Alberto J. González
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Alberto J. González
@mcalby.bsky.social
Early VG industry survivor, former 1, 8, 16, 32-bit musician, graphic artist and programmer, AKA Joe McAlby. Current producer and aspiring retiree. Co-founder of Bit Managers and @abylight.bsky.social.
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Celebrating my 100th post here with links to places where I occasionally upload beeps, bloops and other mostly obsolete stuff.

www.youtube.com/@McAlby/videos
soundcloud.com/joemcalby/sets
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Unas imágenes para animar vuestro domingo.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My Halloween track for this year is the "Haunted Manor" theme from Smurfs Nightmare for Game Boy. I had so much fun composing this one. soundcloud.com/joemcalby/th...
The Smurfs Nightmare - complete soundtrack (Game Boy, 1997)
My second and last soundtrack for a Smurfs game on the Game Boy, released in 1997, and re-released in 1999 for the Game Boy Color. Some trivia: - The main menu theme was the same I composed for the
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November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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¡Ya puedes participar en #GBRetroDev'25! ¡Entregas abiertas!

🗓️ Hasta 31/octubre/2025
🏆 200€ en premios

¡Afina tus juegos de #GameBoy clásica (DMG-1) en ensamblador y únete!

itch.io/jam/gbretrod...

#Games #GameDev #IndieDev #Asm #Contest @ua.es @retrovirtualmachine.org @mojontwins.bsky.social
GBRetroDev'25: Heroes of ASM 2
A game jam from 2025-10-14 to 2025-11-14 hosted by Profesor Retroman, Jsala, Alimaña Picacódigos & solsolet. #GBRetroDev'25 Heroes of Assembly 2 2nd International Gameboy Game Creation Contest at the ...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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We also have a game called Cutout Village that will participate next year, so you can also help us by adding it to your wishlist to give us a boost. store.steampowered.com/app/3907910/...
Cutout Village on Steam
Cutout Village is a narrative, cozy, city-builder game in which you will have to build villages using simple and unique mechanics: cutting, folding and gluing. Restore the family home, revive your vil...
store.steampowered.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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By the way, if you found this interesting, Mystery of Silence is currently participating in the Next Fest, so it would help us a lot if you added it to your wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3929410/...
Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence on Steam
Mystery of Silence is a point-and-click adventure where William, a young writer in search of inspiration, enters an abbey shrouded in silence. What William finds within those walls is not just a story...
store.steampowered.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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¿Eres #indiedev y tienes experiencias diferentes en el Next Fest? Comparte la tuya 🙂
How effective are #SteamNextFest events at boosting wishlist numbers for small #indiegames?

I’ve participated in several, so here’s a thread sharing real, humble data so you can see the impact👇 (thread)

#gamedev #indiedev
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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El grandísimo @frangallego.bsky.social con una de sus clases magistrales
Programando videojuegos en ensamblador para Game Boy. Introducción a GBTelera.
YouTube video by Profesor Retroman
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October 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Been playing "Un jour de septembre" with my new classical guitar and it's been quite fun and joyful to actually play again some pieces I played so long ago 🌱💫
October 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Se da la circunstancia de que mi vida en general resulta poco interesante y que no puedo hablar mucho de las cosas que hago en el trabajo, así que mi tema ahora son las máquinas de escribir, que suscitan poco interés. Como esta hermosa Olympia SM4 de 1959 con letra elite Nº 8, la última que compré.
October 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hacía tiempo que buscaba una Smith Corona Silent-Super en el mercado de segunda mano, pero son raras de ver. Finalmente encontré esta de 1955, pero con teclado americano. De hecho, es una máquina Americana y bastante común allí. Se ve bastante bien, pero necesita una buena restauración.
September 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I worked on this game and didn’t know this! Gamedev was so much more interesting back in the 8-bit and 16-bit days when we had to invent tricks like this to get games looking and sounding good on such primitive and limited hardware.
I remember hearing the waterdrops in Equinox and thinking those sounded way too good to fit in the meager RAM. After inspecting I found that rather than a single long sample it was a short drop sound for the attack, and then a short resonant noise loop is fading in and out to fake the reverb tail.
September 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Announcing the Kickstarter for the 10th anniversary collection of SOMA by @frictionalgames.bsky.social for Nintendo Switch! This is our biggest Collector's Edition yet, because this masterpiece deserves something really special.
SOMA for Nintendo Switch (free upgrade for Switch 2) on physical.

Have a look at our amazing edition, only available through
@Kickstarter
Learn about the extras included. Follow our kickstarter to get your copy.

kickstarter.com/projects/aby...

#soma #kickstarter #nintendoswitch #Switch2
Coming soon: SOMA Nintendo Switch - Physical + Limited Collector Edition
Abylight Studios presents the award-winning horror game SOMA in a physical edition and a special Limited Collector's Edition
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September 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Casi todos los amigos y familiares que han venido a casa y han presumido de haber tomado clases de mecanografía, han fallado estrepitosamente al intentar escribir con alguna de las mías. Colocan los dedos cuidadosamente sobre el teclado y empiezan a escribir muy rápido, lo cual acaba en fracaso.
September 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
No suelo coger el teléfono de un número del que no tengo el contacto, pero mira, hoy lo he cogido una vez, por si acaso. Me ha salido un mensaje automático diciendo "Hola, soy de la empresa Infojobs. Tu currículum ha sido seleccionado". Nunca he puesto currículum en Infojobs. Me vuelvo a mi cueva.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Al salir The Sword of Ianna para Spectrum, publicamos una versión TAP creada por Tom-Cat que sólo incluía el inglés. Spirax se ha puesto al lío y ahora tenemos una versión oficial, bilingüe, para DivIDE, ESPectrum, The Spectrum y similares. Podéis descargarla en www.retroworks.es/php/game_en....
Retroworks :: Gamecard: The Sword of Ianna
www.retroworks.es
September 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Se nos come la IA 😭 Comienza a ser difícil encontrar dibujos de verdad.
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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🧐 ¿Conoces la colección de videojuegos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España?

🎉 Descubre su valor como patrimonio cultural en el Día Mundial de los Videojuegos

🎮 También se leen, estudian y conservan para que sirvan como inspiración para las nuevas generaciones

🔗 bit.ly/4oJ1Gxs
August 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
My latest restoration project is an Adler Gabriele 20 typewriter from 1968, made in Germany. It worked well, but was very rusty inside and dirty as usual...
August 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Con la música de @gryzor87.bsky.social sonando de fondo ⚔️
August 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Imagino ranas saltando y tirando bolas entre los arcos.
August 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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✨Happy Arco's anniversary! ✨ A year has passed since we released Arco🫂During this year, I composed a track telling the story of an Iyo woman, and now you can hear it 🥹Would mean the world to me if you can listen to it and share it 💖 TY for your support all the way ✨

tidal.com/browse/track...
José Ramón "Bibiki" García - Errante
Listen to Errante on your streaming service
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August 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM