spectrum-desolate

Ported Desolate game from TI-83 Plus calculator to ZX Spectrum.

Status: released.

Thanks a lot to tr1p1ea for the original game! Thanks to zx-pk.ru forum members for all the help and support!

Videos:

• Desolate Walkthrough, ZX Spectrum by Pavel Plíva and RZX Archive
• Desolate (2021) Walkthrough + Review, ZX Spectrum by Modern ZX-Retro Gaming
• ZX Spectrum -=Desolate=- by Saberman for IndieRetroNews

The original game

Written by Patrick Prendergast (tr1p1ea) for TI-83/TI-84 calculators.

Links:

• Desolate game description and files
• Wabbit emulator site and GitHub

To run the game on Wabbitemu emulator:

1. Run Wabbitemu, select ROM file
2. File Open DesData.8xp
3. MEM, select Archive; PRGM, select DesData; ENTER
4. File Open Desolate.8xp
5. File Open MIRAGEOS.8xk
6. APPS select MirageOS
7. Select Main > Desolate

Comparing original to the port

Tools for the tools folder

• bas2tap.exe, bin2tap.exe, tap2tzx.exe utilities https://sourceforge.net/projects/zxspectrumutils/files/

• pasmo.exe cross-assembler http://pasmo.speccy.org/

• sjasmplus.exe https://github.com/z00m128/sjasmplus/releases

• lzsa.exe https://github.com/emmanuel-marty/lzsa/releases

Links

• Discussion on zx-pk.ru (in Russian)
• Discussion on Spectrum Computing forum
• Desolate port on Vector-06c
• Desolate port on UKNC