An Atic Atac Minimap For The ZX Spectrum
A new hardware minimap for the classic ZX Spectrum game Atic Atac has been developed using modern microcontrollers. This add-on, created by Happy Little Diodes, enhances the gaming experience by providing a real-time map display. The project showcases how retro technology can be upgraded with contemporary components.
- ▪The minimap is based on a Pi Pico peripheral for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
- ▪It captures memory writes to track the player's location in the game.
- ▪The add-on could potentially support other games as well.
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An Atic Atac Minimap For The ZX Spectrum No comments by: Jenny List May 28, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy The use of modern microcontrollers as add-on peripherals for 1980s home computers has delivered significant benefits and capabilities unimaginable in the days when those machines were new. A great example come from [Happy Little Diodes], who’s using a Pi Pico based peripheral for a Sinclair ZX Spectrum to provide something that looks far more modern, a hardware minimap for the iconic Spectrum game, Atic Atac. The ZX expansion port provides all the bus signals from the Z80 microprocessor, and the peripheral uses a latch to capture Spectrum memory writes.
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