Putting Sprites between ULA and Tilemap - THE LIFE OF A GAME DEVELOPER So this is just a quick post to go over a really handy trick to overcome some layer short comings in the Next. As you’re probably aware, the Next has 3 main playfields, and these can be ordered using ...

I've now opened up my article on putting Sprites between the ULA and Tilemap layers.

My Patreon's get early access to these posts, and access to exclusive articles.

#ZXSpectrumNext #ZXNext #gamedev #retrodev
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I remember hacking into this with my Expert cartridge to see how it was done. It was so fast and smooth...
It was also a good lesson in design that you don't "need" 1,000,000 sprites.

We do need to get this onto the #ZXNext at some point... It could do a pretty nice enhanced version.

I've now opened up the MercenaryNext repository

Enjoy!

#ZXNext #ZXSpectrum #ZXSpectrumNext #retrodev #gamedev #indiedev #z80
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Mercenary - Bonus Features! | Mike Dailly Get more from Mike Dailly on Patreon

My Patreons now have access to the last post on the #Mercenary game upgrade where I add some DVD Extras - as it were.

#ZXSpectrum #ZXSpectrumNext #ZXNext
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Mercenary - The Home Stretch! | Mike Dailly Get more from Mike Dailly on Patreon

My Patreon's have the next article in my #Mercenary hacking series, where I look at saving/loading to the SD card instead of Tape - making it a proper #ZXNext game, and try to improve the visuals even more.

#ZXSpectrum #ZXSpectrumNext
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I reckon 2026 is the year I complete the #ZXSpectrumNext #ZXNext port of my #C64 game Runn 'n' Gunn. I made some rapid progress early in 2025 but didn't have see great change later in the year. This is known to programmers as the 90/90 rule:

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#Mercenary hacking update: Very cool. 😎

Here's a comparison video, starting off what it was like originally, then to what it's like now.

#ZXNext
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Go With The Flow! Go With The Flow! Demo Available Now – See Below! Go With The Flow! is a new original ZX Spectrum Next game from Technoshed Software – it’s an arcade pirate puzzle platformer with…

Disponible una demo jugable del videojuego en producción "Go With The Flow!" para el Spectrum Next.

#ZXSpectrumNext #ZXNext #PlayableDemo #Developments

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Control Your XBerry Pi with ZX Spectrum+ Keyboard How to connect up a real Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ Keyboard to the XBerry Pi ZX Next Clone board, and do I recommend it?

Finally got my real Spectrum+ keyboard connected up to my Xberry Pi! #zxnext

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ZXNext - ULA Memory - THE LIFE OF A GAME DEVELOPER So here’s an oddity…. on the ZX Spectrum Next ULA Memory is held inside the FPGA itself so that access to it, is as fast as possible, as accessing physical RAM chips is pretty slow. Also with Layer 2 ...

I've opened up my post on the ULA memory overlay to everyone, my Patreons got early access to this, and other posts.

#ZXNext #Z80 #retrodev #gamedev
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Decoding an SD Card | Mike Dailly Get more from Mike Dailly on Patreon

My Patreons have access to my new article, where we Continue the SD Card loader for the #ZXNext. This time, decoding the actual card layout, and Master Boot Record.

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You should talk to Michael "Flash" Ware about ports... since he did the Head Over Heels #ZXNext port, and has a lovely engine for isometric games just waiting.

Streaming data from the SD Card by directly accessing it on the new #ZXSpectrumNext Boot ROM.

#ZXNext #Z80

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The new Purple #ZXNext really is lovely….

Manic Miner – The Lower Caverns (2025)
for Sam Coupé (and soon #SpectrumNext via compatibility)

#ManicMiner #SamCoupe #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #RetroGames #ZXNext

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#CSpect V3.0.14.0b | Mike Dailly Get more from Mike Dailly on Patreon

All my Patreons have access to the final - I hope! - beta of #CSpect v3.0.14.0b.

Just about there.... Almost ready for a public release.

#ZXSpectrumNext #ZXNext #Sinclair #gamedev #retrodev #indiedev #z80
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For those game devs targeting #zxspectrumnext what art tools are you using to take advantage of the new colour palette? #gamedev #gameart #zxnext

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#ZXSpectrumNEXT N-GO PCB (Populated, though Joystick DB9s unsoldered)
On Sale! – €110,00. (excl. VAT)

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Lovely picture of the ZX Spectrum Next, in black, taken from the https://www.specnext.com/ website

SO I'm gonna target a game to the Spectrum Next and see what's what, looks like it's a great space to try and do something fun. Anyone else done much on this platform? #gamedev #retrodev #ZXNext #ZXSpectrumNext

ULA Memory | Mike Dailly Get more from Mike Dailly on Patreon

My Patreons now have access to a special post about the #ZXNext ULA memory.

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ZX Spectrum Next - Lemmings | Mike Dailly Get more from Mike Dailly on Patreon

A quick post for my Patreons about possible #Lemmings changes, and some thoughts on how it could be refactored and sped up.

#ZXSpectrumNext #ZXNext #Psygnosis #DMADesign #gamedev #retrodev #sinclair
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Added #ZXNext "overscroll" mode, where you can scroll beyond a 320x256 screen and off into memory. You can use this to scroll massive in-memory bitmaps without moving or copying anything around.

1Mb would give you a 12 screen wide image.

#CSpect #gamedev
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Back onto the C platform engine.... Once I have it scrolling around, I'll look at a CSpect plugin to play with the level or something...

#ZXNext #gamedev #retrodev
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Xberry Pi a tiny #zxnext

Can’t wait to try out this new gadget!

Xberry Pi (not related to Raspberry) which is a tiny #zxnext

zxnext shadow of the beast (demo)

While I wait for Spectrum Next I figured I might as well play with the development tools and emulators.

ZEsarUX is really good (and emulates a huge number of z80 based machines!)

#ZXNext

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z88dk Code Generation/Optimisation | Mike Dailly Get more from Mike Dailly on Patreon

A new post for my Patreons about code generation and optimisation of the #Z88DK C compiler for the #ZXNext.

Taking a look at the code being generated, and now you can go about improving it.

#gamedev #indiedev #retrodev
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