Blocky Dad

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Blocky Dad

@TheBlockyDad

Daily videos from my YouTube channel The Blocky Dad, and the occasional post from my free Substack, The Antediluvian Gamer.

Katılım Şubat 2026

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·13 Şub

Become a Blockhead by subscribing to my YouTube channel for daily retro gaming highlights, from the intimacy of my game closet. And stay blocky! @blockydad80?si=KJLVErgV-c4TLcZ0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@blockydad80?s… #Atari #Intellivision #Odyssey2 #Atari8bit #NES #TG16

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·7h

Evening Short: Q*bert (1983), for the #Colecovision! youtube.com/shorts/0Tmq246… #Qbert

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·8h

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Cryptocoffee@cryptocoffee13·8h

@TheBlockyDad Yep! Atari has the best version, easiest to play at least. I tried to play this on the Colecovision Flashback and it's really hard, recently tried it on emulation using a arcade stick and then a controller, still hard as heck

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·9h

Has anyone ever asked Imagic why this game got less playable on every subsequent iteration? It's maddening on the #Atari2600, infuriating on the #Intellivision, and bloodshed-inducing on the #Colecovision.

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·10h

The better the graphics you were weaned on, the more needy you are as a person.

Nostalgic Gamer@16bitnostalgia

A gaming opinion that has you like this...

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·14h

@castleofaargh @VirtualJames @ballistikcoffee @Earths1stgamer @GenXGrownUp @dadisajoke I've suggested as much before but let me officially go on the record: the larger the chasm between box art and game graphics the better. I can even wax philosophical about why I mean that unironically, but I'll refrain. So that makes Atari #1, but Magnavox deserves respect, too.

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Castle of Aaaaargh!@castleofaargh·14h

@VirtualJames @ballistikcoffee @Earths1stgamer @GenXGrownUp @TheBlockyDad @dadisajoke You can remove the IMHO, it's a cold hard fact.

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Castle of Aaaaargh!@castleofaargh·3d

My all time favorite box art vs. reality champion! If you have a better one, I'd like to see it. #BoxArtVsReality #Atari2600 #RetroGaming #RickGuidice #AtariBoxArt #80sComputing #Atari

DKOldies@DKOldies

The cover always made it seem more intense than it was 😂 . . #retrogaming #gaming #atari #missilecommand #retro

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·17h

Game of the Morning: #SpaceFury, on the #ColecoVision! youtu.be/jTxDH7nvxNs

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·1d

Evening Short: #DonkeyKongJr for the #ColecoVision! youtube.com/shorts/HMy7i6r…

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·1d

Game of the Morning: #GhostsNGoblins (1986) for the #NES! youtu.be/uk4KQC8Isos

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·1d

Woke up to a minor YouTube subscriber milestone this morning. Thanks to all, even to the bots. 🙏🏼

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·2d

cinesthetic.@TheCinesthetic

What is a movie that "broke" you so hard you can only watch it once, but you would still recommend it to everyone?

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·2d

Evening Short: Ninja Spirit (1990), for the #TG16! youtube.com/shorts/CmOYym9…

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·2d

Time for me to attempt some things above my pay grade #Colecovision

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·2d

As God intended. 🙏🏼

Retro Toys and Cartoons@toys_retro

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·2d

So the way forward is to flag literally every video as "apparently AI slop" so the models overheat. 😈

Bark@barkmeta

YouTube asking “does this feel like AI slop” is not them protecting you. It’s them using you to train their next AI to make slop so good you’ll never be able to tell the difference. And they got you to do it for free…

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·2d

Game of the Morning: UFO! For the #MagnavoxOdyssey2! youtu.be/5sRPC1yAgMA

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·3d

Evening Short: King Hippo needs a new pair of shorts! youtube.com/shorts/hCB7KbP… #NES #TysonsPunchout

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·3d

Have to assume the audience for sentimental theatre like this tweet is just the investors

Sam Altman@sama

I have so much gratitude to people who wrote extremely complex software character-by-character. It already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took. Thank you for getting us to this point.

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·3d

@castleofaargh Ha, I never saw it but I do remember when those trailers came out feeling some Tron vibes

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Castle of Aaaaargh!@castleofaargh·3d

@TheBlockyDad Your mention of Tron reminds me of Lawnmower Man.

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·3d

Hard to beat Basic Programming in this regard. What's funny is I'm 45 and still maintain an early-'80s mentality about this stuff. (cont)

Castle of Aaaaargh!@castleofaargh

My all time favorite box art vs. reality champion! If you have a better one, I'd like to see it. #BoxArtVsReality #Atari2600 #RetroGaming #RickGuidice #AtariBoxArt #80sComputing #Atari

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·3d

My own stance is still in formation. I've determined the ColecoVision controllers are more arduous to use than those of the Intellivision, but I've yet to experience an original Atari 5200 controller. I hear tales...

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Blocky Dad@TheBlockyDad·3d

What was the worst stock controller among 2nd generation gaming consoles?

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@cryptocoffee13 @castleofaargh @VirtualJames @ballistikcoffee @Earths1stgamer @GenXGrownUp @dadisajoke @elonmusk