A looping block-graphics banner display scrolls off screen and redraws itself continuously, using nothing but PRINT and SCROLL for a hypnotic animated effect.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Navigate a randomly-drawn cave network, dodge pursuing demons, fire arrows, and race to the Treasure Room before the walls — or the monsters — claim you.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A tape-based record tracker that uses embedded machine code to load fixed-length data, then sorts and prints formatted multi-column event histories on a printer.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
An infinite stream of randomly generated textile-like patterns floods the screen, mixing normal and inverse characters for a mesmerising woven effect.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A neat temperature converter that handles Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin with input validation and a clean display loop — all in under 20 lines of BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Catch falling bags of swag with a moveable basket in this score-chasing arcade game, complete with random values and a persistent high-score tracker.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A two-player snake duel where raw keyboard port reads and direct screen memory collision detection keep the action tight — first to 15 wins.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Trade five fictional stocks across multiple days, manage a portfolio with brokerage fees, and watch for surprise dividends and stock splits in this BASIC market simulation.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A clever display-file hack freezes a user-defined number of screen lines in place while the rest of the display scrolls freely beneath them.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A memory-based spelling quiz challenges players to recall and type 100 themed words correctly, tracking scores across rounds of ten — can you go ten for ten?
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A memory-based spelling quiz that flashes each word on screen, clears it, then challenges you to type it correctly — with a flashy celebration for a perfect ten.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A quick-fire reaction game where a target figure flashes on screen and you must hit the right key before time runs out — and it only gets faster.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A one-armed bandit built from block graphics and clever arithmetic constants — spin the reels and gamble between $1 and $5 per pull.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact sine curve plotter that precomputes 64 sample points and pauses for a keypress — revealing a neat busy-wait input technique worth studying.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A self-modifying BASIC trick walks raw program memory and flips every character to inverse video — revealing how tokens are stored byte-by-byte in RAM.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact sales tax calculator with a 5.25% fixed rate loops for multiple transactions and displays itemised cost, tax, and total for each sale.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact sales calculator that collects product name, price, and units sold, then totals them up with a curious fixed-rate surcharge that doesn't quite scale as expected.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A full-featured 64-field database manager with custom machine-code tape I/O routines lets you define, enter, edit, display, and print structured records entirely from BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A self-working "psychic" letter-guessing trick unfolds across three rounds of column selections — discover the elegant grid mathematics that make it infallible.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A straightforward payroll calculator prompts for hours worked and hourly rate, then displays a formatted pay message — simple BASIC arithmetic with a tidy output twist.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A simple payroll calculator that applies hourly and time-and-a-half overtime rates, looping until a negative sentinel value signals the end of input.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A straightforward pay calculator prompts for hours and rate, then displays a formatted wage summary — hiding a few curious structural details worth a closer look.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Step into the scales of a lake fish and survive predators, anglers, and starvation in this ecology role-playing simulation with branching outcomes.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter any number and watch this program instantly build a 4×4 magic square where every row, column, and diagonal sums to your chosen value.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Can you name the note on the staff? This BASIC music quiz draws a treble clef, places a random note, and checks your answer by comparing ASCII character codes.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A retirement nest-egg planner that models capital growth, variable interest rates, new injections, and stepped monthly withdrawals — year by year until the money runs out.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Type your name and watch it appear inside an animated block-graphics border that fills outward from centre in a randomly chosen pattern — forever.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Type any message and watch it get "munched" away character by character in this quirky two-character sweeping animation with built-in centring logic.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Move your crosshair with N and M keys, then strike when the mole surfaces — this BASIC game uses a clever display-file PEEK to detect a hit.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A ten-question arithmetic quiz lets you choose your operation and difficulty level, then uses a clever string-eval trick to mark your answers automatically.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Type any short message and watch it scroll endlessly up the screen in this simple but clever marquee program with auto-centering and repeat control.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Guide your cannon with three keys and blast 21 incoming targets before five slip past — but watch your fuel supply carefully.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Govern a medieval village through five years of floods, thieves, and famine in this multi-player resource-management game with seasonal turns and shared leaderboard.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A ten-round typing reaction game flashes a random character on screen and waits for you to hit the matching key — how fast can you respond?
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A full invoice generator that prompts for company details, itemised pricing, and sales tax, then sends neatly formatted totals straight to the printer.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter a starting value, ending value, and number of years to instantly calculate compound annual growth rate — positive or negative — with a clean summary printout.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A monthly savings calculator that compounds interest step by step, then breaks down total value, total invested, and net interest earned.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter ten sales figures and this BASIC program instantly flags which ones beat the average — a neat two-pass array technique worth studying.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Plot year-by-year data as a horizontal bar chart, with this simple INPUT-driven graphing routine that uses PLOT loops to draw each bar.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A grid-based puzzle game that uses direct display-file PEEK/POKE to flip 3×3 neighbourhoods of characters — enter a coordinate and watch the board change.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A three-phase flag-drawing routine combines striped block graphics, a solid canton overlay, and UNPLOT pixel clearing to render a decorative national-flag pattern.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter your exercise activities and hours, and this BASIC program calculates calories burned plus estimated weight loss in both kilograms and pounds.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A hand-crafted digital clock that ticks in real time, lets you nudge its speed with keypresses, and automatically flips AM to PM at noon.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A tense one-dimensional tank battle where you manoeuvre, aim, and fire before your 25 rounds run out — and the enemy shoots back.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A one-pixel seconds hand sweeps a trigonometrically drawn clock face, using PLOT, UNPLOT, and a timed PAUSE to animate 1000 seconds of ticking.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A one-alien Space Invaders clone where block-graphic sprites, laser fire, and score tracking come together in a surprisingly complete BASIC shoot-'em-up.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A BASIC checkbook balancer lets you enter deposits and outstanding checks, then reconciles your statement balance — with a paginated check-listing view.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact loop walks every character code from 0 to 255, printing each glyph in sequence — a handy one-glance reference to the full built-in character set.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Plays the Chicago Bears Fight Song; can show notation for the tune, too.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.18.24, updated: 03.22.26
Race against a countdown to catch a randomly placed alien by steering your cursor with four keys — score higher by catching it faster.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A biorhythm analyser that plots your Physical, Emotional, and Intellectual cycles over a custom date range — with some fascinating bugs lurking in the cycle math.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A cunning grid-based alien-trapping game where probabilistic enemy AI and a dual-mode gun make every move a calculated risk — can you top the high score?
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A mailing label data-entry program that stores up to 100 address records in a 2D string array and sends them straight to the printer — with a name-length validator built in.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A patriotic animation cycles through all 13 original colonies with shooting-star effects, then renders a hand-crafted block-graphic colonial flag — all in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
A continuous hex memory-dump tool that converts raw addresses and byte values into readable hexadecimal, pausing on a keypress and scrolling indefinitely.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A two-way temperature converter with a polite but strict menu that tracks your mistakes and cuts you off after too many wrong inputs.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Eight Z80 machine code screen-effect routines hidden inside a REM statement power this endlessly looping banner display for a user group meeting demo.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Type any text and watch it rendered tall across the screen in chunky block graphics — each letter built from three rows of mosaic characters.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A full-featured five-page text editor with cut, paste, insert, delete, and printer support — built entirely in BASIC with its own cursor and buffer system.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A handy geometry tool that calculates volumes for six different 3D shapes—cone, pyramid, prism, cube, cylinder, and sphere—with a clean input loop.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A cost-accounting flexible budget tool that projects factory expenses across four capacity levels — enter your figures once and get a formatted four-column report instantly.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Eight-directional movement powered by hand-assembled Z80 machine code hidden inside a REM statement — discover how four tight routines combine to cover every direction.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A self-installing machine code loader hides inside a REM statement, rewrites RAM, then wipes itself — leaving only the code it delivered behind.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Type any text and this program encodes and transmits it as Morse code in real time, driven by a compact machine code routine hidden inside a REM statement.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Two Z80 machine code routines tucked inside REM lines deliver custom tape read and write operations, triggered directly from BASIC with a single RAND USR call.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact 8×8 grid editor lets you paint and erase cells with keyboard controls, storing the grid state in a two-dimensional string array.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A menu-driven temperature converter that counts each conversion as a numbered "case" — with a subtle arithmetic trick hiding in the formula.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A loop-driven LPRINT banner program uses block graphics to render a users group logo in large pixel text, printing it 50 times on a thermal printer.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A single PRINT statement constructs an entire pixel-art club banner using block graphics — see how a user group immortalised itself in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A users' group banner demo cycles through eight Z80 machine-code screen effects, each triggered 32 times before clearing and moving to the next routine.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A straightforward classroom tool that collects five test scores, computes the average, and prints a formatted summary report — then loops automatically for the next student.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A complete descriptive statistics suite — mean, median, mode, variance, and more — with interactive data entry and on-the-fly correction before crunching the numbers.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A keyboard-controlled shuttle weaves through a procedurally generated obstacle course — all driven by direct display-file manipulation instead of PRINT statements.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A minimalist scrolling starfield demo uses a clever string-fill trick and random character placement to simulate the illusion of flying through space.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A four-directional scrolling starfield demo uses hand-assembled Z80 machine code hidden in a REM statement to blast the screen left, right, up, or down at full speed.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Four dazzling screen effects—border drawing, line scrolling, screen fill, and inversion—all driven by machine code hidden inside a single REM statement.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A restless block-graphics doodler that scatters hollow squares randomly across the screen until you tell it to stop — deceptively simple, visually hypnotic.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A machine code utility hidden inside a REM statement that can merge two or more BASIC programs together, working with any memory size configuration.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A handy close-up photography calculator that derives your true working f/number from lens focal length and extension distance — essential for accurate macro exposure.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter your flash guide number and subject distance to instantly calculate the correct f-stop aperture — a handy darkroom companion built in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
This memory examination tool lets you peek at any address range and display the bytes in decimal, hexadecimal, or ASCII — with optional printer output.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A hypnotic screen-filling pattern generator that randomly mixes inverse and normal block graphics, refreshing every two seconds in an endless loop.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter your desired take-home pay, tax rate, and deductions to instantly calculate the exact gross salary you need to earn.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A tax-planning program that calculates your true take-home pay under two business structures, using real 1980s U.S. tax bracket tables in pure BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact Breakout clone uses PEEK-based display-file collision detection and inverse-video graphics to deliver brick-smashing action in pure BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter a series of numbers and this program instantly finds the mid-range — the exact midpoint between the smallest and largest values you've typed in.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A festive Christmas card program combines scrolling inverse-video text, block-graphic decorations, and embedded machine code routines for smooth animated effects.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A festive "MERRY CHRISTMAS" message scrolls and bounces across the screen in inverse video, using clever substring tricks to create a smooth corner-wrap effect.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A festive "MERRY CHRISTMAS" greeting driven by a self-modifying Z80 machine code routine tucked inside a REM statement — see how it works.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A festive greeting program scrolls Christmas and New Year messages up and down the screen, driven by a machine code routine hidden inside a REM statement.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A customisable arithmetic quiz that encodes its operators as characters and evaluates answers with VAL — with difficulty scaling and a built-in modification guide hidden in REM lines.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A personalised addition-quiz program with retry loops — but a missing line number means correct answers never actually get praised.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A no-frills subtraction quiz generates endless random problems, rejects negative results, and flashes your answer back in inverse video — simple drill software at its most direct.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A rapid-fire multiplication quiz that flashes inverse-video "CORRECT" or "WRONG" feedback and loops endlessly through random single-digit problems.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A drill program that quizzes you on exact integer division, rejecting any problem that would produce a remainder before it ever appears on screen.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A never-ending mental arithmetic drill that flashes inverse-video feedback and keeps score only in your head — how long can you keep up?
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A handy retail pricing tool that calculates selling prices using either cost-based or sales-based markup — two different formulas with a single percentage input.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Answer a handful of lifestyle questions and this BASIC program calculates your estimated age at death — separately for men and women.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A statistics tool that calculates Pearson's correlation coefficient from your data and then plots a scatter graph—with overplot counting—right on your screen.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
This accounting program calculates FIFO vs. LIFO inventory costs and progressive income taxes across three years, revealing exactly how your costing method affects the tax bill.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A scrolling-gallery shooter where alphabetic targets race across the screen and a mystery symbol spells game over if you let it escape your cannon's sight.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Navigate a character through a maze of hidden goblins, collecting 25 coins without getting caught — high scores survive between games.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter a number N and this program prints every multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction combination from 1 to N in a neat side-by-side layout.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Watch randomly placed explosions bloom across a starfield in this compact BASIC animation using expanding eight-directional burst rings and block graphics.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A relentless display-file painter that floods three screen positions and their neighbours with cycling character codes, looping forever to animate the result.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A complete 18-ratio financial analysis tool that walks you through 23 accounting inputs and prints a neatly aligned balance-sheet and profitability report.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A classroom-ready score analyser that tallies letter grades and tracks the high and low marks from a stream of entered exam results.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Loan calculator that uses a classic actuarial formula to instantly reveal the true effective interest rate hiding inside any installment payment plan.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A self-contained digital clock that reads digit shapes straight from ROM and ticks through 24 hours using a single PAUSE-based timing loop.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Press ENTER to freeze a spinning die and outscore the computer across 10 rounds in this animated text-mode dice challenge.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Compare straight-line and sum-of-years-digits depreciation year by year, complete with a five-bracket income tax calculation straight from vintage US tax law.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A full Z80 disassembler in BASIC that decodes every prefix, resolves relative jump targets, and prints annotated mnemonics — with a single flag to switch between two character sets.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Loan assessment tool that scores eight financial factors and returns a recommended interest rate — simple branching logic turned into a working credit calculator.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter a principal, rate, and term to instantly compare daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual compound interest results in a single formatted table row.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A block-graphics game where you steer a car left and right using keys 8 and 5, built with clever PRINT AT and USR system-variable tricks.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A Gregorian calendar program that uses a clever packed month-name lookup string and a Zeller-style formula to calculate and display any month from 1752 onward.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A breakout-style brick-busting arcade game driven entirely by an embedded machine-code engine — complete with configurable speed, serve control, and persistent high-score tracking.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A brick-busting Breakout game that directly POKEs the display file for smooth bat and ball movement, with block-graphic walls and a persistent high score.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A vintage financial tool that calculates break-even sales targets or net profit estimates using fixed costs, variable cost rates, and contribution margin formulas.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Type any message and watch this BASIC program transform it into giant banner letters printed column-by-column using raw font data peeked straight from ROM.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
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computer_media, orig pub: 06.09.24, updated: 03.22.26
Prints a message sideways on the 2040 printer. Messages are limited to 32 characters.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.13.24, updated: 03.22.26
Prints a banner on a 2040 printer. Only understands upper case.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.20.24, updated: 03.22.26
Prints a banner on a 2040 printer in 4 sizes.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.04.24, updated: 03.22.26
Prints letters at 32x normal size.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.10.24, updated: 03.22.26
computer_media, orig pub: 09.28.24, updated: 03.22.26
This banner generator reads ROM font bitmaps directly, decoding each bit to scale any message into giant printer text with adjustable width and height.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.25, updated: 03.22.26
A clever banner printer that hijacks the screen renderer and POINT to enlarge any character string onto a 2040 printer in normal or inverse.
computer_media, orig pub: 03.02.26, updated: 03.22.26
A compact averages calculator that accepts any list of numbers, stops on zero, and instantly displays the arithmetic mean before resetting for the next calculation.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A handy three-way astronomical converter handles light-years, kilometres, and miles using direct keypress input and some interesting branching logic worth examining closely.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact geometry tool that calculates areas for seven different shapes, sharing code paths cleverly and using a π/4 approximation for the ellipse formula.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact address-book utility that routes between Add, Change, Review, and Save modes using a single calculated GOTO driven by ASCII arithmetic.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter your data values and watch this program render a labelled bar chart complete with diagonal tops, axis lines, and centred title — all using PLOT and UNPLOT.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.03.24, updated: 03.22.26
A full-featured, ten-page word processor with two editing modes, cut-and-paste buffers, text justification, and printer output — all in pure BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.01.24, updated: 03.22.26
A surprisingly capable word processor that stores over 5,000 characters, offers paged navigation, search, inline editing, and printer output — all in pure BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.01.24, updated: 03.22.26
Enter any word and watch it displayed four ways — downward, upward, forward, and backward — in a neat BASIC string-manipulation demo.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.02.24, updated: 03.22.26
Short program to demonstrate programming with the SOUND command.
computer_media, orig pub: 02.27.25, updated: 03.22.26
This music utility will allow you to play music using the LPRINT (PRINT #3) command.
computer_media, orig pub: 02.28.25, updated: 03.22.26
Music transcription/performance program. Uses the BEEP command, so only one voice is available.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.18.23, updated: 03.22.26
A three-mode music program lets you compose tunes by typing letters, play a graphical keyboard in real time, or unleash a randomised bird-call synthesiser.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.16.24, updated: 03.22.26
This program will play 5 musics. Just press A-E to select the music. Demo for MUSIprint.
computer_media, orig pub: 02.28.25, updated: 03.22.26
A compact music player that drives a three-voice sound chip with just one loop and 54 DATA values to perform an original 18-note melody.
computer_media, orig pub: 02.27.25, updated: 03.22.26
Roll dice or let the computer decide as this algorithmic composition program builds musical scores, renders notation on-screen, and plays them back through machine code routines.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.16.24, updated: 03.22.26
This program will translate BEEP data to SOUND data and also SOUND data to BEEP data.
computer_media, orig pub: 02.27.25, updated: 03.22.26
For use with the Zebra-Talker 2068.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.18.23, updated: 03.22.26
A BASIC shell drives embedded machine code to sample spoken words, build voiceprints from eight repetitions, and recognise up to ten stored vocabulary entries.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.26.24, updated: 03.22.26
computer_media, orig pub: 06.18.23, updated: 03.22.26
A handy retail utility that takes item name, quantity, and total price, then instantly calculates and displays the cost per unit.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.01.24, updated: 03.22.26
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computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A Pac-Man clone that stores its entire maze in a string array and uses character-cell indexing for all collision detection.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A complete five-function flat-file database packed into a single string variable, using ASCII delimiters and keyword search with optional printer output.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A full multiplayer Yahtzee implementation with up to four players, three-throw turns, and a 12-category scorecard packed into a single layout string.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A runway landing game with embedded machine code scrolling, live display-file collision detection, and a two-phase keyboard control system to bring your aircraft safely home.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Guide a falling pixel left and right with Z and M to knock it into one of three targets, deflect it back, and rack up points before your lives run out.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A menu-driven right-triangle solver covering all nine sine, cosine, and tangent formulae, with inverse trig functions and degree/radian conversion built in.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Guide your inverse-video spaceship upward to dock with a randomly placed fuel satellite, earning points each time — but your fuel supply is counting down.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A hidden-fox strategy game where hounds must trap an elusive computer-controlled fox that can leap over pieces and disappear into the dusk.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A wave-dodging arcade game using block-graphic scrolling, a GOSUB scoring trick, and reverse-loop wave progression — all in under 30 lines of BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A full Towers of Hanoi game with pixel-drawn discs, move validation, and a built-in computer solver that uses different peg-cycling strategies for odd and even disc counts.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A fast-paced catching game built entirely with POKE and PEEK into the display file — no sprites, just raw memory manipulation and a ticking countdown.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
This game uses a scrolling scene where the player attempts to shoot objects in space.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A fully playable Wumpus-style cave hunt across five dungeon levels, complete with a pixel-art monster intro screen and procedurally generated room networks.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Slide the tiles into order in this complete Fifteen Puzzle implementation, complete with a mathematical solvability check to ensure every random board can actually be solved.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Shoot a sliding target in this gallery game that uses block graphics, random speed changes, and a 20-shot limit to test your reflexes.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A three-phase scrolling news ticker crawls any message across a single screen row — and even documents its own string length requirements in the demo text.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A 4×4 inverse-video tile puzzle, where 16 keyboard keys each rotate a different group of four tiles around the grid — can you solve it?
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A zombie-chase game where up to 21 enemies hunt you across a bordered arena, with collision detection done by reading characters directly from the display file.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A one-button dodge game using PEEK-based collision detection and machine code initialization — can you survive the falling asterisk?
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Pick a number from 1 to 100, then watch your ball drift unpredictably across the screen — but can you crack the scoring zones over ten rolls?
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A scrolling-target shooting gallery with three enemy types, a persistent high score, machine-code initialisation, and keys 5, 8, and B to play.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Guide a descending spacecraft to a safe touchdown by juggling thrust and burn duration before fuel runs out or you crater the surface.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Guide a bouncing astronaut across a randomly drifting platform to clear an elliptically drawn field of objects before your five lives run out.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Guide a lunar lander to a safe touchdown by balancing thrust, fuel, and velocity in this inverse-video ZX81 lander game with a blinking prompt.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Navigate a 10×10 grid hunting hidden plutonium using a Geiger counter proximity formula — can you find it in the fewest moves?
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A compact Tic-Tac-Toe game that drives all board logic through encoded lookup strings — no arrays, no IF chains, just clever string indexing.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Spin three graphical reels, bet up to $5, and try to hit the jackpot in this block-graphic slot machine with animated win celebrations.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A four-section weather reference tool that deduces tomorrow's forecast from wind direction and barometer readings using an elaborate chain of Boolean conditions.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A pixel-art drawing tool with orthogonal and diagonal cursor movement, plot/unplot toggle, and trig-based circle drawing using 32-step parametric equations.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A two-innings text cricket game with difficulty-controlled ball animation, off-side and on-side batting, and fielding outcomes including caught, dropped, and bowled.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A binary number-guessing trick that uses six cards and a cleverly shared FOR-loop subroutine to deduce any number from 1 to 63.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A 16-bit number base converter that handles hex, decimal, and spaced binary input with subroutines, string arrays, and printer support.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Two block-graphic gladiators clash in this two-player ZX81 combat game with sprite animation, random hit detection, and death sequences — all in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
Navigate all 15 floors of a procedurally populated dark tower, battling monsters and collecting items — powered by hand-assembled Z80 machine code POKEd at startup.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26
A machine-code-heavy ZX81/TS1000 club demo that scrolls inverse-video ticker text, plays display effects, and draws block-graphic logos for a Chicago Sinclair SIG.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.05.24, updated: 03.22.26