When I decided to try to build up some development momentum by restarting the Ray Tracing Challenge but with Dart/Flutter it was a toss up between that idea and deep diving into some retro coding on an Apple II. I briefly thought, "Why not do both?" Har har har. Well, it turns out someone did just that. A ray tracer in BASIC on a ZX Spectrum. #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #programming #ZXSpectrum #BASIC https://gabrielgambetta.com/zx-raytracer.html
RetroGaming Shorts Part 057 - W*H*B
This puzzle game is another example of 45 degree isometric perspective. The basic idea is to roll one or more blocks to place them on the exit.
RetroGaming Shorts Part 056 - Rival Gangs
Rival Gangs is a demake of Grand Theft Auto. I just love the overhead pixel art of the cars and peds. This is what the classic CRPG "Autoduel" could have looked like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XjcvtqGxvk
Visit The Cave and talks like this at https://retrocollective.co.uk/
The #demoscene is rich with creativity, talent and tales of the people who contribute to it. Veteren "scener" h0ffman tells us his #story today from the #origins of the #scene to #modern day #demo #parties and all that's involved in being a part of it.
#retrocomputer #retrogaming #amiga #zx81 #zxspectrum #commodore #c64
RetroGaming Shorts Part 048 - Lockdown Town
Lockdown Town is a taxi type maze game, with pretty cute ambulance and covidiot pixel art/animation.
There are no "power pills" to let you take out the covidiots - your only option is to try and avoid them. Fortunately, their movement is random rather than trying to chase you down.
Normally, I prefer a game with smaller sprites and a more expansive maze, but since the monster movement is random, the cramped maze keeps the challenge interesting. Good game design.
RetroGaming Shorts Part 039 - Frantic Pengo 2
This might be the first time RetroGaming Shorts has featured the ZX Spectrum, somehow.
This Pengo clone features sublime 8x8 pixel art, with genius use of color attributes and surrounding tiles to make it look like more than just 8x8. Seriously, this is next level pixel art inspiration.
В середине 1990-х казалось, что грампластинки всё. Вспомним некоторые истории и факты мира грамзаписи и подумаем, почему пластинки вернулись. 1. Пластинки могли быть толстыми и тяжёлыми. И даже были. Но Томас Эдисон, хотя и выиграл в патентной войне, в войне форматов — проиграл Изобретатель грампластинки в знакомом нам формате — родившийся в Германии американец Эмиль Берлинер (Emile Berliner). Его противостояние с Эдисоном (Thomas Alva Edison) началось с того, […]
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