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Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... I liked to play games on it. But it was also ... since I loved to draw on screen.
The first computer ... not many tools for programming on a Mac.
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Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... 8 pixel scrolling was hell on earth in my opinion. It ... you wanted to scroll a screen at the same speed as ... used was to update the screen about 6.25 times per ... thinking it is watching movement on screen. Games like turrican suffered terribly ... -
Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... scene. Perhaps, at least on the Spectrum it was original ... the number of polygons on screen), just because on the Spectrum the range ... tactical warfare titles, and on the Spectrum games of this ... , gameplay and historical accuracy) on the Spectrum would have been ... -
spectrum on pcI was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite for sum1 who used to …
... a cable. The other end on Speccie. Speccie wil sent a ... cable. Speccie will display it on screen.
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Tzx-list?Hi, I was wondering if someone has put together a Missing Tzx-list? I feel it is a little awkward trying to look through the entire list of already e…
... , I want to see the on screen instructions of RanaRama when loading ... see the way a loader screen is drawn, I want to ... -
Comcon programmable interfaceRemember this beast, back in 83/84? You used plugs to determine what key each direction on your joystick responded to. It apparently had two fire but…
... each game, and answered the on-screen options for the direction and ... -
line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
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line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
... error yet.
Faster screen calculation can be obtained by ... ,(screenadresslow) ; in fact x-pos on screen
ADD A,C
line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
... that's 470 pixels max on screen - before you do anything else ... 'll need to refresh the screen too. Not that you've ...Interface 1Hi, Just got myself an Interface 1 only to find it does not work. That is to say that I can't use any of the extended commands on it,e.g. CAT 1, LOA…
... and tryied the interface 1 on that machine, and it sort ... microdrive spinning but returns nothing on screen. I eventually have to reset ...spectrum mode smiilar to c64?i dont know much about machine code assembler routines, zilch actually to be honest, ive always fiddled with basic on my spectrum, only doing maybe a…
Thanks for the insight on this, I had done some ... to create orange and so on, if this is what you ... great thing Ive been taking on a little project to make ... say. These screens may appear on SCREEN$ Museum of Computer Art at ...Keyboard fontCan anyone tell me what font was used for the printing on the ZX Spectrum keyboard?
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One is the speccy on-screen font
One is the ... />
I found all 3 on a freeware font site (can ...The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…
... ludicrous thing I could get on screen was.
One game ... Understand'
The screen read;
''WHAT NEXT ... You Have Finished the Hobbit' screen shot. It had a fictional ...Games that are more fun than they should beI've just been playing Gnasher, my fave pacman clone on the speccy. And it occurred to me, that i could easily play the arcade original pac-man on ma…
I`ve been playing Nightshade (Ultimate) just to create and find out how many active fires I can have on screen at the same time - I`m currently at 5. It`s a noisy game.
I`ll get a life one day. :)what will become of your speccyOk this is not meant to be morbid or anything like that...but when your days come to an end on this little blue planet and we pass on to wherever or …
Well, the 16K became a 48K and was sold.
The + ... until the ZX81 game out on the ST but then it ... have an original boxed 48K and manuals on "loan" from a friend ...Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
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Blue pattern on a dish (plate) would`ve ... />
For more on "Willow Pattern" - blue decorative artwork on dish (plates) see ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
Isn't the fastest way having the sprites pre-rotated in memory before shoving them on screen as quick as possible?
Uses loads of memory but there shouldn't be much speed difference vertically or horizontally this way?ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... machine code to scroll the screen horizontally - It was easier to ... - Cybernoid was a great flip screen game - If it had been ... had to have less enemies on screen, less scope for colourful graphics ...Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
I remember telling my friends at school that OperationWolf were like the coin op but in black&white and without gun.
actually, I wonder that speccy version has even more sprites at time on screen.. =)In what countries was theTimex 2048 (spectrum clone) sold?Hi. I own a Spectrum clone manufactured by Timex. It it the Timex 2048. In Portugal it was very popular in the eighties. I would like to know if it w…
The spanish clones were from Investronica,.. I guess they called Inves 48k,.. and so onMachine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
... which gave the BASIC-lines on screen with an equivalent of this ... was edited by: dr beep on 2002-07-23 08:04 ]Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
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I ...Game Idea.I got an idea (haaaleluyah.=) a game idea. synopsis: You form an eighties game company.. you must to get as many topsellers as you can. You may for…
... of games along these lines on the Spectrum.
Software ... ' from different magazines popping up on-screen.
Any of you ... -gurus fancy taking this one on?
love'n'thugsWhats wrong with my spectrum 48 kWhen i startup, instead of copyright messsage i get gray screen with black square in middle.
But if it is the RAM then it must be the range 16384 to 32768 (?) for it doesn't start and gives wrong values on screen. If it were higher adresses then the Spectrum would start, but will not use all memory due to the memory test.Speccy imageHiya, I'm new here, hope you don't mind me popping round. I was just wondering if anyone knows what the copyright status is over photos and illustr…
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On 2002-12-04 15:52, ... Spectrum font (both as used on screen and on the case) is copyrighted ...What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... the picture to appear properly on screen.
Some cello-tape ...Question on 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit...Hello, Sorry, this is probably a really dumb question(and something I should know by now :)). I tried doing some searches about this but came up only…
... do is display 3 blocks on-screen I would say it is ... Oddessy machine before flogging it on eBay (a rare find indeed ...Question on 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit...Hello, Sorry, this is probably a really dumb question(and something I should know by now :)). I tried doing some searches about this but came up only…
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On 2003-01-26 04:21, ... do is display 3 blocks on-screen I would say it is ... Oddessy machine before flogging it on eBay (a rare find indeed ... AXE PETE, BOWLING or LABYRINTH on my ZX Spectrum.
Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
... fake scroll,... not constant update on screen,.. this technic I guess itsnt ... edited by: Javier Alca?iz on 2003-02-12 23:13 ]"La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
... game , a message will come on screen telling you to load the ... that only Williams objects are on display. Therfore only his items ... will display. Press PLAY + RECORD on the cassette player , and s ... > The cursor will appear on screen. Press S to confirm , or ...
