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@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 1:00 PM

NZ Bits and Bytes November 1983

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 11:57 AM

How many of you remember Bug-Byte games?

#KevinToms #BugByte #ManicMiner #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 11:40 AM

Before they made their iconic MTX computer, Memotech dealt in add-ons for Sinclair machines, such as the Memopak memory extension!

#KevinToms #Memotech #Memopak #ZX81 #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 11:55 AM

Out of Tonbridge, Kent, comes Bubble Bus Software - the fourth company in our series!

#KevinToms #BubbleBusSoftware #Starquake #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro

An image gallery of Bubble Bus Software games, including Starquake, Classic Muncher and Wizard's Lair.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 11:58 AM

Automata UK is best known for their exquisite 1984 cult classic Deus Ex Machina!

#KevinToms #AutomataUK #DeusExMachina #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 11:49 AM

Remember "HotShot," released by Addictive Games? There was a poster of the game in the July 1988 issue of Sinclair User! 🙂

#KevinToms #HotShot #AddictiveGames #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

Poster of the HotShot game by Addictive Games, as seen in Sinclair User issue of July 1988.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:09 PM

The Speccy is back - and it comes with Football Manager 2 🙂

https://retrogames.biz/products/thespectrum/

#KevinToms #FootballManager #ClassicGame #FootballGame #ManagerGame #RetroGames #UKGames #UKRetro #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:51 AM

Coming in at No. 2 on this list - but No.1 in my heart! - is Addictive Games.

#KevinToms #AddictiveGames #FootballManager #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:46 AM

Did you play any of Acornsoft's games back in the 80s? Which one was your favourite?

#KevinToms #Acornsoft #AcornElectron #BBCMicro #EliteGame #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro

An image gallery from games developed by Acornsoft including Elite, Starship Command, Snapper and others.

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 10:00 AM

NZ Bits and Bytes November 1983

#retrocomputing #80scomputers

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:00 AM

NZ Bits and Bytes November 1983

#retrocomputing #80scomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 11:52 AM

I'm starting a new series of posts, centered about some of the most notable UK-based game companies of the 1980's 🇬🇧

#KevinToms #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM

NZ Bits and Bytes November 1983

#retrocomputing #80scomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 11:51 AM

Four superb games from Ocean! Did you play all of them?

#KevinToms #OceanGames #Frankie #TheNeverendingStory #MatchDay #DaleyThompsonsDecathlon #RetroGames #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

Ocean software ad featuring four games: Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Match Day, Daley Thompson's Decathlon and The NeverEnding Story.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:57 AM

Another one of Football Manager's early ads - this one promoting the game's colour graphics and 3D match action in the ZX Spectrum!

#KevinToms #FootballManager #ZXSpectrum #ZX81 #TRS80 #VideoGenie #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 11:49 AM

Yet another icon of the eighties - the "50 games in one cassette" 🙂

How many of you ordered one of these back then?

#KevinToms #CascadeGames #RetroGames #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 11:53 AM

The crafty Einstein was designed and assembled in the UK, and is fondly remembered as a system favoured by 1980's software developers!

#KevinToms #TatungEinstein #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 11:53 AM

The Oric Atmos was released in 1984 and came with an enhanced keyboard and a sleek black-and-red design.

📷 _Dbug_
#KevinToms #OricAtmos #TangerineComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 11:54 AM

Football Manager was still a Top 10 game for the VIC 20 - even as late as July 1985!

How many of you enjoyed playing my game on this machine?

#KevinToms #FootballManager #VIC20 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

A Top 10 list of game retail sales in the UK for the Commodore VIC-20, from July 1985

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:00 AM

NZ Bits and Bytes November 1983

#retrocomputing #80scomputers