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Retrogaming. Daft witterings. https://linktr.ee/bpharoah.co.uk All views are my own, and let's face it, who else could they belong to? I probably won't follow back if your timeline is heavily political. No offence, I just want happy retrogaming vibes!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Feb 11
A very quick list I made for me, but might be useful to others. #ZX81 #retrogaming

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ZX81 - Psion Games - bpharoah
A very short post, but I think a necessary one. I’ve spent a fair amount of time compiling this list, because I can’t find this anywhere else on the interwebs. Here are all the ZX81 games authored by ...
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · 14d
Pretty sure it says "Dan Dare II" top left of the second picture.

I remember taping across the tabs too. Pretty sure I was a bit tidier with it!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · 15d
What do we think? My guess is Street Fighter and Dan Dare II? So, #ZXSpectrum ?
Mystery cassette. Does it say Street Fighter on it? Mystery cassette. Does it say Dan Dare II?
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · 20d
Ah, here it is. Clearly seen better days! #Atari #retrogaming
Front cover of The Count by Scott Adams. Dracula is spreading his arms in front of a backdrop of his Transylvanian castle. This is the cassette version for the Atari 8-bit computers. Inside the cover of The Count by Scott Adams. Some blurb about other adventures on the left, the cassette itself in a broken bit of polystyrene. This is the cassette version for the Atari 8-bit computers. The back cover of The Count by Scott Adams. Lots of blurb about the game. This is the cassette version for the Atari 8-bit computers.
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · 21d
Oh no! All those things I said I'd do on Monday are going to catch up with me tomorrow!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · 24d
Well I thought it was funny...
An AI generated album cover. The title is "The Life of a Flatulent Showgirl", by Taylor's Whiffed. The picture is of a farting showgirl - comedy puff of gas coming from her backside!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · 28d
I demand that it is not Monday tomorrow.
a picture of a potted plant with the words oh no not again
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 26
I don't have an Acorn Electron, but I felt I had to grab this. It's in lovely condition. I'm pretty sure I have this on cassette for the Atari too somewhere. #retrogaming
Cover for the cassette version of "The Count" for the Acorn Electron computer. It says "Adventure International 5" at the top. Bottom left it says "an original Scott Adams adventure." The main picture is your typical Transylvanian scene, with a long winding road leading up to an imposing castle, and Dracula in the forefront with his arms spread.
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 20
I've made it worse. Back to not turning on and humming loudly. Aaargh.
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 20
Thanks. I shall sacrifice some capacitors to the CRT TV Gods...
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 20
Yep!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 20
I *WILL* fix it!

#crt #tv #retrogaming
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 14
Okay, so it's something a bit more than tuning in a channel. But, this is serious progress as it's been a year since I managed to last get it to turn on. #Philips #Discoverer #CRTV #retrogaming

Yes, I have adjusted the brightness and contrast since taking this picture!
A wobbly image of Donkey Kong on the Atari 800 showing on a Philips Discoverer TV screen.
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 13
Does anyone know how to fine tune the channels on a Philips Discoverer TV? Just needs a little tweak! #retrogaming
A picture of a Philips Discoverer TV with Space Invaders on the screen, running on an Atari 800.
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 13
I've just had a sudden 30-year flashback to my University days, and I now realise that the maths lecturer was just like Pops from #RegularShow !

The statistics lecture involving a coin, where he innocently talked about tossing and getting good head will forever stay with me...
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 7
Just remembered that I washed all the bedding, and now I have to remake the beds.
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 5
I'd like a really dull and completely uneventful week next week please.
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Sep 4
Always more fun when things need fixing! I got one of these, and I had to fix the power socket. Was so pleased when it sprang into life that I found myself buying another one to fix up!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Aug 28
Both my knees are in agony after climbing up and down Snowdon, yet I've just given my seat up to somebody else on a packed train because I'm too bloody nice.

Send good karma my way!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Aug 27
What a world we live in, where you can still get a 4G signal on a mountain!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Aug 24
Decided it would be fun to hook my #Atari 800XL up to my monitor last night. It wasn't! Got a picture, but no sound.

So I hooked it up to my portable monitor instead. That worked.

Then I spent ages trying to get a game to load from tape.

Once loaded, it was rubbish!

I love #retrogaming !
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Aug 23
I had such a battle getting my Saturn to read any disks at all, I had totally forgotten I'd installed a Phantom chip too! Thank you for reminding me!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Aug 23
Kids screaming. Dogs barking. Seagulls screeching. Motorbikes roaring. There really is so much noise pollution these days. It's enough to send you round the twist.

And the seagulls really do need to bugger off back to the sea. Clue's in the name you daft birds.
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Aug 22
Have I got a wee cough?

No, I've got a week off!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Aug 22
Just seen someone selling an original #Atari 2600 console. Except they've attached a large lightbulb to it and called it a lamp. Why? Why would you do this?!
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🕹️ bpharoah 🕹️ @bpharoah.bsky.social · Aug 20
I like to dig this out from time to time. This *never* fails to make me laugh!

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A horse says 'Benny Hill' in Lord of the Rings.
YouTube video by Jules Benjamin
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