Category: ZX Spectrum
Victor Trucco, one of the masterminds behind the Spectrum Next posted today on Next Facebook group a big update about the machine development, including detailed specifications, capabilities and more. Below, the full announcement written by Victor: “Big update to bring the many things that have changed on the Next since the original announcement. We’ve reviewed here all the features that…
The 10Liners is a contest that programmers can show off their skills creating a game using the BASIC language using only ten lines of code. Any BASIC dialect is accepted, as long as it is a line-based BASIC. The contest webpage summarizes very well the idea behind the event: The BASIC 10Liners competition is like a time journey into the…
If you are not following the ZX Spectrum Next Facebook group you will love to know that the ZX Spectrum Next development is reaching important milestones. The developers have received another prototype of the machine which shows a PCB that will be probably very close to the one offered as the final product. It features several interfaces that will make any…
Hey all, so some people may know I’ve been working on a sequel to Monty’s Honey Run, and I’ve been full tilt on it for the last month. Unfortunately I had a problem with corruption in the AGD file and I lost a lot of work, I thought I had lost it all. However the good news, I managed to find…
The dream fairies have been kidnapped by the evil Mouse King and his acolytes. Use you magic to rescue them. Made with AGD for your beloved color-clashy Zx Spectrum! Castle Capers is probably my most joyful, colourful game. I spent long hours to get the graphics just right and it is my true act of love for my beloved Speccy. Thanks Jonathan Cauldwell…
The previously uncontrollable demo is now controllable!, thanks to Adrian Singh who hacked the code on the demo to enable the keyboard. Amazingly this is the first piece of hacking he has done for at least 27 years. Hats off to him! Thanks to him for taking the time to do this. Keys are: ‘A’ – up / pressed with…
Well it seems we are spoilt for choice when it comes to upcoming ZX Spectrum Homebrew games. Currently I am still playing through Monty’s Honey Run and I’m very much looking forward to the sequel, “Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls“. This post is kinda related to those two games, as it’s the next Homebrew title I would like…
We only just announced “Monty’s Honey Run” and Andy Johns has already started work on a sequel! Currently the title of the new game is ‘Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls” (Subject to change). From the few screens Andy has shared with us so far, the game looks to be set in ancient Egypt. As you can see, the colour…
Monty Mole is the title character from the series of video games from Gremlin Graphics. He was created by Peter Harrap. Monty is a miner by trade and sports a monocle throughout the series, up until Impossamole, which features a completely different rendition of the character. There are six games in the original Monty series. Wanted: Monty Mole (1984) Monty is Innocent (1985)…
Z88DK is a C cross compiler package that targets the z80 and consists of a C compiler, an extensive set of assembly language libraries, an assembler / linker, and a tool for generating executables in a number of formats. Development in C, assembly language or a mixture of the two is directly supported. After one year since the last release, it…
