First post, by F.H.OrbitalCrew
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Hi everyone,
for a few years now I’ve been working on a project I had in mind for a long time. I want to say right away that it hasn’t been easy at all, and even today it still requires a lot of research and constant effort. I’m also aware that this topic sits in a rather delicate area for the retrocomputing community.
One thing is certain: many software titles and games are destined to disappear over time. In fact, many have already been completely lost. Time degrades everything—it’s inevitable. On top of that, not everyone can afford to collect everything. There’s too much profit-driven speculation around, and in my opinion, history should be accessible to everyone. It’s a shared cultural asset that deserves to be preserved and made available.
So, getting to the point: I create faithful replicas, reconstructions, and personal productions of a wide range of materials that used to accompany our retrocomputers. This includes big box games and software, as well as physical media like new floppy disks with matching labels, manuals, posters, gadgets, and much more.
Everything is entirely handcrafted. I personally handle every step of the process, from design to assembly, without relying on external services. To achieve this, I had to equip myself with professional printing systems similar to those used back in the day, along with quite a few machines. I’ve also researched and sourced the same types of materials and production methods to stay as faithful as possible to the original releases.
The goal is to recreate an authentic experience: opening and handling one of my creations should bring you back in time, engaging all your senses.
I want to be clear that I don’t do this for profit—I already have my own job. I do it purely out of passion. Any contribution I ask for is only meant to cover the cost of materials, especially printing materials and new floppy disks, the time spent on design, and unfortunately also the maintenance and wear of the equipment.
To give you an idea, I won’t be posting everything I’ve created since the beginning, but I’ll focus on my most recent works.
If this topic is not considered appropriate, I kindly ask the moderators to remove it without any issue.
Note: The photos below are not strictly exact replicas. Not wanting to come across as too bold right away 😁, I prefer to present them as inspired reproductions, interpreted with my own personal touch.
Thank you.