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3x3 MIDI Selector - Joe's Computer Museum Connect multiple MIDI generating devices to multiple MIDI consuming devices without all the cable swapping or expensive "MIDI THRU" boxes! Just supply your own MIDI devices and MIDI cables, select th...

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get them at jcm-1:

jcm-1.com/product/3x3-...

06.08.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Lobby of a cinema where the large screen which is used to show clips and previews has crashed to an error screen.

Lobby of a cinema where the large screen which is used to show clips and previews has crashed to an error screen.

Spectacular crash in cinema lobby!

06.08.2025 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6

I hope there isn't a second author tangled up in the Unbound/Boundless saga who had 8000+ books go missing. The more I pull on the thread of my underreported book sales, the angrier I am.

A tiny thread:

05.08.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 725    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10
Devo - It Takes A Worried Man
YouTube video by DevoOfficialVEVO Devo - It Takes A Worried Man

youtu.be/fUJNty7Q76k?...

05.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

top two, maybe top one books about game design that are actually about game design, ever

04.08.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Life after Life (256-byte Atari XL/XE intro)
"Life after Life" is a 256-byte intro for Atari XL/XE, released at Silly Venture 2025 – Summer Edition. demozoo download: https://demozoo.org/productions/376065/ Life after Life (256-byte Atari XL/XE intro)

Life After Life, #Atari8bit computers 256 bytes intro presented at Silly Venture 2025 Summer Edition www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ay... #atari #demoscene

04.08.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth (2010 Remaster)
YouTube video by DEVO - Topic Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth (2010 Remaster)

youtu.be/riuzi5yHUeA?...

05.08.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Devo Working in the Coal Mine HQ Studio Audio
YouTube video by them0rus Devo Working in the Coal Mine HQ Studio Audio

youtu.be/yuQb28DkQug?...

05.08.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
carpetSTE/atariBDSM
A 128B intro for the Atari STE released at Silly Venture 2025 Summer Edition. carpetSTE/atariBDSM

CarpetSTE, #AtariSTe 128 bytes intro presented at Silly Venture 2025 Summer Edition www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frk... #atari #AtariST #demoscene

04.08.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indie Retro News: Timberman - Lumberjack arrives on the Atari XL/XE www.indieretronews.com/2025/08/timb... #retrogaming #gaming #games #arcade

04.08.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A demonstration of the SMB2 editor. Starting from an empty ROM, showing the Tiled maps for levels, then loading the script and playing through the levels, which my script automatically converts into .asm files...

Then, building the ROM, and the levels are right there, no script needed.

So close...

04.08.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

they literally said "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"

05.08.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 583    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
A purple background with the Chequered Ink logo in white and yellow writing saying "Shop" with a yellow, stylized paper shopping bag next to it.

A purple background with the Chequered Ink logo in white and yellow writing saying "Shop" with a yellow, stylized paper shopping bag next to it.

Big news! You can now buy fonts & font packs directly from our shiny new shop on our website :) this includes browsing and buying each font individually for commercial use directly from us for the first time ever chequered.ink/shop/
#fonts #art

04.08.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Wall art. monsters and numbers crammed together

Wall art. monsters and numbers crammed together

Boone Avenue, the Bronx

05.08.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday 6502 The MOS Technology 6502 is a microprocessor which casts a long shadow over the world of computing. Many of you will know it as the beating heart of so many famous 8-bit machines from the likes of C…

Happy birthday to the 6502! hackaday.com/2025/08/04/h... #retrocomputing

04.08.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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Started on a raycast game for #lowrezjam over weekend.

Got a special rendering system working. Shelf sprites are generated on the fly in unused space, so each is unique.

Started making the basic retrieval task system, moving towards a tiny library sim.

#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev

04.08.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Steam turbines operate on pressure not gravity but without water it makes no difference. My guess is it will use thermo-photovoltaics.

05.08.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming along.

Looked up reference of the 0083 cockpits and had to lie down because they're so damn good.

05.08.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
04.08.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I've said it before, but Slay The Princess was just a small hiatus project Black Tabby did between chapters of Scarlet Hollow.

If you liked that, you'll love what happens when they're fully committed. It's every bit as branching and reactive, but on a MUCH larger scale.

04.08.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Super Mario Bros., the first vertical lift platform in World 6-3 does not have a fixed range like it may seem at first. Instead, it slowly keeps increasing its range, so that keeping Mario on the platform will eventually result in his death.

04.08.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4319    πŸ” 835    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 43

This talk is really interesting!

04.08.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colony Not Included Zine A print and read zine about one of the Atari games that launched a publisher juggernaut.

My zine about M.U.L.E. is done! REJOICE!
(It took me like 7 months to make this please clap)

mrblacksbox.net/mule/zine.html

04.08.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That was before her time as AG, and out of her jurisdiction as a state attorney, but don't you worry, there is plenty of corruption to go around in the Sunshine State.

04.08.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Β« GrΓΌsse Vom Planet Irata Β»

Atari 8bit - 160x240 pixels 20 colours - by #592C63 / @akaikoshi.bsky.social - Aug 2025

Ranked 2nd at #SillyVenture 2025 demoparty Atari XL/XE Graphics compo
demozoo.org/graphics/375...

#demoscene #demoparty #SillyVenture #atari #atari8bit #atariXL #atariXE #pixelart

03.08.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd do this job for free, if they'd let me.

03.08.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.

With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.

If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq

03.08.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 14958    πŸ” 5826    πŸ’¬ 491    πŸ“Œ 252
These are two guitars made by Johnson. One looks like Gumby waving, and the other one looks like Pokey, his horse friend. I would pay good money to see a band play these in concert.

These are two guitars made by Johnson. One looks like Gumby waving, and the other one looks like Pokey, his horse friend. I would pay good money to see a band play these in concert.

Johnson Gumby guitar & Pokey bass

19.11.2023 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1778    πŸ” 503    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 64
Atala butterfly is black with bright green spots near the tail end and a single red spot on the lower edge of the hind wing.

Atala butterfly is black with bright green spots near the tail end and a single red spot on the lower edge of the hind wing.

hey, I know this butterfly. that's the rare Atala, native to extreme southeastern Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. that's not supposed to be here, in North Central Florida next to the parking garage. hey lep people. hey. I think there's some explaining to be done

03.08.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 207    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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Avalon Hill's Planet Miners was ported to the Fujitsu FM-7 by Kiya Overseas and released as a type in program in a magazine. Predates M.U.L.E. and one of the earliest space trading games. Yours truly has preserved it. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/08/p...

02.08.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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