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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 12h

Fellow preservationist Robert Robichaud got in touch to share that he was recently involved in a game preservation project regarding Norway's first adventure games. A great article worth checking out:
spillhistorie.no/2025/09/11/n...

Norway's first adventure games, part 2 - Spillhistorie.no

For years, Ringen was considered lost and not much was known about it. Here's the full story of the game, and how it was saved.

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 15h

If you're an Amiga veteran, you've probably used X-Copy at some point (it's okay, we all did it).

We just published a cool interview with Cachet veteran (and current KryoFlux developer) Christian Bartsch, about X-Copy and some of the weird stuff that happened at X-Copy publisher Cachet.

The story of X-Copy on the Amiga - Spillhistorie.no

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 1d

The most wishlisted game on Steam, a neat little indie game. Yeah, okay.

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 3d

I reviewed Strange Antiquities from @badvikinggames.bsky.social and @iceberg-int.bsky.social . Review is in Norwegian, but TLDR; I had a very good time with the game. Lots of clever puzzles that made me feel smart for solving them.

Spillhistorie.no @spillhistorie.no · 4d

Strange Antiquities er det perfekte spillet for dere som liker å trimme hjernen med detektivaktige puslenøtter.

Inntrykk: Strange Antiquities - Spillhistorie.no

Mystiske puslenøtter fryder hjernen i dette herlige spillet.

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 6d

I was there!

Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 6d

I've been watching Kurt J Mac walking towards the Far Lands in Minecraft almost since the beginning (originally followed him because of his Spintires videos). And tonight he is going to get there! Only took 14 years. www.twitch.tv/kurtjmac

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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 6d

A huge surprise today, with a preview recovery of the unreleased The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure on #Amiga. Dlfrsilver got in touch with Games That Weren't to share his recovery of this long lost game, and its hoped more can be found! Check it out at:

www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/the-...

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 6d

I've been playing Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon lately. It's really good. Obviously low budget compared to the better known RPGs released this year, but the writing and acting is surprisingly great, and if you can deal with some Elder Scrolls style jank, you'll probably like it a lot.

Save 20% on Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon on Steam

Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a ...

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 7d

It's worth reading this and some of the quotes people have made, to make an informed decision about supporting the SNES RPGs book.

St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 8d

Let's hope the book doesn't have a section on Brazil or "third world countries"

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 6d

Huh, that's disappointing.

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Signal @signal.org · 7d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 7d

Me and @retrogamingpappa.bsky.social had a chat with Roger Dean a couple of months ago, and today we published our interview. Among many things, we spoke about the cancelled Black Onyx game he was working on with Henk Rogers.

Legends of the games industry: Roger Dean - Spillhistorie.no

We spoke with the man behind the Psygnosis logo – and so much more!

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 8d

I see what you mean, though I agree with them that keeping these games running on modern hardware should be *their* main focus. Maybe they should simply have named it something else.

But mostly, I just wish they'd release more old games. We've gone from a couple a week to a couple every 6 months...

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 10d

And for fun, a slightly more colourful PC version that I'm working on. #gamemaker

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 10d

It's almost the end of #sharptember , so I'll finish with some screenshots of my game Minesnake on the MZ-80A. I've learned a lot since I made it, and would have done a lot differently now. But the concept is still good, I think. It's on Itch.io.

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 13d

Look at this neat thing! Works great, and the stick is really comfortable. Thanks to @retrogamingpappa.bsky.social who made it for me.

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Sharpworks @sharpworks.bsky.social · 13d

#Sharptember If you replace the CG-ROM file in the emulator with the Japanese one you can play Japanese MZ games with the correct graphics showing. Here's a bit of Namco's Galaxian demonstrating the much coveted single pixel graphic character that was not available in the western ROM.

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Sharpworks @sharpworks.bsky.social · 13d

This is awesome, Ropoko is coming to the Switch (and Steam) on the 9th October. It will include the English translation which I helped the author with :) As for the MZ-700 English release, this should be around or just before Christmas time.

ロポコ for Nintendo Switch

YouTube video by わくわくゲームズ | Waku Waku Games

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 16d

Attention retrogamers:

Check out this sneak preview video clip of an upcoming C64 game (available for free members):
www.patreon.com/posts/wip-vi...

#retrogames #retrogaming #games #c64 #retro #indiegames

WIP Video Clip: TWIN TIGERS Sequel (C64) | A. R. Yngve

Get more from A. R. Yngve on Patreon

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Sharpworks @sharpworks.bsky.social · 14d

Part 4 of @jfroholt.bsky.social 's look at one of the MZ-80A games compilation tapes made by Knights is now available!

Spillhistorie.no @spillhistorie.no · 16d

Joachim fortsetter å spille gamle spill ingen har hørt om. #sharptember

Knights MZ-80A Library – del 4 - Spillhistorie.no

Løver må i bur og romvesener må lokaliseres. Plus matte og brettspill!

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 19d

Day 264(21) - #sharptember - I thought I'd leave the first MZ to last because it's not really a computer in the traditional sense - but it's so bizarre I couldn't ignore it completely. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Sharp MZ-40K ... 1/3

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 20d

I honestly think this is a very weird take. Games that weren't? Shut down, because you were never supposed to have that stuff.

Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 20d

The Sharp MZ-80A can only use character graphics, but fortunately there are a few characters dedicated to pseudopixels. So I made a picture. #sharptember

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 20d

I absolutely love these games. Though I play them purely using text input, the UI is ... well, it's there. :)

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Joachim Froholt @jfroholt.bsky.social · 20d

Wow, that looks pretty striking!

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