Marvelling how Bubble Bobble (Arcade) ran a tiny cooperative multitasker in its Z80's RST vectors: a handful of tasks, each with its own stack. Every vblank it wakes tasks whose timers hit 0; tasks yield to share the CPU. Coroutines in mere bytes!
WHAT A GAME. Surely the GOAT 🐐
Independent Project Spotlight 🕹️
After Contra and DOOM, it’s now Mario’s turn to make an appearance on Vectrex, thanks to the Ultimate Vectrex MultiCart 2.
Full video by ArcadeJason on YouTube: youtu.be/SdY6mLfLOrs?is…
"Rolling Extreme" (1999, Gaelco) is playable in MAME but buggy, with graphical glitches and...no sound.
Fixed it! This video is perhaps the first time the game has been heard outside an arcade.
"This is not a TV show—it's real! Have you been good? Get to the bottom first!"
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