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# Book Review: ZX Spectrum Assembly Let’s Make a Game?

I have long found it challenging to learn Z80 assembly language. I read Z80 Assembly Language Programming by Lance Leventhal and Programming the Z80 by Rodney Zaks. Both were good but were not specific to the ZX81, so it was difficult to apply what I learned to my computer.