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Spectrum Arcade ConversionsI have added my Spectrum Conversion Classics video to YouTube is you fancy taking a look. It is my top 10 arcade conversions and follows up the vid I…
... 2 characters missing, although the 128K version re-includes them.
With Double Dragon coming a close second ... -
myspeccy.org - online gaming which auto-saves scoresIt's a blimmin' miracle - I'm most impressed.
... any slower because of the 128k upgrade. Probably just very busy ... is a bug with the 128k, the score gets corrupted on ... an impossible and suspicious (printer buffer) score value. -
Spectrum to Amiga emulationIs there an emulator I can install on my Amiga that will play tzx and tap files from the WOS archive? I cannot find one but wonder if anyone here can…
... off), using a larger audio buffer, running in Screen mode instead ... if you are running in 128K mode ensure you have mmu ... -
Handling RST8 on a +3Well, I've come to that bit of my project that I wasn't really looking forward to (because I don't understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extend…
... rather than a memory mapped buffer).
... to receive) from the buffer and returns it - poll ... not without touching the buffer. This avoids having to ... blocking. Reading the entire buffer with INKEY$# is going ... remainder of the 128K onboard flash ROM. -
Myth II - Return to HellHello all. A new game has been released... a sequel to one of the best ZX games ever. It is of russian make (I THINK) but I think you can get around…
... (it doesn't work in 128k mode !!!).
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double clicked the file only to ... -
Questions about the Speccy and it's emulationOut of interest, and to raise another interesting discussion, I have some questions about the Spectrum and it's emulation; 1) Is everything known ab…
... (or even 128k) of PC RAM into a temporary buffer every second ... ]
Not from RAM, no. 128k models ran faster than 48k ... -
alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
... 0x4000 and the printer buffer is moved up to ... ROM only (but on 128K hardware) or does it ... side-by-side with the 128K ROM?[/QUOTE]
128K hardware. It is not ... location, uses the printer buffer to store additional system variables ... -
New Game: Nipik 2 by 3umfThere is a new (128k only) game released by 3umf : NIPIK 2 . Again provided by kyv^3umf :) zip contains TAP, TZX (custom loaders, doesnt work on Spe…
... didn't make it! A double pack would be fine by ... folder contained seperate 48k and 128k versions. Found the file yesterday ... -
New Game: Nipik 2 by 3umfThere is a new (128k only) game released by 3umf : NIPIK 2 . Again provided by kyv^3umf :) zip contains TAP, TZX (custom loaders, doesnt work on Spe…
... that there is a new (128k only) game released by 3umf ... , I remember playing seperate 48k/128k games called 'Nipik' about a ... I guess that means no double-pack. *Boo Hoo*
Fast screen writesI wondered what the faster than LDIR methods of writing to the screen were.
... /> ld hl, ** - the entire graphics buffer is stored in this sequence ... method demands double amount of memory for the screen buffer and special ...Fast screen writesI wondered what the faster than LDIR methods of writing to the screen were.
... /> ld hl, ** - the entire graphics buffer is stored in this sequence ... method demands double amount of memory for the screen buffer and special ...12-pixel-wide font on 512x192 screenThanks to Geoff I have a working prototype for displaying this font in BASIC. Machine code to follow.
... their sides, since I have 128K of flash available, it made ... starts on in the frame buffer is done by means of ... appropriate byte in the frame buffer.
For the screen ...Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... second screen as a back-buffer, so the pixel data is ... . I started work on a double-buffered version (where it stores ...A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…
... -191
add hl,hl ; double it to get word offset ... screen line in the scroll buffer
db 0,0,0 ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
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[b]TasSign 128K[/b]
[b]Supadrive[/b ... a fast-changing temporary data buffer when loading up, but that ...128k heat sink - ULA problems and a hintHello, I had two ZX Spectrum 128k with a similar behaviour. One item worked only a short time after switching on and then there were increasing RAM …
... be an issue on a 128K machine, it might be on ... TIP3055 power transistor as a buffer amp, but you'd need ...128k heat sink - ULA problems and a hintHello, I had two ZX Spectrum 128k with a similar behaviour. One item worked only a short time after switching on and then there were increasing RAM …
... be an issue on a 128K machine, it might be on ... TIP3055 power transistor as a buffer amp, but you'd need ...128k games were an improvement over the 48k versionCan you think of any games that were better or improved versions over the 48k version? Im not just talking about better music, but perhaps improved s…
... about.
Somehow the 128K version is loads better - and ... -in-one-part' feature to 128K owners - For me this alone ... />
Double dragon 2 included a bigger screen area for 128k owners ... a crap game optimised for 128k.New game - W*H*B - Help wanted!I'm currently writing a version of Cuboid/Bloxorz for the speccy, and was hoping for a little help from the WOS folk, or anybody, in designing levels…
... , and so have my back-buffer, pixel-address look-up table ... into that, along with some 128K AY-tunes if somebody can ...Mushroom ManNice to see that Mushroom Man has been such a popular new release coming in at [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html"]the top of the ch…
... mean... here we have a 128k only game, that doesn't ... the size of some levels double sized graphics (4x, 16x16 not ...When did you get your first Spectrum?Prompted by the Byte-Back thread, when did you get your first Spectrum and how old were you?
... I think the latter was 128k only and I bought Ghostbuters ... 'm sure it was a double cassette box for Neverending Story ... possibly came bundled with the 128k machine in '86 ? I saved ... later when I had a 128k speccy.
I can ...Who Are You Guys..... ???I'm curious to learn about the guys (and no doubt gals) who keep this forum alive. Were you all Spectrum-heads from the start? Did any of you come la…
... month. None would load the 128k version of Renegade - a game ... for a new Speccy version Double Dragon a few years back ... and drew the graphics on Double Dragon Forver: [url]http://www ...At the Carboot sale today.Today at the carboot sale I picked up An Acorn Electron -I see these all the time, An Official Branded BBC Micro Datacassete Recorder - I'v…
... ( told me they are worth double on ebay) .
Bagged ... , dusty and slightly cracked ZX 128K +2 without its power supply ...Ultimate! Time WasterThis used to bug me big time 25 years ago.:mad: In the early 16k releases of Ultimate Play the Game , Games Jetpac Cookie Trans am there are three …
... the middle of the Printer Buffer (commonly used as a place ... store small programs until the 128K machines came along).
buffer.
The 15 bytes ...Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…
... /James bond game. it needs 128k and spin was set to ... I shut down spin and double click the game the hiss ...Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…
... /James bond game. it needs 128k and spin was set to ... I shut down spin and double click the game the hiss ...The [You] awardsI'm bored, so I thought I'd do the traditional ewgf Spectrum awards, for the first time ever. Once you've ignored my post, please post your own winne…
... Ummm...
[B]Best 128K Intro/Menu Music:[/B] Robocop ...
[B]Best 128K Ingame Music:[/B] Robocop
[B]Best 128K Sound Effects:[/B] Ummm...
128k.
[B]Best ... advert in a magazine:[/B] Double-page OutRun.
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