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One time Acorn Developer in the 80s/90s. Lover of all Atari vector graphic games and more besides.
Battlezone/Tempest were the most influential for me.
Battlezone/Tempest were the most influential for me.
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Atari Missile Command for the Acorn Electron
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, log in, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, log in, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Atari Missile Command for the Acorn Electron
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, log in, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, log in, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Atari Missile Command for the Acorn Electron
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, log in, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, log in, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Play testing Atari Missile Command for release shortly on the Acorn Electron +16k of sideways RAM. Using Plus 1 Mini for joystick option with a repo Atari 2600 joystick.
Starting level 4 within the service menu. All options supported including languages.
www.ramtop-retro.uk/Plus-1-Mini....
Starting level 4 within the service menu. All options supported including languages.
www.ramtop-retro.uk/Plus-1-Mini....
October 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Play testing Atari Missile Command for release shortly on the Acorn Electron +16k of sideways RAM. Using Plus 1 Mini for joystick option with a repo Atari 2600 joystick.
Starting level 4 within the service menu. All options supported including languages.
www.ramtop-retro.uk/Plus-1-Mini....
Starting level 4 within the service menu. All options supported including languages.
www.ramtop-retro.uk/Plus-1-Mini....
Repton 3 Redux Final sneak peek coming next year.
Features:- integrated editor, attract/demo mode, high score, collect earth for points, cracked eggs behave like rocks, freeze spirits/monsters enable quick getaway, different screen walls including last level mirror.
Electron version video.
Features:- integrated editor, attract/demo mode, high score, collect earth for points, cracked eggs behave like rocks, freeze spirits/monsters enable quick getaway, different screen walls including last level mirror.
Electron version video.
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Repton 3 Redux Final sneak peek coming next year.
Features:- integrated editor, attract/demo mode, high score, collect earth for points, cracked eggs behave like rocks, freeze spirits/monsters enable quick getaway, different screen walls including last level mirror.
Electron version video.
Features:- integrated editor, attract/demo mode, high score, collect earth for points, cracked eggs behave like rocks, freeze spirits/monsters enable quick getaway, different screen walls including last level mirror.
Electron version video.
Latest version of BeebEm available. Without such great work as this I don't think I'd even attempt any retro development as such.
BeebEm 4.20 is now available. Lots of new features and bug fixes, including:
* FSD format disk images
* Teletext adapter emulation
* Disk and tape image icons
* Tape and serial port emulation
* Full screen mode bug fixes
* Saved state files
And lots more...
Download here: www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/
* FSD format disk images
* Teletext adapter emulation
* Disk and tape image icons
* Tape and serial port emulation
* Full screen mode bug fixes
* Saved state files
And lots more...
Download here: www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/
BeebEm - BBC Micro and Master 128 Emulator
www.mkw.me.uk
August 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Latest version of BeebEm available. Without such great work as this I don't think I'd even attempt any retro development as such.
Three ultimate versions of Elite for the Acorn Electron in a single compendium.
Elite has been really well served here by the efforts of Mark Moxon.
Elite has been really well served here by the efforts of Mark Moxon.
I'm pleased to announce the #Elite Compendium for the #Acorn #Electron, containing three amazing hacked versions of Elite on one disc.
It includes a brand new version: musical Elite. On the Electron!
Lots of details here: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro
It includes a brand new version: musical Elite. On the Electron!
Lots of details here: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro
August 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Three ultimate versions of Elite for the Acorn Electron in a single compendium.
Elite has been really well served here by the efforts of Mark Moxon.
Elite has been really well served here by the efforts of Mark Moxon.
Recognisable and programmable speech on the Acorn Electron?
Quite amazing to behold.
Quite amazing to behold.
Some further progress! The ROM version of Speech! is now working on the Acorn Electron. The speed difference, and hence the quality of the sound, is quite dramatic.
Hopefully that's the whole disk and demo programs converted now. I'll package this up properly and post a link on Stardot.
Hopefully that's the whole disk and demo programs converted now. I'll package this up properly and post a link on Stardot.
August 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Recognisable and programmable speech on the Acorn Electron?
Quite amazing to behold.
Quite amazing to behold.
Outstanding piece of work that gives Acorn Electron owners the ultimate Elite for their machines. Also with an added speed boost from the original by using sideways ram to run time critical code in.
It's done! I have just released the Compendium version of #Elite for the #Acorn #Electron.
This massively enhanced version of the original game contains pretty much every feature of #BBCMicro Elite, but on the Electron. Just add 16K of sideways RAM.
Links in thread.
#retrocomputing #retrogaming
This massively enhanced version of the original game contains pretty much every feature of #BBCMicro Elite, but on the Electron. Just add 16K of sideways RAM.
Links in thread.
#retrocomputing #retrogaming
July 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Outstanding piece of work that gives Acorn Electron owners the ultimate Elite for their machines. Also with an added speed boost from the original by using sideways ram to run time critical code in.
Fascinating insight into the inner workings of a computer game, particularly those where you're left wondering how a great technical effect was achieved.
A must-have feature to have in any development environment of this kind.
A must-have feature to have in any development environment of this kind.
Electroniq WIP. New feature now online: view RAM as pixels in any selected (or automatic) screen mode. It is a great way to see what is going on 'behind the scenes', in a hidden screen buffer for instance. Try it yourself at 0xc0de6502.github.io/electroniq/
June 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Fascinating insight into the inner workings of a computer game, particularly those where you're left wondering how a great technical effect was achieved.
A must-have feature to have in any development environment of this kind.
A must-have feature to have in any development environment of this kind.
Some top tier work that's going to bring out the best possible performance on the Acorn Electron playing Elite.
I am working on speeding up #Elite on the #Acorn #Electron.
It's going well. On the left is the original; on the right is my enhanced version. It's all down to sideways RAM and backporting faster code from the #BBCMicro and #C64 versions.
More details in thread. (1/4)
#retrocomputing #retrogaming
It's going well. On the left is the original; on the right is my enhanced version. It's all down to sideways RAM and backporting faster code from the #BBCMicro and #C64 versions.
More details in thread. (1/4)
#retrocomputing #retrogaming
May 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Some top tier work that's going to bring out the best possible performance on the Acorn Electron playing Elite.
Atari Missile Command for the Acorn Electron + 16k of sideways RAM.
Progress remains good, moving as much as possible out of the main memory map into the SWR memory space to get the fastest speed possible.
No sound at present, going to be a challenge to emulate a POKEY chip on here.
Progress remains good, moving as much as possible out of the main memory map into the SWR memory space to get the fastest speed possible.
No sound at present, going to be a challenge to emulate a POKEY chip on here.
April 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Atari Missile Command for the Acorn Electron + 16k of sideways RAM.
Progress remains good, moving as much as possible out of the main memory map into the SWR memory space to get the fastest speed possible.
No sound at present, going to be a challenge to emulate a POKEY chip on here.
Progress remains good, moving as much as possible out of the main memory map into the SWR memory space to get the fastest speed possible.
No sound at present, going to be a challenge to emulate a POKEY chip on here.
Repton 3 Redux.
Running on an Acorn Electron with Plus 1 & GoSDC and using OSSC to show it working fine on hardware instead of an emulator.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Running on an Acorn Electron with Plus 1 & GoSDC and using OSSC to show it working fine on hardware instead of an emulator.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 22, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Repton 3 Redux.
Running on an Acorn Electron with Plus 1 & GoSDC and using OSSC to show it working fine on hardware instead of an emulator.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Running on an Acorn Electron with Plus 1 & GoSDC and using OSSC to show it working fine on hardware instead of an emulator.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Hypercube.
A 3D game of the Tetris genre for the Archimedes series of computers.
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
A 3D game of the Tetris genre for the Archimedes series of computers.
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 15, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Hypercube.
A 3D game of the Tetris genre for the Archimedes series of computers.
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
A 3D game of the Tetris genre for the Archimedes series of computers.
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Silverball 1 & 2
A full-featured pinball simulator for the Archimedes series of computers with the follow-up Silverball 2 featuring a built-in table editor.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
A full-featured pinball simulator for the Archimedes series of computers with the follow-up Silverball 2 featuring a built-in table editor.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 15, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Silverball 1 & 2
A full-featured pinball simulator for the Archimedes series of computers with the follow-up Silverball 2 featuring a built-in table editor.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
A full-featured pinball simulator for the Archimedes series of computers with the follow-up Silverball 2 featuring a built-in table editor.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Pyrotechnic.
A full-featured firework simulator for the Archimedes series of computers.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum for further instructions using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
A full-featured firework simulator for the Archimedes series of computers.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum for further instructions using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 15, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Pyrotechnic.
A full-featured firework simulator for the Archimedes series of computers.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum for further instructions using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
A full-featured firework simulator for the Archimedes series of computers.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum for further instructions using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Atari Battlezone
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 15, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Atari Battlezone
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Atari Battlezone.
Running on an Acorn Electron with Plus 1 & GoSDC and using OSSC to show it working fine on hardware instead of an emulator.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Running on an Acorn Electron with Plus 1 & GoSDC and using OSSC to show it working fine on hardware instead of an emulator.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 13, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Atari Battlezone.
Running on an Acorn Electron with Plus 1 & GoSDC and using OSSC to show it working fine on hardware instead of an emulator.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Running on an Acorn Electron with Plus 1 & GoSDC and using OSSC to show it working fine on hardware instead of an emulator.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
5th November 1986 Repton 3 was released for the BBC micro/Electron by Superior Software.
Repton 3 Redux now runs on all BBC machines with a bank of swram on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Repton 3 Redux now runs on all BBC machines with a bank of swram on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 13, 2024 at 9:00 PM
5th November 1986 Repton 3 was released for the BBC micro/Electron by Superior Software.
Repton 3 Redux now runs on all BBC machines with a bank of swram on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Repton 3 Redux now runs on all BBC machines with a bank of swram on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Hypercube, a 3D game of the Tetris genre for the Archimedes series of computers employing an isometric view.
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 13, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Hypercube, a 3D game of the Tetris genre for the Archimedes series of computers employing an isometric view.
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Atari Battlezone
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 13, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Atari Battlezone
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Operation Sea Lion for the BBC MIcro and Acorn Electron.
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 13, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Operation Sea Lion for the BBC MIcro and Acorn Electron.
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Is now available on Stardot, please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Atari Missile Command for the Acorn Electron + 16k of sideways RAM
Expect early next '25.
Central routine is print/erase character/string using glyphs, bit patterns for numbers and characters, uses these to print out in foreground/background colours.
Expect early next '25.
Central routine is print/erase character/string using glyphs, bit patterns for numbers and characters, uses these to print out in foreground/background colours.
November 13, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Atari Missile Command for the Acorn Electron + 16k of sideways RAM
Expect early next '25.
Central routine is print/erase character/string using glyphs, bit patterns for numbers and characters, uses these to print out in foreground/background colours.
Expect early next '25.
Central routine is print/erase character/string using glyphs, bit patterns for numbers and characters, uses these to print out in foreground/background colours.
Pyrotechnic.
A full-featured firework simulator for the Archimedes series of computers.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum for further instructions using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
A full-featured firework simulator for the Archimedes series of computers.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum for further instructions using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 13, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Pyrotechnic.
A full-featured firework simulator for the Archimedes series of computers.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum for further instructions using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
A full-featured firework simulator for the Archimedes series of computers.
To download, design and play then head on over to the Stardot forum for further instructions using this link.
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
5th November 1986 Repton 3 for the BBC micro and Acorn Electron were released by Superior Software.
Repton 3 Redux is now available for the Acorn Electron Please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Repton 3 Redux is now available for the Acorn Electron Please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
November 13, 2024 at 1:37 PM
5th November 1986 Repton 3 for the BBC micro and Acorn Electron were released by Superior Software.
Repton 3 Redux is now available for the Acorn Electron Please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Repton 3 Redux is now available for the Acorn Electron Please follow the link, read the post, download the file(s) and get playing.
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...