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...

Had an absolute blast at this year's event! It's so great speaking to members of the public and discussing all things retro computing!! This year I was in the Dev's room with fellow developers who, like me, still write software for computers that are now 40+ years old!!

Absolutely fantastic version... Just having a quick go! 🥚

Right... That's more than enough to take over the world!!! 😳

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...

On the bench tonight... The answer to life the universe and everything??

Where indeed!!!? Come and say 'Hello!'

Only 2 weeks to go to the Retro Computing Festival! I'll be showing off my Aquarius games,as well as my awesome Aquarius2 and the Aquarius+ I will also have a handful of rare and oddball machines youve never heard of,playing games you never knew existed! tinyurl.com/2025RCF

On the bench tonight.... Some bright bubble loveliness!! 😍

Can your Tomy Pyuuta run 32k roms??? Mine can!!! 💪😎

Come and see my lovely Aquariussessssess's and a variety of 'never heard of' oddballs running games you've never seen before 💪😎

That's tonight sorted!!!

The what!!? Key???!!???

On the bench tonight is my lovely Thomson MO5E. The much rarer (and cooler!) variant of the MO5. 6809 with 48k of ram and EFGJ03L graphics chip. 16 colours on screen at 320x200. Not too shabby for 1984. Just look at her!! 😍

So... On the bench tonight... Clue: There is no such thing as too many shift keys. And who said you should have numbers.. on a keypad??!?

Playing one of my favourite Next games..

The awesome 'almost the BBC micro' Grundy New brain 😎💪

So.... What's on my bench tonight??

Can't believe how sunny it is here today!!! Let's get my 64 out for a couple of hours 'de-yellowing' 💪☀️☀️

I love the C64 version! This is the version of Outrun I grew up with (other than the arcade!). What's your childhood version and memories of this awesome racer?

Repaired and upgraded! What game should I try first???

So what's next up on the bench... Well...

What's the best thing to accompany my single malt... Well...

I'll be there!! Come and see me with my latest games running on the wee blue key. Come and ask me why I chose to code new games for such a belittled machine. Also, you will see me showing off new versions of Elite! Running on machines that didn't get a version first time around! 🫡

One of my favourite Zeddy games...... Running on my ZX80 💪😱 (4K ROM)

Managed to finally get hold of a personal unicorn machine! Been after one for a very long time! This is my Indata DAI. An incredibly rare beast from 1980. A monster spec that was reflected in the cost at the time. Lovely. ZX80 for scale 😁 (didn't have a banana)

This is just wonderful!!! Just look at it!! 😍 Super low res Asteroids. Absolutely fantastic. Lovely.

Ok.. Time for something a wee bit special. This is probably the rarest machine in my collection. As far as we can tell, this is the only one in existence. My Radionic R1001. It's sort of half way between a Komtek 1 and a TRS model 1. A quirky prototype with a lovely keyboard.

Ok, I'm calling it!! It's beer o'clock!! 🍻

The moral?? Two fold. 1) don't check the temperature of 2114s with your finger, and 2) don't put a 2114 in the wrong way round and then attempt number 1. Ouch 🔥

Such a lovely design. What's your memories of the Welsh masterpiece??

Playing one of my favourite Plus/4 games (besides Elite! 🫡). Digiloi. A PETSCII based game that's brilliant!! What's your favourite C16 or Plus/4 game???

During my evening walk with my husky... Came across a friendly Ent.

In light of this month's Templeman's Treasures #templemanstreasures in the latest Pixel Addict... Let's get the FM7 out... Who had/has one??

Look what arrived today!Yup, the latest Pixel Addict mag!This month in Templeman's Treasures I discuss the awesome Fujitsu FM7. A monster of a machine, with its fair share of quirkiness. Go grab your copy in printed or digital format! #templemanstreasures www.addict.media/pixel-addict

Playing a new 2025 game on my lovely Oric Atmos. "Put Up" by Rax & ISS. Really nice platformer!

So.. I've been reading about the prototype Vectrex Mini. A modern emulated smaller footprint Vectrex. But.. even the screen is modern.. so my question is "If you change from the vector screen, is it still a Vectrex?!" The vector aspect is what makes it unique isn't it? Thoughts?

Sometimes you just want to slap yourself! I repaired my Vectrex and adjusted the caps but couldn't get a good alignment.text was weird.I'm an idiot. Text wasn't weird. The cap adjustment was so far off that they were all mirrors. Rotated cap all the way around,and now perfect 🙄

Can't be bothered grabbing a machine from the loft this evening.. so.. within arms reach I currently have: Titus Mark 8 Kenbak-1 Imsai 8080 Aquarius II Aquarius Apple IIc Speccy Commodore SX-64 Vectrex Interak Z80 Cosmac Elf So which one do I pick?? You choose for me 🙂

What sorcery is this!!?? What you are seeing is my PAL Apple IIc.. yup.. not NTSC, PAL!! In colour!!!! No more crappy mono!! 😎 Just look at it!! It's wonderful 💪🌈

Ok .. time to play one of my favourite versions of Pole Position!! 🏎️🏁

Hmm 🤔.. mystery sticker on my workbench.. Trying to figure out what it could have been attached too..

I'm on a roll!!! My Apple IIc brought back to normal colour. I realise I forgot the wee bit on the drive release, but it does show how yellow she really was!! The handle hasn't been painted as it didn't go yellow. I got the colour spot on!! 💪

I know that this will divide opinion.. but I tried everything to bring my wee blue key back to beige. I didn't want to make her brittle, so no retro brighting. This was my only option.. And it turned out fantastic!

Nice to see an Aquarius out there in the wild running one of my games!! 💪😎👍 m.youtube.com/shorts/PHuWt...

On the BBC this morning!!

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Hmmm... Not sure I trust these.. they have been in there a looooooong time.

Latest Pixel Addict mag is here!!! And what's this???!! 6 whole pages of Aquarius goodness??!! Oh yes! 😎👍

Time for another RetroFest exhibit! Do I need to introduce this Legend?! My Commodore SX-64. What an awesome machine! The world's first colour portable computer! 1983, 6510, SID, 64k in a handy portable 11kg (23lb) package. I'm recovering from backache atm.. I wonder why??!