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IT, Computing, Retro, Gaming, Footy. Vic20 FTW YT - https://youtube.com/vadergb Website - http://8bitgamer.co.uk

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An Old Ford Escort Mk1 Car in a field

An Old Ford Escort Mk1 Car in a field

An Old Ford Escort Mk1 Car in a field

An Old Ford Escort Mk1 Car in a field

A White American Car in a field.

A White American Car in a field.

A Triumph Stag in a field.

A Triumph Stag in a field.

Some more cars that I liked. MK1 Escorts weโ€™re always my fave.

10.08.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An old Morris Car in a field

An old Morris Car in a field

An old Morris Car in a field

An old Morris Car in a field

An old Morris Car in a field

An old Morris Car in a field

An old Morris Car in a field

An old Morris Car in a field

@annierat1.bsky.social The little Classic Car show in the next village had a few Morrisโ€™s on show.

10.08.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

7Zip is the first thing I select from Ninite when Iโ€™m setting up a PC, along with Firefox, VLC and Dropbox.

09.08.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s a decent collection of Hit Squad games. Lovely pickup.

09.08.2025 11:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s been an increase in larger wordy posts, some are because itโ€™s AI drivel, other times they think more words = better post. The problem is unless itโ€™s a really well written piece people just skim over them. TLDR.

09.08.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A picture of a Alienware AW2725DF QD-OLED Monitor playing GB Tetris on Switch Online

A picture of a Alienware AW2725DF QD-OLED Monitor playing GB Tetris on Switch Online

I got a Alienware 350Hz QD-OLED from my brother, rather than fire up the PC I thought Iโ€™d have a game of GB Tetris to test the 0.03ms refresh rate๐Ÿ˜œ

08.08.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m kinda new to Reddit, but I can see itโ€™s a brand new account trying to get upvotes. It must be weird when you see your own pictures used as content by someone else, with zero referencing where itโ€™s come from.

08.08.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Indie Retro News: Cubix - The first 3D platformer of its kind for the ZX Spectrum! www.indieretronews.com/2025/08/cubi... #retrogaming #gaming #games

08.08.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 412    ๐Ÿ” 148    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

That looks wicked. I thought it was going to say Spectrum Next only but really impressive thatโ€™s itโ€™s for the 128K Speccy. That 3D transition effect is pretty spectacular.

08.08.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
News article showing Phoenix hits record high of 118f in August 2025.

News article showing Phoenix hits record high of 118f in August 2025.

Their move to 1984 doublespeak will be strange to see from outside. Complaining about floods, heat and droughts but not acknowledging the real issue will be stark. Maybe itโ€™ll be the Windmills faultโ€ฆ.

08.08.2025 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dudes wearing a Full(y) Metal Jacket.

08.08.2025 07:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still enjoy dropping in on a 9 year old video and leaving a comment. I salute you and everything you bring to the community.

07.08.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For me Iโ€™d be fine for you to monetise with adverts. Iโ€™m sure at some point YT will just force them on. 564th time feels a little late to do it though.

07.08.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two Spidermanโ€™s pointing at each other.

Two Spidermanโ€™s pointing at each other.

02.08.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dominoes and Cider make make you run twice.

02.08.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A many year old product, albeit at a great price still isnโ€™t a new product. Many bucks on a name and trademark, still doesnโ€™t make it the original brand either. Chasing people who live retro but querying the above isnโ€™t a good look. Iโ€™m happy to wait and see what it looks like in a years time.

02.08.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That TR7 โค๏ธ. A car of my dreams when I was 7.

02.08.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of Cops'n' Robbers by Atlantis in the Vic20

A screenshot of Cops'n' Robbers by Atlantis in the Vic20

I grew up on these streets

31.07.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have three onshore Wind Turbines on the hill that we see outside our bedroom windows. I welcome them, even though an uninformed president does not. I like this advert a MF amount.

31.07.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Motherfucking wind farmsโ€ฆ

30.07.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46156    ๐Ÿ” 17412    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1151    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2313

A great game, a pal of mine can 1CC it and thatโ€™s a thing of beauty to watch it being played properly.

31.07.2025 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last day. Don't miss out.

31.07.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man you wasnโ€™t wrong about her being a tank. Was this a ground up Amstrad machine or was it just a few Amstrad stickers from a far east OEM? Having ISA slots in a laptop always blows my mind.

31.07.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of social media posts. The first post by Anna Baas (@venite) reads: "A friend learned COBOL and received a codebase where the last change was done in the 90s... by. his. mum." The second post by nobody (@imaguid) replies: "that's not how inheritance is supposed to work in programming"

A screenshot of social media posts. The first post by Anna Baas (@venite) reads: "A friend learned COBOL and received a codebase where the last change was done in the 90s... by. his. mum." The second post by nobody (@imaguid) replies: "that's not how inheritance is supposed to work in programming"

This conversation made me laugh ๐Ÿคญ

31.07.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 464    ๐Ÿ” 134    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
A photo of a page of EDGE's first issue, of an article about Pioneer's LaserActive multimedia system. ยฅ89,000 in 1993 currency, ยฃ575 without modules

A photo of a page of EDGE's first issue, of an article about Pioneer's LaserActive multimedia system. ยฅ89,000 in 1993 currency, ยฃ575 without modules

"Pioneer LaserActive becomes reality..."

One of the most droolsome pieces of early 90s hardware. Laserdisc was a popular format in Japan, so it made sense to Pioneer to combine one with gaming hardware: in this case, plug-in Mega Drive and PC Engine modules.

๐Ÿ“–: EDGE Issue One, October 1993

30.07.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

As retro pcโ€™s go, am Iโ€™m always intrigued about the early pre-1995 laptops. They are lovely Ben. ๐Ÿ‘

29.07.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird

Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.

(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...

28.07.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4155    ๐Ÿ” 1323    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 325
Photo of a tv. Onscreen a woman holds an axe with a periodic table visible behind.

Photo of a tv. Onscreen a woman holds an axe with a periodic table visible behind.

Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, weโ€™re at 118 now.

(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)

27.07.2025 09:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7189    ๐Ÿ” 1190    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 141    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94

Yup, get it done. We all love a Chinny podcast.

26.07.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I worked for DSG (Curryโ€™s and Dixons) around 1998/9 and some of their cheaper machines software modems just didnโ€™t work. Try fixing that over the phone. Plus software modems would suck cpu cycles just to work, whereas the hardware ones were just better for gaming.

26.07.2025 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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