Grime Z80 - making
a game for 11 Systems in 7 Days!
Update!... now 12 systems - Camputers Lynx
also supported!
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!
Let me explain... I have remade a new ASM sourcecode for '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!
Appart from the result being a reasonably fun and playable game,
it's
opensource, and my intention is it can act as a learning tool, and a
'template' for others trying to quickly make simple games,
that
work on many different systems!... each day I recorded a 'blog'
video,
reporting the progress in realtime to my patreons!
Now the game, source and videos are available to all, so what are
you waiting for... download GrimeZ80 now,
and check it out!
Disclaimer:
Grime Z80 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!
*** 2019 Update! *** Grime has
now been ported to the Camputers Lynx!... so have fun with it!