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Re: Tiny Emulators

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Post by apples_oranges » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC

flohofwoe wrote: post #29

apples_oranges wrote: post #27

How do I play Boulderdash on C64? Stuck at the title screen..

See bottom of help page: https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/help.html TL;DR: first press F1, then Space.

Ah thank you!

Re: Tiny Emulators

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Post by apples_oranges » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC

kreddor wrote: post #28

apples_oranges wrote: post #27

How do I play Boulderdash on C64? Stuck at the title screen..

I hit a bunch of random keys until it loaded ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Good strategy, I tried that, too, but unfortunately on my laptop I need to press Fn+F1 to get F1 and that I did not hit randomly :D

Re: Tiny Emulators

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Post by renaudg » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC

Thank you for demonstrating how great and underrated the Amstrad CPC is (and the comparatively undeserved strength of the British nostalgia distortion field towards the ZX Spectrum ;) )

My favourite demo in the list : https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/cpc.html?file=cpc/phx.dsk&...

Re: Tiny Emulators

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Post by Hugsbox » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC

Folcon wrote: post #15

I don't know about anyone else, but this really reminds me of 0x10c [0] I'm still fascinated by the idea of a setting with virtual mini computers, I've designed a couple as thought exercises based on it/space travel as well as cyberpunk mixing in a little Zach like flavour for some of the chip design, even figured out a fantasy variant Not sure why, but I've not been able to convince myself that it's anything other t…

Aw man, that sounds REALLY cool, sucks it never came to fruition :(