Mechanical Hand-Held Games
Robin from 8-Bit Show-And-Tell has mentioned Loadstar, the magazine that I am trying to help preserve with the itch.io version of Loadstar Compleat. I say that just to mention anything that might even be slightly considered to be conflict of interest. There, done. All of this said, this post has nothing to do with any of that!

Before Tiger's li
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Mechanical Hand-Held Games

Robin from 8-Bit Show-And-Tell has mentioned Loadstar, the magazine that I am trying to help preserve with the itch.io version of Loadstar Compleat. I say that

Set Side B
50 Years of 6502 Instructions - The Oasis BBS

8-Bit Show and Tell marks 50 Years of 6502 with a ranked lively tour of the instructions that drove classic 8bit machines across decades now.

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Chessboard Color Challenge in BASIC - The Oasis BBS

Robin solves the Chessboard Color Challenge using Commodore 64 BASIC—pushing code size to a retro-inspired 57-character limit.

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8-Bit Show-And-Tell Finds Fake C64 Programming Books On Amazon
Amazon has, in some areas at least, become a slop-pile, full of entries for misleading and scammy products. It seems just about anyone can advertise on Amazon for any product, including endless products with fake machine-generated brands, and flash drives
https://setsideb.com/8-bit-show-and-tell-takes-down-fake-c64-programming-books/
#retro #8bitshowandtell #Amazon #c64 #PiratedBooks #retro #scams #THEC64Maxi #video #youtube
8-Bit Show-And-Tell Finds Fake C64 Programming Books On Amazon

Amazon has, in some areas at least, become a slop-pile, full of entries for misleading and scammy products. It seems just about anyone can advertise on Amazon f

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What Is CBM-64 “FIX”? A Curious Commodore 64 Cassette Investigated - The Oasis BBS

Robin from 8-Bit Show and Tell explores a mysterious Commodore 64 cassette titled CBM-64 “FIX.” Was it an official fix from Commodore? What does it actually do?

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Unleashing the Power of the Commodore 64’s Border Color Register - The Oasis BBS

The VIC-II video chip in the Commodore 64 has a trick up its sleeve—turning the entire screen into a single color. But with CPU cycle counting and register manipulation, it becomes much more than that.

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