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Another Name the GameHi All, This will get the grey matter working. Im looking for a game where you control a car that was chased/followed by a number of other cars aro…
... at the 'crossroads'.
The screen was basically a grid that ... -
+2A DiagnosticsHi, I searched the forums to find any info about it but wans't able to find it, maybe someone know how to do it. So i remember when i used my +2a tha…
... screens to test the keyboard, screen output, tape level and some ... -
ok, now help me on this.righti-ho, i now have a tape player connect to my pc correctly and i have recorded games to it. now here comes the hard part. i connect the tape pl…
... enter, i get a clear screen, great! then i press j ... my tape recorder. my tv screen shows red and white moving ... -
ANN: Update to CRASH Online 19th June 2004A few new reviews on CRASH Online: the Smashes Klax and Pipe Mania, plus SAM Manic Miner. [url="http://www.crashonline.org.uk/"]http://www.crashonli…
... Way Back" with a changed screen name. So, did Revelation send ... -
Looking for a speccy game that I cannot findi cannot remember the name, well as to say I thought it was called "Danger UXB" but it was very similar to bomb jack. The first screen (level 1) had …
... to bomb jack. The first screen (level 1) had the statue ... -
Dotty (Dollarsoft) - Bug... ?!?Hi all ! If you ever been frustrated with baddies in pacman game (they're 'stupid' but they always win, soon or later), this one is cure :) Game …
The problem with early arcade adventuresWhether it was a programming reason or not, you find that a lot of the early arcade adventures on the Spectrum (1984-85) had 256 screens. I think "P…
... size with variety on each screen.
You tend to find ... about 80. Seeing a new screen for the first time was ... with me that those 256 screen games could sometimes bore you ...How did you make it load?I used to have great difficulty getting games to load on my old Speccy + and found using superstition sometimes helped... apart from turning my tape…
... on the skool daze loading screen for the entire duration of ...Name That Game (Again)Ok this is my first "Name That Game" but its been bugging me for a while and I can't find it anywhere. Very early game, I first played in at my mate…
... each time you crossed the screen you got lower & lower ...MAGIC VGA BOX and +2Hi all, I ve bought a magic vga box(seen on ebay) which supports resolutions up to 1024x768 75hz. I though it would be nice to own one for general p…
... . The signal comes up on screen (very noisy but it is ... to plot a line on screen the refresh rate was so ... time to time a frozen screen of the speccy but somehow ...Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …
... Exolon, but with the whole screen scrolling rather than simply moving ...Bettering UltimateUltimate always pushed the limits of the Spectrum, and their work was often more polished than their peers at the time. However their ideas were usua…
... perhaps superior, but the added screen complexity made it play slower ...Antique Toy 2004 Voteing ( Music/Graphics )In case anyone doesn't know or missed it, at RAWW.ORG and SCENERGY they mention voting for Antique Toy compo is happening now until August 10th. If y…
... ! (in the middle of the screen the button "save") will appear ... right top corner of the screen, and to click on an ... a corner
of the screen or a key "G" (for ...Decimals, bcd etc in z80...Working bloody full-time on my Ragnar Revival game right now - just finished the basic sprite engine and before I go on coding the actual 3d engine (…
... in decimal format on the screen.
An other option ...SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... for moving sprites around the screen, playing music and sound effects ...ZX Spectrum +3 won't turn onHello We've got a ZX Sinclair Spectrum +3, which has recently been dragged out of the loft and we are trying to get it back into active service. Th…
... , nothing is displayed on the screen. The PSU seems to be ...Problem with WOS and images.I am having a problem when visiting image links like screen shots and cover scans in WOS. Basically what happens is that either the JPG comes up and …
... when visiting image links like screen shots and cover scans in ...IM 2 interrupts and smooth scrolling - easy peasy!Okay, been fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think) how to use IM 2! Now I run my game Ragnar Revival in IM2 and use HALT to sy…
... and use HALT to sync screen drawing (dumping of offscreen graphics ... , one with IM2 for synchronizing screen manipulation (a scrolling text) using ...TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... I created and draw the Screen$ in Paintbrush/MSPaint. He was ... to make me my own SCREEN$ Editor, which I already ... types such as Tiles, Sprites, Screen$, Characters, and UDGs. It currently ... has features for creating full Screen images, Tiles, Sprites, Sounds, ...Three questions about Spin1) Why when I load a TZX file without any acceleration/flash loading etc. I can't see the familiar red/cyan and yellow/blue stripes but just a series…
... ) Why when I go full screen using GDI (I do not ...An unofficial conversion of City ConnectionLurking in the depths of the WoS archive I found what looks like an unofficial conversion of the Jaleco coin-op [I]City Connection[/I]. The authors a…
... "48K" caption in the title screen suggests that there should have ...elevator game - pls helpHi guys, back in the 80's i've had got the good speccy as a birthday gift and there was a bonus game, of which i forgot the name. The main characte…
... a hole on the top screen With every piece you had ...XK SystemIn Your Spectrum issue 8 it mentions a hardware paging system called the XK system, this paged the top 32KB of memory. It allowed 4MB to be used and…
... other, writing to their own screen window. This program seems to ...ScanlinesHere's an excerpt from the FAQ: [quote] Now for the timings of each line itself: define a screen line to start with 256 screen pixels, then border, …
... each line itself: define a screen line to start with 256 ... screen pixels, then border, then ... then it reads two: a screen and an ATTR byte). ... each side. A video screen line is therefore timed as ... follows: 128 T states of screen, 24 T states of ...Game loop design?Having some thoughts on how to design the game loop and could do with some hints and tips from folks who have done it before! It's all about how to …
... can be used to time screen drawing.
The game ... ;Draw offscreen sprite graphics to screen
call quitcheck ;Check whether ... is eventually painted on the screen - all this to avoid flicker ...An unofficial conversion of City Connection (reprise)I hope Martijn and Andrew won't mind if I post this topic once again, but in the STP/MIA section it had no reply so far. I post it here because in th…
... "48K" caption in the title screen suggests that there should have ...Two colour nice Spectrum screen$Im wanting some 2 colour Spec or SAM screens to use as backgrounds in my OS... i.e. black and white, blue and back etc etc... not using attributes an…
Im wanting some 2 colour Spec or SAM screens to use as backgrounds in my OS... i.e. black and white, blue and back etc etc... not using attributes and all spec colours...
Is there a place for pictures of this sort perhaps, or any tips for ...Bug in Match Day...maybe this is old news.This may be old news, but I thought I'd share it with you all. I remember once when playing Matchday I scored a goal just as the timer (which, if yo…
... then the part of the screen that held the crowd seemed ...Anybody remember this game?About 20 years ago I used to play a game - I cannot remember what it was called. All I can remember was that it was set in space and your character …
... your character flew around the screen wearing a jetpack. You could ... , top, and bottom of the screen, basically entering different rooms. One ... you entered the room the screen flashed and you died.
