The Bloop Museum

The Bloop Museum

@bloopmuseum.bsky.social

We're a 501(c)(3) non-profit electronic entertainment museum! Expect games, computers, interesting media, and tech gadgets. You can see, hold, and a lot of the time, power on a lot of items in our inventory! http://bloopmuseum.org/

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Game Preservation Society
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Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: The Scheme (PC-88SR, ©Bothtec 1988) — an exploration action game with lavish graphics and a score to match, made by a doujin circle with professionals on board. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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The Bloop Museum
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Want to see the cool stuff that comes through the #museum? Join the #inventory team! Cone get a tour of Bloop and we'll show you what the fuss is about. #pgh #Pittsburgh #nonprofit #volunteer #technology #tech #computers #games #museums

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Game Preservation Society
@gamepresint.bsky.social

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: First Queen (PC-98M, ©KSK 1988) — a hundred tiny soldiers, each with a mind of its own, clash in real time in the "gocha-kyara" swarm. Box art by Yoshitaka AMANO. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

patreon.comGame Preservation Society — We're saving Japanese Video Games!Get more from Game Preservation Society on Patreon. We're saving Japanese Video Games!. Support Game Preservation Society and get exclusive access to their work.

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Inverse Phase
@inversephase.bsky.social

Ok I'm officially putting out the call for help, Wonderbread (my prius) is acting up and I think it's unsafe to drive it to Chicago. Looking for folks driving through Pittsburgh to #VCFMW. I will need a little bit of cargo space.

The Bloop Museum
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Oops, got my own time wrong 😅 Please repost this one instead! Looking forward to seeing y'all at #VCFMW! Come to our talk on Saturday at NOON in the main talk room to hear all of the adventures of moving Bloop over the last year or so! Send questions in advance and I'll include it in the talk!

Jeff Geerling@jeffgeerling.com

Coming to VCF Midwest? If you're like me, it's hard trying to remember where everything is, especially with VCF taking up the ENTIRE expo hall this year. So I made this tool last night: geerlingguy.github.io/vcfmw21-map/ Now it's a lot easier to find exhibitors! #vcfmw

geerlingguy.github.ioVCF Midwest 21 — interactive table guideInteractive floor plan for Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 21. Tap any table to see who is exhibiting there, what they are showing, and where to find them.

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Game Preservation Society
@gamepresint.bsky.social

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Star Cruiser (PC-88SR, ©Arsys 1988) — fly freely through a solid, full-color universe, then land and walk its towns. A grand space opera that drops you inside an SF movie. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

patreon.comGame Preservation Society — We're saving Japanese Video Games!Get more from Game Preservation Society on Patreon. We're saving Japanese Video Games!. Support Game Preservation Society and get exclusive access to their work.
The Bloop Museum
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Answer: This song is in a very early PC demo called, you'll never believe this, "Coldcut" by UltraForce. Amiga folks had lots of sampled music but the PC was still catching up. For PC users, this was a very early "cool" thing folks with soundcards would show friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMOQ...

youtube.comPC Demo: Coldcut by Ultraforce 1080p @ 24YouTube video by Jim Leonard
Inverse Phase@inversephase.bsky.social

Can anyone guess why I ordered this for @bloopmuseum.bsky.social ?

The Bloop Museum
@bloopmuseum.bsky.social

Still lamenting the early closing of Filmogs and wondering... What's your favorite "manage my movie collection" database? Is it free? How many formats do you collect? What are the strengths and weaknesses you've found?

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer )
@kevedwardsretro.bsky.social

If you are free tomorrow do you fancy a visit to the Northwest Computer Museum to help them celebrate their 3rd birthday? Entry is free and there's so much to see and do. I hope to see you there, please say hello if you do! It's located in Leigh, near Manchester. Here's a flyer from their socials.

The Bloop Museum
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ALT text (sorry!): a computer, open, sits right of three LCD monitors mounted vertical/horizontal/vertical (sort of a bow-tie arrangement). on the desk are instructions to do inventory for volunteers, barcode scanners, keyboard & mouse, a box cutter, microfiber cloth, and numerous jewel case games.

The Bloop Museum
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Apparently editing your place on google maps from a government building to a museum gets your business account suspended 😅 Anyway, Bloop is hard at work on getting our places in order so it's easier to find us, and recently, PRT renamed our bus stop to include us! Victory!

The Bloop Museum
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Bloop Museum version 0.7 is now OPEN! Today is "Walk-in Wednesday" and the first day that we're open all day from 10am to 6pm. Swing on by, #PennHills and #PGH folks! Time to show you all the cool stuff we're working on.

The Bloop Museum
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Code clearance bonanza! Bloop version 0.7 is about ready to go. The #museum had a few problem areas that we are cleaning up over the course of the next month to get to 1.0. In the meantime, we're going to try and pass code. #PGH #Pittsburgh #tech

The Bloop Museum
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Shout-outs to @gamesdonequick.com which is already underway. Not a low badge number but still a cool one! Brendan's doing a late night #AGDQ2026 panel about how he ended up running #MAGFest back in the day and then Bloop #Museum, and doing Q&A - come on by Friday night at 10PM! #Pittsburgh #PGH

The Bloop Museum
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Just wanted to comment and say I'm truly honored by everyone who has supported this year - our newsletters and posts make this look like we have this all planned out - and while there is definitely a plan, this has been a very difficult move. Thanks for hanging with us and sharing our news!

The Bloop Museum
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Happy #Holidays from the #museum! Our timeline is almost fully populated and we're building out exhibits as fast as we can. Check out the cool lighting from one of our volunteers! #Pittsburgh #PGH #museums #technology #retrocomputing #retrogaming

The Bloop Museum
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Truly an honor and a privilege to have Matt and his son helping us at the museum! Join the newsletter and see what they helped with in our next update!

Matt Godbolt@matt.godbolt.org

Just spent a couple of days with my son helping out at @bloopmuseum.bsky.social - something really exciting is being put together just outside Pittsburgh. Opening soon and if you're into retro stuff of any kind; video games and personal computing: check it out! givebutter.com/bloopholiday

givebutter.comBloop Museum Moves to PittsburghWe got the building! Here's what's next.
The Bloop Museum
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So saddened to lose Burger Becky, teller of stories, coder of games, ports, libraries. Becky was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma just 2 months ago. The gofundme was to help with her care; now it's for the funeral. gofund.me/b71c7b1ae Please help us archive your stories or ephemera related to Becky!

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