Real Programmer with screwdriver. Born to nerd. Respawned 80s game developer. Tech, games, cycling, sci-fi and old computers. Contents may unsettle.

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Is there a #FOSS remote desktop thing where I can connect from my Mac to a Windows PC and can do file transfers and clipboards? Some version of VNC? #LazyWeb

2025-01-23 18:04:37 UTC

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Yep. A whole world of cuboids. 16.16 fixed point. You couldn’t do non-aligned boxes at any reasonable speed on an A500.

2025-01-23 07:24:54 UTC

Untitled #Amiga - Isometric Game WIP 2025/01
A complete playthrough of the first area! This is about a year's part-time work,with breaks, and there's a long way to go yet...
https://youtu.be/4Yj6bBysi_E
#RetroGaming #RetroDev #Isometric

2025-01-08 21:00:06 UTC

Any UK folk have a need of these? I have no means to test them.
#retrocomputing #c64 #bbc #floppydisk #floppy
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2024-12-22 21:03:40 UTC

Absolute scenes on the SANTATRON boards! ZAKTDUCK and ULTRANARWHAL defeating Buynet to save #Christmas, and now six Santas in seven figures!
Scores:
https://retro.nivrig.com/santatron.html
Become Santatron:
https://nivrig.itch.io/santatron-2024
#Amiga #RetroGaming
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2024-12-17 16:39:52 UTC

Radio PARALAX Christmas Edition - many new retro games reviewed including SANTATRON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9SLYOCr6ag [YT] [German]
#Commodore #Amiga #RetroGaming #Christmas

2024-12-10 14:42:59 UTC

The Best Amiga Christmas Games – A Festive Blast from the Past! By RetroGamesRediscovered.
https://youtu.be/WesYRDQCxNY
#Amiga #RetroGaming #Santa #Christmas

2024-12-10 08:27:29 UTC

Gentlesantas, start your deliveries, the Turbo Santa scoreboards for 2024 are open! Just a friendly(?) score competition this year.
Who will come top? Can anyone top both the Turbo Santa and Sanatatron boards?
🎅🏻💨 🎅🏻🕶
https://retro.nivrig.com/turbosanta.html
https://retro.nivrig.com/santatron.html
It's time for Turbo, Santa!
https://nivrig.itch.io/turbo-santa
Santatron is first with Amiga Addict issue 34!
https://amiga.addict.media
#Commodore #Amiga #RetroGaming #Christmas #Santa

2024-12-07 15:37:32 UTC

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2024-12-01 21:44:47 UTC

Ups and downs.
🧙🏻
#Amiga #RetroDev
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2024-11-14 10:14:54 UTC

...holidays are comin'...
🎅🏻💨
#Amiga #RetroGaming
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2024-10-24 08:02:10 UTC

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#20Games that underpinned key moments in your life. Screenshot or box art, no review, no explanation, just games.
09/20
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2024-10-17 13:08:01 UTC

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Seems one hasn't been updated since 2023 and output analogue video like the original chip anyway, but the other is in progress and part of a remade VIC-20 project.
Source: VIC-20 Facebook group.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/409913254820916