The Pain Train stops for no one! DOS coders, let's see some cyan/magenta magic! itch.io/jam/cga-game...

I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project: Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece. Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon. See thread for details. 1/9 github.com/markmoxon/th... #retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit

These DOS games turn 30 in 2026: Quake Duke Nukem 3D Red Alert Tomb Raider Chex Quest Broken Sword Daggerfall Death Rally HOMM 2 Phantasmagoria 2 Settlers 2 Harvester Leisure Suit Larry 7 Big Red Racing Lighthouse Normality Powerslave Strife Pandora Directive Time Commando Zork Nemesis Toonstruck Z

Now that 2026 is underway, it's a good time to post an updated collage of my DOS games. Since I have nine out now, that fits into a nice neat rectangle. So here are all 9 #msdos games I released from 2020 to 2025. All #cga, all running on an #ibmpc, all available from cyningstan.itch.io

A whole year of Pym's Daily Word Square puzzle fun has just passed. I admit I missed some days and had to go back to them, but this daily play makes #Pym my most-played #msdos game of the year. You can also have a whole year's fun by visiting cyningstan.itch.io/pyms-daily-w... #ibmpc #cga

"Dragonfell" from @cyningstan.bsky.social for the #Psion Series 3 - old-school turn based strategy warring on a fabulous 1990s retro handheld computer platform - what's not to love? :-)

How about a little #Psion gaming for the holiday season! @cyningstan.bsky.social has written a brand new game for the original Series 3 entirely in OPL. I've got it running on my 3mx. The added EL backlight adds an ethereal feeling to the play. Get your copy here: cyningstan.itch.io/dragonfell-p...

As a little Christmas gift for #Psion fans, Dragonfell is released for the #PsionSeries3! This is a #HOMM inspired strategy war game, featuring ogres, dark elves, dragons and wizards. Finish off your enemy by conquering their citadel. Get it from cyningstan.itch.io/dragonfell-p...

In some places it's Christmas already, so the time is right to wish you all a Merry Christmas, or a Happy Whatever else you celebrate, or failing all else a nice end to the week.

As a little Christmas gift for #Psion fans, Dragonfell is released for the #PsionSeries3! This is a #HOMM inspired strategy war game, featuring ogres, dark elves, dragons and wizards. Finish off your enemy by conquering their citadel. Get it from cyningstan.itch.io/dragonfell-p...

The second expansion for #BarrenPlanet is #Waterworld. Dapra's neighbouring planet Dalen is over 95% covered with water. And at the bottom of these oceans: crystal nodes! Let battle commence! Get it at cyningstan.itch.io/waterworld. #ibmpc #msdos #cga #Waterworld

In the coming weeks I'll detail the treasures that you will find in the #Ossuary, and how they can help you. First, gold is what you're there for. Collect as much as you can in your descent. You can download and play Ossuary at cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

X-Mas Quest: Can I do a 6502 X-mas themed game for the Commodore PET in a single day? Progress so far…

Consider making 2026 the Year of the Personal Website. Even a little thing on Neocities works. It’s just nice to have a home base on the internet that you don’t have to deal with bsky mods are random popping into every post and if something goes wrong with your host, you just move it elsewhere

I'm wiping the floor with the Hard Psion #AI in #Dragonfell - still @cyningstan.bsky.social 's Beta release - watch out for the full release soon, and maybe get a last-minute Psion for that special retro person in your life :-) #ReadTheALT

Con un ZX Spectrum 128K y su BASIC para hacer música en 3 canales usando el comando PLAY, se pueden hacer maravillas sabiendo uno crear/adaptar música. Y aquí un ejemplo, influenciado por J.S. Bach y también por Wendy Carlos y su Switched-On Bach de 1968: neilparsons1.bandcamp.com/track/prelud...

This is an interesting project to port a simple overhead shooter to seemingly every platform under the sun. I booted the 320KB disk image on my real IBM PC/XT + CGA and it fired right up and it played very well, considering the hardware platform. Smart screen updates too (no tearing or flickering).

#Pym Daily Word Square Puzzle 2026 is now available. This is the game for #msdos, with the puzzle data for 2025/6. Or you can download the 2026 puzzle data and add it to your existing installation. These files are available at cyningstan.itch.io/pyms-daily-w... #ibmpc #cga

IBM PC(EGA)版 IMPETUS+ #ibmpc inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/impetus...

IBM PC(CGA)版 IMPETUS+ #ibmpc inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/impetus...

Antikythera mechanism (2nd century BC; reconstruction 2012, Tony Freeth)

The beautiful old Psion handheld computers remain a classic - retro, yet properly useful in daily life and work. I wouldn't be without mine, and my Discord buddy is writing *new games* for them. There's a hugely supportive community of us nutters - join us! psion.community

The perfect form factor existed back in 1997. Psion Series 5 Palm-top computer.

Taking a break from MS-DOS, I've been working on a game for the #PsionSeries3 pocket computer. Dragonfell is a #HOMM inspired game where two sides raise armies of creatures and send them against one another across a decaying land, trying to seize the other's citadel. It goes into beta test today.

Happy Broomcloset Day! My Space Quest fan site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago today. I've spent the past month adding a ton of new content to the site for the first time in years. Drop by and check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html

Camel, CGA edition.

#Ossuary was designed around the limitations of the 16kb Sinclair #ZXSpectrum. The #msdos version is a straight port of the Speccy version, hence the simplicity. Currently both versions are available from the same Itch project page, but I may separate them in the future. cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary

Happy Friday everyone! Fancy a brand new #ZXSpectrum game to get your teeth into this weekend? Well let me help you out: welcome to Castle Rooj! Roojliek is a classic ASCII rogue-like for the 48K ZX Spectrum, can you survive long enough to escape? jimblimey.itch.io/roojliek

#StarCadre Combat Class has a skills-based system. For instance, Heavy Firearms skill allows a character to fire a laser rifle accurately. Soldiers will have this skill, but other characters might have it too. Get the game from cyningstan.itch.io/star-cadre-c... #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Here are the three #BarrenPlanet campaigns running on a Hewlett Packard #hp100lx. You can download the game from cyningstan.itch.io/barren-planet, where you will find links to the two DLC campaigns. #hp200lx #msdos #cga

Some spacecraft I designed for a possible future game in the #StarCadre series. Imagine boarding missions aboard these ships. It's going to be a long time before I get around to that game, though. #gamedev #msdos #cga

Recently I released #Barbarians for #msdos. This release was for the #DOSember Game Jam, a 3-month game jam for MS-DOS preceding the month-long DOSember streaming event for 2025. cyningstan.itch.io/barbarians-dos #gamedev

A lovely review in Czech of #Barbarians has just been posted by @sledgehv.bsky.social which you can read at www.high-voltage.cz/sortky/barba...

My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web. To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html

I've just uploaded a video of the #Barbarians title screen music to YouTube. The video description identifies the piece, and gives a brief explanation of the game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1B3...

Shortly after its release, Sparcie made this review video about #StarCadre Combat Class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4yi... #ibmpc #msdos #cga

This robot's movements remind me of the guy from that game about falling down mountains. Baby steps I think?

I made a shorter game (for DOS) with worse graphics (CGA) and I'm NOT KIDDING. It's free, it's silly, and you can download it here! (Est. 20-30 minutes for a first playthrough.)

The latest member of my #Psion family arrived today, another Series 3 classic 256k. I've installed #Barbarians on it, along with Ground Attack, which you can get from damian.cyningstan.org.uk/downloads/21... (I plan on creating a proper home for my Psion games eventually).

I'm working on an entry for the #DOSember Game Jam. Skifree DOS edition! Are you sick and tired of booting into Windows just to play Skifree? Now you can get your skiing fix directly in DOS. There's still a bit to do but I'm happy with how it's progressing. #DOSGaming

If you like the #cga nostalgia palette, you can play #StarCadre in those colours. Just launch the game with the '-p' option (for palette, or purple, or pink, take your pick). #ibmpc #msdos

My new game #Barbarians has a long history that predates my current interest in developing for #ibmpc with #cga graphics. Here's a composite image of it running on the #Psion Series 3 (2010), the ZX Spectrum (2012) and #msdos (2025). The MS-DOS version is at cyningstan.itch.io/barbarians-dos

Anyone who has (or can make!) *original format* tape images (HQ UEF, WAV, etc) of Acorn Electron games that have tape protection and/or custom tape loaders, please get in touch 😎 Examples of games I am looking for in next post...

Sure, the iPhone is all well and good. But can you physically support an entire building with your pocket computer? The Organiser II was built to last. This LZ64 is in amazing condition. #Psion #RetroComputing

Just upping @thelastpsion.com's post over on LinkedIn - Alex is doing a super (and important) job - #Retrocomputing is not just #Nerdstalgia - it is exploring vital territory in human/tech interaction. #Permacomputing #Psion www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

What's that????? 🤔 Only a month and a half left to make a game for the DOS jam????? 🤔 You want to make something but you don't know where to start????? 🤔 Your inner perfectionist won't stop screaming????? 🤔 Let me "inspire" you. twitch.tv/emmfoolery

Operation Cerberus (1985) by Colin Bishop is the only game I know about the Feb '42 Channel Dash. The strategic layer is cosmetic; the game is rather a collection of minigames depending on what you attack with (plane, MTB, destroyer or even Dover guns!) Review here: zeitgame.net/archives/19428

I've now submitted my entry for the #DOSember Game Jam 2025. I've ported my Psion & ZX Spectrum game #Barbarians to #dos, as usual aimed at the original #ibmpc with #cga graphics. Download it from cyningstan.itch.io/barbarians-dos

Star Cadre: Combat Class is here! A tactical combat RPG from @cyningstan that's a true MS-DOS throwback. Command your four-unit squad in challenging missions. Get that perfect score,cadet! Read full review in BrewOataku 003: www.brewotaku.com/2025/10/star... #StarCadre #MSDOS #BrewOatku