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I don't exactly *need* another Atari-to-USB joystick adapter, but I saw these ones on iCode dot com for a good price and thought "why not?" 😊

I'm surprised at just how much I like the wee display that shows the directions and button-presses it sees. 😄

https://www.icode.com/product/icode-uno-atari-joystick-paddle-driving-and-trackball-usb-adapter-plus-edition/

Pew pew pew!
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I think it's fair to say that I categorically don't need joystick buttons in either silver or gold.

And yet I still clicked "buy".
(I regret nothing.) 😄

Naughty Ones (Amiga)

It's like a Bubble Bobble back-story, except they weren't turned into dinosaurs. 😊 The bouncy-balls as weapons mechanic is kinda fun, but you realise the electric shot power-up is so much more effective.

But a fun single-screen platformer all the same.

Bob Stevenson (C64)

You know, before I saw the work of Jim Sachs, there was the amazing pixel work of Bob Stevenson. I don't know how he made that colour palette work so well at such a low resolution. 😮

Defender of the Crown (Amiga)

My word that Jim Sachs knew how to arrange some pixels, didn't he?
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Rally Bike (arcade)

I must have taken too many screen-shots over the years, coz I have snaps of an arcade game called Rally Bike that I can't remember taking at all. Think I have to revisit it now. Gorgeous SWIV-like GFX. A bit like Zippy Race/Traverse USA got a makeover. 😊

And lets not forget the sequel. For me, it was the perfect follow-up: futuristic metallic landscape, single-shots become double-shots, add a homing missile, and sprinkle some wee call-back easter eggs throughout the game. I've always got a spare credit for Time Pilot '84 too. 😄
Time Pilot (AKA Space Pilot) was always worth spending a credit on. 😊

Winter Games (C64)

With the Milano Cortina 2026 games over, once again the ice skating was amazing. Once again, revisiting the skating events in Winter Games, I still can't get comfortable with the controls. ..Maybe it'll click in 2030.
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