Grime 6502 - porting a z80
game for 9 different 6502 Systems in 7 Days!
Grime is an old DOS game I used to
have on my PC XT... it was a simple little text game, that was a lot
of fun!
Grime was written by Mark Elendt... as far as I remember I got it
from an old magazine coverdisk...
currently Grime is 'abandonware'... no one seems to really remember
it, and it's trickyto get working on a modern pc, as it runs too
fast!!.. you can get the orignal here
At the start of July 2018, I started a 7 day programming project to
recreate 'Grime' as a Z80 based game... I chose it because it's fun
and simple, and this gave me a good opportinity... I wasn't just
going to remake Grime... I was going to make it work on 11 different
systems!
I remade grime as 'Grime Z80' which uses one piece of logic
code that plays on 11 different Z80 systems... namely: Amstrad CPC,
ZX Spectrum,MSX1, MSX2, Enterprise, Sam Coupe, TI-83 calculator,
Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Sega Mastersystem and Sega Gamegear!
But why stop there... I now had a simple game 'template' which could
be extended for something new... why just limit it to the Z80? so in
December 2018 I started the project again... this time as Grime 6502
Now the game, source and videos are available to all, so what are
you waiting for... download Grime6502 now,
and check it out!
Disclaimer:
Grime 6502 was a quick programming experiment, not a commercial
quality game, it has NOT been tested on real hadware, and may not
work.
It was produced as an educational challenge during my week off, and
I do not intend to spend any more time on it... if it does not work
on your hardware, you can concider it 'homework' to fix the bugs!