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DoubleG has released his very first game for the C64. Rabbit Runner is an infinite runner game where you play an insatiable rabbit eating Farmer Wilson’s crop. The rabbit runs along three lanes and must eat the vegetables to keep his energy level high. Since Farmer Wilson’s is not very good at his job, the crop is full of bad…
Wow it’s been a long time since I spoke to Andy Johns, I just happened to have a quick browse over my Facebook, nothing too interesting going on until I got a DM from Andy with some fantastic News which I’ll get to in a second. You might be thinking to yourself, who is Andy Johns? Most Speccy die-hards will…
Xmas eve 2020. The turkey on the table and wine in the glass. All the gifts are wrapped and neatly placed under the tree. What else would we wish for after a tough year? A new VICE version, of course! VICE 3.5 has been released with a long list of changes that will please its users. As the main change,…
We are very close to Xmas and I’ve thought it would be fun if we have a post showing the Xmas-inspired games that are released or will be released during the 2020 Holiday season. As more games are released, I will be updating this post which is pinned at the top of the site! A Very Sheepy Xmas by Quantum…
Ozmoo Release 5 is out. Ozmoo is a Z-code interpreter (a program to play text adventures which use Infocom’s game format). The first version of Ozmoo was released in December 2018. It was written to produce playable games for the Commodore 64. Now, with Release 5, support has been added for Commodore 128 and Commodore Plus/4. Games built for the…
Since I wasn’t a British kid in the 80s and never owned a ZX Spectrum until recently, iconic characters like Monty Mole, Miner Willy, or Dizzy don’t bring me any nostalgia as they do to many of you. I think this is a good thing because I can enjoy many of these games with fresh eyes and an open mind,…
Just before heading to bed last night, I checked my Twitter feed when I see a Call A.P.P.L.E tweet mentioning that Steve Wozniak’s hand-drawn and handwritten schematics and programming instructions for a prototype of the Apple II home computer was sold for $500,000. Following the link I see that the last bid was indeed $504,218. However, the auction information stated…
Martin is not only part of the demoscene and a graphic artist for Scene World, but he is also a pioneer in the early ages of Netlabels and a creative head that often creates unique artistic projects. In this podcast, AJ and Joerg talk with him about the early ages of the internet and how he found its way into…
Table of contents Part 1 – Hello World! Part 2 – Graphics Part 3 – More Variables, Memory and Pointers (ugh!) Part 4 – Using VSCode and Action! with syntax highlighting Part 5 – Modularization and Distributing your program Except for early dialects of BASIC found in the 8-bit computers, the programmer can split an application source code into multiple…
The first completely new Dizzy in adventure from the Oliver Twins in 26 years is to be released Friday 18th December 2020 for ZX Spectrum! Dizzy was a massively successful UK Video game character developed initially for 8 bit home computers, but then as the series expanded in popularity there were many releases on 16 bit computers, PC’s and consoles….
