Hey peeps! Those who have followed me for a while will remember that I put out a regular digi-zine until depression and some other issues bit hard in August. Well, a new issue is finally out, our 34th. And it's free-to-everyone to download and read. betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-thirty...

Now we're in 2026 it's time for a new list. Game 1 beaten is Deliver Us The Moon for the PC. A narrative adventure/puzzle game based on the moon. An interesting story but the gameplay could be annoying at times with the movement, especially when you had limited oxygen. Worth a go!

@quest64official.bsky.social I had zero intention of playing this game but following your account for several years does things to a person…..

SMS Experiment, Day 12. Another two more directions. (Top right corner) The angle and the low resolution is really making this hard. Four more to go. #sega #mastersystem #homebrew #graphicsgale

Finally giving this a read by @forgottenworlds.bsky.social

The latest #MegaCD appreciation society Episode is now live with us covering Night Trap! I'm proud of my editing work on this where I use not one...but two UI's! With @johnbunday.bsky.social youtu.be/uhJ6rIcyd38?...

haha look at this, this rules. It's just a coffee table art book of photos of guys at LAN parties readonlymemory.com/products/lan...

Now that I've ported Downland to a baker's dozen of platforms over the past year I do believe I'll be taking a break. Gotta recharge those batteries. I think I'll be working on original projects for a bit. Maybe Sega Master System????

Day one of showing Chords at the Cambridge Games Festival! 🕹️🔥 #segamegadrive #segagenesis #indiedev #gamedev

A new #MegaDriveChallenge appears! We are going to be riding our futuristic hover bikes and shooting into the screen with Namco's Burning Force! Rules are in the video description. I hope everybody enjoys! youtu.be/4ELCYW4JTMQ?...

Hello! Do any of my followers happen to have a copy of Sega Force #15 (March 1993) that they could sell or provide some high res scans of a couple pages? Please let me know!

Chords: - SEGA CD Snatcher-inspired adventure - Energy-filled OST by @superjetspade.bsky.social - Gorgeous pixel art by @108stars-pixelart.bsky.social - A storyline with more twists than SEGA OutRun - A @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp indie love letter #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev

The beginning of the end. The sequel to the first game of last year’s 12 RPG Challenge will be the last game of this year’s challenge!

Hey everyone we made a comic for #SonicConUk and you can read the whole thing here! drive.google.com/file/d/1DSvK... Cover art by @itmeanspencil.bsky.social

Spotted in Waterstones, my wallet is glad I don’t have a record player 😅

Downland for NES Day 13: Fixed the background drawing. Restored part of the titlescreen by moving stuff around in banks. Restored jumping. #downland #tandy #coco #nintendo #nes

Scores for Magical Flying Hat Turbo Adventure for the #MegaDriveChallenge @retromartin.bsky.social - 70,570 @hadyn79.bsky.social - 49,980 Spare Ombres - 45,080 @johnbunday.bsky.social - 2250 Well done everyone for taking part! Bloody tough game. Final boss was INFURIATING 😂

Tonights completion - Heavy Nova for the #MegaCD This has TODAY been converted to work on PAL & NTSCU consoles so I'm the first person to finish it in 50hz on a stock machine (wow...what an achievement...😂) A launch title for the machine, it's...badly made but some GREAT ideas & music.

I miss the days of importing saves.

Bit of a late one but best times for the Outrun 2019 #MegaDriveChallenge Spare_Ombres - 7:06:00 @3headedmonkeyyt.bsky.social - 7:33:26 @retromartin.bsky.social - 7:33:44 @johnbunday.bsky.social - 07:49:59 Some cracking times there everyone!

Dream Disc '24 Lets You Grab 10 Homebrew Dreamcast Games For The Price Of Shipping Alone. (Repost)

Ugh, fine. Might as well... Downland for Game Gear Day 1: Made a common game code folder for 8bit machines. Migrated SG-1000 and SMS to it. Created GG project. Updated makefile and game colors. The screen is tiny! #downland #tandy #coco #sega #gamegear #devkitsms

Recently on X, I discovered Chords being shown alongside the amazing work of @badtasty.bsky.social Seeing people excited for what I'm doing frankly means the world to me ❤️ 16-bit love lives on! 🕹️

Now that we’re in to October it’s finally time to give this one a try!

Revisit This Amazing Fan-Made Ridge Racer Album And We Might Just Manifest A New Game. (Repost)

In the post this morning, this gorgeous Sonic 3&K print from @yardleyart.bsky.social, c/o @stuartgipp.bsky.social and @retronauts.bsky.social!

Excited to showcase Chords at the Cambridge Centre for Computing History Retro Computer Festival 2025 (15–16 Nov)! 🎮 A visual novel style adventure for the Sega Mega Drive, inspired by classics like Konami Snatcher. #SegaMegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev #RetroDev

#MegaDriveChallenge scores Sunset Riders! @sinahosseinigst.bsky.social - 317,500 Me - 298,800 @sonicechoes.bsky.social - 149,100 @gothambeauty.bsky.social - 108,450 @johnbunday.bsky.social - 97,880 @hadyn79.bsky.social - 89,400 TomFum - 72,400 Leon - 30,400 Lots of loot & Well done Sina!

Finally giving this a try and the cutscenes are awesome!

Downland for SMS Day 16 & 17: Finished adjusting collision boxes. Implemented a wipe transition. It's not like the original but it considering the hardware limitations I fell it still works well. Next up is sound. Oh god. #downland #tandy #coco #sega #mastersystem #sms #devkitsms

I just updated Maki Makulo to v1.6 🕹️ including: - Neptuna's life counter 💖💖💔 - Colorful dialogues 🌈 - Character signature colors unified on all worlds 🌏 Play it here playmakina.itch.io/maki-makulo #gbstudio #retrogames #gameboy #MakiMakulo #gamedev #indiegames #itchio #nintendo

The book is coming out on Tuesday. Get notified when I launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... #SegaGenesis #segacd #sega32X #hagensalley #homebrew

Have you picked up Go! Go! PogoGirl on Mega Drive yet? You should! If you want to play the game on Mega Drive, I mean. We got physical and digital! www.ohsat.com//post/pogogi... #gamedev #indiegame

🚀 New update! I finally added auto-scroll plane scenes. Here’s Akio & Scamp rushing off on their next adventure. Check it out on Patreon (free post!): www.patreon.com/posts/138217... #SegaGenesis #SegaMegaDrive #GameDev #IndieDev

WipEout's Getting Another Soundtrack This Year. (Image: @CoLDSToRAGE) (Repost)

#MegaDriveChallenge scores for Sonic 3 @johnnybeard.bsky.social 4,111,820 @gothambeauty.bsky.social 2,017,600 @retromartin.bsky.social 868,680 @leestockley.bsky.social 512,290 @johnbunday.bsky.social 446,550 @hadyn79.bsky.social 9400 (gave himself a 120fps handicap! 😂) Well done all!!

Let’s give this a try.

Time for another multi disker

Downland for SMS Day 3: Got some rest. Back at it. Making bespoke SMS DLExporter to export the Rom data as loose .c files. Strings, sprites, drop positions, etc. Later I'll be able to figure out the SMS rom banking scheme #downland #tandy #coco #sega #mastersystem #sms #devkitsms

The Fall from Space demo has been updated to... a more recent version! Download the #GameBoy ROM and explore a planet in the star system now. & if you're especially bored, read a typically rambling dev blog with updates on the games development – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...

Downland for Sega Genesis, Day 15: fixed up the sound with advice from @birt_shannon. Finished a few little odds and ends and I do believe the Sega Genesis version is now feature complete! #downland #tandy #coco #sega #genesis #megadrive #sgdk

Shadow Dancer scores for the #MegaDriveChallenge @retrojonesy.bsky.social 978,800 Me 752,300 GothamBeauty 377,000 @hadyn79.bsky.social 278,600 @sonicechoes.bsky.social 186,100 @johnbunday.bsky.social 184,600 3HeadedMonkey 182,400 Well done everybody. Some great scores over the 3 weeks!

It's #Patlaborday today so get in your Ingrams and stop some rampaging Labors! Whilst you're at it, go watch my full playthrough video for Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: 98-Shiki Kidou Seyo! on #MegaDrive (mostly so you don't need to play it as it's not great 😂)

Did you know the Sega Mega CD BIOS supports the Mega Drive mouse? I didn't till today!

Sega 32X Audio Side Quest, Day 8: Pretty much done with the sound prototype, playing all the Downland sounds correctly with and without looping. Next step is integrating with the game proper. Could experiment with lower sample rates, though. Maybe. #sega #32x #sega32x #audio #sidequest

bumping because this may become relevant again soon #segacd #retrodev #hacking #homebrew

The latest episode of the #MegaCD Appreciation Society has landed and our 5th video sees us thrashing up some very green locales in Road Rash for the system. Go and give @johnbunday.bsky.social and I plus our two compatriots a watch and see what we think! youtu.be/Q2aM4ZwtOtI?...