Sharpworks
@sharpworks.bsky.social
Retro gaming publisher for the Sharp MZ-80 and MZ-700 machines.
http://youtube.com/@mzsharpworks
https://mz-sharpworks.co.uk/
https://mz-80a.com/
https://basictoz80.wordpress.com/
Devon, UK
http://youtube.com/@mzsharpworks
https://mz-sharpworks.co.uk/
https://mz-80a.com/
https://basictoz80.wordpress.com/
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Sharpworks
@sharpworks.bsky.social
· Jul 12
Three new homebrew games available from the Sharpworks store at : sharpworks.onlineweb.shop
(also on eBay if you prefer).
(also on eBay if you prefer).
It’s been a while but I think I’m ready to start up my blog again where I convert BASIC listings from type-in books such as the Usborne ones into fully explained Z80 assembly listings. Seems like a good New Year’s resolution :) I believe I was doing “Beat The Bug Eyes” next.
December 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s been a while but I think I’m ready to start up my blog again where I convert BASIC listings from type-in books such as the Usborne ones into fully explained Z80 assembly listings. Seems like a good New Year’s resolution :) I believe I was doing “Beat The Bug Eyes” next.
Just added a bunch of MZ-700 games to my archive which originate from the Australian software house 'Strategy Software' :
mz-archive.co.uk
:)
mz-archive.co.uk
:)
Sharp MZ Software Archive
mz-archive.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Just added a bunch of MZ-700 games to my archive which originate from the Australian software house 'Strategy Software' :
mz-archive.co.uk
:)
mz-archive.co.uk
:)
A nice arrival today just before Christmas :)
December 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A nice arrival today just before Christmas :)
Finally scanned and uploaded PDF copies of my Personal Computing Today magazine collection (only the pages related to Sharp) to my MZ docs website:
mz-80a.com
Just my 'Personal Computer World' and 'Practical Computing' mags to do now!
mz-80a.com
Just my 'Personal Computer World' and 'Practical Computing' mags to do now!
MZ-80A Secrets
mz-80a.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Finally scanned and uploaded PDF copies of my Personal Computing Today magazine collection (only the pages related to Sharp) to my MZ docs website:
mz-80a.com
Just my 'Personal Computer World' and 'Practical Computing' mags to do now!
mz-80a.com
Just my 'Personal Computer World' and 'Practical Computing' mags to do now!
Playing a bit of "Head Driver" on the MZ-700. I really have no idea what's going on here ! 😂
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Playing a bit of "Head Driver" on the MZ-700. I really have no idea what's going on here ! 😂
Non-Sharp related but this is an awesome arrival this morning :) A new game for the 2600.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Non-Sharp related but this is an awesome arrival this morning :) A new game for the 2600.
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If you like retro games for obscure computers, my Sharp MZ game Numbertron is available for whatever you want to pay at @itch.io.
Today is Creator Day, so there is no platform fee if you decide to pay for the game.
It's a 1/2 player puzzler. Turn based Tron with numbers.
joachim.itch.io/numbertron
Today is Creator Day, so there is no platform fee if you decide to pay for the game.
It's a 1/2 player puzzler. Turn based Tron with numbers.
joachim.itch.io/numbertron
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If you like retro games for obscure computers, my Sharp MZ game Numbertron is available for whatever you want to pay at @itch.io.
Today is Creator Day, so there is no platform fee if you decide to pay for the game.
It's a 1/2 player puzzler. Turn based Tron with numbers.
joachim.itch.io/numbertron
Today is Creator Day, so there is no platform fee if you decide to pay for the game.
It's a 1/2 player puzzler. Turn based Tron with numbers.
joachim.itch.io/numbertron
Some more tapes arrived today :) Some I have and lots I definitely don’t!
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Some more tapes arrived today :) Some I have and lots I definitely don’t!
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The #MZ700 emulation for the #Pico MZ is nearly finished! Documentation to write and update, plus testing on #RC2014 cards and #Pico2 hardware left to do. Hoping to have version 3.0.0 released by the end of the month. #RetroComputing
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The #MZ700 emulation for the #Pico MZ is nearly finished! Documentation to write and update, plus testing on #RC2014 cards and #Pico2 hardware left to do. Hoping to have version 3.0.0 released by the end of the month. #RetroComputing
Today’s awesome arrival, a huge lot of MZ tapes including some original Sharp User’s Club library tapes! I wonder what delights I’m going to find in this lot! :)
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today’s awesome arrival, a huge lot of MZ tapes including some original Sharp User’s Club library tapes! I wonder what delights I’m going to find in this lot! :)
All set up for this year’s Retro Fest 🙂 Just simple setup this year.
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
All set up for this year’s Retro Fest 🙂 Just simple setup this year.
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1982 was very early for Japanese adventure games, with only a small number of releases. Takara Building Adventure thus is one of the earliest adventure games in Japanese, but it was not generally available...
...until today.
Includes some unexpected history!
bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...
...until today.
Includes some unexpected history!
bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...
Takara Building Adventure Part 1 (1982)
The last time I wrote about a Japanese game was with The Palms, where I mentioned skipping over two games from 1982 because there were no copies available. This was one of them. Brief history recap…
bluerenga.blog
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
1982 was very early for Japanese adventure games, with only a small number of releases. Takara Building Adventure thus is one of the earliest adventure games in Japanese, but it was not generally available...
...until today.
Includes some unexpected history!
bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...
...until today.
Includes some unexpected history!
bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...
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Totally stunned that the Pico MZ-80K won the "general" category in last year's #RetroChallenge! Thank you to everyone who voted for me, followed the project, etc. etc. etc. #RetroComputing
www.retrochallenge.org/2025/10/rc20...
www.retrochallenge.org/2025/10/rc20...
RC2024/10 Results...Less than a Year Late!
With so many entries for RC2024/10 (a record, i'm sure!), and having already put in so much work during the month, I really let things slide...
www.retrochallenge.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Totally stunned that the Pico MZ-80K won the "general" category in last year's #RetroChallenge! Thank you to everyone who voted for me, followed the project, etc. etc. etc. #RetroComputing
www.retrochallenge.org/2025/10/rc20...
www.retrochallenge.org/2025/10/rc20...
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On commence avec le stand de Cousin Hubert qui est encore venu partager de fantastiques ordinateurs japonais (j’ai pu tester un homebrews MZ 700 que j’ai), mais aussi des modules de karaoke japonais atypiques !!
#RGC2025
#RGC2025
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On commence avec le stand de Cousin Hubert qui est encore venu partager de fantastiques ordinateurs japonais (j’ai pu tester un homebrews MZ 700 que j’ai), mais aussi des modules de karaoke japonais atypiques !!
#RGC2025
#RGC2025
Some HomeBrew extra from @merman1974.bsky.social 's section of Retro Gamer magazine:
andrewrfisher.wixsite.com/retro-gamer-...
The full interview I did for him regarding the BASIC 10 liner competitions :)
andrewrfisher.wixsite.com/retro-gamer-...
The full interview I did for him regarding the BASIC 10 liner competitions :)
Homebrew Extra Retro Gamer 274
Creating a game for these old machines is a challenge. Creating something playable in just 10 lines of BASIC is a real achievement, which is why we concentrate on the BASIC 10-Liner competition for ou...
andrewrfisher.wixsite.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Some HomeBrew extra from @merman1974.bsky.social 's section of Retro Gamer magazine:
andrewrfisher.wixsite.com/retro-gamer-...
The full interview I did for him regarding the BASIC 10 liner competitions :)
andrewrfisher.wixsite.com/retro-gamer-...
The full interview I did for him regarding the BASIC 10 liner competitions :)
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It's almost the end of #sharptember , so I'll finish with some screenshots of my game Minesnake on the MZ-80A. I've learned a lot since I made it, and would have done a lot differently now. But the concept is still good, I think. It's on Itch.io.
September 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's almost the end of #sharptember , so I'll finish with some screenshots of my game Minesnake on the MZ-80A. I've learned a lot since I made it, and would have done a lot differently now. But the concept is still good, I think. It's on Itch.io.
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Day 273(30) - As #sharptember comes to an end, a few last words. Remember, a Sharp isn't just for Christmas, it's for life. And like all good relationships you'll have your ups and downs ... 1/2
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Day 273(30) - As #sharptember comes to an end, a few last words. Remember, a Sharp isn't just for Christmas, it's for life. And like all good relationships you'll have your ups and downs ... 1/2
#Sharptember A chance find amongst a bunch of tapes I won in an auction turned up something pretty interesting, a compilation tape of games written by Col Needham (the inventor of IMDb) and possibly his master tape from which he sold his mail order games. Here's his game "UFO Attack".
September 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#Sharptember A chance find amongst a bunch of tapes I won in an auction turned up something pretty interesting, a compilation tape of games written by Col Needham (the inventor of IMDb) and possibly his master tape from which he sold his mail order games. Here's his game "UFO Attack".
#Sharptember If you replace the CG-ROM file in the emulator with the Japanese one you can play Japanese MZ games with the correct graphics showing. Here's a bit of Namco's Galaxian demonstrating the much coveted single pixel graphic character that was not available in the western ROM.
September 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#Sharptember If you replace the CG-ROM file in the emulator with the Japanese one you can play Japanese MZ games with the correct graphics showing. Here's a bit of Namco's Galaxian demonstrating the much coveted single pixel graphic character that was not available in the western ROM.
This is awesome, Ropoko is coming to the Switch (and Steam) on the 9th October. It will include the English translation which I helped the author with :) As for the MZ-700 English release, this should be around or just before Christmas time.
ロポコ for Nintendo Switch
YouTube video by わくわくゲームズ | Waku Waku Games
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September 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This is awesome, Ropoko is coming to the Switch (and Steam) on the 9th October. It will include the English translation which I helped the author with :) As for the MZ-700 English release, this should be around or just before Christmas time.
Part 4 of @jfroholt.bsky.social 's look at one of the MZ-80A games compilation tapes made by Knights is now available!
Joachim fortsetter å spille gamle spill ingen har hørt om. #sharptember
Knights MZ-80A Library – del 4 - Spillhistorie.no
Løver må i bur og romvesener må lokaliseres. Plus matte og brettspill!
spillhistorie.no
September 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Part 4 of @jfroholt.bsky.social 's look at one of the MZ-80A games compilation tapes made by Knights is now available!
#Sharptember The popular "Greedy Gremlins" game, this time for the MZ-80A. I recently rescued this from an official Knights tape - I don't think I realised there was an MZ-80A version until now! It makes use of the 80A's inverse display quite a lot.
September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#Sharptember The popular "Greedy Gremlins" game, this time for the MZ-80A. I recently rescued this from an official Knights tape - I don't think I realised there was an MZ-80A version until now! It makes use of the 80A's inverse display quite a lot.
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A photo from yesterday, of the MZ-80K at the National Museum of Computing @tnmoc.bsky.social. The cursor keys are green. On mine (and every other MZ-80K I've seen) they're yellow. I wonder why this one is so odd? The blue keys are also closer to turquoise. Left in the sunlight too long? #Sharptember
September 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A photo from yesterday, of the MZ-80K at the National Museum of Computing @tnmoc.bsky.social. The cursor keys are green. On mine (and every other MZ-80K I've seen) they're yellow. I wonder why this one is so odd? The blue keys are also closer to turquoise. Left in the sunlight too long? #Sharptember
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Day 264(21) - #sharptember - I thought I'd leave the first MZ to last because it's not really a computer in the traditional sense - but it's so bizarre I couldn't ignore it completely. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Sharp MZ-40K ... 1/3
September 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Day 264(21) - #sharptember - I thought I'd leave the first MZ to last because it's not really a computer in the traditional sense - but it's so bizarre I couldn't ignore it completely. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Sharp MZ-40K ... 1/3
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A #sharptember bonus post of the gang all together before I put them back in their crates!
September 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A #sharptember bonus post of the gang all together before I put them back in their crates!