. aftermath.site/sektori-shoote...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Melkhior's Mansion, a fast paced, action packed throwback to the classic games of the 80's, in 15 glorious colours! Download for free on Windows, Linux and Mac. Visit bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-ma... #melkhiorsmansion #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #zxspectrum
September 16, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Melkhior's Mansion, a fast paced, action packed throwback to the classic games of the 80's, in 15 glorious colours! Download for free on Windows, Linux and Mac. Visit bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-ma... #melkhiorsmansion #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #zxspectrum
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Sadly, we got used to this. But we need to continue to call out Trump's sexist language - it's unacceptable.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/media/trump-piggy-ugly-reporter-insult-ny-times
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/media/trump-piggy-ugly-reporter-insult-ny-times
First ‘piggy,’ now ‘ugly’: Trump continues attacks on female reporters | CNN Business
The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.”
edition.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Sadly, we got used to this. But we need to continue to call out Trump's sexist language - it's unacceptable.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/media/trump-piggy-ugly-reporter-insult-ny-times
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/media/trump-piggy-ugly-reporter-insult-ny-times
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The new issue of Retro Gamer is on sale now and includes a fantastic Super Mario Bros calendar. Look out for it in shops or grab it directly from us.
www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/retro-gam...
www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/retro-gam...
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The new issue of Retro Gamer is on sale now and includes a fantastic Super Mario Bros calendar. Look out for it in shops or grab it directly from us.
www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/retro-gam...
www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/retro-gam...
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Isn't it great when old stuff gets dragged out of retirement and forced to work again, just to be forced to do something they are not suited to.
But hey, enough of that, here's some games that were wheeled out of a nursing home to entertain some millennials or something.
youtu.be/BCfq6uOf9Ms
But hey, enough of that, here's some games that were wheeled out of a nursing home to entertain some millennials or something.
youtu.be/BCfq6uOf9Ms
Home Micro Games on Gameboy Advance POW!
YouTube video by Bloggos Pow
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Isn't it great when old stuff gets dragged out of retirement and forced to work again, just to be forced to do something they are not suited to.
But hey, enough of that, here's some games that were wheeled out of a nursing home to entertain some millennials or something.
youtu.be/BCfq6uOf9Ms
But hey, enough of that, here's some games that were wheeled out of a nursing home to entertain some millennials or something.
youtu.be/BCfq6uOf9Ms