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Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…
... times and doing the 'finger test'.
there are some ... and the willingness to make test cuts in tracks you may be ... -
Unusual games...Can anyone recommend any "unusual" speccy games? Rather than more common game styles - shoot-er-ups, platformers, racing games, sports games etc etc …
it has 128 pentagon mode in the hardware selection options but it's not really, tr-dos beta disk drive i mean. *.trd is also not one of the file types it will open by default. so, no. i never really liked zx32, save a couple features. -
AMERICAN SPECTRUM FANS?Hi all. I was wondering, who many Spectrum-fans could live in America... I have many addresses in my zx-base, but not many of them belong to Americ…
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thomas3120, thats a beautiful setup! that picture is wonderful! good for you :)
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It really *IS*!! And that +3 looks MINT!
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Mire MareThis could have been posted before, but What is the myth surrounding this game..i've read reviews off different people and some say it was finished a…
That was my thought too, I had the artwork and auction picture in Photoshop for at least an hour, jury was out :) -
ALIENATE - final version of the ZX-demo! (MOD music!)Hi there! Next new-school demo from HOOY-PROGRAM is here: [url="http://republika.pl/hooyprogram/alienat.zip"]http://republika.pl/hooyprogram/alienat.…
... by the way! ) but loading in Scorpion or Pentagon would make ... work even if only a picture in a established groups demo. if ... dsy "LOOK! I HAD A PICTURE IN A DEMO!!! I'M A ... my pic was gonna be in there? :) i knew it ... was gonna be in one but didnt know which ... -
ArtistryIn my younger days (and to a certain extent, now) I was always intrigued about how the loading screens were constructed. Back then I'd assumed it was…
... use the routine at #22B1 in ROM to calculate the adress ... 0255 when 99,128 is plotted.
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Games so bad you enjoy themThere are a handful of games so laughably and utterly bad, that I actually enjoy playing them: [I]Los Angeles SWAT, East Enders, Pit-Fighter, Sabrina…
... , inertia, scroll,.. I love all in this game. I guess is ... my friends liked this game, in this forum itsnt considered as ... or as a notoriuos game in any fact. I guess this ... I just love it.. (btw, in emulator get a crash =( ) -
Spectrum ConsoleWhat about a very simple device that would allow people to run Spectrum games without a PC? Something along the lines of the Intellivision or Atari d…
The "Projection of a picture in mid-air" (Project Pandora) was ... wanted to use the technology in Pandora, it would be much ... projects that may work, even in present time. -
Need_Help...*.SCR TO *.TAPPLEASE...NEED HELP... HOW MADE STANDART 6912 BYTES ZX-SPECTRUM SCREENBLOCK (.TAP OR .TZX),FROM .Z80 OR .SCR(.GIF) FILE??? In 'Taper' convert .z80…
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[NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…
... what could sensibly be added in future major releases! :)
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speculatorcan any1 please e-mail a copy of the last free version of the spectaculator emu. ive tried the new shareware 1 and loved it but i just have'nt got th…
... flawed.
Fags = Cigarettes in this case, but I should ... done the same as well in my time so I'm ... about the lack of features in emulator X then expect it for ... -
EbayI know theres quite a few old hands at ebay on here and ive been wanting to get on ebay and flog some rare albums and stuff i have BUT....I just cann…
... Sanders Quintet rare original album Picture Fee 17.5% ?0.102128 ... twelve pence for having a picture in the listing. That's ?0 ... /> + ?0.12 for having a picture in it
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Instructions Project updateI've just updated the [url="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~pak21/spectrum/instructions.html"]Spectrum Instructions Project[/url] to the latest list of Top…
Well, I've now got the image out, but I still can't do anything with it (proprietary Microsoft formats grrr...). Could you possibly send me a copy of the picture in another format? -
1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)
... any other value than 128, which results in bad images for gigascreen ... , the author will fix it in the next release. -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... aren't recolouring the sprites in the display buffer (address 4000H ... >Save As (in emulator window) and save it in SNA or EZX ... changes, just do a SAVE in emulator window and answer YES to ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... aren't recolouring the sprites in the display buffer (address 4000H ... >Save As (in emulator window) and save it in SNA or EZX ... changes, just do a SAVE in emulator window and answer YES to ... of re-coloured speccy classics in the next few months. Excellent ... -
I never had this as a lad...I have only just found out recently that I can no longer load games on my spectrum, thanks to BT building a mobile phone mast 100 yards away from my …
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And to think, I have mine in my breast pocket for most of my working day :gulp:
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Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…
... 48k, 1 x 128 +2
FAVOURITE SPECCY EMULATOR: Spectaculator
Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
... HAVE IT PLEASE :))))))))))))
(in emulator format)
(unless it's ...Moblie phone gamingWhich of the new mobile phones are good for emulating Spectrum games, if indeed any are good at all? I heard a while back about a good C64 emulator c…
... are great emulators. Emulators work in all Symbian S60-series phones ... controller which a big advantage in emulator gaming. Before the N-Gage ...Help accessing menu on 128k +2Hi, I recently dusted my old 128k +2 speccy off, and got it up and running. I am having one problem though - I can't access the menu! When I turn i…
The [I]Edit[/I] key will normally bring up the menu, if in 128 BASIC. If in the Tape Loader, you will need to press [I]Break[/I] twice to return to the main menu.Head over HeelsIts difficult to pick a favourite speccy game, cos there were so many that i loved. But if I had to single one out, it would be Head over Heels. I wa…
... soo vividly playing Thundercats 128 `til 6 in the morning many times ...Hardware. Just the facts, manJeeze, nothings ever easy is it. I'm trying to get a few facts and figures together but I am finding that what I remember, and what is listed here, …
... /> The Spectrum+ went into production in '84 - any ideas when it ... /> Question 4
"The 128+ The 'LAST' real spectrum, does ... 128+ was released in Spain in October 85, but came out in the UK in ...Spectaculator/Kempston/Spanish gamesWhen I use the kempston joystick emulation via the keyboard (cursor keys) in Spectaculator some Spanish games (e.g. Nonamed, Jungle Warrior) don't wo…
Maybe it would be better to allow set up the number of port in emulator. It's just the tip for improving Spin or Spectaculator ;).Whats this game?Never played it but remember it as the picture in the review in Crash showed the player character to look alot like Dynamite Dan. Other things I reme…
... remember it as the picture in the review in Crash showed the player ...Activision's Ghostbusters (1984 version)Did anyone ever manage to work out (or hack) the account numbers? If so, are they the same for the 1986 rehash?
The ending is slightly different in the 128k version. Rather than ... ending until I saw the picture in this month's Retro Gamer ... disc you can see this in action!Where do you start!I am fairly new to spectrums, and have only been programming for a couple of years starting on bbc basic. where do you start programming a game. Is a…
... /tips that will come handy in writing games?
Like sprite ... plan on providing exercies to test concepts in a self-teaching capacity.Where do you start!I am fairly new to spectrums, and have only been programming for a couple of years starting on bbc basic. where do you start programming a game. Is a…
... on providing exercies to test concepts in a self-teaching capacity ... my school days when in Grade 8 we were ... taught things in physics like refraction, reflection ... . But it was only in grade 11 (I dunno ... the grading system is similar in ol' Blighty), when ...Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
... `d seen the mario picture/demo actualy running on ... ... also seen your T2 picture in some demo (unless Im ... unless there animated, as in some demo`s. (So ... />
Yea it was in Hooy Program's 'Alienate' demo ... way, cool music by Yerzmyey in either case.
8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... completely outsold those machines in certain parts of the ... massive
128 x 64 in four colours (yes.. ... like the Spectrum, but in orangy-brown. Can be ... slip rubber mat for use in the shower.
PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT ...
