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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome interview with a hero of mine, Allister Brimble, in this month’s issue of @freeze64.bsky.social

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Vinny Mainolfi | FREEZE64.com | Commodore 64 @freeze64.bsky.social · Jul 30

The colour proof of the first ever issue of FREEZE-ZX has *just* landed, and it looks gorgeous!
Hopefully the bulk order of print will arrive this time next week, at which point I’ll start posting out pre-orders.
Secure your copy from:
freeze64.com/freezezx-iss...
#ZXSpectrum #Speccy

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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · Jul 26

Need to record some more pods soon. Probably a batch of 3. If you have an interesting computer history, have a room with 300 C64's in it or run an interesting website/channel/podcast hit me up.

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Jun 10

And if you like retro computers feel free to download my games - they’re all free with any donations going to the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund charity in Leeds. mikerichmond.itch.io

MikeRichmond

mikerichmond.itch.io

richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Jun 10

Follow @freeze64.bsky.social for more news on that and his #commodore64 magazine too.

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Jun 10

I’ve preordered the new Freeze ZX magazine. Just what #zxspectrum fans need! freeze64.com/freeze-zx/

FREEZE-ZX Issues

This is just a short excerpt for the about page.

freeze64.com

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Apr 4

And the car looked shit, which is really something for a Proton to be downgraded.

richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Apr 4

I love that David Burton allegedly made up the Doctor Who story so he could get a free Proton car 😂

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Apr 4

I’m not being billed but wouldn’t mind if I was, latest videos have been excellent

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Vinny Mainolfi | FREEZE64.com | Commodore 64 @freeze64.bsky.social · Mar 27

The covers for the next 5 issues of FREEZE64
Now would be a good time to subscribe 😊🙏
freeze64.com/subscribe/
#Commodore64 #C64

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Mar 11

You can see how CBM’s downfall began…

richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Mar 6

Back when there was a choice of decathlon games 😂

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Mar 4

New game project: mikerichmond.itch.io/egbert

Egbert by MikeRichmond

A conversion of a Commodore 64 Avoid 'em Up

mikerichmond.itch.io

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Feb 28

I’ve bit run up to yet, but you get 8192 “tokens” (approximately equivalent to bytes) for code. Keeps the scope manageable.

richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Feb 27

Working on a port of one of the most infuriating c64 games I ever played… Egbert

richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Feb 26

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Feb 26

What are the odds you’ve loaded that, I’m working on a pico-8 remake 😂

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Feb 22

Half term project done mikerichmond.itch.io/vegetablespi...

Vegetables PICO-8 by MikeRichmond

A Match 3 Game

mikerichmond.itch.io

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Vinny Mainolfi | FREEZE64.com | Commodore 64 @freeze64.bsky.social · Jan 18

👉BUY NOW: FREEZE64 Issue 73:
freeze64.com/freeze64-iss...
👻Phantoms of the Asteroid
🎙️Martin Ellis
👾Andrew Braybrook
💩CCRAPBACK with Julian Rignall
🎙️John Rowlands
🧊Ice Busters
🕹️Avalan
💣Bomb Jack
🐿️Secret Squirrel
📖Chris Stanley’s Dev Diary
+ LOTS MORE!
#Commodore64 #C64

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richmondmike.bsky.social @richmondmike.bsky.social · Jan 16

The latest issue of @freeze64.bsky.social has arrived and, yes, it does address the question “what exactly is the name of this game?”

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