Richard Troupe
@richardtroupe.bsky.social
Firefighter and teacher.
Retro gaming, old computers, reading and weightlifting.
Does console and computer stuff for Base Arcade.
Belfast, Ireland.
He/him.
Retro gaming, old computers, reading and weightlifting.
Does console and computer stuff for Base Arcade.
Belfast, Ireland.
He/him.
Pinned
Richard Troupe
@richardtroupe.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Intro!
Hi, I'm Richard. 👋
I'm a firefighter who has a serious interest in gaming, particularly from 1980s and 1990s.
Things I love include...
- Commodore
- early Apple
- Nintendo
- Sega
- Atari
- Arcades
- obscure Japanese systems
I also do console and computer things for Base Arcade in Belfast.
Hi, I'm Richard. 👋
I'm a firefighter who has a serious interest in gaming, particularly from 1980s and 1990s.
Things I love include...
- Commodore
- early Apple
- Nintendo
- Sega
- Atari
- Arcades
- obscure Japanese systems
I also do console and computer things for Base Arcade in Belfast.
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Cronenberg's body horror schtick is softening in his old age
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cronenberg's body horror schtick is softening in his old age
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it's generic late november discounts time! kitsune tails is 33% off, its biggest discount yet, but if you buy the bundle you get all our games for the price of one full price copy of kitsune tails: itch.io/s/169922/kit...
please help us survive winter 🙏
please help us survive winter 🙏
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
it's generic late november discounts time! kitsune tails is 33% off, its biggest discount yet, but if you buy the bundle you get all our games for the price of one full price copy of kitsune tails: itch.io/s/169922/kit...
please help us survive winter 🙏
please help us survive winter 🙏
Avoid the annual slop of the US Army OORAH propaganda game, and give a chance to some of the great indie titles on this thread.
Reject AAA gaming, embrace indie.
Reject AAA gaming, embrace indie.
I really hate how Call Of Duty just sucks the oxygen out of the room. So, the campaign in the annual corporate franchise sucks this year? There's been more words written about that than probably EVERY OTHER FPS RELEASED THIS YEAR COMBINED.
And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones
And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Avoid the annual slop of the US Army OORAH propaganda game, and give a chance to some of the great indie titles on this thread.
Reject AAA gaming, embrace indie.
Reject AAA gaming, embrace indie.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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"AI is inevitable" doomers would immediately betray you to the nazis. They would hide their zombie bite from the group. They would shoot you in the back for 30 extra seconds of life.
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"AI is inevitable" doomers would immediately betray you to the nazis. They would hide their zombie bite from the group. They would shoot you in the back for 30 extra seconds of life.
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My #Amiga games are on a frankly ridiculous discount for the next couple of days.
itch.io/s/170629/bla...
#Commodore #RetroDev
itch.io/s/170629/bla...
#Commodore #RetroDev
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My #Amiga games are on a frankly ridiculous discount for the next couple of days.
itch.io/s/170629/bla...
#Commodore #RetroDev
itch.io/s/170629/bla...
#Commodore #RetroDev
This is one of my favourite Jaguar related stories.
Just perfection.
Just perfection.
As prominently featured in one of my favorite games history articles of all time, courtesy of @mrbiffo.bsky.social: web.archive.org/web/20231008...
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is one of my favourite Jaguar related stories.
Just perfection.
Just perfection.
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'Club Drive' released on this day in 1994.
The "premiere" driving game for the Atari Jaguar, featuring a range of different race / mission modes and even the ability to rewind time. Unfortunately, it was also critically slammed for its lacklustre visuals and audio.
The "premiere" driving game for the Atari Jaguar, featuring a range of different race / mission modes and even the ability to rewind time. Unfortunately, it was also critically slammed for its lacklustre visuals and audio.
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
'Club Drive' released on this day in 1994.
The "premiere" driving game for the Atari Jaguar, featuring a range of different race / mission modes and even the ability to rewind time. Unfortunately, it was also critically slammed for its lacklustre visuals and audio.
The "premiere" driving game for the Atari Jaguar, featuring a range of different race / mission modes and even the ability to rewind time. Unfortunately, it was also critically slammed for its lacklustre visuals and audio.
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
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Have you played Atari today?
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Have you played Atari today?
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November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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"May god forgive you for what you've done here today, because I won't. And neither will the children of Ulster."
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"May god forgive you for what you've done here today, because I won't. And neither will the children of Ulster."
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If anyone is attending tomorrow's IPSC march in Belfast, be aware that fash types are openly planning some kind of confrontation.
If someone sticks a camera in your face, do not engage.
If you see instigators within the march/rally, point them out to stewards.
Keep yourself and your comrades safe.
If someone sticks a camera in your face, do not engage.
If you see instigators within the march/rally, point them out to stewards.
Keep yourself and your comrades safe.
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If anyone is attending tomorrow's IPSC march in Belfast, be aware that fash types are openly planning some kind of confrontation.
If someone sticks a camera in your face, do not engage.
If you see instigators within the march/rally, point them out to stewards.
Keep yourself and your comrades safe.
If someone sticks a camera in your face, do not engage.
If you see instigators within the march/rally, point them out to stewards.
Keep yourself and your comrades safe.
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Dear Godless Heathens
Here is another 10+ hours of NES music.
If anyone says that some tracks don't sound like the NES I say to you that they're using NES expansion audio so shut up.
If you like this stuff please consider reposting :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMsj...
#nes #famicom #retrogaming
Here is another 10+ hours of NES music.
If anyone says that some tracks don't sound like the NES I say to you that they're using NES expansion audio so shut up.
If you like this stuff please consider reposting :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMsj...
#nes #famicom #retrogaming
Over 10 Hours of NES/Famicom Music Volume 2
YouTube video by Catherine
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Dear Godless Heathens
Here is another 10+ hours of NES music.
If anyone says that some tracks don't sound like the NES I say to you that they're using NES expansion audio so shut up.
If you like this stuff please consider reposting :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMsj...
#nes #famicom #retrogaming
Here is another 10+ hours of NES music.
If anyone says that some tracks don't sound like the NES I say to you that they're using NES expansion audio so shut up.
If you like this stuff please consider reposting :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMsj...
#nes #famicom #retrogaming
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This line from Video Games (Apr 83) was too prescient. One of the more frustrating things to me about the state of video game preservation is what feels like a general lack of interest in pre-'80s games; I will never stop banging the drum about the importance of '70s games (especially Death Race).
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This line from Video Games (Apr 83) was too prescient. One of the more frustrating things to me about the state of video game preservation is what feels like a general lack of interest in pre-'80s games; I will never stop banging the drum about the importance of '70s games (especially Death Race).
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Neurosis
Red Sparowes
Cryptopsy
Converge
Emma Ruth Rundle
Neurosis
Red Sparowes
Cryptopsy
Converge
Emma Ruth Rundle
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Iron Maiden
Kiss
WASP
The Damned
Misfits
Iron Maiden
Kiss
WASP
The Damned
Misfits
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Nightwish
Lady Gaga
The Sugar Hill Gang
Slipknot
The Mavericks
Nightwish
Lady Gaga
The Sugar Hill Gang
Slipknot
The Mavericks
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Neurosis
Red Sparowes
Cryptopsy
Converge
Emma Ruth Rundle
Neurosis
Red Sparowes
Cryptopsy
Converge
Emma Ruth Rundle
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what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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They're not evangelists, they are certainly not experts, they're nothing but the increasingly standard blend of con men and dodgy salesmen.
So why do we afford them so much uncritical coverage, why do we allow them to lobby and advise governments, and why do we let them write their own policies?
So why do we afford them so much uncritical coverage, why do we allow them to lobby and advise governments, and why do we let them write their own policies?
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
They're not evangelists, they are certainly not experts, they're nothing but the increasingly standard blend of con men and dodgy salesmen.
So why do we afford them so much uncritical coverage, why do we allow them to lobby and advise governments, and why do we let them write their own policies?
So why do we afford them so much uncritical coverage, why do we allow them to lobby and advise governments, and why do we let them write their own policies?
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i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
🫠
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
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Gizmodo isn't pulling any punches about ModRetro lol
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Gizmodo isn't pulling any punches about ModRetro lol
Inside textfiles dot com A Time Capsule of the Early Internet
YouTube video by The Retro Room Games
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Steel Empire (Genesis, 1992)
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Steel Empire (Genesis, 1992)
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another interview from this event: animation director Takeshi Nozue, lead programmer Hirofumi Hayashida, animator Hirohiko Sugamura & & cinematic animator Tomonori Kubokawa discuss the making of D-2 www.4gamer.net/games/999/G9... 🇯🇵 there is some talk of the M2 version, too
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
another interview from this event: animation director Takeshi Nozue, lead programmer Hirofumi Hayashida, animator Hirohiko Sugamura & & cinematic animator Tomonori Kubokawa discuss the making of D-2 www.4gamer.net/games/999/G9... 🇯🇵 there is some talk of the M2 version, too