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ZX Spectrum graphics magic

ZX Spectrum graphics magic

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·June 15, 2025
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77pt77

It's still inconceivable to me how people developed for these platforms.

A good discussion about the setup for Manic Miner by the author is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LymCezUg7HI

js8

Playing a devil's advocate - if you have to scrap by with little memory and few services, you focus on your mission, not distractions like code elegance, library choices and build systems.

pjmlp

We had no alternatives, it was either whatever we managed to get hold of, with whatever information that we could gather from the provided manuals, a few magazines, and if lucky, the local library.

Ironically, the BASIC + Assembly combo continues to this day, even if done in different tongues.

nine_k

ZX Spectrum was one of the few inexpensive options, especially with color support. However terrible it was, it was also very enticing, or just the only thing you had at home, and could tinker with.

mdtrooper

There is some bug in the article, because it shows:

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