I coded Commodore 64 games in the 1980s, 1990s and the 2020s. And plenty of other stuff in between.https://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mrwzooxgys2nMoby Games has a few errors and omissions in my profile, so I'm claiming it. To do so, I have to post the following message here. I'm claiming my @mobygames.com profile: https://www.mobygames.com/person/117341/carleton-handley/31 Jul 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwzooxgys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mrwguxtwlc2tWhat a wonderful video. I did a tiny bit of #C64 demo coding back in the 80s but preferred to make games. Mainly because it's easier than some of the trickery described here! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwguxtwlc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mru3vrw2rc2rToday I learnt that my #C64 game APB appeared on not one, but two compilations in the 90s. I was aware of the TNT bundle, but there was also something named Winning Team. I don't have either in my personal collection, so I may try to pick them up someday. https://www.bigboxcollection.com/WinningTeam.3DBox30 Jul 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mru3vrw2rc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mqs7tondbs2eThis is such a great site. Not sure physical is the answer in the digital age but it definitely was when I was growing up in the 80s. Sitting on the bus home reading the manual to a game I’d spent weeks saving up was a great time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqs7tondbs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mpvg77673k2lWasn’t expecting to get a burn off @retrogamermag.bsky.social on my Sunday morning read! 😉 I thought our home conversions of a mediocre arcade game were OK.05 Jul 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvg77673k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mpqzwblxmc2dAt the #britfest in Altrincham. Came mainly for Sleeper who didn’t disappoint. May as well continue drinking in the sun and watch the Happy Mondays later.03 Jul 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqzwblxmc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mpbsqmea3s2xI had plenty of games cancelled during development. It was even worse when something was complete and still didn’t get published. Chun’s memories here are all too familiar. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jun 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbsqmea3s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mojgdn27kc26Incredible. Sarah is so talented. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojgdn27kc26https://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mnkg6olzu22sI've been revisiting the #C64 source code for Millie & Molly for reasons. In there I found some old prototype screens from when I was using Rainbow Island sprites and Rick Dangerous backgrounds. And the even older 8x8 char version with my very own programmer art.05 Jun 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkg6olzu22shttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mnila2derk2zMonte’s stuff just gets better and better. This looks like a belter. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnila2derk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mni7t4svf225There was a surfeit of brilliant #C64 conversions around this time, before arcade machines got more powerful. Mr Do, Up ‘n’ Down, Spy Hunter and this all jump to mind. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mni7t4svf225https://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mn3ptiimxc2nI’ve been reading @jazrignall.bsky.social’s excellent book Games of a Lifetime. The early chapters are evocative of the OG arcade years. I’m now in Aberystwyth where most of Julian’s memories are from. I’m hoping some kind of portal to the past opens so I can see Asteroids arrive for the first time.30 May 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3ptiimxc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mmeu3j4u522dCrystal Computing became Design Design became Walking Circles. The latter was my first job. We had boxes of these games in the back room. Wish I’d kept some. Along with a rather splendid T-shirt. Not that it’d fit me now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeu3j4u522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mly2tcu5qk2vAt the Manchester Palace for Karate Kid. They’ve just cancelled it in a pretty perfunctory way. Lots of upset families. Pathetic.16 May 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly2tcu5qk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mlr4lxnwsk2iWatching Race Across the World and pretty sure this Mongolian coffee shop has ripped off the 80s video game Elite’s logo.13 May 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr4lxnwsk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3ml3ndgwbqc2cI recorded the Retro Titans podcast recently. I've not listened back myself yet but hopefully I don't go off topic too much. This one's a bit different in that it focuses more on modern retro. And I'm sure when I do these things they add a northern accent filter. retrotitans.libsyn.com https://retrotitans.libsyn.com/05 May 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3ndgwbqc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mkpbpjhkgs2pPleased to say Millie & Molly is built into this, looks like a fun bit of kit. Nice mix of new and old #C64 games on there.30 Apr 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpbpjhkgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mjk3l7yhis2rMike's conversion of my Unity version of M&M looks to be coming along very nicely. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk3l7yhis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mj6i4vyup224Battling being old to stay up for the Artemis II #splashdown. Even though I’m 54 these events are few and far between. I flash back to my 80’s Space Shuttle bedroom wallpaper, and the Voyager II project we did in primary school. This stuff shows the best of humanity in a time of some of our worst.10 Apr 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6i4vyup224https://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mj4ujllkvs2uI worked on both Skull and Crossbones and Spitting Image, albeit the #C64 versions. The former was an Atari arcade game which I don't think even had a UK release. It did OK though as mags liked the pirate theme so it got a few front covers. The game is bang average on all formats, including arcade. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4ujllkvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mhlrtsnpg22eThink I’ve finished the extra levels and features for my #SpectrumNext conversion of my #C64 game Runn ‘n’ Gunn. The game is 80% bigger and there are a couple of surprises. Need to do the boring tidying now.21 Mar 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlrtsnpg22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mhgo6563v22rWho doesn’t love the glamour of a late 80s UK game dev studio? Google can keep their town halls and break out areas. Here’s Walking Circles at a similar time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgo6563v22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mgwitqxecc2iWanderer on the #C64 was my first ever professional product. Coded when I was 16yo I basically converted the Speccy code and mostly didn’t know what I was doing. It scored 16% in Zzap and was described as a ‘vector graphics turkey’. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwitqxecc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mgv2ooccok2oI recorded a Podcast with @retrotitans.com last night. As always good fun to ramble on about games development. Phil noticed I still play video games, something rarer than you’d think in the industry. I tend to agree, I’ve worked with loads of game devs who don’t actually play games. Wonder why.12 Mar 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgv2ooccok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mgkuyoanbc2jCompleted the excellent Öoo earlier. I wish I had the kind of mind that can come up with these kinds of concepts. Have to say you could probably make an excellent version of this for the #C64. https://youtu.be/tSJyHEjyGuA?si=ICYtZS3emGZuG5L808 Mar 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkuyoanbc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mgknwi5jqk2jWent to a retro gaming market in Bolton today. Crazy busy and I didn’t manage to fill any gaps in games I’ve written but don’t own. Picked up @merman1974.bsky.social ‘s book (signed!) and @jazrignall.bsky.social ‘s book though. Plenty of of reading there.08 Mar 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgknwi5jqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mgdn533ga22yI don’t normally do politics on here but my word this man says everything I wish I had the nerve to. Let’s all be kinder to each other. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdn533ga22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mgdm3d5gr22yLooking forward to this, some of my favourite gaming memories are playing against my friends on two player #C64 games. Rocketball, Kikstart, Hypaball and probably my favourite Pitstop II. I have no interest in online gaming and I miss playing games together like we did back then. I’m old. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdm3d5gr22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mfofd6xlls2iLooks like the #C64 Black Mini Edition is 20% off on Amazon at the minute. Four of my best games are on there along with 21 other amazing modern 8bit games. I'm still playing through - and being amazed by - Sam's Journey.25 Feb 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfofd6xlls2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carletonhandley.bsky.social/post/3mexwdf4guk2tHow has somebody who worked on one of my favourite ever games (Lemmings) ended up converting a random homebrew I wrote for the #C64 in 2020? Amazing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:bshw6fs44gd6ffccxee7taqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexwdf4guk2t