Retro C/C++ Programming Tutorials

Rogue-Like Game: Re-code in PyGame?

In this update I learned more about Pygame and considered it as an option for a "modern systems" port of my cross-platform retro rogue-like game

CC65/CL65 Ram Optimization

Adding more features while coding my Rogue-Like game meant I butted up against memory limitations again.

Is There Such a Thing as an Easy C Game Engine?

Getting Started with C and Raylib

Retro Dungeon in C: Putting my CC65 code on a diet

I wasn't too surprised that my game didn't fit into the 3.5KB available on an unexpanded Vic 20, but I was sad to see it won't fit into a Commodore 16!

Dungeon Game with Random Mazes Now Working on Commodore PET

The first reboot Dungeon game test, working on Commodore PET (with others coming), all using random maps

Cross-Platform Game Programming in C: Mazes and Limitations of cc65

Today I threw away a whole bunch of code and started over, building a maze-based game map instead of the hard-coded, human-designed levels I had been using up until now.

CP/M in Your Pocket

While on a CP/M kick, I thought I would dig out my RC2040. It’s a bit of an odd one this because it emulates the RC2014, which is itself a simulation of 1970s-era Z80 computers.

Getting Stuck in the 1970s with a Modern C Compiler

Getting elbow-deep in the systems of the 1970s and early 1980s. The very start of personal computing.

CP/M: The Linux of the Early 80s

Before Linux, before Microsoft was the powerhouse it is today, and even before the IBM PC was a thing, a company called Digital Research wrote the dominant microcomputer operating system, CP/M.