International Rescue Technical Operations Manual has landed and is looking good.

Arguably the Commodore 64 SID audio chip was the most iconic ever produced, built from the perspective of a musical instrument designer. Having emulated the Atari POKEY audio for Missile Command on the BBC Micro this is up against quite some constraints so can only marvel at this early attempt.

Negative Charge@negativecharge.bsky.social · last mo.

Ever wanted to play Commodore 64 SID tunes on a BBC Micro without needing additional hardware? Having seen similar attempts on the VIC-20, Atari 800 and ZX Spectrum I thought I'd give it a go. Early days, unstable, and sound fidelity needs to be improved, but it works! (sort of...). SoftSID v0.01 🔊

Behind the scenes machinations by the ITA before the broadcast of UFO. All vividly brought to life by the ever excellent Century 21. youtu.be/HKVb7PXKI6E?...

THE THEME IS SICK: Behind the Controversial Scenes of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's UFO –New Documentary

YouTube video by Century 21 Films

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The titular story gets the front and back cover treatment this week. Superbly realised by John M.Burns with spaceship designs from 2001: A Space Odyssey. A fifty-year interstellar mission returns with an alien crewmate to find that a fascist dictatorship rules over the Earth and the Moon.

Nicola’s Century 21@gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌒 Moonbase Monday 🌒 The Countdown 🚀🧵 Issue #19 On sale Monday 21 June 1971 THIS WEEK: A new “Countdown” serial graces front & back covers Countdown goes lunar loopy in the run up to the launching of Apollo 15 on 26 July Nobel prize controversy Your story in one issue: Captain Scarlet

One of the great SFX legends has left us. Chances are that you've all seen some of his work over the years, his portfolio was that extensive.

Take a gamble on Lady Penelope, there's a lot more to her than you might think.

Nicola’s Century 21@gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🩷 Lady Penelope 🩷 The Issue #22 thread🧵 On sale 15 June 1966 THIS WEEK: Lady Penelope’s feature strip “The Great Silver Robbery” goes to a very dark place One of the darkest cliffhangers in a children’s weekly, ever “Marina, Girl of the Sea” reaches a pivotal moment in Marina’s backstory

Atari Missile Command For the BBC B with 16k SWR and BBC B+/Master 128 Find these and my other releases at: tubeula.pages.dev Please note the trackball option has still to be implemented and will be addressed in a future update.

My software can now be found at this website. tubeula.pages.dev Updated releases:- Atari Missile Command : Acorn Electron, bug-fixes, speed improvements and improved keyboard/joystick handling. Atari Battlezone : BBC B/Master 128, improved 3D pipeline, new service menu and POKEY audio emulation.

Tardis has landed. Looking better than ever with a full restoration. Also has a new Dolby Atmos sound option by @markayresrws.bsky.social that sounds great even on my limited system and very challenging audio area.

Testing Atari Missile Command on the BBC B, keyboard and joysticks (analogue/switch) okay. Some refinements to be back-ported into the existing Electron version. Trackball uses a SmallyMouse2 and Nulea M512. Heart stopping moment when a duff USB lead decided to melt! Thankfully no damage was done.

Never knew there was such a thing as amateur rocketry until I saw this featured on the front cover of Countdown. Sure wish there had been something like this near me when I was growing up back then.

Nicola’s Century 21@gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌒 Moonbase Monday 🌒 The Countdown and 🚀 thread Issue #11 On sale Monday 26 April 1971 This week: Rocketry A story in one issue for the crew of Fireball XL5 Conclusions to the current Stingray and UFO strips T. Rex ends it’s six week reign at number one with “Hot Love” Dinky Toys!!

As part of Gerry Anderson Day 14/04/2026 The Secret Service is getting a Blu-ray release. Poor uptake of the show by ITV regions meant that it wasn't until The Secret Service Convention, Griffin Hotel, Leeds 30/10/1988 that I got to see the show nearly twenty years later. youtu.be/G_7wM-jTh2s?...

Your First Look at The Secret Service Restoration is HERE!

YouTube video by Gerry Anderson

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UFORIA 2, 08-10/09/1989 Manchester. Fanderson VHS of the convention in four parts captured from my copy 20+ years ago. Forgive the quality and enjoy the content. Original Nosey Parker is Go! at start of part 4. youtu.be/hdQRhSmZjRE youtu.be/cA0DF-No7rw youtu.be/Y8n2gM57BwI youtu.be/rZ64plfAyo4

UFORIA 2 part 1 08-10/09/1989 Manchester

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Jeff Smart rocked up at the Uforia 2 convention with this affectionate gem tucked under his arm completely unannounced. Fanderson squeezed in several screenings over the weekend to the delight of all in attendance - myself included. Here it is restored and extended in HD. youtu.be/-dAkg_bK24Q?...

Nosey Parker is Go! | Exclusive Thunderbirds HD Remaster with Newly Recorded David Graham Dialogue

YouTube video by Gerry Anderson

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This has the makings of quite an original game on the Acorn Electron. Watch it and let a shiver run down your spine at the very simple yet highly effective animation on display.

0xC0DE@0xc0de.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Creepy Crawlies WIP (Acorn Electron). Look at the poor little guy completely lost in this infested maze. If only there was a way to defend himself against the onslaught of creepy crawlies 🤔 (Also, I am trying self-imposed chunky pixel art 🫣 )

Issue 3 of this great comic from yesteryear. This really fired up my imagination back in the day.

Nicola’s Century 21@gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌒SHADO Sunday🌒 🚀 The Countdown thread 🧵 Issue #3 - on sale this date Monday 01 March 1971 This Week: Michael Strand formerly residing at C21 Publishing provides a story in one issue Standby for Action.. A topical portrait of Mr Jon Pertwee on the cover Mind of Evil Pt. 5 aired on Saturday

More retro goodness in a new game for the Acorn Electron that has just been released. Very smooth animation, great graphics with wonderful game play. There's still life in this 40+ years old micro and long may it continue.

Snuggsy187@snuggsy187.bsky.social · 5mo ago

CHUCKULUS - for the Acorn Electron Version 1.0 now available ! 🥳 github.com/Snuggsy187/C... Download and play on an Emulator or real hardware ! ....or play online in Electroniq - an emulator by @0xc0de.bsky.social

UFORIA, 18/06/1988 London Some photos of the convention guests for this over-subscribed one-day event organised by Fanderson. George Sewell, Dolores Mantez, Shane Rimmer, Derek Meddings and Ed Bishop. I have read that this was the only convention that Derek Meddings attended.

Second great issue in newsagents, four more stamps to cut out, lick and stick to the wall chart on my 70's bedroom wall. Twenty years ago I managed to buy an unused wall chart/stamps from the first 3 issues. A few years ago, issue 5 stamps turned up. Very rare.

Nicola’s Century 21@gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌒Moonbase Monday🌒 🚀 The Countdown thread 🧵 Issue #2 - on sale this day Monday 22 February 1971 This Week: Mr Hooper and Mr Perry build on last week’s strong start Hello to Gerry Haylock, another artist with previous form at C21 Publishing

One of the finest comics to ever grace a newsagents shelf. Still being actively traded today on Ebay fifty-five years after publication. An eclectic mix of fact, fiction and fun.

Nicola’s Century 21@gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌒Moonbase Monday🌒 May be pushing it as a 🧵 title The launch of Countdown 🚀 Monday 15 February 1971 A new publication with editor Dennis Hooper & art editor Roger Perry at the helm, both formerly employed at C21 Publishing, hits the newsstands With familiar faces from C21 handling the artistry

Thunderbirds 60th anniversary Blu-ray box set has landed and is looking very impressive on 11 discs. Also contains the 3 Kickstarter funded 50th anniversary episodes previously unreleased on UK disc. This is going to be the definitive release outside of a full 4k Blu-ray restoration.

UFORIA 2, 08-10/09/1989 Manchester. A gorgeous looking Lady Penelope artwork board on display along with other original artworks and a shot of the model table.

Fascinating and rare footage of factory production for Atari's Battlezone.

Game Development Daily News@gamedevdaily.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Cabinet Production #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment

UFORIA 2, 08-10/09/1989 Manchester. Some of the gorgeous TV21 artwork boards on display, these photos don't do them justice. First and only time I've ever seen them in the wild. Prices around then were an eye-watering £150 to £250+ a board - if you could find them. @gleanniucha21.bsky.social

The Sentinel, classic game on the BBC micro (and other machines), joins the list of class disassemblies from Mark Moxon. I'm sure there's a great deal for all programmers to learn from this when the deep dives are fully fleshed out.

Mark Moxon@markmoxon.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project: Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece. Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon. See thread for details. 1/9 github.com/markmoxon/th... #retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit

Atari Missile Command for the Acorn Electron Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, log in, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing. www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...

Play testing Atari Missile Command for release shortly on the Acorn Electron +16k of sideways RAM. Using Plus 1 Mini for joystick option with a repo Atari 2600 joystick. Starting level 4 within the service menu. All options supported including languages. www.ramtop-retro.uk/Plus-1-Mini....

Repton 3 Redux Final sneak peek coming next year. Features:- integrated editor, attract/demo mode, high score, collect earth for points, cracked eggs behave like rocks, freeze spirits/monsters enable quick getaway, different screen walls including last level mirror. Electron version video.

Latest version of BeebEm available. Without such great work as this I don't think I'd even attempt any retro development as such.

BeebEm BBC Micro Emulator@beebem.bsky.social · 12mo ago

BeebEm 4.20 is now available. Lots of new features and bug fixes, including: * FSD format disk images * Teletext adapter emulation * Disk and tape image icons * Tape and serial port emulation * Full screen mode bug fixes * Saved state files And lots more... Download here: www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/

Three ultimate versions of Elite for the Acorn Electron in a single compendium. Elite has been really well served here by the efforts of Mark Moxon.

Mark Moxon@markmoxon.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I'm pleased to announce the #Elite Compendium for the #Acorn #Electron, containing three amazing hacked versions of Elite on one disc. It includes a brand new version: musical Elite. On the Electron! Lots of details here: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_... #retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro