Tag: programming
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ApOPL3xy Emulator
Last week, I posted about the ApOPL3xy reaching the version 1.0 milestone. This time, I want to discuss the emulator I wrote for it. I think it’s pretty cool. The emulator was initially conceived as a way to run the code on a computer with all the debugging tools that I’m used to having at…
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Damon PCM
I’ve made and posted a new version of Damon: The Rocket Jockey which adds an updated music track.
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Damon: The Rocket Jockey
About two months ago, I received in the mail my very own Commander X16 computer. This is a modern 8-bit computer envisioned and produced by David Murray (a.k.a The 8-Bit Guy) along with a thriving community. It’s inspired by Commodore computers from the 1980’s, primarily the Commodore 64. I hooked it up and started playing…
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Moon Blaster
When I was about 11 or 12 years old, I wrote a simple game in Commodore 128 BASIC. It’s not very fancy, but it is a complete game, with sound, graphics, a title screen, and even a backstory. The object of the game is to fire missiles at a moon moving across the top of…
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Quest for Tires
This is a story of nostalgia, retro-computing, gaming, reverse-engineering, and fixing a decades-old bug. It might be a bit long, and can get rather technical in places (a lot of places), but if you’re into that sort of thing, I think you may find it enjoyable. […]
