The BBC Tetris Companion

Ever done dumb stunts for your friends on a dare? I was hanging out with a bunch of fellow old-computer ne’er-do-wells when the topic of the BBC Bridge Companion came up. It was a useless thing to own, they said, although many of the assembled group had already owned one at some time or another. If you don’t know how to play bridge, then why even bother? Well, I know how to play Tetris, and I know how to write Z80 assembly, or at least I thought I did. Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll be publishing more in-depth articles about the details of the Bridgetris project. This post is a shorter overview of the entire project, to give a rough idea of the overall tasks and progress. A Bridge to the Past First, a bit of history. What is the BBC Bridge Companion, and why did this thing consume my attention and free hours for a frankly ridiculous and unjustifiable amount of time? Put simply, the BBC Bridge Companion was a game console that the British Broadcasting Corporation put out…