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Retrocrantz and Guildenstream are Dead
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"Why don't you read some science fiction?" - Hideo Azuma

He/they. Amateur ASCII artist, tuxedo cat fanatic and modeling enthusiast at https://pogesoft.itch.io/

Maintained a fansite for Darius called Huge Darius Battleships in the past.
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Retrocrantz and Guildenstream are Dead @labcoatgundam.bsky.social · 29d
A two-panel comic of two characters talking about how they feel. One (an ASCII smiley) asks the other (a light blue Ñ) if they are happy. They emphatically reply with "NO", but in the second panel both of them contemplate a sunset made of EGA gradients with ASCII characters. The Ñ admits that the sunset is lovely, nonetheless, to which the smiley agrees.
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
I was writing, my grant, on the chatbot and then it went BLUPBLUPBLUPBLUPBLUP...
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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taracky.bsky.social
Playing 'Captain Neo' from DARIUS (TAITO) on Nintendo Famicom FamilyBASIC. Enjoy!
#chiptune #nes #famicom #darius #zuntata
youtu.be/qko0MQSAi4Q?...
ファミコンでダライアスの宇宙洞窟面BGM「キャプテン・ネオ」を演奏（ファミリーベーシック使用）/ Playing DARIUS Captain Neo on Nintendo FAMILY BASIC
YouTube video by MasandoVision@HVC-BS
youtu.be
December 29, 2024 at 11:38 AM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
This Christmas shopping simulator offered you a calendar featuring #cats dressed up as popes. This inspired me to create an #ansiart one in ZZT.

pogesoft.itch.io/a-cat-pope-c...
January 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
Fist of the North Star if all the random goons were ASCII characters. Or tic tacs, as a witch friend would say. #ansiart #zzt #hokutonoken #fotns
Against a red sky, a bunch of weird-looking code page smileys approach you menacingly. From left to right: 'psycho' type with his tongue out and red eyes, a smol baddie with an eyepatch and a tiny pistol and a regular mohawk dude with an evil smirk and some kind of bloodstained polearm. Kenshiro, where are you?
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
Broken clocks may be right twice a day but two broken clocks are still two broken clocks.
January 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
TIL cats' and my dad's snores sound the same.
dougiethreelegs.bsky.social Dougie @dougiethreelegs.bsky.social · 4d
Ifn yuo wood liking to Here som ✨️Dougie Snores✨️ ,, turn up the Voloum !!! 🔊🔊🔊
January 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
ZZT abides.
worldsofzzt.bsky.social Worlds of ZZT @worldsofzzt.bsky.social · 8d
Happy 35th birthday ZZT!

Thank you for showing us that anyone can make a game
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
Nobuyuki Fukumoto should have adapted the Umineko anime.
rhymeswithk.bsky.social unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 9d
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
minnie may from gunsmith cats, a blonde haired girl with her red coat open, grinning as she browses through several explosives, determining which to use
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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worldsofzzt.bsky.social
Presenting our schedule for this week. Watch along with us at https://twitch.tv/worldsofzzt/ and see a long awaited community project for ZZT's 35th!
#stream_schedule #zzt
January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
Before I put him away for next Christmas, I took a few photos of my Holiday Cheer Guncannon. Some white pipe cleaner, a 'wooden' finish to his backpack and some black gloss paint and voila! #gunpla #gundam
A HGUC Guncannon with white pipe cleaner trim added to his arms, legs an waist skirting to give him a Christmassy look. His hands and feet have been given a gloss black coat and 'gold' buckles added to his feet! Some tinsel/pipe cleaner has been tucked into his shoulder cannons for extra holiday cheer. The grey 'backpack' has been given a wood/wickerwork makeover as some kind of basket or sack to carry presents in.
January 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
V. WHAT THE DOUGIE SAID

Mrreaow. Mrrmrraow. Mrrraow.
Shantih shantih shantih
dougiethreelegs.bsky.social Dougie @dougiethreelegs.bsky.social · 11d
GATHRE ROUMD CHILDRINS . duggly havfe an impordint storey to Shares
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
This pattern was based on a shirt I had in 1999.
worldsofzzt.bsky.social Worlds of ZZT @worldsofzzt.bsky.social · 12d
https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/dmp3/?file=BLEAGH3.ZZT&board=43
“Demon Pogie III” by Agent Orange (1999)
Published by: PogeSoft
[BLEAGH3.ZZT] - “$Fat Old Sun VI”
https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/dmp3/
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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worldsofzzt.bsky.social
https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/kingl2/?file=KINGL2.ZZT&board=0
“Castle of King Lucius” by Eli Tremblay (1992)
[KINGL2.ZZT] - “Title Screen”
https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/kingl2/
January 11, 2026 at 6:45 AM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
Everybody loves the Zeta Runner. He is a terrific athlete. #gunpla
A panel from the instructions for Bandai's Real Grade Zeta Gundam model. The sequence of assembly requires you to stick the head on the legs and body frame, making it look like a nightmare version of Homestar Runner. F23 and F24 are pains to get in place, by the way.
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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asie.pl
make a ZZT game

museumofzzt.com/article/view...
man throwing THE ZZT EDITOR SIDEBAR at you. make a ZZT game
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
Happy Aerial Slap Day, can't believe it's been 3 years already #gundam #gwitch #ansiart
ANSI art of Gundam the Witch from Mercury's first season finale: the Gundam Aerial bearing down on a Dawn of Fold soldier who was about to kill Miorine and her father. Not seen: Suletta's Passata. This was drawn in the editor for the DOS game creation system ZZT. The gunman wasn't that aware of his coming death in the show, that was a touch of mine.
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
@worldsofzzt.bsky.social this is news! We finally know what ZZT stands for
AI-generated 'summary' by Google of what the Museum of ZZT is. Of interest is what it claims 'ZZT' stands for - "Zilch Text Adventure". Really? This is worse than when I said Lars Ulrich was involved in the Reformation in Switzerland for a history exam.
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
"I need you baby like cold hands need a glove" are not lyrics I want to hear now.
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
Steve Winwood hopes higher love exists, Whitney Houston knows it does, and that butt Kygo gives us a TikToked summary of that belief.
January 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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worldsofzzt.bsky.social
https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/apdemo/?file=APDEMO.zzt&board=0
“Airport of ZZT Demo” by Agent Orange (2021)
Published by: PogeSoft
[APDEMO.zzt] - “Title Screen”
https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/apdemo/
January 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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worldsofzzt.bsky.social
https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/need2drw/?file=ZZTCON.zzt&board=2
“Need to Draw” by Agent Orange (2023)
Published by: PogeSoft
[ZZTCON.zzt] - “Third generation”
https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/need2drw/
January 5, 2026 at 6:45 AM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
If you stretch things a bit, Baba Yaga's chicken-legged cabin is a valid chicken walker mecha.
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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princessluna.bsky.social
(It's going to another annus horribilis, isn't it)
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 AM
labcoatgundam.bsky.social
May 2026 be the year I finally do something with my muscled goose OC #ANSIart
A muscled anthropomorphic goose named 'Anserganger' stands impassively, his arms crossed. It's unclear if he's wearing pants or not. In one pose, he's slightly leaner and wears a grey belt. In the other, he wears a grey belt and wrist bands.
January 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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randomstranger.bsky.social
Today marked the actual fifth anniversary of my video game documentation projections since the introduction video was posted December 31st. Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the Donkey Kong video that was the first episode of Famidaily.

So many systems down, so much baseball and mahjong to go...
The Famidaily title card for episode 0001, Donkey Kong The title card for episode 1 of The Epoch of the Cassette Vision, Yosaku The title card for episode 4 of The Year of FDS, Mahjong. The title card for episode 8 of PC Engine Power, Pro Yakyuu World Stadium.
January 1, 2026 at 1:10 AM