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@oldmcgroin

Just an Irish lad and curator of a site that gathers links for decompilation, recompilations, ROM hacks, fan games, open source games, unreleased/preserved games, texture packs, mods and English translation patches: https://www.thegamingemporium.com/

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How the tides turn! Last week Myrient announced its closure the end of March...a huge loss for #retrogaming preservation...and now Minerva Archive is here to save it...and needs your help youtu.be/zn8h0nPoxM8 #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

03.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Not on X anymore, anywhere else to follow this?

19.02.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lads, it's Arsenal.

18.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Animal Crossing on the Switch only allowed one island per console, can multiple accounts have different games on this?

16.02.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gareth Barry has played in excess of 13,900 more Premier League minutes than James Milner 🀯

Despite them now being tied on a record 653 appearances apiece, Barry has been on the field for more than four full seasons longer than Milner πŸ‘

12.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 3

No way?

11.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just updated The Gaming Emporium (thegamingemporium.com) with:

– RSS feed

– New Open Source category

– β€œMost Popular”

– Share function

Focus is making decompilations, source ports and fan projects easier to discover.

#RetroGaming #GamePreservation #OpenSource

11.02.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cold Case I've been working on this since the beginning of the year in it's current form, since i first started with Jo-engine in 2021, the plan was always to make a survival horror type game like silent hill /...

You can try it out, yourself:
segaxtreme.net/resources/co...

09.02.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd like to add this to my site. Discord links tend to die after a while, is there an actual page I can link?

08.02.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A deep dive into Effrey Jepstein

New podcast. 90 minutes of autistic pattern recognition about something terrible open.spotify.com/episode/0F0F...

06.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5

Looks great, adding to the site in a while πŸ‘

05.02.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WIP SSSV Recompilation

Releasing soon by Cellenseres! ~ Feb 4, 2026

defaultdnb.github.io/ReCollect64/...

#N64 #ReCollect64 @spacestationsv.bsky.social

04.02.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Cristiano Ronaldo strike action could signal end of time in Saudi Arabia The 40-year-old is considering leaving Al-Nassr, having refused to play in game for the club over disappointment at lack of investment in squad

The poor dear, who is on Β£480,000 *a day*, must be upset that Ivan Toney has outscored him this season.

www.thetimes.com/article/4c58...

03.02.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

you can tell the media's captured because we haven't seen headlines reading "DONALD DUMP" and "SHART OF THE DEAL" all over the place

01.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 1230 πŸ” 474 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to help suppprt evie-mae, organized by Jonathan McGlynn Hi everyone My daughter evie-mae was born in september with a rare brain malformation which … Jonathan McGlynn needs your support for help suppprt evie-mae

gofund.me/bc6ccd8a2

01.02.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE.

If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

straight up Gestapo shit

31.01.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 32596 πŸ” 10213 πŸ’¬ 1944 πŸ“Œ 1287
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Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.

This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.

29.01.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 10049 πŸ” 4879 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 127

Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.

27.01.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 6891 πŸ” 2265 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 121

One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.

This can't be "reformed"

27.01.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 5990 πŸ” 2356 πŸ’¬ 279 πŸ“Œ 148
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We're launching a website.

Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers.

jank.cool

If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.

27.01.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 1115 πŸ” 344 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 25
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Donate to My son needs dental implants, organized by Rob Leightley Hi, Im Rob. Im raising on behalf of my 20 year old son Connor. In the early hours of Saturd… Rob Leightley needs your support for My son needs dental implants

I dont often post about personal stuff.

But, my son was jumped by a group of lads while walking home the other night.

His face took quite a bit of damage. He has lost 2 teeth, and fractured 3 others. The dental bill will is significant.

gofund.me/e89ebe7b5

27.01.2026 10:40 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."

ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

27.01.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 11348 πŸ” 6130 πŸ’¬ 1297 πŸ“Œ 1658

They're not even trying to be coy about it anymore.

27.01.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just tried in my phone's browser. Sound loads but screen stays black.

26.01.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi all! Just updated my site in case anyone is interested: www.thegamingemporium.com

#emulation #decompilations #recompilations #videogames #mods #romhacks

26.01.2026 10:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Be@rbrick Happy Bearbrick Maneki Neko Happy New Year 2014 Ginga Shinnen rare | eBay This is a "Happy Bearbrick" Happy New Year (Ginga Shinnen) 2013 Maneki Neko toy. I took pictures of the back as well, and there is a holofoil sticker on the back which should show it's an original Bea...

Right so I don't like to promote my eBay auctions much but I could really use some boosting for this weird thing I got that ends tonight so I can pay for my domain renewals. Ships worldwide! www.ebay.com/itm/22718002...

25.01.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A graphic comparing two quotes:

"Fuckin' bitch."
ICE agent after Renee Good was shot and killed two weeks ago.

"Boo hoo."
Federal agent after a man was shot and killed today.

A graphic comparing two quotes: "Fuckin' bitch." ICE agent after Renee Good was shot and killed two weeks ago. "Boo hoo." Federal agent after a man was shot and killed today.

These monsters are sick.

24.01.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 5040 πŸ” 1909 πŸ’¬ 583 πŸ“Œ 217
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Ubisoft may have cancelled the Sands of Time remake (again!) but I'm still hammering away at my #PrinceofPersia 2 re-implementation. I'm hoping to be completely finished with this within a few months

23.01.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants

07.01.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 13022 πŸ” 3631 πŸ’¬ 302 πŸ“Œ 148

How many times do I have to tell you to get off X.

What terrible thing is finally enough for you?

07.01.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0