Senior tech professional and retro gaming enthusiast, emulator author, 40 years of experience in software development and a passion for old tech and electronics

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Pitfall! for Scramble (Galaxian) arcade hardware is 99% completed. Music, SFX, Scoring, Tunnels. Here's my effort at a quick playthrough. Release soon! #8bit #pixelart #misterfpga #mame #retro #retrogaming #arcade #chiptunes #pixelart #emulation #remake #indiegame
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Clocks go back tonight, hope you kept the receipts!
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five years late, but this is almost ready! High scores, continues, all the music, its really fun. @gamesyouloved @PitfallCreator
Pitfall! for Scramble (Galaxian) arcade hardware is 99% completed. Music, SFX, Scoring, Tunnels. Here's my effort at a quick playthrough. Release soon! #8bit #pixelart #misterfpga #mame #retro #retrogaming #arcade #chiptunes #pixelart #emulation #remake #indiegame
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des trickett amuses and entertains, for just 1.99!
TONIGHT: THE DES TRICKETT MAGIC SHOW Five tricks. Fourteen people in the audience. No wires.* Volunteers required to operate a stage saw under conditions the insurers describe as “adequate”. Play free: orbit-leisure.co.uk/orb-013-… *The wire remains a rumour. #ZXSpectrum
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This is lots of fun and kinda sad to see the brief moment when the world wide web had a personality. evolution-of-the-web.ybouane…
I built a site that lets you run every era of web UI since 1991 directly in your browser. Why? Modern web design is sterile and lifeless. The internet was ten times more fun when your browser had four search toolbars, Winamp was open, and someone could vibrate your entire monitor on MSN.
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Mike DX  retweeted
STEVO TRICKETT'S SENSIBLE SNOWBOARDING Six tracks on a dry slope behind a leisure centre, against a rival in the other colour. TUCK, CARVE, JUMP, GRIND. The clock is the sport. Forty-three people are watching, one of them your mum. orbit-leisure.co.uk/orb-011-… #zxspectrum #retro
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Mike DX  retweeted
HOLE 4 — BUNKER ALLEY Six bunkers. The course architect has a name, and presumably a home address. Four guard the green. Two more catch the imprecise tee shot. THICK NALDO’S SENSIBLE GOLF: orbit-leisure.co.uk/orb-001-… #ZXSpectrum
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Mike DX  retweeted
If you are in the USA it’s your first chance to see & try out #THE800XL at - PRGC - Portland Retro Gaming at the Portland Convention Centre - two of the RGL team are on hand to speak to people also (Darren Melbourne (joint CEO) and Chris Smith (CTO)) so come & say hi if you can!
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This is the one we have been waiting for! THEA1200 is on the water. Retro Games Ltd’s video shows the full-size Amiga 1200 recreation leaving the factory and going into shipping containers, with four containers already at sea. The official launch date is Friday 4 December 2026. What is it? It is a modern plug-and-play recreation of the 1992 Commodore Amiga 1200 from Retro Games Ltd, the company behind THEC64, THEA500 Mini, THEVIC20, THE400 Mini and The Spectrum. The case is full-size, the keyboard works, and it connects over HDMI and USB. Retro Games describes the software as emulation of the A1200’s AGA chipset, with A500 (OCS) and ECS modes as well. In the box: - Full-size computer with a working keyboard - Classic-style 2-button mouse - 8-button gamepad - HDMI and USB - Integrated Workbench desktop - Four save slots per built-in game - Side-loading of legally owned games from a USB stick, including WHDLoad support 25 Built-in Games: The 25 built-in games, as listed on the Retro Games product page: - Alien Breed: Tower Assault - Beneath a Steel Sky - Defender of the Crown - Defender of the Crown II - It Came from the Desert - Antheads: It Came from the Desert - Lords of the Rising Sun - Lure of the Temptress - Mercenary: Escape from Targ - Reshoot Proxima 3 - Rocket Ranger - Ruff ’n’ Tumble - S.D.I. - The Settlers II - Sinbad: The Throne of the Falcon - Slam Tilt - The King of Chicago - Turrican - Turrican II: The Final Fight - Turrican III: Payment Day - TV Sports: Baseball - TV Sports: Basketball - TV Sports: Boxing - TV Sports: Football - Wings The set leans on Cinemaware (Defender of the Crown and its sequel, It Came from the Desert and Antheads, Rocket Ranger, Wings, Lords of the Rising Sun, Sinbad, The King of Chicago, S.D.I., and the four TV Sports titles), plus the Turrican trilogy, Beneath a Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress, Alien Breed: Tower Assault, The Settlers II, Slam Tilt and Reshoot Proxima 3. It is not the same 25-game list as THEA500 Mini. The original Amiga 1200 launched in October 1992 with the AGA chipset, a 14 MHz 68EC020 and typically 2 MB of chip RAM. It was Commodore’s last major home computer before the company collapsed in 1994. The Backstory: THEA1200 was announced on 23 October 2025, with pre-orders from 10 November 2025. An earlier target of 16 June 2026 slipped; the current official date is 4 December 2026. UK retailers are listing it at about £169.95–£169.99. Check out the link for your country in the profile. Compared with THEA500 Mini, the practical difference is the keyboard: the Mini’s is decorative, while THEA1200’s is full-size and functional, so Workbench and keyboard-heavy titles can be used without an external keyboard. Did you order TheA1200? Who is excited?
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Mike DX  retweeted
Have you spotted our new Retro Games Autumn/Winter TV Advert we are now running? A similar radio advert is also live! Check it out below! #retrogaming youtu.be/ccsPhCcAoRk?si=z-Hp…
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This weekend I worked on bringing a 40+ year old prototype arcade game back to life. I present Ms. Gorf - or an approximation of one. Play online: msgorf.mikedx.co.uk
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Little weekend project. Built a faithful Casio F-91W on a Waveshare ESP32-S3 reflective LCD. Hand-traced SVG segments, NTP time, captive portal setup, 0.06W in clock mode. Web flasher, no install needed. github.com/MikeDX/casiof91w-…
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This is amazing. Looking forward to trying this on some.embedded systems!
Announcing rlsw, the new raylib software renderer backend. No GPU required. The Future is Now. #raylib
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Ordered! Thank you 😎
We are clearing out a lot of unique Multisystem #3DPrinted enclosures at a discount price (£9.99). Most of these are just unique colours or materials. Marble, Neon, Pastels, translucent, or if you want a multicoloured one, just ask in the order notes 😁
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Oh hell yes! Can't wait to try this out
Arkos Tracker v3.2.4 has been released with many improvements and one big unique feature called Effect Context. Enjoy! #CPC #chiptune #msx #atari #arkostracker Download here: julien-nevo.com/at3test/
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