Радио 86РК (Radio 86RK) Gameplay Vol. 2 [TCE #0490]
22A selection of РК (RK) games playing on real hardware, loaded via the cassette interface.
The Radio 86RK was an early Soviet home brew computer (not the first) designed around their version of the Intel 8080, the КР580ВМ80А. It is named after the magazine it was featured in, РАДИО (or RADIO), with the РК (or RK) standing for "Радио Компьютер" (or radio computer), indicating that it was targeted at ham radio enthusiasts, similar to the use of a "ham shack" computer in the West.
It was then used as the basis for a range of industrially produced computers, such as the Партнер 01.01 (Partner) and Альфа БК (Alpha BK) already featured on this channel, which provided a case & keyboard, as well as saving the builder from trying to source scarce parts on their own.
This isn't an original build but Sergey Kiselev's updated version - I'm using v1.3 of his board which requires 2716 (2KByte) EPROMs and uses the quirky-but-appropriate JCUKEN keyboard layout.
He has created a v1.4 that allows larger/newer EPROMs to be used as well as switching to the more familiar QWERTY keyboard layout.
https://github.com/skiselev/radio-86rk
To try these out if you don't have the hardware, check out the emulator ... EMU80:
https://emu80.org/
Original files (in RKR) format were sourced from the file archive on the EMU80 website:
https://emu80.org/files/?tags=rk86+games
Files were converted from RKR or GAM to WAV format using MAME's castool and then played-back using Audacity.
The following games are featured:
05:15 ... Диверсант (Saboteur)
16:35 ... Maze
21:10 ... Рикошет (Ricochet)
24:05 ... Spy's Demise
30:00 ... Slams
32:30 ... Отелло (Othello)
Song Playlist:
White Bat 37 / White Bat 36 / White Bat 35
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
https://karlcasey.bandcamp.com/