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Not sure this strictly counts as a "new game" but have been asked to post it here so here it is. ZX NIBBLER - 2023 EDITION Original game: Rock-Ola, 1982 Original ZX81 conversion: Philippe Triboulet, 2019 Debugs and enhancements: JohnsBargs, XavSnap, GCHarder nibhi1.jpg Full list of changes: - transl...

Moggy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:17 pm Right just for sheer devilment I'm doing a UDG version!

Oh lord, somebody stop me. It's an illness. WHY DIDN'T SOMEBODY STOP ME? savee1.jpg That's 90 minutes of my life typing that I'm never getting back. If anything this is even more rubbish than Hunchback. But why do you die every time you jump? (The death-detection is at line 1320, which is unfortuna...

Oh lord, somebody stop me. It's an illness.

GCHarder wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 9:50 pm I've updated the zip file.

The definitive version. Brilliant

Moggy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 3:51 pm It runs faster/better using the Big Bang double speed BASIC ROM on real kit

You were right, though - turning it up even to just 2x in emulation makes it a MUCH better game.

The graphics aren't really the problem here

As some of the five people who use this forum may have noticed, I've fallen down a rabbit hole of improving old ZX81 games recently for no defensible reason :lol: And my latest project was this: hunchsu.jpg Obviously it's a Zeddy version of the arcade classic Hunchback, published as a Sinclair User ...

Excellent! The built-in keys are TERRIBLE, but I didn't know how to change them and I'd remapped them with an emulator anyway. Any chance you could apply the patch to the latest versions, with the proper attract-mode text and the high-score display? (I tried adding these lines from the BAS file to ...

I hate it when keys aren't redefinable. Hope this didn't break anything. Greg Excellent! The built-in keys are TERRIBLE, but I didn't know how to change them and I'd remapped them with an emulator anyway. Any chance you could apply the patch to the latest versions, with the proper attract-mode text...