Scott Byrne-Fraser
scott-bf.bsky.social
Scott Byrne-Fraser
@scott-bf.bsky.social
Maker of digital products and the teams that build them. Retro gamer geek (mostly talk about this)
Deus Ex still stands as one of the best.

I loved tinkering with AUTOEXEX.BAT files although I also don't miss them!
July 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
My favourites are Blade Runner. Beneath a Steel Sky, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island 1 & 2 in and Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars. Basically anything by LucasArts or Revolution Software.
June 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Came to say this.
June 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
ST, Amiga, SNES and Playstation. PC was mostly at school and friend's houses until I finally bought my own in early 2000. My first full play through of Doom was the PlayStation port.
June 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Excellent!

Everything was moving from Quantel and Avid to Mac and After Effects when I started working in TV, but the Video Toaster was still the coolest brand.
May 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Nice find. Get yourself a Video Toaster for your Amiga to edit the video for the full 90's vibe.
May 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The Amiga was the better machine at the time, but to this day I still have a lot of love for the Atari ST. And some of the games and demos coming out now show what the STe was capable of.
February 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Actually Point Blank may be my favourite light gun game. I just never picked it up for a home machine.
February 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Nice. Will give it a go!
February 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Duck Hunt even. :)
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
100% Die Hard. Also the only light gun game I had for the Playstation! Duck was also great, but a slightly different vibe.
February 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I originally played on my SNES using an old portable Black and White CRT my Nan gave me. It was great, super blurry and needed to be returned most days. I can assure you, any modern screen is better.
February 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I now think this is a great machine, but that keyboard does look hard work. When I was a kid I looked down at the 400 as I had an XE and I was a sucker for the ST aesthetics.
February 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Looking forward to this one. Deus Ex was groundbreaking.

Shockingly, I've never played System Shock.
February 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'd rather use a machine that looks this cool than Excel.
February 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Aside from hacking cash machines, what did these actually do?
February 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Coffee. Send emergency coffee.
February 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Enjoying the weather here today?
January 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I know, sad times. Granted, I haven't been there in over 20 years.
January 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Maybe a walk to Thunderbooks or HMV after a brew. Miss those days!
January 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
They looked good even when switched off. My MacBook Pro is a great machine, and can be hidden away easily, but I miss computers I want to show off!
January 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It's still a design icon. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
January 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's not the classic set-up, but it works well! 😄

Gutted I threw out all my old CRT's 15 years ago! Not that I have room for them in this office.
January 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Boulder Dash, Montezuma's Revenge, Frogger, Missile Command, Centipede, there are so many.
January 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM