Two-player #BBCMicro Elite now has a two-player dashboard
Each player has their own set of indicators: speed, attitude control, fore and aft shields, laser temperature, energy, missiles and compass
They share the scanner, which works well
It’s starting to feel like a proper game!
#retrocomputing
New blog post - Improving Tape Loading on Minstrels Episode 4 - A New Hope
blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2026/06/impr...
Which tape loading circuit did I finally go for, and how well does it work?
The new Minstrel 4th with this circuit is shipping this week.
www.tindie.com/products/tyn...
Tynemouth Software
Mark Moxon
Tinkered a bit in the 'visual cpu remix' tools so that the mouse wheel zoom is centered on the mouse pointer (also fixed a Dear ImGui debug assert that slipped through when updating to some recent Dear ImGui version)
z80: floooh.github.io/visualz80rem...
6502: floooh.github.io/visual6502re...
I acquired a 1 MHz IC R6500/1E Microprocessor Emulator Device,
an IC made by Rockwell for developing applications for the R6500/1 Microcomputer family. More information on the R6500/1 retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/aim...
Monaco Race (2026) by Fabrizio Radica for Commodore 64. Simple racing entertainment, coded in 6502 assembler.
🎁 fabrizioradica.itch.io/monaco-race
#homebrew #commodore64 #c64 #retro #game #monacorace
1977: The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale. Designed primarily by Steve Wozniak its 6502 microprocessor runs at 1 MHz, programs are loaded from cassette tape and it comes with just 4kB of RAM – the price is $1,298.