Over the last 2 weeks I have seen the number of people following my account drop by about 120. During this time I've had a few new followers too. Bluesky seems to be the new home of many of these migrations. I shall be posting most of my new content there.

LEGO Star Wars : The Skywalker Saga ( Base game ) is currently FREE on the EPIC Games Store! Thoroughly recommended. I am biased as this was the last game I worked on before retiring.

I think the reason why LEGO James Bond, the video game, never happened is because LEGO didn’t go ahead with sets for the franchise - excluding the Aston Martin. That may well have been because they thought it was more adult themed. That video is a mock up by the cutscene team.

Had another great catch-up today with some old Software Creations friends. I've not seen Tony Williams for over 20 years so it was great to see him again after all this time. Group photo from left to right:- Tim Follin, Mike Follin, Dean B, Tony Williams and myself.

Hands up if you had/have one of these. Sadly, I never had one, but so, so, so wanted it! On display for you to play @computermuseum

There is no perfect platform for what I want to create. I just need a break from bots, fake accounts, toxicity and people that want to argue with the world. Bluesky has an amazing retro computer community which I want to be a part of. Of course this is all subject to change!.

RT @DavidBraben: I think I still have an @ARM 1 second processor in my loft somewhere too. Started writing Lander and Zarch on it. The MUL….

Bluesky is a thriving place at the moment for retro computer people. I'm spending a lot more time there. Please check it out and maybe give me a follow. Very 'Twitter' like experience, but a lot less negative, toxic stuff there! Hope to see you soon.

Acorn's advert in New Scientist for the ARM Evaluation System, July 1986. It is believed that only about 100 of these units were made. Image Credit:-

The first ARM processor ( ARM 1 ) was made available to the public in summer 1986! It was released as the 'ARM Evaluation System' 2nd processor unit for the BBC Micro. The one in @computermuseum is signed by Steve Furber and Sophie Wilson, the ARM hardware/software architects.

This development system setup was used by the programmers and musicians at Software Creations during the late 80s. Tim and Geoff Follin composed all of their Spectrum and C64 music using this system. It was so effective that many other Manchester based game studios used it too.

even more LEGO dev bricks for projects that made it in time for Thanksgiving! Gimli vs Stephaine.

This time of year was always important for game developers. We had to have games on the shelves in time for Thanksgiving, for the US market, as this is when people spend big money. Just as important as Christmas in other parts of the world. Here are a few that made it in time!

Also in that video is the first computer Professor Steve Furber built - the 2650. He joined the Cambridge University Processor Group and built this computer to 'prove' his interest. Here are a couple of photos I took last weekend at @computermuseum

I shall let the original owner tell you all about it - Professor Steve Furber.

A quick quiz for you all. What computer is this?

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One my favourite exhibits at @computermuseum is the story of the 'Worst Videogame of all time - Atari 2600 E.T.' Following poor sales, over-production and the decline of videogame sales, Atari buried 728,000 unsold game cartridges and other related material in a landfill site.

ASCII art from 1974. A womble calendar! This can be found the in the 1970s office @computermuseum Plenty of other 70s items including a Commodore PET 2001 computer with dual floppy disk drive.

Also a massive thanks to all the hugely dedicated exhibitors whose enthusiasm makes these gatherings so special. I managed to speak with many of them and it was heart warming to hear them talk so passionately about their retro and latest creations. Such a nice group of people.