If anyone fancies sponsoring the channel for about £2000 about now i'll definitely mention you in the video about this buyee.jp/item/jdirect...

Well chuffed to find a minty longbox copy of this.. 🕹️

It's a new video, time to have a proper look at the Sharp X1, the odd machine that competed with Sharp's own MZ series and eventually led to the X68000 youtu.be/VJs0joogI3k #RetroComputing

NEW VIDEO: Can you polish a turd? Mr Weems And the She Vampires was a TERRIBLE CPC game. Have Typonsoft managed to polish up this 39 year old Piranha game into something decent? youtu.be/KsVXpB-6yag

Here is the classic C64 one liner running in my Extended ECS BASIC, of course, adapted to the Intellivision graphics (idea courtesy of Tarzilla) #retro #retrogaming #intellivision

This video shows how we developed games for the NES at Software Creations. PC-ED was our in-house IDE that we used to edit/build/deploy/debug our game code on a PC. This demonstration shows me loading up the 6502 source code for NES Wolverine - May 1991. Object code deployed to NES target dev kit.

Decided to try making some oversized Lego. Pretty successful, I just went 3 times larger and made the crappy robot model me and my brother used to make as kids #Maker #3Dprinting

Seeing as last weeks video got a nice push, how about taking a look at the video before that (or hey, if anyone wants to share it on Hackaday or something ...) youtu.be/ach_WvR3x_U #RetroComputing

Ah, I wondered why my latest video suddenly had a boost, somebody shared it on Hackaday. Many thanks to that person, it really helps me out

A mate dropped off a couple of swaps for me, first a blast from the past - a VT220, I both worked for DEC and worked for other companies using VAX systems, plus my college used DEC for the IT courses. I’ve got to repair the keyboard but so cool to own one

I bought two this time

It's yet another video, I know - amazing. This time we take a look at what Waddington's thought gaming would be like in 2001 youtu.be/QMk79fnd0VE #RetroGaming

This 35-year-old ad is interesting. Special Reserve began importing PC Engines and advertising them with tiny little quarter-page ads in CVG. By Feb 1991, they'd become a full-on distributor of official consoles, and had a terrific range of games, as this impressive ad attests.

Received a PS3 that I got for cheap on eBay. Apparently it works, will be interesting to set it up with the PS3 TV, maybe I’ll sell it as a bundle

So... last week, things did not go as planned. As such, we're still on the road to hell in RV THERE YET!!! Lets see how we get on this week! twitch.tv/zombiworkshop

I seem to have managed to break out of the old male farts category that my videos normally attract (unsurprisingly because I am also an old male fart)

Right, you. Me and my Ensemble 360 pals are coming to the Wiltshire Music Centre on 14th February to do our 'Incomplete Guide To Chamber Music'. It's for newbies and lifers alike. A breakneck canter through some absolute bangers. Plus this idiot, waffling. www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...

Bit of absolutely shameless self promotion on #TapeBoxTuesday I offer a Duplication Service for Reel to Reel Tapes I carry a selection of stock - NoS, Used Recycled Vintage, various sizes from 5” to 10.5” NAB All speeds up to 15” p/s, Full & Half Track, Stereo 4 Track, Quad etc Drop me a line

Made some changes to the top part of the RP Engine model and made it easier to do multicolour printing. I also ran out of black filament part way through

Hardware: Installing a rom switcher in the Sinclair QL It's time to open up the Sinclair QL, this time we're going to be installing a ROM switcher which will allow us to replace the existing ROM with the more advanced Minerva but also allow us to switch to a ROM with Toolkit 2 built-in if…

This was a pretty cool find. A decent platformer game in the same vein as Manic Miner etc on the Sharp MZ-80K. Not that I'm particularly good at it yet but this has some really nice animations using the Sharpscii graphics.

Check out this video of mine if you are even the tiniest bit curious about the Atari Falcon030. It's an interesting system that deserves more attention.

I found my GP2X breakout board, no PSU though and I can’t remember what it needs. I’ll look it up, it’ll be fun to see if it still works

Well, that was a disaster. The material this frame was printed in does not like having insets melted into it. Back to the drawing board on that the ln

upgraded my iPhone and it continues to make me think that Apple have lost all the people who know how to make a decent UI.

Found an old box that escaped the last cull, it’s mostly junk - some prototypes, cables and, most importantly, a tape of the tower ballroom favourites from Reginald Dixon

Also remember that my videos are available over on MakerTube if you prefer to steer clear of YouTube makertube.net/c/reenthused...

So its a #ZXSpectrum lucky dip, live in 5! www.twitch.tv/jimblimey

Computers: The National FS-4500 – a different ‘type’ of MSX Typewriters have gone through several iterations, from the bulky mechanical machines to the single purpose word processing computers to the simple Word Processing apps we use on our computers. But there was another, less popular type. One…

It's yet another video, I know - amazing. This time we take a look at what Waddington's thought gaming would be like in 2001 youtu.be/QMk79fnd0VE #RetroGaming

On the plus side, the new battery is working in the GPD Win 2, on the downside I managed to break another display cable

Like Baseball AND Barcode Battler? Japan has you covered #RetroGaming youtube.com/shorts/UUaHy...

Updated my starter pack slightly, if you’re not on it and I follow you and you do retro stuff then it’s just because I’m incredibly lazy go.bsky.app/5Gtwxao

The red bull livery launch is very dull - these people are all just annoying. Laurent looks about as uncomfortable as can be, flanked by two people talking about F1 in the most general terms possible

IT'S BREAK SPACE DAY! All being well we should be releasing a big beautiful jumbo issue of the Speccy's most cost effective mag later. Packed with reviews of 57 brand new #ZXSpectrum games, features, a crossword & brand new type-in! But which games will receive the coveted Break Space Ace?

Less politics. More of this.

If you haven't already you should definitely sponsor me to do a big walk for charity, it's happening in April www.justgiving.com/page/mw-wind...

Muted or blocked a bunch more accounts posting political stuff - yes the world is horrific - that is incredibly evident everywhere, so I don’t need it here

Made a 3D printable Key Stem for the Sharp X1 to repair my keyboard. As always available for free and open-source codeberg.org/Jonn-reenthu... video testing it: youtube.com/shorts/VkE7e... #RetroComputing #Maker #keepITalive

A rip-off Soundwave www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010...

Trying a tape cleaner - but I think the issue with tapes not loading probably goes a little deeper #RetroComputing

Hello #PortfolioDay ! I make SEGA Master System games. #mastersystem #homebrew

The final tally of platforms for Jurl won't fit in one post, but here we go: #RetroGaming #IndieDev #RetroDev Amstrad CPC Atari 2600 Atari Jaguar Atari Lynx Casio PV2000 Colecovision Commodore 64 Commodore Amiga Dragon Gamate GP2X Sega Master System Sega Megadrive Megaduck / Cougar Memotech MSX

RGBTOHDMI gear arrived. Encoder for VIC20, core analogue board, and cables for VIC20 and Amstrad CPC. #RetroComputing #Commodore #VIC20 #amstradcpc

HEYYY! It's been a while, how you doing? What's that? You want to know what #indiegame demos we tried out last week? Well, that's a coincidence - here's a TiTRoundup for you that does exactly what you asked for! :O Starting with...

A new box, just a couple of bits in here 🧵

We're taking a look at Fujitsu's first proper boxed up computer, the Micro 8 - but not just that, we're looking at the rarer and funkier bubble memory drive too youtu.be/ach_WvR3x_U #RetroComputing

Decided to make a cable so I could test Mappy for the Sharp X1, alas it won’t load and when it does it goes to a black screen. Potentially it’s hitting a resolution that my setup can’t handle, but I’ll try properly at the weekend #RetroComputing

A quick post to help a grandson-in-law find his grandparent's game - "Calculated Risk!" for Apple II. Versions are out there on archive.org, but don't seem to work. Can anyone help find a clean dump? More details in post: www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/sear...

New top piece for the GPD Win has arrived, had it printed by one of the PCB manufacturers (I genuinely can’t remember which one). Do I try to use it or do I cold cast from it … choices choices