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Matthew Sparby Β»
@Cloudscout@oldbytes.space

A guy from our Dundee, Scotland office reached out to me today about a work project. Ended up chatting about vintage computers. He ended up snapping this picture on his way home.

View through a car window of the entrance to the former Timex factory in Dundee, Scotland where the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (and other Sinclair products) were manufactured in the 1980s.

Alt...View through a car window of the entrance to the former Timex factory in Dundee, Scotland where the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (and other Sinclair products) were manufactured in the 1980s.

    Wintermute_BBS boosted

    Ericounet Β»
    @eric@slon.yojik.net

    I was able to make it work : Z80-MBC2 with UTerm (the STM32 version) . I'm happy

    the Z80-MBC2 board and the UTerm (stm32) working fine

    Alt...the Z80-MBC2 board and the UTerm (stm32) working fine

    The Z80-MBC2 + UTerm (STM32) on my desk (and working fine)

    Alt...The Z80-MBC2 + UTerm (STM32) on my desk (and working fine)

      screwlisp boosted

      Paolo Amoroso Β»
      @amoroso@fosstodon.org

      In the early 1990s Texas Instruments PC Scheme for MS-DOS was my very first Lisp system. A few days ago I rediscovered and installed it on my Linux PC and you will believe what happened next.

      journal.paoloamoroso.com/paolo

        Jaruzel Β»
        @jaruzel@bitbang.social

        Bah. There's hardly any new videos up on this week. 😟

        As a retro computing addict, I request, nay, demand more content! 😜

          Metin Seven 🎨 »
          @metin@graphics.social

          🧡 Back in the 2000s I wanted to push precious 8-bit childhood game nostalgia to an extra dimension.

          As there were no dedicated voxel editors yet, I made the works by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

          Check the image descriptions for the game titles.

          Find high-res images for wallpapers or prints here…

          ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

          Voxel art style 3D interpretations of the classic 8-bit video games Space Invaders, Galaga, Defender and Vanguard.

          Alt...Voxel art style 3D interpretations of the classic 8-bit video games Space Invaders, Galaga, Defender and Vanguard.

          Voxel art style 3D interpretations of scenes from the classic 8-bit video game Donkey Kong, featuring Mario.

          Alt...Voxel art style 3D interpretations of scenes from the classic 8-bit video game Donkey Kong, featuring Mario.

          Voxel art style 3D interpretations of the classic 8-bit Commodore 64 games Lode Runner, Monty on the Run, Impossible Mission and Bruce Lee.

          Alt...Voxel art style 3D interpretations of the classic 8-bit Commodore 64 games Lode Runner, Monty on the Run, Impossible Mission and Bruce Lee.

          Voxel art style 3D interpretations of the classic arcade games Bubble Bobble, Mr. Do, Rainbow Islands and Dig Dug.

          Alt...Voxel art style 3D interpretations of the classic arcade games Bubble Bobble, Mr. Do, Rainbow Islands and Dig Dug.

            Metin Seven 🎨 »
            @metin@graphics.social

            🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™ΆπšŠπš•πšŠπšπšŠ

            From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

            As there were no voxel editors (Minecraft didn't exist yet), I made the works by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

            Some high-res images from this series are available here…

            ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

            Voxel artwork of the classic Galaga arcade game.

            Alt...Voxel artwork of the classic Galaga arcade game.

              Metin Seven 🎨 »
              @metin@graphics.social

              🧡 When I was an Amiga game developer, the German Factor 5 developers were among my heroes.

              I was honored when many years later, Factor 5's Lutz Osterkorn ordered my game voxel artworks for his bedroom wall. He sent me these photos.

              ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop/wall

              Photo of a bedroom with two framed collages of voxel artwork reflecting classic arcade games.

              Alt...Photo of a bedroom with two framed collages of voxel artwork reflecting classic arcade games.

              Photo of a framed collage of voxel artwork reflecting classic arcade games.

              Alt...Photo of a framed collage of voxel artwork reflecting classic arcade games.

              Photo of a framed collage of voxel artwork reflecting classic arcade games.

              Alt...Photo of a framed collage of voxel artwork reflecting classic arcade games.

                Metin Seven 🎨 »
                @metin@graphics.social

                🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™±πš›πšžπšŒπšŽ π™»πšŽπšŽ

                From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                As there were no voxel editors (Minecraft didn't exist yet), I made the works by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                Voxel artwork of the classic Bruce Lee 8-bit game.

                Alt...Voxel artwork of the classic Bruce Lee 8-bit game.

                  Metin Seven 🎨 »
                  @metin@graphics.social

                  🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™±πšžπš‹πš‹πš•πšŽ π™±πš˜πš‹πš‹πš•πšŽ (2 variations)

                  From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                  As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                  Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                  ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                  Two variations of voxel artwork depicting the classic Bubble Bobble arcade platform game.

                  Alt...Two variations of voxel artwork depicting the classic Bubble Bobble arcade platform game.

                    Metin Seven 🎨 »
                    @metin@graphics.social

                    🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™³πšŽπšπšŽπš—πšπšŽπš›

                    From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                    As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                    Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                    ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                    Voxel artwork depicting the classic Defender arcade shooter game.

                    Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the classic Defender arcade shooter game.

                      Metin Seven 🎨 »
                      @metin@graphics.social

                      🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™³πš’πš π™³πšžπš

                      From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                      As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                      Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                      ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                      Voxel artwork depicting the classic Dig Dug arcade game.

                      Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the classic Dig Dug arcade game.

                        Metin Seven 🎨 »
                        @metin@graphics.social

                        🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™³πš˜πš—πš”πšŽπš’ π™Ίπš˜πš—πš

                        From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                        As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                        Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                        ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                        Voxel artwork depicting the classic Donkey Kong arcade game.

                        Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the classic Donkey Kong arcade game.

                          Metin Seven 🎨 »
                          @metin@graphics.social

                          🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™³πš˜πš—πš”πšŽπš’ π™Ίπš˜πš—πš (level 3)

                          From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                          As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                          Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                          ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                          Voxel artwork depicting the classic Donkey Kong arcade game.

                          Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the classic Donkey Kong arcade game.

                            Metin Seven 🎨 »
                            @metin@graphics.social

                            🧡 π™±πšžπš‹ πšπš›πš˜πš– π™±πšžπš‹πš‹πš•πšŽ π™±πš˜πš‹πš‹πš•πšŽ 𝚊𝚜 π™±πšžπš‹πš‹πš•πšŽπšœ 🫧

                            From a series of tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                            More Bubble Bobble fan art:
                            graphics.social/@metin/1141488

                            Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                            ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                            3D artwork depicting the Bub character from the classic Bubble Bobble arcade platform game, with each pixel turned into a colored bubble.

                            Alt...3D artwork depicting the Bub character from the classic Bubble Bobble arcade platform game, with each pixel turned into a colored bubble.

                              Metin Seven 🎨 »
                              @metin@graphics.social

                              🧡 π™°πšπšŠπš›πš’ πš—πš˜πšœπšπšŠπš•πšπš’πšŠ

                              From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                              As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                              Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                              ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                              Retro-style poster design featuring a minimalistic voxel art interpretation of the iconic Atari 2600 joystick, and four Atari 2600 game screenshots.

                              Alt...Retro-style poster design featuring a minimalistic voxel art interpretation of the iconic Atari 2600 joystick, and four Atari 2600 game screenshots.

                                Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                @metin@graphics.social

                                🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™Άπš‘πš˜πšœπšπšœ 'πš—' π™Άπš˜πš‹πš•πš’πš—πšœ

                                From a series of 3D tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                                Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                Voxel artwork depicting a 3D interpretation of Capcom's classic 1980s Ghosts 'n' Goblins arcade game.

                                Alt...Voxel artwork depicting a 3D interpretation of Capcom's classic 1980s Ghosts 'n' Goblins arcade game.

                                  Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                  @metin@graphics.social

                                  🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™·πš˜πš’

                                  From a series of 3D tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                  I designed this game named Hoi for the Amiga, released worldwide on two diskettes in 1992.

                                  πŸ•ΉοΈ Info, music, downloads:

                                  ➑️

                                  ➑️ https:metinseven.nl βž” Team Hoi game devs

                                  Three renderings of voxel artwork depicting the 1992 Hoi Amiga platform game, with bright, colorful graphics and cute characters.

                                  Alt...Three renderings of voxel artwork depicting the 1992 Hoi Amiga platform game, with bright, colorful graphics and cute characters.

                                    Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                    @metin@graphics.social

                                    🧡 π™·πšžπš—πšπšŽπš› πšπš›πš’πš‹πšžπšπšŽ

                                    From a series of 3D tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                    Hunter was a filled-vector style Amiga game, released in 1991:

                                    amiga.abime.net/games/view/hun

                                    Low-polygon style 3D artwork depicting the 1991 Hunter Amiga game.

                                    Alt...Low-polygon style 3D artwork depicting the 1991 Hunter Amiga game.

                                      Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                      @metin@graphics.social

                                      🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™Έπš–πš™πš˜πšœπšœπš’πš‹πš•πšŽ π™Όπš’πšœπšœπš’πš˜πš—

                                      From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                      As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                                      Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                      ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                      Voxel artwork depicting the Impossible Mission Commodore 64 game.

                                      Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the Impossible Mission Commodore 64 game.

                                        Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                        @metin@graphics.social

                                        🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™»πšŠπšπš’ π™±πšžπš

                                        From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                        As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                                        Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                        ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                        Voxel artwork depicting the classic Lady Bug arcade game.

                                        Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the classic Lady Bug arcade game.

                                          Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                          @metin@graphics.social

                                          🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™»πšŽπš–πš–πš’πš—πšπšœ

                                          From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                          Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                          ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                          Three views of a voxel art tribute to the 16-bit game Lemmings.

                                          Alt...Three views of a voxel art tribute to the 16-bit game Lemmings.

                                            Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                            @metin@graphics.social

                                            🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™Όπš˜πš—πšπš’ πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšπšžπš—

                                            From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                            This game features my all-time favorite chiptune, composed by Rob Hubbard.

                                            Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                            ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                            Voxel artwork depicting the Monty on the Run Commodore 64 game.

                                            Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the Monty on the Run Commodore 64 game.

                                              Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                              @metin@graphics.social

                                              🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™Όπš›. π™³πš˜

                                              From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                              Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                              ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                              Voxel artwork depicting the classic Mr. Do arcade game.

                                              Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the classic Mr. Do arcade game.

                                                Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                @metin@graphics.social

                                                🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ πšπšŠπš’πš—πš‹πš˜πš  π™Έπšœπš•πšŠπš—πšπšœ

                                                From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                                Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                                ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                                Voxel artwork depicting the classic Rainbow Islands arcade game.

                                                Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the classic Rainbow Islands arcade game.

                                                  Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                  @metin@graphics.social

                                                  🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ π™»πš˜πšπšŽ πšπšžπš—πš—πšŽπš›

                                                  From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                                  As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                                                  Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                                  ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                                  Voxel artwork depicting the Lode Runner 8-bit game, Commodore 64 version with wide pixels.

                                                  Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the Lode Runner 8-bit game, Commodore 64 version with wide pixels.

                                                    Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                    @metin@graphics.social

                                                    🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ πš‚πš™πšŠπšŒπšŽ π™Έπš—πšŸπšŠπšπšŽπš›πšœ

                                                    From a range of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                                    As there were no voxel editors yet, I made them by extruding polygons in 3ds Max.

                                                    Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                                    ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                                    Voxel artwork depicting the classic Space Invaders arcade game.

                                                    Alt...Voxel artwork depicting the classic Space Invaders arcade game.

                                                      Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                      @metin@graphics.social

                                                      🧡 π™Έπš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ πš‚πš†π™Έπš…

                                                      From a series of voxel art tributes to childhood game nostalgia I made in the 2000s.

                                                      Rounded the voxels a bit here, for a different look.

                                                      Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                                      ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                                      Three views of a voxel art tribute to the 16-bit shoot-'em-up game SWIV.

                                                      Alt...Three views of a voxel art tribute to the 16-bit shoot-'em-up game SWIV.

                                                        Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                        @metin@graphics.social

                                                        🧡 π™±πš˜πšžπš•πšŽπšŸπšŠπš›πš 𝚘𝚏 π™±πš›πš˜πš”πšŽπš— π™ΆπšŠπš–πšŽπšœ

                                                        A voxel tribute to retro-games, made in 2013.

                                                        See other posts in this thread for more game-themed voxel art.

                                                        Voxel artwork, showing the Mario game character, standing on a boulevard, melancholically watching a sea with pixel-style waves.

                                                        Alt...Voxel artwork, showing the Mario game character, standing on a boulevard, melancholically watching a sea with pixel-style waves.

                                                          Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                          @metin@graphics.social

                                                          π™²πš˜πš–πš™πšžπšπšŽπš› π™ΆπšŠπš–πšŽ π™½πš˜πšœπšπšŠπš•πšπš’πšŠ

                                                          Voxel-style cover for a book I never wrote. πŸ™‚

                                                          My one-man company name used to be Seven's Heaven.

                                                          More game voxels in the 🧡

                                                          Voxel-style cover design for a book titled "Computer Game Nostalgia," featuring a large low-resolution Mario sprite.

                                                          Alt...Voxel-style cover design for a book titled "Computer Game Nostalgia," featuring a large low-resolution Mario sprite.

                                                            Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                            @metin@graphics.social

                                                            π™ΌπšŠπš›πš’πš˜'𝚜 πšπš’πš•πšŽπš–πš–πšŠ

                                                            Even the king of platformers has his doubts every now and then.

                                                            Made somewhere in the 2000s.

                                                            More game voxels in the 🧡

                                                            Minimalistic voxel-style Mario game character, standing on top of a high platform.

                                                            Alt...Minimalistic voxel-style Mario game character, standing on top of a high platform.

                                                              Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                              @metin@graphics.social

                                                              🧡 πšƒπš‘πšŽ π™²πšŠπš›πšŒπšŠπšœπšœ π™²πš˜πš—πšœπš™πš’πš›πšŠπšŒπš’

                                                              Made this around the late 2000s: a voxel-style tribute to early Lucasfilm games, like Maniac Mansion.

                                                              Some high-res images from this series are available here…

                                                              ko-fi.com/metinseven/shop

                                                              Minimalistic voxel-style advertisement for a non-existent game in the style of early Lucasfilm games.

                                                              Alt...Minimalistic voxel-style advertisement for a non-existent game in the style of early Lucasfilm games.

                                                                Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                @metin@graphics.social

                                                                π™ΆπšŠπš’ π™±πš˜πš’

                                                                Voxel-style wink to Nintendo's Game Boy.

                                                                Made somewhere in the early 2010s.

                                                                More game-related voxel artwork in the 🧡

                                                                Voxel-style artwork, showing two Game Boy handheld game consoles lovingly hugging each other.

                                                                Alt...Voxel-style artwork, showing two Game Boy handheld game consoles lovingly hugging each other.

                                                                  Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                  @metin@graphics.social

                                                                  π™Ήπšžπš–πš™, π™ΌπšŠπš›πš’πš˜, πš“πšžπš–πš™!

                                                                  Isometric pixel artwork, made in 2017.

                                                                  More game-related artwork in the 🧡

                                                                  Isometric pixel artwork, showing a cubically stylized Mario game character jumping over equally cubically shaped platforms and a crocodile-like monster head in water.

                                                                  Alt...Isometric pixel artwork, showing a cubically stylized Mario game character jumping over equally cubically shaped platforms and a crocodile-like monster head in water.

                                                                    Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                    @metin@graphics.social

                                                                    πŸŽ… π™ΌπšŽπš›πš›πš’πš˜ π™²πš‘πš›πš’πšœπšπš–πšŠπšœ

                                                                    My voxel-style 2012 xmas greeting card illustration.

                                                                    More game-related artwork in the 🧡

                                                                    Voxel-style wink to the classic Super Mario Bros games, featuring Santa Claus as a Mario sprite, jumping against a question mark block to reveal a Christmas present.

                                                                    Alt...Voxel-style wink to the classic Super Mario Bros games, featuring Santa Claus as a Mario sprite, jumping against a question mark block to reveal a Christmas present.

                                                                      Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                      @metin@graphics.social

                                                                      π™ΏπšŠπšŒ-π™ΌπšŠπš—'𝚜 πšπš’πš•πšŽπš–πš–πšŠ

                                                                      One of those days…

                                                                      Made somewhere around 2010.

                                                                      More game voxels in the 🧡

                                                                      Minimalistic voxel-style Pac-Man game scene, showing Pac-Man about to be sandwiched between two ghosts.

                                                                      Alt...Minimalistic voxel-style Pac-Man game scene, showing Pac-Man about to be sandwiched between two ghosts.

                                                                        Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                        @metin@graphics.social

                                                                        Alternative box cover artwork for the 1992 Hoi Amiga game in a minimalistic voxel style and retro look, reflecting a situation from the game. I made the original pixel graphics too.

                                                                        More game-related artwork in the 🧡

                                                                        Artwork in a minimalistic voxel style, depicting a situation from the 1992 Amiga game Hoi.

                                                                        Alt...Artwork in a minimalistic voxel style, depicting a situation from the 1992 Amiga game Hoi.

                                                                        Screenshot of the 1992 Amiga cute platform game Hoi.

                                                                        Alt...Screenshot of the 1992 Amiga cute platform game Hoi.

                                                                          Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                          @metin@graphics.social

                                                                          π™ΆπšŠπš–πšŽ π™ΎπšŸπšŽπš›

                                                                          Rescuing Princess Peach doesn't always work out. πŸ˜”

                                                                          Made around 2010.

                                                                          More game-related artwork in the 🧡

                                                                          Voxel-style artwork, showing a stylized Mario sitting at a bar with a glass of whisky in his hand. In the background you see a picture of Donkey Kong keeping Princess Peach hostage.

                                                                          Alt...Voxel-style artwork, showing a stylized Mario sitting at a bar with a glass of whisky in his hand. In the background you see a picture of Donkey Kong keeping Princess Peach hostage.

                                                                            Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                            @metin@graphics.social

                                                                            πŸ“ π™Ώπš˜πš—πš

                                                                            Voxel-style tribute to the atmospheric dawn of the digital revolution.

                                                                            More game-related artwork in the 🧡

                                                                            Alt...Looping animation, showing a minimalistic voxel-style character, sitting in an armchair while playing the classic Pong game.

                                                                              Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                              @metin@graphics.social

                                                                              πŸ‘Ύ πŸ…πŸ…›πŸ…˜πŸ…”πŸ… πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…’πŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…‘πŸ…”

                                                                              Voxel-style tribute to 8-bit shoot-'em-ups, made around 2010.

                                                                              More game-related artwork in the 🧡

                                                                              Minimalistic voxel-style poster design, showing a space fighter shooting at a huge grid of alien invaders.

                                                                              Alt...Minimalistic voxel-style poster design, showing a space fighter shooting at a huge grid of alien invaders.

                                                                                Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                                @metin@graphics.social

                                                                                Voxel-style 8-bit shoot-'em-up aliens, made around 2010.

                                                                                More game-related artwork in the 🧡

                                                                                Minimalistic voxel artwork of 8-bit style shoot-'em-up alien invaders.

                                                                                Alt...Minimalistic voxel artwork of 8-bit style shoot-'em-up alien invaders.

                                                                                  Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                                  @metin@graphics.social

                                                                                  πŸ‘Ύ πšπšŽπšπš›πš˜πš–πšŠπš—πš’πšŠ

                                                                                  Voxel artwork for a 2015 Amiga demo.

                                                                                  I don't know if the demo was actually released or not. 😊

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                                                                                  Artwork in a minimalistic voxel style, showing a retro-game player on a typical game platform, surrounded by 8-bit style characters.

                                                                                  Alt...Artwork in a minimalistic voxel style, showing a retro-game player on a typical game platform, surrounded by 8-bit style characters.

                                                                                    Wintermute_BBS boosted

                                                                                    Metin Seven 🎨 »
                                                                                    @metin@graphics.social

                                                                                    πŸ¦” πš‚πš˜πš—πš’πšŒ'𝚜 πšπš’πš•πšŽπš–πš–πšŠ

                                                                                    One of those days…

                                                                                    Made somewhere around 2010.

                                                                                    More game voxels in the 🧡

                                                                                    Minimalistic voxel-style Sonic the Hedgehog game scene, showing Sonic looking at menacing spikes that stand in the way between him and a gold ring.

                                                                                    Alt...Minimalistic voxel-style Sonic the Hedgehog game scene, showing Sonic looking at menacing spikes that stand in the way between him and a gold ring.

                                                                                      Paolo Amoroso boosted

                                                                                      Mark Bessey Β»
                                                                                      @mbessey@sfba.social

                                                                                      I wrote a new blog post:
                                                                                      A blast from the past: The UCSD p-System, Apple Pascal, and a dream of cross-platform compatibility never quite realized.
                                                                                      markbessey.blog/2025/04/14/a-b

                                                                                        Justine Smithies boosted

                                                                                        mms :runbsd: :emacs: :c64: Β»
                                                                                        @mms@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                        I am asking for photos of your battle stations to fill my thirst that I can not fill musket due to apartament space. Screw you, walls!

                                                                                        [please boost]

                                                                                          Paolo Amoroso Β»
                                                                                          @amoroso@fosstodon.org

                                                                                          Researching the best instruction set architectures for learning to program in Assembly for retro and modern CPUs. More than the final pick or the shortlist, what's interesting is the assessment the author does of each architecture.

                                                                                          thechipletter.substack.com/p/l

                                                                                            Videospielgeschichten Β»
                                                                                            @vsg_DE@mastodon.social

                                                                                            LESETIPP: Stolz packte der Sohnemann seinen C64 am Weihnachtsabend aus. Nachdem alles angeschlossen war, blickten traurige Kinderaugen auf einen leeren Bildschirm.

                                                                                            videospielgeschichten.de/rueck

                                                                                              Santiago Lema :amiga: Β»
                                                                                              @santiago@masto.lema.org

                                                                                              Is there a modern equivalent to newsgroups that is still minimalist?

                                                                                              I’d like something in the spirit. Like just sync .gmi files as messages in a structured way. You need an authorized public key to write.

                                                                                              Clients should be able to read and write on devices even if server and the bridge to reach it could be more advanced (like an ESP32 or a Pi to handle sockets and signing)

                                                                                                Patrick Georgi Β»
                                                                                                @patrick@retro.social

                                                                                                @santiago depending on what you mean by , "public key" might be prohibitive already.

                                                                                                Otherwise nncpgo.org/ might be a suitable building block, with BBS (fido technology networks, or any of the other inter-BBS protocols of back then) or even usenet message processing (just nncp instead of uucp) on top.

                                                                                                  Santiago Lema :amiga: Β»
                                                                                                  @santiago@masto.lema.org

                                                                                                  @patrick My view on is that fun matters more than purity and you will always need a non-retro component to make it connect to the modern world.

                                                                                                  Hey we’re using routers and fiber already so I don’t mind if there is one more translation step! Like the Amiga or C64 just write to a serial port and in the middle there’s an ESP32 that has a bazillion times more CPU power that does the http networking/encryption bridge.

                                                                                                    Wintermute_BBS Β»
                                                                                                    @Wintermute_BBS@oldbytes.space

                                                                                                    +++ SYSOP NEWS +++ SYSOP NEWS +++

                                                                                                    As you may remember, RC-BOX BBS - the world's first and (currently) only RC2014 based BBS - has been struggling with connectivity issues.

                                                                                                    The good news: I have finally been able to successfully mitigate these.

                                                                                                    Some background info: in October last year, I decided to do some maintenance on the system, updating my WiFi modem firmware and replacing the SC132 serial I/O module (using a 6.144 KHz crystal for a fixed 9600 bps) with its cousin, the SC110 serial I/O module which features a CTC chip so it can dynamically set any baud rate.

                                                                                                    Turns out that while the module is techincally 100% okay, it sometimes locks up when being used with the BYE.COM program for CP/M.

                                                                                                    I think this has to do with BYE.COM setting the CTC to the selected bps during initializiation (which happens after each hangup). For some reason, this often works but occasionally causes the SIO/2 to lock up.

                                                                                                    Sometimes, without any reason, BYE.COM would drop into an +++ATH loop although no one was connected, not being able to actually perform the AT command.

                                                                                                    It took me weeks to finally realize this, because I was so sure the problem originated from the Zimodem firmware and because the issue only showed up occasionally. It was very annyoing to debug.

                                                                                                    So as a result of this finding, I've put the SC132 with the fixed 9600 bps back into the system. Since then, no more of these issues occurred.

                                                                                                    As always, you can find all info on how to connect to RC-BOX BBS in my profile info.

                                                                                                    P.S.: so now I think the problem originates from the BYE.COM code. But since everything is working properly again, I don't have the desire to dig into the BYE.ASM code any time in the future. There are other projects that I'd like to go on with first.







                                                                                                    Photo of an SC110 serial I/O module for RC2014 computers

                                                                                                    Alt...Photo of an SC110 serial I/O module for RC2014 computers

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