Steve
@stevesgaming.bsky.social
An old guy who loves 80's arcade games and 80's 8-bit Computers and occasionally tries to make games. ZX Spectrum/C64/Atari800/BBC forever baby! ..also talking nonsense and playing games badly on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StevesGamingPart2
So.. my game actually works, no crash and you can move the guy around ..but the map is fubar and I really don't know why. hmmm!
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
So.. my game actually works, no crash and you can move the guy around ..but the map is fubar and I really don't know why. hmmm!
I don't think its supposed to do that.. bugger
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I don't think its supposed to do that.. bugger
Well that's more like it, yes!
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Well that's more like it, yes!
Trying to make a screen up from tiles ...this didn't quite work right. oops!
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Trying to make a screen up from tiles ...this didn't quite work right. oops!
Still plodding along trying to learn C64 assembly, struggling a lot but not giving up. Wifey asked "Why are you trying to learn this for the C64 when your love is the Spectrum" ..well she's not wrong! but I said "because I was told Z80 was 10x harder". she then agreed I was right to go c64. lol
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Still plodding along trying to learn C64 assembly, struggling a lot but not giving up. Wifey asked "Why are you trying to learn this for the C64 when your love is the Spectrum" ..well she's not wrong! but I said "because I was told Z80 was 10x harder". she then agreed I was right to go c64. lol
Today I'm having a change.. I'm going to have a play with Next Build Studio for the Spectrum Next.
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today I'm having a change.. I'm going to have a play with Next Build Studio for the Spectrum Next.
I've been trying to set up a Spectrum Next dev via VScode and windows. Have tried several videos on setting it up but none of them have worked for me. If anyone has a text or video guide on how to get this working and it really works, please throw it my way!
October 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I've been trying to set up a Spectrum Next dev via VScode and windows. Have tried several videos on setting it up but none of them have worked for me. If anyone has a text or video guide on how to get this working and it really works, please throw it my way!
C64 Assembly Update: Got my sprite moving onscreen now! Part of me wants to push on to making an animated sprite, part of me wants to quit now and end on a high! 😊
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
C64 Assembly Update: Got my sprite moving onscreen now! Part of me wants to push on to making an animated sprite, part of me wants to quit now and end on a high! 😊
Just released my latest ZX Spectrum game. Get it here FREE! - stevetyson.itch.io/astrodrone
Astrodrone by SteveTyson
stevetyson.itch.io
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just released my latest ZX Spectrum game. Get it here FREE! - stevetyson.itch.io/astrodrone
Yes!!! got my own sprite to appear, this was my goal when I started this, get a sprite on screen. I guess I should quit while i'm winning 😜
October 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yes!!! got my own sprite to appear, this was my goal when I started this, get a sprite on screen. I guess I should quit while i'm winning 😜
Actually that code didn't print all of them, it missed the last one. I moved inx down under the cpx line and now it does!
October 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Actually that code didn't print all of them, it missed the last one. I moved inx down under the cpx line and now it does!
Reading up on loops with C64 assembly. Managed to do one that lists the char set!
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reading up on loops with C64 assembly. Managed to do one that lists the char set!
Well.. I can now put my name on the screen and change the border colour in assembly. thrilling stuff huh? Hoping to have a sprite on screen by late 2029 😊
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Well.. I can now put my name on the screen and change the border colour in assembly. thrilling stuff huh? Hoping to have a sprite on screen by late 2029 😊
@pianofire.co.uk wanted to PM you but this pissing thing won't let me PM anyone unless I do a facescan or input my credit card. they can piss right off. I just hope you're okay mate, I am thinking about you.
October 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@pianofire.co.uk wanted to PM you but this pissing thing won't let me PM anyone unless I do a facescan or input my credit card. they can piss right off. I just hope you're okay mate, I am thinking about you.
I'm possibly doing the most stupid thing I've ever done.. I'm trying to learn C64 assembly. Hard enough for anyone, utterly impossible for a dumbarse like me, yet i'm trying.
October 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I'm possibly doing the most stupid thing I've ever done.. I'm trying to learn C64 assembly. Hard enough for anyone, utterly impossible for a dumbarse like me, yet i'm trying.
Anyone using/used MPAGD - I have collectable blocks in my game, but how to stop them respawning when you've collected it and later return to the same room?
September 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Anyone using/used MPAGD - I have collectable blocks in my game, but how to stop them respawning when you've collected it and later return to the same room?
Working my way through the Boriel Basic book, got to page 171, 8x16 multicoloured font!
September 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Working my way through the Boriel Basic book, got to page 171, 8x16 multicoloured font!
I may do a short stream on twitch tonight to play my own Spectrum game. Hoping to get past level 9 so I can say I'm better at one game than @charliefar.bsky.social 😉
September 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I may do a short stream on twitch tonight to play my own Spectrum game. Hoping to get past level 9 so I can say I'm better at one game than @charliefar.bsky.social 😉
Tonight I'm continuing to go through my Boriel basic book via ZX Basic Studio. Will I learn anything? probably not but I can try!
September 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Tonight I'm continuing to go through my Boriel basic book via ZX Basic Studio. Will I learn anything? probably not but I can try!
Huge thanks to the lovely @colinhoad.com for helping me with a bluesky login issue I've had.
September 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Huge thanks to the lovely @colinhoad.com for helping me with a bluesky login issue I've had.
Get my latest ZX Spectrum game, it was released last night and it's a free download (128k mode is best) - stevetyson.itch.io/boni-2
Boni 2 - Return to Bat Hell by SteveTyson
stevetyson.itch.io
September 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Get my latest ZX Spectrum game, it was released last night and it's a free download (128k mode is best) - stevetyson.itch.io/boni-2
ohh! finally I got my original account back. Took weeks of fannying about and I gave up and then came back to it and tried again successfully this time!
September 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ohh! finally I got my original account back. Took weeks of fannying about and I gave up and then came back to it and tried again successfully this time!
I just released my 2nd ZX Spectrum game. its a 20 level platform game, a kind of tribute to the Danterrifik games that I love. it's a free download if you have a Spectrum or emulator. Use 128k mode for music:- stevetyson.itch.io/boni
Boni in Bat Hell! by SteveTyson
ZX Spectrum
stevetyson.itch.io
July 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I just released my 2nd ZX Spectrum game. its a 20 level platform game, a kind of tribute to the Danterrifik games that I love. it's a free download if you have a Spectrum or emulator. Use 128k mode for music:- stevetyson.itch.io/boni
Working on a Spectrum game. You are a skeleton who needs to collect x amount of skulls in order to live again. The idea behind this is that white = safe and colours = death. Here is a sample level!
June 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Working on a Spectrum game. You are a skeleton who needs to collect x amount of skulls in order to live again. The idea behind this is that white = safe and colours = death. Here is a sample level!
I'm plugging my 2nd Youtube channel, Steves Spectrum Zone where I play (badly) new and old Spectrum games and have videos on Spectrum game creating, please have a look if you're into the Spectrum - www.youtube.com/@StevesSpect...
StevesSpectrumZone
Welcome to Steve's Spectrum Zone, this is a branch off from my main channel Steve'sGamingPart2 (Was Steve'sGaming)
Here is purely ZX Spectrum content where I play Spectrum games new and old and perhap...
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June 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I'm plugging my 2nd Youtube channel, Steves Spectrum Zone where I play (badly) new and old Spectrum games and have videos on Spectrum game creating, please have a look if you're into the Spectrum - www.youtube.com/@StevesSpect...