Category: Acorn Atom

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Ozmoo 15

Z-code game Ad Verbum running in Ozmoo on C128 in VICE

A new version of Ozmoo, a Z-code interpreter for Commodore 64, 128, Plus/4, MEGA65 and Commander X16, plus there’s a port for Acorn/BBC. New version has improved performance on C64 and C128.

BASIC 10Liner Contest 2026

 Edición 2026 del afamado Concurso  Un año más, fiel a la cita, y ya van unas cuantas ediciones, regresa uno de los Concursos más consolidados y con solera, en el desarrollo de videojuegos para 8 bits: Basic 10Liner Contest. Los requisitos son simples, juego desarrollado en Basic y en un máximo de 10 líneas. ¿Fácil, verdad? Más información, aquí Fuente:https://www.homeputerium.de/

15th Annual BASIC 10-Liner Programming Contest Begins

15th Annual BASIC 10-Liner Programming Contest Begins

Gunnar Kanold has announced the 2026 rendition of the Homeputerium Annual BASIC 10-Liner Programming Contest. Running through the 22nd of March with the winners announced on the 3rd of April 2026. The contest is open to users of all 8-Bit platforms. This year’s rules and categories are as follows: 15th Edition of BASIC 10 Liner Contest Legal systems: All 8-bit…

1942 atom (2025)

by IvanBasic Mission: Defend your position from enemies for around 3 minutes, without being damaged. Shoot the first plane to make all of them to turn the tail and fly back. It is need more than a single bullet to hit the plane, ensure a burst of bullets hit it. If they approach to you, you will be damaged, and they will…

PunyInform Adventure, Release 5

Release 5 fixes multiple bugs, and brings the game closer to the original. There are now five dwarves, as in the original, and you can’t just teleport out of tight spots. Of course, the game still rocks on 8-bit hardware.

Airline Boss 2 (BBC Micro/Acorn Electron)

 by electron.greg    Upgraded version of Airline Boss that Tony Kingsmill wrote in 1992 & 2023.   In this simulation game you are the owner of an airline. Using your wise business skills, build up your company with more planes and have them all busy with paying passengers! Don’t over spend on advertising and be careful what you charge for…

VCF East Exhibitor Registration Opens

VCF East Exhibitor Registration Opens

VCF East 2025 Exhibitor Registration is open: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSedyn…/viewform… The show will be April 4-6 in Wall, NJ @ InfoAge Science and History Museums Check the web page for updates over the next few weeks https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

350p Adventure – a new port of an old game

Screenshot of Adventure on C64

Adventure is often considered to be the very first text adventure. It was written in 1975-76 by Will Crowther. Don Woods found it at his university, asked Will Crowter for the source code, expanded it greatly, and released his own version, which we now know as 350p Adventure. Adventure was sometimes called Colossal Cave Adventure. Sometimes it was just called…

Tutorial on how to load games on Acorn Archimedes

The Acorn Archimedes is, broadly speaking, a British 32-bit computer that competed with the Amiga and Atari ST. History. In 1987, Acorn Computers Ltd. already had experience in the home computing field, thanks to the success of its 8-bit computer, the BBC Micro, during the early 1980s. This little-known machine was really popular in the UK, almost as popular as…

Cursed skull (Acorn Atom)

 by Frederick352 In this version of Cursed Skull, you need to avoid or shot ghosts, complete dungeon and take the skull. Skull1 – version with 3 lives. Skull2- version with 50 lives (acorn atom version much harder than zx spectrum or vz200 version). Download, here Source:https://frederick352.itch.io/cursed-skull-acorn-atom