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Cave Crusader is a horizontal shoot’em up developed in 1983 by the Italian programmer Michele “Micky” Bina for the Atari 8-bit computers. Developed in Forth and Assembler, the game offers more than 110 screens divided into nine levels. At that time, Cave Crusader was one of the winners of the contest in the first edition of Computer Play, organized by…
ABBUC, the ATARI Bit Byter User Club, runs its traditional yearly software competition, and it is open to all Atari 8-Bit developers (no membership required!). As a general rule, all entries should be able to run on an Atari 8-Bit computers and submitted on a maximum of two unprotected 90KB or 130 KB 5.25“ floppy disk sides or ATR-Images. The authors…
To celebrate ZX Spectrum’s 40th birthday, Quantum Sheep reached out to some awesome Spectrum game developers who have very generously agreed to participate in the Game Bundle with all proceeds destined for charity. The bundle is hosted on itch.io using the “pay what you want” price (above $10.00) and gives you access to 30+ games for the ZX Spectrum. The…
The 2022 Basic 10 Liners contest is over and, once again, brings very clever and impressive programs that are hard to believe were made using 10 lines of BASIC, sometimes very encrypted 10 lines, but still an amazing accomplishment! Nothing less than 82 programs were submitted, giving a lot of work and amusement to the 8 judges, including myself! This…
We’re delighted to welcome Polaria Poyon in our new episode. She’s a genius composer of chiptunes for the Sega Master System and Game Gear. AJ, Joerg, and Denis get to know about her and her new projects, as well as some interesting tech insights. Enjoy the tunes and tune in! (interview begins at 23:00) https://scene.world/Polaria-Poyon
AJ and Joerg start off their series to dig into what’s going on about gaming in Jamaica – For this episode we’re happy to welcome Wayne Benjamin. He is one of the most influential video game and Esports journalists from Jamaica. Enjoy! (interview begins at 18:00) https://scene.world/thelabvideogametv
















