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Retrogaming CalendarHi there, I thought I'd let you guys know about the 2008 retrogaming calendar I have produced which may be of interest. It's 13-pages of full col…
... a homage to a classic 8-bit game on each month, printed ... -
The World of Spectrum Caption Competition #1Hey Spec-Chums! It's the World of Spectrum Caption Competition! Just what was Poof #1 thinking when he was staring at David Walliams? [url]http://…
... a vintage, yet still rocking, 8-bit computer that was quite popular ... -
Zilog's new corporate logo...On my last visit to Zilog.com, I note they have a shiny new corporate logo. Gone is the big Z, and now the all new lowercase 'zilog' with a yellow Z.…
... have an ARM-cored 32 bit microcontroller going now, too, which ... /> And of course, the classic 8 bit Z80 we all know and ... -
CF to IDE adapterthese things say that they allow a CF card to appear to a computer as an IDE device, at the hardware level. I'm just curious, would a CF card connec…
... card connected to a simple 8 bit interface (aka the +3e interface ... -
8 bit simple interface + +3e romsSo, i have built the interface and burned the +3e roms to use on a +2B machine. Everything is working fine. I have a 64 MB cf card with some partitio…
So, i have built the interface and burned the +3e roms to use on a +2B machine. Everything is working fine. I have a 64 MB cf card with some partitions and now i want to get some games in to it.
I have tried using Pera's Drive image but had no ... -
A retro-spec-tive, music of 07So now the new year's in... this is a sample of the music that has accompanied the long sleepless nights, slaving over a hot soldering iron while bre…
... hardware, or playing the odd 8 bit game.
You might ... doing this is a little bit naughty, I'll only leave ... -
Diag Board and Simple 8bit IDE IFHello, finally I have made it. After finishing Winston's Diag Board a few days ago I started yesterday building the 8 bit IDE Interface from Peras s…
... I started yesterday building the 8 bit IDE Interface from Peras site ... , because office time started at 8:00 am. But now found ... -
Creating unreleased games?So, we know about games that were never released, and we hope that some of them will be found, recovered and preserved. What about games that were re…
... that were released for other 8-bit computers and consoles, but never ... -
Hello and Help!Hi this is my first post here. I have been a lurker for a while now but have decided to sign up and post out of frustration more than anything. Sorr…
... pretty much all the the 8 bit compter era is before my ... -
What was the last commercially released game you bought?What was the last commercially released speccy game you bought? Mines was in 1994 when our WH Smith was selling off all of its 8 bit software really…
What was the last commercially released speccy game you bought? Mines was in 1994 when our WH Smith was selling off all of its 8 bit software really cheap. I got Snow Strike and E-Swat for 50p each. -
Good platform games for other machines and consolesBasically, what good platform games are there for the SNES/NES/Megadrive/C64/MSX/Amstrad/BBC/Game Boy (and GB Colour and GB Advance)/Atari 8-bit etc?…
... Colour and GB Advance)/Atari 8-bit etc?
I'm ... /N64 emulation is still a bit flaky, but earlier machines are ... -
Retro Gamer Issue 48Here's the cover [img]http://www.retrogamer.net/issues/RG_048.jpg[/img] The Making of Manic Miner Retro Gamer talks exclusively to Matthew Smith abo…
... one of the most influential 8-bit platformers of all time.
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... Speccy). Do you think new 8-bit games are a waste of ...If they'd have been released in the 80s...Hello again, Firstly, thank you to everyone who participated [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19786]in this thread.[/url]…
... report on, review and present 8-bit 'home-brew' games, or new ...Speccy's most popular countries?I always wanted to know which countries had the most love for the Speccy (I'm petty like that) so I spent a while trying to get info, as far as i can…
... something like this for the 8-bit micros.
UK - [B ... .[/B] ? [B]7.[/B] ? [B]8.[/B] ? [B]9.[/B] ? [B ...MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... : DMA, FDD, HDD, 3 x 8 bit parallel port (partly used for ...Proyecto o.t.l.aSpectrum users know hi-speed loading from a digital audio source. Now that is available to other 8 bit machines thanks to Proyecto Otla [url]http:/…
... that is available to other 8 bit machines thanks to Proyecto Otla ...micro mart issue 1000!And I was going to buy it. I really was. Now I'll never buy another :cry: I picked it up, game review buy Saun (bet I spelt that wrong, sorry I'll g…
... ), not bad.
Oooh, 8 bit comparison.
Hmmm says ...Flabbergasted with the Atari 800! How did it stack up against the Spectrum?I've been watching a few videos of Atari games, and I must say, that as a Spectrum fan, I feel humbled... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXX_ot…
... thinking about developing for an 8-bit platform. Does the Atari hold ...DJNZ e ProblemI'm trying to write the DJNZ e instruction as part of the development of my emulator and can't get it to work. Here is the in and out states of Phil…
... BC = 0x0001 and PC = 8. Here is my code:
Tstates = Tstates - 8
return
end if ... br />
(UInt8 is an 8-bit unsigned integer. regBC is an ... unsigned 16-bit integer. Int8 is a signed 8-bit integer).
Integer RangesOK, I need a little help clarifying something. I am making good progress with the emulator so far - I've emulated most ADD, INC, DEC commands (as we…
... and status register as unsigned 8-bit integers.
... INC or DEC the 8-bit registers, I get the ... pair as a signed 8-bit integer and then add ... are signed or unsigned 8-bit integers? The reason I ... the value range of an 8-bit register -128 to +127 ...NEG Carry ProblemJust when I thought I had the carry flag figured... I'm implementing the NEG instruction but I keep getting the incorrect value for the carry flag. …
Just when I thought I had the carry flag figured...
I'm implementing the NEG instruction but I keep getting the incorrect value for the carry flag.
According to Phils Test Suite (which I'm sure is the right answer) my answer for ...Ann - ZXSoftware update 20/7/08Another big chunk of data updated. Now 7193 games listed. Around 3500 Magazines now in the Gallery. Another 50 posts in the 8 bit history section - …
... /> Another 50 posts in the 8 bit history section - Now a full ...Super Six Compilation ChallengeYour friend is going to spend a dedicated week or two researching and playing Spectrum games and knows nothing about the 8-bit era. Your friend has a…
... and knows nothing about the 8-bit era. Your friend has asked ...Speccy strategy titlesSince I'm all done with JSW clones, I'm going to be covering less-well-known strategy titles for my blog (see signature) this week. So far I've got t…
... Amiga and I need some 8-bit titles to reprazent. So, can ... any of you suggest some 8-bit strategy games which are overlooked ...The 8-Bit Book...Tentative cover design to replace the Elite-based one... It's been made to look as close to the old Electro-Fluorescent display as possible... Some …
Tentative cover design to replace the Elite-based one...
It's been made to look as close to the old Electro-Fluorescent display as possible... Some of the detail is lost in this image...
Anyway... Opinions?
[IMG]http ...Which computer is most similar to Zx Spectrum?I have wondered recently wihch other 8-bit computer is most of all similar to Zx Spectrum. I mean similar graphics, similar gameplay, similar program…
... have wondered recently wihch other 8-bit computer is most of all ...Question about wav2ayThis batch file from wav2ay looks like this: [CODE]echo Converting from WAV to RAW... sox input.wav -r 11025 -b -u -c1 Output.raw echo Converting f…
... are already converted to 11025hz 8-bit mono unsigned and named as ...Russian games correctionsA lot of Russian entries has been added in the last entry. I started looking for errors. ----------------- Imprerator: [url]http://www.worldofspectr…
... Polish game Robbo published on 8 bit atari:
[url]http://www ... .atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?MENU=8&VERSION_ID=4396[/url]
Any die hard PACMAN fans here?I've played pacman clones all of my life and I always have to complete at least one screen of any new pacman clone I discover (which to date is proba…
... a Windows emulator for the 8-bit machine "COMX-35" which I ...
