Rob Crowther

@robertcrowther.bsky.social

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Software Developer who likes retro games, non-retro games and American Football.

Screenshot of a video of Back to 8-bit with Hermski (Paul Davies) playing Grand Prix on an Acetronic MPU 1000
The box for International Superstar Soccer from Konami for the Game Boy Advance. The cover has the usual GBA decoration around computer generated art of two football players chasing after a ball.
A display of Z80 related items near the entrance of the museum. There are four glass lidded display cases arranged in a cross around a pedestal with a Zilog logo.
FIFA International Soccer by Electronic Arts and The Creative Assembly, for the Amiga. The cover has the EA Sports logo at the top, a picture of David Platt playing for England below that and, at the bottom, sponsorship from Adidas Predator football boots.
Hank from the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon
The European box for International Football for the Commodore 64. The cover features a screenshot overlaid with a realistic footballer's leg kicking a football, multiple increasingly smaller footballs follow an arc to the football in the screenshot in the back of the goal. Below this a picture of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge above some advertising blurb in multiple languages: "All the thrills of the real game" The box is a little worse for wear and held together with tape in places. A price sticker on the box reads £14.95.
Borderlands for the PS3
Cassette inlay for GFL Championship Football from Gamestar (owned by Activision). Created by Dennis Kirsch, Mark Madland and Scott Orr.
A Commodore VIC-20 nestled inside a Arfon Micro VIC-20 Expansion Chassis alongside a VIC-1515 dot matrix printer. A datasette unit sits on the shelf above. Above that are some racks of cassette tapes attached to the wall. To the left a small black and white TV sits on a shelf. Various items of stationary are arranged around the computer and peripherals.
A Blue Sky License for Rob Crowther, shows my profile pic and post stats
The case for Track Suit Manager from Goliath Games (The GIANTS amongst software) for the CBM 64/128. The cover features a manager shouting encouragement while a player in a red shirt and white shorts kicks the ball; in the background is a football pitch and above all of that is the game logo featuring a football and a metallic text 'Manager'. Below the log is a small banner reading 'WITH REAL MATCH TACTICS'. Stuck to the case (just barely after 40 years) is a Boots price sticker for £9.95.
A LAN Event in progress, the shiny bald head in the foreground is me!
The box for Boulder Dash from Statesoft for the C64. The cover shows a picture of a cave, in front of the picture a stylised Rockford leans nonchalantly against the bottom right of the case edge.
Two pages from the Microprose catalogue: Gunship and F-15 Strike Eagle
The front of the Microprose Soccer box, showing two footballers competing for the ball, a badge with the game's name, the publisher logo and the tag line "Tackle World Class Soccer". A sticker denotes that this is a C+VG Game of the Month and another sticker denotes that this is the C64/128 cassette version.
A Bagpuss stuffed toy. He sits behind a TV on top of a broken PS4 and some other rubbish and could do with a bit of clean.
"Ocean: The History Gold Edition" from Fusion Retro Books in its slip case along with "Ocean: The Games" companion magazine and Ocean fridge magnet.
Pick a team to manage, some of these teams still exist (or have been reformed) today: Leeds Cougars Blackpool Falcons Nottingham Hoods Leicester Panthers Gateshead Senators Manchester Spartans Brighton B52's Thames Valley Chargers Birmingham Bulls Essex Gladiators Northants Storm London Olympians
The Copy That Floppy Café in action, everything from 3.5" up to 8" catered for!
Football Manager by Kevin Toms from Addictive Software. I bought this copy on eBay and it has the original owner's address on so I've pixelated that to avoid any accidental doxing. The cover features the software house name, the game title and a couple players fight over the ball in front of a picture of the FA Cup. Also on the cover is a portrait of Kevin Toms and a game screenshot with the caption "Includes Match Action in 3D Colour Graphics" - every word of which is technically true.
Three 3.5" floppy disks lie in front of of a white disk box containing more disks.
A bat signal moves across the screen running from a Commodore 64 Ultimate. The program seems a light modification of the 'balloon example' from chapter six of the original Commodore 64 User Guide. It appears as an Easter Egg in the recently released game Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
Gizmo is entirely satisfied to be sitting in an empty box
Eagle Annual 1983 with the Mekon on the front cover alongside Eagle Annual 1984 which has Dan Dare punching a Treen while the Mekon looks on in the background.
The latest Amiga Addict, Retro Gamer, Linux Magazine and Practical Electronics lying on the table where I just had lunch
Michael Tomczyk’s book “The Home Computer Wars” along with Brian Bagnall’s “Commodore: A Company on the Edge”
Jelly Monsters Cartridge in a box for the Commodore VIC-20, the friendly computer. Note this is not the original box, but you can't tell from this angle.
Family selfie as we wait for Retrofest to start
Knights and Bikes on the PS4, a stylised Demelza and Nessa are on the cover along with a bicycle and various seaside town features.
A cat sits on the desk alongside the portable air conditioner's outlet
Pac-Man Collection from Namco for the Game Boy Advance, the front of the box which shows the title in an embossed font along with a cartoon version of Pac-Man himself with his arms outstretched. Around Pac-Man are arranged the logos for the four versions of the game included on the cartridge.
Graftgold talk at Zzap! Live 2026
Maria and Oliver immediately get stuck in to some gaming
The front of the double cassette case for Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Computers on show included an HH Tiger, an Atari Falcon and an Apricot running CPM86
The Shadowfire loading screen, showing the publisher Beyond and the developer Denton Designs, copyright 1985
Oliver playing Donkey Kong on a BBC Model B
Shaodwfire by Denton Designs published by Beyond Software, front cover
Angel and I at Milton Keynes Gaming Market
Unreal Tournament 2004 PC DVD-ROM front cover
The first ten lines of the program which includes setting some constants for easy POKEs later to make beeps and setting the magic TI$ to "000000"
Battlefield 1942 for PC CD-ROM front cover.
The front page of Popular Computing Weekly from 24th February 1983
A listing from the section Open Forum section of Popular Computing Weekly. The title is AV Timer on Vic-20, the description explains how the program is used in the process of developing film.
A black Commodore calculator model SR4148 (I think, last digit is hard to read)
The Bring'n'Byte sale in progress in the main hall
Tetris Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS
Puzzle sits directly between Angel and her game of Rocket League and waits for her to decide on priorities.
Mother and son battle it out in Smash Brothers
Kikstart and Kikstart 2 cassette cases. The covers both feature pictures of men riding motorbikes.
Me playing Uridium on the biggest television I've ever seen
Spindizzy from Electric Dreams for the Commodore 64. The cover shows a spinning top on and isometric grid alongside some very 80s art.
The front cover of the manual for The Hobbit from Melbourne House Software for the Commodore 64.
The Dragon Meetup in progress in the 80s classroom
Maria looking very pleased with herself sitting in the new car for the first time
A display showing the stories of a variety of people involved with the tech industry in Cambridge
The box for Micro Machines 64 Turbo for the Nintendo 64 from Codemasters
Pixel Addict Issue 33, on the cover is a picture of Monty Mole.
The box of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter for the N64 from Acclaim. The cover shows Turok battling a dinosaur that looks a little raptor-like.
The cover of Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Limited Edition DVD for PC.