Been playing "Un jour de septembre" with my new classical guitar and it's been quite fun and joyful to actually play again some pieces I played so long ago 🌱💫

Se da la circunstancia de que mi vida en general resulta poco interesante y que no puedo hablar mucho de las cosas que hago en el trabajo, así que mi tema ahora son las máquinas de escribir, que suscitan poco interés. Como esta hermosa Olympia SM4 de 1959 con letra elite Nº 8, la última que compré.

Hacía tiempo que buscaba una Smith Corona Silent-Super en el mercado de segunda mano, pero son raras de ver. Finalmente encontré esta de 1955, pero con teclado americano. De hecho, es una máquina Americana y bastante común allí. Se ve bastante bien, pero necesita una buena restauración.

I worked on this game and didn’t know this! Gamedev was so much more interesting back in the 8-bit and 16-bit days when we had to invent tricks like this to get games looking and sounding good on such primitive and limited hardware.

Announcing the Kickstarter for the 10th anniversary collection of SOMA by @frictionalgames.bsky.social for Nintendo Switch! This is our biggest Collector's Edition yet, because this masterpiece deserves something really special.

Casi todos los amigos y familiares que han venido a casa y han presumido de haber tomado clases de mecanografía, han fallado estrepitosamente al intentar escribir con alguna de las mías. Colocan los dedos cuidadosamente sobre el teclado y empiezan a escribir muy rápido, lo cual acaba en fracaso.

October 17th. www.youtube.com/watch?v=McB4...

No suelo coger el teléfono de un número del que no tengo el contacto, pero mira, hoy lo he cogido una vez, por si acaso. Me ha salido un mensaje automático diciendo "Hola, soy de la empresa Infojobs. Tu currículum ha sido seleccionado". Nunca he puesto currículum en Infojobs. Me vuelvo a mi cueva.

Al salir The Sword of Ianna para Spectrum, publicamos una versión TAP creada por Tom-Cat que sólo incluía el inglés. Spirax se ha puesto al lío y ahora tenemos una versión oficial, bilingüe, para DivIDE, ESPectrum, The Spectrum y similares. Podéis descargarla en www.retroworks.es/php/game_en....

Se nos come la IA 😭 Comienza a ser difícil encontrar dibujos de verdad.

🧐 ¿Conoces la colección de videojuegos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España? 🎉 Descubre su valor como patrimonio cultural en el Día Mundial de los Videojuegos 🎮 También se leen, estudian y conservan para que sirvan como inspiración para las nuevas generaciones 🔗 bit.ly/4oJ1Gxs

My latest restoration project is an Adler Gabriele 20 typewriter from 1968, made in Germany. It worked well, but was very rusty inside and dirty as usual...

Con la música de @gryzor87.bsky.social sonando de fondo ⚔️

Imagino ranas saltando y tirando bolas entre los arcos.

✨Happy Arco's anniversary! ✨ A year has passed since we released Arco🫂During this year, I composed a track telling the story of an Iyo woman, and now you can hear it 🥹Would mean the world to me if you can listen to it and share it 💖 TY for your support all the way ✨ tidal.com/browse/track...

Err... wow. www.indieretronews.com/2025/08/cubi...

The many faces of horror: Uncover your identity in the abandoned underwater complex of SOMA for Nintendo Switch. Mine deep, lose your crew, and fight giant insects in Anoxia Station on Steam. Face monsters from Spanish folklore in medieval Cursed Castilla on Steam, PS, Xbox, Switch.

Me acaban de regalar una Hermes Baby de 1953. ¿Cómo podría decir que no? 😅 Esta me va a dar mucho trabajo…

Dear fans (if any!): I have been asked many times how to support my work. Well, I don't earn anything from my old music, or the thousands of reproductions, covers, collabs or whatever the people share on YouTube and other platforms. If you really want to support and say thanks,

How it started...

SOMA by @frictionalgames.bsky.social looks already amazing on the Nintendo Switch, but in the latest patch we added significantly improved graphics when playing it on a Nintendo Switch 2 console. Isn't that great? ;) Still with launch discount! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

¡Gommy: defensor medieval tiene una nueva versión! Esta vez es para Sega Master System (nuestro primer juego en la plataforma). ZilogZ80a se ha encargado del port, que quedó en muy buena posición dentro de la competición Homebrew 2025 SMSPower. Id a descargarlo a www.retroworks.es/php/game.php...

There's a new port for Gommy, Medieval Defender, yay! This time it's for the Sega Master System, our very first release for the platform. Ported by ZilogZ80a, the game entered the Homebrew 2025 SMSPower contest, where it got a great 4th place. You can grab it from www.retroworks.es/php/game_en....

I have been searching for an Olympia typewriter (SM3 or SM4) with Congress-Pica typeface for months, but finally I found a SM9 with that typeface for just 15€ + shipping. After a thorough cleaning, it types very smoothly and looks wonderful. It's the first generation of the SM9 model, from 1964.

I wanted to pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Amiga by sharing the first track I composed for the #Amiga500 back in 1988 or 89, but it's too bad, so I'll share my SoundCloud with later tracks instead 😅 Happy #Amiga40! soundcloud.com/joemcalby_am...

Do you love a good script, a great atmosphere, spectacular sound design, and all of it seasoned with a touch of horror? SOMA launches tomorrow on Nintendo Switch!

Put out a humble little cover of one of @mcalby.bsky.social's unforgettable tunes! Thank you, good sir, for being a video game legend! youtu.be/Q6wkyLIx8oQ

Mucho trabajo últimamente y poco tiempo para escribir, pero aquí unas fotos del resultado de mis 3 últimas restauraciones: Olympia SM4-13 de 1959, Olympia SM3 de 1957 (la tercera que compré, pero ahora muuucho más limpia y fina) y Hermes Baby de 1963 (daba asco tocarla cuando llegó...).

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Day 9: Licensed Smurfs' Nightmare - Another World There's a TON of amazing music in licensed games for reasons that are too varied to go into here! One of my favorites in this niche is @mcalby.bsky.social's Smurfs soundtracks, especially this one! Such a beautiful theme more people should hear!

Magnum Opus, by Kansas, from 2:45 sounds like a medley of shoot 'em up boss music from the 80s, one hit after the other. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o8x...

This revisited version is absolutely insane!! Try it out and enjoy. What I like the most is the arcade bezel & visual effects. Aside, you have a flawless refined gameplay and polished point system. 100% pure arcade!!!

#Gaurodan is out! The 2013 game has been completely redone to fit my current vision of traditional arcade game design. It's denser (more levels but less overall length), with better pacing, mechanics and a proper scoring system. Music by @gryzor87.bsky.social ♫ Info and downloads at locomalito.com

That time when I composed a track for an unreleased game in 1991 based on a theme of Carmina Burana (with a twist). it's still one of my favourites. soundcloud.com/joemcalby_zx...

A ver qué tal…

Finally I can announce this. SOMA, the sci-fi psychological horror masterpiece by @frictionalgames.bsky.social will be available soon for Nintendo Switch!

#Gaurodan update / remake I'm busy as hell in real life and I still need to prepare a few things but I'm still aiming for May 30th. This friday! :}

Finding new covers of my old game music makes me so happy 🥰 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4rG...

Hoy hace un día muy chulo para disfrutar del sol, pasear o ir a ver el mar. En vez de eso, me estoy dedicando a limpiar a mano, una a una, las barras de tipos de una máquina de escribir de 66 años, usando tan solo un cepillo de púas de cobre, un trapo y crema de pulir metales. No sé si acabo hoy 😅

Nuevo proyecto de restauración... ¿Qué será? 😄 Con lo que he ido aprendiendo estos meses ya me atrevo a desmontarlas enteras para limpiarlas más a fondo. Esta va a quedar increíble.

Some of my analog typefaces... Have you ever heard of font weight? These really do have weight, between 4 and 10 kilos each 😄

Currently writing up how the Software Creations music drivers worked. Concentrating on the AY driver first, with addendums for other systems, like the C64 (SID) driver. And yes, Tim and Geoff (and probably a good number of other chiptune musicians) wrote their music as raw data in an assembler.

Yo me siento fatal si vendo algo que tenga el más mínimo rasguño o defecto, y luego hay gente así 😳

It's not every day that we get the chance to release a new game, but this is one of those days! Today we're launching Anoxia Station on Steam 🔥. We hope you like it! RTs and likes will be greatly appreciated, thanks! ^^

Internet puede ser a veces maravilloso. He conseguido recordar y volver a comprar uno de los libros con los que aprendí a programar con mi primer ordenador. Estos fueron los "culpables" de que aprendiera a programar en BASIC con apenas 11 o 12 años, incluso antes de empezar a hacer gráficos.

Hihi #gamedev people! I'm looking for more #gameaudio work/gigs for this 2025 😎 if you are interested in my stuff (music, sound or whatever audio related), please don't hesitate to write to me here or Discord/email 😊✨ RTs help a lot 🙂‍↕️

After years of hard work, our retro-inspired shooter Earthion finally has its own home online. Dive into the world, watch the new trailer, and hear a track made entirely with the Megadrive’s YM2612 sound chip. Now viewable in English and Portuguese: earthiongame.com

Mi recomendación musical de hoy es un poco extraña. La he descubierto hace poco y aún me estoy recuperando: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dodx...

Horror masterpieces from Frictionalgames are coming to #NintendoSwitch! 💀 Soma, Amnesia: Rebirth, Amnesia: The Bunker (both physical and digital releases). 💀 Amnesia Collection (physical release). Join our newsletter to get the latest info! abylight.shop/en/

De alguna manera, he acabado con 2 MSX-2 y ahora me sobra uno de ellos. Lo que no sé es cuál de los dos...