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10 PRINT “Creator of BASICcomic” 20 LET ALSO$=“Painter, ancient computer aficionado,” 30 PRINT ALSO$;” and I teach little kids to write video games” 40 GOTO 10

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@AmazonHelp Hi. I returned a pair of wireless earbuds in mid September using the supplied return label (with Evri). I’ve just been charged for their non return. Order number is 204-0211458-9449138

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@Polytron Goodness, really? Still nothing to touch it.

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@PaulOapdub Had to look it up :) 9th June, Electric ballroom, Camden 7pm

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@PaulOapdub Jawbox. Although maybe I would have liked them less if they were huge :)

https://t.co/YzqIlT05eZ

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@OldUKCatalogues I always forget how relatively expensive tech was back in the 70s. Those tapes are pretty steep too.

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@nigelebaker @OldUKCatalogues @Lucie_Fur99 I had a similar experience. One a week. I think, bar the car and the lions, I amassed the whole set.

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@thimbleweedpark @DavidBFox Legitimately one of the greatest video games of all time. People will still be playing this in 30 years time, Im sure.

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@70sscifi @CrashOnlineUK Yay! Thanks for the heads up. I love his work.

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@raghard Love that theme and title sequence. So left field. What element of ‘middle age man living with controlling mother’ suggested pinball?

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@OldUKCatalogues Those are some heavily indented paragraphs right there.

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@raghard Ha. That’s fucking terrifying :)

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@MarkRJones1970 @CrashOnlineUK I much preferred Sinclair User (for the first 3 years anyway). At the time, computers were new and exciting - it felt like anything was possible with them and SU covered everything. Loved Crash of course, but I’ll always be fond of SU.

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@LoveRetroBTW Ridge Racer Type 4. Forever my favourite racing game. Utter perfection.

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@IL0VEthe80s Louise Hall Taylor from Watch.

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@KariLawler Just noticed Exed Exes (nice Xevious type shooter) and Raid on Bungeling bay too. That’s a great haul. There’s even Dragon Quest in there.

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@KariLawler Tower of Druaga is a great little game. Much deeper than it looks.

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@Mac84tv I felt the same. Just want to update my old 27” iMac but there’s nothing Apple with that I/O and screen for reasonable money now.

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@OldUKCatalogues I’d forgotten about these. Planet ZETO must be an unusual planet if you’d colonise with hovercraft and winged beach buggies.

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@AzumFpg Lovely. And testing it out with the single best racing game of all time I see.

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@loudscotsbloke Had one back in the day. The sound chip was nice but it wasn’t much of a leap over the original and it ran too hot. The original 48k rubber key will always be my favourite. Just a perfect design and really functional.