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@bigboxcollection.com

#Nerd collecting old big box games & sharing them - https://BigBoxCollection.com #C64 pixel pusher & coder > PixelPunx - https://jmin.at

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I'm a sucker for messy CRT effects due to the crappy portable TV that we've had for our #C64 back in the day, but it was never ever that messy like the offered old-school filter here.

07.03.2026 17:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mhmm... IK+ on the go ๐Ÿ˜

07.03.2026 17:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beaten up, but still one of the most beautiful boxes on my shelf: American McGee's Alice

bigboxcollection.com/AmericanMcGeesAlice.3DBox

04.03.2026 20:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Ret'roids", my #PETSCII entry for last weekend's #C64 demo party "BCC #20" in Berlin.

Enjoy.

Download: csdb.dk/release/?id=259570

01.03.2026 15:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Usually, I don't really care that much about GFX in (modern) games, but boy, RE:Requiem is stunning. Playing on Switch 2, so that's even more mindblowing.

28.02.2026 16:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Incoming RE overload on Switch 2.
Last installment that I've played was one of the Revelations titles o.O

26.02.2026 20:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Impromptu live beta test session of streetsportspogo.com at last weekend's #c64 demo party BCC#20 ๐Ÿ˜Ž

24.02.2026 08:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Went to a #C64 demo party and came home with a bunch of boxed games. Never expected my two hobbies to sync up that well ๐Ÿ˜Ž

23.02.2026 19:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3D box view of Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992, PC, EU) BigBoxCollection: high-res 3D boxes of over 1,000 games from 1982 to today

Yay!
bigboxcollection.com/UltimaUnderworldEU.3DBox

20.02.2026 07:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3D box view of Rayman (1995, PC, DE) BigBoxCollection: high-res 3D boxes of over 1,000 games from 1982 to today

Yay! Rayman!
bigboxcollection.com/Rayman.3DBox

13.02.2026 06:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That was fantastic!
Thx, @fm4.orf.at ๐Ÿค—

06.02.2026 23:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In the new issue of #FREEZE64 we had the pleasure of exclusively reviewing a gorgeous upcoming PETSCII game by the cool guys at Pixel Punx.
Today they have kindly released this fab picture:
csdb.dk/release/?id=...
#Commodore64 #C64 #Commodore64Ultimate

01.02.2026 11:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 50 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Latest issue of #Freeze64 had some "Freezing Hot Pogo News" and the Pixel Punx are loving it :-)

Download: csdb.dk/release/?id=259049
Soon: streetsportspogo.com
Box: bigboxcollection.com/StreetSportsPogo.3DBox

01.02.2026 11:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got that set too at christmas from my little brother. Had a blast putting it together and those animated screen inlays rock!

Also, top piece of your cartridges is off by one ;-)

31.01.2026 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Photo of the sketch used to create the cover of the Diablo II box ๐Ÿ˜ˆ ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Drawn by the gothic fantasy artist Gerald Brom ๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธ

This print is kept at the HomeComputerMuseum in Helmond (Netherlands)

#Diablo2 #Diablo #GeraldBrom #Brom #Fantasy #Sketch #Art

27.01.2026 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3D box view of Street Sports Pogo (2026, C64, Worldwide) BigBoxCollection: high-res 3D boxes of over 1,000 games from 1982 to today

It's not out yet, but I just couldn't wait sharing the box.
Also, I've kinda gone full circle with BigBoxCollection.com by uploading myself to the virtual shelf ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

bigboxcollection.com/StreetSports...

25.01.2026 18:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bouncy Pogo Tales! Commodore 64 One-File Demo: Bouncy Pogo Tales! by Pixel Punx. Released on 24 January 2026

I know something you donโ€™t knowโ€ฆ but it will be revealed once FREEZE64 issue 81 starts landing. For now, you can take a look at this: csdb.dk/release/?id=... ๐Ÿ˜Š

#Commodore64 #C64 #Commodore64Ultimate

25.01.2026 11:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
C64 One-File Demo  (PETSCII): Bouncy Pogo Tales! by Pixel Punx  !  24 January 2026 !
C64 One-File Demo (PETSCII): Bouncy Pogo Tales! by Pixel Punx ! 24 January 2026 ! YouTube video by C64!

Released my #C64 #PETSCII short film "Bouncy Pogo Tales!" at Gerp 2026 yesterday.

Enjoy.

Download: csdb.dk/release/?id=258895
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=A8-BmZpPS5M

25.01.2026 11:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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If youโ€™re going to do some #Commodore64 #C64 assembly programming today, then *this* may come in handy ๐Ÿ‘‡

20.01.2026 12:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dave Perry in front of collection of Earthworm Jim memorabilia.

Dave Perry in front of collection of Earthworm Jim memorabilia.

The exterior of Shiny's offices at the Laguna Design Center.

The exterior of Shiny's offices at the Laguna Design Center.

High-resolution key art for MDK.

High-resolution key art for MDK.

I want to highlight one of my favorite items in our digital archive:

Shiny Entertainment put out an excessively detailed press kit for MDK with photos of every team member, their office space, developer diaries, concept art, and more

archive.gamehistory.org/folder/224e3...

18.01.2026 20:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 188 ๐Ÿ” 35 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Soon ๐Ÿ˜Ž

16.01.2026 16:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sounds very CSDb in a way but, you know, dogs that bark don't bite.

BTW, not sure if you're a Freeze64 reader or not, but there's a PixelPunx game for you to play coming up soon, see issue 81.
It doesn't feature any raster bars though ๐Ÿ˜†

16.01.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No need to be a coder for CSDb, but yeah, it's a "release sth before joining" thingy. Me, I got started by sending in some PETSCII logos for a compo that explicitly invited non-sceners to participate.

16.01.2026 16:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, it's ASM code running in Denise but I took multiple screenshots for making a shareable .gif that BlueSky turned into a video ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

So, yeah, real code but a fake "video" of it :D

Here's the .prg: jmin.at/stuff/Bouncy...

16.01.2026 15:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My first bouncing rasterbar \o/

16.01.2026 15:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oha, Jabba has a non Euclidean space ship.

15.01.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All the tiny #PETSCII chunks referencing various bits from past and future #C64 productions :-)

11.01.2026 14:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Released a tiny #C64 #PETSCII teaser called "Out of Sync".
Enjoy.

Download: csdb.dk/release/?id=258606

10.01.2026 19:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ‘€

10.01.2026 18:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Related behind-the-scene photo.
So excited ๐Ÿ˜Š

03.01.2026 14:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0