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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 22h

Gamepass and streaming is blinding MS from the obvious solution, an affordable Xbox handheld, made by themselves or licensed to someone else to make. A $1000/£800 premium pc that doesn’t actually play Xbox games natively never was the answer and will just cause confusion.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 2d

On one of my first jobs working for a local authority involved me leaving a school site to get a replacement terminator from home. I fixed the networking issue but got a bollocking for leaving site without telling anyone. It still smarts 25 years on.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 2d

RIP Drew Struzan
A master.

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Nicole Express @nicole.express · 4d

New blog post! A look at the region converter hidden in some early NES games, an analysis of an NES epoxy blob cart, and an attempt to repair a broken Famicom cartridge. A bit disconnected but I hope you enjoy! nicole.express/2025/not-jus...

Cartridge Chaos: The Official Nintendo Region Converter and More!

This post is a combination of looks at several oddities among my pile of NES and Famicom cartridges. Why, for example, do I have a copy of Gyromite when I do...

nicole.express

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CelGen Studios @celgen.org · 4d

Some photos over the last year as I began building the system for the LAN Party, testing to make sure it all worked and committing everything to the case as I was repairing cracks and gluing on magnets to support the liquid cooling system.
Thanks again to @thetechknight.bsky.social for the PSU!

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 5d

“Enlightened”

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Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 6d

Shite’s the word your looking for. Half way through a meal, you stop your better half and say “stop eating, love” and pass her the plated, statement piece… and say “I’ll get my coat” 😂

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8-Bit Back Issues @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 8d

NEW EPISODE!
This month, Geoff chats to games journalist Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social about his career beginning with this magazine - Your Spectrum issue 18.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2O14...

Your Spectrum issue 18

open.spotify.com

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Rod Hull @futurewas8bit.bsky.social · 9d

SD2IEC & Fastload Hybrid Cartridge for the Commodore 64
£36.99 – £48.99 - #Commodore64
www.tfw8b.com/product/sd2i...

SD2IEC+ & Fastload Hybrid Cartridge for the Commodore 64
£36.99 – £48.99 - TFW8b.com

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BadComputer @badcomputer.bsky.social · 9d

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the SEGA Mark III console in Japan, Astro Climber will be released and available for free on 20th October. #homebrew #mastersystem

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe with a little Bombjack close quarter platforming too.

VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 9d

It’s like Bionic Commando and Xenon 2 had a homebrew baby, in a good way. I need to try this out on my Mastersystem.

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Nigel Auchterlounie @n-auchterlounie.bsky.social · 10d

"IT ABSOLUTELY WILL STOP!!!"

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 10d

A ten year old me got the £140 Vic20 from Boots for Christmas that year. I didn’t realise the C64 was double the money at the time.

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 11d

Massive bezels, proper keyboards and zero touchpads. Lovely.

VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve already got two penultimate’s, maybe it’s time to have 1.5 fast loads and sd2iec’s.

Rod Hull @futurewas8bit.bsky.social · 15d

TFW8b's Hybrid SD2IEC & FASTLOAD Combo Cartridge is now available in a bunch of colours. 😎
www.tfw8b.com/product/sd2i...
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #8bit

SD2IEC & Fastload Hybrid Cart for the Commodore 64 - Load / Save PRG & D64 / Dxx images via Micro SD Card - https://www.tfw8b.com/product/sd2iec_fastload_hybrid/

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 12d

American Rounders in the UK always felt kind of tame, probably just like cricket games did in the states.

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Aleksi Eeben @aleksieeben.bsky.social · 12d

Coming soon: Atari 2600 Video Chess ported to unexpanded VIC 20. Counting 16 days to release on The VIC 20 Day of the Month: 20 Oct 2025 ♟️🎩⚔️👑 #8bit #chess #atari2600 #vic20 #retrogaming

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 12d

They are pretty knockout, pardon the pun.

Martin @nakamuramartin.bsky.social · 12d

Ahem.
@pablo0151.bsky.social

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Sean Jordan, Video Game Researcher @greatestgames.bsky.social · 13d

I was thinking today about lesser-known Game Boy Advance games that more people should play.

They are super easy to play on your phone with an emulator and a backbone-style controller, and they're so much fun!

Here are 10 to try. (A thread!)

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 14d

Shh Nicole, you’ll get people onto my stash.

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VaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 14d

Nope. I’ve just had a listen and a look at the wiki but I’d been known to rip through the Tiffany track in a 80’s bar after a few bevvies.

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