Andrew Oyston
@andrewoyston.bsky.social
IBMi software QA tester, fan of sci-fi, horror, video games (point and click especially), wargaming. Contributor to Fusion, Archive, Pixel Addict, and A Handheld History. Blog: http://tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com
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A gold standard festive offer coming soon!
#risc_os
#ChristmasCracker
#LimitedEdition
#BeQuick
#GoldStandard
#risc_os
#ChristmasCracker
#LimitedEdition
#BeQuick
#GoldStandard
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A gold standard festive offer coming soon!
#risc_os
#ChristmasCracker
#LimitedEdition
#BeQuick
#GoldStandard
#risc_os
#ChristmasCracker
#LimitedEdition
#BeQuick
#GoldStandard
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RISC OS 'Advent' Calendar 2025 - RISOSbits brings some sharng at Christmas
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Many thanks to Andy at RISCOSbits for showing us sharing is not just for Christmas for RISC OS users (It's not too late to send us yours).
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Many thanks to Andy at RISCOSbits for showing us sharing is not just for Christmas for RISC OS users (It's not too late to send us yours).
RISC OS 'Advent' Calendar 2025 - RISOSbits brings some sharng at Christmas
Technology News and Views
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December 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
RISC OS 'Advent' Calendar 2025 - RISOSbits brings some sharng at Christmas
www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2278.html
Many thanks to Andy at RISCOSbits for showing us sharing is not just for Christmas for RISC OS users (It's not too late to send us yours).
www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2278.html
Many thanks to Andy at RISCOSbits for showing us sharing is not just for Christmas for RISC OS users (It's not too late to send us yours).
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December 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New blog post and a review of a spectacular release from @editions64k.bsky.social - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2025/12/psyg...
Psygnosis - Games People Play - Tome One - Book Review
For a company synonymous with the 16-bit gaming era and beyond, it may perhaps surprise you that there hasn't already been a book covering t...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New blog post and a review of a spectacular release from @editions64k.bsky.social - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2025/12/psyg...
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I wrote this huge, 3,000-word or so deep dive into the state of game actors’ contracts in the UK, which is a hot mess of exploitation, AI clauses and chaotic rate calculations.
And no one read it.
But you really, REALLY should.
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
And no one read it.
But you really, REALLY should.
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
Contracts for game actors are a nightmare in the UK
SAG-AFTRA's strike might have sorted things out in the US – but UK contract negotiations are still a mess of exploitation, AI clauses, and non-standard rates
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I wrote this huge, 3,000-word or so deep dive into the state of game actors’ contracts in the UK, which is a hot mess of exploitation, AI clauses and chaotic rate calculations.
And no one read it.
But you really, REALLY should.
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
And no one read it.
But you really, REALLY should.
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
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SAM City... 1 page of SAM Coupe news + reviews, plus 4 pages of SAMCo adverts/news. A nice read. SU also drops two mentions of Lemmings for SAM, it was one of the worst kept secrets but wasn't officially announced for another 18 months or so. We got both Lemmings and Oh No More Lemmings. #samcoupe
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
SAM City... 1 page of SAM Coupe news + reviews, plus 4 pages of SAMCo adverts/news. A nice read. SU also drops two mentions of Lemmings for SAM, it was one of the worst kept secrets but wasn't officially announced for another 18 months or so. We got both Lemmings and Oh No More Lemmings. #samcoupe
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All ya want fer Christmas is me new fat book...
Which classic games did you spot in this flick through of our book - The Games Of A Lifetime?
Features behind-the-scenes titbits, facts, surprises & some pretty funny anecdotes.
Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #gaming #booksky @jazrignall.bsky.social
Features behind-the-scenes titbits, facts, surprises & some pretty funny anecdotes.
Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #gaming #booksky @jazrignall.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
All ya want fer Christmas is me new fat book...
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Windows 11 Companions for RISC OS youtu.be/MnC_zU7HpRk?si…
See the basics of our Windows 11 Companions, and feel the potential!#RISC_OSOS#RISCOSCompanionsn#WindowsInWindowsInRISCOSOS
See the basics of our Windows 11 Companions, and feel the potential!#RISC_OSOS#RISCOSCompanionsn#WindowsInWindowsInRISCOSOS
Windows 11 Companions for RISC OS
YouTube video by RISCOS bits
https://youtu.be/MnC_zU7HpRk?si…
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Windows 11 Companions for RISC OS youtu.be/MnC_zU7HpRk?si…
See the basics of our Windows 11 Companions, and feel the potential!#RISC_OSOS#RISCOSCompanionsn#WindowsInWindowsInRISCOSOS
See the basics of our Windows 11 Companions, and feel the potential!#RISC_OSOS#RISCOSCompanionsn#WindowsInWindowsInRISCOSOS
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Interesting watch for #RISC_OS users from @adriansdigitalbasement.com about a month ago, where he tries out an A420/1 that was sent to him & learns a fair bit about Acorn history along the way.
There's a follow-up video, but I'll save that for another day.
youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?...
There's a follow-up video, but I'll save that for another day.
youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?...
A piece of computing history: The Acorn Archimedes A420/1
YouTube video by Adrian's Digital Basement
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November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Interesting watch for #RISC_OS users from @adriansdigitalbasement.com about a month ago, where he tries out an A420/1 that was sent to him & learns a fair bit about Acorn history along the way.
There's a follow-up video, but I'll save that for another day.
youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?...
There's a follow-up video, but I'll save that for another day.
youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?...
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November 2025 News Summary
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Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?
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Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?
November 2025 News Summary
Technology News and Views
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November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
November 2025 News Summary
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Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?
www.iconbar.com/articles/Nov...
Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?
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“Charming cartoon spy adventure is frequently fun, though its unapologetically retro presentation may leave some feeling torn”
AGH’s @little-writer.bsky.social review of Splittown adventuregamehotspot.com/review/5369/... #indiegame #adventuregame #pcgame
AGH’s @little-writer.bsky.social review of Splittown adventuregamehotspot.com/review/5369/... #indiegame #adventuregame #pcgame
Splittown review | Adventure Game Hotspot
Splittown’s retro spy adventure charms you with its pixel art presentation, humor and puzzles, though uncovering all of its optional content and background information requires quite the deep infiltra...
adventuregamehotspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“Charming cartoon spy adventure is frequently fun, though its unapologetically retro presentation may leave some feeling torn”
AGH’s @little-writer.bsky.social review of Splittown adventuregamehotspot.com/review/5369/... #indiegame #adventuregame #pcgame
AGH’s @little-writer.bsky.social review of Splittown adventuregamehotspot.com/review/5369/... #indiegame #adventuregame #pcgame
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Want to find out more about the homebrew games featured in issue 276 of Retro Gamer (published in August 2025)?
Read the Homebrew Extra blog with the full interviews with Sarumaru on The Nyanja (PC Engine CD) and the Champion Coder, Sandro Mestre on his Zezito games. /more
Read the Homebrew Extra blog with the full interviews with Sarumaru on The Nyanja (PC Engine CD) and the Champion Coder, Sandro Mestre on his Zezito games. /more
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Want to find out more about the homebrew games featured in issue 276 of Retro Gamer (published in August 2025)?
Read the Homebrew Extra blog with the full interviews with Sarumaru on The Nyanja (PC Engine CD) and the Champion Coder, Sandro Mestre on his Zezito games. /more
Read the Homebrew Extra blog with the full interviews with Sarumaru on The Nyanja (PC Engine CD) and the Champion Coder, Sandro Mestre on his Zezito games. /more
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Here's my weekly sales pitch! :) Seriously, though - hard to think of a better Chrismas gift for a #gamedev or #indiegamedevelopers 😎
ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
RT🙏
ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
RT🙏
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Here's my weekly sales pitch! :) Seriously, though - hard to think of a better Chrismas gift for a #gamedev or #indiegamedevelopers 😎
ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
RT🙏
ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
RT🙏
New blog post and a perusal of the April 1985 issue of Dragon User - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2025/11/maga...
Magazines of Yesteryear - Dragon User - April 1985
As one of many 8-bit micros searching for a place in the limelight in the early 1980's, the Dragon 32 and 64 were reasonably successful by t...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
New blog post and a perusal of the April 1985 issue of Dragon User - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2025/11/maga...
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The Crimson Diamond is on sale for AdventureX! The event was one of the first times I showed TCD publicly and made me feel like a real game dev. It motivated me to continue onward. It brought me to London for the first time. What an adventure! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... #AdvX2025
Save 20% on The Crimson Diamond on Steam
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adv...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Crimson Diamond is on sale for AdventureX! The event was one of the first times I showed TCD publicly and made me feel like a real game dev. It motivated me to continue onward. It brought me to London for the first time. What an adventure! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... #AdvX2025
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Another very cool trilogy donation to the shelves, courtesy of Rodrigo Copetti! 🙏 📚
Tag someone who might be interested in
architecture analyses of the home consoles of yesteryear 👇
Tag someone who might be interested in
architecture analyses of the home consoles of yesteryear 👇
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Another very cool trilogy donation to the shelves, courtesy of Rodrigo Copetti! 🙏 📚
Tag someone who might be interested in
architecture analyses of the home consoles of yesteryear 👇
Tag someone who might be interested in
architecture analyses of the home consoles of yesteryear 👇
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I should have written more about Ex Novo following our successful KS campaign...
Anyway, if you are interested in a city-building, history-crafting game for 1 to 4 players, you should absolutely have a look here: www.sharkbombs.com/games/exnovo/
The brand new 2nd edition is out now 🎲🗺️
Anyway, if you are interested in a city-building, history-crafting game for 1 to 4 players, you should absolutely have a look here: www.sharkbombs.com/games/exnovo/
The brand new 2nd edition is out now 🎲🗺️
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I should have written more about Ex Novo following our successful KS campaign...
Anyway, if you are interested in a city-building, history-crafting game for 1 to 4 players, you should absolutely have a look here: www.sharkbombs.com/games/exnovo/
The brand new 2nd edition is out now 🎲🗺️
Anyway, if you are interested in a city-building, history-crafting game for 1 to 4 players, you should absolutely have a look here: www.sharkbombs.com/games/exnovo/
The brand new 2nd edition is out now 🎲🗺️
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Well now, there is a thing. An article on a type of tool I rather fancy, then I discover that it links to my own project in this area -- and my article about it...
writerDeck.org
Information about dedicated writing devices, digital typewriters, or modern word processors.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Well now, there is a thing. An article on a type of tool I rather fancy, then I discover that it links to my own project in this area -- and my article about it...
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New video uploaded: youtu.be/AuB1leFGihY
Demonstrates how our RISC OS Companions integrate with the RISC OS desktop environment.
#RISC_OS
#RISCOSCompanion
Demonstrates how our RISC OS Companions integrate with the RISC OS desktop environment.
#RISC_OS
#RISCOSCompanion
Linux Companions for RISC OS
YouTube video by RISCOS bits
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November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New video uploaded: youtu.be/AuB1leFGihY
Demonstrates how our RISC OS Companions integrate with the RISC OS desktop environment.
#RISC_OS
#RISCOSCompanion
Demonstrates how our RISC OS Companions integrate with the RISC OS desktop environment.
#RISC_OS
#RISCOSCompanion
New arrival and something I’ve been looking forward to since the Kickstarter from the minds of @sharkbombs.bsky.social and @konstantinosd.bsky.social.
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
New arrival and something I’ve been looking forward to since the Kickstarter from the minds of @sharkbombs.bsky.social and @konstantinosd.bsky.social.
Physical paperback copy has arrived - a reminder of my review posted last week - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Physical paperback copy has arrived - a reminder of my review posted last week - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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Okay, finally I have a place to buy the new 2nd edition book 😅
ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
#indiedev #indiegame #selfpublishing #brokensword
ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
#indiedev #indiegame #selfpublishing #brokensword
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Okay, finally I have a place to buy the new 2nd edition book 😅
ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
#indiedev #indiegame #selfpublishing #brokensword
ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
#indiedev #indiegame #selfpublishing #brokensword
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Spectrum Next #Delphian progress: so clipped quad and tri polygons are now fully working.😎 I can probably optimise the code a bit further... Best thing is: not a single divide anywhere. All done with multiplies ('cos Spectrum Next has a handy 8 cycle MUL instruction).🥰 Next step: 3D line draw.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Spectrum Next #Delphian progress: so clipped quad and tri polygons are now fully working.😎 I can probably optimise the code a bit further... Best thing is: not a single divide anywhere. All done with multiplies ('cos Spectrum Next has a handy 8 cycle MUL instruction).🥰 Next step: 3D line draw.
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Disassembly (+ comments) of tape protection of Repton (Acorn Electron). Interesting protection measures. Hidden data in tape block headers is my favourite trick github.com/0xC0DE6502/t...
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Disassembly (+ comments) of tape protection of Repton (Acorn Electron). Interesting protection measures. Hidden data in tape block headers is my favourite trick github.com/0xC0DE6502/t...
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While the #SAMCoupe is what I focus most of my time developing hardware, software and magazines for I also make #Hardware for #RC2014 and the #ZXSpectrum.
SAM Coupe -> 🌐 www.samcoupe.com
RC2014 Interfaces ->🌐 2014.samcoupe.com
ZX Spectrum ->🌐 zx.samcoupe.com
#retrocomputing #indiedev #gamedev
SAM Coupe -> 🌐 www.samcoupe.com
RC2014 Interfaces ->🌐 2014.samcoupe.com
ZX Spectrum ->🌐 zx.samcoupe.com
#retrocomputing #indiedev #gamedev
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
While the #SAMCoupe is what I focus most of my time developing hardware, software and magazines for I also make #Hardware for #RC2014 and the #ZXSpectrum.
SAM Coupe -> 🌐 www.samcoupe.com
RC2014 Interfaces ->🌐 2014.samcoupe.com
ZX Spectrum ->🌐 zx.samcoupe.com
#retrocomputing #indiedev #gamedev
SAM Coupe -> 🌐 www.samcoupe.com
RC2014 Interfaces ->🌐 2014.samcoupe.com
ZX Spectrum ->🌐 zx.samcoupe.com
#retrocomputing #indiedev #gamedev