Top of the League (ZX81)

Devlog

• Top of the League development update
  June 04, 2024 by Tony Kingsmill

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  #zx81, #sinclair, #football, #soccer, #management, #simulation, #strategy, #spectrum

  Things have been going pretty slow over the last few months while I've been working on Ghostship Delgado (released this week for the BBC Micro). Now Ghostship Delgado is released I'll be turning more... Continue reading
• TotL ZX81 progress
  December 16, 2023 by Tony Kingsmill

  Development has slowed down for Christmas but still moving along. The complete re-working of the game continues to accommodate the 16k limitations, and to get the most enjoyment from a ZX81 version. M... Continue reading
• Reworking tables and fixtures
  November 26, 2023 by Tony Kingsmill

  In order to effeciently fit the game into 16K I'm currently reworking the team name arrays that control team selection, league tables and fixtures. So things are taking longer than originally planned... Continue reading
• October progress...
  October 26, 2023 by Tony Kingsmill

  Top of the League is still progressing. Some bugs found with arrays and bugs and memory management issues so have stripped back some of the code to be reworked. Bit of a set back - but more of a step... Continue reading
• July update...
  July 19, 2023 by Tony Kingsmill#zx81, #zx spectrum, #football manager, #soccer

  Top of the League for ZX81 is still moving along nicely. The game now cycles from the main menu, to the match screen and back to the main menu for the next game, although there's still lots of work to... Continue reading
• TotL ZX81 progress...
  June 26, 2023 by Tony Kingsmill#zx81, #kevin toms, #Football manager, #top of the league, #football, #soccer management, #sinclair, #zx spectrum

  Things are still moving along nicely. League tables, fixture list and squad lists are all working, although all need some tidying up and performance improvement. This is a big challenge in ZX81 BASIC... Continue reading
• Squad list part 1
  May 22, 2023 by Tony Kingsmill#zx81, #sinclair, #football, #soccer, #manager, #sim, #retro

  The first stage of the squad list is done. Player status is shown in the first column: I = Injured P = Picked/Selected The next column shows the squad number followed by the player's name. Actions tha... Continue reading

  
• Teams and Fixtures
  April 23, 2023 by Tony Kingsmill

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  #zx81, #sinclair, #football, #soccer, #retro, #8-bit, #BASIC

  The fixture list is done... it doesn't look much but a lot of the team names and fixture generating under the hood is done. There's only about 7.5K of memory left and still lots to do.. I will have to... Continue reading

  
• Development back underway!
  April 02, 2023 by Tony Kingsmill

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  #zx81, #sinclair, #retro, #football, #soccer

  ZX81 Top of the League development is back underway. This week I've been renumbering the subroutines in preparation for new routines to display the league table, fixture list and squad... Continue reading