Respec @respec.net Respec.net is a no BS website about video games from games media veterans. Independently owned and operated with pride.
Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com Video game critic. Final Boss @RPGSite.net & @Respec.net. Ronin writer & consultant. Formerly Editor-at-large for Eurogamer/VG247.
Love: Arcade cabs, Watches, Dogs, Whisky, fighting games, RPGs, NFL (Rams), Lego, Poker & Blackjack
www.donaldson.zone
John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
Digital Foundry and creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work!
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Cosmic Division @cosmicdivision.bsky.social Cosmic Division is an independent game studio based in Helsinki, focused on crafting ambitious, atmospheric gameplay-first experiences.
Embrace the Beyond.
Stay tuned. More to follow shortly.
www.cosmicdivision.com
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com 🇨🇦🇬🇧Nerd
* Content Marketing / WordPress
* Retro gaming and programming
* Raspberry Pi / Arduino Etc
* Warhammer / D&D
* 3Dprinting / making / CNC / lasercutting- R Ramon Braumuller @ramonbraumuller.eurosky.social Composer, drummer and singer of “It’s Moonchild, wooho-ho-ho…”
Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝) @seven.eurosky.social 🎨 Dutch designer, digital sculptor
💾 1980s youngster demoscener
🕹️ 1990s game dev 👉 Moon Child (Bluesky's spring 2026 viral meme), Hoi and more
🛒 https://metin-seven-shop.fourthwall.com
🛒 https://theyetee.com/collections/moon-child
🏠 https://metinseven.nl
Reinier van Vliet @reiniervanvliet.eurosky.social Oldskool coder of: Moon Child, Hoi, Mugician, Clockwiser and much more. Web: https://proofofconcept.nl
QL Next by SpecNext Ltd @sinclairql.bsky.social Official account of the Sinclair QL Next core running on the SpecNext platform
My Abandonware @myabandonware.com Retro website with tons of abandonware DOS / Windows / PC / Console games. We release new games every week.
Commodork @commodork.bsky.social Oklahoma writer/blogger/podcaster. Old tech, C64, arcades, security, B-movies, Halloween, ninjas, food, Vanlife, 1980s. Master of Professional Writing degree.
Todd Gill - Retro Frog @retrofrog.bsky.social Owner/designer of Retro Frog 3D: http://retrofrog.net
Discord: https://discord.gg/vK2A5F5gts
Neo Geo fan. Amiga nut.- F Floppy Days Podcast @floppydays.bsky.social Host of the Floppy Days Podcast (floppydays.com)
Pants Pants Revolution @pantsrevolution.bsky.social A nerdy news site for (mostly retro) video games, free games, emulation, linux, tech and stuff. Welcome to the revolution of pants.
Omar @ocornut.bsky.social programmer of things and stuff. dear imgui https://github.com/ocornut/imgui / the dragon’s trap / dreams / tearaway / pixeljunk shooter / soul bubbles / meka. Paris, France https://www.miracleworld.net
Andréas Söderberg @3dreas.bsky.social 2D/3D artist and game developer.
Homepage - https://andreas-soderberg.se/
Mastodon - https://mastodon.social/@3Dreas
Twitter - https://x.com/3Dreas
Rare Ltd. @rare.co.uk UK Xbox studio enabling pirate capers in @seaofthieves.com. Also made some other games you might know.
RetroWorks @retroworks.es Creating new games for old computers and old games for new computers since 2009
http://www.retroworks.es
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social Generation ZX. 
Two Black Cats @twoblackcats.jp 😺 Creators of MD Engine 😺
Converting modern games to retro consoles.
日本語OK
ZXClaire @zxclaire.bsky.social Zeddys & Speccys and other random things - mostly badly. Professional turophobe. she/her. Gen X.
@em00k.bsky.social @em00k.bsky.social Lazy coder. Likes to dream.
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.
New Game Old Flame - A modern and homebrew retro gaming podcast. @newgameoldflame.bsky.social We talk about modern and homebrew new games on old consoles and microcomputers, where nostalgia meets innovation for a unique gaming journey.
SmilaIcon64 @smilaicon64.bsky.social C64 games - Pixel art - digital art - magazine covers - vinyl covers - Artist. Done games for ocean, us gold, microprose, Atari, tynesoft, acclaim, Sony, team 17, alternative software and many many more.
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
best80smusic.bsky.social @best80smusic.bsky.social 😍80's best songs!!😍
All songs (mp3) and videos can easily be downloaded for free:
https://freemp3music.org/
Debug Magazine @debugmag.com The indie games magazine // Available in print and digital // Order support: help@teamdebug.com
Subscribe Now: debu.gg/sub
For Developers: debu.gg/dev
@haroldook.bsky.social @haroldook.bsky.social 
@matthewcannon.bsky.social @matthewcannon.bsky.social 
Slope's Game Room AKA DJ Slope @slopesgameroom.bsky.social Retro Gaming Docs | Kickscammer Detective | Tommy's best mate
https://www.youtube.com/@slopesgameroom <- the channel
SlopesGameRoom@Viralcollab.com <- the email
ESPectrum & CPCESP @zxespectrum.bsky.social An ESP32 SoC based ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC emulator.
Emulador de ZX Spectrum y Amstrad CPC para el SoC ESP32.
https://zxespectrum.speccy.org
FluffyQuack @fluffyquack.bsky.social 
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
Retrogamesmaster.co.uk @retrogamesmaster.bsky.social Editor of retrogamesmaster.co.uk and zxspectrumnow.com
Freelance journalist and graphic pixel artist
80sNostalgia @80snostalgia.com You will always find me in the kitchen at parties, even if I haven’t been invited.
Retro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social This is the official editorial account of Retro Gamer magazine. All posts are from the mag team. Get a sub at bit.ly/subto_Retro_Gamer
@realmartingalway.bsky.social @realmartingalway.bsky.social 
Rumbleminze @rumbleminze.bsky.social he/him
2025 Golden Caveman Award Winner
Amateur Romhacker, co-author of the Kid Icarus Randomizer, Retro Enthusiast, Porter of NES games to SNES
https://ko-fi.com/rumbleminze
Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com I want you to win and be happy. Code, OSS, STEM, Beyoncé, T1D, open source artificial pancreases, Portland, 3D printing http://hanselminutes.com inclusive tech podcast! VP/Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft/GitHub 🌮
http://hanselman.com/about
Official Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social The only official Bluesky account of the only original Commodore® (est. 1958), powered by all 47 original trademarks. Imposters may copy, but they can’t compute. Welcome to The future we were promised™ | commodore.net #wearecommodore
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/
Rees @ctrl-alt-rees.com Rees Stephenson from ctrl-alt-rees. Retrocomputing & whatnot. https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees
He / him
Business Time: rees@ctrl-alt-rees.com 🧦
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
The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk We preserve, curate, engineer and share vintage tech history.
Visit our links: https://ndulge.it/retrocollective
CoLD SToRAGE ( Tim Wright ) @coldstorage.bsky.social CEO, Musician, Coder, Green Belt Ninja & Welsh BAFTA Member. Developed (DAW) music sequencers - MUSIC tm, MTV Music Generator & eJay. Composed soundtracks for 80+ games - WipEout, Lemmings, Shadow of the Beast, Colony Wars, Sensible Soccer, Formula One…
Tony Warriner @tonywarriner.bsky.social Game dev, coder: Brazen Gameplay, prev Revolution. UrbX Warriors, Broken Sword, Steel Sky
Check out my Revolution Software memoir 👉 https://ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
More socials 👉 linktr.ee/tonywarriner
Technoshed Software - Rich Faulkner @technoshed.bsky.social 
Tom @thepixelempire.net Editor of thepixelempire.net
I review anything and everything on a website that's a (hopefully inviting) throwback to the games magazines of the 80s and 90s.
#gaming #gamersunite #retrogaming
Time Extension @timeextension.com Breathing new life into old games. Retro gaming news, reviews and features from the lovely people behind @nintendolife.com
@pushsquare.com and @purexbox.com
www.timeextension.com
Q @h-a-m.bsky.social You've found Q of Hold and Modify! Welcome!
https://www.youtube.com/@HoldandModify
Gigabates/dSr @gigabates.bsky.social 
Carleton Handley @carletonhandley.bsky.social I coded Commodore 64 games in the 1980s, 1990s and the 2020s. And plenty of other stuff in between.
Richard Jordan @ericretro.bsky.social Very part time games dev, tinkering with 80's 8-bit inspired goodness. Author of retro inspired titles Klass of 99, Melkhior's Mansion and Undrium.
Currently working on Playdate projects.
http://www.bitglint.co.uk
ZX Spectrum Next Official @specnext.com The ZX Spectrum Next is the official recreation of the legendary ZX Spectrum home computer using FPGA technology, updated for the 21st century!
Visit us at: www.specnext.com
Nihirash @nihirash.bsky.social Playing guitar, wannabe jazz musician.
Loving vintage guitars and computers.
Valencia, Spain.
@sumodigital.bsky.social @sumodigital.bsky.social 
ZX Reposts @zxreposts.bsky.social 🕹 Supporting the Speccy Community! Include #ZXReposts in your Sinclair ZX Spectrum, ZX80/81 related posts and I will repost to my followers 👉 Main account @EverythingC64.itch.io
🌎 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/EverythingC64
CRASH magazine @crashonlineuk.bsky.social Celebrating the classic ZX Spectrum magazine CRASH, published by Newsfield. (No relation to the relaunched mag from Retro Fusion Books)
David Buchanan @retr0.id reverse engineering, cryptography, exploits, hardware, file formats, and generally giving computers a hard time
Fedi: @retr0id@retr0.id
Macroblog: https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/
DOS Games @dosgames.com Home of over 2,300 free DOS games at DOSGames.com. Founded January 1999. Daily random game post is chosen by a bot!- T Tim Sweeney @timsweeneyepic.bsky.social
SteamDB @steamdb.info 👀 Tracking all things Valve and Steam.
ℹ️ We are not affiliated with Valve in any way.
🦋 By @xpaw.me 🌐 https://steamdb.info/
LukHash @lukhash.bsky.social Retro-inspired electronic music producer, fusing classic 80s vibes with modern energy 👾 #chiptune meets #synthwave, powered by custom-modded #retro tech ✨️
MUSIC/MERCH/CONTACT:
🌐 https://music.lukhash.com
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.
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)
Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social 🔥 Engineering knowledge exchange: http://hackaday.com
☠️ Get featured: tips at hackaday dot com
📒 Learn: http://hackaday.io/u
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Romero Games @romerogames.bsky.social Galway-based studio, passionate about FPS games.
romerogames.com
Richard Garriott @richardgarriott.bsky.social Creator: Ultima, “avatar”, MMO genre
Explorer: Pole to Pole, Orbital Space to Deepest point of Oceans
Brian Fargo @brianfargo.bsky.social Studio Head InXIle Entertainment and fortunate that I'm still making RPG's after all these years.
Vinny Mainolfi | FREEZE-ZX | ZX Spectrum @freeze-zx.bsky.social FREEZE-ZX™ - A Premier Gaming Zine for #ZXSpectrum Enthusiasts featuring interviews|reviews|cheats Buy @ https://freeze64.com/freeze-zx/ 🕹📺
Giant Bomb @giantbomb.com The Yacht Rock of Video Games
giantbomb.com/join
For business inquiries: giantbomb@rightclick.gg
Media: media@giantbomb.com
ZXVintage @zxvintage.bsky.social A wave of ZX Spectrum magazine nostalgia.
Metadata from the ZXDB database, which is mostly-accurate but expect oddities.
Completely unofficial!
ZX Spectrum Game of the Year 1988! @speccyworldcup.bsky.social Time to find out what each Year's best ZX Spectrum games are! 1983: Atic Atac
Let's move onto 1988.
GalaPixelGames @galapixel.bsky.social I'm making a retro platformer for Game Boy Color.
Demo: https://pixel-perfection.itch.io/ninjas-way
Support us on Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/--3270495/coming_soon/x/38517612
#retrogaming #GameBoyColor #chiptune
Juan F. Ramírez @juanfr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Your daily dose of #zxspectrum nostalgia
Málaga, Spain 🇪🇸🇪🇺
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@juanfr, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Olof Næssén @olofn.bsky.social Programmer. C/C++, 6502, 65C816, 68k, NES, SNES, AMIGA. Fun stuff http://darkbits.org. Work stuff sharkmob.
Shannon Birt @shannonbirt.bsky.social Retro Computer/Console enthusiast. Attempting to tick retro game developer off bucket list .
X : https://x.com/birt_shannon
Youtube : https://youtube.com/@shannonbirt9267
Discord Shazza#4474
☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social Etsy.com/uk/shop/YavinPaints
SubStack: https://idspispopd.substack.com/
Emperor's Hand, Doom Marine & heroine of Darkmoon. Maker of LEGO PC Cards.
✏️ #TillysArt
⛓️ #TillysKinks
📚 #TillysCursedLibrary
🥯 #MayTheBagelsBeWithYou
⛓️ #TillysCabinetOfCuriosities
nivs @nivrig.bsky.social Respawned 80's game developer. Dodgy Rocks, Turbo Tomato, Rogue Declan. Working on porting Lumo to Amiga, amongst other things.
Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social Making a game that actually runs on PlayStation 1 and Sega Dreamcast.
https://edw.is/
Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy our games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/
ININ Games @iningames.bsky.social Publisher of classic console, computer, and arcade games. Bringing back timeless cult hits and hidden gems from the past! 🕹🎮
Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social (Unofficial) Hacker News Bot with top stories updates.
Jobs from YC startups @whois-hiring.bsky.social
Creator @ykravchuk.bsky.social
Danilo Dias @daysdanilo.bsky.social joymasher artist/designer
GeeseBumps @geesebumpsgames.bsky.social Creating our first Sega Genesis game, a fangame sequel to LucasArts' Loom (tm)
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Code: @ganso.bsky.social
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Music: @haddhar.bsky.social
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Web: http://www.geesebumps.com
Gears of Games @gears-of-games.bsky.social Another Twixxer refugee here! Mostly about video games! I am just a crazy swede that likes making videos about #retrogaming. #AtariST #SNES #Amiga #ZXSpectrum.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gearsofgames
Ko-Fi: http://ko-fi.com/gearsofgames
Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social 10x Editor, FramePro, FastFind, VMem, Ex Lionhead.
Low level core coder, tools, tech, perf.
https://10xeditor.com
𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑽𝑰𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵 @amiga.vision The ultimate Amiga games & demo scene collection for MiSTer & Pocket FPGAs, Raspberry Pi + emulators — and Amiga 1200, 4000 & CD32.
Get it here: https://amiga.vision
Other projects: https://0mhz.net · https://neon68k.com · https://oneload64.github.io
superbrothers @superbrothershq.bsky.social we love love you 💗
🗡️ Sword & Sworcery EP (2011)
🎶 Sound Shapes (2012)
🚀 JETT (2021/2023)
🎢 new 2D mystery action (202X)
superbrothersHQ.com
cosmic friends forever starter pack
https://go.bsky.app/H1GMo3Z
founder/creator/bozo: c64.bsky.social
Mike Kasprzak❓🦈🍁 @distraction.engineer Former professional GameDev (1999+); IGF Finalist (2009); Retro, DIY, Repair, C64 nerd; AKA PoV, PoVRAZOR, VA3POV 📻; They/them; 🍁
Caretake and co-creator of the @ludumdare.com online game jam
Empathy is punk! Trans rights! 🏳️⚧️💜🤘
c64 @superbrothers @c64.bsky.social craig d. adams
videogame creative director type 💭🕹️
superbrothers AV // #sworcery JETT
superbrothersHQ.com
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cooking up something new, something fun