sCZther
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sCZther
@sczther.bsky.social
Videogame archivist and historian, focus on local (czech/slovak) history and obscurities
There is a pretty good overview done by the community here
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Java Phones with TV-Out for Speedruns and Video Recording
docs.google.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
They don't work for me either
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
That was the first thing that popped into my mind when I got the hint that it's something unofficial :D Guess I earned my game historian card for today.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I searched for the last commercial physical release that wasn't a rerelease or a retro-themed thing years after. And it seems it was a Czech game, at least according to MobyGames!
www.mobygames.com/game/59792/b...
Boovie (1998) - MobyGames
Boovie is a remake of the 1994 ZX Spectrum game with the same name. It was released in the same year as the Spectrum sequel Boovie 2. The game consists of a series of single-screen platform levels whe...
www.mobygames.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It has until 2030 to do so. And they basically just need to make that amount and wait for sell through. The 160mil is the number manufactured until 2013 mainly for the secondary markets in the late years.
November 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There are some great tips in the guide here: krugman.net/dumping/
Krugman's Dumping Guide for Japanese Computers
An illustrated guide to preserving floppy disk media
krugman.net
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Congrats! Long time in the making :)
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Resurfacing can be done at home with even better control. There is a person that is a materials scientist and tries to help people with tutorials.
youtube.com/watch?v=wg2W...
How to clean a game disc 3 ways!
YouTube video by Restore and Replay: Video Game Preservation
m.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
90s'o'clock
September 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It really is almost all there. MAME has a netlist system specially for these and most of the challenges are solved. It just needs somebody with great lowl level computer engineering/electronics knowledge to input it and debug it. We can only prepare the documentation in the meantime...
September 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That is amazing news. I suggest scanning with as much resolution as possible, the schematics are often hard to read.
Thanks for the hard work!
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There are a few different lists like this around, but most are platform specific and very brief. I am trying to merge them all and add sourcing for all of these claims, something that disappears very easily! It's also on a wiki, so other people can make an account and edit the list.
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What methods were used to try to recover the C64 port? I could suggest some ideas for dumping that could yield better results.
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It really is somehow a very defining thing of the era of game development. Definitely a lot to dig into for further research.
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It's happening!!!
September 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In the museum I loved the section about Elwro, which is a polish company that was located in Wrocław.
At Ceegs I really liked the keynote from a developer who worked on Disco Elysium and Pentiment. But I am looking forward to the talk on Becherovka game, a liquor sponsored gamedev competition.
September 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Pokémon mini actually has two of my favorite games ever, Race Mini and Togepi's Great Adventure!
June 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Given that it seems like the pace of new tests will slow down for GBA for some time, I tackled another platform that seems to be in rapid development and hopefully can benefit from such an overview - the Nintendo DS!
emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/ND...
NDS Tests - Emulation General Wiki
emulation.gametechwiki.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM