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Tea Leaves is all about programming like it's 1979. Join us as we explore programming languages current and obsolete, and explore the challenges of working with retro hardware and software. We also, of course, occasionally explore games from the early 8-bit era of computing.

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Emotion in 512 Blocks: Dancing Demon, Voyage of the Valkyrie, and Leo Christopherson

271 views Jun 13, 2020
Leo Christopherson created Android Nim, one of the earliest games for the TRS-80 Model I and III. He had a unique sense of graphical style, and was able to make remarkably quirky animations with a...

Double Entry Bookkeeping for Personal Finance

15,112 views Jun 06, 2020
A simple introduction to using double-entry bookkeeping for personal finance: Why you should care, what it is, and examples of getting started with both Beancount and GnuCash.

Let's Play Avalon-Hill's Dreadnoughts (1984)

463 views May 30, 2020
"Dreadnoughts" is a 1984 game that simulates the hunt for the Bismarck in World War II - with you playing the role of the German admiral! The goal is to try to break out into the North Atlantic to ...

David's Midnight Magic

310 views May 16, 2020
A few weeks ago, I told you about Bill Budge’s seminal pinball game Raster Blaster. Less than a year after that game introduced the idea of fast-paced video pinball to the Apple II, Broderbund fol...

RobotWar - Assembly Language for Fightin' Robots by Castle Wolfenstein's Author.

1,055 views May 09, 2020
Everyone’s heard of Castle Wolfenstein. Fewer people know that the creator of Wolfenstein developed what is probably the first programming game. This channel has always existed at the intersection...

AWACS on Apple 2 - A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma

295 views May 02, 2020
Today we explore a game that not much is known about: AWACS, for the Apple II. If you know the history of this game, please share it with us!

Rocky's Boots: The Child of Atari Adventure Taught Circuit Design To 7-Year Old Kids

658 views Apr 25, 2020
Rocky’s Boots is a game that taught digital circuit design to 7-year olds. I’ll just leave that sentence there while you mull it over. The game taught digital circuit design to 7-year olds, an...

The Bilestoad - A (Somewhat Gory) Apple II Classic

1,158 views Apr 18, 2020
The Bilestoad was an Apple II game of legendary violence. Rejected from a number of publishers including Sierra On-Line and Muse software, author Marc Goodman (under the pseudonym "Mangrove Earths...

Sabotage - Gaming Like It's 1979

1,084 views Apr 11, 2020
Sabotage was an iconic Apple II game written by Mark Allen in 1981. The player controls a turret at the bottom of the screen. Helicopters and planes fly overhead, dropping paratroopers and bombs to...

Galactic Empire - The First 4x Game

736 views Apr 04, 2020
In 1980, Brøderbund released their first game. Brøderbund would later be famous for such classic games as Choplifter, Karateka, Prince of Persia, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and many ot...

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