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I finished my Paradroid port from the C64 to the BBC Micro

He finished porting the game Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro, with help from the AI. Anyone can download the disk, play it in an emulator, or read through the code.

How it works

  1. Ports Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro with help from the AI
  2. Finishes the port
  3. Publishes it for download and play in an emulator

Why it’s worth knowing

He finished a full port of a well known C64 game to a different old computer, and put it up for anyone to play.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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