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PacBilly

@pacbilly.bsky.social

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Lover of Dark Castle and C= computers. There is great humor to be found in assigning the utmost importance to those things which do not remotely deserve it. https://www.youtube.com/@pacbilly

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 18h

Only two: Choose Bernard, if for no other reason than continuity with Day of the Tentacle. And if you're standing around in the drained pool and you hear the alarm, take it seriously.

PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 18h

Those of us who catch his streams have witnessed @golgo13.bsky.social finish it several times. The 2024 QoL-tweaked revision is highly recommended.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 18h

Maniac Mansion can be counted among the elite few C64 games I've actually beaten. I probably enjoyed Zak McKracken more, but I wound up getting stuck well into that one. Both were great fun, and Mansion had a cracking theme. My brother was using it as the basis for a backing track to rap over.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 18h

Every so often, someone drops a hint that they've read my YT video descriptions. Most folks make videos to make videos or to make money. I make them chiefly for what's written beneath.

If you're a subscriber, are you among those who read them? You'll know why I ask soon enough.
youtu.be/hZLQddQieGY

Reading some of my favourite PacBilly video descriptions

YouTube video by JimPlaysGames

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 1d

It's shock and horror at all the swears I was shouting on level 35.

PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 1d

It is indeed!

PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 1d

Years ago I wrote an InsideMacGames review for a fruit machine game where I outlined the three-step process:

1. Click to pull lever.
2. Lose.
3. Repeat steps one and two.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 1d

If ever we needed a someone to weigh in on a new release, the someone is @logrus.uk and the release is daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobbl...

The upgrades aren't just cosmetic, and 2-button support coming in ver 1.1, but we need the master's take on 1.0. I expect a video on my desk by morning.

Bubble Bobble C64 Remastered by Dave's Retro Forge

A graphically enhanced, fan-made version of the C64 game Bubble Bobble (Firebird, 1987)

daves-retro-forge.itch.io

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 1d

This is kinda cool. www.youtube.com/shorts/d3ud8...

The Story Of Sean Astin’s Four Dads

YouTube video by Did You Catch This?

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 1d

Also, looks like you're getting your wish...

PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 1d

@golgo13.bsky.social You mentioned the Super Bubble Bobble mode. Well here it is, right in the manual.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 2d

You've issued similar entreaties before. I shall watch, once I figure out where and how. Maybe they'll turn up on Kanopy. Regardless, I still hold fast to the notion that Dark Star will forever be Dan O'Bannon's greatest work. The beach ball scene could use some trimming, but otherwise a fun time.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 2d

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 3d

This was back when he was going by the full Benjamin. You know, back when he was just a severed foot, before the rest of a person grew out from him.

PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 3d

Draw like nobody's watching.

PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 3d

Lying here on top of a made-up bed, just ate a great dinner, the temp is cool, listening to the Seeburg 1000 radio stream. Little moments of contentment, ladies and gentlemen.

PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 3d

With the current Steam sale, the game I worked on is practically free. But hey, if you don't have it and it seems like something you'd like, be one of the first three to hit me up in the DMs while it's still on sale and I'll gift it to you.

store.steampowered.com/app/1362780/...

Save 80% on Guildmaster: Gratuitous Subtitle on Steam

Command an ever changing party of four heroes into turn-based tactical combat, in this challenging and irreverent fantasy adventure.

store.steampowered.com

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 3d

I've never seen an Aliens movie or a Jurassic Park.

bjork @golgo13.bsky.social · 3d

I'll say Goonies, but if I made a list of popular media that I haven't consumed, I could be here for hours. I was busy playing Commodore or something.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 3d

Oh heavens.

CelGen Studios @celgen.org · 3d

Cheap hotels and computer shows go together like Velcro.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 4d

M$: "We'll continue to support Win10 for a year. We just won't support it for YOU unless you pay up."

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 4d

@golgo13.bsky.social Cliffhanger, "Looks like them Duke Boys just plopped on in to a mess uh hot water..."

SmilaIcon64 @smilaicon64.bsky.social · 5d

IM3 #c64 - work in progress , sounds are going in.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 4d

Mint is beginner-friendly until it's time for a major release upgrade, at which point it becomes the least beginner-friendly distro there is.

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 5d

@golgo13.bsky.social Man this looks like a work of astounding genius. Is it the sort of thing you would play?

BastichB64K @bastichb64k.bsky.social · 5d

Horror Month kicks off today with "World of Horror" a brilliant retro PC inspired supernatural adventure game , full review below 👇
youtu.be/AjXHD58Rbyw

#halloween2025 #worldofhorror

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PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 6d

😬

PacBilly @pacbilly.bsky.social · 6d

Lotta great iPad painting apps out there, but they're all too pro-level. Too many features, layers, etc. I was looking for something that worked like old MS Paint, and I found it! Paint98. "Paint like it's 1998!" Don't mind if I do!