Dave / is on Nostr

Dice maker, gamer nerd, developer, Dolphins fan. Twitter refugee.

Still fighting the 80s 8-bit wars, one port comparison at a time. #SpeccyVsTheWorld

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2023-11-25 18:10:39

I am a developer (one who specialises in impostor syndrome) but I am not a game developer.
That said, I do sometimes get a mad urge to port the 1982 arcade game "The Pit" to platforms that don't yet have it.
Like this week, where I suddenly decided I wanted to get into Pico-8 dev for that very purpose.
One day later and it's taking shape!
#gamedev #pico8 #thepit #screenshotsaturday #retrogaming
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2023-11-18 09:40:08

Indulging in some #Marillion today with some early morning Misplaced Childhood... was reading about the album and came across this on Wikipedia:
"...for example, "Kayleigh" references the breakdown of relationships as a whole but is centered around Fish's past girlfriend named Kay Lee. Fish came up with the name Kayleigh in order to obscure the original name due to the song being too personal."
She'll never guess...

2023-10-28 10:59:37

Nearly time for this year's #Spooktacular, an act of cinematic self-harm where @npub1nhw…g2sy and me randomly select terrible 80s horror movies from a smorgasbord of mediocrity, then subject ourselves to them for 12 hours or so.
This year's selection is especially stinky. We've been doing this so many years that anything half-decent has been long since watched, and anything left is, well, "Dark Night of the Scarecrow".
Wish us luck, we'll need it. 🎃
#Halloween
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2023-10-27 19:13:28

We're having a major realisation about the emergence of the "Fresh Prince"... 1986! Four full years before the sitcom!
What's that about? Did someone mess with the timeline?
#totp

2023-10-27 19:03:33

I can almost sense the huge relieved sigh on Mastodon #totp when an 80s episode starts and we wave goodbye to all those confusing modern 90s tunes.

2023-10-27 18:44:39

I like Oasis, but I'll forever associate them with standing under a seemingly endless barrage of piss-filled Lucozade bottles when I saw them at Wembley in 2000.
Humans are grim.
#totp

2023-10-27 18:18:54

Listen, alright... I don't like Bjork. I don't GET her. It's like, pick a pitch.
#totp

2023-10-13 18:58:46

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@npub1nhw…g2sy Stop wiggling over there! Wiggling is now banned in this house! #totp

2023-10-13 18:57:33

This song is putting me off wiggling.
#totp

2023-10-13 18:05:36

Is this another Rednex song or the same Rednex song?
#totp

2023-10-06 18:26:36

I've had that Alex Party song in my head for the last three weeks running... which, in this endless age of Celine Dione, I'm classing as "a lucky escape".
#totp

2023-09-15 19:35:21

Ohhhh... we should watch Back To The Future....
#totp

2023-09-01 18:33:25

Sliding back into the 80s after all that awful modern 90s music feels like slipping into a nice warm bath with a Marathon bar.
#totp

2023-08-30 05:57:25

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@npub1gg8…439g But think of the shareholder profits we're maximising...

2023-08-15 10:21:43

Just back from holiday to discover there's a new Baldur's Gate out, Half Life has had an update, and Quake 2 is the new hotness.
Did I fall through a portal to 1999 or something?
#Gaming

2023-06-14 12:00:17

Okay, who had "McDonalds Release New Gameboy Color Skateboarding Game in 2023" as their entry in the Unlikely Gaming Events Sweepstake?
https://retrododo.com/mcdonalds-grimaces-birthday/
#McDonalds #GBC #GameboyColor #Gameboy
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