InEffective Coding with Giordano ScalzobyGiordano Scalzo·Aug 11Antescher: How Ant Attack WorksMy Spectrum turned up late. Italy ran behind on home computers, so by the time one arrived in our house the machine was past its prime…A response icon2A response icon2
Simon Davies·Mar 16Why So Many ZX Spectrum Ports Were Terrible on the Amstrad CPCThe Spectrum Came First
Jamie Gerig·Feb 23‘Jet Set Willy’: beauty in architectural overreach‘Jet Set Willy’ isn’t beautiful because it’s strange. It’s beautiful because it dares to be larger than it can hold.
Bernard Lew Shian Loong·Feb 8Nostalgic PermanenceThe CRT hums a low, ionized mantra, a steady 15.7 kHz drone that anchors the room in a bygone decade. You sit cross-legged on the carpet…
InsantiagobustelobySantiago Bustelo·Aug 15, 2025Mis primeros 40 años en tecnología :)Este mes se cumplen 40 años de mi primer hito destacable en esta industria: cuando la revista K-64 publicó el pequeño programa que envié a…A response icon1A response icon1
Dev Ieffe·Jul 16, 2025Designing retro interfaces for the ZX Spectrum using BASICMade for plain black bg, low-resolution pixel graphics, extremely limited color use, often restricted to just one color.
InsantiagobustelobySantiago Bustelo·Jan 10, 2025El artículo que sembró en mi cabeza la semilla de la usabilidadAllá por julio de 1986, un artículo en la revista Microhobby cambió para siempre mi manera de entender la relación entre programación…
Nino Ivanov·Dec 14, 20241V0 Tz IV on SpectrumLadies and Gentlemen! I ported my “1V0” programming language/miniature virtual machine of sorts to The Spectrum clone by Retro Games…