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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

that's sensible you should not have it when you are already ill. take care mate

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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

imho it will only get worse, unfortunately

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Negative Charge @negativecharge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A little more progress... the music is in, added some trees (which randomly disappear at the moment, and don't look right above the horizon due to the palette change) and a mountain range. The small map (you might recognise it) will eventually mirror the curves on screen, but not quite working yet🔊

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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New: Four interactive guides for building 8-bit Elite from Bell and Braben’s original source disks… all in your browser Covers the #BBCMicro, #Commodore64, #AppleII and 6502 co-pro versions of #Elite Links in the first section of my deep dives: elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives #retrocomputing #8bit

elite.bbcelite.com

Index of all deep dive articles - Elite on the 6502

Index of all deep dive articles about BBC Micro Elite

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Negative Charge @negativecharge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A quick palette change at the top half of the screen (leaves no longer changing colour at the horizon), and a fix to the disappearing trees, along with better tracking of road curvature and height. Next to see if I can add opponents to the track without severely impacting performance. 🔊

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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

thought so but wanted to confirm. looking forward for more updates.

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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

looking awesome, are you using extra ram?

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OK, back to the bottom of the screen and giving the little robot a little more wiggle room (16 char rows instead of 12). However, this version takes more time and space. I also need to check if this is stable on a real Electron. Did I say I thrive on self-imposed constraints? 😂

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BrewOtaku Homebrew Retro Gaming Magazine @brewotaku.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Secret Of Barron Wood (2026) by Alan Pemberton for Sinclair QL. A supernatural short story as text adventure: deep wood, dark recesses, century-old secret. Deliberately 1980s in feel, solvable in one sitting.🌲🍃 🎁 qladventures.itch.io/the-secret-o... #homebrew #sinclairql #thesecretofbarronwood

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now feeding an actual level "design" (made in Tiled) into the game instead of a looping image...

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Look who's back to save the world again! Your favourite electrobot, aww 🥰

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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#RETROGAMING #8bit #thomson #mo5 My game Zezito in the Glittering Caves - Thomson MO5 featured in this video about the Thomson MO5 Michel Platini #RetroRevival #pixelartㅤ youtu.be/-cutWPMXGAc?...

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Thomson MO5 Michel Platini : autopsie et test d'un mythe des années 80

YouTube video by Olipix

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Planeta Sinclair @andrelunaleao.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Released... planetasinclair.blogspot.com/2026/09/munc...

planetasinclair.blogspot.com

Munch Infinity

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Negative Charge @negativecharge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just a small update, but I now have 4x speed SID files dynamically playing on the SN76489. Cycles are very tight so I had to disable the scope and colour cycling, but sounds good. 🔊

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Negative Charge @negativecharge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Added in IRQ software bass by default... this is less harsh than using periodic noise via the LFSR. Also improved the scope visualization a little. Still lots of issues with SID files that trample all over the BBC Micro memory map, but this one appears to work just fine. 🔊

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Dbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 21/09/2026

I'll have to do some optimization, but we now have working teleporters and wall markings. There is no real combat, I just bash space to inflict damage. 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOLF...

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Oric Dungeon Master #4 - Teleporters and Wall texts

YouTube video by Dbug's stuff

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Zezito and the Lost Stars iapetus2019.itch.io/zezito-and-t...

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Wanted: Monty Mole" (WIP) on Acorn Electron. Took longer than expected because movement code is quite convoluted. Not perfect yet. Slowed down to target 25fps. Funny quirks in original game (and in mine): 1. No eye when walking right, 2. Walks slower on some tiles because constantly "falling"

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Minor update to Electroniq (0xc0de6502.github.io/electroniq/), my online Acorn Electron emulator. You can now Quick Play™️ new games like Pyjamarama, Citadel 2, Chuckulus, Apache Canyon & Zezito and the Lost Stars. Many thanks to their authors and Nyimski for hosting the ROMs

static.klipy.com

Shall We Play A Game? - Saw Puppet

ALT: Shall We Play A Game? - Saw Puppet

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Negative Charge @negativecharge.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Inspired by @kieranhj.bsky.social 's realtime AKS player on the BBC Micro, I reused the AY-3-8912 to SN76489 converter to expand this to realtime playback of PT3 files from Vortex Tracker. This opens up another tracker that can now be used for BBC Micro music composition. Much smaller than ym files.

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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Status check for two-player #BBCMicro Elite: Development… [Done] Testing… [Done] Website… [Done] Technical deep dive… [Overdone] Code repository… [Done] Document all mods… [Done] Confirm date… [Done] Releasing this Thursday, 3 September Get your twin joysticks ready! #retrogaming #retrocomputing

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Dbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 31/08/2026

I'm spending time on trying to get a working layout for the game because contrary to the Atari ST that has more of wider resolution (320x200) the Oric is more square (240x224) so we have more vertical space. So I decided to try to have the portraits always visible!

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Exploiting RAM contention to sync to hblank after RTC interrupt fires to get stable horizontal colour palette switching in MODE1 on Acorn Electron (from SWRAM). Video reveals the exact locations of the palette switches, including partial colour changes. Bit afraid to test on real hardware 🫣

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RETROVULCANO @retrovulcano.es · 22/08/2026

Tiny Peter es un nanobot médico y ha sido enviado al interior del cuerpo de un alienígena enfermo para ayudarle a curarse de su enfermedad. Está disponible en sunteam.itch.io/tinypeter para #ZXSpectrumnext ¡Muy divertido! 😃👍🏻🕹️ #retrogaming #zxspectrum #arcade #plataformas #videojuegos

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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

interesting trick, but at a price I am not sure I would like to pay for :D

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SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

C64 #Delphian progress: still working on this BTW. Latest additions include getting the solar systems working (with 2 - 6 planets), WIP on solar system chart, and the addition of a Stardrive for fast travelling within a solar system. I should perhaps make a progress video soon...

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SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

C64 #Delphian progress: added an image for the cargo bay, so here's another WIP video clip. Thinking of updating the image with cargo canisters as the cargo bay fills up...

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SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

C64 #Delphian progress: I've created an interior image and I quite like it... so I hooked it into the game. Anyway, here's how the game looks at the moment.

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🔊 Release v1.0 of Pyjamarama for Acorn Electron 48K (converted from ZX Spectrum 48K). Best experience is on a real Electron (with 16K SWRAM) or in my Electroniq emulator. ☕ Buy me a coffee if you like my work ko-fi.com/0xc0de 🕹️ More info and tape/disk images on github.com/0xC0DE6502/p...

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Yawning Angel @yawning-angel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

More Electron coding, and this time we get going with Modes and Colours, looking at the 6 screen modes available on the Elk. Also look at some commands that help with coding too. Ooh… 😮   youtu.be/jCbp5qDm4l0 #acornelectron #retrocomputing #acorn

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Acorn Electron BASIC coding part 2 - Modes & Colours

YouTube video by Yawning Angel Retro

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DrSmey @drsmey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#aseprite #pixelart Ink Castle (2024)

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BrewOtaku Homebrew Retro Gaming Magazine @brewotaku.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Skellywave (2026) by Optimus6128 for MS-DOS. A top-down maze where skeletons chase you, you shoot daggers and collect gems to reveal the exit — difficulty ramps until an empty room resets loop. Runs on an 8088 at 4.77MHz 🎁 optimus6128.itch.io/skellywave #homebrew #msdos #retro #game #skellywave

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Vin 😺💜 @vinscool.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A cover of Knight Man from Mega Man 6, made in 2019. I consider this one to be one of my best Mega Man covers I have made on the POKEY, and I did make quite a few of them actually :3c

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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

is that full mode 1 screen? wow seems to be running quite well. Nor much RAM left of course but with a sideways ram bank... ;)

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Someone over on StarDot just dug up an old topic I started FIVE years ago regarding my attempted port of Pooyan for the BBC Micro.... they're wondering what happened with it ! .....can't honestly remember ! 🤷

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SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#C64 #Delphian progress: life's been a bit up and down recently, but it's okay now. So, did a bit more work on the game, getting the star chart to work. I can now select a destination star system (that's in range) and jump there. Still some optimisation to do, but here's how it's looking so far...

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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I made a bee game in 36 hours for DTJ36! 🐝 It's called... Bees Wax! (lol) 🧱 Place pieces of honeycomb 🐝 Get bees! 🌷 Place exits for the bees to get pollen 🍯 Honey!! Check it out here: lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=158322 Or find it directly in Pico-8 by running "load #beeswax"!

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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Two-player #BBCMicro Elite has just become the first game ever to support all the buttons on twin Delta 14B joysticks So two players can dogfight in Elite without either of them needing the keyboard For some of us, this is a dream come true! And it justifies all this hardware I keep buying... 😀

Key legend for the Delta 14B in two-player Elite

One Delta 14B joystick and the 14B/1 adaptor box

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Negative Charge @negativecharge.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

SoftSID 0.0.6 for the BBC Micro Added ability to specify the .sid file and track number on the command line. Many optimizations to bring the cycle count down too. Should be ready for a preview release soon once I've chased a few more cycles and relocated some more example SIDs. 🔊

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ASCII Invaders (10-liner), an exercise in BBC BASIC code golfing. I enjoyed making stuff like this and should return to it one day. Inspect/edit the source code and play the game (Z,X,RETURN) via Owlet BBC BASIC Editor bbcmic.ro#%7B%22v%22%3...

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Pyjamarama (WIP). Demo mode done. Next up: fireworks on the "win screen". For these 2 features I unpack and hide the data (scripts) in the upper part of the screen temporarily. Desperate times, desperate measures when it comes to available RAM 😅

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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

and doesn't the zx spectrum use 6912 bytes for the screen? bitmap+ attributes (6144 +768)

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