Did you know that the first Dinamic game ever was coded on a 1K #zx81? It was GT Cars.
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Did you know that the first Dinamic game ever was coded on a 1K #zx81? It was GT Cars.
Video in the original X post:
https://x.com/i/status/2029608589292122118
I don't know why I felt it was important for me to implement RLE graphics decoding in BASIC on a ZX81 today, but here it is:

Retro gaming focussed around 8 and 16 bit computers. Especially interested in Sinclair then the battle between the Atari ST and Amiga. The ZX81 my first electronic love. Support the channel : Buy me a coffee : https://buymeacoffee.com/northernstuff Channel topics include: - Tinkering with Sinclair ZX81 games, running them on other platforms. - Now the Spectrum Next Issue 2 has arrived will be messing with that, its announcement largely inspiring the channel. - I played some 16 bit games on the A500 Mini while waiting for the Next. - Winter forays into Z80 code when the weather is grotty. - Rewriting the unreleased ZX81 game Caverns for the Next as a long term project with a view to porting it back to the ZX81 at some point. - The odd gameplay video, though Iβm a pretty average gamer - shoutouts to games that catch my eye. - Occasionally looking at some more modern games too. With many of the videos I am sharing my learning experiments with retro. Hope you enjoy.
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Mijn eerste. En niet lang daarna werd ik op de HCC usergroup bijna gecancelled omdat ik van 1K naar 16K had ge-upgrade. Een doorn in het oog van de puristen...
Zo'n leuke homecomputer, veel plezier mee gehad. Uiteindelijk aan een neefje gegeven omdat ik een Sharp MZ700 ging kopen.
Happy 45th Birthday to the ZX81! The system I went through its library just a few systems ago (before Epoch Cassette Vision and TI-99/4A, along with DOS games, Windows 3.1 games, Macintosh games, and arcade games in-between).
Another late #Hackster round-up today, and I'm still waiting for two pieces to go live - but let's see what's already up for now.
First, it's a very special day today: the Sinclair #ZX81's 45th birthday. I've written a little potted history here, digging into the reference books in the office library - and decorated with pics of my very own ZX81, which I hand-soldered from the cheapskate kit edition.
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