Tim HolyoakeLatest #SharpMZ80K #RetroComputing post from me:
Fang, Claw and Knight’s WEE #FORTRAN - now updated with a patch for real numbers!
https://z80.timholyoake.uk/fang-claw-and-knights-wee-fortran/
New from me: Fang, Claw and Knight's WEE FORTRAN
https://z80.timholyoake.uk/fang-claw-and-knights-wee-fortran/
New from me: Monster Chase, Part 2
Jason Dyerthe finale of Mexican Adventure, where our protagonist is like MacGyver but greedier
and I examine the problem of disjoint visualization
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/28/mexican-adventure-that-age-old-problem/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #interactivefiction #textadventure #sharp #sharpmz80k #sharpmz700
All the Adventures continues with Mexican Adventure, as the game switches modes from completely restrained to wildly open; the player now seeks a working vehicle in order to get a cache of gold across the border.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/27/mexican-adventure-i-do-not-think-there-is-a-rick/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #sharpmz80k #sharp
in which I embark on the last of the Sharpsoft games for 1982, this time playing Mexican Adventure for the Sharp MZ-80K and its distinct keyboard
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/26/mexican-adventure-1982/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #interactivefiction #textadventure #sharpmz80k #sharp
New from me: Calculating the date of Easter Sunday for all years from 1753 onwards ...
Tim HolyoakePleasingly the #PicoMZ80K also works with the #RC2014 pico based VGA terminal with the addition of an external micro sd card reader and speaker. As I've used the ground on the expansion header for the sd card, I've borrowed a ground from the unused tx/rx pins for the speaker :)
Will be in my repo later once I've tidied the code up ...
Taking a break away from the Pico MZ-80K emulator over December seems to have done wonders for my debugging brain. I think I've finally managed to properly sort the keyboard handling so that the F9 kludge is no longer necessary! Testing so far is encouraging ...
Pico MZ-80K release 1.2.0 is now available, including support for the #RC2014 RP2040 VGA Terminal Card.
https://z80.timholyoake.uk/pico-mz-80k-and-the-rc2014-rp2040-vga-terminal-card/
