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Back in 1984 I wrote some games for Spectrum - Will they still be playable?

answered Aug 16, 2020 at 19:15

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How was collision detection done on the Asteroids arcade game?

answered Oct 21, 2020 at 7:53

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Was memory corruption a common problem in large programs written in assembly language?

answered Jan 21, 2021 at 10:23

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What caused older computer fans to be so much louder than they are today?

answered Aug 24, 2021 at 10:58

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Was the Amiga ever used by any U.S. Government agency?

answered Apr 19, 2022 at 16:28

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When and why did high-level language compilers start targeting assembly language rather than machine code?

answered May 25, 2020 at 18:51

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How was a demo mode implemented in arcade machines

answered May 11, 2021 at 14:09

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Is it possible to limit HDD capacity to work on an old computer?

answered Mar 6, 2021 at 22:13

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Should I use the internal or external drive for loading Amiga 500 games?

answered May 27, 2020 at 19:48

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How were sprites in DOS games programmed?

answered Mar 24, 2022 at 20:25

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Which software was the first to use copy protection?

answered May 11, 2022 at 15:28

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Were the custom chips in the Amiga exploited for their hardware bugs like the ones in the C64 and Atari 8 bit computers were?

answered Feb 2, 2020 at 20:34

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Why did the PlayStation 2 implement backward compatibility that way?

answered Jan 29, 2020 at 12:40

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Why do drives occupy memory on Amigas

answered Oct 22, 2021 at 12:49

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How did musicians acquire samples for tracker music (MOD, S3M, XM and the like)?

answered Aug 4, 2020 at 12:09

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GCC to make Amiga executables, including Fortran support?

answered Nov 15, 2022 at 22:08

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How does the "Small fire-Mario" glitch in SMB1 work?

answered May 24, 2020 at 19:34

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Is there a Commodore 64 emulator that can profile running code?

answered Jun 14, 2020 at 20:50

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Trying to understand some assembly syntax in the Unix v7 write system call

answered Jul 10, 2020 at 19:42

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How did integer multiplication work in 8-bit BASIC without CPU support

answered Mar 14, 2020 at 13:55

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Why are paddles called paddles?

answered Oct 11, 2020 at 19:52

14 votes

Why did Sony allegedly not want developers to take advantage of the full power of their PlayStation?

answered Aug 27, 2020 at 19:56

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Why exactly does MAME (apparently) require different ROMs for different versions of MAME?

answered Oct 4, 2020 at 10:33

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How to make bootable CD with multiple games for CDTV

answered Jun 19, 2020 at 20:49

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On Amiga, what happens when I write to $DFC5A0 by mistake?

answered Aug 18, 2020 at 21:36

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Can you manually load an Amiga library into memory?

answered Jun 18 at 12:16

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What made some 8-bit BASIC interpreters especially slow?

answered Sep 15, 2022 at 21:31

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Identify a vertical arcade shooter from the very early 1980s

answered Apr 7 at 10:32

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Is the NeoGeo capable of raster effects?

answered Oct 25, 2020 at 20:37

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How would I reliably detect the amount of RAM, including Fast RAM?

answered Dec 3, 2020 at 19:54

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Back in 1984 I wrote some games for Spectrum - Will they still be playable?

How was collision detection done on the Asteroids arcade game?

Was memory corruption a common problem in large programs written in assembly language?

What caused older computer fans to be so much louder than they are today?

Was the Amiga ever used by any U.S. Government agency?

When and why did high-level language compilers start targeting assembly language rather than machine code?

How was a demo mode implemented in arcade machines

Is it possible to limit HDD capacity to work on an old computer?

Should I use the internal or external drive for loading Amiga 500 games?

How were sprites in DOS games programmed?

Which software was the first to use copy protection?

Were the custom chips in the Amiga exploited for their hardware bugs like the ones in the C64 and Atari 8 bit computers were?

Why did the PlayStation 2 implement backward compatibility that way?

Why do drives occupy memory on Amigas

How did musicians acquire samples for tracker music (MOD, S3M, XM and the like)?

GCC to make Amiga executables, including Fortran support?

How does the "Small fire-Mario" glitch in SMB1 work?

Is there a Commodore 64 emulator that can profile running code?

Trying to understand some assembly syntax in the Unix v7 write system call

How did integer multiplication work in 8-bit BASIC without CPU support

Why are paddles called paddles?

Why did Sony allegedly not want developers to take advantage of the full power of their PlayStation?

Why exactly does MAME (apparently) require different ROMs for different versions of MAME?

How to make bootable CD with multiple games for CDTV

On Amiga, what happens when I write to $DFC5A0 by mistake?

Can you manually load an Amiga library into memory?

What made some 8-bit BASIC interpreters especially slow?

Identify a vertical arcade shooter from the very early 1980s

Is the NeoGeo capable of raster effects?

How would I reliably detect the amount of RAM, including Fast RAM?