Fantastic weekend at Arcade Club Bury with the @rgdspodcast.bsky.social crew. Only just recovered 😴

Today's retro pickup. I subscribed to Eagle (the relaunch) from issue 1, as it was plugged in other comics I was reading. Sadly, my stack of issues was thrown away in the mid 90s. It's packed with 80s A list celebs!

Returned to this classic Konami game, Juno First from 1983 and just had my best run ever, and high score, on my first go of the day.

#C64 new discovery #2. Also courtesy of @zappedtothepast.bsky.social I have played the arcade version of Volfied before, and very good it is too. Wasn't aware of a C64 version but it's pretty decent. Addictive high score chasing Qix variant.

#C64 new discovery #1. Insector Hector in the Interchange, aka Interchange. Odd name, but fifty levels of tile puzzle action, somewhat reminiscent of Bombuzal or Chip's Challenge. Nice password system makes it simple to complete. Thanks to @zappedtothepast.bsky.social for making me aware of this.

Today's t shirt #usagi

Hmm, the fellow in the middle unpacking Nazi documents in Argentina looks oddly familar. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anyone fancy typing in a game on a Sunday evening? #sinclairuser

First proper (on a proper stereo) listen to the new @michaelwoodman.bsky.social album. I think I have all the correct props...

My son outplaying my at I, Robot with 4th on the global high score table @stinkyox.bsky.social

Treat myself to some Llamasoft madness today. I, Robot, a game I love on arcade but with added @stinkyox.bsky.social craziness 🦙

Didn't Daley Thompson know that his game what is known as a joystick waggler? Also known as a joystick killer. Good luck playing it on keyboard. #c64

Rewinding to 1984. Before I was a Commodore kid I was a Sinclair kid 🌈

Televised green screen adventure gaming. #theadventuregame youtu.be/DUvFrqBNjvI?...

An original SID-style tune I made. #SID #Commodore64 youtu.be/rY-uQokhfVU

OK, the Venn diagram for fans of SID tunes and Italian prog band Goblin might be just me, but I did it anyway. #SID #Commodore64 youtu.be/nSwyeN5MuJo

Playing some games at Arcade Club Leeds. For some reason Jungle Hunt and Elevator Action have their bezels swapped 🤔

I like the code which tells you which games were on which systems. It's clear why Speccy and C64 were most popular.

#PS1 racing games I have played today, partially inspired by Drisky from @rgdspodcast.bsky.social Arcade Racers YouTube video. 1. Hydro Thunder - never played it before. 2. N-Gen Racing - ditto. 3. Moto Racer. 4. Sled Storm.

Disc of the day - Gong!

I definitely read this headline in Chris Morris' Day Today voice.

Hallendorfer Rauchbier. Pretty subtle smoky flavours. One you've tried @marknjohnson.bsky.social ?

Random #C64 games from my shelf. The Last Ninja 2 and The Last Ninja 3. Sadly, I don't own TLN1 anymore.

Random game from my collection. Destroyer (1982) for the VIC 20. A Depthcharge clone. #commodore #vic20

Drinking a toast to my hometown brewery, Magic Rock, recently defunct. RIP 😟

Random game from my collection. Tenchu! Brilliant stealth based ninja game for the PlayStation #PS1

One of the best 8-bit tunes ever created. youtu.be/YIA_0cvS2gQ?...

Great way to end the weekend. In The Grove.

More original #PS1 hardware gaming. This time, the amazing Tekken 3!

Some #PS1 gaming. Real hardware. Tomb Raider The Last Revelation.

Head Over Heels completed. Lifetime ambition fulfilled 🥰 Couldn't have done it without save states, for sure. What a great game. I briefly played HoH 2 which Colin Porch was showing off earlier this year too - looking forward to that now. I hope it doesn't take me 37 years to complete that one!

It's a classic game.

Partying like it's 1984...

New #tenpencearcade podcast available: Spelunker. Not a great game, and didn't seem well liked by Shaun and Alex, but I scored more than 1 point (actually 2!) so I'm not complaining. shaunholley.podbean.com/e/ten-pence-...

#10pscore Think I'm done with Spelunker for this month's Ten Pence Arcade challenge game. 54,700, and the jumping is just annoying.

What are the chances? No thanks.

Currently working my way through @thequietus.com "best of 2024" list, as I did last year. Always something interesting to be found, even if I've not heard of most of them 😄 It's a voyage of discovery.

#10pscore Spelunker. 50,400 and I think I can do better, but can I be bothered, as the jumping controls annoy me too much.

I don't think there is much of a Ten Pence Arcade community on bsky yet, but I'm going to start posting my #10pscore progress on here. Starting with Spelunker. Let's give this a go.

They're here! #zxspectrum

Maggie Philbin in a corset, stockings and suspenders 🙃 Wholesome family viewing, 1981 style. youtu.be/bd9wAxF-tHE?...

If I've followed you here recently and unfollowed you on Twitter, it's because of the move over and I'm finding people manually. Don't be upset about the lost Twitter follow - once all the people I follow are here I won't be going back there.

Some relatively modern gaming tonight - Tekken 7. I think I prefer Tekken 3 on PS1.

#promosky We cover a lot of subjects, but you might consider following us if you like lighthearted ribbing of; Nostalgia 80s tv shows 90s tv shows Terrible movies Fighting Fantasy books Adventure game books Cryptids Retro video games Also, occasional sincere attempts at actual play TTRPGs.

Just deleting all my own tweets (manually, there were never that many of them) and came across this great photo of Steve "Utopia Strong" Davis sporting a t shirt of his band on BBC snooker coverage. I hope he jumps over to bsky soon.

We make #podcasts - who doesn’t? If you grew up in the #80s or #90s and you’re into #retrokidstv, you might enjoy When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger. Remember #FightingFantasy books? We play through them in Campaign on Dice. Want #badmovies summed up quickly? Take Ten might be for you.

Chip's Challenge is a pretty good puzzle game.

See anything you fancy playing? #c64 #commodore

Clamshell cassette cases. Never quite fit on the shelves with the other cassettes did they? #c64 #commodore