Rob Crowther

Counter Strike 1.6. I managed to combine many hours of playtime with almost total incompetence. Loved the wide variety of custom maps, we used to have a LAN party every Xmas and play all the seasonal maps.

A picture of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from the manual of Infocom's Hithhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game

I've noticed that the picture of the guide in the manual bears a very strong resemblance to Clockwork Pi's #picoCalc

The Amiga Format tribute issue of Amiga Addict, with coverdisk!

It's back! Congrats to @amigaaddict.bsky.social on 40 issues! #amigaformat

Oh wow, this time next we'll be in full swing! Tickets for the Saturday are close to selling out - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re... - alternatively, Sunday will be quieter, but still the same wonderful exhibitors - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74909/re... - see you all next weekend!

The box for the Infocom interactive fiction game The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Amiga version

Inside The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy box, the manual is attached to the front flap. The cover features a scrawny student surrounded by scary aliens with the heading "How many times has this happened to you?" Opposite: various endorsements of questionable veracity.

Two page spread from inside the manual showing the famous "feelies" which were typically included in Infocom games. The Hitchhiker's items were: * A small bit of fluff * Destruction orders for planet Earth * A Don't Panic! button * Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses * A microscopic space fleet (in a bag)

It's #RandomGameSaturday and this week I've dug Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy out of the loft. Like other Douglas Adams adaptions, this was "the same, but different" to the books (and radio shows). Back in the day I got stumped trying to make a cup of tea on the Heart of Gold.

Sound Blaster is back, this time with magnets.
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!

Prehistoric Scrabble board: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine"

Backed! Also got a pair of slip cases, nice add on.

🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖

Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.

Get in there!

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Warhammer Survivors announced as a licensed Vampire Survivors game Oh wow, that's certainly a surprise. Warhammer Survivors is coming from Auroch Digital as a licensed version of Vampire Survivors.

Warhammer Survivors announced as a licensed Vampire Survivors game
#WarhammerSurvivors #VampireSurvivors #PCGaming #Gaming #Warhammer

I had the Amiga version and played it a lot during my university days. In my eyes things went from the various american football games having comparative strengths and weaknesses to Madden simply being the best in every category.

Escape Plan Escape the city, but don't forget to grab your loot on the way out!

Played Escape Plan today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14...

Starfighter joystick on my workbench

The pic is just to lure people in.
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?

Neverwinter Nights with discs, manuals and map

Time for #RandomGameSaturday and this week it's Neverwinter Nights! Unfortunately I've still never really played it. Each time I installed it I then spent hours tracking down the patches and getting things working which sapped my will to actually play it. I have it on Steam, so maybe this year!

I’ll be on the #1440Makers fundraiser stream later today. Creative makers.

Please support this great event for @wck.org

Paging @visitthecave.bsky.social! youtu.be/6rm-IXPll98
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!

I played that a few months ago, it is indeed beautiful in every aspect! The platforming is not too challenging which suits my level of ability 😀

The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)

Ah, I see who the author is 😀

Heading "3.D.K" opposite a wireframe of Donkey Kong's head from A Profound Waste of Time issue 5.

This one?

A Profound Waste of Time issue five, inspired by videogames. Cover art is for the Vanillaware article starting on page 16.

Yay! @apwot.bsky.social issue five has arrived!

Misty Ruins This is a dungeon crawl with an original twist. You don't know who you are. All characters are listed on a summary sheet with their attributes. As they encounter monsters, locked chests, and locked...

Played Misty Ruins today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85...

What a pleasure it was to host Professor Steve Furber CBE today. A thoroughly entertaining talk and an insight into some incredible projects he’s worked on.

Thank you to everyone who came along and shared the day.

Super Sunday for the Commodore 64

For #RandomGameSaturday here is Super Sunday, which I got for Xmas in 1987 after I'd read the Zzap64 review earlier in the year. It's the only C64 game I've still got, kept it because of the unusual box.

Angel, Oliver and myself in the Pump House

Some Monkey Island fum

Car Park Cat!

Family day out: patron day at @retrocollective.co.uk with @angel-mhor.bsky.social and Oliver

INPUT magazine by Marshall Cavendish, a complete course in programming the great variety of 8-bit computers available in the early 80s in the UK

Shiny new eBay account, first purchase: old things 😀

I had the first volume and a few extra issues back in the 80s, been regretting getting rid of them for a while.

A man poses with a 1980s video camera with the separate VHS recording component slung over his shoulder.

This was my Dad's setup in the late 80s, he used to film everything! I was a bit embarrassed by it at the time but now it's nice that I still have some of these recordings to look at (converted to digital, of course)

We've got SNACs! shop.heber.co.uk/mister-multi...

This cycle of "I have some energy, must do all the things" followed by "I've done too much!" is exactly what @angel-mhor.bsky.social goes through. She is also currently lying on the bed surrounded by cats 😁

Here's hoping you both have enough energy for the weekend.

Coming soon: A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6 The sixth issue of A Profound Waste of Time. Kickstarter coming late 2025.

🚨 It's that time of year again! Please sign up for the upcoming ISSUE 6 campaign! 🙌🙏

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