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Here is my current collection of 'older' computers and consoles. Updated again because I forgot that I had a ZX81, PS2 Slim and a PS3! I think I've remembered everything this time..... #retrogaming #retrogamer #retrocomputing

@ChrisWhyattTM @JazRignall The PC Engine handheld was $250 in 1990 which is something like $630 in today's money.

@JazRignall It was based on the Master System so it had horrible flickering graphics, unstable brightness/contrast and cheap, nasty control dials with buzzing speakers. Even though the PC Engine GT had a tiny screen, it was infinitely better.

A few things about this. Its launch price was today's equivalent of £234, which makes it pretty decent value. Like all color hand-helds back then, it guzzled batteries, so you had to use it sparingly on trips and generally use it plugged in at home. Still loved mine, though.

@Icepicksolution @JazRignall That was one of the reasons it was so great!

@JazRignall I bought one when it first came out and was so disappointed to find out it was basically a portable master system

It's the Game Gear's 35th European anniversary. Sega's color hand-held rolled out this month in 1991, and while it wasn't a huge success (the cheap 'n cheerful Game Boy had already pretty much locked down the portable market), it was still a cool machine with some very fun games.

@JazRignall @Underwulde123 Home to THE best game in the entire Shinobi series in my view.

@zx_spectrum_30 @Artemisfornow Kinder to clothes just because of the reduced temperature.

@EngagesBrain @Artemisfornow Interesting on the ‘kinder to clothes’, been getting a few holes in mine but not sure if dryer related or just me squeezing the max out of my polo shirts.

State control under Mad Ed means normal tumble driers will be banned! You now have to spend more money on something that takes longer, doesn’t work efficiently in cold rooms and erm .., costs more. It’s the heat pump tumble drier 🤡

@MuseumCommodore It was was a long slow death but totally expected and sadly predictable. After the A1000 and A500 Commodore just seemed to stop innovating. Everything after that was either crap or a rehash of something previously successful.

32 years ago today — April 29, 1994 — Commodore International declared bankruptcy and began its voluntary liquidation. The company that brought us the best-selling computer of all time (the Commodore 64), the revolutionary Amiga, and countless hours of pure joy in bedrooms and basements around the world… was suddenly gone. For so many of us, it felt like losing a childhood friend. The end of an era. How did you feel when you found out? Were you shocked? Heartbroken? Angry at the management who let it happen? For me, I was walking home after being dropped off by the bus, one of my friends said did I hear Commodore went bankrupt! I said nah, you are dreaming! That evening on the news I saw the evidence that Commodore was no more. I was shocked. I still had my Commodore 64 and loved playing it, but I was dumbfounded that the company that made such an awesome computer, could go belly up. We all know why it happened though, frustratingly bad management. Love or hate the revival by Perifractic and his team, but surely we need to admit this is a second chance to do things right with Commodore. Do you remember the announcement?

Drop the most gorgeous person in Sci-fi... I'll Start: Alice Eve in Star Trek: Into Darkness.

@zx_spectrum_30 @Artemisfornow We had to replace our 20yr old vented dryer a couple of years ago. Took a gamble and went for a Sharp heat pump and it's actually turned out better than I thought it might. - Slower to dry - Slightly noisier + Kinder to clothes + Cheaper to run (£90-ish per year for us iirc).

@Artemisfornow Got a heat pump tumble drier recently, not impressed tbh takes a very long time and still hit & miss whether fully dry at the end.

@ma_oon_paskana I had to use a map with place names to figure that out. Good fun actually.

this is lowkey embarrassing

What’s the most iconic one liner in gaming?

@konigssohne @JayzTwoCents Is TMR a product rather than a technology though? Does anyone else make a TMR like sensor?

@EngagesBrain @JayzTwoCents There's a 3rd type, called tmr, better then hall effects. Hall effects are supposedly less accurate then pots, but hold up better. Tmr's are supposed to be the best of both.

As someone that is very hard on controllers and keeps burning through them, I am cautiously optimistic about the Steam Controller. I may just have to bite the bullet and give it a shot. My latest controller which is great at first and eventually starts stick drifting like mad is the Thrustmaster ESwap. Their sticks fail so bad overtime they actually made them got swappable.... I don't care about the touch pads at all on Steam Controller but if the sticks are good and the buttons don't feel like melted butter I'll be happy.

@Aguinar0000 - Mega-CD, 32X & Saturn had caused a lot of damage to Sega's previously solid brand. - Weird controller with only 1 thumb-stick when 2 had recently been established as the standard. - No DVD drive was an astonishingly bad choice. Love my Dreamcast though. Great console.

O video game que eu realmente não entendo como fracassou. Teve um grande marketing, boa tiragem e MUITOS jogos marcantes.

@Le_Petit_Player @chrisadams248 @OfficialBHAFC Ashton Gate in Bristol hosts football and rugby on the same pitch. The pitch is perfect all year round.

@chrisadams248 @OfficialBHAFC Maybe the number of game ? So you can have a high number of games during the weekend without destroying the field. I guess...

We are pleased to confirm plans for the UK and Europe's first purpose-built women's football stadium. 🏟️ It will be one of only three such stadiums in the world, putting the club at the forefront of the women's game globally. 🤩💫

@DiverMike69 @drgarethmottram No carrier capability in Tempest.

@drgarethmottram Doubt UK will buy any more F35 at this time. Put the money into GCAP/Tempest.

blindly optimistic take : the MOD is not ordering the next batch unless the JPO moves the Meteor and SPEAR integration up the list.... probably delusionally optimistic, but the Italians would like to see the Meteor too. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-completes-i…

@Rick03039934 @WarshipCam Tugs are always used to bring large warships into tight spaces like harbours etc.

@WarshipCam Why she being towed?

HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier coming into Portsmouth, England - April 27, 2026 SRC: HMS Warrior

which one shaped you the most?

Name one. Name one guy bigger than and more iconic in wrestling than Hulk Hogan. Ill wait...

@timeextension64 @merman1974 Great stuff. I hope we get to see an ZX Spectrum Next port as well at some point.

For Over 35 Years, A Sequel To 'Head Over Heels' Has Been Developed By One Man In Secret, And It's Coming To Amiga And ST Next Month. timeextension.com/news/2026/04/f…

@mrsauce82 @Alph__Utd Pele was built different. youtube.com/watch?v=vSpofy…

@Alph__Utd Is this how Pele scored a 1000 goals? 😭😭😭

How on earth did Di Stefano pulled Super Ballon D’or with this kinda of play😭😭

@Alph__Utd Look at the state of the pitches they played on: youtube.com/shorts/h9TJbBm…