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The Manic Miner intelligence testI've spent the morning watching various teenagers playing 8 bit games. One thing that really struck me is Manic Miner seems to be quite good at showi…
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On the wireless tonight...Alright folks, Well, I always thought that I had a face for radio, and now I'm going to see if I have a voice for radio too. Fledging Cheshire radio…
... talk about the 8-bit indy development scene and other 8-bit related stuffs ... regarding indy developments and/or 8-bits as long as they ... @thisisthecat.com (you knows which bit to remove). Please avoid the ... -
New tool: ZXBOOT.EXE[B]ASM[/B] is proud to present the first release of ZXBOOT.EXE: [url]http://www.4shared.com/file/NP-FVOSf/zxboot__beta_.html[/url] ZXBOOT is a comma…
... output of ZXBOOT is 44100hz 8 BIT unsigned mono WAV or binary ... -
Other good oldschool computers?Hi! I'm a collector of games, and i looooooooove computers. I'm very much intrested in: -Amiga 500&1200 -Atari 8-bit -C64 -C16 -Spectrum -QL -CoCo -…
A game called Jetpack (not to be confused with Jetpac)This actually sat on my hard disk for ages (months, a year?) before I bothered playing it. I suspect I downloaded it thinking it was a DOS version of…
... -DOS machines, it's very 8-bit in feel, best described as ...games you only just found out exsisted YEARS laterI never knew drop zone was ported to the snes.. it's cack compared to the atari 8 bit IMHO.. but was surprised to see it had been ported.. a showcase…
I never knew drop zone was ported to the snes.. it's cack compared to the atari 8 bit IMHO.. but was surprised to see it had been ported.. a showcase game for the atari compared to this "effort"Oric Atmos 64 for $10 in the US. Daayym[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Oric-Nova-64-vintage-8-bit-computer-working-4-books_W0QQitemZ180612882979QQcategoryZ4193QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m8QQ…
... .uk/Oric-Nova-64-vintage-8-bit-computer-working-4-books_W0QQitemZ180612882979QQcategoryZ4193QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo ...Wanted: Hard-disk interface ownersI'm currently developing some hard disk interface library code and would like to implement drivers for as many bits of hardware as possible. I've got…
... /> I've got a simple 8-bit interface, and someone on irc ... following interfaces?
Pera Putnik 8-bit interface
Pera Putnik 16 ... -bit interface
Pera Putnik Compactflash ...Converting a decimal number to binary...Hi Folks, Been thinking about ways to convert a decimal number to 8 bit binary and came up with the following: [CODE]100 REM ----------------------…
... convert a decimal number to 8 bit binary and came up with ... REM --------------------------
110 DIM b(8):
LET b(1)=128 ... 16:
LET b(5)= 8:
LET b(6)= 4 ... 7)= 2:
LET b(8)= 1
120 REM --------------------------
Screenshots May Vary book - ZX vs C64 vs CPC[IMG]http://www.parkproductions.btinternet.co.uk/images/bookpreview1.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94jpuWsOdns"]http://www.youtube.…
... moving graphics. Back in the 8-bit heyday meant seeing all the ... for 3 versions of 280 8-bit games & discovering the fun ...New To Group....Hi All, A quick introduction as this is my first post. I am a Scarborough, UK based chap who is quite heavily into retro computing, more specificall…
... into retro computing, more specifically 8 bit home computers. I have a ... is basically in columns, every 8 pixels, it does sound like ...Elite Press ReleasePRESS RELEASE Noon, 16th March 2011 ? Lichfield, Staffs, United Kingdom Elite? Announce ZX Spectrum Game Software Market Worth In Excess of US$150…
... -zx-spectrum-hd/id418720728?mt=8[/url]
They ... -spectrum-elite-collection/id391336343?mt=8[/url]
and ?ZX ... -spectrum-elite-collection/id401767708?mt=8[/url]
Elite ... : The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in ...+3e Commands, Syntax and Help (please =()Hello there my fellow ZX'ers, I have been having a very late play about with ZX SPin, and I have been enjoying some of the interesting features, lik…
... getting on with the next bit.
I created a ... SLAVE *#1* IDE 1) the 8 bit device HDF wouldn't load ... />
I am at a bit of a loss, thats what ...Why didn't you want a NES?I'm trying to work out why consoles didn't make much of an impact in the UK in the 80s. At school in the late 80s, I knew one person who had a NES, …
... System. Everyone else had an 8-bit computer. And when the 90s ... people upgraded to a 16-bit computer rather than the Mega ...bruce lee credits[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000718[/url] Ron designed it / coded it on c64 (and prolly atari 8 bit IRC) as on the loading…
... on c64 (and prolly atari 8 bit IRC) as on the loading ...Was it always this bad?There's lots of things in life that still take me by surprise even though I should be used to them by now. Things like how it is still daylight at 10…
... near so extreme. In the 8 bit computer days it was, I ...Recreating the era of 8-bit computers[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13201254[/url] Nice little piece about old computers.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13201254[/url]
Nice little piece about old computers.Recreating the era of 8-bit computers[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13201254[/url] thought it might be interesting to you geeky lot :)
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13201254[/url]
thought it might be interesting to you geeky lot :)GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
Hi,
Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec?
Is there anything current out there?
[url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8-bit-guis-eye-candys-not-just-for-the-32-bit/[/url]What would you like to see.......in a new 8 Bit computer fanzine? Later this year will see the launch of the first issue of a new fanzine dedicated to reporting on the latest a…
....in a new 8 Bit computer fanzine?
Later ... greatest from the ever eventful 8 BIT scene. From the CPC to ... more detail than any other 8 BIT resource. A bold statement, but ... as long as it is 8 Bit, current and community based in ...fast font engine possible?inspired by the recent "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and having done some of the work on this in the past i wonder if it …
... width). this would enable fast 8-bit calculations for measure_font function. ... thus for standard zx fixed 8?8 font the definition would be ... font format)
(each 8 bytes are one character…)
byte 7,8: mask for a 1111111111111000
Just Got Spectrum +2 grey model off ebay a few problemsFinally decided to get a real Spectrum after catching up on a load of games on emulators I missed in my earlier years due to having a C64 and Atari 8…
... having a C64 and Atari 8-bit.
Having plugged it ... Spectrum seemed to be a bit stabler after this but rf ...3D graphicsWould be there interest in some tutorial about 3D vector graphics on zx (my slowly paced side project) ? EDIT: [b]Content[/b] [list] [*]The Math [*…
... math: table driven algos for 8-bit numbers
[*]Divide and conquer ...Paper manuals - another casualty of modern times?I've just bought Alice: Madness Returns (about a fortnight back, actually, but I've not tried it until now) and it's another game that comes without …
... this was often impossible in 8 bit games due to memory/external ...Scott Pilgrim the Movie and Zx SpectrumOk, I keep forgetting about talking about this matter, so here it goes, if it's about 1 year late: They used zx spectrum loading sounds to censor Ju…
... sound stock archives, tagged with 8-bit etc.
By the ...Homebrew Coding Weekend @ In Da 80s, July 16-17, ManchesterHi, This is a bit late notice, but we're trying to reach out to 8-bit homebrew developers who might be at a loose end this weekend! We're trying to…
... trying to reach out to 8-bit homebrew developers who might be ... weekend of classic arcade machines, 8-bit home computers, consoles and great ... so we can promote a bit of cross-platform collaboration. We ...Games popular on other platforms but not on SpectrumEverybody here knows Spectrum hits, but it would be interesting to me to learn about the games that were hits on other systems but their Spectrum ver…
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A cult shootemup on 8 bit Atari. Well, they don't ...Need help transferring a file to a Spectrum .dsk fileHello, I was wondering if anyone can help me transfer a file that I have into a spectrum *.dsk file? The background to this request is that I have r…
... reason to believe that the 8-bit 3D Construction Kit (3DCK) data ...Looking for adventure authorsI am the co-admin of a website called CASA (Classic Adventures Solution Archive). As the name - hopefully! - implies, the site deals with adventure g…
... it's a more general 8-bit adventure database.
After ...
