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Battle Axe Badge Edition Compo.

Hey folks!

Time for a small Patreon competition. The prize being a PS4 copy of Battle Axe BADGE EDITION (I was going to give away the Switch one too, but Octavius stole it).

This being ...

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Battle Axe

Evening folks!

I've been waiting to play this game for a while. Mainly as it claims to combine the fantastical worlds of Golden Axe, in a Gauntlet like environment.

So, here's my look a...

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kkrieger

I thought we could take a journey back to the early 00's demoscene and the work of a group known as Farbrausch. They've created a lot of incredible intros and visualisations, but I find kkrieger, a...

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How VHS Gaming Conned us

It was bound to happen eventually. I couldn't get away with it forever. VHS Gaming. It was inevitable. So I thought I'd dive in with the key question: How it conned us, and what I mean by that is, ...

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The Renault 19 Story

Last month, I had the opportunity to purchase a car from 1990, a Renault 19 TSE. It's a car model that has a lot of nostalgia for me, and indeed I've been was fascinated by them since the 80s. So i...

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Johnny Castaway

Ok, it's time to explore the most intriguing Screensaver of all time, Johnny Castaway.

I enjoyed making this one, as Johnny was a frequent guest on my PC screen in the 90s. I spent days tryin...

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The ongoing Discord saga

Yes, Discord connectivity with Patreon is pants.

So HURRAH, here is a new invite link if you aren't automatically connected

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ThrowBack FPS Games

This video was a true rabbit hole. I first thought there were a few throwback style FPS games. Then I thought there were quite a few.

THERE ARE TOO MANY.

Anyway, I try and discuss them ...

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Membership packs

The next batch membership packs are ready to go (albeit for a few customs forms now required for the EU). So these should start hitting doormats by the start of next week.

I've received messa...

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This GameBoy Game is 21 Years Late

So, my friend Quang (you may know him, or remember him from a couple of my videos) has recently released Super JetPak DX on the GameBoy; a game that was originally created back in 1999.

This ...

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I got a PS5 for Christmas

Happy New Year folks! I hope you had an excellent festive period.

I had decided to take a break over Christmas and New Year, but then I got ill and so the break turned into an extended recove...

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It's 25 days into a period of time we refer to as December

Hey folks, 

Just wanted to drop a quick note to say Happy Christmas and thank you for your support this year! It means the world and I'm truly glad you're here.

I'm sure some of yo...

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The Snowman PC CD-ROM

Season's Greetings folks!

I've got a few more bits planned during over festive season, I'll keep you updated here.

But if I don't see you in the mean time, I hope you enjoy this and I h...

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Have AtGames Been Trolling us?

Because this Legends Ultimate arcade cabinet isn't half bad.

You can tell that, because I made a half hour video about something that I thought would be a quick video to roll off.

This ...

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This Laptop Could Save Your Life

That's not just a "baity" title either. This little Epson ActioNote was actually used to administer drugs, and it comes with all the kit.

Interesting enough, but can it run Doom? That's what ...

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Physical rewards

HOLY HELL. It's a box of Patreon rewards. Going out to all people who should have received some in the last 6 months (regardless of whether you abandoned the tier or not).

And they're shippin...

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The Mega 65

So then folks, the Mega 65 is here, in dev kit form at least. The modern day recreation of the Commodore 65, with added features and POWER.

Other than being stunning to look at, it's got a lo...

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Discord Link!

For anyone having trouble getting on;

https://discord.gg/PG8JtCPX8s

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It's Banner Printing Time

So, I thought I'd grab myself a brand new dot matrix printer, by Epson, and put it through some paces. Namely by printing off a whopping banner.

That's it. That's the video.

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Gaming Watches

Hello folks. Sorry to keep you so long, but may I present a new video regarding the curious history and world of game wrist watches.

 I do hope you enjoy.

I'll be back again immine...

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Microsoft was terrified by Linux

Ok, so I've managed to just about get a Halloween video completed on time. Although this cut might be a little rough around the edges. Please do mention anything you find out of sorts.

Althou...

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Mailbag

Right folks.

Here we are. 

A video I thought would make a nice filler, and it took 2 weeks to edit down into something coherent. There was about 5 hours of footage.

The offic...

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The Troubled Origins of ZIP

Ahhh, the ZIP file. So widely accepted. So well used.

But how, and why did this compression format win the file format war?

Delve within.

On a personal note. I've always been fasc...

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The AARD Code

There was once some code built into Windows that would check if you were running on a competitor operating system, and if so, "crash" itself. Or at least, make you think there was a serious problem...

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Did Microsoft Steal DoubleSpace?

The whole MS-DOS DoubleSpace/DriveSpace thing. It's been on my mind for years. Probably far too many years to be healthy. But I guess that's kinda why I make these videos.

Why did we have Dou...

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Quick video about 1/4 Polybius cabinets

Evening all,

I've known the guys at Numskull for a while, so I said I'd help them try and get their quarter size cabinet Kickstarter over the final hurdle.

This is that video; just a qu...

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Virus Hoaxes of the Early Internet

Evening folks,

I hope all is well.

The past week or so, I've been doing a bit of digging about viruses hoaxes of the early internet. I thought I'd explore a bit of virus hoax history be...

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Intel made an IMAX Feature Film in 1994

It's time. Time to watch this potential abomination of a film, created by Intel in 1994, and part of their education remit. You may recall me mentioning it when I looked at their 'chip kit' a few m...

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Hidden Code...

Hey folks, 

so here's a video which felt like it took an eternity. I decided to take a week away from editing at the start of the month, but then came back to this, which turned from a s...

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Update!

Hey folks,

I hope you are all well.

Now that life is (somewhat) returning to normal -regardless of whether that's a good thing- and schools are going back in September, it means that I ...

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