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CSpect GameDev Programming ZX Next

Protected: Starting a Platform Engine in C

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Programming ZX Spectrum

Setting up Z88DK on the ZX Spectrum Next

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ZX Spectrum Next Framework – Part 1

May 4, 2025 mikedailly
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    CSpect GameDev Programming ZX Next
    Protected: Starting a Platform Engine in C
  • Setting up Z88DK on the ZX Spectrum Next
    Programming ZX Spectrum
    Setting up Z88DK on the ZX Spectrum Next
  • ZX Spectrum Next Framework – Part 1
    GameDev ZX Next
    ZX Spectrum Next Framework – Part 1
  • Dissecting A Demo
    GameDev Programming ZX Spectrum
    Dissecting A Demo
  • The Birth of DMA (1989)
    BloodMoney DMADesign History
    The Birth of DMA (1989)
  • The Backroom (1989-1990)
    DMADesign
    The Backroom (1989-1990)
  • Finding a Focus (1990)
    DMADesign History Lemmings
    Finding a Focus (1990)
  • And then there was Lemmings (1991)
    DMADesign History Lemmings
    And then there was Lemmings (1991)
  • Protected: Starting a Platform Engine in C
    CSpect GameDev Programming ZX Next
    Protected: Starting a Platform Engine in C
  • Setting up Z88DK on the ZX Spectrum Next
    Programming ZX Spectrum
    Setting up Z88DK on the ZX Spectrum Next
  • ZX Spectrum Next Framework – Part 1
    GameDev ZX Next
    ZX Spectrum Next Framework – Part 1
  • Dissecting A Demo
    GameDev Programming ZX Spectrum
    Dissecting A Demo
Agon Programming

Making Agon BASIC go faster

Nov 10, 2023 mikedailly

So the thing about BASCI is that it’s interpreted. This isn’t a surprise of course, it’s been known since the ZX80/81 days. But how does it work? Well, as you…

Agon Lemmings Programming

Agon Lemmings – Part 1

Nov 2, 2023 mikedailly

Getting a level up on the Agon's screen.

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Making an Agon dev environment

Oct 25, 2023 mikedailly

Now that I had everything setup and running, I needed an easy way to develop, and clearly, typing on the machine itself, wasn’t going to cut it. The line editor…

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The Agon Console8

Oct 16, 2023 mikedailly

Getting to know this new console… Introducing the Agon Console8 Making an Agon dev environment Agon Lemmings – Part 1 Making Agon BASIC go faster Agon Lemmings – Part 2…

Agon GameDev

Introducing the Agon Console8

Oct 16, 2023 mikedailly

Heber recently released the Agon Console8, and after being “persuaded” (repeatedly!) to take a look at it, and to try and get a Lemming walking in a demo or something.…

GameDev Programming ZX Spectrum

Protected: Armalyte Sprite Shapes and Colours

Sep 18, 2023 mikedailly

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GameDev Programming ZX Spectrum

Sprite caching on the ZX Spectrum Next

Aug 31, 2023 mikedailly

Writing a sprite cache to expand the limited sprite space in an efficient manner.

GameDev Programming ZX Spectrum

Protected: Baddie paths

Aug 21, 2023 mikedailly

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GameDev Programming ZX Spectrum

Protected: Writing a Starfield on the ZX Spectrum Next

Aug 18, 2023 mikedailly

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GameMaker History Programming

PSX Serial transfer

Jul 18, 2023 mikedailly

When going through my archives, I discovered I’d written a simple serial send program – VSSend and stuck it on a PSX boot disk, way back in 2000 while I…

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