Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com Senior Data Engineer.
"Vintage computing enthusiast" - The Register
I run a YouTube channel and blog dedicated to the Beeb and all things Acorn, Psion and more: colinhoad.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/zjvSBjG7rw
Pixel Art: Syarifudin Mahfud
Fighting Fantasist @coopgames.bsky.social Used to run fightingfantasist blog, and f-yeahbritisholdschoolgaming tumblr. Galactic headquarters of Hive Fleet Bonnacon. Wrote Axles and Alloys many years ago. Fetish for gloss varnish.
My retro computer gaming stuff - https://coopdevil.itch.io/
Kim Justice @kimjustice.bsky.social Talks a lot about old games and Japanese wrestling on YouTube, and also streams nonsense on Twitch. Now on here.
Bob Nystrom @stuffwithstuff.com Dad, husband, brother, son. Working on Dart at Google, ex-game dev at EA, wrote "Game Programming Patterns" and "Crafting Interpreters". http://stuffwithstuff.com/
GouldFish On Games @gouldfishongames.com Retro Youtuber with the long beard!
(He/Him)
Matt JS @geezerdiamond.bsky.social Into anything retro (games, cars, architecture). Constantly exasperated by pillocks letting the side down. #PoundlandKevinCostner Twitter:@GeezerD205
🧡Sophie Rose💚 @sophierosemusic.bsky.social Why can’t people just be nice.. ya know❤️
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Keep AI out of art
Art package curator.. 🎨
Want to live on DS9 tbh
All things retro computer related
Green Party Member.. 💚
Steve Wetherill @stevewetherill.bsky.social Veteran game dev. Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy (CPC464), Nodes of Yesod, Projectyle, Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Tiberian Sun. Now serializing 40 years of it as a memoir:
https://stevewetherill.substack.com
George Beckett @markgbeckett.bsky.social I am an academic, computational scientist, and research-programme manager, working in high-performance computing, though often found tinkering with 1980s 8-bit micros.
Nordischsound @nordischsound.bsky.social Music Composer and Chiptune Artist. Listen to my music at
YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/Nordischsound
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jBEZyr4XVOqe5VfLk8sSH?si=9c3c9b7aa82a417b
OTHER SERVICES: https://linktr.ee/nordischsound
PainfulDiodes @painfuldiodes.bsky.social Cloud software architect by day, 8-bit hobby hacker by night.
1980s tech / homebrew builds / educational projects / Z80 enthusiast
Based in Harrogate, UK.
The Fluffenhammer @thefluffenhammer.bsky.social 
Harbonaut🏴 @harbonaut.co.uk Bill Harbison. Veteran Ocean Software/Imagine Software pixel artist. Senior Environment Artist
https://www.youtube.com/@MrHarbonaut
Warlord @warlord-phobos.bsky.social Warlord ^ Armagon / Benediction / phObos team
demoscene/metalscene/chiptune musician (on multiple platforms) since 1997. Retro game collector/enthusiast.
Hämeenkyrö, Finland
https://linktr.ee/warlord__phobos
Martin Piper @martinpiper.bsky.social Commodore 64, Electronics, Software, Pizza
https://www.youtube.com/@MartinPiper6502
https://itch.io/profile/martin-piper
Retro Dream @retrodream.bsky.social Artistic Shots of Retro Computers and Games. Only Real Stuff, No Emulation. Apple, Atari, Commodore, PC-DOS, MSX, Nintendo, Sega... https://youtube.com/c/RetroDream
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social Linux guy, retro-computing and electronics enthusiast, hobbyist graphic designer and 3D artist doing bits and pieces for the revived Commodore brand. Occasional writer and musician. Also that kid with the weird eyes off of GamesMaster.
@museumofcomputing.bsky.social @museumofcomputing.bsky.social 
Sharpworks @sharpworks.bsky.social Retro gaming publisher for the Sharp MZ-80 and MZ-700 machines.
http://youtube.com/@mzsharpworks
https://mz-sharpworks.co.uk/
https://mz-80a.com/
https://basictoz80.wordpress.com/
Devon, UK
Matt K (Timberwolf) @timberwolf.club I have a weakness for isometric management games, obscure simulators, irrelevant details of long-dead memory addressing schemes and listening to "The Legend Of Xanadu" more times than is strictly age-appropriate.
Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, Disney, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie, Terrahawks, and Minecraft. Currently : Thunderbirds!
Site: danwhitehead.net
Breathing Retro @breathing-retro.bsky.social Following technical retro gaming content, homebrew, modding/ROM hacking, reverse-engineering, ports/remasters, emulation development, FPGA & demoscene
You will not find other topics here!
❤️ reddit.com/r/retrogamedev/
❤️ reddit.com/r/emudev/
The Loud Scots Bloke @loudscotsbloke.bsky.social Collector, restorer, programmer of 8bit underdogs and defender of the Mattel Aquarius! Regular columnist of "Templeman's Treasures" in Pixel Addict Magazine - https://loudscotsbloke.itch.io/
🕹️ EᑎGᗩGEᔕᗷᖇᗩIᑎ 🎮 @engagesbrain.bsky.social Retro Gaming, Sim Racing, STEM. . .Order subject to change without notice.
QuangDX @quangdx.com Founder / Technical Game Design Director @Asobitech.com ☯️
Ex @BitmapBureau.com🕵️♂️
Event organiser @BrilliantIndieTreasures.com💎
Column writer @DebugMag.com📝
BAFTA member😉
ENSEMBLE 2019✊
He/Him🙋♂️
MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social 
Jan Beta @janbeta.net I repair/hack/make/destroy stuff on YouTube/PeerTube.
Retrocomputing, VintageAudio, Tinkering. As unprofessional as it gets.
Chaotic good. Anti-fascist. C64 rules.
https://janbeta.net/
Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social Writer, walker, software archaeologist. Back in the day: Editor of Acorn User, Editor of h2g2.
I love analysing old code, and my aim is to create the best code disassemblies you have ever seen.
Purveyor of Elite/Lander/Revs hacks.
www.markmoxon.com
Thalamus Physical @thalamusdigital.bsky.social Indie Developer & Publisher of Retro | Mobile | Console games.
Web: thalamusdigital.co.uk | Merch: thalamus.shop
Nostalgia Nerd @nostalgianerd.com Retro YouTube nerd, author, streamer, occasionally.
🔗 nerdl.ink
Richard Troupe @richardtroupe.bsky.social Firefighter and teacher.
Retro gaming, old computers, reading and weightlifting.
Does console and computer stuff for Base Arcade.
Belfast, Ireland.
He/him.
Samster @samsterdave.bsky.social Sam Coupé fan. don't dislike other systems either. z80 + vids dabbler, graphics, writing + life. Grumpy! Dislike nasty folk.
Tinyurl.com/samstersvideos
I also like to waffle about music, Television, etc. Love most 80's, 90's and clubby music.
Rob Crowther @robertcrowther.bsky.social Software Developer who likes retro games, non-retro games and American Football.
GigerPunk @gigerpunk.bsky.social Yes, yes, I know, amusing/informative description goes here, I'll get round to it at some point.
#PostSlopGetABlock
Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social AKA The Polka Dot Assassin. Artist, Sci-fi/Fantasy writer, fictional weasel wrangler, theic, robot wannabe. Scot in South Wales 🏴🏴
Crashed @crashedfiesta.bsky.social Vintage computer nut. Biased towards Amiga.
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com
Thomas Stratford @mrtomsworld.bsky.social Occasional IT wrangler | Maker | Electronics tinkerer
nige @nigecube.bsky.social Heart of gold, knob of butter
North Wiltshire.
Asobitech @asobitech.com Indie Video Game Studio (est. 2007) ☯
D*Fuzed 💣🤖 and Super JetPak DX 👨🚀🚀 for GameBoy and GameBoy Color compatible devices
Retrogaming love ❤️
Run by @quangdx.com
Henrique Olifiers @olifiers.bsky.social Co-Founder, Gamer-In-Chief of BAFTA-winner Bossa Studios. Chairman tinyBuild. Driver of the ZX Spectrum Next. Retro computing fan. Maker. Space enthusiast.
Mark Fixes Stuff @markfixesstuff.com Youtuber. Retro Gaming and Computing Tinkering. Prone to cases of epic self ownage. www.youtube.com/markfixesstuff - UK / North Hampshire
DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social UK/GB/Manchester. Saving the Quantel legacy one luma sample at a time, blundering with electronics, computers & other weird things, fixing stuff.
Tom Stepleton @stepleton.bsky.social AI research engineer, glider pilot. Apple Lisa power user. @stepleton@oldbytes.space on Mastodon. Most of my posts will be about old computers; occasionally I'll mention flying.
Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social Artistic uber-geek with a passion for astronomy, electronics, and .. well pretty much anything else really. ex-NVIDIA & 3Dfx. Opinions my own.
RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social The person from that youtube channel a few people watch.
Binary Dinosaurs @binarydinosaurs.co.uk Collecting, repairing and preserving vintage machines since 1998.
W: https://binarydinosaurs.co.uk
F: https://Facebook.com/binarydinosaurs
M: @binarydinosaurs.oldbytes.space
"The king of old weird stuff" - Fuzzweed.co.uk, Nov '25
The Last Psion | Alex @thelastpsion.com #Psion hackery, mainly SIBO/EPOC16.
Made #PsiDrive, a USB SIBO SSD reader. Slowly rewriting the SIBO C SDK in Pascal.
⚠️ WARNING: Will sidequest ⚠️
🏠 https://thelastpsion.com
🦣 https://oldbytes.space/@thelastpsion
🏔️ https://codeberg.org/thelastpsion
Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social Retro-computers, model railways, playing Elite: Dangerous...
What else do you need to know? :-)
Chris Shadowens @chrisshadowens.bsky.social Creator and host of 'Is It Any Good?', a YouTube food review series. Click the link below! 👇
https://youtube.com/@ChrisShadowens
BOARDS OF CANADA @boardsofcanada.bsky.social 
RIDE @rideox4official.bsky.social 
Arcade Archive @arcadearchive.co.uk Hello Arcadians and welcome to Arcade Archive, a classic arcade preservation museum based in Stroud, UK.
Watch our videos at: https://youtube.com/@TheRetroCollective
Book a visit https://retrocollective.co.uk
Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org Sometime verb, real person, lover of 8-bit computers, husband & father, trying to be a kind person. #blacklivesmatter; trans rights are human rights.
he/him
The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk The Centre for Computing History is much more than a museum. Based in Cambridge, it hosts hands-on exhibitions, a wide range of activities and events, has a small shop and runs a learning programme.
Short Circuit @shortcircuit.org.uk Organisers of retro events - see https://retrofest.uk/ for our latest. If you want to talk about prop hire, buying or selling (or donating!) retro hardware or coming to visit us, please come say hi at https://shortcircuit.org.uk/
Rage Against The Retro @rageretro.bsky.social RageAgainstTheRetro.com
Retro Tech Nostalgia
Live streams, videos and nonsense. 
Rob Cranley @daedalus2097.bsky.social Amiga user since before they were retro.
EGVroom @egvroom.bsky.social Dad. Making Game Boy games: Roguecraft GB, OutRun GB, Cave Dave, Hero GP, Starseed, Block Droppin, Word Forward + more.
I will pet your dog!
Negative Charge @negativecharge.bsky.social Retro-musician, 8-Bit, 6502. Mainly creating music drivers, players and conversion tools from 8 & 16-bit sound chips to the BBC Micro’s SN76489 and Acorn Electron’s ULA.
⎍∧∿⩘
Daphne Blake @itscrapcontent.bsky.social 💖 A rEtRo GaMiNg 🕹️ 🌈ReAlLy old person 💖 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ i have NO DM so YOU won’t get a reply💋
We have a youtube channel called ……
**ITS CRAP CONTENT**"The Antidote to Other Retro Games Channels**
https://youtube.com/@itscrapcontent?si=Ri-YWAS2EHoB5ruQ
Tynemouth Software @tynemouthsoftware.co.uk Making new things for old computers.
http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/
https://www.tindie.com/stores/tynemouth/
https://www.patreon.com/tynemouthsoftware
🕹️ Davey Sloan 👾 @sloanysoft.itch.io ZX Spectrum fan
As seen in Retro Gamer, Pixel Addict, Crash, FREEZE-ZX, Break Space & the telly!
https://sloanysoft.wordpress.com
https://sloanysoft.itch.io
http://www.twitch.tv/sloanysoft
Animated ALex @animatedal.bsky.social ZX Spectrum Sinclair BASIC programming enthusiast.
#zxspectrum #basic #sinclair #thespectrum
Prototron @prototron.bsky.social Hobby retro gamedev, VHS rental days fan, musician, beat 'em up aficionado, martial arts film buff, 90s game magazine worshipper, metal guy, cat guy.
Glasgow, Scotland
Website - http://prototron.weebly.com
YouTube - http://youtube.com/@prototrongames
Julian "Jaz" Rignall @jazrignall.bsky.social Playing video games since 1976.
Writing about them since 1983.
The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social Hello Cave Dwellers this is The Cave, a vintage Computer, Console
and gaming channel and museum in Stroud, UK.
Watch videos at https://youtube.com/@TheRetroCollective
Book Tickets at https://retrocollective.co.uk
Dr Johnny Blanchard @onlyretrofans.com Screenwriter Roguegunners Productions
Author
#Retrocomputing/#RetroGaming: https://www.youtube.com/@reenthused
#IndieDev: https://tonsomo.itch.io
#Film: https://www.youtube.com/@roguegunners
NoAI especially GenAI
Richard Horne @richrap3d.bsky.social #3DPrinting #RepRap #RetroGaming #Arcade & #OpenSource hardware developer, Electronics engineer, innovator & salesman, Director of Heber Ltd. Author of 3D Printing for Dummies book.
Based in the UK
BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social Modern ZX Spectrum game reviews, interviews, features, POKES and general good times.
Free
PDF
https://breakspace.itch.io/
Daryl @zolbatar.bsky.social Creator of Daric (dariclang.com) and working on a terraforming simulation. I like hiking, 40K, maths, science, vintage tech, sci-fi TV & film and general nerdy stuff. Amateur dramatics!
SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social #Writer, #coder. Code C64 games in my spare time. No to genAI. Released my #BrileyWitch #C64 #RPG via http://itch.io. Also owner of 3 cats.
https://sarahjaneavory.itch.io/
0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social Acorn Electron fanboy | 6502 coder
https://0xc0de6502.github.io
6502nerd @6502nerd.bsky.social Retro coder and homebrew computer maker, fan of all things 6502, electronics and retro computers in general.
Z80 vs 6502? I don't care they're both in computers I loved back in the day.
Oric, Atari and Amiga were my childhood machines! 
Quazar @samcoupe.com www.samcoupe.com
33 years developing for the British 8-bit SAM Coupé computer, doing what I can to keep this fantastic system alive! Hardware, software, repairs, SAM Revival magazine + more.
(linktr.ee/quazarsamcoupe for all links, inc ZX / RC hardware)
Paul "Paulie" Hughes @pauliehughes.bsky.social 43 years of programming games; from Vic-20 to PS5! The LEGO game guy, The Ocean Loader Guy. 56 shipped titles, 240M sales. Retro Game Code archiver/documenter. Happy Chappy. Occasional Magician. Typography snob. BAFTA member.
Andy Toone @lockfarm.bsky.social Petabytes in my day job, kilobytes in my spare time.
Maker of Beasts - https://feersumbeasts.com/ 8-bit Z80 kit
Technologist, cynical optimist, occasional CTO, regular tinkerer.
Rural hideout in UK
Tim Gilberts @timbucus.bsky.social Old programmer turned project manager. History of Wizards of Adventure (Gilsoft) and Retro Computer Fan
16k should be enough for anyone 🇦🇺 @zx81keyboardadventure.com Retro blogging, retro coding, making stuff, art-ing stuff. Also on @zx81adventures@mastodon.social
Websites and Blogs and Things
https://www.zx81keyboardadventure.com
https://zx81keyboardadventure.itch.io/
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LjITrcG
NickT6630 @nickt6630.bsky.social Hi, I build home brew computers, electronics projects, coding, make electronic music
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuHRbwyKXo61QgEMK4Q1Zwg/videos #SaveOurNHS #FBPE #RejoinEU #AntiBrexit
Robert @flatduckrecords.co.uk ZX Spectrum, SAM Coupé. Award-winning website developer.
Oban, Scotland.
SausageWareGames @tomjamespotter.bsky.social Making new games for the ZX Spectrum! Next game, "Full Spectrum Defence" out soon from Bitmap Soft. Previous games: Knightmare 2024 and S.C.I.O.N.
Dudley of Yesterzine @yesterzine.bsky.social Yesterzine / Big Red Arrow Club / Doomed Colonist
Ruining magazines forever for fun and profit.
tiny.cc/yesterzine
WhatHoSnorkers @whathosnorkers.bsky.social Game improver, fancy dresser, history reader. Mainly ZX Spectrum but other systems too.
Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com Player of games, writer of code, drinker of beer, streamer of nonsense, an acquired taste. https://twitch.tv/jimblimey
My games: https://jimblimey.itch.io
All other stuff https://www.jimblimey.com
Fuzzweed @fuzzweed.co.uk Maker, breaker, retro gamer.
Sometimes clever, sometimes not so much.
Sinclair Research @sinclairresearch.bsky.social Customer support for your ZX80, ZX81 and other classic hardware. We’re sorry to tell you that your warranty has expired.
Yawning Angel @yawning-angel.bsky.social Retro computing YouTuber - Amiga (all about AMOS, and I do AMOS video tutorials on my YouTube channel), Spectrum & BBC Master, Gamer - board & RPG, clown hunter, sad old goth, Akira nut 😈
Website: ya-retro.co.uk
Youtube: @YawningAngelRetro
More Fun Making It @morefunmakingit.bsky.social Retro and vintage tech YouTube fun and games over at
Main channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/MoreFunMakingIt
Second channel
https://youtube.com/@morefunmakingit2
Website:
https://www.morefunmakingit.co.uk/
Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social Retired video game programmer. 40+ years developing videogames and software.
Creator of games for the BBC Micro, Electron, NES, SNES, PC, XBox, PS3/4, Mobile, Vita, 3DS.
Former LEGO Developer
I also rescue and archive old game development disks, DM me!
L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk Blog: http://www.breakintoprogram.co.uk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BreakIntoProgram
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/breakintoprogram
Software developer & electronics dabbler. Restoring & programming vintage computers from Acorn Atom to ZX81.
Michael Martin @mcmartin.bsky.social #retrocomputing on main, politics occasionally in the replies, video game stuff basically everywhere.
If you *just* want the retrotech, https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/ is my retrodev blog.
Hoffman @h0ffman.bsky.social you know.. that one.
The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk We preserve, curate, engineer and share gaming history at our museums, and by producing new hardware for retro gaming.
Visit http://retrocollective.co.uk
Astro @astro.build the web framework for content-driven websites 🚀 https://astro.build
2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social The Galaxy's Greatest Comic - in orbit every Wednesday!
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