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Sir Duncan el Torpe @sirduncaneltorpe.bsky.social · 10h

Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 11h

Games that remind me of my Dad #ZXSpectrum #retrogaming #ZZoom It didn't take Dad long to find out you could shoot the people in this game. Indeed, it soon became his objective. He was really a peaceful man, yet this game seemed to release his inner rage!

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Sir Duncan el Torpe @sirduncaneltorpe.bsky.social · 1d

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 2d

Tonight's stream is chosen!

Join me at 8pm BST over on twitch for #ZXSpectrum Lunar Lander clones!

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 2d

So sorry to hear that, it's an awful thing to have to do.

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Quite possibly 😆

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 3d

I firmly believe he's somewhere better with fast cars and skiffle music!

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Been to say goodbye to Dad today, we chose to have him wearing his Lancaster T shirt, he looked so peaceful.

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 3d

😁

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Especially when it's at floor vibration level and right against the neighbour's wall

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Sir Duncan el Torpe @sirduncaneltorpe.bsky.social · 3d

"farting jet pac" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 3d

I agree there, I really can't believe this was 16K it's got such good graphics. But that was the Ultimate magic , every game a beauty

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Games that remind me of my Dad #zxspectrum #retrogaming #Jetpac another game that really does not need to be amplified through a large radiogram, but Dad considered that the height of humour and spent a merry hour with 'farting' Jetman as it became known!

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 3d

There was some really great music on the Speccy the game Trantor had some epic music

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Sir Duncan el Torpe @sirduncaneltorpe.bsky.social · 4d

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Games that remind me of my Dad #zxspectrum #retrogaming #Arcadia. Dad discovered you could connect the Speccy to a hi-fi to boost the sound. This game terrified the neighbours for a little while. It does NOT sound good amplified and not at maximum volume!

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 4d

A couple of days after Dad passed away I was watching the security camera and saw this image in the sky . I like to believe it was Dad letting us know in the most unfrightning way he could that he had passed over okay #grief #deathofaparent #angel

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Full of loops of endless falls as well!

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Sir Duncan el Torpe @sirduncaneltorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Another nightmare!!! 😵‍💫

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 5d

It was always such an achievement to find a new room and so much humour in the game as well

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Games that remind me of my Dad #ZXSpectrum #Retrogaming #JetSetWilly, after Dad had given up with Manic Miner along came #JetSetWilly. After learning the 'writetyper' cheat he would spend hours trying to discover as many rooms as possible.

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Sir Duncan el Torpe @sirduncaneltorpe.bsky.social · 6d

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 6d

I do wish I had more platforming game skills!

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 6d

Manic Miner is a true #retrogaming classic, I enjoyed it on the #ZXSpectrum, then in the 1990s on the #SAMCoupe which has to be the definitive #8bit version, with 60 caverns! I recently revamped the back issue of SAM Revival magazine (#9) which features the game on the coverdisk. www.samcoupe.com

SAM Revival issue 9, revamped into a full colour professionally printed issue earlier in the year, with updates and extras added,

Manic Miner on the SAM Coupe, featuring on the coverdisk (with permission of the SAM version's copyright holders). Featuring the original 20 caverns from the ZX Spectrum version, plus 40 new levels. (Disk image can also be supplied for emulator use.)

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Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Ye gawds!!!!

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