Games Featured: 81-Tris (ZX81) Zero Wing II (C64) Yars’ Revenge (INTV) Ringo (ZX Spectrum) Where is it? (Master System) Hitbox (Pico-8) Speccy Soccer (ZX Spectrum) Mega Slow Mole (Mega Drive) The Pact (GBC) Cursed Tomb (C64) Cyberpunks 2 (Amiga) Monaco Master (Master System) Shera’s Dance Machine (GBC) Soko-Ban (BBC Micro) Kovi Kovi (Atari 2600) Vexed … Video: Retro Indie Games Round-Up May 2023
The humble ZX81 has a new version of Tetris thanks to Spanish coder, Salvacam. 81-tris features a normal mode and an arcade mode and you can also redefine the keys. With arcade mode you are given some pre-fallen blocks to get rid of – after ten lines you get a new variation. You need … New version of Tetris comes to ZX81
Those of you with an Oculus Quest 2 can play a version of the ZX81 game, 3D Monster Maze in VR. You can see a video made by the author, Stephen Smith, below. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1534993746470879254 3D Monster Maze was originally launched for the ZX81 in 1982 and was programmed by Malcolm Evans. The game has retro-actively … ZX81 classic, 3D Monster Maze, gets unofficial VR upgrade
Bukster Games have created a new ZX81 game, which runs on an expanded 16K machine. If you have a Chroma Interface, you can see the game in colour, and if you have a Zonk Sound Interface, you can have sound too! Buckster says: The game uses a unique 3D rendering system which allows the computer … New ZX81 game, Valley of the Kings, with Chroma and Zonx support
You may have come across Wordle – a web-based word game created by Josh Wardle in 2021 and since acquired by the New York Times. The idea is simple. You have six guesses to guess a five-letter word. If a letter you guess is in the word but in the wrong place, it is highlighted … Wordle Retro-Clone Round-Up
Did you know you can play some ZX81 games on your iPhone? We speak to Kevin Palser about his ZX81 emulator for iOS devices. We assumed that Palser grew up with a ZX81, hence writing the emulator, but that wasn’t the case at all! “I never owned a ZX81 whilst growing up” says Palser. “The … “When watchmakers made computers” – an interview with Kevin Palser on his iOS zx81 emulator
Like most hobbies, Retro Computing comes with its own set of slang, and fan-created nicknames for products. Sometimes they are affectionate, sometimes derogatory – but one things for sure, if you’re new to the hobby you will have no idea what people are talking about! This document is a permanent work-in-progress and will be … Ashtrays, Bread bins and Toastracks: A guide to retro computing slang