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Commodore PET shoot em up part 5

Advanced PET Screen Drawing Techniques

High-speed screen drawing and graphics updates on the Commodore PET

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XC-BASIC3 Commodore PET shoot em up part 4

XC-BASIC3 Space Invaders Demake (PET Programming Part 4)

What does it take to create a "real" video game on the Commodore PET?

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XC-BASIC3 Commodore PET part 3 - shoot em up

XC-BASIC3 Space Invaders (PET Programming Part 3)

We take our XC-BASIC3 shooter game code snippets closer into a being a recognisable, playable version of Space Invaders

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Programming the Commodore PET part 2 - shoot em up

XC-BASIC Shoot ’em Up: Programming the PET Part 2

Programming the Commodore PET part 2. XC-BASIC single-screen shoot 'em up.

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custom bbs server in python

Programming Your Own Modern BBS with Python

Previously, we looked at dialling BBS with Vice C64 and the C64U. Now, let's code a modern BBS from scratch using Python!

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c64 sprites

How C64 Sprites Work

How to use sprites in our C64 games, in BASIC, XC-BASIC3, and UGBASIC

Read moreHow C64 Sprites Work
ZX BASIC

Compiled ZX Spectrum BASIC and Z88DK Added to Online Retro IDE

ZX BASIC AKA Boriel BASIC is now available on my retro programming IDE!

Read moreCompiled ZX Spectrum BASIC and Z88DK Added to Online Retro IDE
Online AppleSoft BASIC Emulator

Apple //e and Vic 20 BASIC added to Online IDE!

Want to code for the Apple //e or Vic 20 but didn't want to install emulators, code editors, compilers, etc, now you can!

Read moreApple //e and Vic 20 BASIC added to Online IDE!
Classic 3D Maze Game

Creating a Classic 3D Maze Game for the C64 in XC-BASIC 3

XC-BASIC is a cross-compiler for Commodore computers (C64/128, Vic-20, C16/Plus4, and PET), plus the Commander X16. How much faster will it make a 3D maze game?

Read moreCreating a Classic 3D Maze Game for the C64 in XC-BASIC 3
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