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Worst loading screenAlmost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?
Almost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever? -
Name that screen shotJust picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on pag…
Just picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on page 18 column 2 row 1 -
Screen DisolveHas anyone got any good assembly code to dissolve the screen I could see
Has anyone got any good assembly code to dissolve the screen I could see -
Screen effects in MCAs I see there is still interest for MC programming on Speccy. So, I made little presentation of screen or slideshow effects with source files, demon…
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Loading screen made of Hama beadsOK, so not your usual approach to preservation, but I thought people might be interested in my attempt to render a Spectrum loading screen using Hama…
128 BASIC running in softwareIt is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
It is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.Getting attribute location from a screen coordinates (x,y)I am having trouble figuring out how to convert an x,y coordinate pair (pointing to a specific pixel) to the location of the attribute for the block …
... attributes but was in the screen.
Does anyone know ... that once I understand the screen layout better then I will ... hopefully help me understand the screen layout better.How to put up a SCREEN$ - VB6 only.I'm making a little [B]Opus Discovery[/B] floppy image creator/viewer (thanks, [B]Obo[/B]!). It is made in... VB6 (sorry, don't know any "real" langu…
... like to add a [B]SCREEN$[/B] viewer.
I ... way to display a Speccy screen, like in a picture box ... I tried to figure out screen handling in VBSpec, but the ...I found this stuff I did way back in the DAY!Nosing through my attic I thought it was about time I threw my old pirated Spectrum games out. They didn't have anything on them that I haven't got o…
... up on my still working 128 and they all worked (surprisingly ... first Crash magazine 'On The Screen'. They printed the 'Ghosts'n ...Faulty 128KI digged out my Spectrum 128, and it wakes not up. I don't have experience, only with 48K. Maybe someone can give me some hint, clue. It looks like m…
I digged out my Spectrum 128, and it wakes not up. ... , CPU, memory control logic) error. Screen goes black for short, then ...Egghead IV on Spectrum 128KI loaded the tap file of this using "Tape Loader" on the Spectrum 128 and the game had massive distortions in the graphics, almost as if the machine …
... "Tape Loader" on the Spectrum 128 and the game had massive ... sized lines ran down the screen with random colour, and it ...Problem with rotating procedureHi folks! I wrote a proc in z80 asm, based on: x' = x * cos (z) - y * sin (z) y' = x * sin (z) + y * cos (z) I used a precalculated table of sin a…
... suspect a circle on a screen, but it is not ... /> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ld a,128
ld hl,(xr)
dw -128,-124,-120,-116,-112,-108 ... ,-131
dw -128,-124,-120,-116,-112,-108 ...Games that don't use loading screenI thought it would be helpful to start a new topic in which we can say what games (still without loading screen shot in the archive) don't use it, ju…
... what games (still without loading screen shot in the archive) don ...Loading Screen ProblemI am putting together files on a tape that my game needs. The problem that I have is that after loading the "loading screen", the image is spoilt by …
... that after loading the "loading screen", the image is spoilt ... appearing ? When the loading screen was designed there was no ... left-hand edge of the screen ? Is there a way ... it appear elsewhere on the screen. It may be possible ... position within the loading screen.Does anyone have any info on this oddly boxed speccy 128 i aveI bought it on ebay years ago and haven't seen one since, (it's not for sale) the polys have obviously been made specifically for the 128 but nothing…
... been made specifically for the 128 but nothing fits quite right ... the history of this particular 128 ?
The pics are ... it just the black sinclair 128 sticker.Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
... br /> call get_screen_address_and_draw ; hl has screen address
madp_poke:
defb 128,96,0,1,0, ... 0,3
defb 128,96,-1,1,0, ... 0,1
defb 128,96,0,-1,0, ... 0,1
defb 128,96,1,-1,0, ...Multiface 128Does anyone know how the multiface 128 formats microdrive cartridges to more than 100K - when the format command gives around 85K? Is data stored on…
... anyone know how the multiface 128 formats microdrive cartridges to more ...Q. on WinXP logon screen (how to disable?)Aaaargh! I am sitting in front of an annoying computer. It's driving me crazy! How the f-in A does one disable the stinking logon screen (the "cla…
... one disable the stinking logon screen (the "classic" one, not the ...The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... reason why I got a 128 instead, a decision which I ... the soon-to-be-extinct 128+?Full screen help in EmuWinIf I click full screen in EmuWin the program goes full screen but the play area is very small. Smaller than full border with a spectrum. How can i …
... EmuWin the program goes full screen but the play area is ...Spectrum Screen Memory MapWhat's the advantage (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation? 6144 bytes divided into 3 blocks, 2048 bytes long. if you want t…
... (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation?
... to draw something on screen you have to poke ... behind this implementation? Why screen memory isn't interpreted continuously ... to draw something on screen avoiding 3 block structure?What was the +2 and +3 keyboard like compared to the 128 and + one?I had a Spectrum 128, which had the infamous plastic-but-spongy keys. It was fine for games where you only had to press a handful of keys repeatedly,…
I had a Spectrum 128, which had the infamous plastic- ...2 Hot 2 Handle TZX'sRight, here's a question for you preservation guys. Downloaded and tried to play the 2 Hot To Handle compilation. Shadow Warriors won't load on Spe…
... load on my real Spectrum 128 toastrack.
Golden Axe ... Total Recall loads but with screen corruption on fast load.
Spectrum 128 manual?It is not on WOS ftp, although is listed in doc. section. Where else can I get it? Need manual of simple 128, not 2 or 3.
It is not on WOS ftp, although is listed in doc. section.
Where else can I get it? Need manual of simple 128, not 2 or 3.Multiface 128 for saleI've got a Multiface 128 for sale, with instruction manual. Just had to dig the ol' speccy out the attic to test and it's working fine and in excelle…
I've got a Multiface 128 for sale, with instruction manual. Just had to dig the ol' speccy out the attic to test and it's working fine and in excellent condition.
Looking for say £13 + postage?Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 ... draw anyting on 128k screen buffer, and flip it after your drawings ...Looking for a gameHi there. I vaguely remember this one game. It's a kind of an usual flip-screen shooter/maze/adventure. You control an astronaut and guide him throug…
... a kind of an usual flip-screen shooter/maze/adventure. You control ... , which even look (on the screen) similarly to Jetpac's. The ...Delta 128 disk interfaceHello everyone? Does anyone know about Delta-128 disk interface? Are there any schematics, descriptions, etc? I wonder what controller and what ope…
... /> Does anyone know about Delta-128 disk interface? Are there any ... 's backwards-compatible with Beta-128 ?
I'm from Russia ...Multiface 128 problemHello everyone i have a 48k plus speccy which i firstly thought was working perfectly. It passed all the test of the official Sinclair test tape (cpu…
... /> Today i bought a multiface 128 from ebay, On this particular ...Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …
... blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles in the ... flip the two pages into memory to write to a screen ... physical location of a "screen" address in memory, ... bit of memory above the screen memory ( yes, I ... foremost screen, and a back buffer, which flip when ...
