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Finally got my real Spectrum+ keyboard connected up to my Xberry Pi! #zxnext

https://retrogamecoders.com/control-your-xberry-pi-with-zx-spectrum-keyboard/

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...

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...

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...

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...

Can’t wait to try out this new gadget!

Xberry Pi (not related to Raspberry) which is a tiny #zxnext

While I wait for Spectrum Next I figured I might as well play with the development tools and emulators. ZEsarUX is really good (and emulates a huge number of z80 based machines!)

#ZXNext

8-bit computing like you've probably never seen it before.

SymbOS running on a Spectrum Next. Yes, this is all driven by a Z80 CPU. OK, it's running at 28 MHz but this is still jaw-dropping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=940L9_7h22o

#8bit #RetroComputing #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #ZXNext #Z80 #SymbOS

Doing a parallax test with #Armalyte, as I hope to start to move beyond what the #C64 could ever do.

The #ZXNext hardware is awesome....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1vJDf5mdw8

First pass at a #ZXNext sprite cache. This dynamically allocates sprite shapes and DMA's up new ones on demand.

This was the whole reason for starting this little test/demo, to see how feasible dynamic sprite uploading is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeRnZmp1HeY

Currently trying to add the #ZXNext's weird blend modes (Mode 6).

Some of the combos are bizarre.

Experimenting with #ZXNext and #millfork
Got FSM working really well.
An amusing issue I had was my framerate was running really slowly.( sometimes over a frame with lots of bullets )
I was depacking all the sprites EVERY frame to fast it was and forgot I'd done it.

Experimenting with #ZXNext and #millfork
Got FSM working really well.
An amusing issue I had was my framerate was running really slowly.( sometimes over a frame with lots of bullets )
I was depacking all the sprites EVERY frame to fast it was and forgot I'd done it.

Experimenting with #ZXNext and #millfork
Got FSM working really well.
An amusing issue I had was my framerate was running really slowly.( sometimes over a frame with lots of bullets )
I was depacking all the sprites EVERY frame to fast it was and forgot I'd done it.

Experimenting with #ZXNext and #millfork
Got FSM working really well.
An amusing issue I had was my framerate was running really slowly.( sometimes over a frame with lots of bullets )
I was depacking all the sprites EVERY frame to fast it was and forgot I'd done it.

Experimenting with #ZXNext and #millfork
Got FSM working really well.
An amusing issue I had was my framerate was running really slowly.( sometimes over a frame with lots of bullets )
I was depacking all the sprites EVERY frame to fast it was and forgot I'd done it.

Ever wondered what goes into making a #ZXSpectrumNext #Emulator?

Watch my live stream as I talk through #CSpect and how it's all put together.

#ZXNext #retro #gamedev #indydev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjsvlCA3sOI

Doing some "actual" #CSpect dev now. Looking to add a basic profiler via a plugin - and via some internal mods.

#ZXNext #retrodev #emulation #emulator #ZXSpectrum #ZXSpectrumNext
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWX-rIaqG3k

Starting to stream.... 5min (ish) count down

#CSpect #ZXNext
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjsvlCA3sOI

After a little bit of a hiatus, I'm back developing my block/sprite editor for 8 bit machines. Named #BlockHead, it currently supports ZX Spectrum ULA and ZX Spectrum Next 4 bit and 8 bit modes. It should be easily expandible to support other machines including ones with double width or double height pixels #RetroDev #ZXSpectrum #ZXNext