Robert
@flatduckrecords.co.uk
ZX Spectrum, SAM Coupé. Award-winning website developer. Oban, Scotland.
"We Didn't Want To Simply Revisit The Past For Nostalgia's Sake" - Gremlin Graphics Is Being Revived As A Heritage Label. (Repost)
"We Didn't Want To Simply Revisit The Past For Nostalgia's Sake" - Gremlin Graphics Is Being Revived As A Heritage Label
Teases a deluxe physical version of new Monty Mole adventure "Dreamtime Monty"
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Make a real ZX Spectrum game in 14 days Kwyll is free for the jam, join in, create, have fun. Limitations are part of the challenge. A wonderfully small screen A gloriously restricted colour palette Very limited memory Attribute clash Sound effects that may alarm nearby pets itch.io/jam/k-spec1
K-Spec1
A game jam from 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-22 hosted by Indigobeetle. Kwyll Game Jam Two weeks. One theme. 48K of possibility. Welcome to the Kwyll Game Jam : a two-week challenge to create a brand-new gam...
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Go on. Pop some headphones on and listen to episode 1 on the audio sitcom I'm in. It's funny and weird and autistic (laudatory). And it only gets weirder! Search "It's A Superpower??" on your grandad's favourite podcast platform, or snuffle them up directly here: thedailytism.com/podcast/
Episode List
From the team behind The Daily Tism and A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs comes the first ever sitcom by and for autistic people. Wait, surely that’s illegal??It’s a Superpower?? follows Norah, Sop...
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Here look, I’ve coaxed SAM Coupé into running SCC’s Small Computer Monitor, and Microsoft BASIC (lifted from the RC2014 ROM). It doesn’t know about SAM’s screen or keyboard (etc) so communication is over serial. (It’s easy enough to output some text to the LCD though)
I spoke to @blackscreenrecords.com about the BIRDCAGE OST, the process and how good Perfect Collection Ys IV is. A wee bit of everything!
Black Screen Records@blackscreenrecords.com · 2w agoAward-winning composer and co-founder of @polygonbird.games, @barrytopping.com joins us to talk all things BIRDCAGE! Read about his musical influences, love for retro games, and key insights for up-and-coming composers. Read the full interview: blackscreenrecords.com/blogs/news/barry-topping
"The newly appointed Minister for AI is expected to meet with the Minister for NFTs, Lord Blockchain and the Secretary of State for Pogs this afternoon."
This is a neat story negroniventurestudios.com/2026/07/18/t...
The computer at the bottom of a canal
Somewhere at the bottom of the Forth and Clyde Canal, buried in the silt, there is a box of custom silicon that was right about almost everything. Back in 1988 a Scottish hi-fi company shipped a proce...
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Couple of years back I wrote some new software for the teletext adapter to display "databroadcast" streams, but then needed some content to transmit as an example... The obvious choice was SEA FACTS 😄 I considered also having some BEE FACTS and TEA FACTS but ran out of time/confidence in the pun 😅
Website update - a brighter look for summer, some space for useful resources, and just a hint of Zorkulator. feersumbeasts.com
Feersum Beasts
Brand new old computers, kits and projects. More than just 8 bits.
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Big news! @apzonerunner.com and I have launched a new video games website. @respec.net is our attempt to create a highly curated multi-format site that has that club feel you used to get from the best magazines (and frankly, my beloved VideoGamer back in the day) www.respec.net/feature/87-w...
Welcome to Respec: A word from the Editors | Respec
Welcome to our new little corner of the internet. Why a new video game website, and why now? Allow us to explain...
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I’m constantly amazed at how funny and insightful the Low Poly Mess newsletter is. It might be largely about this random man’s kids, but it’s a real highlight of my week.
Sony stopping Playstation discs in 2028? Yikes! I'm still all for physical media, I even include real floppy disks in with SAM Revival magazine for the SAM Coupe computer! www.samcoupe.com for everything I do for the #samcoupe #retrogaming #gaming #indiegames
Oooh lots and lots of finished Next boards waiting to be cut
Don't quite know where the time went, but we've been at it for two decades today. 26 years including our fansite days. A look back from me here - and a bit about what's next, including for folk who maybe liked the style of stuff I did on Eurogamer and VG247.
RPG Site@rpgsite.net · last mo.Time flies when you're having fun - today, RPG Site turns 20 years old! Here's a letter from our co-founder looking back and revealing some incoming celebrations and additions: https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/20800-20-years-rpg-site-thank-you-celebrating-whats-next
For added realism, try playing it in the bath.
Sinclair Research@sinclairresearch.bsky.social · last mo.Sinclair Research Product Clarification: The ZX Spectrum is not waterproof. We mention this because a customer has written to ask. We are unsure what prompted the question. We do not wish to know. Please keep the Spectrum away from all liquids, including but not limited to tea.
Hello BlueSky Hive Mind - I'm looking for a cross-platform and lightweight UI API for simple stuff like dialogs, file pickers, etc, for C++, Linux, MacOS, Windows. Can anyone recommend one from personal experience?
🚨 Events! (Short notice!) I'll be at @retrocomputermuseum.co.uk Legendary Gathering (Leicester) TOMORROW 20th June! then at @computinghistory.org.uk "Synthesized" (Cambridge) on Saturday 27th June! #samcoupe #retrocomputing #retrogaming
It’s incredibly flexible. You can think of a channel as a “driver” and write your own. Fundamentally it’s just pointers to an input routine and an output routine. One byte at a time, but you can do what you want with it. It’s how many proportional font routines work, for example.
Sinclair Research@sinclairresearch.bsky.social · 2mo agoDid you know the ZX Spectrum had a surprisingly modern I/O system? Its channels and streams architecture let you redirect output between screen, printer, and custom devices - remarkably ahead of its time for a 1982 home computer. rk.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/faq/tech_48.html
“Hi there hackers!!” I don’t think I actually have any commercially-sold BASIC games on tape, but you sometimes find surprising things in the BASIC loader. 🪓🤓
Listen up, you FERRO-HEADS! Bring out those REELS of RUST. That’s right, by popular request… I have added the tape loading routines back in. 😅
Robert@flatduckrecords.co.uk · 2mo agoI have put together a SAM Coupé program for importing Spectrum BASIC from disk, including variables, auto-run etc. The translation is based on BTRANS from the MGT Utility Tapes to which I (after hacking it to bits) added variable importing and disk support.
I’ve updated this a bit! It should now support larger programs, with many variables. It will now more safely roll-over into SAM’s additional memory if needed, but also “reclaim” the memory used for Spectrum variables once they’ve been processed. Thanks for the feedback!
Robert@flatduckrecords.co.uk · 2mo agoI have put together a SAM Coupé program for importing Spectrum BASIC from disk, including variables, auto-run etc. The translation is based on BTRANS from the MGT Utility Tapes to which I (after hacking it to bits) added variable importing and disk support.
