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Rebuilding GeoCities on macOS 12

Nix McRetro // 12th October 2022 // Guides, News, Raspberry Pi

A while back, some of you may remember that I entered RetroChallenge 2021/10. I had some success rebuilding the GeoCities Archive, also known as The Archive Team Geocities Valhalla, and managed to host it on a Raspberry Pi. Of course it wasn’t perfect and I knew that. So since then... Continue reading

The ASSEMbler Games Archive - Work Notes

Nix McRetro // 9th October 2022 // Guides, Programming, YouTube

For anyone else who has the ASSEMbler Games archive, I thought I’d just leave up some notes on what I did and what issues I had while putting it all together. I’ve since taken down my mirror as I didn’t have time to get it, let alone my GeoCities rebuild,... Continue reading

General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio - Part 1: Overview

Nix McRetro // 7th October 2022 // Repairs, YouTube

There always needs to be a starting point. And this is where we are starting. An overview of the General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Electronic Digital Clock Radio. One neat thing about this radio is that it has a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) for the clock section. VFD has always... Continue reading

Caps The Game: Sonic The Hedgehog

Nix McRetro // 1st October 2022 // IBM PC, News, Sega

A fair amount of these are originals from the mid-90s when I picked them up at the local newsagent. I’ll be rescanning and optimising them onto my Sonic the Hedgehog website in the near future. These caps were the Australian variant. Josh and I collected these as I fondly remember... Continue reading

Stray (2022, PS4 Live Stream) and Everyday Life

Nix McRetro // 28th September 2022 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

Recently, there have been more tumbleweeds than posts. I’ve moved house, and that took a lot out of me. The old landlords had decided to sell. I’d be understating it if I said that it was annoying losing your home every so often, but I get it - money is... Continue reading