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ZX Spectrum Next Framework – Part 1

May 4, 2025 mikedailly

Breaking down version 1 of my new ZX Spectrum Next framework z80 source code.

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Dissecting A Demo

May 4, 2025 mikedailly

Having a look at my ZX Spectrum Next parallax playfield playfield demo, and how I created it.

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ZZap Live!

Oct 4, 2024 mikedailly

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,…

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PDS – Atari ST

Sep 28, 2024 mikedailly

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…

GameDev History Programming

PDS – recreating the system

Sep 1, 2024 mikedailly

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.…

c64 GameDev History Programming ZX Spectrum

PDS – Programmers Development System

Aug 4, 2024 mikedailly

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…

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Raster’s, Sprites and Multiplexing

Jul 18, 2024 mikedailly

How a CRT works, and how to use this to multiplex sprites.

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C64 Blood Money – Part 3 – Sprites

Jul 7, 2024 mikedailly

In this post, we take a look at the Sprite multiplexor used in C64's Blood Money,

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C64 Blood Money – Part 2

Jun 23, 2024 mikedailly

In this episode, we take a look at the multi directional scrolling in Blood Money.

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