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Retro Additions

dougytDecember 24, 2014December 24, 2014
Computing And Retro Gaming / Fun Stuff

Over the last few weeks I have been getting a few bits and pieces together for my various retro computers and consoles. So here’s a quick rundown of the bits and the results good or bad. Commodore 64: This is a tape interface which you can use to load from […]

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Santatlantean For PC Engine and Turbo Grafx short play mini review

dougytDecember 19, 2014December 19, 2014
Computing And Retro Gaming

Santatlantean is a new homebrew game from Aetherbyte based on Atlantean also by Aetherbyte. A very nice little side scrolling shootemup with a Christmassy theme is the quick and dirty way to describe it. But to go a little further what we have is a beautifully drawn background using the […]

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Commodore 64 Woes And More Sinclair ZX Spectrum Repairs.

dougytNovember 2, 2014November 2, 2014
Personal

Again a huge gap between posts, but once more here is an update for you on what I have done in that period when I wasn’t writing here. To start at the beginning, I recently retrieved my Commodore 64 from the cold dark and damp garage, before I realised I […]

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A short update – Spectrum – Pi – stuff

dougytJune 21, 2014June 21, 2014
Computing And Retro Gaming

So what have I been doing recently you never wondered as you haven’t even given me a thought in the last few weeks. Well I’ll tell you anyway, I’ve been doing very little apart from making excuses not to do any of the stuff I should be doing. But recently […]

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Retro review of T2: the Arcade Game on Sega Megadrive

dougytMay 5, 2014
Personal

T2 The Arcade game is one of the few games out there which works with the Sega Menacer light gun, and at the start screen, you are given the option to play with the joypad or the Menacer. Firstly, playing any kind of shooter which uses crosshairs (or in this […]

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Making chocolates with Phoebe

dougytFebruary 23, 2014February 23, 2014
Fun Stuff / Personal

Following on from our recent chocolate mould shennanigans we ordered all the moulds and today had another session of being choclatiers (well pouring chocolate in moulds), here is my step to step guide of chocolate moulding with a ten year old daughter. Step 1 order moulds from Amazon. Change card […]

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Retro gaming (And Doctor Who) Chocolates

dougytFebruary 14, 2014February 14, 2014
Fun Stuff

Used this recently to make some chocolate shapes, and they came out brilliantly. They are really meant to make ice cubes for your drinks, but being silicone they are supple enough and slippery enough to use as chocolate moulds too. Just add some cheap (Tesco Value) chocolate melted in the […]

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Latest on Linux and Scratch the programming itch

dougytJanuary 19, 2014January 19, 2014
Computing And Retro Gaming

So it’s been around a month since I ditched Windows and moved to Linux. I’m sticking with Debian and it’s getting better by the day, in the beginning lots of stuff didn’t work but lately I’m finding that as one thing gets fixed, sometimes several things start working. A perfect […]

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