A seven-function stamp collection manager that stores up to 150 stamps with names and quantities, featuring search, add, delete with array compaction, and quantity adjustment.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Place resistors, capacitors, diodes, and NPN/PNP transistors on a live schematic canvas — all rendered with PLOT and DRAW from coordinate DATA tables.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Explore RAM one byte at a time with this interactive memory inspector — navigate forward, restart, print, or stop via a simple menu system.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Trace the full outline of the contiguous US using nothing but chained relative DRAW commands read from dozens of DATA statements.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Pilot your spaceship through eleven homing monsters using custom-drawn sprites, with enemies growing smarter and faster each wave you survive.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A keyboard-based memory matching game that hides numeric codes behind 18 keys arranged in a grid — find all 9 pairs in the fewest turns to beat your best score.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A clever number-formatting subroutine right-aligns decimal values across three columns, using user-defined functions to round and pad output automatically.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A ten-page text editor with cursor movement, character and line insertion/deletion, tape save/load, and multi-copy printer output — all in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A fully featured Blackjack game with graphical card rendering, insurance bets, doubling down, and a surprise "Game Over" screen drawn entirely with vector graphics.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Guide your paddle with keys 5 and 8 to keep a bouncing ball in play in this minimalist one-player squash game written entirely in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A two-player squash game with hardware port-scanned paddles, turn-based hitting rules, and a race to 21 points — all in pure BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A BASIC Q*bert clone with joystick control, procedurally drawn isometric pyramid, UDG sprites, and ATTR-based collision detection across escalating difficulty sheets.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Pilot a crosshair around a starfield to intercept falling UDG bombs before the 60-second timer expires — scoring depends on how precisely you aim.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A freehand pixel drawing tool with separate draw, erase, and reposition modes — all controlled from just four movement keys and two function keys.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Pilot a balloon through four increasingly treacherous maze stages, dodging asteroids and your own ink trail — with custom sprite characters and color-based collision detection.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Collect eight dungeon treasures in strict order while dodging three relentless goblins—and blast walls open with limited dynamite when your path is blocked.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Guide Santa through five increasingly brutal stages — blizzard, rooftop drop, chimney lift, snowball gauntlet, and a nail-biting altitude sprint — in this multi-stage Christmas action game.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Dodge, catch, and survive as cannon balls bounce unpredictably around the screen — can you protect your catchers before all 50 shots are gone?
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A three-stage arcade shooter with user-defined graphics, a bonus system, animated enemy wolves, and a full Hall of Fame name-entry screen.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Enter your current and target weight, specify your daily calorie intake, and this program calculates exactly how many days your diet will take.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Enter two dates and watch three sine-wave biorhythm cycles — Physical, Emotional, and Intellectual — plotted simultaneously across a full-width graph.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Flip every character in the display font upside-down by rearranging glyph pixel rows in RAM, then instantly restore the normal display with a single GOTO.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A technical drawing application's loader that auto-detects storage devices, configures six dot-matrix printers via machine code routines, and launches the main drawing engine.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Convert any standard 32-column screen to a 64-column hi-res layout using five modes, machine code routines, and built-in checksum verification.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Dodge four color-coded falling bombs with your ship, and survive long enough to face the speed increase that kicks in at 25 points.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Navigate a trap-filled maze against a ticking timer to find hidden treasure — but one wrong move with your bomb could blow up the prize!
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A dual-mode graphing tool plots physics data on a grid with labeled axes, lets you capture results with a printer copy, then returns to a styled menu.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Dodge falling snake-head obstacles by sliding left and right — collision detection reads directly from the screen in this fast-paced single-variable reflex game.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Print giant text banners on paper by reading character bitmaps straight from ROM — at three selectable sizes up to four times normal height.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A ready-to-borrow library of sound effects — telephone rings, sirens, galloping horses, explosions, and more — designed to drop straight into your own programs.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Pilot your block-graphic spaceship, dodge descending aliens, and rack up points in this action shooter with real-time sound effects and collision detection.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Guide your spider up and down the screen's edge to catch flies crawling across six rows before the timer runs out — a joystick-driven arcade challenge with custom UDG sprites.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Enter any number and watch a 4×4 magic square appear whose rows, columns, and diagonals all add up to exactly what you chose.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
Two sets of crossing lines drawn with XOR pixel logic build mesmerizing moiré interference patterns that regenerate in a new random color every cycle.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A fractal tree-drawer that simulates recursion using an explicit software stack and clever integer-ratio rotation — no trig functions required.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A sliding reaction-timing game where you must press a key at exactly the right moment to stop a moving character under the correct column — with three difficulty levels.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A comprehensive paired-data statistics suite covering means, standard deviation, regression, correlation, t-test, and graphical output — all in BASIC with a full instruction set.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.02.26, updated: 09.02.26
A RAM-based file manager and keyword search tool that pokes records directly into memory and calls machine code to hunt through them instantly.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.01.26, updated: 09.01.26
Navigate your raft through a zombie-infested swamp using arrow keys, avoiding the undead pursuer before it catches — and eats — you.
computer_media, orig pub: 09.01.26, updated: 09.01.26
Compare two stocks side by side using eleven fundamental financial ratios, with tape save/load support for preserving and reloading company data between sessions.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A fully interactive sound chip controller lets you sculpt three-channel tones, noise, envelope shapes, and more in real time with a graphical parameter display.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A full-featured complex number calculator supporting addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with optional rectangular-to-polar conversion for each result.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A full I Ching oracle that randomly generates hexagrams using binary arithmetic, displays them graphically, and presents all 64 traditional interpretations with a moving-lines mutation feature.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A ten-page word processor with character insert/delete, caps lock toggle, multi-copy printing, and tape save/load — all packed into one BASIC listing.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A memory explorer that walks the variable area and decodes every variable type — including floating-point math and FOR-NEXT loop control blocks — into plain English.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A BASIC algebra grapher that draws a scaled coordinate grid and plots the parabola y = −x² + x with labeled Y-axis tick marks.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A fully playable two-player 3D Tic-Tac-Toe game on a 3×3×3 cube, with isometric block-graphic display and cumulative win scoring across all 49 possible lines.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Enter paired X/Y data, correct any mistakes, then watch this statistics utility plot the scatter graph and fitted regression line with R² accuracy.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
An actuarial life-table calculator that tracks survival and event probabilities across multiple intervals, applying standard censoring adjustments for withdrawn or lost subjects.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Guide your bucket across the screen to catch 30 random drips of water — can you beat your own high score in this quick arcade challenge?
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Pilot a rotating lander across five procedurally drawn moonscapes, managing fuel and speed to touch down safely on every pad before your ships run out.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A 15-year, $34,000 loan amortization table that prints monthly principal balance and interest breakdowns — all in BASIC with no floating-point library needed.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A four-line label printer utility that centers text automatically, switches printer pitch modes via direct port output, and bootstraps through machine code loaded from tape.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A full-featured 1986 income tax suite that computes federal 1040, Schedule A itemized deductions, Ohio state tax, and city tax using bracket interpolation across multiple filing statuses.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Enter a short string and watch it race across the screen paired with its own inverse-video mirror image in an ever-shifting bouncing pattern.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Intercept and decode tape header blocks in real time using a hand-coded machine language routine that reads the EAR port directly.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Place counters on a grid, force chain-reaction explosions, and outwit a score-evaluating computer opponent in this tense two-player strategy game.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A clever code-breaking game where the computer tries to crack your secret three-digit number, using an ingenious candidate-scoring system to narrow its guesses.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Pilot a lander through scrolling alien terrain, rescue stranded astronauts, and dock with a moving mothership before your ships run out.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Enter a year and up to ten special dates, then watch this BASIC calendar generator print a full 12-month grid with inverse-video highlights and optional hard copy output.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Calculate which day of the week any historical date fell on — this calendar program covers any month and year with full leap-year support.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Explore a 9×9 grid world, feed dogs, chop trees, unlock doors, and light a candle to power an island beacon in this text adventure with a verb-object parser.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A seven-option personal budget manager tracks named accounts month-by-month, displaying running balances, deficits, and annual totals with formatted dollar amounts.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Eight self-contained demos in one package — from spring-physics animation and UDG flag graphics to a software digital timer — all selectable from a single menu.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Enter up to 15 labeled values and watch this program scale and draw a horizontal bar chart complete with totals, averages, and a correction pass.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A nine-function personal finance suite covering compound interest, loan amortization, annuities, bond valuation, budget conversion, life insurance estimation, and a 300-year calendar — all from one menu.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A PLOT/DRAW illustration of the Convair B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber, built with arc-capable DRAW commands and followed by a full spec sheet.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A full-featured UDG character editor supporting joystick or keyboard control, pixel-by-pixel bit toggling, numeric byte entry, and tape save/load for all 21 user-defined graphics.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A strategic Nim game pitting you against an AI opponent that uses binary decomposition to calculate winning moves, with animated UDG android figures on a colorful board.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A color-coded monthly budget tracker managing 14 expense and 14 income entries, using penny-scaled integer arithmetic to sidestep floating-point errors.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A clever scan-line algorithm fills a circle using Pythagorean geometry, accepting custom ink color, center coordinates, and radius — all in under ten lines.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
Generate a modified character set stored in RAM, then switch between normal and alternate fonts on the fly with a single POKE command.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.31.26, updated: 08.31.26
A cassette label printer utility that centers up to four text lines, previews them on screen, then LPRINTs as many copies as you need.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
This self-modifying BASIC utility walks through program memory byte by byte, permanently flipping every letter between uppercase and lowercase on demand.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A machine code utility that hooks into the BASIC editor to provide configurable automatic line numbering, activated and deactivated via USR calls.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A seven-function machine code toolkit lets you browse, load, relocate, and convert memory contents, topped off with a self-modifying BASIC line renumberer.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Design custom pixel characters interactively on an 8×8 grid, with real-time preview and direct memory writes using POKE and USR.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A joystick-driven pixel drawing tool with freehand sketching, circle placement, tangent-circle geometry, and XOR-mode erase—all controlled from a single main loop.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A clever two-decimal-place formatter that right-aligns numbers across screen columns using DEF FN rounding and string-padding tricks.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A hypnotic random walk paints colored blocks across the screen, drifting through nine paper colors with every unpredictable step.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A color-coded Mastermind clone that challenges you to crack a secret 4-digit code in 10 tries, with satisfying audio and visual feedback for every guess.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Convert integers between any two number bases using this three-input utility that routes conversions through base 10 as an intermediate step.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Flip every screen character upside-down, swap in a custom lowercase font, or redirect the system to RAM — all from one multi-entry BASIC utility.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A machine code multitasker grafts ten new BASIC commands—including AFTER, EVERY, ON ERROR GOTO, and ON BREAK GOSUB—onto the interpreter using an IM 2 interrupt vector and a replacement statement loop.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A two-channel PSG rendition of a Beatles classic plays with randomized tempo, chained error recovery, and a seamless load of the next music piece.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A 14-piece music player lets you choose any composition, then adjust tempo and transposition by semitone before or after playback.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Eight folk and popular songs play through the BEEP command, with chord-name overlays, adjustable tempo, and continuous-loop playback all built into one compact music player.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A three-channel music player with selectable compositions, adjustable tempo, and looping modes — all driven by carefully encoded DATA statements.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A multi-voice music player stores complete compositions as DATA statements, blending three-channel synthesis with melody and adjustable tempo control.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A full-featured pixel art studio with eight drawing modes, joystick support, flood fill, scalable copy, arc drawing, and ink/paper color control — all in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A color-by-number painting game where you reveal a hidden picture one color at a time by selecting digits that flood-fill matching screen regions.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A solitaire card game that renders fully pip-illustrated playing cards on screen and challenges you to clear the deck by matching pairs totaling eleven or J-Q-K runs.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Peek inside your own BASIC program's raw token stream, byte by byte, with this self-reading memory inspector that decodes addresses and character values live.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Peek behind the curtain of BASIC itself — this memory walker decodes your program's raw bytes, revealing line numbers, lengths, tokens, and hidden five-byte number constants.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A suite of eight mortgage and property financial calculators, from monthly payments to rental analysis, dispatched via a clever arithmetic GO SUB expression.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
This program reads any user-defined graphic character, transposes its 8×8 bit matrix, and POKEs the rotated result back into memory for instant display.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A color-and-sound memory challenge that grows its sequence one step at a time — can you repeat it back before your brain gives out?
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A pure-BASIC software clock that derives elapsed time by polling the system frame counter, with manual time-set and leading-zero display formatting.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Pinpoint every line and statement where a named variable appears by walking the tokenized BASIC program area in memory — a genuine debugging utility.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Guide a randomly colored symbol anywhere on screen using joystick directional values, with boundary checking and a second button to randomize the character itself.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
A compact looping tone built from a single SOUND statement hammering seven AY-3-8910 registers at once — hear what envelope shape 8 actually sounds like.
computer_media, orig pub: 01.30.26, updated: 08.30.26
Type any message and watch this banner printer translate each letter into tall, blocky dot-matrix characters — one column of bits at a time.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.20.24, updated: 08.30.26
Enter your birthday and a target month to watch three sinusoidal biorhythm curves — Physical, Sensitivity, and Intellectual — plotted live across the screen.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.14.24, updated: 08.30.26
Joystick-driven pixel graphics editor with line, circle, fill, and Bezier curve tools.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.29.26
A complete pixel-art drawing program with ten drawing modes, joystick support, flood fill, scalable copy, and attribute-level color control packed into one BASIC listing.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.16.24, updated: 08.29.26
Interactively explore all 14 registers of a programmable sound chip with a full-screen editor, live waveform display, and real-time audio output.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.10.24, updated: 08.29.26
A rendition of a woman in black and white (no color attributes used). Not a typo: contains a SCREEN$ file that is definitely not the Mona Lisa.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.16.24, updated: 08.28.26
A full-screen text editor with search-and-replace, justified output, printer support, custom typefaces, and 21 user-defined graphics — all in pure BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
Discover how a single POKE into one system variable transforms the appearance of the input cursor through seven distinct visual styles.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
Enter your weekly recording schedule day by day and print a neatly formatted timetable complete with channel numbers and program names.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
A hands-on hex loader that lets you POKE machine code directly into memory, with per-line checksum verification to catch any mistyped bytes.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
A geometric interference pattern builder that saves its own screen to tape with a user-chosen pause value baked right into the filename.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
Programs and code samples from ZXzine issue 12.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.11.25, updated: 08.28.26
A fully functional modem-driven bulletin board system with message storage, multi-mode reading, sysop chat, and embedded machine code serial I/O — all in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.14.25, updated: 08.28.26
A menu-driven screen capture utility that uses a POKEd Z80 LDIR routine to save and restore full or partial display regions to a RAM buffer.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.14.25, updated: 08.28.26
A flashing Christmas card draws a PLOT/DRAW tree, scatters UDG baubles, then loops through three carol melodies with randomised ornament colours each time.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.04.24, updated: 08.28.26
Watch a triangle smoothly morph into a square across 20 interpolated frames, driven by a machine code dual-screen buffer that eliminates flicker entirely.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.04.24, updated: 08.28.26
A machine code–assisted tool that intercepts and decodes tape header blocks, revealing file type, filename, length, and start address for any loaded tape.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.04.24, updated: 08.28.26
A dual-year tax planning tool compares your 1982 and 1983 US federal income tax side by side, walking through income, deductions, exemptions, and bracket lookups.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.14.24, updated: 08.28.26
Draw freehand curves in 3D space with six-direction keyboard control, then replay or randomize your sketches with a perspective projection engine built entirely in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.14.24, updated: 08.28.26
A customizable quiz game that randomizes question order, scores two attempts per question, and gives letter-hint clues before revealing the answer.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.06.24, updated: 08.28.26
A random poetry generator that picks words from fifteen thematic lists and assembles them into moody, surreal four-line verses — generating a fresh poem every few seconds.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.06.24, updated: 08.28.26
See what happens when two characters share the same screen cell — this interactive tool visually demonstrates XOR overlay printing with instant labeled results.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.06.24, updated: 08.28.26
A six-stock technical analysis suite that tracks price and volume across 30 weeks, plots moving averages, and scores trend momentum to flash BUY or SELL signals.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A 50-question geography quiz on U.S. states and capitals that draws map location markers and tracks first-try, second-try, and incorrect answers separately.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A 50-question geography quiz on U.S. states and capitals that draws map location markers and tracks first-try, second-try, and incorrect answers separately.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A two-mode financial calculator that models rent-versus-buy decisions and investment property returns, complete with after-tax cash flows, IRR computation, and a plotted appreciation-rate chart.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A five-mode mortgage amortization tool that pre-calculates every monthly payment into a lookup array and offers reports from single-payment detail to a graphical interest/principal plot.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A grammar drill suite covering verb agreement, pronoun usage, homonyms, and more, with timed tests, per-category scoring, and custom UDG logo graphics.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
Features a graphical board with animated dice and doubling cube, four AI difficulty levels, machine code move selection.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A fully featured backgammon game with a four-level AI opponent, doubling cube, gammon scoring, and animated dice — all driven by embedded machine code routines.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.06.23, updated: 08.28.26
Take the controls in this machine-code-powered combat flight game, featuring block-graphic visuals, printer score output, and a best-score-of-the-day display.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.05.23, updated: 08.28.26
Draw a picture tile-by-tile using cursor keys or joystick, then watch it compress into nine reusable user-defined graphic characters automatically.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.11.23, updated: 08.28.26
While on reconnaissance in space, your ship has been drawn by a graviton beam towards an alien cruiser.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.25.23, updated: 08.28.26
You are in South America in the jungle, near an as-yet-undisturbed Inca temple. Inside this temple you will find lots of treasure, your aim is to get out with as much treasure as you can.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.25.23, updated: 08.28.26
A complete double-entry bookkeeping suite with journal entry, ledger detail, income statement, and balance sheet modules — all driven by machine code sorting and optional numeric keypad input.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.25.23, updated: 08.28.26
A fractal terrain generator builds a randomized 3D landscape through iterative midpoint displacement, then renders it as a projected wireframe with sea-level clipping.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.25.23, updated: 08.28.26
Pilot a crosshair cursor across a defended landscape and blast alien saucers before they land ten times and build a city on Earth.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.23.23, updated: 08.28.26
Navigate alien rooms against a ticking countdown, collect scattered letters, and crack a secret five-letter code before your shuttle departs forever.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.23.23, updated: 08.28.26
A fully interactive configuration utility patches a Centronics printer driver in machine code, letting you choose your printer model, interface, column width, and linefeed behavior before saving a custom binary to tape.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.18.23, updated: 08.28.26
A full-featured modem BBS program with machine code serial I/O, message base management, sysop chat, and a clever initialization trick that erases its own setup lines after booting.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.18.23, updated: 08.28.26
A seventeen-game collection packed into one BASIC program, with a single-keypress menu that dispatches players to puzzles, strategy games, and word challenges.
computer_media, orig pub: 10.06.25, updated: 08.28.26
A complete draw poker game where you bet against the computer, with shuffling, hand evaluation, card drawing logic, and a full betting system packed into BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 07.06.24, updated: 08.28.26
Explore a procedurally generated cave network, collect treasures, and battle demons in this six-difficulty-level adventure with joystick and keyboard support.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.20.24, updated: 08.28.26
A two-player number-key tic-tac-toe game with named players, score tracking across sessions, and an animated splash screen intro.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.20.24, updated: 08.28.26
A party game simulation for up to 20 players that spins a virtual bottle, pairs opposite-sex players for forfeits, and removes eliminated players by compacting its own arrays.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.20.24, updated: 08.28.26
A two-player gunfighter duel loads a hex-encoded machine code routine, verifies it with a checksum, and then lets both players battle it out with custom sprites.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.20.24, updated: 08.28.26
Four classic sorting algorithms — Bubble, Selection, Shell, and Quicksort — head-to-head in one program, letting you compare their performance on randomly generated arrays.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.16.24, updated: 08.28.26
A surprisingly capable full-screen text editor that handles insert, delete, search-and-replace, justification, centering, and tape-based save/load all within a single BASIC program.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
A fully interactive grocery list manager prints up to six personalized copies of 100 customizable items, complete with a colorful animated introduction and on-the-fly slot substitution.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
Celebrate Independence Day with animated fireworks for each of the original 13 colonies, followed by a block-graphics rendering of the historic 13-colony flag.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
A two-level Nim strategy game where the Expert difficulty uses the mathematically optimal formula to make the computer nearly unbeatable — can you outsmart it?
computer_media, orig pub: 06.11.24, updated: 08.28.26
A year-by-year lunar phase calculator using real astronomical algorithms, complete with trigonometric corrections and selectable screen or printer output.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.11.24, updated: 08.28.26
A full solar system ephemeris program computes planetary positions, sidereal time, and zodiac coordinates for any date across five centuries of history and future.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.11.24, updated: 08.28.26
Predict every solar and lunar eclipse across four millennia using rigorous astronomical math, complete with eclipse type, magnitude, and GMT contact times.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.11.24, updated: 08.28.26
A full-featured point-of-sale cash register program with binary search, Shell sort, receipt printing, tax calculation, and tape-based inventory storage.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.11.24, updated: 08.28.26
Enter any month and year from 1583 onward and watch a graphically drawn monthly calendar grid appear, fully calculated using Zeller's Congruence arithmetic.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.11.24, updated: 08.28.26
Enter your birthdate and a date range to generate a printed biorhythm chart that plots physical, emotional, and intellectual cycles day by day.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.11.24, updated: 08.28.26
A dual-mode BINGO program that calls random numbers with column letters and prints unique, grid-lined BINGO cards — complete with a FREE center square.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.11.24, updated: 08.28.26
Run a radio factory through weekly crises — union strikes, flood damage, and supplier hikes — balancing wages, workforce, and pricing to avoid bankruptcy.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.09.24, updated: 08.28.26
Print giant magnified banner text in four typographic styles using pixel-level font reading, machine code type rendering, and user-selectable fill characters.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.09.24, updated: 08.28.26
Manage a week-long lemonade stand, balancing weather, pricing, and random vandal attacks in this economics simulation with animated block-graphic shopfront.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.09.24, updated: 08.28.26
A joystick-driven drawing toy that trails randomly colored symbols across the screen, with a fire button that switches the brush character on the fly.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.09.24, updated: 08.28.26
A full-featured financial calculator solving investments, loans, and cash flows — enter "X" for any unknown and let the program find it automatically.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.09.24, updated: 08.28.26
A three-year income tax estimator covering 1987–1989 that handles all four filing statuses, Social Security taxation, IRA deductions, and itemized versus standard deductions.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.09.24, updated: 08.28.26
Enter a date and location to get computed rise, transit, and set times for the Sun, Moon, and every planet out to Pluto.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.09.24, updated: 08.28.26
This BASIC puzzle generator hides your chosen words in a grid across eight directions, fills blank cells with random letters, and sends the result to screen or printer.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
Guide a hunchback hero across castle ramparts through five unique screens, dodging snipers and swinging on ropes to rescue Esmeralda in this joystick-driven action game.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
Guide your character through laser-cannon fire to rescue eggs one by one, depositing each safely before lives run out in this joystick-driven arcade game.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
A two-player space duel with proximity-fused missiles, joystick control, and clever state-packing inside a string array — all in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
A self-building proportional text engine that compresses ROM fonts on the fly and patches the LPRINT channel to render neatly spaced characters on screen.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
A self-installing Z80 sprite engine with checksum protection loads into high RAM, controllable with a single USR call or a POKE to disable it.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
An interactive AY sound chip programmer lets you set every register, build multi-step sequences, and play back timed soundscapes — all from a menu-driven interface.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
Hunt an invisible enemy submarine with depth charges, sonar pings, and evasive maneuvers — all while the sub fires back at you.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
Guide a crosshair, fire at descending alien saucers, and prevent ten landings before the invaders build their city and doom mankind to become toothpicks.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
Dollar bills rain from the sky — move your pail with two keys, catch up to five bills, then rush to the bank before more money falls past you.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
A four-operation math drill lets students practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with score tracking and a custom division symbol built from a UDG.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
A spacebar-launched ball demolishes a scrolling wall in this arcade game featuring machine code collision detection, UDG graphics, and a five-level high-score table.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
Enter your birthdate and watch three color-coded sine waves reveal your physical, mental, and emotional biorhythm cycles plotted live on screen.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
Dodge a swarm of asteroids, deploy a limited energy screen, and battle for the top spot on this pixelated space survival game's Hall of Fame.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
A fully strategic 3D tic-tac-toe game on a 3×3×3 grid, with three AI difficulty levels and all 49 possible winning lines tracked simultaneously.
computer_media, orig pub: 05.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
Guide trains across a scrolling track, using collision detection and sound effects, before the next locomotive arrives — can you beat your score?
computer_media, orig pub: 08.17.23, updated: 08.28.26
A shareware cassette catalog bundles a fully playable 3D Tic-Tac-Toe AI, a graphics demo, and candid commentary on the home computer market into one remarkable program.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.15.23, updated: 08.28.26
A two-part grammar drill covering capitalization rules challenges students to spot errors in sentences, tracks their scores by rule category, and offers a timed test mode.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.15.23, updated: 08.28.26
A two-part typing tutor and arcade game teaches home-row fingering through animated keyboard diagrams, a timed Firecracker exercise, and a bomb-interception game with per-player score records saved to tape.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.15.23, updated: 08.28.26
Three word games in one package—Anagrams, Hangman, and Jumble—challenge two to six players with letter-shuffling, gallows graphics, and time-scored vocabulary rounds.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
Use electronic filing to store your lists. You create your own file and record layout, store data and retrieve information when needed. Computer search facility makes it easy to find a single record from a universeof many records.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
Spread-sheet approach to fiscal analysis, engineering calculations, statistical analysis and more. Formula approach locates and calculates complex tables of numbers and letters.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
Spread-sheet approach to fiscal analysis, engineering calculations, statistical analysis and more. Formula approach locates and calculates complex tables of numbers and letters.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
Trashman wants to travel the globe, but doesn't quite have all of the cash he needs. His plan is to earn enough money, by cleaning up trash at each city he visits, to eventually complete the round-trip.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A two-recorder tape utility that loads relocatable machine code, patches internal addresses at runtime, and reconditions deteriorating cassette signals on the fly.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A two-player (or solo vs. AI) football strategy game with animated formations, play-calling menus, and a full scoring system including touchdowns, safeties, and field goals.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 08.28.26
A full greeting-card studio: design covers and interiors with custom graphics, borders, and text, then print folded cards on five supported printer models.
computer_media, orig pub: 08.15.23, updated: 08.28.26
Dive into shark-infested waters to explore a sunken pirate ship and recover a fabulous diamond in this text adventure with a machine code word parser.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.30.24, updated: 08.28.26
Manage and print a bold-formatted, alphabetically sorted home video collection with cassette-based data storage and smart incremental insertion — no full re-sort needed for new purchases.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.13.24, updated: 08.28.26
A desktop publishing suite for newsletter creation supporting columnar text import from Tasword, type scaling up to 32 times standard width, and four built-in fonts with optional expansion via the Font Package accessory tape.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.10.24, updated: 08.28.26
A 17-category imperial-to-metric converter that uses a compact comma-delimited factor string and a computed GO TO dispatch table to handle everything from teaspoons to tons.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
Guide a rabbit through five haunted rooms, collecting bells and dodging bats in this multi-room platform game with user-defined graphics and attribute-based collision detection.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
A four-function BASIC toolkit offers machine code-powered renumbering, REM stripping, variable listing, and number compaction — all squeezed into a single two-part tape package.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26
A menu-driven word processor stores up to 600 lines of text with tape save/load, printer output, and a line-by-line editor — all in BASIC.
computer_media, orig pub: 06.02.24, updated: 08.28.26