In this short #BASIC program from #microhobby you must move the black pieces to the place where the red ones are, and vice versa. The black pieces move from left to right, and the red pieces move the opposite. No piece can move backward, and you can't move a piece where another piece is.
Download it here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13634/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_077-080
Demolition a Breakout clone from #microhobby magazine.
Download it here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/37446/ZX-Spectrum/Demolition
Rescue a scientist trapped in the terrible Krakatoa volcano, about to explode.
A #BASIC game published in #microhobby magazine that can be downloaded here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13634/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_077-080
A cute football game in #BASIC from #microhobby
Get it here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13632/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_069-072
Las Cuevas de Snake, a #BASIC adventure from #microhobby magazine.
Download it here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13633/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_073-076
Two #BASIC routines from #microhobby that makes sound effects
The first one makes a buzzer like the ones on a 'modern alarm clock' (sic), while the second makes a sound that is 'hard to describe but which you will surely find some practical use for', according to the magazine
A little #BASIC routine to create a 'psicodelic organ', according to #microhobby magazine
In the middle of the jungle there's a great temple where Mark, our hero, must pick up 20 keys to reach the treasure.
Get this #BASIC program from #microhobby here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13633/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_073-076
A #BASIC routine from #microhobby to draw a ellipse.
PX & PY are the coordinates of the center, RX & RY are the values of horiz and vert radius
In 1987, #microhobby magazine reported on the censorship of the Game Over cover in the United Kingdom.
The game's distributor in this country forced Imagine to change the cover "because it was not appropriate for the intended audience."
The two pics were taken in the same magazine in June and in July after the censorship.
Microhobby laments that "British users will never be able to enjoy the enormous charms hidden beneath the opaque logo."
An enjoyable snake clone with 3 levels of difficulty and 8 screens in #BASIC & #machinecode from #microhobby
Get the TZX file here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13644/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_117-120
Three #BASIC routines from #microhobby to improve your program banners: for upside-down labeling, for making rotating signs and for making large signs
Get as many fishes as you can while avoiding penguins in this #BASIC program from #microhobby magazine.
Get the TZX file here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13630/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_061-064
1987: #microhobby interviews the Opera Soft team at their offices in Opera square, Madrid, at the height of the spanish software boom.
A curious fact: they use the Philips PMDS multi-user development equipment, which makes it easy for them to develop versions for Spectrum, #Amstrad, #MSX or any other computer
This little #BASIC routine from #microhobby magazine simulates the gallop of a horse
Eat all the foods in this #BASIC game from #microhobby magazine, avoiding the ghosts of anemia from taking them away from you. Don't overeat either!
Get the TZX file here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13629/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_057-060
Shoot depth charges to destroy as many submarines as you can in this #machinecode game from #microhobby magazine.
Get the TZX file here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13645/ZX-Spectrum/MicroHobby_Semanal_121-124
This group of teens were #microhobby 's "Software Vigilantes", objective criticism guaranteed.
Here, reviewing Sir Fred
