Not too long ago, I decided that I wanted to finally “get serious” with 8-bit programming. I love podcasts, so I went looking for a retrocomputing podcast that focused on programming. Other than the short run of Next Without For, I couldn’t find anything out there. OK, it may be that my Google skills just aren’t that good, I don’t…
My project to easily change the startup text and colors for the Commodore 64
Back in early October, Craig from iratahack kindly sent over development versions of Forest Escape. The Vitno team had a good play through the game, and we was really impressed. So much so, that one of our lead Authors Louie Dimovski decided to write an exclusive piece for Vintage is the New Old which you can read here. We have…
Do you love medieval/fantasy themes? Are you a fan of the classic Chaos Engine? If so, then the team at Electric Black Sheep are in the middle of developing an Amiga title that will be right up your alley, Project – Quest. And the best thing of all is that you don’t have to wait for the game to be…
It was only last year when long time retro gaming enthusiast Craig Hackney (aka IrataHack) released his debut ZX Spectrum gaming title, Castle Escape. Featuring a small and courageous knight called Wee, Castle Escape saw you take control of Wee as he tried to escape a haunted castle filled with deadly inhabitants while collecting gold coins along the way. Well…
In this tutorial we use daemons to implement a microwave oven that can heat food and a plate of spaghetti that cools off over time. We also explore techniques to describe objects.
PunyInform is a tool for writing text adventures for 8-bit computers and newer computers alike. If you have already installed PunyInform and gone through the PunyInform Coding 1 tutorial, the time has come to learn more about objects and actions. This tutorial goes through the different parts of a simple game where there are two puzzles to be solved, you can score…
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