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[WIP] Create Your Own C64 Adventure Games | Retro Game Coders (Chris Garrett)

Write fantasy, roleplaying, and adventure games in Commodore BASIC, and beyond Remember the Usborne "write your own" game programming books?

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Finally added a copy of Hisoft's "Pascal" interpreter / compiler for the MZ-700 to my archive! mz-archive.co.uk/downloads/ES...

Post a perfect album from the ‘90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Fuzzweed@fuzzweed.co.uk · last wk.

Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains

Looking good! Written for R&L BASIC 700-4, but can work in standard Sharp BASIC (however currently the colours will be slightly wrong if S-BASIC is used, I believe Roy is updating this and will be fixed later). Just showing off how terrible I am at Tetris :D

The Loud Scots Bloke@loudscotsbloke.bsky.social · 3w ago

I have just released a version of my ALTAIRIS game for the Sharp MZ-700 !! Feel free to check it out! loudscotsbloke.itch.io/altairis-sha...

I have just released a version of my ALTAIRIS game for the Sharp MZ-700 !! Feel free to check it out! loudscotsbloke.itch.io/altairis-sha...

ALTAIRIS - Sharp MZ-700 by Loudscotsbloke

A brand new Tetris style game for the MZ-700

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Another awesome arrival today :) According to the seller they are rare. Certainly not seen them before myself, and inside the cassette case there are tonnes of printed instructions (in very small type).

Another nice arrival today :) Never heard of this one before so had to have it for the collection.

The final part of @jfroholt.bsky.social 's look at one of the Knights library collections for the Sharp MZ-80A :)

Spillhistorie.no@spillhistorie.no · 2mo ago

Det er snart på tide med et nytt prosjekt, så dette blir siste tur innom Knights-samlingen med småspill og andre greier for Sharp MZ-80A på en stund.

Another nice arrival today :) three more titles for the collection, never knew these existed. Just when I think there can’t be many more releases to collect for the MZ, more always seem to crop up!

Lets head to Retrofest 2026! While the Commodore 64s and Spectrums brought back childhood memories, the stars of the weekend were obscure Graphics workstations and unique prototype 3D accelerator. It was a celebration of digital history by a community of exhibitors and creators! youtu.be/blMLEKHWRjM

Well that’s just bloody great. My main laptop. Luckily most things including my websites are backed up but definitely lost some stuff. Good old SSDs.

I’ve not seen many videos of Retro Fest pop up but this is a really good one. Sadly I was often away from my table as I had a horrible tickly throat that meant I couldn’t hold lengthy conversations with folks. Had to keep ducking outside with my water bottle. It was a fantastic event though!

Yawning Angel@yawning-angel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Retrofest 2026 @shortcircuit.org.uk - I was there (with Big Red and some AMOS), with some other amazing retro-computing YouTubers! It was fun, so I made a video about it. Have a watch and see how many retro systems you can spot. 😅 youtu.be/Vr6PpCVCakA #retrocomputing #retrofest2026 #amiga

Just getting setup for this year’s awesome Retro Fest :)

This is shaping up to be a really fantastic event with a huge number of exhibitors. I’ll be there with my MZ-700 and MZ-80K. Tickets are still available for the Sunday !

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · 9mo ago

We're going to do it all over again! Very excited to announce RetroFest 2026 to be held at Swindon's STEAM museum on the 30th/31st May. If you'd like to exhibit, just full in the form - and if you'd like to come, why not buy a ticket! They also make wonderful Christmas presents :) - retrofest.uk

Didn't need sleep anyway, so there. I think.

It's #retrofest2026 very soon indeed - just over a week! Saturday is SOLD OUT, but there's still tickets for Sunday - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php - and it is, obviously, going to be awesome! Here's a few more photos from last year to get us in the mood ...

Stanley Kubrick’s Wargames.

L Break Into Program@breakintoprogram.co.uk · 3mo ago

John Carpenter’s The Parent Trap

And here is another recovery from a -really- bad tape. It turns out that "Ghouls & Ghosts" is a graphic adventure after all and quite nicely presented!

Sharpworks@sharpworks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Another interesting arrival today! I wonder just how much it has to do with the arcade game of the same name. Probably very little!

Just THREE WEEKS to go! Tickets are selling fast, so book now to avoid disappointment - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php - and to get us in the mood, here's a few of our favourite photos from last year. Do you have favourite photos from 2025? Please post them in the replies!

Finally rescued 'The Evils of Dennis' from a very bad tape (with the help of a friend) and it's not too bad. It's like another Nightmare Park mini-game release (with some rather intriguing insults included).

Sharpworks@sharpworks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Another new arrival today :) not sure whether this is MZ-700 or maybe MZ-80. Also, not sure yet what Dennis has done but I will find out!

Without stating your age post your favourite film released the year you turned 18. I saw it in the cinema. It wasn't great (although the camerawork was pretty impressive). However, the Assembly Cut which I only saw for the first time a few years ago is like a different film! Like it a lot.

Colin Hoad@colinhoad.com · 3mo ago

Without stating your age post your favourite film released the year you turned 18. Went to see it three times... bloody brilliant, still is.

Here's one I made for my mostly cancelled Sharp MZ-80A dungeon crawler a few years ago. It uses pseudopixels as the machine only has support for character graphics.

I shall be there with my trusty MZ-700 (recently upgraded to run Quick Disks) and my also trusty MZ-80K (showing some games by IMDb creator Col Needham). It's going to be a great weekend with lots and lots of very awesome and interesting machines.

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · 3mo ago

We have merch! www.retrofest.uk #retrofest2026

The little chip in the MZ-80K which controls the cursor flicker :) (in the MZ-80A it's half a 556 chip).

NickT6630@nickt6630.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Its 555 Tmer day! The 555 timer is 55 years old! #555Timer #555TimerDay www.ti.com/product/LM55...

This game made such an impression on me. It really felt like you were part of a living breathing galaxy. And the storyline was great. All on a couple of 360K floppy disks.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 3mo ago

Anyone who used computers before 1992, what's a video game you still think about all the time?

nice... #design

What does this big empty space need? Well, it needs lots and lots of vintage computers - and YOU! It's just 5 weeks to Retrofest 2026 (gulp) and tickets are selling fast. Buy yours now and do your bit to fill this big empty space! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

Just thinking back to the amazing time when Retro Gamer magazine reviewed @jfroholt.bsky.social 's awesome game Minesnake and gave it 82% ! In my opinion, best Snake-type game available for the Sharp MZ series :D They also gave us a two page spread with an interview with Joachim too.

A little bit of Qixi for the MZ-700

The Sharp MZ-700 sold well in Japan and Europe, but never boasted of its own version of Football Manager. #KevinToms #FootballManager #Sharp #SharpComputers #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro