#bbcmicro is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 14 people shared 36 posts with it — around 1 a day. Activity is up 183% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 7 with 5 posts.

Posts with #bbcmicro

Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

about 20 hours ago

Two-player Elite on the #BBCMicro is finally feature-complete. Phew, that was a long road! Got a few bugs to fix, but the Acorn team at @tnmoc.bsky.social have road-tested and given it a thumbs up, so that's a good sign. September release, I hope... #retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit #elite

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

9 months ago

I've finally finished pimping my David Braben-signed BBC Micro B+, and it can now run more variants of Bell & Braben Elite than any other contemporary machine ever. The #BBCMicro B+ is officially the Commander-in-Chief of #8bit #Elite. 🫡 See thread for details. (1/8) #retrogaming #retrocomputing

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

4 months ago

It's finished! The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic game, is now fully documented. * 41,902 lines of lovingly annotated source code * 51 deep dives (116,240 words) * Buildable repository * 100% handcrafted AI-free content * 7 months’ work thesentinel.bbcelite.com #retrocomputing #C64 #BBCMicro

Generating the landscape in The Sentinel

A panorama of landscape 0000 in The Sentinel

A contour map of the landscape in The Sentinel

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

7 months ago

I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project: Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece. Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon. See thread for details. 1/9 github.com/markmoxon/th... #retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit

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GitHub - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro: Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro

Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

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

Lave in the Compendium version of Acorn Electron Elite

The Constrictor mission in the Compendium version of Acorn Electron Elite

A Dodo station in the Compendium version of Acorn Electron Elite

A Thargoid in the Compendium version of Acorn Electron Elite

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

7 months ago

I've just released fully documented source code for The Sentinel as an easy-to-browse website. It's a lot more fun to explore than the GitHub repository, with cross-references, popups, indexes, statistics and more. Enjoy! thesentinel.bbcelite.com #retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit

thesentinel.bbcelite.com

Fully documented source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro

Fully documented source code disassembly for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro, with lots of deep dive articles explaining how every aspect of the game works.

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

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

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

about 2 months ago

Two-player #BBCMicro Elite will be a deep-space dogfight game The rest of Elite wouldn’t be that exciting with two players, so I’m sticking to the core combat experience When you fire it up, you can choose what kind of contest you want Here's the all-new config screen 🚀 Game on! #retrocomputing

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

7 months ago

I'm hoping to release my latest ultra-comprehensive gold-standard 6502 disassembly in the next few days. It's been four months in the making and is almost complete. Elite, Aviator, Revs, Lander… and now this. Let the countdown begin: 🤖🪨🌲 #retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #commodore64 #8bit

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

2 months ago

Two-player #BBCMicro #Elite is coming along nicely. It now supports two pilots in two ships with two controllers and a split-view screen Here are some work-in-progress videos - see the thread for an explanation There’s lots to fix, but at least we have a proof-of-concept… (1/6) #retrocomputing

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

2 months ago

People ask me how I do my software archaeology projects So when I spent 7 months documenting Geoff Crammond’s epic game The Sentinel, I kept a diary It’s not exactly Samuel Pepys, but it does explain how I disassembled an #8bit classic: bbcelite.com/disassembly_... #retrocomputing #BBCMicro #C64

bbcelite.com

About my disassembly diary for The Sentinel - Mark Moxon's Software Archaeology

An overview of my disassembly diary for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro

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Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

4 months ago

I've just released a web version of the documented source code for the Elite Demonstration Disc, the 1984 self-playing demo from Acornsoft. elite.bbcelite.com/demo It's got syntax colouring, hyperlinked labels, code maps, indexes, stats and more. Deep dive coming soon. #bbcmicro #retrocomputing