Crash Live! 2025
I attended the brilliant 2 day retro gaming event over the weekend, an event dedicated to the ZX Spectrum – and all other Sinclair machines, especially the ZX Spectrum Next.…
A New Direction in Gaming – 2004
Back in 2004 I wrote for this article for MCV, I then recreated it on my blog back in 2011, and I thought it’d be good not to lose it, so have…
Protected: Starting a Platform Engine in C
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ZX Spectrum Next Framework – Part 1
Breaking down version 1 of my new ZX Spectrum Next framework z80 source code.
Dissecting A Demo
Having a look at my ZX Spectrum Next parallax playfield playfield demo, and how I created it.
Protected: Porting #CSpect to Nintendo Switch
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ZZap Live!
I meant to post these ages ago, but oh well. Back in August I travelled down to Kenilworth for the ZZap event where I was to be interviewed on stage,…
PDS – Atari ST
Last week Tony Warriner (of Broken Sword / Beneath a Steel Sky fame) sent me his old PDS card and cable, and I was really hoping it was the Atari…
PDS – recreating the system
Well, this has been quite the journey. Last time I said I’d found an EAGLE board file, but it appear to be shrinking it, making the board the wrong size.…
PDS – Programmers Development System
Back when I was writing Ballistix for DMA Design; my first game, I started on the C64 using Laser Genius, an Assembler on the machine itself. This was a great…