In this new video we look at Game 31, the first computer game Satoru Iwata ever played, which helped stir his love of gaming and programming that led him to eventually become president of Nintendo. youtu.be/hyHeQgrvu4w

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My friend Jason Compton is once again guest co-hosting on This Week In Retro, and doing a great job of it. If you'd like him to have a permanent spot on the show, leave some likes and comments on the video: youtu.be/0bM4EfBY1WY

I have no idea why a book-and-software combination about the TRS-80 Colour Computer has the Loch Ness Monster with his arm (?) around a kid using a Commodore PET computer, but it was the '80s so I guess it's okay.

My first-ever repair of an iPhone 8 was successful: new screen and battery. The phone was given to me by a friend in case I could fix it, after it went through a snowblower and was later found in the snowbank!

New video about this CBM-64 "Fix" program on tape by Technicom, that claims to be an official Commodore program. What does it fix, and how? #C64 youtu.be/C_VspqJ9H3g

"Double" your child's school grades in Mathematics, for use with the Commodore 64. If your kid had 65% in math before, they'll have 130% after. Math(s)!

"LOAD shift/run" is a variation I have not seen before!

Probably the most common Commodore 64 disk ever, some variation of the 1541 Test/Demo diskette shipped with every 1541 disk drive. Which version did you have, if any?

Today my dad gave me an old school exercise book, and on the back are these fun ARITHMETICAL TABLES. I've always loved these super-condensed info charts. And now I can quickly check how many Poles in a Furlong, or Scruples in a Dram.

VIC 20 port of Ultima III is now out: vic20ultima3.wordpress.com

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I think my favourite old-timey sentient AI novel is The Adolescence of P-1 from 1977. I like that the author really tried to ground it all in somewhat plausible computer science, rather than just computer magic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ado...

Somehow I didn't realize that Dr. Charles Forbin in the excellent Colossus: The Forbin Project was played by the same actor as Victor Newman from The Young and the Restless: Eric Braeden. If you haven't watched Colossus, it's one of the best-ever old-timey computer movies, imo.

First Kickstarter I've been excited about for a while! Interviews with 32 C64 game devs including some of the earliest, like the HAL Laboratory guys. I've disassembled a lot of their code over the years, so I feel like I know them! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bey...

I love the color schemes they had

This JCPenney calculator is actually a rebranded Commodore GL-996R. Nice big chunky keys!

New video about 6510/VIC-II timing, $D020, and C64 stuff like that. youtu.be/-f8CsHj8z4U

One of my favourite things about old computer game collecting is the notes sometimes included to explain away odd design decisions (or bugs), such as this one for Bazooka Bill for Commodore 64.

Somehow I only became aware of this great Tron (1982) tribute in the last couple years. The Stokes - 12:51 video takes place inside a Tron Light Tank crossing the Grid for no particular reason other than it's pretty cool, I think. youtu.be/LPAVDHo1Elc

Needed to find the wide-angle lens to fit this CPC464 in a single picture. Good news: it powers up!

Amazingly, this mittful of connectors is all part of one video cable, and hopefully it's the last thing I need to start using my CPC.

#PETSCII #C64 #Commodore64 #pixelart #textmode

Hi! For my little list of Bad Box Art from companies with usually high standards, SSI's "50 Mission Crush" is a new surprise entry.