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Robot Missile
Usborne 1980s computer books helped many of today’s tech professionals were inspired by the Usborne computing books they read as children. The books included program listings for such iconic computers as the ZX Spectrum, the BBC Micro and the Commodore 64, … Continue reading
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Adding commands to BASIC using a wedge
This Commodore 64 source code (6510 assembly language, Kick Assembler format) adds four new commands to the standard Commodore BASIC v2 and will give you an idea of how to add your own commands to the BASIC via a wedge. … Continue reading
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VIC 20 Adventures
Between 1983 and 1984 I was consumed by the mission to write my own text adventures for the Commodore VIC 20 Home Computer. During this time I completed two adventures, and partially completed another four. #1 – Pirate House -> released#2 … Continue reading
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ATARI ST Adventures
It was 1989 and the Atari ST series of home computers were selling very well in Australia (also the UK) and I was having a great time learning to program the ST (1040 STFM) using STOS. For a little history, … Continue reading
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Sunken Treasure source
I’ve been exploring an old box of paperwork, handwritten notes, maps and source code from back in the early 1980s. Initially, I went looking for my old VIC 20 text adventures and found much more material that I’d forgotten about … Continue reading
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Map found for Pirate House
Well as I mentioned in my last post that if I found some time, I would re-create Pirate House for the Commodore VIC 20. I was rummaging through another old box of paperwork the other night, and I located my original notes, … Continue reading
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An adventure in 3583 bytes
Towards the end of 1983, I wrote several text adventure games for the Commodore VIC 20. Inspired by the classic Commodore released cartridge-based text adventures by Scott Adams, especially AdventureLand and Pirate Cove, I started programming my series. I had … Continue reading
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TheC64
A couple of years ago Retro Games released TheC64 mini. Basically a little C64 without a working keyboard. It was a lot of fun, especially playing some of the built-in games and of course adding some old favorites. For Christmas … Continue reading
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BASIC wasn’t a dirty word
Why was the Commodore VIC 20 such a fabulous computer to learn to program? When you look back at the release of the VIC 20 in 1981 the word computer wasn’t in the vocabulary of the average person. Outside of a few … Continue reading
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In the beginning ‘The Dawn of the Computer Game Industry’
The 11th of October 1978 is an essential date in the history of personal computers and the gaming industry as on this day A voice boomed out “Welcome to Adventure”. The opening words of the text adventure game AdventureLand written … Continue reading