Chris Garrett

Java was meant to be "write once, run anywhere". How does that hold up for retro programming? I tried it on a Windows XP Pentium III, a Commodore 64 and an Amiga 500. No println, but Duke does get Copper bars. #c64 #amiga #java

BMAtariST, a bare metal Atari ST, STE, TT and Falcon emulator for the Raspberry Pi github.com/jhonnaker1/b... #atari #AtariST

It feels like at any moment the video games industry might spectacularly implode and all we'll be left with is nerdy kids making 8-bit platformers in their bedrooms again and that actually feels like a very bright future 😁

You asked AI for the cheapest flight. It dug through your emails, decided you could afford more, and suggested a ticket costing $100–$200 extra. Lindsay Owens explains ⬇️

I *think* the first movie I saw at the cinema was maybe Disney’s cat from outer space 🪐 🐈

We don’t even power on our Xbox of the latest generation. My daughter uses a Switch 1. Fact is, the games I enjoy don’t even need a GPU or more than 8GB of RAM. Heck, there’s only a handful of games newer than 25 years ago that I can *name*.

I’m going back to ~2006 for a bit and going to code some Java. I’ll step on as many butterflies as possible, maybe when I get back it will be a different timeline? You’ll know it worked if fruit of the loom logo gets the cornucopia back

My fluffy colleague says hi 👋 🐾

Since when have developers “waited”? And why are they *promoting* using AI with the stereotype of 6 fingered slop gen?

Outta my sight, scrub

I had to go on Twitter to confirm this was real because Ship Awesome Games In A Weekend having a hand with six fingers was so on the nose I was about to pass out

Worth a Watch issue 05 is out: Ferranti ULA documents for the ZX81 and Spectrum shared online, Eldemar, a first-person RPG and action game for the Amiga, Astro Bat, and more. #retrogaming #retrocomputing

PiST - the Atari ST Assembly IDE (via Reddit Retro) #retrogaming #retrocomputing

Fixing the dungeon so it is always navigable! (While keeping it in #C64 BASIC)

The BBC here, wheeling out their top tier journalists to cover the #php story.

Review of the Elecrow ThinkNode M1. Testing #LoRa with #Meshtastic and #MeshCore. Is there anybody out there?

yeah iunno bout you but that seems pretty bad

Review of the TOMLOV DM9 Max digital microscope. HDMI and USB capture on a Mac, and why it replaced my nice stereo microscope on the workbench.

What the heck are we breathing? Panda Sense Pro review

Some Sinclair ZX Spectrum game graphics for @onlyretrofans.com www.patreon.com/retrogamecod...

Not a dunk, but I do think I disagree with this diagnosis, at least on recomps. AI tools really did wreck the status quo here in a way that's hard to fix and that did real damage. A thread of me noodling about this. This thread got *way* out of hand, sorry in advance

[1996] Working Lunch - Rory Cellan Jones visits the Dundee studios of DMA Design - fresh from the success of Lemmings, but before they became Rockstar Games - where the team hard at work developing an ambitious, and tonally very different follow-up: Grand Theft Auto.

When your sensor logs grow past grep and spreadsheets, you need SQL:

40 years of Sinclair Secrets have been discovered! Full technical details of many of the custom Ferranti ULAs used by Sinclair have been found and shared! Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiW3...

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

OK, let's do this. New batch of Mini PET 40/80s stand alone with keyboard. Shipping worldwide end of November. Pre-order now £450 kit / £500 built. PET compatible, 40/80 col, 32K, File Browser. PayPal link for US / EU www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/... Contact me for UK and elsewhere or specific quote.

Worth a Watch issue 04 is out: Full-size Atari 800XL announced by Atari and Retro Games Ltd, Phantasia: Zelda-style RPG for the Atari 7800, and more. #retrogaming #retrocomputing

C64 BASIC Dungeon Progress Report

it’s just great marketing

WWII films basically but especially stuff around codebreaking and spy stuff that puts all the wins on the USA voluntarily rescuing the world ignoring the UK and commonwealth and all the USA NAZI support and IBM and ... Mainly only gets me irritated when people trot out the "if it weren't for us"

xTool O1 Omni UV and fabric printer review. How does it compare with the eufyMake E1 plus what else do you need to buy?

Get started with real bitmap screens and windows on the Amiga using C #Amiga #retrocomputing #CProgramming #retrodev

Monday

I can print a few mm deep, what should I add this to? 🤔

It’s in Scotland @prototype-steve.bsky.social

I keep trying to think of any historical example where a given technology's PROMOTERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS were like 'we are absolutely going to ruin your fucking life so be prepared like it's the end of the world'

It's been a week and the Rubber Keyed Wonder book's doing great! Stretch goals are out - we've hit 1 for a feature on the Spectrum clones, and there's 2 more to hit; a feature on cool accessories, and another on some very bad games. Don't miss out! Back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/48k...

New microscope, very nice and half the price of my “better” one 🔬 Tomlov DM9 Max

"And what do you want to put for 'reason for nuclear super industrial strength divorce'?"