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Henrique Olifiers

@olifiers

Co-Founder, Gamer-In-Chief of BAFTA-winner Bossa Studios. Chairman tinyBuild. Driver of the ZX Spectrum Next. Retro computing fan. Maker. Space enthusiast.

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Pardon our interruption...

This one looks good:

ebay.us/m/kKJTOY

07.03.2026 10:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tindie is a marketplace for maker made products. Tindie is a marketplace for maker made products. From Raspberry Pi to Arduino to drones, Tindie's goal is to bring innovation to the masses faster than ever before.

If you can get hold of one, A3D from Aureal. It had DOS drivers and it's a heck of a board.

If you have an ISA slot, there are tons of new boards on tindie.com

www.tindie.com/products/ret...

07.03.2026 10:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Beast Within. Terrific.

27.02.2026 16:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And he did it in less than five parsecs.

26.02.2026 16:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope you're not feeling thirsty...

26.02.2026 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I prefer that than having it managed through a network.

25.02.2026 09:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Captain Blood, eh?

24.02.2026 12:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This has less to do with age verification, more to do with platforms wanting to get hold of IDs.

Meta is trying to verify an account of mine dating back to 2005.

23.02.2026 21:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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23.02.2026 20:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We live in a world awash with cutting edge technology, and yet no one has manufactured a microwave with a 'fish lock' setting.

23.02.2026 13:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yesterday at the Load ZX museum in Cantanhede we presented the GOTY ZX Spectrum Award for best demo 2025, congratulations to AddMortem by Joker and Arise and all the other nominees!

22.02.2026 13:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is that...

Is that a hamster stampede attack?!

I need this game.

22.02.2026 09:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LOAD ZX Spectrum - World's first Museum dedicated to our first personal computer The LOAD MUSEUM is dedicated to the ZX Spectrum, which was for many Portuguese and foreigners (Spanish, English, etc.) their first personal computer. The Museum also includes many other equipments rel...

Portugal, a ZX/Sinclair/Timex Museum. Check it out:

loadzx.com/en/

21.02.2026 21:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Next Point for winning the Best ZX Spectrum Next Game award!!!

21.02.2026 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's 2026 and we're about to be treated to a magical ZX Spectrum games awards ceremony.

Tune in at 3pm!
www.youtube.com/live/y1RCSr6...

21.02.2026 12:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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21.02.2026 12:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll need a crank to adjust the head alignment...

21.02.2026 12:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The ZX Spectrum Museum in Portugal!

21.02.2026 12:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This tape loading is likely to take a while...

#retrocomputing

21.02.2026 10:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The ZX Spectrum is a small computer, they say?

21.02.2026 10:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Any love for Netmech (Mechwarrior 2 online)? I still have a hole shaped like it, an itch I can't scratch.

Miss those battles and the Grand Council ladder.

20.02.2026 23:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ice. Hockey. Puck.

20.02.2026 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Too little too late.

Commodore rested on its laurels with the amazing lead the original Amiga came with, and took too long to follow it up with a meaningful improvement. By the CD32 time, VGA and 3D chips sealed the Amiga's fate.

AGA at the outset was late. '020 was old. The lead was gone.

20.02.2026 17:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, how far Mel Brooks and Martin Short have fallen!

20.02.2026 13:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now *why* the NES version got ported instead of the MSX is another interesting question. All I know is that Kojima wasn't involved in the NES version, maybe some royalties issue there; or maybe Konami though the NES version to be the better one? No idea.

20.02.2026 11:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only plausible explanation is weird contractual obligations at the time. Nintendo ran a tight ship, controlling which games could be released, and even how many a year by each company (thus why Konami used a shell company, Ultra Games). By porting the NES version they likely had to stick to clauses.

20.02.2026 11:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This was my weapon of choice at the time.

But there was always an Amiga running Imagine and Sculpt4D in the background to save the day.

19.02.2026 23:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's the OG one. No NES in sight.

19.02.2026 23:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because Metal Gear is originally Konami. It was a MSX game that got licensed and ported to NES (and beyond) afterwards.

19.02.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0