Joachim Froholt

Joachim Froholt

@jfroholt.bsky.social

Hi! I write about games, and try to make them as well. Games: https://joachim.itch.io/ Writings: https://spillhistorie.no/ (English: https://spillhistorie.no/content-in-english/ ) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/joachimfroholt I support 🇺🇦

442 Followers 428 Following 793 Posts Joined Aug 2023
16 hours ago

Crazy. We could just decide to stick to platforms released in 1985 or earlier (to get the Amiga & Atari ST too), and we'd still have way too many new games to feasibly play them all. And so many of them are so good!

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16 hours ago

Nice, that's some great PETSCII art!

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18 hours ago
Commodore 64 Games from 2026 - Lemon64 Game Database Commodore 64 games database with information about every C64 game ever released!

It's amazing to me that we're just over two months into 2026, and the Lemon64 database already features 25 Commodore 64 games released this year.

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5 days ago
A screenshot from a location in my Minecraft world, taken in august 2010. A screenshot from the same location in my Minecraft world, taken yesterday.

World1 15.08.2010 vs 05.03.2026

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1 week ago

The amount of people saying console exclusives are good actually in that thread blows my mind.

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1 week ago

I suspect we actually see the scenes as they were being drawn by the artists, which is quite fascinating. Especially on the more complex scenes, where you see them gradually filling in the details.

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1 week ago
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King's Quest PCjr version with slow scene drawing YouTube video by Spillhistorie.no

There's a command you can use to slow down the drawing much more (probably a debugging thing they forgot to disable, it's not available in later versions), which is even more satisfying to watch:

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1 week ago

Kind of an odd story, is it old or something? Published in february 2026 yet refers to something that happened in 2023 as a future event...

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1 week ago

This looks great! I can imagine the game fitting the handheld format very well.

Best of luck with the release! :)

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1 week ago

Yes, but let's focus on things that might actually happen and not fantasy land stuff...

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1 week ago

It was such a nice surprise to see that site. It's going to be an incredibly nice resource to have, I think.

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1 week ago

Post a pic or video you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

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1 week ago

I don't think so. I don't exactly know what the American version did, but the disk version I've seen loaded that music first and then you'd press the fire button to load the actual level.

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1 week ago
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Think Twice III (demo scene music) - C64 YouTube video by Retro Recenzent

This is still one of my favourite pieces of Commodore 64 music. It's almost haunting (and yes, it might remind you of a certain movie theme that's just as haunting, but that one is far newer).

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1 week ago
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One-line C64 BASIC Dice Program: Default RAM Initialization YouTube video by 8-Bit Show And Tell

Ah, a new video from @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social . I am looking forward to being baffled.

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1 week ago
That bastard hit hard...

Roguecraft DX on my A1200. YASD.

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2 weeks ago
The Bear Essentials packaging. Art by Vanja Utne.

Excellent game. Here's my copy. :)

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2 weeks ago

A port of 'Splat!' was released for the SAM Coupe at the end of 1991. Expanded with extra landscapes and a stonking soundtrack. Fun, but challenging.

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2 weeks ago
It looked bad there for a moment, but then...

I think you just saved Xbox.

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2 weeks ago

That's great to hear! It's a lovely game.

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2 weeks ago

And it's been a very long time coming with many problems and delays along the way but the English version for the MZ-700's physical release is really not very far off now :) Artwork is nearly complete but this has been very difficult to get over the finish line. So glad it won't be much longer now.

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3 weeks ago
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Aquila Bird Flight Simulator - Version 2 test with new visuals - 2026/02/18 YouTube video by RakkuAmiya

My brother's Aquila bird flight simulator is having a V2 upgrade. Here's a first look. Some stunning visuals here.

youtube.com/watch?v=XQ08...

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2 weeks ago

Wow, nå er det kanskje den sprøeste fun facten jeg vet om også.

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3 weeks ago
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Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney - spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/i...

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3 weeks ago
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Inntrykk: Gufne grøss fra Edgar Allan Poe - Spillhistorie.no Et 30 år gammelt spill byr på snart 200 år gamle grøsserhistorier. Her er Edgar Allan Poe's Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition.

Yes, it's not a remaster but the original game running in ScummVM.

I still found it an interesting and fascinating experience (as a new player). Published my review today (in Norwegian).

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3 weeks ago
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"Bacon of Hope" by Desire (HD, 50 Hz) | Amiga OCS Demo - GERP 2026 YouTube video by platon42

Your daily reminder that the Amiga 500 came out in 1987.

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3 weeks ago
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Happy 35th #Lemmings anniversary!

Who'd have thought, 35 years later we'd still be talking about these little guys.

#Amiga #MSDOS #AtariST #Commodore #Atari #DMADesign #Psygnosis #RETROGAMING #Lemmings35th

Read about it's making here
lemmings.info/lemmings-gam...

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3 weeks ago

Ikke for min del, egentlig. Hjelper veldig at sendingene er til fornuftige tider.

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3 weeks ago
21st Century Entertainment logo. Digital Illusions logo.

Two pretty cool logos. Guess the game...

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1 month ago
To varianter av i praksis samme maskin, men kun den øverste har støtte for spillkassetter. Innpakningen.

Takk for at dere følger Bluesky-kontoen Tele-Spielhistorie.no! Fotograf og eier er Henning Ludvigsen ( @henningludvigsen.bsky.social ) fra @badgerpunch.com . Her ser vi enda en originalmaskin, og en annen variant som heter Las Vegas.

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