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The Elite Demonstration Disc

The Elite Demonstration Disc

I've started disassembling the #BBCMicro Elite Demonstration Disc.

Acornsoft sent this out to shops in 1984. It flies itself and contains rudimentary pilot AI.

Did anyone see this back in the day? It’s fun to watch!

You can run it in your browser: bbc.xania.org?autoboot&dis...

#retrocomputing

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A screenshot of a white-on-black terminal depicting a 19x19 go board in ascii graphics, with empty grid intersections as periods, and black and white as Os and #s

A screenshot of a white-on-black terminal depicting a 19x19 go board in ascii graphics, with empty grid intersections as periods, and black and white as Os and #s

It’s absolutely incredible that one of the largest Japanese-run Go servers, which has been running since 1992, is still accessed entirely via Telnet. And while most players use GUI clients that use Telnet under the hood, you can still connect manually and get ASCII graphics streamed to you

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Elecciones Generales

Another review...

planetasinclair.blogspot.com/2026/04/elec...

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πŸ“™ #085 - The Sentinel, adventures in animation Mark Moxon, as of four days ago has finished his incredibly deep dive into the 1986 BBC Micro game The Sentinel - and to call it an β€œincredibly deep dive” is to undersell it an almost unforgivable amo...

This is pretty amazing. Draw accurate landscapes from The Sentinel on a pen plotter? And animate them? I'm definitely in!

newsletter.revdancatt.com/p/085-the-se...

I do my projects for a lot of reasons, but seeing what people do with them? Yeah, that's a big one. πŸ˜€

#bbcmicro #c64 #retrocomputing

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ZEZITO LOST STARS - THOMSON MO5 WIP
ZEZITO LOST STARS - THOMSON MO5 WIP YouTube video by Iapetus Retro Stuff

#RETROGAMING #8bit #thomson #mo5 Zezito and The Lost Stars - Thomson MO5
I am bringing this version to the level of the C64 one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEDk...
#8BitArt #IndieGame #PixelPerfect #GamingCommunity #ArcadeVibes #OldSchoolGaming #GameDev #RetroRevival

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A stack of boulders with a robot on top

A stack of boulders with a robot on top

Generating the landscape in The Sentinel

Generating the landscape in The Sentinel

A panorama of landscape 0000 in The Sentinel

A panorama of landscape 0000 in The Sentinel

A contour map of the landscape in The Sentinel

A contour map of the landscape in The Sentinel

It's finished! The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic game, is now fully documented.

* 41,902 lines of lovingly annotated source code

* 51 deep dives (116,240 words)

* Buildable repository

* 100% handcrafted AI-free content

* 7 months’ work

thesentinel.bbcelite.com

#retrocomputing #C64 #BBCMicro

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New #picotron release!

Grid Rider (#gridrunner), a project I put on the back-burner a month or so ago but got back to today (indoor day due to cyclone).

Based on Jeff Minter's classic but... Ice cream themed - just cos!

Play for free at:
pahammond.itch.io/grid-rider

#retrogaming #arcade #c64

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Thank you Glen!

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🎁 Blasting Robots by Dr. Ludos for Atari Lynx. Kick some metal arse! πŸ’₯ Shoot as many robots as possible in this relentless, endless shooter. πŸ”«πŸ€–βœ¨

Check: drludos.itch.io/blasting-rob...

#homebrew #atarilynx #retro #game #blastingrobots

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Zezito and The Lost Stars C64 WIP
Zezito and The Lost Stars C64 WIP YouTube video by Iapetus Retro Stuff

#RETROGAMING #8bit #commodore #c64 Zezito and The Lost Stars C64 WIP
Zezito Movement added, it is a bit too fast I will have to slow him down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35wP...
#8BitArt #IndieGame #PixelPerfect #GamingCommunity #ArcadeVibes #OldSchoolGaming #GameDev #RetroRevival

1 week ago 18 11 1 0

thank you :) , stay strong mate!

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Zezito and The Lost Stars C64
Zezito and The Lost Stars C64 YouTube video by Iapetus Retro Stuff

#RETROGAMING #8bit #commodore #c64 Zezito and The Lost Stars C64 WIP
Some of the mojo is back so I worked a bit more on this.
youtu.be/JRDlbVclhTU
#8BitArt #IndieGame #PixelPerfect #GamingCommunity #ArcadeVibes #OldSchoolGaming #GameDev #RetroRevival

1 week ago 19 4 1 0

cool :) looking very slick

2 weeks ago 1 0 1 0

Looking great, sometime ago I was thinking about using double pixels on the y axis,I got the idea from pico-8 gfx and of course to make things faster on the Elk but it is a pig to create nice gfx and make it fit in the small window game area. You are doing very well using these big pixels.

2 weeks ago 2 0 1 0
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Zezito Back to Basics (C64) by Iapetus by BASIC 10Liner [BASIC 10Liner 2026] [PUR-80]

#basic #game #10liner My entry for the basic 10liner 2026 contest. bunsen.itch.io/zezito-back-...

1 month ago 4 3 0 0
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Looking at the #CrashMagazine #ZXSpectrum covertapes #retrogaming January 1991 #Lightforce , such a great game, love the graphics on this one . Even if the ship looks a little like a sewing machine.

3 weeks ago 12 5 1 0
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I love how hectic it looks! amazing job 0xC0DE

1 month ago 1 0 1 0

congrats on the release of this amazing game!

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CHUCKULUS - for the Acorn Electron
Version 1.0 now available ! πŸ₯³

github.com/Snuggsy187/C...

Download and play on an Emulator or real hardware !
....or play online in Electroniq - an emulator by @0xc0de.bsky.social

1 month ago 73 31 17 17
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The 'to do' list is very small now....

Assigned some 'more realistic' high scores, and adjusted the bonus awarded at the end of each level, so you have some chance of the first digit in the score being used ! πŸ˜…

Leading zeroes have been ditched from the high score display....

Won't be long now....

1 month ago 21 3 2 0
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'Search for the Lost Orb' is a text-based adventure game for the BBC Micro that I found whilst going through my disk collection. So far I have been unable to find out who actually wrote it. I asked the people on stardot, but had no luck. I think it could be Andy Bray (RIP) who I knew well BITD.

1 month ago 33 6 2 0

Just for fun this evening, played Mega-CD Soul Star. Kina funny playing one of my own games, but I was in the mood...

Did make me think of doing a PC retro style version. Same graphics and sound, but running at a much higher frame rate, plus loads more fx sprites!πŸ˜ƒ Hmm... Might do it just for fun.πŸ™‚

1 month ago 50 2 7 0
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Samera and the City of Thinis

Wonderful game!

planetasinclair.blogspot.com/2026/02/same...

1 month ago 6 4 1 0
6502 opcodes like a chemistry table

6502 opcodes like a chemistry table

The 6502 Opcode Periodic Table

1 month ago 29 10 1 0
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Mini break over, back home now....

Just testing some stuff with a non-zero value in the clear screen procedure.... Highlighted a few issues, one with the DUCK sprite where I was wiping a bit too much than was necessary !

Pretty-much fixed, saved some more cycles !

1 month ago 12 3 1 0
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River Barrage (2024) Commodore 64 Β» BrewOtaku Homebrew Retro Gaming Magazine Blast enemies in River Barrage (2024), a free C64 shooter by TND. Navigate hostile waters, dodge crocs, and save swimmers.

Dodge mines πŸ’£ and bridge pilings πŸŒ‰ at high speed while ensuring you don't end up as a snack for a hungry crocodile 🐊

www.brewotaku.com/2026/02/rive...

#c64 #shmup #retrogaming #commodore64 #homebrew #brewotaku

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Self-portrait for the PixelJoint class photo collab #pixelart
pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_...

1 month ago 352 44 10 0
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Zezito Back to Basics (C64) by Iapetus by BASIC 10Liner [BASIC 10Liner 2026] [PUR-80]

#basic #game #10liner My entry for the basic 10liner 2026 contest. bunsen.itch.io/zezito-back-...

1 month ago 4 3 0 0
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Vencedores GOTY 2025

And the winner is...

planetasinclair.blogspot.com/2026/02/venc...

2 months ago 5 4 0 0

Curious about what you will do with all these critters :) Looking great!

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