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dolljointcharmpoint.com
I'm talking about things that are cool, no microcomputers allowed
November 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
A double-whammy of an ad: Software Star + Football Manager! 🤜🤛

How many of you owned and played both games?

#KevinToms #FootballManager #SoftwareStar #AddictiveGames #RetroGame #UKGame #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
weirdguy.bsky.social
I hate that main character syndrome shit.

Not as bad as when yanks try to say how microcomputers over here were just a "scene" and not the main stream.
November 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
kevintoms.bsky.social
For many, it was indeed "the game of a lifetime": the ground-breaking Elite 🙂

#KevinToms #Elite #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
mayteramarble.bsky.social
lol I had the exact same thought last night. “you could not trick me with a supermodel, I’m too smart for that. you could maybe trick me with a glasses-wearing girl with a lip piercing who is suspiciously into retro Japanese microcomputers.”
November 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
gaminghistory.bsky.social
- The daily video game history fact -

Microchess (1976) was the first known commercially sold computer game, as well as the first commercial chess program for microcomputers. It became the first software package to sell 50,000 copies.

Gameplay: youtu.be/xoAl6vcwj78
November 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Gremlin was a UK game powerhouse throughout the 1990's, but its origins stretch back to 1984!

#KevinToms #GremlinGraphicsSoftware #GremlinInteractive #Infogrames #MontyMole #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Play Football Manager 2 and +40 other games with Retro Games' The Spectrum 🙂
https://retrogames.biz/products/thespectrum/

#KevinToms #FootballManager #ClassicGame #FootballGame #ManagerGame #RetroGames #UKGames #UKRetro #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers
The Spectrum
Discover The Spectrum, a beautiful recreation of the classic 80s home computer, pre-loaded with 48 genre defining games ready to plug-in and go. Relive the Magic!
retrogames.biz
November 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
horseshepherd.bsky.social
Just another DT Campbell PhD student. Epistemology fellow. Later worked on graphics libraries for microcomputers Xerox.

We could have used you back then. The reactionary revolt had just started.
November 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
All that glitters is not gold... it's Graftgold! 😁

👉 What was your favourite Graftgold game from the 1980's?

#KevinToms #Graftgold #Uridium #Paradroid #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
bghof.com
All of microcomputer gaming condensed into a minute-long clip: www.twitch.tv/badgamehallo...
Microcosm of Microcomputers - BadGameHallOfFame on Twitch
Watch BadGameHallOfFame's Retro clip titled "Microcosm of Microcomputers" on Twitch.
www.twitch.tv
November 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
jfroholt.bsky.social
Oh, nice! I just saw that someone bought my Sharp MZ game collection on Itch.io a couple of days ago. It's 20% off until tomorrow (halloween sale). I didn't use AI.
Sharp MZ games collection by Joachim
My games for the Sharp MZ range of microcomputers.
joachim.itch.io
November 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
kevintoms.bsky.social
There were already plenty of hot takes on video games forty years ago! 😁

Do you agree with this list?

#KevinToms #Zzap64 #C64 #Commodore64 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Four iconic games by the iconic developer Ultimate Play The Game! 🙂

Which one was your favourite?

#KevinToms #UltimatePlayTheGame #SabreWulf #KnightLore #Underwurlde #TheStaffOfKarnath #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
neilgrayson.bsky.social
The whole essence of the ancient microcomputers is so diametrically opposed to AI. The entire point was a thing you get dirty with and understand yourself. Take your talentless bullshit somewhere else.
November 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
news.karthihegde.dev
Playing Zork 1 on a CP/M emulator on Linux (2021)
Discussion | hackernews | Author: linuxkernal

#RetroComputing
Playing Zork 1 on a CP/M emulator on Linux (2021)
In the last few years there has been a revival of interest in 8-bit microcomputers from the 70s and 80s. Many of these were based on the Zilog Z80, and many ran CP/M. This article about getting started with CP/M using an emulator on Linux.
kevinboone.me
November 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Adventure game paragon Gargoyle Games was one of leading UK companies in the genre!

#KevinToms #GargoyleGames #TirNaNog #DunDarach #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
How many of you played one of English Software's games for the Atari 8-bit?

#KevinToms #EnglishSoftware #HenrysHouse #Elektraglide #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
primereports.bsky.social
Print commissioned by Nasa uncovered for Bradford exhibition
Print commissioned by Nasa uncovered for Bradford exhibition
A print by a Yorkshire artist commissioned by Nasa in the early days of space travel will go on show as part of a pop art exhibition. Komtek I by Michael Fossick, who studied at Bradford School of Art, was created in 1962 to celebrate a Hong Kong company that produced microcomputers in the early days of space travel. The print was part of a Nasa project to document the effort of sending the first humans to the moon and is on display as part of the Pop Art at Cartwright Hall exhibition.
primereports.org
November 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
vessue.bsky.social
hell, that's kinda how it worked before the rise of personal microcomputers. people just timeshared off a PDP-11 and that was that.
October 31, 2026 at 1:33 AM
kevintoms.bsky.social
How many of you have "tackled the higher strategy" with Football Manager 2?

#KevinToms #FootballManager #FootballGame #SoccerGame #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
doomfunk.rip
I did not know about the Dragon 32! the form factor seems intended for setting up with a crt on a repurposed writing desk. i love the digital-friendly stencil dragon logo, too. the rainbow has me thinking they were inspired by commodore but didn't go as dense.
a from-above view of a Dragon 32, with inset rainbow type logo and a modest keyboard with no expanded key availability - normal for early microcomputers.
November 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
What was one game from Elite that you loved playing?

#KevinToms #EliteSystems #RollerCoaster #PaperboyGame #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro
October 31, 2026 at 12:47 PM
gretchenleigh.zone
Increasingly convinced that "make your own furry art" was a killer app for early Japanese microcomputers
Two screenshots of pixel art from a program called スーパーグラフィックエディター(Super Graphic Editor) for the PC-6001. The first shows a femme land sailing on the beach while a figure surfs on ocean waves in the distance. The second shows a masc cartoon anthro dog in shades smoking a cigar while a femme cartoon anthro dog in a bikini reclines on a towel. Source: https://archive.org/details/micom-basic-magazine-issue-29-november-1984/Micom%20BASIC%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%2029%20-%20November%201984/page/n34/mode/1up
October 31, 2026 at 5:31 PM
antonymity.bsky.social
"The original Adventure, and similar programs which followed it, demanded big, big computer memories. Memory was expensive in those days, and the first microcomputers had amounts which seem niggardly to us now."

lmao what
November 2, 2026 at 6:52 AM