Yep.

I swore I'd never 'out' @chinnyvision.bsky.social, but this is too good to resist.

Spotify wrapped is out

No tree or decorations yet, but I have retrieved Hans Gruber and Nakatomi Plaza from the garage for tomorrow.

Taking a look at Input – The partwork multisystem computer mag Input was a partwork computing magazine from my childhood, we'll take a look at it and maybe type in one of the programs. I mentioned James O'Grady during the video, you'll find his channel here:

Nope. Get him gone now. Lost the plot completely.

Lots of selling of games lately (when is the bubble bursting?) so I thought I should even it up by buying a few today.

Christmas butter!

Been without my server for nearly a week now as what should’ve been a straightforward upgrade turned into a massive pain in the arse. Should be back up tomorrow. With lots more lovely storage space.

New toy.

Irresponsibly posting my location on social media

What’s it like inside your head?

Hardware: Sinclair Spectrum +3 After purchasing the rights to the Sinclair Spectrum IP, Amstrad released a number of machines. None of them were as loved as the originals but the Plus 3 is, perhaps, the least loved of all.

Sat in an airport, looking at the departure board showing my flight home is delayed. Wouldn’t be so bad, if the seats weren’t designed by someone with no concept of an arse.

Now playing

Let’s Play: Keith Courage in Alpha Zones on the PC Engine Keith Courage was almost the mascot for the PC Engine, but i'm guessing someone played it and changed their mind. It certainly looks nice though.

Really pleased to find a basically new Sharp cassette recorder, the one I had bitd for my Speccy. Still have the machine, so I’m back to the exact setup on my desk from 1985 ish now. Apart from the joystick, which was probably a Cheetah, and crap anyway.

The creator of '90s platformer James Pond has heavily criticised the studio working on a new sequel, saying he "hates almost everything they do with a passion" and accusing it of "promoting it with lazy, AI-generated bullshit". www.videogameschronicle.com/news/theyre-...

Nice to see all the Next goals unlocked before it closed.

Just remember adding the VO and song from the beginning of Highlander to the Teletubbies intro makes it epic.

Virgin

Well I was watching the footie, but Virgin has absolutely shat the bed. Seems it’s everyone, which is good in a way as I’ve just had the garden dug up to install a new cable

Well #TheFootball managed 14 minutes of the season before the first inexplicable refereeing blunder

Hardware: PC Engine IFU-30A “Briefcase” CD Addon NEC released a bewildering array of PC Engine models, but it also released a fair number of CD options. We take a look at the IFU-30A interface unit, nick-named "Briefcase".

Hello.

And the award for stupidest article of the day goes to

I get the need for promotion, but some of the nozzles they’ve got doing absolute pish like this is almost enough to put you off.

Show me your getaway vehicle.

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Next up is Living in a Box with their debut single, Living in a Box, from their album, Living in a Box.

This isn’t the future I was promised, tbqhwy

Just checking in for the latest retro grifting news

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?

The online safety bill has nothing and does nothing to promote safety. Children aren't being harmed by the stuff it's blocking, children are being harmed by the misinformation and propaganda being spread on social media platforms - which the bill doesn't block.

My BlueSky verification photo

Happy 40th birthday to the Commodore Amiga! Decided to revisit the 1989 Amiga Dealer store demo (now playable through @amiga.vision) and there's some stunning Jim Sachs art in there.

Name five games you’d play at any time. Not your top 5 of all time, just five games you’d play any time. Out Run (Arcade) Chuckie Egg (BBC) Exolon (ZX Spectrum) Wonder Boy (Arcade) Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo (PC Engine)

This guy ...

My BlueSky patter in a nutshell:

Oooh, Target: Renegade Next Edition stretch goal unlocked 👍

Oops, might’ve just backed for another one… www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

My latest bullshit arrived this afternoon! Expanded text in the Alt.

New book New book New book New book day Hoooooooooo

Hello retro hardware people - a friend of mine has a recreation of the Camputers Lynx PCB but it has no marking on it - does anyone know who made it and are the gerbers available anywhere? Cheers, and please share for reach #RetroComputing #Maker