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Peter Fletcher

@rectapete.bsky.social

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Cyclist and Atarian. User of Apple products. Philly Born. One of the people responsible for hosting Atari Party East. #Cycling #Atari #Retrocomputing

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · Aug 30

Atari Party is back for 2025! This year we are holding the event in Pennsylvania USA on Saturday, November 22nd at the historic Quakertown Train Station. Space is limit so contact me if you’d like to attend. www.atariparty.org

#Atari

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 2d

Put my iTunes library on shuffle this morning and the theme song from Brum was offered up during my commute to work. Decades ago when my son was small we'd watch this show together and I always thought the theme song was better than it needed to be.

What other kid show themes fit that same bill?

Brum ending theme song

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 3d

Awesome! I hope it is an amazing trip that creates amazing memories. Have fun!

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 3d

Here is the Jack-o'-lantern being drawn

Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 3d

Last Halloween I programmed a Jack-o'-lantern in Atari ST BASIC. Since I cannot focus on doing much of anything these days, I figured I'd share my previous useless crap.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 3d

I know this is going to come as a shock, but I am not choosing the Mega ST, though I do love it so.

I'm going with the Color Classic because.... damn that industrial design is so perfect to behold.

Damn shame a stock CC is so slow though. Waste of a perfect design.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 4d

The Macintosh Performa promo picture for this article was a choice. Was it a good choice? That I cannot say, but it was a choice.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 5d

Gee, the Fall ‘86 issue of STart Magazine has a topical article about running Artificial Intelligence languages on my Atari ST. ChatGPT can suck it!

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 5d

Reading through some October issues of my old #Atari magazines and the Fall ‘86 issue of STart and the October ‘95 issue of ST Format still have their cover disks intact. Maybe I should leave them be or maybe I should finally get around to seeing if the disks are still good.

Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 10d

A deadmau5 - Atari collaboration wasn't something I had on my BINGO card.

deadmau5 Is Teaming Up With Atari For Special Atari 7800 Game

💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. I've seen a lot of retro gaming references making their way into the music world of late. Bring ...

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 11d

We are just six weeks away from Atari Party 2025! If you find yourself in the Northeast / Mid-Atlantic USA on November 22nd and love Atari or vintage gaming/computing be sure to check in and let us know if you'd like to attend.

Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 11d

The Big Red H for the win

Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 11d

The Atari Compugraph Foto was one such example. I don't recall whether or not Atari was involved in my ASCII photo, but I hope it was :)

Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 11d

Me, aged five, in ASCII form. Taken on the Atlantic City, NJ boardwalk during the summer of 1975. Long, long, time ago.......

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 12d

Atari Party 2025 is coming up and I usually try to program a small demo to run on one of my machines at the party. I haven't gotten around to doing that yet this year, but I found this aborted bit that I didn't include in my 2024 demo.

Maybe I can work off of this to inspire me to get working.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 14d

Oh wow. Those are the best kinds of ride experiences.

Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 14d

It really is well done and the Cast Members really seem to enjoy playing their parts. Love it.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 14d

I have returned from a week at the House of Mouse. Though Mickey isn't without his problems it was good for my mental health to take a break from the relentless diet of depressing news.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 20d

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Limited Edition: Haunted Eyes Dad Hat

Do you ever feel like someone is watching you? Haunted House eyes on a 6-panel, low-profile dad hat.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 20d

atari.com/products/lim...

Limited Edition: Haunted Eyes Dad Hat

Do you ever feel like someone is watching you? Haunted House eyes on a 6-panel, low-profile dad hat.

atari.com

Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 20d

Heading to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party with my #Atari Haunted House hat and my Dead Milkmen t-shirt.

Being old has its privileges.

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Rodney Anonymous @rodneyanonymous.bsky.social · 23d

FREE Dead Milkmen/Gibbous Moon concert at Spruce Street Harbor Park TOMORROW (9/27). Doors are at 6 PM, show starts at 7 PM.

Free - as in "Don't cost nothin'."

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Rodney Anonymous @rodneyanonymous.bsky.social · 22d

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 23d

Oh wow. It’s been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. It’s so fun. Classic easy to learn, hard to master game. Plus even the 2600 version has really nice graphics.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 23d

Looked at a news feed and quickly noped out. Decided to play #Atari instead because everything in the real world is stupid.

Keystone Kapers is a damn fine diversion.

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Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social · 23d

Right back at ya

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