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).
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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...
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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:
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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...
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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!
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The Sharp MZ-80A can only use character graphics, but fortunately there are a few characters dedicated to pseudopixels. So I made a picture. #sharptember
September 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Sharp MZ-80A can only use character graphics, but fortunately there are a few characters dedicated to pseudopixels. So I made a picture. #sharptember
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Day 262(19) - #sharptember - It might look like a bit of up market hi-fi, but this is really the last of the 'classic' range of Sharp MZs - the MZ-2500, or 'Super MZ' from 1985. Alongside the cassette drive, we're now embracing the future with a pair of 3.5" floppies ... 1/3
September 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Day 262(19) - #sharptember - It might look like a bit of up market hi-fi, but this is really the last of the 'classic' range of Sharp MZs - the MZ-2500, or 'Super MZ' from 1985. Alongside the cassette drive, we're now embracing the future with a pair of 3.5" floppies ... 1/3
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Day 260(17) - #sharptember - So here's the second replacement for the MZ-700 - the MZ-800! As I understand it, this one was only (mostly?) for export and took a slightly different route from yesterday's MZ-1500 ... 1/3
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Day 260(17) - #sharptember - So here's the second replacement for the MZ-700 - the MZ-800! As I understand it, this one was only (mostly?) for export and took a slightly different route from yesterday's MZ-1500 ... 1/3
Why Zilog, why. Why didn't you just let "DEC BC" affect the zero flag :D I'm sure there's a reason though.
September 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Why Zilog, why. Why didn't you just let "DEC BC" affect the zero flag :D I'm sure there's a reason though.
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Day 260(17) - #sharptember - In classic Sharp fashion, when it came to replacing the MZ-700, they did so with two similar looking (but very different internally) machines - the Japan-only MZ-1500 and the mostly for export MZ-800 ... 1/3
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Day 260(17) - #sharptember - In classic Sharp fashion, when it came to replacing the MZ-700, they did so with two similar looking (but very different internally) machines - the Japan-only MZ-1500 and the mostly for export MZ-800 ... 1/3
#Sharptember One of the more popular assembler environments on the MZ was Avalon's program Zen. It's a simple line editor and here I show a few of the commands. E to enter lines of code. P which prints x number of lines of the program and T to target a line of the program. /1
September 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#Sharptember One of the more popular assembler environments on the MZ was Avalon's program Zen. It's a simple line editor and here I show a few of the commands. E to enter lines of code. P which prints x number of lines of the program and T to target a line of the program. /1
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Day 259(16) - #sharptember - Blimey, we're over halfway through the month and we've only just got to the MZ-700 ( #sharptober anyone?). Deep down, this is kinda an MZ-80A with colour - and it still loads BASIC off tape - but feels much more like a home microcomputer ... 1/3
September 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Day 259(16) - #sharptember - Blimey, we're over halfway through the month and we've only just got to the MZ-700 ( #sharptober anyone?). Deep down, this is kinda an MZ-80A with colour - and it still loads BASIC off tape - but feels much more like a home microcomputer ... 1/3
I shall be there with a variety of Sharp MZ games (both old and new!)
It's just two months to go to the Retro Computer Computer Festival! Expect to see micros and consoles from the 70s, 80s and 90s running the very best of vintage and modern games. Tickets are selling fast, so grab yours here - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/re...
September 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I shall be there with a variety of Sharp MZ games (both old and new!)
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Day 258(15) - #sharptember - While we've got the MZ-2000 on the table, let's take a peek inside. As always, pause to admire the strut that keeps the lid up! ... 1/4
September 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Day 258(15) - #sharptember - While we've got the MZ-2000 on the table, let's take a peek inside. As always, pause to admire the strut that keeps the lid up! ... 1/4
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Day 257(14) - #sharptember - The MZ-80B was replaced in June 1982 with this, the just as pretty (if not prettier) MZ-2000. Like the 80B, it's got a 4Mhz Z80, 64K of memory and a software controlled tape drive that's quite prone to failure ... 1/2
September 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Day 257(14) - #sharptember - The MZ-80B was replaced in June 1982 with this, the just as pretty (if not prettier) MZ-2000. Like the 80B, it's got a 4Mhz Z80, 64K of memory and a software controlled tape drive that's quite prone to failure ... 1/2
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#sharptember Sound off for this one.
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
#sharptember Sound off for this one.