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Un Señor Con Sombrero - A challenging Monochrome Platformer for the ZX Spectrum by Kraptol

If you love games with a Monochrome style such as the more recent release of 'TONY' or the 2023 game of 7.7.7.7, then make sure to check out Kraptol's new speccy game of 'Un Señor Con Sombrero'. A game in which playing as the elegant and stubborn top hat collector Dominique Lamand, you must embark on a mission to recover six of his finest top hats. To coincide with this news, not only do we

Basilisk of Roko 2 - An action platformer for your ZX Spectrum by retrosotano

Saberman has recently contacted us through Facebook, that retrosotano has released the sequel of 'Basilisk of Roko 2' for the ZX Spectrum. An action shooter in which playing as Nachete “El Intern” and his powerful laser, must put a stop to an evil space thing and his crazed robots. To coincide with this news, we've also got some gameplay footage showing some of the levels, enemies, and traps

Coloco - A new Amstrad CPC game by Tuxedo Games featuring The Mojon Twins Mk1 Engine

It's a Friday and you know what that means? NEW GAMES for the weekend! Yes indeed thanks to a double heads up from both Saberman and Xenomorph, we've been told that the previously released ZX Spectrum game of 'Coloco' by Tuxedo Games, is now available for the Amstrad CPC! This new title developed using the Mojon Twins Mk1 Engine, is a game in which you are on a mission to rescue those that have

Knightmare - The 1980's hit TV show, is coming to the ZX Spectrum as a super new version by Sausageware Games

Great news if you remember watching the 1980s TV show Knightmare, as we've just been informed through Twitter, that the upcoming ZX Spectrum version by Sausageware Games, will be available to purchase at some point soon through BitmapSoft. A much deserved and more enjoyable Knightmare inspiration for the ZX Spectrum, which in itself is based around a TV show in which children had to not only

After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip

A cropped portion of a ca. 1980 ad for the Microsoft Z80 SoftCard, which allowed Apple II users to run the CP/M operating system.

Enlarge / A cropped portion of a ca. 1980 ad for the Microsoft Z80 SoftCard, which allowed Apple II users to run the CP/M operating system. (credit: Microsoft)

Last week, chip manufacturer Zilog announced that after 48 years on the market, its line of standalone DIP (dual inline package) Z80 CPUs is coming to an end, ceasing sales on June 14, 2024. The 8-bit architecture debuted in 1976 and powered a small-business-PC revolution in conjunction with CP/M, also serving as the heart of the Nintendo Game Boy, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the Radio Shack TRS-80, the Pac-Man arcade game, and the TI-83 graphing calculator.

In a letter to customers dated April 15, 2024, Zilog wrote, "Please be advised that our Wafer Foundry Manufacturer will be discontinuing support for the Z80 product and other product lines. Refer to the attached list of the Z84C00 Z80 products affected."

Designers typically use the Z84C00 chips because of familiarity with the Z80 architecture or to allow legacy system upgrades without needing significant system redesigns. And while many other embedded chip architectures have superseded these Z80 chips in speed, processing power, and capability, they remained go-to solutions for decades in products that didn't need any extra horsepower.

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