The Bloop Museum
@bloopmuseum.bsky.social
We're a 501(c)(3) non-profit electronic entertainment museum! Expect games, computers, interesting media, and tech gadgets. You can see, hold, and a lot of the time, power on a lot of items in our inventory! http://bloopmuseum.org/
Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Star Cruiser (PC-88SR, ©Arsys 1988) — fly freely through a solid, full-color universe, then land and walk its towns. A grand space opera that drops you inside an SF movie. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...
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We're at #Tekko! Come visit our table in the back of the vendor hall! It's just to the right of the autograph area. #Tekko2026 #anime #pgh #Pittsburgh #conventions #sugoi
As Big Boy 4014 makes the news everywhere, don't forget about Big Boy 418!
The Bloop Museum@bloopmuseum.bsky.social · 2y agoAnswer: This song is in a very early PC demo called, you'll never believe this, "Coldcut" by UltraForce. Amiga folks had lots of sampled music but the PC was still catching up. For PC users, this was a very early "cool" thing folks with soundcards would show friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMOQ...
PC Demo: Coldcut by Ultraforce 1080p @ 24
YouTube video by Jim Leonard
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Inverse Phase@inversephase.bsky.social · last mo.Can anyone guess why I ordered this for @bloopmuseum.bsky.social ?
Still lamenting the early closing of Filmogs and wondering... What's your favorite "manage my movie collection" database? Is it free? How many formats do you collect? What are the strengths and weaknesses you've found?
Can anyone suggest a good place for us to recycle Tetra-Pak in Pittsburgh? Our curbside recycler does not take it.
If you are free tomorrow do you fancy a visit to the Northwest Computer Museum to help them celebrate their 3rd birthday? Entry is free and there's so much to see and do. I hope to see you there, please say hello if you do! It's located in Leigh, near Manchester. Here's a flyer from their socials.
Just think what will happen when you bring your kid to the museum and they discover all these other artifacts...
Japan's golden age of gaming from our archive. This week: Snatcher (PC-88SR, ©Konami 1988) Hideo KOJIMA's cyberpunk masterpiece that still asks the question: who can you trust Help us keep this history alive ! → patreon.com/cw/gamepres #hideokojima #konami #retrogaming #pixelart #gaming
The inventory battlestation is ready! We've repurposed a donated computer from our neighborhood and some screens from a local coder. #tiefighter #museums #tech #computers
Headed to #VCFEast for #retrocomputing hijinks this weekend. Ask me for a @bloopmuseum.bsky.social flyer and dump your old junk that goes bleep bloop on me to take back to the #Museum! #tech #technology #vintage #retro #vcf
Amyone out there in #Washington #PA? Today we're at the #Pennsylvania #Trolley #Museum's #vintage #tech #fest promoting Bloop! #retro #hashtagcity
Yo #Pittsburgh! Bloop is streaming @revision-party.bsky.social live this weekend! Drop by and hit the doorbell anytime 9a~6p today, Saturday, or Sunday to discover the #demoscene at the official US watch party! You can even vote on entries - we've got the codes! #PGH #events #easter #PA #tech #art
It's been 10 months since we bought our new building. I'm at the bitter end of getting the #Museum stuff out of Baltimore, and just a little bit loopy.
Ominous #Pittsburgh storms loom, but we are still open for business today until 6pm. It's Walk-in Wednesday at the #Museum!
In the hunt for a good 386 to put on the time line, we found some #demoscene goodness! #retrocomputing #msdos #pc #gaming #museum #tech #pittsburgh #pgh
That's okay Google, we can't confirm *you're* an adult either.
Apparently editing your place on google maps from a government building to a museum gets your business account suspended 😅 Anyway, Bloop is hard at work on getting our places in order so it's easier to find us, and recently, PRT renamed our bus stop to include us! Victory!
Bloop Museum version 0.7 is now OPEN! Today is "Walk-in Wednesday" and the first day that we're open all day from 10am to 6pm. Swing on by, #PennHills and #PGH folks! Time to show you all the cool stuff we're working on.
Code clearance bonanza! Bloop version 0.7 is about ready to go. The #museum had a few problem areas that we are cleaning up over the course of the next month to get to 1.0. In the meantime, we're going to try and pass code. #PGH #Pittsburgh #tech
I'm fairly convinced at this point that the secret to longevity is a nice hot shower. In 2024, I went to @revision-party.bsky.social for one and wrote a song about it... inversephase.bandcamp.com/track/hubsch... Inspired by leinad, it's also a @bloopmuseum.bsky.social shill. #demoscene
Hubschie Duschie (party version) | Inverse Phase
track by Inverse Phase
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Bloop is just shy of $100 from $300K all time donations! Be the one to push us past that mark: givebutter.com/bloopholiday #museum #museums #PGH #pittsburgh #tech #technology #retrocomputing #retrogaming
Bloop Museum Moves to Pittsburgh
We got the building! Here's what's next.
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YOU ARE IN A TWISTY MAZE OF PASSAGEWAYS, ALL DIFFERENT
YOU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.
Shout-outs to @gamesdonequick.com which is already underway. Not a low badge number but still a cool one! Brendan's doing a late night #AGDQ2026 panel about how he ended up running #MAGFest back in the day and then Bloop #Museum, and doing Q&A - come on by Friday night at 10PM! #Pittsburgh #PGH
