Joachim Froholt
@jfroholt.bsky.social
Hi! I write about games, and try to make them as well.
Games: https://joachim.itch.io/
Writings: https://spillhistorie.no/ (English: https://spillhistorie.no/content-in-english/ )
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/joachimfroholt
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Games: https://joachim.itch.io/
Writings: https://spillhistorie.no/ (English: https://spillhistorie.no/content-in-english/ )
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/joachimfroholt
I support 🇺🇦
Two pretty cool logos. Guess the game...
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Two pretty cool logos. Guess the game...
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Takk for at dere følger Bluesky-kontoen Tele-Spielhistorie.no! Fotograf og eier er Henning Ludvigsen ( @henningludvigsen.bsky.social ) fra @badgerpunch.com . Her ser vi enda en originalmaskin, og en annen variant som heter Las Vegas.
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Takk for at dere følger Bluesky-kontoen Tele-Spielhistorie.no! Fotograf og eier er Henning Ludvigsen ( @henningludvigsen.bsky.social ) fra @badgerpunch.com . Her ser vi enda en originalmaskin, og en annen variant som heter Las Vegas.
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Roguecraft DX was released 5 days ago on #Amiga, Game Boy Color & MEGA65!
Beautiful isometric pixels and classic roguelike fun, crafted for retro hardware. ✨🕹️
Thank you for supporting our game!❤️
thalamus.link/roguedx-amiga
#screenshotsaturday #RetroGaming #Roguelike
Beautiful isometric pixels and classic roguelike fun, crafted for retro hardware. ✨🕹️
Thank you for supporting our game!❤️
thalamus.link/roguedx-amiga
#screenshotsaturday #RetroGaming #Roguelike
February 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Roguecraft DX was released 5 days ago on #Amiga, Game Boy Color & MEGA65!
Beautiful isometric pixels and classic roguelike fun, crafted for retro hardware. ✨🕹️
Thank you for supporting our game!❤️
thalamus.link/roguedx-amiga
#screenshotsaturday #RetroGaming #Roguelike
Beautiful isometric pixels and classic roguelike fun, crafted for retro hardware. ✨🕹️
Thank you for supporting our game!❤️
thalamus.link/roguedx-amiga
#screenshotsaturday #RetroGaming #Roguelike
Roar did an interview with Al Lowe last year. It's a long read, about a lot of different subjects (not all related to gaming). Hopefully it'll be of interest to some of you. :)
Hele intervjuet kan leses på engelsk her:
Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney - Spillhistorie.no
You know he did other things than Larry, right?
spillhistorie.no
February 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Roar did an interview with Al Lowe last year. It's a long read, about a lot of different subjects (not all related to gaming). Hopefully it'll be of interest to some of you. :)
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Hi all!
This account is being run by @jfroholt.bsky.social , and I do have a Ko-Fi in case you like these posts I'm making and would like to support me. It would mean a lot. Please have a look at ko-fi.com/joachimfroholt
This account is being run by @jfroholt.bsky.social , and I do have a Ko-Fi in case you like these posts I'm making and would like to support me. It would mean a lot. Please have a look at ko-fi.com/joachimfroholt
Support Joachim Froholt
Support Joachim Froholt
ko-fi.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Hi all!
This account is being run by @jfroholt.bsky.social , and I do have a Ko-Fi in case you like these posts I'm making and would like to support me. It would mean a lot. Please have a look at ko-fi.com/joachimfroholt
This account is being run by @jfroholt.bsky.social , and I do have a Ko-Fi in case you like these posts I'm making and would like to support me. It would mean a lot. Please have a look at ko-fi.com/joachimfroholt
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Time to kick off a (year-long) commemoration of one of THE OLDEST video games known to history! 🎊
It’s “Bouncing Ball” — a candidate for the first-ever video game — celebrating its (75th) Diamond Anniversary this year!
🧵👇
It’s “Bouncing Ball” — a candidate for the first-ever video game — celebrating its (75th) Diamond Anniversary this year!
🧵👇
February 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Time to kick off a (year-long) commemoration of one of THE OLDEST video games known to history! 🎊
It’s “Bouncing Ball” — a candidate for the first-ever video game — celebrating its (75th) Diamond Anniversary this year!
🧵👇
It’s “Bouncing Ball” — a candidate for the first-ever video game — celebrating its (75th) Diamond Anniversary this year!
🧵👇
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Captain Blood is the highest of high concepts - you have to track down your own runaway clones, steal their vital fluids and restore your own health.
But to find them, you have to travel all over the universe and talk to odd aliens using a symbolic language!
#videogames #gaming #retrogames
But to find them, you have to travel all over the universe and talk to odd aliens using a symbolic language!
#videogames #gaming #retrogames
The Classic PC Gaming Era (1977-1989) - Captain Blood
Go to weird new worlds. Talk to unusual aliens. Capture your clones so you can consume their vital fluids.
greatestgames.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Captain Blood is the highest of high concepts - you have to track down your own runaway clones, steal their vital fluids and restore your own health.
But to find them, you have to travel all over the universe and talk to odd aliens using a symbolic language!
#videogames #gaming #retrogames
But to find them, you have to travel all over the universe and talk to odd aliens using a symbolic language!
#videogames #gaming #retrogames
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lancelot, commodore 64 (1989) www.mobygames.com/game/7307/la...
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 AM
lancelot, commodore 64 (1989) www.mobygames.com/game/7307/la...
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Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
"Jungledyret" for #DOS
A game based on the #Danish 1993 movie of the same name
The graphics are really detailed but the controls are super rigid
Game only sold around 20,000 units
#dkgame #gaming #nostalgia #retro #retrogaming #animation
"Jungledyret" for #DOS
A game based on the #Danish 1993 movie of the same name
The graphics are really detailed but the controls are super rigid
Game only sold around 20,000 units
#dkgame #gaming #nostalgia #retro #retrogaming #animation
January 30, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
"Jungledyret" for #DOS
A game based on the #Danish 1993 movie of the same name
The graphics are really detailed but the controls are super rigid
Game only sold around 20,000 units
#dkgame #gaming #nostalgia #retro #retrogaming #animation
"Jungledyret" for #DOS
A game based on the #Danish 1993 movie of the same name
The graphics are really detailed but the controls are super rigid
Game only sold around 20,000 units
#dkgame #gaming #nostalgia #retro #retrogaming #animation
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Jeremy C. Smith loved physics, and the BBC Micro, and made some ingenious games that combined the two. His biggest success came with a pre-emptive port to the C64, of a game which refined Atari's Gravitar and added much funnier ways to fail. New post on Thrust:
www.superchartisland.com/thrust
www.superchartisland.com/thrust
Thrust – “Reverse gravity”
I have not had cause to mention the BBC Micro for a while. I think Football Manager was the most recent occasion, back at the start of 1985. Even as the Amstrad CPC thoroughly took over as the UK’s…
www.superchartisland.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Jeremy C. Smith loved physics, and the BBC Micro, and made some ingenious games that combined the two. His biggest success came with a pre-emptive port to the C64, of a game which refined Atari's Gravitar and added much funnier ways to fail. New post on Thrust:
www.superchartisland.com/thrust
www.superchartisland.com/thrust
This game is really good. And it's surprisingly relevant, still. I interviewed the author a bunch of years ago:
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This game is really good. And it's surprisingly relevant, still. I interviewed the author a bunch of years ago:
I slipped on a frog.
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I slipped on a frog.
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As great powers abandon rules and values for their own interests, middle powers like Canada have a choice: compete with each other for favour or act together with impact.
January 21, 2026 at 8:59 PM
As great powers abandon rules and values for their own interests, middle powers like Canada have a choice: compete with each other for favour or act together with impact.
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The game itself does what it's supposed to, though the minigames all play the same so it gets repetitive. A neat curio, if nothing else. 3/3
November 22, 2023 at 9:24 AM
The game itself does what it's supposed to, though the minigames all play the same so it gets repetitive. A neat curio, if nothing else. 3/3
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In 1990, Damocles (Mercenary 2) on the Amiga featured a full galaxy with 9 planets & 19 moons for players to explore. In 1995, Psygnosis was going to release an enhanced PC port which never happened. The PC port looked almost complete. Another in the weird choices made by Psygnosis in the 90s
Damocles '95 for PC (Novagen) - intro (01/17)
YouTube video by Sy Moon
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
In 1990, Damocles (Mercenary 2) on the Amiga featured a full galaxy with 9 planets & 19 moons for players to explore. In 1995, Psygnosis was going to release an enhanced PC port which never happened. The PC port looked almost complete. Another in the weird choices made by Psygnosis in the 90s
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This was a pretty cool find. A decent platformer game in the same vein as Manic Miner etc on the Sharp MZ-80K. Not that I'm particularly good at it yet but this has some really nice animations using the Sharpscii graphics.
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This was a pretty cool find. A decent platformer game in the same vein as Manic Miner etc on the Sharp MZ-80K. Not that I'm particularly good at it yet but this has some really nice animations using the Sharpscii graphics.
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Dungeon Master review
Originally written for https://www.gametripper.co.uk/
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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@jfroholt.bsky.social ‘s latest excellent article covering one of “Knights of Aberdeen” library tapes for the MZ-80A is now available !
Skjedd noe spennende i dag, da? Ja, vi har f.eks. publisert denne:
Knights MZ-80A Library – del 5 - Spillhistorie.no
Reisen gjennom denne obskure programvaresamlingen leverer romvesen på glass, golf, slangemating og mye mer.
spillhistorie.no
January 17, 2026 at 9:13 AM
@jfroholt.bsky.social ‘s latest excellent article covering one of “Knights of Aberdeen” library tapes for the MZ-80A is now available !
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The good old Amiga1200 with a Commodore 1084 monitor and a GoDrive to easily load games from a USB drive. This set up helped us a lot when testing Roguecraft during development of the game.
Any others having experiences or memories with this set-up?
#amiga #A1200 #amiga1200 #roguecraft #retrogame
Any others having experiences or memories with this set-up?
#amiga #A1200 #amiga1200 #roguecraft #retrogame
January 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The good old Amiga1200 with a Commodore 1084 monitor and a GoDrive to easily load games from a USB drive. This set up helped us a lot when testing Roguecraft during development of the game.
Any others having experiences or memories with this set-up?
#amiga #A1200 #amiga1200 #roguecraft #retrogame
Any others having experiences or memories with this set-up?
#amiga #A1200 #amiga1200 #roguecraft #retrogame
This is my local pinball club. Open Wednesday and Sunday nights (6-10 pm). Free play on all machines, there are plenty of arcade machines too. Inclusive & friendly community. Monthly tournaments (mostly fridays & saturdays). 150 nok for entry, 350 nok for a monthly membership.
High Score - Kristiansand Arcade & Pinball Club - Pinball Map
High Score - Kristiansand Arcade & Pinball Club on Pinball Map! 5 Kartheia, Kristiansand, 4626 - 33 machines - Demolition Man, Dr. Dude, Grand Prix, PIN-BOT, Twilight Zone
pinballmap.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This is my local pinball club. Open Wednesday and Sunday nights (6-10 pm). Free play on all machines, there are plenty of arcade machines too. Inclusive & friendly community. Monthly tournaments (mostly fridays & saturdays). 150 nok for entry, 350 nok for a monthly membership.
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"It’s not a PR issue, it’s an ethics issue." -- The Head Horse
Not every game company is hopping onboard the AI hype train. Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse bans gen AI art in its contracts.
"If I sound frustrated, it's because, like, honestly, all this thing has done is made our...
https://kotaku.com/hooded-horse-gen-ai-art-ban-4x-strategy-steam-2000658179
"If I sound frustrated, it's because, like, honestly, all this thing has done is made our...
https://kotaku.com/hooded-horse-gen-ai-art-ban-4x-strategy-steam-2000658179
One Game Publisher Is Pushing Back Against AI Art With Contracts That Ban It: 'It's Cancerous' - Kotaku
Hooded Horse won't work with developers that use gen AI
kotaku.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
"It’s not a PR issue, it’s an ethics issue." -- The Head Horse
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🚨⚠️ Release Date Disclosure! ⚠️🚨
TRAILER: VIDEO EVIDENCE, see below. Please watch, assimilate and share.
DESIGNATION: TR-49
GENRE: NARRATIVE DEDUCTION / AUDIO_DRAMA
DATE: 21st JANUARY
PLATFORMS: iOS / PC / Mac / Deck
This is what we know, so far.
TRAILER: VIDEO EVIDENCE, see below. Please watch, assimilate and share.
DESIGNATION: TR-49
GENRE: NARRATIVE DEDUCTION / AUDIO_DRAMA
DATE: 21st JANUARY
PLATFORMS: iOS / PC / Mac / Deck
This is what we know, so far.
TR-49 - Official Trailer
YouTube video by inkleStudios
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
🚨⚠️ Release Date Disclosure! ⚠️🚨
TRAILER: VIDEO EVIDENCE, see below. Please watch, assimilate and share.
DESIGNATION: TR-49
GENRE: NARRATIVE DEDUCTION / AUDIO_DRAMA
DATE: 21st JANUARY
PLATFORMS: iOS / PC / Mac / Deck
This is what we know, so far.
TRAILER: VIDEO EVIDENCE, see below. Please watch, assimilate and share.
DESIGNATION: TR-49
GENRE: NARRATIVE DEDUCTION / AUDIO_DRAMA
DATE: 21st JANUARY
PLATFORMS: iOS / PC / Mac / Deck
This is what we know, so far.
First modern game played this year: Baba is You. I played it for about 5 hours when it was new, got stuck and gave up. Randomly saw it had been updated with new content, and decided to have a go. And for some reason it really clicked me this time, and I'm loving it.
January 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
First modern game played this year: Baba is You. I played it for about 5 hours when it was new, got stuck and gave up. Randomly saw it had been updated with new content, and decided to have a go. And for some reason it really clicked me this time, and I'm loving it.
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Dragon's Eye: Exploring an EPYX PET-Era RPG
YouTube video by David Youd
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
First game played this year: Zeewolf on the Amiga.Took a while to get the hang of the controls again (you really need to use the mouse), but I'm mostly doing okay now. The game is really quite playable, obviously it would have been great to see more of the level but it somehow works.
January 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
First game played this year: Zeewolf on the Amiga.Took a while to get the hang of the controls again (you really need to use the mouse), but I'm mostly doing okay now. The game is really quite playable, obviously it would have been great to see more of the level but it somehow works.