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Al's Spectrum Annual 20202019 was an exceptional year in terms of both quantity and quality for the Spectrum homebew scene. Wishing to have a say about the titles that impres…
... wanted to do something a bit wider in scope and asked ... Spectrum Annual 2020,[/b] a 32-pages A4 PDF magazine for ... -
Mighty Maths ProgramsIn a break from typing in listings from 37-year-old magazines, I had a sudden urge to write a maths-related program, as I do, occasionally. Some, suc…
... through with the process of "multiply by 16, take the value ... point as the next hex bit, replace that with a zero ... -
Have I got a bit more news for you BBC1 with Charlie Brooker and his ZX Spectrum in backgroundWatching "Have I got a bit more news for you"... double whammy for me. Dr Hannah Fry as one of the contestants and a ZX Spectrum in the background t…
Watching "Have I got a bit more news for you"... double whammy for me. Dr Hannah Fry as one of the contestants and a ZX Spectrum in the background to Charlie Brooker! Are we ready for a Bandersnatch sequel? :-) -
why am i getting b integer out of range in this code?ive tried running this in spin but thats what i get [code]main org 40000; ; We want a black screen. ld a,71 ; white ink (7) on black paper (0…
... restore accumulator.
rra ; next bit along (value 2) = key 2 ... restore accumulator.
rra ; next bit (value 4) = key 3.
rra ; next bit (value 8) reads key 4 ... screen colours.
ld a,32 ; SPACE character.
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this code wont give me a random starfieldim using a peice of code that ive copied from a book, ignore most of it as it is redundant. for some reason i get a strange random starfield instead …
... screen. ;-------this is the bit we are interested in-----------< ... restore accumulator.
rra ; next bit along (value 2) = key ... restore accumulator.
rra ; next bit (value 4) = key 3.< ... screen colours.
ld a,32 ; SPACE character.
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What happened to '8-Bit Beat 'em up/Fighter Dev Comp 2020' ?Had this one in my bookmarks but forgot to keep track of any developments: https://itch.io/jam/8-bit-beat-em-upfighter-dev-comp I suspect becau…
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Bit of fun - ToastRack , one change onlyAlthough there's an old "one change only" topic about, I was thinking about the toastyrack 128's earlier. Its actually the only Spectrum model I've n…
... the fun, thinking back a bit to when it was launched ... of done ?
A bit of thought within reason needs ... not suffer too much, a bit more 'does not work on ... -
Elon Musks's Blastar (Conversion)Back in 1984, the 12 year old Elon Musk wrote a rudimentary video game for his SpectraVideo SV-328 (another Z80 Microcomputer) [url="https://www.t…
... probably made the game a bit more complex for Musk, because ... is super-simple. With a bit more programming experience, his version ... : LET c=21: LET u=32: LET w=22: LET g ... -
Phantom Slayer (Dragon 32 port) would be good.I remember playing this game around 1983 for the dragon 32 at the age if 9. This game was pretty scary for its time and was definitely addicted espec…
I remember playing this game around 1983 for the dragon 32 at the age if 9. This game was pretty scary for its time and was definitely addicted especially when the monks were close and you got that eerie sound to let you know.
