Highretrogamelord · @HRGL89
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Steve Saxon · @xmlguy
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I thought I'd share a couple of my early contributions from 1985 or so. I worked on both of these after high school, when I was renting a room in my friend Paul's house. Paul did most of the coding while I did the graphics.

I'm particularly happy with the sprite drop effect in The Key Factor which I lovingly borrowed from an Atari game called DropZone 😇

Fruit Machine: youtu.be/BYQJ179ljgQ

The Key Factor: youtu.be/7MYakBhdcJY

#amstrad #amstradcpc #amstradcpc464 #amsoft #retrogaming

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vruz · @vruz
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Amsoft CT-2 floppies are probably the most expensive magnetic media on the planet right now.
€129 + €37 shipping = €166

Formatted for the ZX Spectrum +3 at 180k per side, thus, ten sides = 1800k
1800k / 166 = €10.84 per kbyte.

Compare to a current Sandisk 1Tb external drive for about $160 today.

#retrocomputing #cf2 #amsoft #floppy #discs #floppydisc #floppydiscs

Last updated 3 years ago