mastodon 4.7.2+glitchProbably the last Datassette user. Founder of Return and Kilobyte Magazine. Author. Full-time nerd. Has almost certainly played Atari today. I use this account to keep up with the past.
After cleaning the Mega ST keyboard, it's time for some demos on my recently bought machine. 4 MB RAM, new psu, silent Noctua fan, Gotek and a nice keyboard with Cherry switches ... good stuff.
#atari #atarist #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #haveyouplayedataritoday
It's on: JagJam, the gamejam for the Atari Jaguar, started today. If you'd like to code a game for one of the most unique systems of the 90s that initially awed id Software's John Carmack, provoked Sega to rush their 32X to market and even got Sony briefly taking notice while they were finishing their Playstation, this is your chance! 😎 Thanks to Songbird Productions and @ctrlaltrees@oldbytes.space for being part of this year's JagJam again. And don't worry if you don't have that much time: JagJam runs until the end of October, so you've got six months to go. Looking forward to your entries! 🥳 Please spread the word if this whole thing is something you'd like to see getting more attention. Cheers!
#atari #gamejam #atarijaguar #coding #codingchallenge #risc #jagjam26 #gaming #gameCoding
https://itch.io/jam/jagjam-2026
For my German speaking friends: Ich fahre Anfang Juni für ein paar Tage nach Wien. Falls jemand in der Nähe oder genau dort wohnt und Lust hat, bei einem Hafer-Latte, einem Radler oder völlig ohne Getränke über Heimcomputer und dergleichen zu schnacken, so möge der- oder diejenige ein Zeichen geben. Das Subotron habe ich natürlich ohnehin auf meiner Liste - klarer Fall. Cheers!
#wien #meetup #heimcomputer #c64
Today I enjoyed the sun by going on a nice trip some 130 kilometers away. If you have not been to the Maulbronn monastery and it's within your reach: do it. It is awesome. Also, I brought some stuff from nearby via small ads: An #Atari Mega ST (which I will keep), a 1040 STFM, two SM124 monitors and other stuff (all of which I will clean and sell on).
Everyone seems to be celebrating the upcoming NeoGeo AES+ to the max. And I like the idea of not only bringing a console back, but doing it in silcion instead of FPGA or emulation. However, I can't take any more fanboyism about it. One big Youtuber said, one of the big negatives for him might be if there would be too many games he had to buy for that. Seriously? You are influencing people in their buying decision for hundreds of bucks, and this is the best "be mindful" you could come up with?
What about the fact that they collect money with only renderings to show for their product half a year in advance? What about the fact that noone had the chance to test the thing so far? What about considering the questions that this really good time extension article asked regarding the ownership of the brand?
Plaion did great work in the past. But I'll always be a bit critical when it comes to stuff like this, no matter the company. Been burnt once or twice. Just to be clear: What they want to do is a pretty unique approach to retro gaming so far. It's not been done like that. It could go wrong, there could be hickups. Now I don't want to sound like a naysayer, so I say this: I like the idea very much. It's just a big gap between liking a fun idea and the willingness to jump into this without critical thought and throw money around. And still, even I was very tempted. And I am most of all surprised at the little amount of healthy scepticism amongst the voices heard by retro gaming enthusiasts.
I don't need anyone to repeat and echo marketing claims and watch them taking a bath in nostalgia with the hardware they own. They could use their reach to ask difficult questions and try to get the compamy to answer those. But where is the fun in that, right? After all, Plaion surely will send out some review units ...
Well, just my thoughts. Sorry for party-pooping a bit. Just my 2 Cents 😅