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Second attempt at the external 4mb expansion for the #SamCoupe and it works perfectly. Decided to give #JLCPCB a try just because I couldn't bear waiting another month for #PCBWay to deliver to find out if the new design worked, and they weren't too far away on pricing. Placed the order on 26th April, it arrived today. That's not bad going at all.
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Second attempt at the external 4mb expansion for the #SamCoupe and it works perfectly. Decided to give #JLCPCB a try just because I couldn't bear waiting another month for #PCBWay to deliver to find out if the new design worked, and they weren't too far away on pricing. Placed the order on 26th April, it arrived today. That's not bad going at all.
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RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@quazarsamcoupe/116356768558069287
Last day to grab this back issue of 'SAM Revival' magazine at half price. The issue focuses on sound on the SAM Coupe computer. Includes an audio CD.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117127555134
#samcoupe #chiptune #synth #audio #demoscene #retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit
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Catching up with things after nearly 2 weeks of radio silence... real life getting in the way. Quite a Tindie debacle I see, I've toggled on 'Vacation Mode' there as with so much uncertainty and no seller disbursement I feel it's too risky to sell there at the moment.
The products I had listed on Tindie (mainly the peripherals I produce for RC2014 and compatible systems with RCbus style expansion ports) are available direct via my dedicated website:
and also on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
Current stock ready to ship out:
2 x SID Soundchip Interface
1 x Graphic OLED Interface
3 x SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
6 x ZXTT
3 x 8580 SID Chip Adapter
1 x ZX-RC Bus Interface (to use RC peripherals on ZX Spectrum)#electronics #tindie #chiptune #synth #retrocomputing #hardware #zxspectrum #samcoupe #rc2014 #8bit
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Catching up with things after nearly 2 weeks of radio silence... real life getting in the way. Quite a Tindie debacle I see, I've toggled on 'Vacation Mode' there as with so much uncertainty and no seller disbursement I feel it's too risky to sell there at the moment.
The products I had listed on Tindie (mainly the peripherals I produce for RC2014 and compatible systems with RCbus style expansion ports) are available direct via my dedicated website:
and also on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
Current stock ready to ship out:
2 x SID Soundchip Interface
1 x Graphic OLED Interface
3 x SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
6 x ZXTT
3 x 8580 SID Chip Adapter
1 x ZX-RC Bus Interface (to use RC peripherals on ZX Spectrum)#electronics #tindie #chiptune #synth #retrocomputing #hardware #zxspectrum #samcoupe #rc2014 #8bit
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Catching up with things after nearly 2 weeks of radio silence... real life getting in the way. Quite a Tindie debacle I see, I've toggled on 'Vacation Mode' there as with so much uncertainty and no seller disbursement I feel it's too risky to sell there at the moment.
The products I had listed on Tindie (mainly the peripherals I produce for RC2014 and compatible systems with RCbus style expansion ports) are available direct via my dedicated website:
and also on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
Current stock ready to ship out:
2 x SID Soundchip Interface
1 x Graphic OLED Interface
3 x SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
6 x ZXTT
3 x 8580 SID Chip Adapter
1 x ZX-RC Bus Interface (to use RC peripherals on ZX Spectrum)#electronics #tindie #chiptune #synth #retrocomputing #hardware #zxspectrum #samcoupe #rc2014 #8bit
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Catching up with things after nearly 2 weeks of radio silence... real life getting in the way. Quite a Tindie debacle I see, I've toggled on 'Vacation Mode' there as with so much uncertainty and no seller disbursement I feel it's too risky to sell there at the moment.
The products I had listed on Tindie (mainly the peripherals I produce for RC2014 and compatible systems with RCbus style expansion ports) are available direct via my dedicated website:
and also on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
Current stock ready to ship out:
2 x SID Soundchip Interface
1 x Graphic OLED Interface
3 x SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
6 x ZXTT
3 x 8580 SID Chip Adapter
1 x ZX-RC Bus Interface (to use RC peripherals on ZX Spectrum)#electronics #tindie #chiptune #synth #retrocomputing #hardware #zxspectrum #samcoupe #rc2014 #8bit
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Catching up with things after nearly 2 weeks of radio silence... real life getting in the way. Quite a Tindie debacle I see, I've toggled on 'Vacation Mode' there as with so much uncertainty and no seller disbursement I feel it's too risky to sell there at the moment.
The products I had listed on Tindie (mainly the peripherals I produce for RC2014 and compatible systems with RCbus style expansion ports) are available direct via my dedicated website:
and also on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
Current stock ready to ship out:
2 x SID Soundchip Interface
1 x Graphic OLED Interface
3 x SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
6 x ZXTT
3 x 8580 SID Chip Adapter
1 x ZX-RC Bus Interface (to use RC peripherals on ZX Spectrum)#electronics #tindie #chiptune #synth #retrocomputing #hardware #zxspectrum #samcoupe #rc2014 #8bit
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SAM Coupé MaxTile software tilemap in 16 colours
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Some of my hardware releases have come about from requests, such as this 2-way ZX Spectrum Bus Expansion to let you connect two interfaces to your ZX Spectrum's edge connector. I've got a few made up in stock ready to ship.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117126582070
For all the other hardware I produce:
SAM Coupe (magazines and software too!)
https://www.samcoupe.comPeripherals for RC2014 and compatibles:
https://2014.samcoupe.com#electronics #zxspectrum #samcoupe #rc2014 #retrocomputing #retrogaming
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The first part of my 'Money Bags' trilogy for the #SAMCoupe is re-released on the coverdisk with issue 9 of SAM Revival magazine.
Often overshadowed on the coverdisk by the re-release of the massive SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner, Money Bags was my own trilogy of platformer games in the style of Jet Set Willy. Originally written back in 1996 it was designed and coded over one week when I should have been studying for university finals!
Money Bags 1.5, the middle installment but the last to be written, is also re-released on the coverdisk with issue 17 of SAM Revival.
[Magazine coverdisks can also be supplied digitally for use with emulators]
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
The huge sequel, Money Bags 2, will be re-released again as a standalone title in the very near future, as floppy disk and Trinity SD card editions.
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Half Price Offer - SAM Revival issue 11
- The issue that focuses on sound on the #SAMCoupe computer. Full colour, professionally printed magazine (Originally released 2004, updated 2024). Includes 19 track audio CD.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117127555134#demoscene #demoparty #synth #chiptune #indiedev #z80 #retrocomputing
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New eBay listing - Grab a discounted bundle of the early issues (1 to 8) of 'SAM Revival' magazine for the SAM Coupe. News, Reviews, Interviews, Previews, Cheats, Coding + much more...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117127543870
#samcoupe #supportprintmedia #retrogames #gaming #retrocomputing #z80
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🚨 Use code DONTBEAFOOL to save 15% on the hardware on my Tindie store today! https://www.tindie.com/stores/quazar/
Peripherals for #RC2014 and compatibles...
- SID (#C64) Sound Chip Interface
- SAA1099P (#SAMCoupe) Sound Chip Interface
- Graphic OLED Interface
- #ZXSpectrum <-> RC Bus Adapter
- ZX True Tone (ZXTT)
- 8580 SID Adapter#hardware #electronics #retrocomputing #soundchip #chiptune #retrogaming #Z80
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RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@quazarsamcoupe/116000989572146071
Two left from the yellow batch. Time to order another colour of PCB for the cartridge... I've not done blue yet!
zx.samcoupe.com
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117117782734 -
RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@quazarsamcoupe/116317742055453783
They're also on my eBay store at https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales along with a selection of my hardware, software and magazines for #samcoupe, plus hardware for #zxspectrum and #rc2014 & compatibles.
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The expanding range of #computer PCB Pin Badges and PCB Keyrings I make.
Buy individually at www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm with UK postage included. For combined shipping for a bundle or international shipping please send a message via the site.
#samcoupe #zxspectrum #commodore #c64 #dragon32 #retrogaming #retrocomputing
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The expanding range of #computer PCB Pin Badges and PCB Keyrings I make.
Buy individually at www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm with UK postage included. For combined shipping for a bundle or international shipping please send a message via the site.
#samcoupe #zxspectrum #commodore #c64 #dragon32 #retrogaming #retrocomputing
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The expanding range of #computer PCB Pin Badges and PCB Keyrings I make.
Buy individually at www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm with UK postage included. For combined shipping for a bundle or international shipping please send a message via the site.
#samcoupe #zxspectrum #commodore #c64 #dragon32 #retrogaming #retrocomputing
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The expanding range of #computer PCB Pin Badges and PCB Keyrings I make.
Buy individually at www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm with UK postage included. For combined shipping for a bundle or international shipping please send a message via the site.
#samcoupe #zxspectrum #commodore #c64 #dragon32 #retrogaming #retrocomputing
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The expanding range of #computer PCB Pin Badges and PCB Keyrings I make.
Buy individually at www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm with UK postage included. For combined shipping for a bundle or international shipping please send a message via the site.
#samcoupe #zxspectrum #commodore #c64 #dragon32 #retrogaming #retrocomputing
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RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@quazarsamcoupe/116245930353280163
Articles inside the revamped back issue of issue 9 of SAM Revival magazine (originally published in 2004, revamped in 2025) include interviews with two past SAM Coupe developers - Matt Round (now of vole.wtf fame) and Ken Jarvis (graphics artist). An extra page in this edition takes a more detailed look at Sphera, for which Ken designed the graphics.
A look at the undocumented #Z80 instruction OUT (C), (HL) [Often denotated as OUT (C),0 but that's not strictly true!] and how its behaviour differs between NMOS and CMOS core Z80 CPUs. There's an extra page looking at the first commercial release I've found that fails due to this instruction (on the #ZXSpectrum).
There's also a new 4 page article looking more at Manic Miner and Money Bags that are on the coverdisk of software. There's also followups and more photos added to the original news section.
https://samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm (with UK postage applied)
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🚨 SAM Revival 9 back in stock!
Fresh stock of the revamped back issue 9 of SAM Revival has arrived. An expanded, full colour, professionally printed back issue, originally released in 2004. Featuring the full SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner (60 Caverns!) on the included floppy cover disk, and Money Bags Special Edition. [Digital file also available of the coverdisk.]
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117082338579#samcoupe #manicminer #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #gamedev
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🚨 SAM Revival 9 back in stock!
Fresh stock of the revamped back issue 9 of SAM Revival has arrived. An expanded, full colour, professionally printed back issue, originally released in 2004. Featuring the full SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner (60 Caverns!) on the included floppy cover disk, and Money Bags Special Edition. [Digital file also available of the coverdisk.]
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117082338579#samcoupe #manicminer #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #gamedev
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🚨 SAM Revival 9 back in stock!
Fresh stock of the revamped back issue 9 of SAM Revival has arrived. An expanded, full colour, professionally printed back issue, originally released in 2004. Featuring the full SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner (60 Caverns!) on the included floppy cover disk, and Money Bags Special Edition. [Digital file also available of the coverdisk.]
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117082338579#samcoupe #manicminer #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #gamedev
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🚨 SAM Revival 9 back in stock!
Fresh stock of the revamped back issue 9 of SAM Revival has arrived. An expanded, full colour, professionally printed back issue, originally released in 2004. Featuring the full SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner (60 Caverns!) on the included floppy cover disk, and Money Bags Special Edition. [Digital file also available of the coverdisk.]
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117082338579#samcoupe #manicminer #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #gamedev
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🚨 SAM Revival 9 back in stock!
Fresh stock of the revamped back issue 9 of SAM Revival has arrived. An expanded, full colour, professionally printed back issue, originally released in 2004. Featuring the full SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner (60 Caverns!) on the included floppy cover disk, and Money Bags Special Edition. [Digital file also available of the coverdisk.]
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117082338579#samcoupe #manicminer #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #gamedev
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SAM Coupe File Storage Options... https://www.samcoupe.com
I have a limited amount of new old stock of Sony disk drives in order to offer an internal disk drive setup for the #SAMCoupe.
(Interface can be supplied without a drive, and I can also build up it up with longer cables for using a Gotek. If you have an original faulty drive the controller IC can be reused too.)
Also available is my Trinity Ethernet Interface, that apart from giving an ethernet port also offers SD / SDHC card mass storage up to 32GB that acts as Drive 2 when the mass storage DOS is loaded into memory. Easily controllable from BASIC etc to use as a virtual floppy drive. (Drive 1 is always reserved for a real floppy drive). An optional BOOT ROM is available to swap out the SAM's ROM so that the mass storage DOS can be loaded in from the Trinity upon startup/reset.)
These are just a few pieces of the hardware I've released for the SAM Coupe, it's the system I've been developing for over the last 33 years!
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Two new SAM Coupe computer PCB pin badges available, in different colour styles: Black + Camouflage!
UK buy buttons: https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htmThe SAM Coupe was only available in a white case, however in issue 94 of Crash (Dec'91) there was news of a SAM bundle which may appear "possibly in a new black case". SAMCo quickly dismissed this the following month in the first issue of their SAM Newsdisk saying it was not something they were planning to do.
They had also been experimenting with other colours, David (the editor of the SAM Newsdisk) had spotted a camouflage painted case when down at SAMCo's HQ, so that is the second new badge!
These new badges, plus the original white design, are available for £7.50 each including UK postage. The few pounds made from each sale all gets put back into my ongoing development of new products for the SAM.
I've also got PCB Pin Badges of C16/64/VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum 16K/48K available.
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Where possible I'm happy to customise hardware I make. This example is a version of my SAA1099P Soundchip Interface for RC2014 & compatibles, modified for use in a homebrew 6502 computer which simulates a Z80 bus for driving a couple of RC style expansion slots.
Although for this setup only address bits A0 - A7 are available, as the 6502 circuitry is using a 256 byte window in its memory map for the simulated I/O address area. As the original SAA Interface uses A0 - A8 to match the decoding per the SAM Coupe I had to change the decoding circuitry to remove the dependence on A8, which I switched to A0 and used A1-A7 for the base I/O address that can be set by jumpers.
For the full range of peripherals I make for use with #RC2014 & compatibles please see my dedicated site at: https://2014.samcoupe.com
For my other hardware...
#SAMCoupe - https://www.samcoupe.com
#ZXSpectrum - https://zx.samcoupe.com -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@samster/116093908713088888
(1/2) Thanks for the mention Samster. My journey with SID and the Z80 started way, way back in 2002, working out how to get it to play happily when connected to a fast Zilog Z80 bus on the SAM Coupe, rather than the MOS6510 it was designed for.
2003 saw the first commercial version of my SID Interface for the SAM Coupe. It's had a few tweaks in the years since and is still available.
In 2020 I was asked if the interface would work on the RC2014 (Thanks Shiela!). Replied no, but then a few weeks later, yes!, having redesigned the interface in a version specifically for the RC2014 bus and integrating an interrupt controller for 50/60/100Hz - ideal for use with other soundchips too! This version has also had a few tweaks over the last six years since release, currently on v1.3.
Can't add photos due to the 'quote' so will add a reply to this post with photos... (Nice to see this now implemented in Mastodon!)
#samcoupe #commodore #c64 #soundchip #chiptune #demoscene #rc2014 #zxspectrum
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(1/2) This month Retro Gamer magazine had a tiny picture of a SAM Coupe on the cover, as a tie in with their 'Legacy of the ZX Spectrum' feature article. So I bought it, to see what was said. 43 words. Sheesh!
Of course the gist of that extensive coverage was that it "Offered a (limited) Spectrum compatibility mode".
Can't even get that right! The SAM didn't have Spectrum compatibility on power up. An emulator had to be used, and with a copy of the actual ZX ROM then practically perfect 48K compatibility was there. A few hundred 128K games were hacked to use SAM's different memory paging style, plus AY->SAA soundchip translation routines to get the music playing via SAM's soundchip.
No mention of the SAM's own capabilities either. This is one major problem that persists to this day, articles/videos just treat it as a "Super Spectrum", ignoring the advanced specifications it offered and the vibrant scene in the 1990s that supported it.
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https://linktr.ee/quazarsamcoupe
A quick post to my new LinkTree for links to everything #retrocomputing I do - my main website for all my SAM Coupe development, the two smaller sites for ZX Spectrum hardware and peripherals for RC2014 & compatibles. My other social media accounts and my Tindie and eBay stores.
#samcoupe #zxspectrum #rc2014 #retrogaming #demoscene #indiedev #gamedev #z80
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After some extensive soldering time I've now got stock ready of all my expansions and peripherals for use with #RC2014 and compatible systems. All the info and to purchase please see: https://2014.samcoupe.com
- SID Soundchip Interface (6581 configuration in stock, use the famous #Commodore #C64 SID Soundchip with your RC setup, or use modern replacement such as ArmSID)
- Graphic OLED Interface (32x128 graphic display)
- ZX True Tone (ZXTT, for use with Ed Brindley's YM/AY soundcard so the soundchip is clocked exactly at the same frequency as the 128K #ZXSpectrum)
- SAA1099P Sound chip Interface (Use the 6 channel stereo sound chip, as used in the #SAMCoupe, in your RC setup)
- RC-ZX Bus Interface (Use RC2014 I/O peripherals on the #ZXSpectrum)
- RC-SAM Bus Interface (Use RC2014 I/O peripherals on the #SAMCoupe)
#retrocomputing #z80 #hardware #retrogaming #electronics #synth #demoscene
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Both floppy drives on this rare MGT Sam Coupé turned out to be completely dead.
Perished belts, leaking capacitors and some very unhappy noises. It powered on fine in Part 1… but loading games was another story.
Episode 2 is now live if you’d like to see the full repair and revival:
https://youtu.be/19lqp-Lwg08Retoots are really appreciated and help the series reach more retro computing fans.
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And lets not forget the famous Scott Adams VIC-20 Text Adventures can run on the SAM Coupe, using the original VIC-20 cartridges!
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🚨 Back In Stock!
16 Bank Flash Cartridge for ZX Spectrum (Yellow)Interface 2 style cartridge which can store 16 different ROM images in the flash memory. Comes pre-flashed with 2 games (Mag the Magician and Dead Space, courtesy of Radastan) and the ROM version AGD (courtesy of Jonathan Cauldwell).
The flash chip can be popped out of the socket and reprogrammed with an EPROM programmer to add your own ROM images.
https://zx.samcoupe.com
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117014376822The cartridge is also compatible with the ZX-ECUTOR interface on the SAM Coupe, and can be reflashed on the SAM using the programmer software that's included in bank F on the cartridge.
#zxspectrum #samcoupe #retrogaming #gaming #retrocomputing #gamedev
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(I've also been able to re-release 'Days of Sorcery' - the SAM Coupe's largest adventure - on the coverdisk with issue 14 of SAM Revival magazine, and 'Survive the Night' was exclusive to the disk with issue 23)
(All back issues of SAM Revival are available, and disk images can be provided for emulator users).
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There's certainly some scope for a MUD to run on a couple SAM Coupes linked together via the built in network ports. Ideal fodder for demonstrating at retro shows and museums.
Likewise, when we get a Telnet client for the Trinity Ethernet Interface that'll open up playing online MUDs on SAM.
#samcoupe #textadventure #interactivefiction #retrocomputing
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🚨 SAM REVIVAL magazine for SAM Coupe
Replenishing back issue stock of the full colour, professionally printed issue 26 [disk: 5 games + 2 utils] and the revamped issue 9 [disk: Manic Miner + Money Bags]
Order at:
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
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More community links added to showcase some of the fab projects people have been working on that use some of the interfaces and modules that I've released for #RC2014 & compatible systems.
#retrocomputing #z80 #soundchip #chiptune #zxspectrum #samcoupe
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Manic Miner – The Lower Caverns (2025) for Sam Coupé (and soon #SpectrumNext via compatibility) #ManicMiner #SamCoupe #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #RetroGames #ZXNext 👉 www.worldofsam.org/products/low...
