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@colinstu

7 ай бұрын

I think someone or two is missed? after timberwolfk

Thanks for having us, Neil! A fantastic time was had by all. Also big thanks are in order to Lee from More Fun Making It for organising the day. 😁

@bazza5699

7 ай бұрын

wouldn't you take the doom wad editor? i loved that program :)

Thanks Neil and colleagues for our visit to The Cave. I'm not a gamer nor do I collect retro computers. However my husband is a big gaming and computer fan, building a personal collection and I like to share his joy in finding items from his past and the unusual and celebrate when he manages to bring one back to life. Being somewhat of a newb, I still thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the displays and being able to play some of the simplistic games. A very pleasant reception by your colleague, great environment (light, spacious and clean with room for all attendees to spread out) and a lot of thought put into the displays (cool 1980s shop WHS logo back when almost everything was orange and brown). I would definitely revisit but maybe try the arcade games section as well if we have a longer visit to The Cotswolds. My husband loved the place and it had it's own unique style in comparison to other computer museums elsewhere in the country. PS the 80s Christmas songs in the background were a good touch.

Huge thank you for a wonderful day Neil 😊 and a huge thank you to Lee (More fun making it!) for organising it!

Shoutout to the several magnificent moustaches in that lineup. Bravo, gentlemen. 👍

Even though I'm subscribed to a handful of Retro channels., the almighty algorithm has never presented even one of these humble cottage tubers to me. Cross channel promotion seems to be really important!

Thanks for having us, it was a wonderful day, it was great to meet so many great people!

@RetroSegaDev

7 ай бұрын

great meeting you again :)

Thanks so much for this, Neil. It was a wonderful day and great to meet everyone -- and this "souvenir" of it all is a great way to remember it. Although I feel like I will now forever be weeping that I will probably never own an X68000.

@SophieFeet

7 ай бұрын

I loved trying out that X68000 when I visited earlier in the year. I'd never seen one before but my god I want one now!

It really was great to finally get to the cave! Thanks for having us Neil.

That was a lot of fun. I'm not a retro gamer at all but I love the enthusiasm of the community and learning about stuff that I was completely clueless about when I was a kid.

That collection of terrible joysticks is brilliant 😂

@Yesterzine

7 ай бұрын

I had to try that floaty mid-air joystick on Manic Miner. I somehow kludged my way through the first level and retired undefeated.

Kudos to Charlotte. We bought the same shirt!

Ah, 16 Shades of Orange. The little known prequel to 50 Shades of Grey...

Unexpected Antiques Roadshow vibes.😅

Thanks for hosting us at the cave. I probably should not have just grabbed the first thing that came to hand as I left the house. I have remebered I did get the disk off Mike Clark, but it was not in the pub. The thing from the pub was a different thing, from a different forma Psygnosis person.

Highlights : Rees discovering his rare item is technically the single most common thing in the room and Gigerpunk following up claiming to be unprofessional by demanding a close up.

Had such a good time Neil, thanks for hosting. And thanks to everyone who came along, it was lovely to meet you all face to face

Thanks for a great weekend! Finally getting to find out what everyone else brought... good thing there's a 486 there to play Transport Tycoon on!

I really enjoyed this, brilliant idea. There were quite a few channels I was not subscribed (and now am). My favourite item was the Olivetti Colour Laptop, what an awesome system, that would keep me busy, as long as I had some dev tools on there (and some way of powering it) I wouldn't even notice the time.

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! It’s an amazing machine, I love it

This video is dope as f***. I loved it, and liked everyone who was involved. Thanks for all your information, and contributions!

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

24:30 Nice to see one of the chuckle brothers having some retro fun! 😄

So many retro tubers I have never heard of or seen linked to ! Ctrl alt rees is the only i know, so time to check these lot out !

thanks for all you do ! one day I'll come to hug you !

Omg that desert island screen saver was my favourite for years. His little tree was even decorated if you had it running over Christmas

great idea neil brilliant idea the desert island great to see you all

This is a my favourite episode so far. Absolutely love it. My tribe!

@30:19 Yay RetroBytes! A great channel.

Love that Olivetti retro laptop, amazing LCD screen for its time, and love the pull-out trackpad, I bet that means some arcade ports would be playable on it too like Marble Madness as well as classic point & click games, even the speaker looks cool.

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I feel very privileged to have it, it’s the gem of my collection

@stamfordly6463

7 ай бұрын

@@TechMadeEasyUK I wonder if that is the same model of Olivetti that the late Sir Terry Pratchett owned in the nineties? There's an article by him somewhere (probably included in one of his posthumous collections) praising an Olivetti as the first computer he had found that was both truly portable and truly capable.

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

@@stamfordly6463 ooh, I’ll need to look into that

Neil and his big retro heart ❤

Neil has the best job ever! Loved the desert island stories. Loved Duncan's ZX-81 story. Yep, kids will be kids and will try to 'improve' their computers. Drill a hole here, bit of copper there. 😁

It was a wonderful day with some wonderful people! The Cave and the Arcade are brilliant, as was mine host!

Great idea Neil. Many new KZreadrs to subscribe to.

Transport Tycoon is really a top choice!

Analogue sticks that don't centre! lol, I canny think of anything worse, definitely makes you appreciate all the options we have now days.

Well this was lovely. I would have preferred it if Snorkers was dressed up as one of the other channels just to make everything more confusing than it needed to be, but I guess one can only dream.

@ThisIsPete

7 ай бұрын

I mean, he kind of dressed up as all of us, what with his BRA and all.

@WhatHoSnorkers

7 ай бұрын

And I had the tweed jacket in honour of the host! @@ThisIsPete

I was drawn in by Johnny Castaway. I still put that screensaver on an outdated android phone as a somewhat animated picture-frame on my desk. Yeah you can get it running on android! :)

Love the video - great to find some KZreadrs who I wasn't aware of to subscribe to!

What a great group of people you have collected, RMC!

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

Yeah they are!

What a great idea.

I LOVE that modded ZX81. My first computer too - wish I still had my original but I don't. (I do have one though!)

I was particularly interested in what WhatHoSnorkers was going to bring. I'm somewhat disappointed that it wasn't a gigantic box of costume pieces.

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

This video was actually just Snorkers from start to finish. Guys got range

Enjoyed that! Particularly amused by all those terrible joysticks (just remove the word 'joy' from the equation). I had the 'pleasure' of trying out those BBC micro sticks back in the day at a friend's house. He had bought them to use with his Acorn Electron. He ended up tinkering with them and improved them by adding some small springs to make them centre automatically and to give some resistance whilst playing. Ahh, those were the days.

Pleased to say I already follow a few of these and great to see the UK retro scene being represented and a few more channels to sub to.

If we're talking tech only, then I'd say the best thing you could take to a desert island is a Steam Deck and solar panel charger (plus a good pair of headphones), you would have literally every video game ever made at your fingertips, plus I'd load it up with movies & TV shows, music, the whole Wikipedia archive (could come in handy), books & audiobooks, graphic novels, magazines, you wouldn't be bored that's for sure, not bad for a device you can fit in your pocket (well almost, might want a GPD Win 2 or the upcoming Win Mini for a pocket friendly UMPC).

The Rasteri is the magical custodian of the ISA bus

@ctrlaltrees

7 ай бұрын

He possesses dark magic that the rest of us can only dream of attaining

@JohnnyWednesday

7 ай бұрын

@@ctrlaltrees - he knows the forbidden opcodes

Kinda strange seeing the faces behind a lot of the voices! I enjoyed this.

Great idea Neil. My item would be my childhood 48K spectrum. With a copy of Sam Fox Poker maybe!

Excellent video!

That was very different. Loving the pop up book/books, they're wonderful creations in their own right.

10:27 This is probably the first time I've seen the ZX81 in a context that shows the actual size, that thing is tiny! Or, maybe, Duncan and Neil are HUUUGE! :D Edit: that is also the best screen saver ever made!

What a great episode, the reminded me of so many things from when I grew up. The Atari 130XE I had as a Kid, the Dragon 32 Joystick, wow was it really that bad 🙂 My dad got me in to computing, with a Dragon 32 back in the day, he used to work for Dragon Data, I used to get bags of games to play in those days. I remember typing in programs on the main TV in the lounge, and not saving before running them and then they would lock up and I'd have to start again, Peeking and Poking, machine code. I'm sure I will enjoy watching some of the other channels you have introduced me to in this episode, great memories, thanks.

Satellite phone. No? Ok, I guess it would be a Batocera setup full of roms. If it had to be actual retro tech, I'd be torn between a Spectrum or an Atari ST.

Settlers 2 '2 player mode' was brilliant. I remember it exactly as GouldFish said, split screen and a mouse each. The only game/program I've ever known to make use of two mice, running independently.

A mister system, my portable monitor and a solar power setup :)

@Yesterzine

7 ай бұрын

A man after my heart, I just couldn’t be bothered to lug that all in so went for the Anbernic.

'Used thee PS/2 P70 for quite a while at work, i used to work for ICI.

Great video! That Olivetti Philos, which means friend in greek, is amazing :)

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I feel very privileged to have it

I had that screensaver in the thumbnail, on my work PC. People used to stop at my desk to watch him when I was at lunch :P

@RMCRetro

7 ай бұрын

Johnny Castaway was the name of that one 👍

@Psychlist1972

7 ай бұрын

@@RMCRetro That's the name. Thanks :)

6:23 yes man RATR! ❤

@ratr

7 ай бұрын

Hello!!!👋😁

Feud on the ZX Spectrum, best game EVER, have finished it many times, I know all about it and every which way to win, I still love it :) x

If I still had it, I'd bring my old Actrix DS luggable. 7" Amber Screen (80x25), Z80A @ 4 MHz, 64k, CP/M 2.2, a ton of software on 5.25" floppies, two of which (5.25" half-height) are mounted in the chassis along with an Epson MX-80 printer with tractor feed and a 300 baud acoustic coupler all built-in. Since I can't bring that, I'd bring my toolkit and just build something!

Great video Neil. I hope to visit the cave one day. For me, I would load up a laptop with WinUAE. Whdload pack, as much of eab ftp server and loads of aminet cds. That will keep me busy for a while. 😉

Motorola Iridium 9500 sat phone. 1998 with a fresh battery. So i could be rescued and find the dude who put me there and settle things... nuff said? :)

Is that the Gigerpunk who used to do stuff on Cmdr Zorg's "A bit broken"? I need to check him out! Thanks for this showcase!

@GigerPunk

7 ай бұрын

Guilty as charged, I'm afraid...

The should be your next This Week in Retro question of the week!

That geezer with the Fantasy book reminds me of a 90s UK presenter of one of the many gaming shows we had back then, lol.

A brown Zune. If it was good enough for Starlord, then it's good enough for me.

I was thinking now what I would bring… and frankly I have no idea. I think it probably be my C64 to record the last episode of my C64 assembly course (joystick processing) before viewers rise up 😂and then I’ll finish a game Ive started a year ago but don’t find challenging/fun enough to spend my time on.

In my case it would probably turn out like a Twilight Zone episode. I'd settle in for an eternity of peace with my Commodore 64, only to find that I didn't have an Action Replay cartridge.

i would take a 90s laptop with short wave radio modem and just email the coast guard. if i am only allowed to play games i would get meridian 59 or ultima online and try to convince the players to help me get off the island .if that is too modern i will play mud games instead .

I'm really jealous of these folks that kept all their original computers and things. I wish I still had my original computer, an Apple IIe. Then I had a Packard Bell Legend, the same model that was rebuilt on this channel. I also had an Atari 2600. I wish I still had all that stuff but when I was 12, we moved and my parents threw out a lot of stuff so they wouldn't have to move it.

That PS/2 70 is gorgeous

You should have named this "Desert Island Floppy Disks."

@RMCRetro

7 ай бұрын

Some years back I did a podcast called Desert Island Diskettes which you can still find floating about on the internet

Awful joystick guy was my favorite of these.

@AussieAmigan

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, but I like that C16 joystick. I had it on my C64. But like all the others it died eventually. I probably have at least 2 dozen similarly deceased joysticks sitting in a box under my desk. The only ones from the era that have lasted are the microswitched "Star Cursor" joysticks which are big and bulky with suckers on the bottom and multiple arcade style buttons, even on the stalk.

It's interesting that dance dance revolution is considered retro. Nothing wrong with it, jut interesting to me.

Damn, Neil must own a lot of tthe desert islands out there!

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

That’s the rub; we’re all on the same island. We’re quite happy over here, leave us be

Loving the #Olivetti @8:14

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

Thanks TiBo!

Simples: later generation RISC PC with ArcElite, Zap, and StrongHelp with as many manuals as possible installed. A C compiler would be nice, but not required.

I would take my copy of Populous and Lemmings (both Amiga versions).

thank you for a wonderful day

i broke 3 of those C16 joysticks on the same game, Formula One

RetrobytesUK is such an amazing documentaries channel 🤩🤩🤩

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

And a thoroughly nice bloke too

I still think if I had only one thing Ito take, I'd still take my toothbrush as a desert island would have no electricity, so no way to power any tretro devices :)

I would take my eMac, you can play anything from Space Invaders to Quake III, including DOS games

Nooo, the C=16 and plus/4 joystick is a great joystick.

@GigerPunk

7 ай бұрын

I mean, I don't want to kink shame here but the only thing I've found it being good for is pinching the edge of my palm whenever I try to use it. If that's your thing then fine, but I'll stick with my adaptor so I can use what I deem to be *better* joysticks. (I.e. Ones that don't hurt me)

I remember that god awful Dragon 32 joystick so well, at the time it seemed perfectly fine but seeing it again reminds me of how shockingly awful it was.

Pete, a man with taste - Atari XE FTW!! 👍👍

@ukgaming3465

7 ай бұрын

Subscribed and watching the read through of issue 1, of Page 6. 👍 - I had the 65XE my parents bought me around my 8th/9th/10th Birthday, it was a Dixons deal, in a redbox with 10 games. - After a couple of years I reached the dizzying heights of the ST. bought from Evesham Micros with the power pack games bundle. - how do we go back, I want to go back?

@ThisIsPete

7 ай бұрын

​@ukgaming3465 Same here, sir. Same here. If you find out, let me know. In the meantime I'll be sitting in my little room devoted to the old classics. :)

Love this! Thanks

I'd bring my SEGA Saturn which has a mod chip installed that would give me access to hundreds of amazing Japan only titles, but also makes it possible to play ... er ... "backup copies" of any game which would allow me to play some games that are too expensive for even a well off gamer. The Saturn has it all: Amazing exclusives, some of the best arcade ports that are still ironically better than similar attempts today (ie: Street Fighter Zero 3), and any region specific classics that stand the test of time.

That’s a nice thing to do. Good karma!

My god I'd forgotten how terrible the TI99 joystick was untill just now

a mister fpga is great for a desert island

that pop up book computer, deserved a hole episode just think of it a computer of any form, made of paper and card, only form what was a vary valuable 85-90 times in computer, no battery no nothing but could still emulate basic functions of a computer, and learn something of what and how a computer worked? if some said make this now the answer would the no run for the batteries and where CPU control board going to fit 🙂

Thats a whole lot of UK retro youtubers!

@Yesterzine

7 ай бұрын

Much like how there always has to be a designated survivor who doesn't get on the presidential plane, we sent RoseTintedSpectrum to Blackpool that day just in case.

You do you if your standard on a desert island they'd be no electricity either.

Furbee..... Red Flag!

I would take: Red Alert 2 yuri's revenge Sensible world of Soccer Micropose Grandprix 4 😅

History Line

Olivetti ❤‍🔥

@TechMadeEasyUK

7 ай бұрын

Yeah boi!

Do many new channels to check ;)

Did no-one bring a fishing rod?

@Yesterzine

7 ай бұрын

We’re gonna make one out of those joysticks.

@TheRasteri

7 ай бұрын

I wonder if any games came with an inflatable life raft