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Which Is The Best Breakout?: Tonic Tile (ST) vs Giganoid (Amiga)Well last months "Which Is Best?" saw Speedball go against Speedball 2, in the end it was Speedball 2 that one the battle,...BUT it wasn't a landslid…
I'll vote thro' the wall on the horizons starter tape... atari 8 bit arkanoid is nice though.trying to remember if it's on BBC b also
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So were the 80's really that great?I should imagine that most of us on WoS were kids during the 80's. I was 6 at the start of the 80's and obviously 16 at the and. Now that is one he…
... /> I loved most of the music, both good and crap. Enjoyed ... , the whole experience of the 8 bit micros just heightened the times ... -
Was there ever a virus or malware for any 8 bit system?Was there ever a virus or malware for any 8 bit system? You couldn't have one on a cassette only system, unless you were stupid enough to fall for th…
... things on 64 called "drive music".. but can't recall anything ... money)
UK atari 8 bit things were very expensive also ... -
ZX Spectrum, ZX81 and Middle SchoolersToday I gave a talk to 120 US middle school kids (7 grade) about computer science and careers in programming. I also gave them a taste of programmin…
... themselves except by running old 8 bit emulators to recreate what was ... by some of the Russian music demos but mainly because of ... -
1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.
Bit of a late one : ... to spew forth from an 8-Bit system!
The ... to old Pippo it a bit hit and miss. Not saying ... loading the loading screen plays music and alternates colours, followed by ... Speccy is brilliant there's music on the title screen playing ... -
Best speccy compilationsHey all. First thread here. Be gentle ;) Not sure if this has been covered recently but thought I'd ask what your favourite speccy compilation was a…
... ]Wizball[/i] had nice 128k music.
[b]Supreme ... ZX Spectrum but the entire 8-bit scene. Sadly [i]Starglider[/i ... Future Knight[/i] had good music). [b]10 Great Games 2 ... ]Sanxion[/i] with again great music.
Oh, yeah. Lucasfilm ... -
Making your own tapesTowards the end of last year [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53607/recommend-modern-1994-2017-games]I dropped in here to ask a…
... Next try playing a cassette music, or speccy tape. The ... also been watching The 8-Bit Guy and his restorations ... in those. Both The 8-Bit Guy and Techmoan are always ... the mechanism was a bit cheap and nasty and ... I remember playing stereo music tapes on them and ... -
Silkworm vs Swiv (Amiga) - Which is the best shooter?Hi everyone and welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed Final Fight (arcade) and Streets Of Rage 2 (megadrive)…
... those few occasions of 8-bit trumps 16-bit.
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Plus Flashback was every bit as good on the consoles ... , driving a car, atmospheric music... the influence for the 3D ... The great sound effects and music, the use of items, ... -
In-game AY music and sound effectsI'm currently working on various aspects of a Spectrum game and thinking now about the sound side of things. I know you can use a utility like Vortex…
... I don't make music so I can't say ... Rather than literally pausing the music, I think it's ... OUTI step in the music player but otherwise keep ... if you could cheat a bit and save a few ... accurately recreated voice, effects or sampled music at 50Hz. It might ... -
ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... approximation is good you get sampled sound effects and speech synthesis ... generator using them as 7-bit dac each. That would be ... more if less than 7-bit resolution is used) pure sine ... for sound effects? One for sampled music, two for sound effects (when ... -
ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... . It's possible to play sampled music and speech at 50Hz and ... also mean three 6-7 bit DACs. You can have stereo ... -
When games had very little or no sound ...We all know the Speccy often got ridiculed for its shortcomings like colour clash, and another factor was the lack of music in most 48k games. It jus…
... redeeming feature of the Atari 8-bit JSW, it just wasn't ... up to listen to the music while he played on his ... -
When games had very little or no sound ...We all know the Speccy often got ridiculed for its shortcomings like colour clash, and another factor was the lack of music in most 48k games. It jus…
... redeeming feature of the Atari 8-bit JSW, it just wasn't ... up to listen to the music while he played on his ... -
When games had very little or no sound ...We all know the Speccy often got ridiculed for its shortcomings like colour clash, and another factor was the lack of music in most 48k games. It jus…
As for me, one of the biggest problems concerning in-game music on 8-bit computers is that music is often short and therefore very repetitive, and it's often played using quite unpleasant sounds, so it starts to be annoying after a while. -
Don't read this if you're depressed! I apologize in advance for this but I didn't really know where else to air this opinion/have this moan. This is NOT a pity party! Apart fr…
... what about C64 or Atari 8-bit aficionados? I'm sure there ... was excellent especially art/animation/music programs. Imagine having something like ... -
Spectrum PLAY demo's in BasicWas not really sure on which category to post it in nor a better title. Summary is simply is there a list of various tunes/music listings ? By this …
... the famous World 1-1 music from Super Mario Bros. ... possibly-unnamed Serbian nationalist accordion music known on other parts of ... has already been given an 8-bit treatment so that it sounds ... /> - three bits of Final Fantasy music; the FF3 version of Chocobo ... -
ZEsarUX 6.0 stableHi! ZEsarUX 6.0 stable is out! This is a major version, it includes some new machines and a lot of new features and bug fixes :) You can downlo…
... a very good sense of music ! :) Just compared with Fuse emulator ... , ZEsarUX works at 15 KHz, 8 bit mono, and I have to ... -
TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... I sent their way, sampled from a perfectly-working tape ... that the VOC file was sampled at 45454 Hz. [b ... uncompressed file", VOC format, 8-bit, no change to the sample ... . reduce the bit depth from 16 to 8, save as ... Hz WAV file to an 8-bit, mono, 44100 Hz VOC ... -
Modern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…
... /watch?v=g1pAg64ZtW4][b]Azzurro 8-Bit Jam[/b][/url] for providing ... [/b][/url], specifically the title music that I'm sure is ... metal versions of video game music on there before, sometimes even ... -
TAB - Text Adventure BuilderOk. I wasn't exactly sure which forum to post this, so mods feel free to move to relevant section.. Remember all those old text adventures written w…
... made a much improved 16-bit version for the PC which ... convert, rewrite or extend existing 8-bit adventures to run on Windows ... whatsoever. It might take a bit of time - it's a ... some atmospheric sound effects, background music etc... etc..
Or you ... -
Books for the lay public?I always wanted a book where they explain to newbies how to approach and code classic favs such as XONIX, TETRIS, SNAKE, ARKANOID, PACMAN and so on--…
... its a 36 year old 8 bit machine design.
Everyone ... all. For me, its a bit like owning a vintage motorbike ... tools and utilities to make music and graphics that can then ... -
ZX Spectrum User VideoThis is going to have all my videos in 1 post as it makes sense if anyone is looking for my work. So to start off lets look at what 8bit version i…
I never understood why they didn't have a version with 128k music. It's a great game as it, is but just imagine what it would have been with a really good soundtrack as you play. It would have been one of the greatest 8-bit micro shoot em ups ever. -
Manic PietroHelp Pietro on his journey, thought 20 different brand new levels, based on some of our favorites 8 bit games. The brave souls that can finish thi…
... of our favorites 80's, 8 bit games.
The brave ...
[b]Sound and music:
[/b]- Sergio Vaquer "Beykersoft ... -
Manic PietroHelp Pietro on his journey, thought 20 different brand new levels, based on some of our favorites 8 bit games. The brave souls that can finish thi…
... of our favorites 80's, 8 bit games.
The brave ...
[b]Sound and music:
[/b]- Sergio Vaquer "Beykersoft ... -
old 128K music and nowaday 128k musicthe old "official" specy 128 games has very good music, I love them. but these music are not uses the capatibilites of the AY chip, why? for exampl…
... enough to make a good music. The AY chip has very ... on the Spectrum where interesting music were impoved using interesting sound ... thing about 8-bit computer game music from all periods. When music is playing ... -
MB03 UltimateDear ZX friends, you may have heard of MB-02+, probably the best disk interface for ZX Spectrum, originated back in the 90's. Although not much sp…
... flap his head with a bit more massive MB-02+. It ... sheet metal case so other 8 bit platformers just got shut up ... , BSDOS308, DivIDE, DivMMC, ESXDOS 0.8.7 and Residos ensured
music…;) Besides, MB03+ host also LED ... -
"Of It's Time" : Rooted in the 1980's ZX Spectrum Software (aka Culturally "Out of Date" stuff) This does not have to be UK based but it has to be ZX Spectrum software that is culturally specific to or at least strongly related to the 1980s . …
... to become prominent in the 8-bit scene, and until that point ... of techno music but rave culture is largely absent from 8-bit games ... -designed for sample-based dance music, the AY chip not so ... -
endless runner project..So I'm thinking of writing a small tutorial series on writing games for the speccy in C, and figured that an endless runner would be an easy example …
... -8bit-samples-poor-psg?page=8"]and i never worked out ... , correct? in basic done per 8 bit high line.
i should ... one of today.
Music and other stuff will be ... -
Best Things About UKWhat's the best things about UK? I am bored with UK..so I was thinking. what's good about UK? There is a lot of very crap stuff, but we'll ignore tha…
Despite the UK being smaller than a lot of countries we can more than hold our own in sport, music and entertainment. Not only that but the UK is home to the best 8 bit computer ever made, without which this website wouldn't exist. -
Best Things About UKWhat's the best things about UK? I am bored with UK..so I was thinking. what's good about UK? There is a lot of very crap stuff, but we'll ignore tha…
... hold our own in [b]music[/b][/quote]
The ... certainly helps your course. Any music that doesn't have english ... /> Oh, that "best 8 bit computer ever made" bit ... I mean, fair enough ...
