Claude Code works great for retro game development! Here's an ATARI Breakout clone that runs from a single HTML page. 🕹️🧱 scarolan.github.io/breakout

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Challenge: code a classic arcade game in a single day. 👾🕹️ The hardware is a @seeedstudio.com Wio Terminal, which comes with a nice 320x240 display, joystick, and a small piezo buzzer for sound effects. The game code is written in @circuitpython.org. github.com/scarolan/pac...

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. > what is a grue? The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day...

Be a good hooman and fetch my pipe and slippers #shibainu

Happy Halloween! 👻🧛🏻‍♂️🎃🦇🩻

💾 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Game Preservation 🕹️ As physical media deteriorates and online services shut down, game preservation has become increasingly important to save gaming history.

Weee! Asian supermarket delivers everything! 🦊 #shibainu

I like big shrooms and I cannot lie. This is Stropharia rugosoannulata, aka garden giant. They were cultivated outside on a pile of wood chips. #fungifriends 🍄

📚 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Gaming Magazines 🎮 Before the internet, gaming magazines were essential sources of news, reviews, and cheat codes. These monthly publications shaped gaming culture and built anticipation for upcoming releases.

🎮 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Classic Arcade Cabinets 🕹️ Many of us discovered video games at arcades, where unique cabinet designs were part of the experience. Some iconic cabinet designs include:

💿 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Shareware Games 🕹️ Before digital distribution, shareware was revolutionary - giving players the first episode free, hoping they'd pay for the rest.

🕹️ #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Hidden Easter Eggs 🥚 Game developers have a long history of hiding secret messages and inside jokes in their games. These "Easter eggs" reward players who explore beyond the obvious paths. Some famous verified Easter eggs include:

Taste the Rainbow 🌈 #gardening 🌱

🎮 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Console Wars 🕹️ Remember the fierce rivalry between Sega and Nintendo in the 1990s? Sega's "Genesis does what Nintendon't" campaign marked one of the most aggressive marketing battles in gaming history.

Zoom Earth animation of super typhoon Ragasa: zoom.earth/storms/ragas... #ragasa #typhoon 🌀🌊

Classic video games look best on a CRT (cathode ray tube) display. RetroArch user sonkun created these amazing filters to mimic the look and feel of different types of TV and video signals for an authentic #retrogaming look and feel. 🕹️👾📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDcm...

Shoutout to muos.dev, a free and open source firmware solution for handheld devices. Getting one of these set up with the right emulators and software used to be really hard. MuOS makes it super simple to configure these devices for #retrogaming 👾🕹️🍄⭐

My Italian grandfather grew tomatoes. We are continuing the tradition. Pictured are: Mr. Stripey, Beefsteak, Lemon Boy, Black Cherry, Sun Sugar, Sweet 100. 🌱🍅🥒🫑🍆

🕹️ #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Emtombed 🧩

Late summer harvest: cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and ong choi, aka water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica). Ong choi is considered an invasive species in parts of the US south and is even on the Federal Noxious Weed list. It is also on my delicious Asian greens list. 🌱

Original arcade cabinets are hard to find nowadays. Most of the classic games in arcades are a PC running an emulator with an LED monitor. The CRT on this Donkey Kong cabinet at Cidercade Austin is in remarkably good shape for its age! About 75-80k of these were made for the US market. #retrogaming

This was a huge advance in #retrogaming graphics. On the left is the C64 which has a fixed 16 color palette. On the right is IBM PC EGA which still only 16 colors but they can be chosen from a master palette of 64 colors. Every scene gets to have it's own unique 16 color palette.

Our first resident has moved into the frog ashram. His markings confirm he is royalty of the Spotted Northern Leopard tribe. Internet, meet Lord Herbert, or "Herb" for short. 🐸👑🌱

⚔️ #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - What's a Roguelike? ⌨️ Wikipedia defines a 'pure' roguelike as follows:

Ultima IV forces you to meditate in shrines to become a better person. This may be the first time I chanted "Om". 🕉️ #retrogaming #meditation

Ultima IV looks fantastic with the Ultima patcher applied for higher res graphics and music! #retrogaming 👾🕹️ I'm laid up for surgery recovery for a few weeks, exploring the retro gaming catalog for some classic RPGs. www.pixsoriginadventures.co.uk/category/ult...

👾 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Vector Games 🕹️ The original video game, called Tennis for Two, was created in 1958 and ran on an oscilloscope! There was even a home game console called the Vectrex, the first and only vector-based home gaming system.

One of the most popular home computers of the 1980s just got a reboot and it looks amazing! These updated machines retain the classic form factor of the original and are fully compatible with the original cartridges and peripherals. #retrocomputing www.commodore.net

Tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and cucumbers are still going strong. Let's see how long we can keep this party going! 🌱

This was a fun weekend #retrogaming project. The Atari Fightstick controller makes a great retro gaming system. The console is large enough to house a small form factor PC running batocera.org Ultima IV is a Commodore 64 RPG game that I spent countless hours playing as a kid. Good times!

Breaded and fried the giant puffball and it was delicious! We ate it with potato salad and a fresh tomato from the garden. #fungifriends 🍄🌱

Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea) we found while walking the dog. Teaspoon for scale. #fungifriends 🍄

👾 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Awkward PSAs 🕹️ Check out this banger from the 90s - Don't Copy That Floppy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI

Bean observation pod 🐾

Fast and furriest 😎🚗

🕹️ #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Interactive Fiction 👾 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here >_

🕹️ #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Retro Achievements! 👾 Want to claim bragging rights for your high score in Donkey Kong? Satisfy your OCD by completing every achievement in Super Mario World? Or just want to play some classic games with a new twist?

👾 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Chiptunes 🤖

🕹️ #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Game-ending Glitches 👾 Many classic arcade games have bugs that cause the game to crash when the user's score or level gets too high.

🕹️ #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - SCUMM and Villainy 👾

The ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 Kickstarter is live! This beautiful 8-bit machine can even run as a Commodore 64! #retrogaming 🕹️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

🕹️ #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - Video Games in Movies, Books and TV 🎬 Video games have been featured in popular culture since the early 1970s. Here are some stories where video games made an appearance, and a few where games were central to the plot:

🏯 #retrogaming Throwback Thursday - JRPGs 🤖

It's blueberry picking season in New York state! 🫐 We got over 9lbs (4kg)! 🌱

Pleurotus citrinopileatus, aka the Golden Oyster mushroom is native to China and Japan. It escaped from farmers markets and has begun to spread in North America. I do not mind this delicious invasive species, in fact I'm helping it grow in the backyard! #fungifriends 🍄

US & Canada friends: You can get a NOAA weather radio that will alert you when there are hazardous conditions approaching your area. Look for one with the the S.A.M.E. (Specific Area Message Encoding) feature. No internet or cell phone service required. www.weather.gov/mob/nwrhelp

How we got apps back in 1985... "All ready to type in and run!" ⌨️ #retrocomputing

A second flush from the wine cap bed 🍄 These will be going in a pasta dish tonight! 🍝 #fungifriends

Lily pads drifting White and yellow flowers bloom Shiba meditates 🦊🪷🧘🏼‍♂️