Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social -2005: Leeds
2005-: Dublin
Films, music, crosswords, #CalendarMaths, swimming, #lufc, stuff - may contain puns.
Professional data wrangler. Amateur cat wrangler.
Not fitting every concern into CHAR(300).
Not an owl.
Through the Square Window @squarewindowpod.bsky.social A podcast guiding you through the UK TV we watched in decades gone by
John Romero @johnromero.bsky.social FPS is my DNA. Working on a new shooter. Find Romero Games at https://t.co/d7iJN1tvGy
Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social Radio astronomy observatory, research centre, UNESCO World Heritage site, beautiful visitor galleries, free parking, and great coffee 😀📡🌟
🔗 https://www.jodrellbank.net/
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Iain Mew @superchartisland.com Writing a British history of popular video games one UK sales chart #1 at a time. Now in 1988. Also into pop music and writing on The Singles Jukebox. He/him. http://www.superchartisland.com
Tube🍂Time @tubetime.bsky.social vintage computers, tubes, the MOnSter6502, cross-sectioned electronic parts, capacitors, and other detritus. coauthor of http://nostarch.com/open-circuits
ZXVintage40 @zxvintage40.bsky.social Double-page spreads from Sinclair ZX Spectrum-related magazines exactly 40 years ago.
Matt | 3030 Deathwar @birdinskygames.com Indie & founder of Bird in Sky, developers of 3030 Deathwar Redux on Steam. 16 yrs in industry, Relentless/Frontier/FuturLab
http://www.birdinskygames.com
Currently working on The Passing Place for PC and consoles.
Working from Sheffield/North Wales
Adam Riches @supernorn.bsky.social ✦ UK Indie Dev & Co-Founder of Robust Games (@robustgames.bsky.social) • Made Loco Motive - a train based murder mystery game! • Pixel Artist, Animator, Writer & Designer • IGF Award Finalist 2026 • BAFTA Member
🗡️ Buy: s.team/a/1709880 🌐 robust.games
Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social My new book - The Umbrella Man and Other Stories - is out now. A Radio Four pick of the week.
Order details and live events - https://linktr.ee/4hundredblows
Chortle @chortle.bsky.social The website for comedy in the UK www.chortle.co.uk
Carleton Handley @carletonhandley.bsky.social I coded Commodore 64 games in the 1980s, 1990s and the 2020s. And plenty of other stuff in between.
Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com Official account for Bitmap Books 📚
We pride ourselves on creating retro gaming books of the highest quality.
https://linktr.ee/bitmapbooks
Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Holly @imaginaryholly.bsky.social ImaginaryHolly.com | British voice actor 🎙️ Twitch streamer 🎮 Nerd 🤓
European Space Agency @esa.int Elevating the future of Europe through space.
Please see our Privacy Notice: https://esa.int/connectwithus
RGDS @rgdspodcast.bsky.social Retro gaming podcast
Nick Harris @sportingintel.bsky.social Trying to be better.
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/
Michael (Mixel) Dawes @mixelslab.bsky.social Solo indie dev of retro & C= Amiga games. Draws things sometimes.
✨ He/They ✍🏻 Artist 👾 Amiga ♏️ INFP-T
🦇 Goth 💾 Indie Dev 💀 Horror ❤️🔥 Lydia
Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social The latest film news, reviews and interviews from Empire, the world's most trusted movie destination.
https://www.empireonline.com
Aaron Giles @aarongiles.com Author of DREAMM, JPEGView, and Connectix Virtual Game Station. Former MAME maintainer/contributer. Ex-LucasArts, ex-Microsoft. AI sucks.
Sloopygoop - Game Boy Music @sloopygoop.bsky.social Game Boy music-maker, singer, accordionist.
Composer for Dracula: Dark Reign, RogueCraft GB (arrangement), Super Dassalo Land, Game Boy Camera Gallery: Mystery Show, and more.
DM for commissions
https://linktr.ee/sloopygoop
The Dizzy Fansite @yolkfolk-com.bsky.social Yolkfolk(.com) is the internet's largest and most popular Dizzy games website.
Founded in 1997.
Posts by Team Yolkfolk.
-- WEBSITE - https://yolkfolk.com
-- SISTER - https://thecodemastersarchive.co.uk
-- PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/YOLKFOLKCOM
Evercade @evercade.co.uk Official account. Evercade is a retro gaming platform where you can enjoy physical releases of classic video games. Play handheld with Evercade EXP-R, on the TV with Evercade VS-R, or in arcade form factor with Evercade Alpha! https://evercade.co.uk
Sir Randall @sirrandall.yeold.press Custom video game collector’s editions creator 🎮 | Physical media enthusiast 📀 | Crafting nostalgic experiences one box at a time. https://yeold.press
The Retro Adventurers @retroadventurers.bsky.social A podcast about classic text and graphic adventure games.
retroadventurers.com
Josh Sexton @jsexton24.bsky.social Host, producer, editor and more… ✍️🗣️🎥⚽️🏀
All my links 👉 https://linktr.ee/joshsexton
Laura Kempeneer Van Hoffstratten @laurakempeneer.bsky.social Mother, Collector of Retro Tech, Lover of horror movies..Returning to the software dev world after a little break =) 🏳️🌈
Julz - Old School Books @oldschoolbooks.bsky.social A home for forgotten children's books, toys and retrogaming.
John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org Links to vaguely pop, vaguely culture articles over on Dirty Feed. www.dirtyfeed.org ISSN 2754-2807
Saturday Mornings @saturdaymornings.co.uk Celebrating BBC Saturday morning television - from Swap Shop through Live & Kicking to Saturday Mash-Up!… and everything else in-between.
Visit the website:
http://saturdaymornings.co.uk
BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social Modern ZX Spectrum game reviews, interviews, features, POKES and general good times.
Free
PDF
https://breakspace.itch.io/
Animated ALex @animatedal.bsky.social ZX Spectrum Sinclair BASIC programming enthusiast.
#zxspectrum #basic #sinclair #thespectrum
Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social Additional obscure Mario content for http://suppermariobroth.com.
Now on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/suppermariobroth
Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social "Comedian". Doom in Doctor Who. Host @mysteryontherocks.bsky.social & Long Distance, Bit Weird (https://longdistancebitweird.podbean.com)
Acting: Foundry Management VO: The Joneses
For all enquiries/brand partnerships: info@gagreflex.co.uk
she/her
Wax Heads @waxheadsgame.bsky.social A cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store. Developed by Patattie Games @patattiemurray.bsky.social @rothiotome.bsky.social | Published by @curvegames.com
🔗 https://linktr.ee/WaxHeadsGame
Pixel Cherry Ninja @pixelcherryninja.bsky.social youtube.com/@PixelCherryNinja
I cover FPGAgaming as well as random and retro gaming stuff. MiSTerFPGA, AnaloguePocket, Replay2 and many more. Feel free to reach out if you have something that is interesting.
Horsenburger @horsenburger.bsky.social Pretty blocky colours for a dark world, trying to spread happiness with teletext art.
Now approaching Teletext 3000 pictures done, message me your requests!
Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social 
Deku Deals @dekudeals.com A video game deals site made by three people who love video games
Find the deepest discounts on Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam games: https://dekudeals.com
Supporters experience the site and mobile app ad-free: dekudeals.com/supporters
Football365 @football365.bsky.social Football analysis with attitude since 1997.
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
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
Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social First video game champion (1980). Created Bard's Tale III: The Thief Of Fate & Dragon Wars. Former board member of GLAAD. All views and opinions are my own.
Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Archive TV Channel. Keeping celluloid alive! Freeview82 Freesat306 Sky324 Virgin445 Freely36. FREE catch-up via Freeview Red Button and http://tptvencore.co.uk
Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social A blog about old games. Written by Ashley Day
gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com
Rare Ltd. @rare.co.uk UK Xbox studio enabling pirate capers in @seaofthieves.com. Also made some other games you might know.
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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social 🎨 Senior game artist and art director with 20 years of experience | 🎮 Pixel artist & gamedev | Playdate dev | ⚧️⚢
🍉 🇵🇸
Clients: Mojang (Minecraft), WB Games, Hasbro, SEGA, Panic, Unity, IDW
📬 christina.neofotistou@gmail.com
🎨 castpixel.artstation.com
Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social Irrepressible MS-DOS Game Archaeologist
(Silly Aussie DOS Freak)
https://czecha.boo 🦘
Shoot me an email if you need a quick response!
StewiesRetroGaming @stewiesretrogaming.bsky.social I'm a Retro / Modern game enthusiast, mid level collector / reviewer / hoarder of games and all things game related. Love Star Wars and Star Trek, and father of two awesome up and coming gamers kids ;) Let's play!!
https://youtube.com/@stewiesretrogaming?s
Rozz Games @rozzgames.bsky.social Indie Game Developer and creator, Love all things retro and good vibes. Together we are stronger 🫶
Badger Punch Games @badgerpunch.com We’re two old school Norwegian gamedevs with a passion for creating new games for retro & modern platforms.
#C64, #Amiga, #evercade, PC and more 🕹️
www.badgerpunch.com
Wishlist Roguecraft DX: http://thalamus.link/roguecraft
#gamedev #indiegamedev #c64
ZttP @zappedtothepast.bsky.social http://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast
#c64 #commodore64 #commodore
Sensible Soccer @sensibleswos.bsky.social Your daily(ish) dose of Sensible randomness
Celebrating the beautiful pixel world of Sensible Soccer and all its versions.
Check out Etsy store for prints!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/8bit16
https://www.ko-fi.com/sensibleswos/
hayesmaker64 @c64cade.com Game dev 🎮, live streams 🎙️, cat parent 🐈 and tennis 🎾
😺Dedicated #C64 live streams since 2018
🦋C64 and PC Gamedev
https://hayesmaker64.itch.io/
📍Retro gaming live:
https://twitch.tv/hayesmaker64
C64cade.com: Leaderboards and Online Multiplayer!
Vectrex @vectrexofficial.bsky.social Stay connected around Vectrex! 🕹️
https://linktr.ee/vectrex.official
"Guru Larry" Bundy Jr @larrybundyjr.bsky.social Television Presenter, Artist, #RetroGaming YouTuber, Author & Comedian. (DM's are open)
https://linktr.ee/larrybundyjr
Business Enquiries: business.larrybundyjr@gmail.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!
NerdyDayTrips @nerdydaytrips.bsky.social Finding nerdy places to go. https://nerdydaytrips.org/
Steve Turner Graftgold Studios @graftgoldstudios.bsky.social Veteran Graftgold games developer, author of Avalon, Dragontorc, Quazatron, Ranarama and many others. Still developing games, Latest project is Deepest Blue.
@charliefar.bsky.social @charliefar.bsky.social Ey up! I'm Charlie, lover of things video games related. Twitch streaming games and piano - Wed/Thur/Fri/Sun 7.30pm UK.
https://www.twitch.tv/charliefar
Steve @stevesgaming.bsky.social An old guy who loves 80's arcade games and 80's 8-bit Computers and occasionally tries to make games. ZX Spectrum/C64/Atari800/BBC forever baby! ..also talking nonsense and playing games badly on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StevesGamingPart2
IndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social The latest free games, indie games and retro news, Visit us at http://www.indieretronews.com #retrogaming #indiegames #indie #retrogames #gaming
Dosgamert @bartjaah.bsky.social MS-DOS Retrogamer, Livestreamer, Gaming Enthousiast.
Working on BioMenace Remastered: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3459100/BioMenace_Remastered/
Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Tribute Games @tributegames.com Classic game design. Modern twists. 👾
Developers of Scott Pilgrim EX,MARVEL Cosmic Invasion, TMNT Shredder’s Revenge, Flinthook, Panzer Paladin & more! 🎮
🔗 https://tributegames.com
Anybody Canyon @anybodycanyon.bsky.social A beardless Riker inexplicably yells “Anybody?!” into a canyon daily
Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com Thames in the streets, LWT in the sheets
she/her
alisoneales.com
Stuart Millard @franticplanet.bsky.social World's Deadliest Man. Master of the Dim Mak. Writer.
https://www.youtube.com/@StuartMillard
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!
RobSmithDev @robsmithdev.bsky.social Software engineer, electronics tinkerer, retro fan, and YouTuber who enjoys building fun things that spark nostalgia. Often Amiga focused or crazy electronics project!
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
Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com Lead staff writer at SteamHype.com - PC gaming demystified - Veteran games crit, news & curation. Hyped for games of all shapes & sizes. Formerly RPS, PC Gamer & PCGamesN. He/Him
Find my other work, Steam Curator page & emails at dominictarason.com
Travis Goodspeed @travisgoodspeed.bsky.social Author of books and tools for reverse engineering. Studebaker driver, but an awful mechanic. Home chip decapsulation.
Currently writing a new assembler, to be released in February.
Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
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.
Christy Coysh @christycoysh.bsky.social Lad from Wakey who does funny singing videos
The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar @scummbar.com The venerable Monkey Island SCUMM Bar—undead since 1996. Scenes, news, trivia, and quotes from the Monkey Island games are posted here daily!
🐵 https://scummbar.com
💌 https://www.theadventurer.news
Terrible Toybox @terribletoybox.com Official account of Terrible Toybox, creators of modern classic adventure games, including Thimbleweed Park and Return to Monkey Island. 🏝️
Founded by @grumpygamer.com
Trixter @oldskool.org I'm an oldskool gamer, coder, and demoscener.
Co-created MobyGames.
I make videos about vintage computing at http://youtube.com/TheOldskoolPC
Existential nihilist; non-coercive pluralist.
Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social Semi-automated posting of old computers and videogames. Sometimes other bits of retro aesthetics and design. ~6-8 posts a day, ~24 posts on holidays.
⚠Outbound links tagged and monitored by Bluesky.
Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social Wishing for a thing does not make it so.
By @JoeSondow.bsky.social
TerryIriomote @terryleopard.bsky.social Software Developer. Cobol dodger. Wildlife and Travel Enthusiast. Non writing author. Bean Goldilocks.
Ruth Husko @dankackroyd.bsky.social If you like tweets you’re in for a treat 🤫
https://linktr.ee/Ruth_Husko
Ink Console @inkconsole.bsky.social INK CONSOLE
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Ms Mad Lemon @msmadlemon.bsky.social Soul of an artist, mind of a nerd. Passionate creator who loves Commodore #Amiga, #Synthesizers, Music Creation, Art, Photography, #Retro Systems, Electronics and more.
Website: https://msmadlemon.com
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MsMadLemon
Louise @louise6502.bsky.social Looks after the PC Gallery at the National Museum Of Computing. Commodore Geek.
🏳️⚧️ She/Her
@tnmoc.bsky.social
https://www.tnmoc.org/
Nostalgia Nerd @nostalgianerd.com Retro YouTube nerd, author, streamer, occasionally.
🔗 nerdl.ink
James - PixelRefresh.com @james.pixelrefresh.com Founder of 🌐 https://www.pixelrefresh.com
Love of Retro Gaming & Modern Tech - articles, podcasts & videos
🎙️ Host of Game & Gadget #Podcast
🎵 Creator of #ScummVM Music Enhancement Project
My post topics: #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retroconsoles- F Floppy Days Podcast @floppydays.bsky.social Host of the Floppy Days Podcast (floppydays.com)
Amigos Retro Gaming @amigosretrogaming.bsky.social Talk shows about retro computers. Home of Amigos: Everything Amiga, ARG Presents, Our Sinclair, Atari Unlimited, & The CoCo Show. Join Boat , Amigo Aaron, and THE BRENT for all the fun. Check us out on twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/amigosretrogaming/
𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨 Love ❤️ @amigalove.com Eric K. Hill: Sharing the ❤️ for the Amiga and all things Commodore. Create and manage design @sporcle by day.
amigalove.com
https://www.youtube.com/@AmigaLove
https://www.threads.net/@amigal0ve
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)
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!