October's Program: NA
Whoa, there are still almost two weeks left in the month and I have October’s program done and waiting for you. Yep, you heard right. This month is a short one called NA. The program is an action game that requires you to use “N” and “A” to try to stop a runner…
Posted Oct 21, 2014 by SafePit
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September's Programs: Photon '85 and '98
Well, the month is over and life has taken over and delayed my program of the month. For the tail end of September, I offer two programs: Photon and Photon 98. Wait, what? Yep, you heard right. I’m offering two programs this month. Sort of. Actually they are very similar…
Posted Sep 30, 2014 by SafePit
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August's Program: Cave War
August’s program is Cave War, a later program from 1985. It starts out similar to Hit Man, basically a scrolling dodge the wall game. But there is more to it than that. Once you get to the end of the tunnel, you find yourself in a cave and need to blast away at a wall to continue on…
Posted Aug 24, 2014 by SafePit
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July's Program: Block £ Spear
Sorry, still no Joust. It’s not where I want it and I’ve spent July working on my novel instead. That isn't to say that I’m going to leave July without a program of the month. Instead I’ve pulled from my original site to bring you one of my favorite programs, Block £ Spear…
Posted Jul 23, 2014 by Steven
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June's Program: Monster Maker
Okay I haven’t finished my remake of Joust yet, nor did I want to wait until the last week of the month to get an article out. Instead, I offer you Monster Maker as June’s monthly program. It’s pretty straight forward and anti-climatic against the power of today’s programs…
Posted Jun 08, 2014 by SafePit
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May's Program: Joust
I actually started working on May’s program of the month, Joust, about three weeks ago. My goal was to update the program to a faster and more fluid MCODER version. Sadly, things haven’t gone so well…
Posted May 28, 2014 by SafePit
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April's ZX81 Program: Flywheel
April has been a crazy month. I decided to try something new, pushed along by an unexpected event. I'm writing a book.
Not wanting to skip a month, I dug into my past for April's program of the month. From my first ZX81 site, I present Flywheel. It is an easy to play racing game…
Posted Apr 27, 2014 by SafePit
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March's ZX81 Program: The Ball Redux
For March's program of the month, I drew inspiration from one of my older demo’s, The Ball. Like many young kids from the early eighties using BASIC, I took a stab at animating a bouncing ball. It is a a relatively easy program to write depending on how complex you want to make the math…
Posted Mar 29, 2014 by SafePit
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New ZX81 Program: Time
I've updated my latest ZX81 program of the month. For February, I give you Time, a simple landing game with a twist. Using the “Z” and “.” keys, you maneuver your craft to each successive landing pad. If you miss the landing, keep trying but be careful. Run out of time and it’s game over…
Posted Feb 16, 2014 by SafePit
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40065 Blue Jay
LEGO's May mini build was a Blue Jay. I thought he'd look better in a tree which I modeled in LDD. I rendered the scene with POV-Ray 3.7RC7.
40065 Blue Jay by SafePit, on Flickr
Posted May 15, 2013 by Steven
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40036 Cobra
Short and sweet. Monthly mini-build for Jan 2012 rendered with POV-ray. Interesting that these in-store promotions are now numbered.
40036 Cobra by SafePit, on Flickr
Posted Jan 22, 2012 by Steven
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Bird
It's a rainy Saturday afternoon which provides a perfect opportunity to render LEGO's monthly mini build with POV-Ray.
Bird by SafePit, on Flickr
Posted Mar 05, 2011 by Steven
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