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My experience with a ZX Spectrum clone called Elwro 800 JuniorAfter a long break in using this forum (modellrailroading is my main hobby) I'm back and want to tell something about an interesting ZX Spectrum clon…
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Missing in ActionThe more I go in my loft the more I find "Missing in Action" files . Trouble is I am new to this. I have done the tzx's for them but cannot upload th…
... , I was stuck for an 8 bit sound sampler , but this works ... -
7mhz CPU?One of the things I like about Spectaculator, is that I can zap the clock speed of the emulated CPU up. Doing so makes me wonder about why the desig…
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Kosmiczne Opowiadania (by Marek Biliński) music video feat. ZX Spectrumpsb in #z80 (Russian channel) pointed me at this wonderful video of Kosmiczne Opowiadania (Space Stories) by Marek Biliński: https://youtu.be/TtnZ…
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Donnie Darko - 8 bit cinemahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7X17t1PSZU
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Which joystick design?Dear World of Spectrum, As some of you may remember, about a year or so ago I embarked on a quest to design an arcade stick for PC and Mac compute…
... into including support for 8-bit and 16-bit machines, so I have ... this scope may be a bit overkill, so I present to ... -
Time for a Christmas song.For all you Christmas believers. Is there a classic / cheesy Christmas time song or two that gives you fond or warm memories? Mine are Slade (obvi…
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Spoilt colours in Realspec in Windows 7Hello users, need help with Realspec. I am running Realspec on Windows 7, and when I run it, Win 7 always returned message, that Colour Scheme was ch…
... . Win 7 is running in 8 bit colour depth.
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C64 CRACKTRO MARATHON - "THE BIG DADDY" - 12 HOURS!Well I promised I was going to deliver something monstrous, probably the biggest youtube video when it comes to retro game music and here it is, 231 …
... the old 8-bit wars and enjoy many 8 & 16-bit machines which ... -
May the "How to do it" bullet pointing commence!"You Tube" does not cover everything ZX Spectrum realted There are now so many ways to use ZX Spectrum related stuff. And therefore therefore ther…
... just could not find an 8 bit sound sampler for my PC ... "
1) Get an 8 bit sound sampler for the PC ... (on the PC) using the 8 bit sound sampler and save it ... -
UK magazine alert: The Making of Jet Set WillyIssue 150 of [i]Retro Gamer[/i] magazine has six pages devoted to Matthew Smith and his classic Spectrum games [i]Manic Miner[/i] and [i]Jet Set Will…
... the greatest games of the 8-bit era”, and quotes from:
[*]Atari 8-bit;
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2 buttons or autofire?Dear World of Spectrum, As some of you know, I am in the middle of designing (and hopefully, eventually building) an arcade-style controller for a…
... -style controller for all 8-bit and 16-bit home computers (well, most ... -
The Spectrum RazziesThe nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards - A Spoof Award Ceremony which celebrates the years worst films - have recently been announced, so ta…
... Supertest (Ocean) - He looked a bit cross-eyed
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S.T.U.N. Runner - 128k longplayHi all, Finally a longplay of the 128k version of S.t.u.n. Runner is now complete. This game has several bugs which is why I now think is the main r…
... the cruddy ending,...typical of 8-bit games sadly.
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Elite - Save data complete map[code] $0000 Commander Name $0001 Commander Name $0002 Commander Name $0003 Commander Name $0004 Commander Name $0005 Commander Name $00…
... and some variables were a bit harder to find. A few ... change $003C - $0041 with any 8 bit numbers of your choice. I ... -
wav2pzx 1.0 - Convert ZX Spectrum tape recordings to the .PZX formatThe Sinclair ZX Spectrum and related computers primarily stored their software on audio cassette tapes. While most emulators for these machines suppo…
... PZX files using Java (version 8 required).
[url="https ... WAV format (preferably a mono 8-bit file with maximum volume without ... -
So for my first trick...I'm sure people have already used the AD724 or AD725 on other 8 bit machines, and i know the Harlequin uses the 724, but not seen anyone trying to us…
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Something is missing from my life.I've been bandying around with the idea of why it's just not quite the same, even when playing Spectrum games as it was back in the eighties. . A…
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To really give that 8-bit feel, the game collection should ... maybe). This would take a bit of work scanning through the ... -
R registerI'm cross-posting this as a spin-off of a [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/52748/zx-spectrum-cartridges/p2"]thread in "Hardware…
... . Seven bits of this 8-bit register are automatically incremented after ... each instruction fetch. The eight bit remains as programmed, resulting ... :
1 - R register, bit 7 must not change without ... to zero, hence also changes bit 7.
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New text adventure engine alpha testers / adventure authors requiredSorry if this is slightly OT, but I'm currently developing a (QUILL, GAC, PAW-esque) text adventure creation tool. I hope to have an alpha ready in t…
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Which 16-Bit games did you always want an 8-Bit conversion of?Harlequin is a strategy-based platform game for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST released in 1992 by Gremlin Graphics. https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Harlequin is a strategy-based platform game for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST released in 1992 by Gremlin Graphics.
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Retro ClassiX magazine scansThese are the only three issues I have of Retro ClassiX magazine produced by Graham Howard. Issue 14 https://www.sendspace.com/file/js7gft Iss…
... what I paid for them - 8 bit stuff was cheap back then ... then, so it was a bit of a downer when the ... -
Redesigning the ZX Spectrum 128k - A lifelong dreamHello, I am myPinballs (Jim) and i run a small business here in the uk making replacement 8-bit hardware pcbs for arcade pinball games as well as…
... in the uk making replacement 8-bit hardware pcbs for arcade pinball ... whole world when i was 8. It's what led me ... . However with my lifetime of 8-bit pinball hardware repair knowledge always ... /> • Fully spectrum 128k compatible
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Teletext artist turning news into art in Germany8-bit blocky graphics skills still in demand! : http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-37300094
8-bit blocky graphics skills still in demand! :
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The House of the DeadDear WOS, I've been on a bit of a HOTD spree lately and I've been thinking: What if the original House of the Dead game (from 1996) were converted…
... /> I've been on a bit of a HOTD spree lately ... converted or adapted into an 8-bit game? I've got a ... -
Remake permissionsHi everyone, sorry if this is not the correct forum. I'm new here and just getting my bearings. I am a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC f…
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Renegade vs Target Renegade (ZX) - Which Is Best?Welcome to the November 2016 edition of "Which Is Best?". Last month I placed two Defender clones on the Amiga head to head, they were Datastorm and…
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New stable version ZEsarUX-4.2Hi everyone! I have uploaded a new stable version of ZEsarUX emulator, version 4.2. You can download it from: https://sourceforge.net/projec…
... Superupgrade emulation
Added experimental 8-bit simple IDE emulation
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Spectrum 48k Clock SpeedSo I was reading the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/ZXSpectrum48K_ServiceManual.pdf"]Spectrum 48k Service Manaul[/u…
... .1 The Z80A is an 8-bit single-IC central processing unit ...
