Rob Caporetto
@robcap.bsky.social
Australian, 40-something (he/him) coder of Games & Stuff until the Industry took an Arrow to the Knee.
Looking for what's next, whilst making vids on old games & more.
Here for connections, not shitposts.
Check it all out: linktr.ee/hellfire64
Looking for what's next, whilst making vids on old games & more.
Here for connections, not shitposts.
Check it all out: linktr.ee/hellfire64
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Rob Caporetto
@robcap.bsky.social
· Jul 27
I guess it's intro time, right?
Name's Rob. I'm primarily a programmer (gameplay &UI), but I'm also big into exploring gaming's past - which I do by making videos about them.
Looking forward to meeting cool folks!
If you want everything I'm up to, it's all here: https://linktr.ee/hellfire64
<3
Name's Rob. I'm primarily a programmer (gameplay &UI), but I'm also big into exploring gaming's past - which I do by making videos about them.
Looking forward to meeting cool folks!
If you want everything I'm up to, it's all here: https://linktr.ee/hellfire64
<3
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The good news just keeps on coming
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The good news just keeps on coming
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so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
I’d probably use it to really push my personal game making stuff, and invest in myself first my video projects.
Without some of the pressures I’m dealing with atm, I’d probably have a chance to be a little more creative without life pressures.
(Hard Times are not Fun Times)
Without some of the pressures I’m dealing with atm, I’d probably have a chance to be a little more creative without life pressures.
(Hard Times are not Fun Times)
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I’d probably use it to really push my personal game making stuff, and invest in myself first my video projects.
Without some of the pressures I’m dealing with atm, I’d probably have a chance to be a little more creative without life pressures.
(Hard Times are not Fun Times)
Without some of the pressures I’m dealing with atm, I’d probably have a chance to be a little more creative without life pressures.
(Hard Times are not Fun Times)
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Technical perfection, an incredible soundtrack, and impossible to put down: Sektori is one of the best games of the year and every sicko needs to play it. aftermath.site/sektori-shoote...
Sektori Is The Technically Perfect Heir To Geometry Wars
I need every sicko reading this to play Sektori right now.
aftermath.site
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Technical perfection, an incredible soundtrack, and impossible to put down: Sektori is one of the best games of the year and every sicko needs to play it. aftermath.site/sektori-shoote...
I'll admit: if it wasn't for losing a bunch of time last week having to "catch up" on BS to keep my unemployment, I probably wouldn't drop this…
…but hey, if you want to see some thoughtful, nostalgia-free explorations of games for cool old kit… then consider me!
🖤
www.patreon.com/c/robc
…but hey, if you want to see some thoughtful, nostalgia-free explorations of games for cool old kit… then consider me!
🖤
www.patreon.com/c/robc
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'll admit: if it wasn't for losing a bunch of time last week having to "catch up" on BS to keep my unemployment, I probably wouldn't drop this…
…but hey, if you want to see some thoughtful, nostalgia-free explorations of games for cool old kit… then consider me!
🖤
www.patreon.com/c/robc
…but hey, if you want to see some thoughtful, nostalgia-free explorations of games for cool old kit… then consider me!
🖤
www.patreon.com/c/robc
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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
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And TURRICAN! A bumper collection featuring the home computer and console games in the series, plus the special Score Attack and Director's Cut versions.
That's not all!
🚨NEW CART ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨
Blast through top-tier 16-bit run-and-gun fun with The Turrican Collection for Evercade, featuring 8 classic games and 2 bonus "Director's Cut" variants. Coming Feb 2026!
Preorders are open RIGHT NOW!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2dy9gqtGp8
🚨NEW CART ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨
Blast through top-tier 16-bit run-and-gun fun with The Turrican Collection for Evercade, featuring 8 classic games and 2 bonus "Director's Cut" variants. Coming Feb 2026!
Preorders are open RIGHT NOW!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2dy9gqtGp8
Evercade - The Turrican Collection - Trailer
YouTube video by Evercade
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
And TURRICAN! A bumper collection featuring the home computer and console games in the series, plus the special Score Attack and Director's Cut versions.
"I persist out of spite".
With the challenges of this particular week, that line hits quite a bit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1g8...
With the challenges of this particular week, that line hits quite a bit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1g8...
Dying Wish - I Don't Belong Anywhere (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by SharpTone Records
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"I persist out of spite".
With the challenges of this particular week, that line hits quite a bit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1g8...
With the challenges of this particular week, that line hits quite a bit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1g8...
Damn, just go and put a stake in my damn heart why don't you? 😭
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Damn, just go and put a stake in my damn heart why don't you? 😭
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here are some gunstar wires for no good reason
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
here are some gunstar wires for no good reason
The thing that well and truly kills morale with an extended job search is the phreaking silence.
Firing off an application, with silence being the response 99% of the time.
Which gets amplified when you have a quota - because sometimes you can't deal with that much demoralising shit…
(1/2)
Firing off an application, with silence being the response 99% of the time.
Which gets amplified when you have a quota - because sometimes you can't deal with that much demoralising shit…
(1/2)
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The thing that well and truly kills morale with an extended job search is the phreaking silence.
Firing off an application, with silence being the response 99% of the time.
Which gets amplified when you have a quota - because sometimes you can't deal with that much demoralising shit…
(1/2)
Firing off an application, with silence being the response 99% of the time.
Which gets amplified when you have a quota - because sometimes you can't deal with that much demoralising shit…
(1/2)
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Reposted by Rob Caporetto
One more push of the More Neat Gems in Arcade Archives vid from last week - I'd like to think it's a good vid, and one I hope stokes more curiosity for a rad and important project :)
Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!
Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!
NEW VIDEO: I’m a big fan of Arcade Archives as one of those #retrogaming projects which celebrates a bunch of Arcade gaming’s past.
So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat!
youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc
So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat!
youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc
More Selections from Hamster's Arcade Archives I Just Think Are Neat - Beyond The Scanlines #129
YouTube video by Beyond The Scanlines
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One more push of the More Neat Gems in Arcade Archives vid from last week - I'd like to think it's a good vid, and one I hope stokes more curiosity for a rad and important project :)
Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!
Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!
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"It’s effortlessly intuitive to the point of feeling magical [...] the simple, straightforward joy of Kirby’s tilting ‘n’ tumbling."
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/29/k...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/29/k...
Korokoro Kirby: Rolly good fun
Poor Kirby. HAL’s adorable pink friend/godlike eldritch horror hidden in plain sight has often been the smiling test subject of Nintendo characters, the malleable mascot most likely to get lu…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"It’s effortlessly intuitive to the point of feeling magical [...] the simple, straightforward joy of Kirby’s tilting ‘n’ tumbling."
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/29/k...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/29/k...
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There’s an Arcade Archives sale incoming for PS4/Switch. All ACA NEOGEO games, all half-off. Includes the following games:
Zed Blade
Metal Slug
Cyber-Lip
KoF 2002
Thrash Rally
Aero Fighters 2
Art of Fighting 2
The Last Blade 2
Super Sidekicks
Sengoku 3
Zed Blade
Metal Slug
Cyber-Lip
KoF 2002
Thrash Rally
Aero Fighters 2
Art of Fighting 2
The Last Blade 2
Super Sidekicks
Sengoku 3
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
There’s an Arcade Archives sale incoming for PS4/Switch. All ACA NEOGEO games, all half-off. Includes the following games:
Zed Blade
Metal Slug
Cyber-Lip
KoF 2002
Thrash Rally
Aero Fighters 2
Art of Fighting 2
The Last Blade 2
Super Sidekicks
Sengoku 3
Zed Blade
Metal Slug
Cyber-Lip
KoF 2002
Thrash Rally
Aero Fighters 2
Art of Fighting 2
The Last Blade 2
Super Sidekicks
Sengoku 3
One more push of the More Neat Gems in Arcade Archives vid from last week - I'd like to think it's a good vid, and one I hope stokes more curiosity for a rad and important project :)
Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!
Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!
NEW VIDEO: I’m a big fan of Arcade Archives as one of those #retrogaming projects which celebrates a bunch of Arcade gaming’s past.
So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat!
youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc
So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat!
youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc
More Selections from Hamster's Arcade Archives I Just Think Are Neat - Beyond The Scanlines #129
YouTube video by Beyond The Scanlines
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One more push of the More Neat Gems in Arcade Archives vid from last week - I'd like to think it's a good vid, and one I hope stokes more curiosity for a rad and important project :)
Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!
Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!
There is something unnerving about your bus stopping at a stop for more than a few mins, and the driver chilling.
Especially when it’s having to detour due to major road works, and you’re getting that feeling you might not end up where you want.
Especially when it’s having to detour due to major road works, and you’re getting that feeling you might not end up where you want.
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
There is something unnerving about your bus stopping at a stop for more than a few mins, and the driver chilling.
Especially when it’s having to detour due to major road works, and you’re getting that feeling you might not end up where you want.
Especially when it’s having to detour due to major road works, and you’re getting that feeling you might not end up where you want.
Got the programming bug as a kiddo punching listings from books and stuff into my C64.
Like anyone growing up in those days, was to make games, but had to make do in general tech.
Tinkered on the side until some projects came up, and focused on games/adjacent stuff until y’know…
Like anyone growing up in those days, was to make games, but had to make do in general tech.
Tinkered on the side until some projects came up, and focused on games/adjacent stuff until y’know…
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Got the programming bug as a kiddo punching listings from books and stuff into my C64.
Like anyone growing up in those days, was to make games, but had to make do in general tech.
Tinkered on the side until some projects came up, and focused on games/adjacent stuff until y’know…
Like anyone growing up in those days, was to make games, but had to make do in general tech.
Tinkered on the side until some projects came up, and focused on games/adjacent stuff until y’know…
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Here’s my pick for #RandomGameSaturday - Korean action RPG Dark Quest: The Chronicle of Laconia!
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Here’s my pick for #RandomGameSaturday - Korean action RPG Dark Quest: The Chronicle of Laconia!
I think it's only fair to have gone to my folio's shelf for #RandomGameSaturday to pull out C64 Bard's Tale III as a little tribute for Burger Becky's passing.
Not spent enough time with it - the first is enough of a challenge, but it's an iconic entry in an icon series.
Not spent enough time with it - the first is enough of a challenge, but it's an iconic entry in an icon series.
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I think it's only fair to have gone to my folio's shelf for #RandomGameSaturday to pull out C64 Bard's Tale III as a little tribute for Burger Becky's passing.
Not spent enough time with it - the first is enough of a challenge, but it's an iconic entry in an icon series.
Not spent enough time with it - the first is enough of a challenge, but it's an iconic entry in an icon series.
Aw fuck.
Was really looking forward to this, and it’s a shame it sounds it’s such a let down.
😢
Was really looking forward to this, and it’s a shame it sounds it’s such a let down.
😢
Here's the in game finale to R-Type Delta which is running so fast the buildings no longer sink, all particles are missing & the music hard cuts as it's all been scrolled off-screen. The whole game's like this, so the music sync'ing to the action in st.3, lol no etc
Also missing enemies, bugs etc
Also missing enemies, bugs etc
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Aw fuck.
Was really looking forward to this, and it’s a shame it sounds it’s such a let down.
😢
Was really looking forward to this, and it’s a shame it sounds it’s such a let down.
😢
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The Super Famicom is now 35 years old. Why not revisit my list of my 10 favorite games for Nintendo’s 16-bitter as you ponder the flow of time?
postgamecontent.com/post/7948468...
postgamecontent.com/post/7948468...
My 10 Favorite Games: Super NES Edition
Time for the Super NES edition of my Favorite Games series. Nintendo's 16-bit console arrived later to the party than some, which gave it a fair few technological advantages. Curiously, it fell short....
postgamecontent.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The Super Famicom is now 35 years old. Why not revisit my list of my 10 favorite games for Nintendo’s 16-bitter as you ponder the flow of time?
postgamecontent.com/post/7948468...
postgamecontent.com/post/7948468...
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Reposted by Rob Caporetto
NEW VIDEO: I’m a big fan of Arcade Archives as one of those #retrogaming projects which celebrates a bunch of Arcade gaming’s past.
So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat!
youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc
So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat!
youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc
More Selections from Hamster's Arcade Archives I Just Think Are Neat - Beyond The Scanlines #129
YouTube video by Beyond The Scanlines
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW VIDEO: I’m a big fan of Arcade Archives as one of those #retrogaming projects which celebrates a bunch of Arcade gaming’s past.
So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat!
youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc
So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat!
youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.