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[?]Oregon Pacifist :rg5: » 🌐
@Oregon_Pacifist@retro-gaiden.com

:marioluigispin:

    [?]SetSideB » 🌐
    @setsideb@wrestling.social

    AGDQ 2026’s Awful Block, with Bug Blasters
    AGDQ 2026 still has a day and a half to go, but a highlight so far has been Awful Block from early Thursday morning. Among other games they did Rock 'n' Roll Adventures (16 minutes), Golf With Your Grandmother (1 hour 33 minutes), The Running Man (16 minutes) and Terry Cavanagh's Egg (12 mi
    setsideb.com/agdq-2026s-awful-
    #2026

      [?]Oregon Pacifist :rg5: » 🌐
      @Oregon_Pacifist@retro-gaiden.com

      :sega: :spinningdisc:

        [?]SetSideB » 🌐
        @setsideb@wrestling.social

        Resurrecting Sinistar
        Resurrecting Sinistar: A Cyber-Archeology Documentary is a 166-minute, that's approaching three hours long, documentary about the effort to recover the source code of the Williams arcade classic, made by SynaMax.

        youtube.com/watch?v=lCuoUSDBVac

        SynaMax also made a modified version of the game that makes the notoriously difficult arcade game easier i
        setsideb.com/resurrecting-sini

          [?]SetSideB » 🌐
          @setsideb@wrestling.social

          Adventure 751, from Compuserve, Recovered and Playable
          Interactive Fiction blog Regna in Blue reports that a rare variant of classic Adventure, that was playable on Compuserve for many years and only went down when their game offerings went offline in the mid 90s, has been recovered and made playable online.
          setsideb.com/adventure-751-fro

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            [?]Jakob Fel :spinningdisc: » 🌐
            @JakobFel@retro-gaiden.com

            Digital SimCity-style newspaper for retro fans :spinningdisc:

            imraf.github.io/real-mode/

              [?]SetSideB » 🌐
              @setsideb@wrestling.social

              TheZZAZZGlitch’s Lists of Interesting Pokemon Things
              Lists are severely worked content delivery methods, but darn it if TheZZAZZGlitch's video lists aren't actually really interesting. These are all early Pokemon game glitches and their application, and usually go quite deep into their code.

              In the most recent of these (the ninth, 10 minutes long) one of the ex
              setsideb.com/the-zzazz-glitchs

                [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                @setsideb@wrestling.social

                The Weirdest Star Wars Game
                And we're off! Let's start 2026 off with Flandrew's look at the weirdest Star Wars game, the Famicom-only one Namco made. (11 minutes) It's kind of a meme at this point, but gosh it's even weirder than the Star Wars Holiday Special.

                youtube.com/watch?v=urhyV83tKvg
                setsideb.com/the-weirdest-star

                  [?]Oregon Pacifist :rg5: » 🌐
                  @Oregon_Pacifist@retro-gaiden.com

                  I’m sending off 2025 by punching it in the face 🤛

                    [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                    @setsideb@wrestling.social

                    Old Vintage Computing Research Presents Rare 2007 Talk On C64
                    This is one of the rare times where I won't embed the video myself, because the blog Old Vintage Computing Research presented it as a link to their readers, and the video itself is unlisted on Youtube, so it won't turn up in searches or throug
                    setsideb.com/old-vintage-compu

                      [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                      @setsideb@wrestling.social

                      Zelda Day 2025
                      "Zelda Day" is a random thing over at Metafilter. One day long ago, on December 26th, there was a day in which three Legend-Of-Zelda-themed posts were made in one day. Since then I've commemorated the event by making another Legend of Zelda post on the same day each following year.

                      Here is this year's post, but you don't have to follow it because I've in
                      setsideb.com/zelda-day-2025/

                        [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                        @setsideb@wrestling.social

                        Sonic on the Amiga: Mega Drive Sprite Pushing
                        It's Christmas Day! So naturally the best thing to do is to settle in for a deep dive on programming sprites on an Amiga (20 minutes), from the guy who recently ported Outrun to the Amiga, reassembler.

                        youtube.com/watch?v=JGKqkJwv2P8

                        The Amiga has hardware sprites, but they'r
                        setsideb.com/sonic-on-the-amig

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                          [?]Oregon Pacifist :rg5: » 🌐
                          @Oregon_Pacifist@retro-gaiden.com

                          Retro Gaiden: The best retro-themed Mastodon instance on the Fediverse :fediverse: :mastodon:

                          retro-gaiden.com

                            [?]Oregon Pacifist :rg5: » 🌐
                            @Oregon_Pacifist@retro-gaiden.com

                            Merry Christmas Eve Eve 🎄

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                              [?]Jakob Fel :spinningdisc: » 🌐
                              @JakobFel@retro-gaiden.com

                              I'm listening to my CD copy of the 2012 compilation, "Elvis Presley - The Classic Christmas Album", and it got me wondering...

                              What are some retro Christmas tunes that really get you into that holiday spirit?

                                [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
                                @WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud

                                Speaking of DRM, I sometimes bought games on Real Arcade too... Obviously, all those licenses are lost now as well. Real Arcade, if I remember correctly, was the first service to offer a PC version of SEGA's Sonic The Hedgehog. :0)

                                  [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                                  @setsideb@wrestling.social

                                  PC-88 Versions of Nintendo Games
                                  It was a weird time. Around the time as the Famicom was just getting started, Hudson Soft struck a deal with Nintendo to release some of their games for the PC-88 Japanese personal computer platform.

                                  Many of these games had weird differences from Nintendo's originals. The best known of them is probably Super Mario Bros. Special, a very weird version with
                                  setsideb.com/pc-8801-nintendo-

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                                    [?]Game Quotes » 🤖 🌐
                                    @gamequotes@retro-gaiden.com

                                    What strength! But dont forget there are guys like you all over the world (Street Fighter, Capcom, Arcade, 1987) ...

                                      [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                                      @setsideb@wrestling.social

                                      Leaving Kakariko Village At The Wrong Moment Makes Hyrule Go Crazy
                                      Wow, Ocarina of Time has some bizarre glitches. There is one where if you talk to a character with a specific object in hand, you get absolutely the wrong item in return. I need to pin down the details so I'll talk about that one later.

                                      In the meantime, he
                                      setsideb.com/leaving-kakariko-

                                        Kaye Menner Photography boosted

                                        [?]TRZPhotography » 🌐
                                        @TRZPhotography@mastodon.social

                                        Anchor Inn On The Oregon Coast! Check out prints and more at: pixels.com/featured/historic-a

                                        Anchor Inn On The Oregon Coast! Check out prints and more at: https://pixels.com/featured/historic-anchor-inn-dining-room-thom-zehrfeld.html #OregonCoast #PNW #Retro #Nostalgic #Vintage #AnchorInn #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop

                                        Alt...Anchor Inn On The Oregon Coast! Check out prints and more at: https://pixels.com/featured/historic-anchor-inn-dining-room-thom-zehrfeld.html #OregonCoast #PNW #Retro #Nostalgic #Vintage #AnchorInn #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop

                                        Anchor Inn On The Oregon Coast! Check out prints and more at: https://pixels.com/featured/historic-anchor-inn-dining-room-thom-zehrfeld.html #OregonCoast #PNW #Retro #Nostalgic #Vintage #AnchorInn #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop

                                        Alt...Anchor Inn On The Oregon Coast! Check out prints and more at: https://pixels.com/featured/historic-anchor-inn-dining-room-thom-zehrfeld.html #OregonCoast #PNW #Retro #Nostalgic #Vintage #AnchorInn #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop

                                          [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                                          @setsideb@wrestling.social

                                          Jamey Pittman’s Pac-Man Grouping Tutorial
                                          Jamey Pittman is the creator of the foremost document on the workings of Pac-Man ever created, the Pac-Man Dossier. If you've never read it, but have any interest in playing classic Pac-Man, then you should go read it immediately. It will make so many things make sense to you.

                                          Pac-Man has a
                                          setsideb.com/jamey-pittmans-pa

                                            [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                                            @setsideb@wrestling.social

                                            The Basement Brothers look at Popful Mail for the PC-88
                                            Falcom's Popful Mail is one of those games that takes after classic anime. It's almost the perfect anime-styled light RPG, with appealing and fun characters on a quest that doesn't take itself too seriously. It got a good number of ports, and they all have something a bit diffe
                                            setsideb.com/basement-brothers

                                              [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
                                              @WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud

                                              From Constructive Chaos BBS

                                                Kaye Menner Photography boosted

                                                [?]TRZPhotography » 🌐
                                                @TRZPhotography@mastodon.social

                                                Tom's Electric Truck! Check it out at: pixels.com/featured/toms-elect

                                                Tom's Electric Truck! Check it out at: https://pixels.com/featured/toms-electric-truck-thom-zehrfeld.html #Vintage #Classic #Truck #OldTimer #Retro #Cars #Photography #PhotographyLovers #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful #Nature #ShopEarly

                                                Alt...Tom's Electric Truck! Check it out at: https://pixels.com/featured/toms-electric-truck-thom-zehrfeld.html #Vintage #Classic #Truck #OldTimer #Retro #Cars #Photography #PhotographyLovers #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful #Nature #ShopEarly

                                                Tom's Electric Truck! Check it out at: https://pixels.com/featured/toms-electric-truck-thom-zehrfeld.html #Vintage #Classic #Truck #OldTimer #Retro #Cars #Photography #PhotographyLovers #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful #Nature #ShopEarly

                                                Alt...Tom's Electric Truck! Check it out at: https://pixels.com/featured/toms-electric-truck-thom-zehrfeld.html #Vintage #Classic #Truck #OldTimer #Retro #Cars #Photography #PhotographyLovers #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful #Nature #ShopEarly

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                                                  [?]Chrystyne Novack » 🌐
                                                  @ChrystyneNovack@socel.net

                                                  A retro motel sign features a humorous note reading "Pet Friendly Except Gators Never Again".

                                                  25% off to Dec. 10/Details in ALT
                                                  chrystyne-novack.pixels.com/fe

                                                  This photo of the vintage 1950’s neon sign of the Sandman Motel located in St. Petersburg Florida shows off the beauty of the road signs that were designed to capture the eye. The sign is very rusted and roached in 2024. I knew I had to take a photo of it before it is either further damaged or sold. I utilized my skills in photo restoration to ‘restore’ the sign as close as I could get it to look to its original pristine condition. The sign was also blank of any message at the time I took the photo. So, I took the liberty of presenting an Artist’s Interpretation/ Embellishment. I have two versions available – this one with a humorous nod to Florida wildlife and a Worldly Wise one with a dream quote. A retro motel sign features a humorous note reading "Pet Friendly Except Gators Never Again". The vibrant signboard stands out against a cloudy sky along the roadside. We are all feeling the pinch these days, as times are tight and prices climb. I’m taking 25% off my markup to make it a little easier to give the gift of art this holiday season. ----------> Code: HGHSYP for 25% off - good til Dec. 10, 2025

                                                  Alt...This photo of the vintage 1950’s neon sign of the Sandman Motel located in St. Petersburg Florida shows off the beauty of the road signs that were designed to capture the eye. The sign is very rusted and roached in 2024. I knew I had to take a photo of it before it is either further damaged or sold. I utilized my skills in photo restoration to ‘restore’ the sign as close as I could get it to look to its original pristine condition. The sign was also blank of any message at the time I took the photo. So, I took the liberty of presenting an Artist’s Interpretation/ Embellishment. I have two versions available – this one with a humorous nod to Florida wildlife and a Worldly Wise one with a dream quote. A retro motel sign features a humorous note reading "Pet Friendly Except Gators Never Again". The vibrant signboard stands out against a cloudy sky along the roadside. We are all feeling the pinch these days, as times are tight and prices climb. I’m taking 25% off my markup to make it a little easier to give the gift of art this holiday season. ----------> Code: HGHSYP for 25% off - good til Dec. 10, 2025

                                                  Too many times, the old vintage places/signs get lost to time and decay or gentrification of the neighborhood happens. I knew I had to get a photo of this vintage neon sign back when I was out in St Pete in 2024. These three panels show the original photograph of the rusted & roached vintage neon sign of The Sandman Motel and the process of my restoration 'restoring' it back to near original look from the dilapidated state. Some power lines are cloned out and a sign. And yes, I took one liberty with an edit. Those with eagle eye will note that the lattice wall with brown dead vines of the motel building visible behind the sign was replaced. The decayed vines just look out of place with a 'new' looking sign. I didn't have a picture in my photo folders of a lattice wall with greenery. But I did have a stone wall with ivy. I layered in a wall with ivy leaves from a picture I took several years ago in Chicago. The sign was also blank of any message at the time I took the photo. So, I took the liberty of presenting an Artist’s Interpretation/ Embellishment. I have two versions available – this one with a humorous nod to Florida wildlife and a Worldly Wise one with a dream quote. I shared the progress last year with the Mastodon Art server community and received some feedback for which I am grateful for.

                                                  Alt...Too many times, the old vintage places/signs get lost to time and decay or gentrification of the neighborhood happens. I knew I had to get a photo of this vintage neon sign back when I was out in St Pete in 2024. These three panels show the original photograph of the rusted & roached vintage neon sign of The Sandman Motel and the process of my restoration 'restoring' it back to near original look from the dilapidated state. Some power lines are cloned out and a sign. And yes, I took one liberty with an edit. Those with eagle eye will note that the lattice wall with brown dead vines of the motel building visible behind the sign was replaced. The decayed vines just look out of place with a 'new' looking sign. I didn't have a picture in my photo folders of a lattice wall with greenery. But I did have a stone wall with ivy. I layered in a wall with ivy leaves from a picture I took several years ago in Chicago. The sign was also blank of any message at the time I took the photo. So, I took the liberty of presenting an Artist’s Interpretation/ Embellishment. I have two versions available – this one with a humorous nod to Florida wildlife and a Worldly Wise one with a dream quote. I shared the progress last year with the Mastodon Art server community and received some feedback for which I am grateful for.

                                                    [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                                                    @setsideb@wrestling.social

                                                    Video Games 101 Tackles Ocarina of Time
                                                    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has a reputation of being one of the "best" games ever made. Professor Brigands of VG101 recently spent around twelve hours making a video walkthrough of the whole thing, even finding every Heart Piece, and even every Gold Skulltula, despite the fact, as they say frequently, that the rew
                                                    setsideb.com/video-games-101-t

                                                      [?]Jakob Fel :spinningdisc: » 🌐
                                                      @JakobFel@retro-gaiden.com

                                                      RE: retro-gaiden.com/@Oregon_Pacif

                                                      Go binge some OP videos, let's get that $1 up so he can hit that threshold for Christmas!

                                                      [?]Oregon Pacifist :rg5: » 🌐
                                                      @Oregon_Pacifist@retro-gaiden.com

                                                      I haven't been paid by in a year. In order to receive a payout, you have to hit the $100 threshold. I'm less than $1 short and I was hoping to have that cash by Christmas 😭

                                                      Oh well. I'll get it next month. 💰

                                                          [?]Oregon Pacifist :rg5: » 🌐
                                                          @Oregon_Pacifist@retro-gaiden.com

                                                          Check out this Kickstarter for “Metal Mack”, a Mega Man-inspired 2D game for Steam, Neo Geo and Genesis/ Mega Drive!

                                                          kickstarter.com/projects/bitbe

                                                            [?]SetSideB » 🌐
                                                            @setsideb@wrestling.social

                                                            Nintendo’s Pre-NES Video Games
                                                            Switchaboo on Youtube had a look at video gamethings Nintendo made in the era before people habitually left the spaces out from between words. (14 minutes)

                                                            youtube.com/watch?v=diLa0YIyqgs

                                                            I didn't know that Nintendo's first foray into consoles was making a custom controller for the Odyssey (not the Odyssey 2, the Odyssey), and distributed it in J
                                                            setsideb.com/nintendos-pre-nes

                                                              [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
                                                              @WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud

                                                              From Constructive Chaos BBS

                                                                [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
                                                                @WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud

                                                                The SemWare® Editor, a.k.a. TSE
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                                                                The SemWare® Editor, a.k.a. TSE

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                                                                  [?]TRZPhotography » 🌐
                                                                  @TRZPhotography@mastodon.social

                                                                  Fats! A cool place in Old Sacramento! Prints & more for sale here: pixels.com/featured/fats-cater

                                                                  Fats! A cool place in Old Sacramento! Prints & more for sale here: https://pixels.com/featured/fats-catering-and-banquet-facility-thom-zehrfeld.html #OldSacramento #SacramentoCalifornia #Fats #Nostalgic #Art #BuyIntoArt #WallArtForSale #Prints #Retro #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #FediArtShop

                                                                  Alt...Fats! A cool place in Old Sacramento! Prints & more for sale here: https://pixels.com/featured/fats-catering-and-banquet-facility-thom-zehrfeld.html #OldSacramento #SacramentoCalifornia #Fats #Nostalgic #Art #BuyIntoArt #WallArtForSale #Prints #Retro #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #FediArtShop

                                                                  Fats! A cool place in Old Sacramento! Prints & more for sale here: https://pixels.com/featured/fats-catering-and-banquet-facility-thom-zehrfeld.html #OldSacramento #SacramentoCalifornia #Fats #Nostalgic #Art #BuyIntoArt #WallArtForSale #Prints #Retro #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #FediArtShop

                                                                  Alt...Fats! A cool place in Old Sacramento! Prints & more for sale here: https://pixels.com/featured/fats-catering-and-banquet-facility-thom-zehrfeld.html #OldSacramento #SacramentoCalifornia #Fats #Nostalgic #Art #BuyIntoArt #WallArtForSale #Prints #Retro #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #FediArtShop

                                                                    [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
                                                                    @WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud

                                                                    Digging for on End Of The Line BBS

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                                                                      [?]Jakob Fel :spinningdisc: » 🌐
                                                                      @JakobFel@retro-gaiden.com

                                                                      :mariohighfive: We are the generation that knows what it means to disconnect.

                                                                      :odysee_spacechad: We are the generation that grew up knowing the meaning of "sticks and stones".

                                                                      :loz: We are the generation that knows the value of owning our entertainment.

                                                                      :mariobros: We are the generation that knows that video games should be about having fun.

                                                                      :rg3: We are Retro Gaiden. Join us.

                                                                      Orange and yellow Retro Gaiden logo against a night time city skyline backdrop from Streets of Rage.

                                                                      Alt...Orange and yellow Retro Gaiden logo against a night time city skyline backdrop from Streets of Rage.

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