acornthings.bsky.social
Richard Leggett’s nostalgic account focussed on all things Acorn Computer. Grew up on the Elk/BBC, worked at Acorn in the 1990s.
👤 Joined on 13 November 2024
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@acornthings.bsky.socialNew version of Atari Battlezone for the Acorn Electron is now available with support for: - Mini Plus 1/Pitube 1Ghz ARM "mathbox" copro - POKEY 4 channel audio emulation - New service menu - Improved 3d pipeline Find this and my other releases at: tubeula.pages.dev
Show PostA few more updates... starting to look more like a game, but still a little too slow to be playable. Added in opponent cars - sprites are all placeholders (as is the music). Included code from one of my old sample players as well. I may remove the road shading to see if I can get more speed. 🔊
Show PostMinor update to Electroniq (0xc0de6502.github.io/electroniq/), my online Acorn Electron emulator. You can now Quick Play™️ new games like Pyjamarama, Citadel 2, Chuckulus, Apache Canyon & Zezito and the Lost Stars. Many thanks to their authors and Nyimski for hosting the ROMs
Show PostI am thrilled to announce the release of my latest Elite hack: Two-player Elite for the #BBCMicro This is the original 1980s Acornsoft Elite, but with split-screen, two-player, deep-space combat See the thread for links, downloads and details (1/10) #retrocomputing #retrogaming #elitedangerous
Show PostThis makes me so happy. We need to treasure and preserve books as sometime in the future very few people will be buying them and they will be lost like other forms of media.
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