Raffaele Cecco

Lead Software Engineer @LSEGplc/@Refinitiv; Veteran game developer: Exolon, Cybernoid, First Samurai and more; Author @OReillyMedia

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

Thought I'd seen it all at @retrocompmuseum , but a disco-themed floppy disk cleaner was an unexpected surprise 🪩
Had a great day visiting yesterday.

[Raghu @IndiaTales7]

The real size of things ~ A Thread🧵

1. If Saturn were as close to Earth as the Moon, this is what it would look like:

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@XProger_san Hi, Agent Armstrong was not one of my well known games, but my first 3d game (sort of) on Playstation 1.
Also the first game that I coded in C.

Unfortunately, I don't have the original source nor do I know who owns the rights to that title.

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@helpcomputer0 Looks great, and lots of lovely magenta and cyan; my favourite speccy colours.

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@MevDinc @guvner27 @dylancuthbert @garibiasillo Hope you're enjoying your time out there reminiscing! 🇯🇵

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@push_hl "Write a rap about the game Exolon"

Simple as that.

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

ChatGPT rap about #Exolon

[Lee Clare @2BITPUNKS]

its beautiful..

[MrTalida @MrTalida]

Here's an early teaser trailer for the Playstation/Windows title Galaga: Destination Earth.

The trailer is from about a year before the game came out and features unused levels, level layout changes, and numerous other differences from the final game.

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@MrTalida Yes, would you believe I was watching this the other day! I found the files on an old backup drive. Both video and music from the amazing @JolyonMyers

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@rc_batman Thanks for the kind words @rc_batman!

[Heroes Chained 🔺 @HeroesChained]

Representing Heroes Chained
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⚔️ @MevDinc - Executive Producer
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🔺Yusuf Emre

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@computermuseum @zx_spectrum_30 A sad loss. No way I could have afforded a home computer without this man. Kicked off many gaming and IT careers.

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@a1exh @Lord_Arse It was. As fond as I was of the Z80, the 68000 cpu was a complete luxury in comparison.

[Mevlut Dinc @MevDinc]

Great concept by Hugh Riley and his wife Lisa, Hugh also did the excellent pixels.
Exceptionally executed on all formats. Many great people involved; C64 by John Twiddy, Speccy by @RaffCecco and Amiga by @CptnCheeky.
More revealed in my forthcoming autobiography, Life Is A Game.

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@TheWoodvine @t2_steve @HewsonJoystick What a pristine collection! I appear to have mislaid everything over the years, can't find any of my old games. Thank God for the internet. I can see me in my 80s becoming a J. R. Hartley character, trying to track down a copy of Cybernoid in old junk shops 😁

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@MevDinc Looks brilliant for 8 frames!

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@daviejboyle I have a vague recollection. Happy to help. Different kind of DM back then

[Raffaele Cecco @RaffCecco]

@Lord_Arse Oh, wasn't expecting that.