Got my hands on a rare C64 text adventure (and fixed some bugs): www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiUZ...

Quill Adventure Hacking: Secrets of the Pyramid of Light Walkthrough & Patch Tutorial

YouTube video by David Youd

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Little Red Dot appears every now and then, and for the life of me I can't figure out where or what is causing it. 🤬Well that's what I'm doing today... Chasing a single random pixel as if I am playing Warren Robinett's Adventure form 1980 🫩 #debug #debugging #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev

Enjoying Kauai :)

Victimhood culture checklist: - polarizing "us-vs-them" mindset - poor conflict resolution - dependence on validation - resistance to feedback - reduced personal agency (and expecting others to perform agency on their behalf) - loss of credibility over time

More retirement gaming goals:

After a decade of development retro debugger has an official v1.0.0 release: csdb.dk/release/?id=...

Retro Debugger V1.0.0

Other Platform Commodore 64 Tool: Retro Debugger V1.0.0 by Slajerek. Released on 4 June 2026

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I once saw an "it is what it is" t-shirt like this in an online store. I can't find it (which drives my OCD nuts), so I had AI mockup the image (although I have aphantasia, so I'm sure I got the overall style wrong). I'd love to buy it from the original artist if anyone could find it:

A cool project from @mrdoornbos.bsky.social imapenguin.com/2026/03/brea...

Breaking Enigma with Index of Coincidence on a Commodore 64

Breaking Enigma without known plaintext using statistical analysis on the Commodore 64.

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How do you kill a Supercomputer?

 (Accidentally) using radioactive solder is a good way.

 IBM’s Blue Gene/L frequently crashed when running simulations at LLNL.

 Turned out that alpha particles from the lead solder in the board carrier were slamming the L1 cache with bit flips.

My latest short: youtube.com/shorts/kXzG7...

What ears care about (it's not 256 Hz vs 261.63 Hz tuning)

YouTube video by David Youd

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Trying out this old keyboard peripheral on the #C64ultimate ... Little bit of 'Sonic' from my daughter ❤️

www.dexerto.com/gta/this-sto...

This store is giving away GTA 6 for free – if you have a baby on release day - Dexerto

A Norwegian electronics company is promising to give away free copies of GTA 6 to parents who manage to give birth on the day that the game releases.

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Some AI 8-bit reverse engineering www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLWf...

Can AI Find the RNG in Bard’s Tale (C64)?

YouTube video by David Youd

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Got a new toy today. :) www.youtube.com/shorts/71jwc...

Enigma machine replica reveals disappointing secret

YouTube video by David Youd

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I look at #Commodore64 demo "The Hat" by Fairlight and Genesis Project, specifically the part with the "14 balloon sprites" in a row and its "hires" scrolling border message. youtu.be/DyteWLEPKzE

C64 Demos peek - The Hat - Up, Up, and Away! - The balloons part

YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories

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Online #Zork I through III, but with an #LLM that replaces the normal input parser: infocom.tambo.co For instance, I just typed a prompt, and it translated it into two zork commands:

Remember having to swap disks all the time on 8-bit RPGs? Well, this 21-year-old beat the modern (2020) game Factorio, after converting the game to an unfathomable disk-swapping hell of over 1,000 floppies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTPB...

I beat Factorio on 1,000 Floppy disks.

YouTube video by DocJade

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Of course, someone has already AI- #MCP -wrapped the new #C64Ultimate: github.com/Martijn-DevR...

GitHub - Martijn-DevRev/Ultimate64MCP: MCP server for the Ultimate 64 series mainboards and cartridges

MCP server for the Ultimate 64 series mainboards and cartridges - Martijn-DevRev/Ultimate64MCP

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A new 8K PET RPG: youtu.be/dzSJlNHcFME

Tower And Dragon 4.0 Trailer

YouTube video by Jason Cook

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An early #Commdore #PET RPG worth exploring: Dragon’s Eye ( #EPYX, 1981) youtu.be/jJfGN4Zeb7M

Dragon's Eye: Exploring an EPYX PET-Era RPG

YouTube video by David Youd

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Another Christmas Gift, a new version of VICE just dropped: vice-emu.sourceforge.io

New version of Retro Debugger just dropped today! #c64 #reversing github.com/slajerek/Ret...

Release Retro Debugger v0.64.74 · slajerek/RetroDebugger

Retro Debugger v0.64.74 Bug fixed: VIC Display bitmap/text Y pixel line was off 1 pixel (thanks to Brush/Elysium for reporting) Bug fixed: VIC Editor screen may become blank when view is not displa...

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Just arrived!

David Given uses #ghidra to explore a new 6502-based toy (bypassing some "security" in the process): www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ0X...

Reverse engineering a 'tony' 6502-based game console

YouTube video by Poking Technology

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If you'd like to msg Becky Heineman, now is the time

Rebecca Heineman@burgerbecky.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This is it. I nearly suffocated by using the reetroom. I’m asking my doctors agreeing on a short cure. Only really sure painful prolonged angona is hereafter the grim reaps me. Please donate on the funeral fund me now.

It's #CRX2025 (Commodore Retro eXpo) weekend! It's free to virtually attend. I'm unable to join this year, but they've got a great lineup: #c64 www.crxevent.com/presenters.htm

Michael Cranford's recent retrospective on developing The Bard's Tale (EA, 1985) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHc5...

The History of “The Bard's Tale” by Michael Cranford - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro Gaming Expo

YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo

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VALE OF THE LOST GODDESS. Right that's all the location bitmaps done and first pass on all the sprites done too. Stu wrote me a quick editor so i could link up all the rooms and add little descriptions of what you see. #c64