Merry Xmas Everyone! I hope that you all get everything you wished for and have the best possible time.

Got a brand new #commodore64ultimate for xmas? Try out this fun and ⛄️FREE⛄️ 1 or 2 player action snowball shooter xmas game! badgerpunch.itch.io/snowdown Happy Holidays from us at the badger hive 🕹️❤️ #c64 #c64u #commodore64 #retrogame #indiegamedev

It's time for some Simply Sterling Game of the Year Awards! It's a new video looking back at 2025 and picking my favorite games from the lot. Will Clair Obscur make it despite AI controversy? Let's find out! Watch here: youtu.be/ELgU4iCkETo

Ocean's official game of the 1986 Super Bowl had you controlling tiny squares, and if you scored 100 points it would tick over to zero and make you lose. It was still a #1 in the UK charts though. My final new blog post of the year: www.superchartisland.com/super-bowl-xx

I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”

It was very good, and surprisingly funny considering some of the subjects it touched upon.

To celebrate getting my C64 Ultimate this week my #RandomGameSaturday is Uridium. This is not the copy I owned back in the 80s, I bought it on eBay so I could once again experience loading games from cassette tape! The game is so smooth and fast for a mid-80s home computer, I loved it.

My C64 Ultimate has arrived! (Note: cat not included) @commodoreofficial.bsky.social A proper ring bound manual with BASIC programs, just like the old days! Looking forward to the evening when I'll have time to play with it properly. #Commodore64 #C64 #C64U #Commodore

Has anyone ever heard of a (UK?) journal called University Computing? Know where I could find archives? Long shot, but this paper could contain info that helps us open-source a remarkable operating system developed by the UK MoD in the 1970s and 1980s. Boosts appreciated!

#steamreplay 2025 s.team/y25/hgkjfq?l...

My #RandomGameSaturday is Valkyria Chronicles. I first bought it on Steam in 2015 but had enough trouble getting it to work well on Linux that I acquired this PS4 version a few years later. Also have it on Switch, because why not? I love the graphical style and presentation.

My Zzap! The Legacy from Fusion Retro books has arrived! Love a bit of Dan Dare, and those are some familiar looking choirboys 😀

Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025. Almost half of them have fewer than ten reviews.

A few mentions of Marble Madness on the Amiga, which I loved when I got it but don't hear it mentioned much in retro circles these days. Of course at the time I only owned two other Amiga games, so maybe some rose tinting on my recollections.

Played Chai today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25...

I loved Uridium on the C64, the sense of speed coupled with the feel of weight thanks to the slight inertia of turning the ship was fantastic. This article is great too, touching on the deep roots of game dev crunch culture and also the commercialisation of the games industry.

It's Bring'n'Byte time at the @computinghistory.org.uk in Cambridge. Come along and buy some retro gear and help fund the museum.

I'm a bit late with my #RandomGameSaturday and I'm cheating a little as I no longer own the @stinkyox.bsky.social games I played in the 80s, also I'm pretty excited by this @evercade.co.uk collection that arrived this week. I remember playing Matrix/Gridrunner on the VIC-20 and then the C64.

Hyper Sentinel Fusion Ships On A "Floppy Disk" And Is Coming To Kickstarter Soon.

It’s here. A recap of my #SpotifyWrapped www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

Apparently I'm younger than I look. Here’s my listening age, from my #SpotifyWrapped. www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

Stuffed like a holiday stocking, the exclusive C64U Cassette is loaded with over 100 games and goodies! Find one in every box. Boot it up... commodore.net/pressplay Cheers to our friends at Fusion Retro Books for the classic ZZAP! 64

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that our colleague Nick Thorpe passed away on Monday. He was an incredibly lovely person, a talented writer and an essential part of the magazine. Our thoughts go out to all his friends and family at this difficult time. Rest in peace, friend.

Good advice, and not just for online interactions.

My #RandomGameSaturday is Boulder Dash. This is the Construction Kit for the Amiga as it's the only one I still own, but I remember playing the original version on the C64

We're at MCM Comic Con at the NEC @angel-mhor.bsky.social

Just act casual.

Another great event by @adventurex.bsky.social ! I'm now at home decompressing, here are some of my highlights of #AdvX25 1/2

Retro shout out at the start of Charles Cecil's talk. The first game he worked on was for the ZX81! @adventurex.bsky.social

Donate to Rebecca's fundraiser here: gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

Day two of #AdvX25 let's go! @angel-mhor.bsky.social @adventurex.bsky.social

This is awful, and Diaz has QTP'd that they have insider info that @crunchyroll.com execs consider the current backlash against their enshittification of subtitles too small to matter. They've bent to backlash before tho with trying to lower video quality. This is an important one, anime fans.

@angel-mhor.bsky.social and me are ready and waiting for the start of #AdvX25 @adventurex.bsky.social

My #RandomGameSaturday this week is Civilization II. I'd played the original on the Amiga and then my flatmate at Uni had the second on his Mac. I had to wait until I had Playstation to get my own copy. The PS1 didn't really have enough grunt, turns took up to 45 minutes near the end.

What's in our Black Friday sale? - Blog update here for Sale news and #Multisystem2 Shipping. shop.heber.co.uk/blog-news/bl...

Our #AdvX25 Steam Sale Event is now live and will be featured on the Steam homepage in the UK for 72 hours, starting at the top of the hour! store.steampowered.com/sale/adventu... Not all discounts are live and visible on the event yet, more will show up at the top of the hour.

I have once again created a charity Retro Computer calendar for 2026!! Last year you helped raise £44 for charity by downloading my calendar. Let's try and beat that this year!! 🙏 Thank you!! loudscotsbloke.itch.io/retro-comput...

Played Forbidden Desert today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13...

Variant of the "wholesome family gathered around a console" ad style popular in the 1980s. What is going on here? The left-hand kid has an ET-ass hand randomly draped over the keyboard. It looks too big to be a normal hand. In a modern age you'd say it was AI.

What a splendid weekend! Thanks to @computinghistory.org.uk for hosting, @heredragons.be for organising and everyone who came to stop and chat! Winner of the Beeb high score was @snuggsy187.bsky.social with a frankly ridiculous 237110, and the Speccy was @morefunmakingit.bsky.social with 23030 😄

At #RetroFest gaming edition at the @computinghistory.org.uk playing some games with @angel-mhor.bsky.social, @morefunmakingit.bsky.social and Oliver

For #RandomGameSaturday this week here is The Bard's Tale. I played this for many hours on my Amiga 2000 although I never finished it, my goal was to create and level up characters. I filled up one character disk and got most of the way through a second one.

Post the last four games you played

I'll have to get there early because I have no doubt any score I set will be easily beaten 😀

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!

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!

🤖🌟 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! 💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫

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