Retro Recipes 👾 PowerUp!

Update: Nearly there!

Dear Patrons of a certain level,

You told me recently that you love the projects we do together, so thank you for your patience whilst I have continued to build the next very special project!

I thought I owed you guys a small photo update. I can't say much more but you'll likely be able to figure out the general subject matter at the very least ;)

There have been a lot of challenging ('fun' even) setbacks and a very steep learning curve with two new pieces of complex software. But ...

Live: Zzap!64 Unboxing

Dear Patrons

There I was saying I might not get a video out this week, and what lands in my mailbox here in the US&A? The Zzap!64 annual I backed some time ago!

So I'm going to go live in a couple of minutes to the public with (hopefully) the first unboxing from this side of the pond. Hope to see you there!

Post updated with the finished video link! Thanks for joining me!

Your friend in retro,

Perifractic

Current project - secret update

Dear Most Valued Patrons,

Whilst I don't want to say too much just yet, the current project I'm working on is proving more complicated than anticipated – albeit a lot of fun for us all. So just a heads up that although I don't really commit to a regular video schedule anyway (as I've said in the past, this must never become stressful; if it stops being fun for me it stops being fun for you 😊), the next video might come out later than... average.

That said,...

Early-bird: Many Magical Miggy Mods

Dear Patrons

It's that time again; video time for you early birds! This week I'm featuring some great mods by my talented friend Pete, including: A tiny S-Video board, an ingenious Gotek mount under the floppy, a switchable RAM upgrade, Fat Agnus repair, and some case painting using a hydrographic film dip!

As always all the recipe ingredients you need are in the description!

This will probably go out to mere mortals on Sunday. Please enjoy it all to yourselves until then!...

What's your favourite Perifracontent?

Hi Patreons, I always aim to fine tune in order to best please, and want to quickly ask your valued opinion. Besides, we all love clicking on a poll! 

Simply, if you had to pick one favourite element of Retro Recipes content, which would it be?

Thanks in advance!

Your friend in retro,
Chris aka Perifractic

microSIZED update:

Dear Patrons, I thought you might like a sneek POKE I mean peek at my updated opening titles for quarter 4, with the new song and adding in a couple of the more recent project clips too. Click here to take a look: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LK2ly7TVA2CCKlqAr6ZVSe_9ul0BPqrq/view?usp=sharing

And remember, my chiptunes are free for you to download :) 2018-10-03 22:49:03 +0000 UTC View Post

New Music Video: Chiptune "The Lost Years (feat. C64)"

Dear Patrons,

I hope you've had a good week! Here's what I've been up to... recording a brand new chiptune on the Commodore Music Maker Station, and channeling my inner Ross Geller whilst shooting the accompanying music video!

Because you're a valued patron, the full song is free for you to download right now! I'll be adding a ringtone version for you as well by the time the above video goes pub...

And the winners are!...

Dear Patreons,

You've first up to see the results of the 3 recent contests, including the Patreon only one, which means... one of you definitely won something!

Enjoy your early-bird access and sincere thanks and commiserations to all who entered. It's not the winning, it's the taking part that counts! (Unless you won.) 😉🕹

Seriously though, thank you all for your support and encouragement. It means the retroworld to me.

Your friend in retro,
Chris aka...

Early-bird: (Off menu) Fix Chewed Eyeglasses

Dear Patrons,

A very fun full-length video is coming your way this very weekend (picking the winners of the 3 recent contests in retro style), but in the meantime we go off-menu for a minute... 

When the Retro Reci-puppy mistook my somewhat pricey eyeglasses for her favourite toy, and chewed up the frames, I thought up a neat quick fix before taking her to the pound.*

Enjoy your early-bird access! Look out for more through your eyeglasses in a coupla days ;)

Your friend ...

[FIXED] Early-bird: A500 Repair & Un-Hack

Update: Sincerest apologies for a major upload corruption resulting in 3 mins of missing footage and other weirdness in the last upload. A bug in a video about bugs; when will it end! The person responsible has been electrocuted with 12v. Sorry and I hope you can enjoy the fixed version above, & maybe even play spot the difference! 🙏

Dear Patrons

Um guys & girls, I've only g...

Early-bird: Light Pens Explained in Super Slow-mo

Dear Patrons,

2 videos in one week? Enjoy! Here's a detailed look at how light pens work, using the magic of a 20,000 FPS high-speed camera! And once we understand that, a rare Amstrad one needs me to rescue it...

Enjoy another early-bird video!

Your friend in retro,
Chris aka Perifractic

Patreon-only Giveaway

Patrons! This contest closes at 23:59 this Wed 19 Sep, so if you haven't entered & would like to, there's no time like the present. Apart from the past #retro :)

Dear Patrons,

As mentioned when I launched the recent 2 contests, I was planning a contest just for patrons of a certain level. Here it is, and you're part of it!

I am giving away the modded Nintendo Wii from the "Apple Wiie" video above, including:

• Nintendo Wii Black Edition
• Modde...
  2018-09-06 20:53:42 +0000 UTC View Post

20,000 Subscribers!

To my lovely patrons of Retro Recipes, cheers muchly for making this possible! I had high ambitions to hit 10,000 by the year but this is retrodiculous. (Now aiming for 40,000 by tomorrow.) 🍻🕹️😉 Your friend in retro, Chris aka Perifractic

A Sponsor, A Patron, & An Ally

Good news patrons, the channel now has a small sponsor to help it continue to grow! Here's the scoop:

As you may know I've been working with your fellow patron Sean Harrington in inventing an oft-requested "NTSC-PAL switch" board for the C64 (working title: VIC-II²). Not only will this be available to the community (not for profit, just covering costs) but its creation is going to form a fun video or two.

For this we'll be prototyping a number of PCBs. Above is a p...

Reminder: Patreon-only live unboxing

Update: And we're done! If you missed it, you can watch the recorded stream at the linky above :)

Just a reminder that this time Sunday, at the link above, I'll be doing a Patreon-only live unboxing. I'd love to see you there. You can set a reminder via the link. Be there or be as square as the boxes 😉🕹️ 

Your friend in retro, Chris aka ԹҽɾíƒɾɑϲԵíϲ

Patreon-only Live Unboxing this Sunday!

Hello computer cooks,

If you can read this, then this Sunday, I'll be opening some boxes with you. Retro boxes! It'll be just like Christmas... in September. But being Retro Recipes, hopefully no turkeys.

There are many more boxes than in the picture above... in fact I'm getting snowed under. Maybe it is Christmas after all!

Join me for the event and live chat. For your local time, check out the video above, and please don't share :)

See you then. Well, not see you, but... Yo...

Early-bird: Atari ST Case Jigsaw {appetizer}

Update 1: New "after" photos & other funhancements

Update 2: Bob Ross Inc. granted permission to use his image :)

Dear Patreons of a certain tier!

Here is your early access to my next video, and it's another fun short-format Retro Recipes 'appetizer'.

I couldn't not share this older project with you; actually it's one of my mate Pete's refurbs from 2014 that he asked me to turn into a video again. And I really wanted to get this one out there, so we can...

Big Tease: Atari ST Jigsaw

'Ello Patreons!

Here's an interesting little tease at the appetizer-sized video I'm currently working on. You're familiar with my collaborations with Pete such as the incredible Atari 800XL Extreme Refurb. We have more of those extreme refurbs coming (yay), but before I bring you those I wanted to bring things up to date with one of the previous refurbs that deserves some coverage.

The problem was, it was so old, the photos were in 640x480 resolution (remember that?), and not up to the s...

10,000 YouTube Subscribers

Who has 10,000 subscribers and two joysticks up? 🕹️👨‍🍳🕹️ This chef! Yup, Retro Recipes just hit the big 10k! Thank you one and all for being along for the ride, whether you joined at the start (you know who you are!) or just entered the RR kitchen to take a seat. Anyone for champagne before their chips? 🍾🥂 Your friend in retro, Chris aka ԹҽɾíƒɾɑϲԵíϲ

The Apple PIIe Part 4 & Contest!

Dear Patreons Please enjoy the final part of my #ThinkDifferentChallenge where someone called The 8-Bit Guy makes some enhancements to the rudimentary "proof of concept" I designed way back in Part 1, & gives all of us some gentle ribbing along the way 😂 I also pop up at the end to launch the contest and say cheerio. Yes, another contest 😅 Watch all 4 parts: https://www.you...

Welcome new Patreons & milestone

Firstly a big warm welcome as always to the new Patreons! I can't quite put into words how grateful I feel to have everyone here. I believe we're building a warm community of like-minded nostalgia-nerds 😊🕹️ Speaking of which feel free to use the Community section of this page to discuss any retro ideas 👍 Also, we just hit a milestone for the channel: 1 million minutes viewed per month❣️ That means every day, people watch 30 days worth of our content. Am I famous yet Mum? 😂 I...

Win THEC64 Mini in a C64!

Dear Patreons of a certain level,

The video isn't live yet, but I officially launch the giveaway contest... 🥁 now!

Please visit the link above and get a head start on your entry/ies!

I'm using a platform called Gleam for this as it seems to be the 'go to' contest management site used by the majority of YouTube channels. So please also let me know any gremlins or general feedback about how it works for you. 🤞

And it's fine to click on the 'share with fri...

Early-bird: THEC64 Mini in a C64!

Dear Patreons of a certain tier!

What Bryan Adams said is true of me for you: Everything I do, I do for you! Cheesy, sure, but who doesn't like cheese? Mmmm... cheeeez...

So finally, here is the project I dreamed up in April but had a few setbacks on. Please enjoy your early bird / late bird (!) access and let me know what you think!

The giveaway mentioned will go live in a day or 2, and I'll let you all know when it does so you can enter too of course!

Your friend in Russian...

The Apple PIIe - Part 3 | Plus special guest!

Dear Patreons

When I started the #ThinkDifferentChallenge, in Part 1. I nominated Jan Beta for Part 2, and he nominated Mindflare Retro for Part 3.

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7QScsJIdNE14XSP-v-1RcnWe3mpjIvh4

Wait till you see who I nominate for Part 4 at the end of this video! :O

Here's Part 3 itself, which I worked ...