Tasty » Adam Sampson's games bookmarks

Lessons Learned from Shenzhen I/O | Probably Dance edit / delete

... which is a game about programming microcontrollers -- relating this to the real world.

to games microcontroller software-engineering teaching ... on 26 February 2017

gopostal / POSTAL 1 Open Source / source / — Bitbucket edit / delete

to games postal retrocomputing software source ... on 26 February 2017

Bob's Stuff edit / delete

A collection of very impressive modern games for the ZX81 and Spectrum. Includes several with novel approaches to graphics -- e.g. isometric 3D on the ZX81, and coloured ASCII art on the Spectrum.

to games retrocomputing sinclair software spectrum zx81 ... on 26 February 2017

the Nothing itself nothings edit / delete

Assorted interesting stuff on game history and rendering technology.

to 3d games graphics history retrocomputing ... on 26 February 2017

The Lost Media Wiki edit / delete

"This wiki is a community passion project where we detail and attempt to track down (at least, in most cases) pieces of lost or hard to find media; whether it be video, audio or otherwise (of either a fictional or non-fictional nature), if it's completely lost or simply inaccessible to the general public, it belongs here." More of the "obscure episode of this 1980s cartoon" genre.

to broadcast games history lost media retrocomputing software tv ... on 31 December 2016

The Post Infocom Text Adventure Collection edit / delete

A collection of IF games for the C64 (essentially, selecting Z-code games that will fit on a 1541 floppy).

to c64 games if retrocomputing ... on 27 December 2016

Games : Interactive Fiction : JonRipley.com edit / delete

"Winner of the 1st Annual 2k Classic Text Adventure Competition", among other IF in small spaces and weird languages.

to bf cute-code games if software ... on 14 October 2016

Data-Oriented Design (Or Why You Might Be Shooting Yourself in The Foot With OOP) – Games from Within edit / delete

A student pointed me at this a couple of years ago -- cache-friendly programming from a games perspective.

to ag0803 architecture cache games performance programming ... on 14 October 2016

The Sloperama MAHJONG Pages edit / delete

Very comprehensive mahjongg FAQ (shame about the spam, though).

to games mahjongg tiles ... on 11 October 2016

Card Games edit / delete

"Card Games and Tile Games from around the World." The subtitle undersells this; this site is extraordinarily comprehensive, with all sorts of games, variants, descriptions of types of cards, etc. etc.

to board card games history ... on 11 October 2016