Jordan Raftronaut Davis
@raftronaut.bsky.social
Musician and NES pixel artist from Milwaukee. Creator of Space Raft: The Video Game, and co-creator of the Storied Sword for NES. Chiptune composer.
- currently: steel guitar/piano/fiddle with Long Line Riders
- currently: steel guitar/piano/fiddle with Long Line Riders
Pinned
Jordan B. Davis (Raftronaut)
RAFT LABS INTERACTIVE
www.raftlabsinteractive.com
Bluesky + new faces = reintroduction!
I’m a musician/artist from Milwaukee involved in NES homebrew. I did art/music on The Storied Sword for the NES in collaboration with Bite The Chili, and have done music on over 34 NES projects. 🧑🌾
Nice to meet you!
www.raftlabsinteractive.com
I’m a musician/artist from Milwaukee involved in NES homebrew. I did art/music on The Storied Sword for the NES in collaboration with Bite The Chili, and have done music on over 34 NES projects. 🧑🌾
Nice to meet you!
www.raftlabsinteractive.com
My CRT television is use to test my NES games finally crapped out and won’t turn on. Big bummer for my retro game set up.
Plus it seems to have eaten my VHS of Yojimbo 😭
I’m sure I can find another, but this one was really nice. Hoping I can find some way to repair it. #crt #retrogame #nesdev
Plus it seems to have eaten my VHS of Yojimbo 😭
I’m sure I can find another, but this one was really nice. Hoping I can find some way to repair it. #crt #retrogame #nesdev
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
My CRT television is use to test my NES games finally crapped out and won’t turn on. Big bummer for my retro game set up.
Plus it seems to have eaten my VHS of Yojimbo 😭
I’m sure I can find another, but this one was really nice. Hoping I can find some way to repair it. #crt #retrogame #nesdev
Plus it seems to have eaten my VHS of Yojimbo 😭
I’m sure I can find another, but this one was really nice. Hoping I can find some way to repair it. #crt #retrogame #nesdev
I was too young to see Mappy in the arcade, but found it on a bootleg multi cart of NRom Famicom games at my local video rental.
Easier than most NROM era games, which felt nice at the time and still does. Great arcade loop with cute sprite work.
Easier than most NROM era games, which felt nice at the time and still does. Great arcade loop with cute sprite work.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I was too young to see Mappy in the arcade, but found it on a bootleg multi cart of NRom Famicom games at my local video rental.
Easier than most NROM era games, which felt nice at the time and still does. Great arcade loop with cute sprite work.
Easier than most NROM era games, which felt nice at the time and still does. Great arcade loop with cute sprite work.
What are some good westerns to watch?
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What are some good westerns to watch?
For all a y'all, keepin' y'all in health
Just to see ya smile and enjoy ya'self
Cause it's cool when you cause a cozy conditionin'
That we create, so that's our mission, so listen
To what we say because this type of shit happens everyday
Just to see ya smile and enjoy ya'self
Cause it's cool when you cause a cozy conditionin'
That we create, so that's our mission, so listen
To what we say because this type of shit happens everyday
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
For all a y'all, keepin' y'all in health
Just to see ya smile and enjoy ya'self
Cause it's cool when you cause a cozy conditionin'
That we create, so that's our mission, so listen
To what we say because this type of shit happens everyday
Just to see ya smile and enjoy ya'self
Cause it's cool when you cause a cozy conditionin'
That we create, so that's our mission, so listen
To what we say because this type of shit happens everyday
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You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
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It’s here! The 2026 NES Homebrew Calendar is out: featuring gorgeous cover art by @supernatetendo.bsky.social , 12 homebrew games, and fun homebrew holidays, this is what you want on your wall! Available in a U.S./Canada edition, and EU/rest of the World edition.
www.etsy.com/shop/TheScro...
www.etsy.com/shop/TheScro...
www.etsy.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It’s here! The 2026 NES Homebrew Calendar is out: featuring gorgeous cover art by @supernatetendo.bsky.social , 12 homebrew games, and fun homebrew holidays, this is what you want on your wall! Available in a U.S./Canada edition, and EU/rest of the World edition.
www.etsy.com/shop/TheScro...
www.etsy.com/shop/TheScro...
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Thank you, Arkanoid Archive, for this nice little preview of Mega Kaiju Boom Ball, which is OUT NOW on @itch.io!
#ballxpit #arkanoid #breakout #nesdev #neshomebrew #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames #videogames
youtu.be/-kBTceAgsvE?...
#ballxpit #arkanoid #breakout #nesdev #neshomebrew #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames #videogames
youtu.be/-kBTceAgsvE?...
Mega Kaiju Boom Ball ²⁰²⁵ (NES)
YouTube video by Arkanoid Archive
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thank you, Arkanoid Archive, for this nice little preview of Mega Kaiju Boom Ball, which is OUT NOW on @itch.io!
#ballxpit #arkanoid #breakout #nesdev #neshomebrew #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames #videogames
youtu.be/-kBTceAgsvE?...
#ballxpit #arkanoid #breakout #nesdev #neshomebrew #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames #videogames
youtu.be/-kBTceAgsvE?...
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Looking for a cool NES platformer to play? Wheelman by WheelsonGames is free to download:
wheelsongames.itch.io/wheelman
#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム #IndieNES
wheelsongames.itch.io/wheelman
#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム #IndieNES
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Looking for a cool NES platformer to play? Wheelman by WheelsonGames is free to download:
wheelsongames.itch.io/wheelman
#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム #IndieNES
wheelsongames.itch.io/wheelman
#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム #IndieNES
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AGTP Announcement Update for Project splatterworld ~ Splatterworld Debut
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-11-15T15:05:09-08:00
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-11-15T15:05:09-08:00
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
AGTP Announcement Update for Project splatterworld ~ Splatterworld Debut
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-11-15T15:05:09-08:00
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-11-15T15:05:09-08:00
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Lions tooth bookstore is the best!
Join me later today for a fun time at Lion's Tooth! Details below.
This Saturday afternoon, I'll be at Lion's Tooth in Bay View at 4 p.m. talking about my book, Building the Milwaukee Bucks. Stop by for a fun discussion about the Bucks' origins and much more! Hope to see you there. #Bucks
November 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Lions tooth bookstore is the best!
I let this plays for the entirety of my lunch break.
Now back to hammering nails, unlike Davey here.
Now back to hammering nails, unlike Davey here.
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I let this plays for the entirety of my lunch break.
Now back to hammering nails, unlike Davey here.
Now back to hammering nails, unlike Davey here.
Finished watching The Lowdown this week. I love a TV show with a good Van in it!
🚐
🚐
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Finished watching The Lowdown this week. I love a TV show with a good Van in it!
🚐
🚐
Long Line Riders at Wiggle Room Milwaukee on Friday evening 👨🏻🌾
4-8 pm
4-8 pm
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Long Line Riders at Wiggle Room Milwaukee on Friday evening 👨🏻🌾
4-8 pm
4-8 pm
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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Changeable Guardian Estique, a brand new NES/FC shoot-em-up developed by ex-Compile vets, featuring a transforming mecha. www.hardcoregaming101.net/changeable-g...
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Changeable Guardian Estique, a brand new NES/FC shoot-em-up developed by ex-Compile vets, featuring a transforming mecha. www.hardcoregaming101.net/changeable-g...
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Orange Island for the NES features a shmup section for the boss fights. Here's a 30fps gif showing off my engine's current progress. 32 baddies/bullets/particles and up to 16 player bullets. The bar on the left shows CPU usage. Enough left for an audio driver! #nesdev
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Orange Island for the NES features a shmup section for the boss fights. Here's a 30fps gif showing off my engine's current progress. 32 baddies/bullets/particles and up to 16 player bullets. The bar on the left shows CPU usage. Enough left for an audio driver! #nesdev
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Still at it! Championship Soccer was delayed from its intended fall 1980 release window, coming along in February, with an endorsement by Pele and an early example of a cutaway scene in a video game: www.atariarchive.org/blog/peles-c...
(Pele’s) Championship Soccer (Soccer) – February 1981, Atari Archive
Atari didn’t take long to open up 1981 with a new release, as Championship Soccer – or Pele’s Championship Soccer, as it was quickly rebranded -...
www.atariarchive.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Still at it! Championship Soccer was delayed from its intended fall 1980 release window, coming along in February, with an endorsement by Pele and an early example of a cutaway scene in a video game: www.atariarchive.org/blog/peles-c...
Reposted by Jordan Raftronaut Davis
Reposted by Jordan Raftronaut Davis
THE GOONIES
KONAMI 1986
FAMICOM
KONAMI 1986
FAMICOM
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
THE GOONIES
KONAMI 1986
FAMICOM
KONAMI 1986
FAMICOM
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The new adaptation of Frankenstein is wild
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The new adaptation of Frankenstein is wild
Imagine how many more people would consider purchasing a Tesla if it weren’t intimately connected with Musks cult of personality. Him leaving seems like a win win for a company looking to build market share. 🤷
Does man who spends 14 hours a day posting deserve one trillion dollars? Many posters say the matter is complicated.
Elon Musk wants a pay package worth $1 trillion.
But an emerging group of opponents argue the package is excessive, and some say Musk’s political and side ventures have put the company at risk.
But an emerging group of opponents argue the package is excessive, and some say Musk’s political and side ventures have put the company at risk.
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Imagine how many more people would consider purchasing a Tesla if it weren’t intimately connected with Musks cult of personality. Him leaving seems like a win win for a company looking to build market share. 🤷
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Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
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You should listen to my podcast if you like history, socio-political context, life stories and academic opinions about SCIENCE FICTION FILMS!!!! (Pew Pew but also Big Brother.)
Started in 1902 but the 1960s are most definitely in swing?
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Started in 1902 but the 1960s are most definitely in swing?
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You should listen to my podcast if you like history, socio-political context, life stories and academic opinions about SCIENCE FICTION FILMS!!!! (Pew Pew but also Big Brother.)
Started in 1902 but the 1960s are most definitely in swing?
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Started in 1902 but the 1960s are most definitely in swing?
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)