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The Bloop Museum @bloopmuseum

Bloop is an Electronic Entertainment museum focused on computers, audio, video, and games! The Maryland Technology Museum hosts us just north of Baltimore.

Joined December 2017
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The Bloop Museum@bloopmuseum
9 Nov 2024
We've been a little bit quiet. There's lots of stuff going on in the world, and also cleaning and organizing in the warehouse! Did everyone see we are TWO THIRDS to our goal for our new location, and 80% of the way to being able to put in an offer on it? bloopmuseum.org

Bloop Museum Moves to Pittsburgh

Bloop version 0.7 is open - help us get to 1.0!

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...and here it is with no glass in front of it, so that you can interact with the systems in the (our) museum!
GamesYouLoved
@gamesyouloved
6 Feb 2025
i don’t know whether to laugh or cry
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If you haven't been following along on our fundraiser or Those Other Networks™, we're now in the negotiation phase of acquiring our building! The fundraiser hasn't ended, but we're 96% of the way there. Please check the pin and give it a share!
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Going to #MAGFest2025? Not going because they sold out but you'll be nearby? Stop by Bloop on the way to, from, or even during and check out some games with @inversephase - this will be the last MAGFest where you can visit the museum in its current location, we move in summer!
bloop's japan exhibit has sega vs nintendo, japanese edition (pictured are a mark 3 and a famicom with keyboards) and a whole lot more!

ALT bloop's japan exhibit has sega vs nintendo, japanese edition (pictured are a mark 3 and a famicom with keyboards) and a whole lot more!

check out this IBM exhibit, and see IBM's pre-PC microcomputers as well as PS/1 and PS/2 class machines

ALT check out this IBM exhibit, and see IBM's pre-PC microcomputers as well as PS/1 and PS/2 class machines

here are exhibits featuring computers from acorn, tandy, some S-100 stuff, and in the distance, you can see some commodores....

ALT here are exhibits featuring computers from acorn, tandy, some S-100 stuff, and in the distance, you can see some commodores....

a wall of videogames awaits - more than 30 systems ready for you to learn about their history

ALT a wall of videogames awaits - more than 30 systems ready for you to learn about their history
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Good morning, class! Today we're going to talk about embedded systems... 😅
a nondescript, heavy mainframe computer on wheels that has accidentally broken into the pallet it was shipped on because it weighs a literal ton.

ALT a nondescript, heavy mainframe computer on wheels that has accidentally broken into the pallet it was shipped on because it weighs a literal ton.
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Bloop is almost there. Donate to Bloop's building fundraiser before the end of the year and help us move the museum into a place we OWN! (that and we need to fix up the bathrooms) #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #technology
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Fund-o-rama success! Despite tech issues, we had music, bumps, and tour bits, and raised $5650! That'll be DOUBLED by our matching donor, who says if we raise more in the next 2 weeks, it'll ALSO be matched! Our year-end goal is $200K, so we need $189K for the match. Thank you!!
a screenshot of fund-o-rama's twitch stream, music in a large shot top and center, our announcer desk in the lower left corner, our live fundraiser updating in the lower right corner.

ALT a screenshot of fund-o-rama's twitch stream, music in a large shot top and center, our announcer desk in the lower left corner, our live fundraiser updating in the lower right corner.
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We are now live! Stop on by!
The Bloop Museum@bloopmuseum
12 Dec 2024
Bloop is holding a Fund-o-Rama this Sunday at 1pm. @inversephase will hold a livestream. Come for the museum tours, stay for the live keyboard and drum game music tributes! Donate during the stream to make a request! *AND* we have a matching donor! twitch.tv/inversephase
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So cool! After years of being here with hundreds of posts (617 is a really weird number to unlock this on, isn't it?), we've finally achieved this thing that clearly defines the era we live in. Raised eyebrow reacts only
"You've unlocked more on X" canned dialog, possibly erroneously displayed, or perhaps we were shadowbanned for something, even though we really just post museum stuff??

ALT "You've unlocked more on X" canned dialog, possibly erroneously displayed, or perhaps we were shadowbanned for something, even though we really just post museum stuff??
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Hey! Once upon a time we said you could support Bloop through your livestream. But apparently the Twitch chooser didn't have us in it. So, at least a few of you have been waiting a while for this... it is now FIXED. If you end up fundraising on-stream for us, thank you!
a screenshot of bloop museum appearing in twitch's charity picker.

ALT a screenshot of bloop museum appearing in twitch's charity picker.
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Bloop is holding a Fund-o-Rama this Sunday at 1pm. @inversephase will hold a livestream. Come for the museum tours, stay for the live keyboard and drum game music tributes! Donate during the stream to make a request! *AND* we have a matching donor! twitch.tv/inversephase

InversePhase - Twitch

Hi! I'm a freelance chiptune/8-bit musician and independent game composer!

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We had a great #GivingTuesday2024 and we'd like to thank everyone who donated and spread the word! Let's keep that energy going! We have to cross the $200K mark by the end of the year to put an offer in on a building, and if y'all keep sharing, we will! x.com/bloopmuseum/status/186…

The Bloop Museum@bloopmuseum
3 Dec 2024
It's #GivingTuesday! Which means everyone's getting loads of email about donating to a nonprofit. We need to move into a new building. Kinda like this one. And if we want to do that, we have to put an offer in on it by the end of the year. Can you help? givebutter.com/bloopholiday
if bloop lived here, we would be home by now - a mockup of what the outside of our building could look like

ALT if bloop lived here, we would be home by now - a mockup of what the outside of our building could look like
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The Bloop Museum@bloopmuseum
3 Dec 2024
It's #GivingTuesday! Which means everyone's getting loads of email about donating to a nonprofit. We need to move into a new building. Kinda like this one. And if we want to do that, we have to put an offer in on it by the end of the year. Can you help? givebutter.com/bloopholiday
if bloop lived here, we would be home by now - a mockup of what the outside of our building could look like

ALT if bloop lived here, we would be home by now - a mockup of what the outside of our building could look like
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Friends and supporters, the fundraiser is now at 69%! We just posted an update on some of the new exhibits we have planned. Give it a look and spread the word! givebutter.com/bloopholiday

Bloop Museum Moves to Pittsburgh

Bloop version 0.7 is open - help us get to 1.0!

givebutter.com
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Anyone heard of these two nerds? Our curator, @inversephase, and @TheRealZophar, creator of one of the first and most popular emulator websites from the '90s, are teaming up for a #livestream/Q&A/tour of our #museum on @Twitch tonight. Don't miss it! twitch.tv/zophar1

Zophar1 - Twitch

Creator and Contributor (1996-2000) of Zophar's Domain and gaming enthusiast. "Retro Gaming Forever!"

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The museum needed more storage today. We now take you directly to the scene of the incident...
One of two blue metal cabinets shoved into the back of a Toyota Prius, as seen from the front seat.

ALT One of two blue metal cabinets shoved into the back of a Toyota Prius, as seen from the front seat.
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Attention #chiptune and #demoscene! If you have any hardware, software, or ephemera from the days of old, we are building exhibits for both of these scenes. Please get in touch with us or reach out to @inversephase on discord.
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Let's see how this performs instead of the screenshotted post... find us online at:
a screenshot of https://twitter.com/bloopmuseum/status/1848851172884680731 where Bloop shares its socials.

ALT a screenshot of https://twitter.com/bloopmuseum/status/1848851172884680731 where Bloop shares its socials.
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