New Video!

Retro Gaiden: The Best Looking Mastodon Server is 2 years old this month!

https://odysee.com/@OregonPacifist:0/Retro-Gaiden--The-Best-Looking-Mastodon-Server,-is-now-2-Years-Old!:5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90sa53dzvJ8

#Mastodon #RetroGaming #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Decentralization #Retro

How the C64’s Disk Drives Formatted Disks
The 1541 disk drive was infamously slow, probably the slowest of the 8-bit floppy disk drives, the result of a VIC-20 Kernal bug that was inexplicably kept in the C64 for the sake of backwards compatibility. The problem could be fixed by writing your own disk routines, which is why so many games used fastloaders.

But the
https://setsideb.com/how-the-c64s-disk-drives-formatted-disks/
#hardware #retro #1541 #c64 #disk #format #hardware #retro

This was cool. Like watching a new Knight Rider episode.
#retro #tv

https://youtu.be/Zhqm9I7lCR0

Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.

Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.

Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.

Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.

Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.

Usenet is the original free speech network.

Usenet is the original 'social network'.

Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://eternal-september.org/

#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember #usenet #nntp #decentralized #censorship #retro #freespeech

+++ Ausics (Australia)

https://newsgroups.ausics.net

https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com

http://news.chmurka.net

http://csiph.com

https://dotsrc.org/usenet

https://www.eternal-september.org

https://news.gegeweb.org

https://news.hispagatos.org

https://news.nntp4.net

https://usenet.ovh

https://www.open-news-network.org

nntp://paganini.bofh.team

https://pasdenom.info/news.html

https://solani.org

Jeremy Parish on The Wizard
Jeremy Parish, formerly of 1UP.com, currently of Retronauts and Video Works on Youtube, made an April Fool's video, but because he's Jeremy Parish it took the form of an interesting backgrounder on The Wizard, that big-budget Hollywood movie that's like a feature-length advertisement for the NES and Super Mario 3. (18 minutes)

https
https://setsideb.com/jeremy-parish-on-the-wizard/
#niche #retro #jeremyparish #niche #nintendo #retro #TheWizard #videoworks

https://soc.octade.net/sysop/

A fediverse group for discussing topics and tools related to #sysop.

#groups #fedigroups #fediverse #retro

#RetroGaming #Retro #SEGA

Has Retro Gaiden achieved visual perfection?!

This #Mastodon server is the result of 2 years of visual tweaks and improvements. There is nothing that looks like it on the #Fediverse!

In the near future I'll be setting things into motion to bring more retro enthusiasts here and make RG their fedi-home

#Retro #RetroGaming #UI

The Game Display Shows Off Super Mario 3’s Most Secret 1-Up Mushroom
It is April 1st, but I already made my silly fake post for the year a month ago. Here it is. Are we good then? Let's move on.

I'm not happy with the clickbait title The Game Display chose for this video, claiming they found a "golden mushroom" in Super Mario Bros. 3 like it's some actual t
https://setsideb.com/super-mario-3s-most-secret-1-up-mushroom/
#retro #nintendo #retro #secret #supermariobros3 #TheGameDisplay

Variable Screen Position on the Commodore 64
I keep forgetting what this trick is called so even though I've mentioned it here before, I'm hoping this will cause it to stick.

Variable Screen Position, or VSP, is basically an abuse of the C64 hardware, a way to make its VIC-II graphics chip do something it's really not meant to do,
https://setsideb.com/variable-screen-position-on-the-commodore-64/
#retro #hardware #MayhemInMonsterland #retro #supermariobros #VariableScreenPosition #VSP

Classic Mac Gaming’s History of Dark Castle
MARCHintosh is almost over, so here's a short doc (13 minutes) on one of the most misunderstood games for pre-OS/X Macs, Dark Castle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9QEe3xwHTA

Why is it misunderstood? Because it received several ports to other platforms around the time it was popul
https://setsideb.com/classic-mac-gamings-history-of-dark-castle/
#indies #niche #retro #ClassicMacGaming #DarkCastle #indie #mac #macintosh #niche #retro

You haven’t lived until you’ve walked down the street with a boombox on your shoulder. Or banged out a resume on a typewriter. Or recorded music from the radio on a cassette tape (Shh, that was illegal, or so we were told). Retro tech is making a comeback. Find out how you can get in on it from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/JB13R3

#Tech #Retro #Technology

Sonic CD “I’m Outta Hear” Weirdness
By now lots of people know, in classic Sonic the Hedgehog games, if you wait a few seconds without touching a control, Sonic will look at you and tap his foot impatiently.

Fewer people know that Sonic CD goes a step farther. If you wait three minutes without moving Sonic, he'll say aloud "I'm outta here!" (his first voiced line in the series
https://setsideb.com/sonic-cd-im-outta-hear-weirdness/
#retro #Camamania #glitch #retro #sonic #soniccd

If you’re using the Retro Gaiden website on mobile, the navigation panel has an amazing new look

Edit: adjustments have been made

#Mastodon #UI #Retro

Advertisement for Virtua Fighter on the SEGA 32X.

“See, son? When you get to be my age you learn that violence is ALWAYS the answer.”

#SEGA #RetroGaming #Retro

A Way To Make A PC Startup With The Pokemon PC Noise
isithran on Mastodon came up with a grub boot line that can make your PC's speaker (or whatever substitute it may have) play the classic Pokémon PC startup noise (3 seconds). A demo can be tested here. "PC" obviously stands for "Pokémon Container."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwEzOeeZxUE
This sound right here.
https://setsideb.com/a-way-to-make-a-pc-startup-with-the-pokemon-pc-noise/
#retro #grub #linux #pokemon #retro #startup

At nearly 12k members, the Vintage Retro Games club is the biggest retro-themed club on Xbox. Its feed is filled with screenshots and clips from various games. It’s run in part by @TheRetroGamer

As you know, #Microsoft sucks and is shutting down community-run clubs next month. I posted about Retro Gaiden over there to hopefully find some of them a new Fediverse hangout

#Xbox #Retro

Inglebard Gaming Reports On Obscure Game Sequels
The games mentioned here (17 minutes) really are obscure, including two sequels to Green Beret, a.k.a. Rush'n Attack, one for the arcade. I've only heard of one of those before, and vaguely Heart of the Alien. I'm working on a lot of Caves of Qud stuff for the coming days and weeks, hopefully things like this can help
https://setsideb.com/inglebard-gaming-reports-on-obscure-game-sequels/
#retro #GreenBeret #InglebardGaming #niche #sequels

White_Pointer Gaming Examines All the SNES Graphic Modes
White_Pointer Gaming's series examining how different graphic tricks were pulled off in 8- and 16-bit games has been great, and now they have a video going over all eight (Modes 0-7) of the SNES background modes. (42 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UhnR4foGc0
https://setsideb.com/white_pointer-gaming-examines-all-the-snes-graphic-modea/
#retro #hardware #Mode7 #retro #snes #superfamicom #VideoModes #WhitePointerGaming

I love how ‘Mode B’ in Double Dragon on #NES lets you select from more characters and use moves not present in the main game

#RetroGaming #Retro

MARCHintosh 2026
I feel like I'm a bit late on this one, but there's still two weeks of March left. Some crazy wonderful people every year devote the month of March to classic Macintosh stuff, both hardware and software, and primarily things before the release of OS/X in 2001. The original MacOS traces its lineage all the way back to 1984's original Macintoshes, and existed as Apple's pr
https://setsideb.com/marchintosh-2026/
#niche #retro #apple #hardware #mac #MARCHintosh #niche #retro

Sundry Sunday: Earthbound x They Might Be Giants Musical Mashup
Maybe it's weird this has never happened before. Both Earthbound and TMBG are both very weird and fun musically, after hearing this mashup of the two it's surprising how well the two go together.

And I'm not sure which I should be more embarrassed about, that
https://setsideb.com/sundry-sunday-earthbound-x-they-might-be-giants-musical-mashup/
#retro #sundaysundry #earthbound #music #retro #sundrysunday #theymightbegiants

A classic 1938 Ford Convertible!

A patriotic scene...with the American Flag proudly displayed on this old vintage car. Closer inspection of the Ford will yield a car for parts and not one that has been restored -A Leaner!

Check out purchase options now for T-shirts, Mugs, Art, Cell Phone covers and a lot more at:

https://pixels.com/featured/thirty-eight-thom-zehrfeld.html

and at: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/178971785

#Mastoart #Automotive #Retro #Old #Classic #Vintage #Cars #car #Vehicle #VintageCarApparel #Ford #Abandoned #Transportation

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A classic 1938 Ford Convertible! A patriotic scene...with the American Flag proudly displayed on this old vintage car. Closer inspection of the Ford will yield a car for parts and not one that has been restored. Check out purchase options now at: https://pixels.com/featured/thirty-eight-thom-zehrfeld.html and at: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/178971785 #Mastoart #Automotive #Retro #Old #Classic #Vintage #Cars #car #Vehicle #VintageCarApparel #Ford #Abandoned #Transportation

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A classic 1938 Ford Convertible! A patriotic scene...with the American Flag proudly displayed on this old vintage car. Closer inspection of the Ford will yield a car for parts and not one that has been restored. Check out purchase options now at: https://pixels.com/featured/thirty-eight-thom-zehrfeld.html and at: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/178971785 #Mastoart #Automotive #Retro #Old #Classic #Vintage #Cars #car #Vehicle #VintageCarApparel #Ford #Abandoned #Transportation

The History of Game Player’s Magazines
The Video Game History Foundation has a breezy 3½ minute video about one of the less-remembered magazines of the NES-through-Playstation era, Game Player's, with the apostrophe-S at the end. But it wasn't just one magazine. Over ten years they put out magazines under thirteen different titles, and s
https://setsideb.com/the-history-of-game-players-magazines/
#retro #GamePlayers #magazines #media #retro #RichardMansfield #videogamehistoryfoundation

Austin Healy art! Perfect gifts for the car enthusiast!

Check it out now at:

(Art) https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html

(Hat) https://www.redbubble.com/i/hat/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291/fce2

(T-Shirt) https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey?store_id=69864

#austinhealey #healey #classiccars #classiccar #MastoArt #Mastodon #BuyIntoArt #Classic #Cars #Car #Vintage #Retro

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Austin Healy art! Perfect gifts for the car enthusiast! Check it out at: (Art) https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html (Hat) https://www.redbubble.com/i/hat/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291/fce2 (T-Shirt) https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey?store_id=69864 #austinhealey #healey #classiccars #classiccar #MastoArt #Mastodon #BuyIntoArt #Classic #Cars #Car #Vintage #Retro

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Austin Healy art! Perfect gifts for the car enthusiast! Check it out at: (Art) https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html (Hat) https://www.redbubble.com/i/hat/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291/fce2 (T-Shirt) https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey?store_id=69864 #austinhealey #healey #classiccars #classiccar #MastoArt #Mastodon #BuyIntoArt #Classic #Cars #Car #Vintage #Retro

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Austin Healy art! Perfect gifts for the car enthusiast! Check it out at: (Art) https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html (Hat) https://www.redbubble.com/i/hat/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291/fce2 (T-Shirt) https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey?store_id=69864 #austinhealey #healey #classiccars #classiccar #MastoArt #Mastodon #BuyIntoArt #Classic #Cars #Car #Vintage #Retro

More visual upgrades to Retro Gaiden have been deployed!

#Mastodon #Retro

Time Extension Rates All the Shining Games
The Shining series, published by Sega but developed by lots of different people, is all over the map regarding gameplay styles. I'd say that more people have heard of the second game, the great Shining Force (it's sort of like lighter Fire Emble
https://setsideb.com/time-extension-rates-all-the-shining-games/
#niche #retro #actionRPG #Camelot #climax #dungeoncrawl #niche #retro #sega #shiningforce #ShiningInGeneral #shininginthedarkness #tactics

Our hero fearlessly leaps into action!

#RetroGaming #NES #Retro

I send thanks to the buyer from Massachusetts who purchased a jigsaw puzzle of

Love from Paris -- https://fineartamerica.com/featured/love-from-paris-steve-henderson.html?product=puzzle

May the puzzle and the artwork upon it take you on a grand, challenging, and satisfying adventure!

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #jigsaw #puzzle #france #travel #paris #eiffeltower #fashion #style #retro #nostalgia #nostalgic #sale #fedigiftshop #woman #beauty #entertainment

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Jigsaw puzzle of a fashionista outside the Eiffel Tower in France.

I can’t think of a more perfect game

#RetroGaming #FinalFantasy #SNES #Retro

Step 1: Download the fan-made game Final Fight MD.

Step 2: Donate to the game's creator.

Seriously, this is incredible work. This version is jam packed with content and it all runs on Genesis/ Mega Drive.

2 players, tons of enemies on screen, all stages, multiple modes & options, and Maki from Final Fight 2 is a playable character!

https://mxretrodev.itch.io/final-fight-md

#RetroGaming #SEGA #Retro #FinalFight

Cool Austin Healy! Check it out at:

https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291.6Q0TX

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey

https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html

#AustinHealey #Classic #Vintage #Car #Cars #MastoArt #Mastodon #Auto #Automobile #Vehicle #Retro

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Cool Austin Healy! Check it out at: https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291.6Q0TX https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html #AustinHealey #Classic #Vintage #Car #Cars #MastoArt #Mastodon #Auto #Automobile #Vehicle #Retro

8-Bit Show And Tell Revives Satoru Iwata’s VIC-20 Easter Egg
This link's five years old, and itself came five years after Iwata, beloved programmer president of Nintendo, suddenly passed away. Early in Iwata's former employer HAL Laboratory's history, they made games for Commodore 8-bit microcomputers. I myself own a C64 car
https://setsideb.com/8-bit-show-and-tell-revives-satoru-iwatas-vic-20-easter-egg/
#retro #EasterEgg #galaxian #Retro8BitShowAndTell #SatoruIwata #StarBattle #vic20

https://soc.octade.net/cypherpunk/

A fediverse group for discussing topics and tools related to #cypherpunks.

#groups #fedigroups #fediverse #retro #cypherpunk #crypto #cryptography #encryption

@cryptography@soc.octade.net @cypherpunk@soc.octade.net

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Glowing green-lined skull on black background with digital circuit board lines and one eye a glowing bitcoin symbol and the other eye a glowing hashtag with the tagline 'CYPHERPUNK REVOLT'.

#SEGA #RetroGaming #Retro