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futurewas8bit.bsky.social
The Future was 8bit, and still is in my house.. C64p, SD2IEC, Penultimate+ Cart, divMMC Future, all sorts. VIC20's rulez. Commodore, Sinclair, BBC, Oric, Dragon www.tfw8b.com www.thefuturewas8bit.com
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5 Random ZX Spectrum Games: Extreme, Barmy Burgers, Moonlander, River Rescue & Space Invaders 🚀👽🚀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=747Y... #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #8bit #ZXSpectrum

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New blog post - How I modified ZX81 BASIC to run on the Minstrel 4th, so it can run most original unmodified ZX81 games at 100% the speed of the original. blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/05/zx81... Believe it or not, this is the short version, but still may take all bank holiday weekend to read.

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Heads up.. Due to me running out of cash for Green Flavoured Jelly. I've panicked and put a bit of a sale on. So why not grab yourself a bargain before I go broke!😉 Penultimate+2 £47.99 / Penultimate+3 £69.99 Kung-Fu-Flash £29.99 / Fastload Cart £9.99 SD2PET £62.99 / DesTestMax £14.99 www.tfw8b.com

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

Oh and welcome to May.. So #MerryXmas everybody🎅

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In other news.. New warehouse coming along nicely.

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Shut the front door, I had an 'Any Key' all along!

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Went to the @paulrickards.bsky.social art exhibit in Peekskill, New York yesterday. Such a great day and I am always amazed at his work.

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Attention BBC Micro'ists! Any idea why the *ROMS command has stopped working on my BBC B? I blame Anne Conflict. #FACT!

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Always time for a bit of Cheese and Onion from @futurewas8bit.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Here is one for @futurewas8bit.bsky.social As we all know Snake games are the best

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It's the Real Bob Mortimer in teletext pixels

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I do like a bit of Cheese and Onion on a Sunday.. #vic20 www.tfw8b.com/product/vic2... youtu.be/yx9OvH-9VFQ?...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

How many lights has @futurewas8bit.bsky.social stuck in the Kung Fu Flash now? We demand Pink Windmill editions with Pink LEDS. And an Emu edition in blue and yellow. And GREEN jelly edition.

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#FUNFACT I've tried at least One Million different Turbo's 😁 And why didn't somebody warn me about all the 'picking' 😢

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#FUNFACT not all Penultimate+3 Sleeves are the same.. The very latest ones have a Gold 3 you know 🤩.. the sticker on the back can change too! www.tfw8b.com/product/vic2... #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #Commodore #VIC20 #8Bit

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Whilst I can’t in all honesty condone his jelly habit, these are excellent value products at full-price, let alone when there’s a sale on…

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A DesTestMax for £14.99! Bargain!

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One Million 😉

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'I tried it once when I was 47 and didn't like it so I wouldn't have said that.' youtu.be/kmu8MZNDbM4

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Sound up. You love it.. 🔊🎶 #C64 #Commodore

submitted 111 days ago • 11 comments

Great deals going on at @futurewas8bit.bsky.social

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Go on then, answer me this.. What's the best ANSI / 80 Column terminal emulator for the #BBCMicro? www.tfw8b.com/product/sd2b...

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A bit of a BBC theme today in the haunted bookshop. Several BBC games and a TV Bridge console (as in the card game) branded with the BBC logo. There was also a couple of speccy games and a curious cart for a 70's console (assume no rom, just hardwired to tell the console which game).

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Heads up.. Due to me running out of cash for Green Flavoured Jelly. I've panicked and put a bit of a sale on. So why not grab yourself a bargain before I go broke!😉 Penultimate+2 £47.99 / Penultimate+3 £69.99 Kung-Fu-Flash £29.99 / Fastload Cart £9.99 SD2PET £62.99 / DesTestMax £14.99 www.tfw8b.com

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5 Random C64 Games: Ringwars, Armalyte, Pitstop II, Fighting Racer & Wonderboy - 💍🪖💪💡🫓🚫🥷🏎️🤔👦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikJM... #retrogaming #retrocomputing #commodore64 #Commodore #C64 #8bit

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Rod Hull is very Testing: Hauppauge Live-2 USB vs Sentinel, Dead Zone, Aardvark & Psycho Pig 🐷 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu7o... #RetroGaming #VideoCapture #RetroComputing #Commodore64

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I present to you.. the Hello Kitty Commodore 64.🩷

submitted 45 days ago • 15 comments

GHOSTBUSTERS! HA HA HA HA HAAA! #VIC20 🔊🎶👻 🤡 @hewco.uk

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5 Dreadful ZX Spectrum Games: Chiller, Prowler, Tango, TIM & Zaxxon - So bad I inserted an Snake Pit to make this video less 💩and more 😎 #FACT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Dr... #RetoGaming #RetroComputing #8bit #ZXSpectrum

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

They Mayor has had words with Hewco. #vic20

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Who ya gonna call? No Ricks this time. It will be a deviation though. #sneakypeak #vic20

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