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Spectrum/8 bit games cover artists in the UK?Hi there everybody, besides Wakelin and Steve Weston, were there other common or usual artists who did covers for the Spectrum games or 8 bit games? …
Hi there everybody, besides Wakelin and Steve Weston, were there other common or usual artists who did covers for the Spectrum games or 8 bit games?
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z88dk adventure problemI downloaded the example https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWaHYxek15WXJyQVU/view?usp=sharing I changed NUM ROOMS to 13 here is the who…
... ,5,6 } },
{ room2_desc, { 7,8,9 } },
{ room3_desc, { 10,11 ... and blue eyed, stood 4' 8 \" in shoes and despite that ... , he had to find a way in and the tall iron ... the perimeter searching for another way in. (SEA)\n"
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TV programs that jumped the shark (then fell off a cliff)[b]Can one of the mods move this to the chit-chat forum, please? Sorry, I posted it whilst fixing another PC and my tiny brain can't cope with two th…
... program consider seasons 1 to 8 as 'classics' (with other fans ... being committed in such a way that it seems to defy ... -
8 Bit Typography (Font study)A very nice article that compares typography (font) of 8 bit machines, including the ZX Spectrum. https://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-i…
A very nice article that compares typography (font) of 8 bit machines, including the ZX Spectrum.
https://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-system-fonts -
EmuZWin hackHi, i have update last version of brilliant EmuZWin writen by Vladimir Kladov to work with modern OSes and implement new tokens for builtin asm. P…
... on some modern Windows versions (8,10)
[url="http://www ... in action including a simple way to autobuild tap and trd ... -
Is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of fileHi, is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of file. E.g.: I have a Tape-Code-File Start f…
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is there a way to suppress error R Tape ... "
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October 2017 Monument games releasedHelloooo! OUT NOW! CASTLE CAPERS & TEODORO CAN’T FLY Both are … £8.50 each including UK postage £10.50 including postage to Europe £12.50…
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Both are …
£8.50 each including UK postage ... stupidity, as you make your way through this corrupted kingdom.
PS: What's the best way to upload photos to WoS ... -
Spectaculator 8.0 says it's registered but "buy online" nag screen persistsI bought Spectaculator 8 just over a year ago, and now I have a problem with it acknowledging my registration code. I get the nag screen to "buy onli…
I bought Spectaculator 8 just over a year ago, ... ). Maybe my registration of Spectaculator 8.0 has expired? And if ... -
Reviving a Microdrive (and its notoriously fragile media)eBay has been getting a [i]lot[/i] of business out of me lately, which brings me to this... Context: some years ago I bought a job lot of Spectrum…
... of four cartridges... and no way to connect them to any ... a while, still with no way to test the cartridges.
8-track cartridge with a bit ... microdrive cartridge is essentially an 8-track that's shrunk in ... -
Bugaboo - speed run checker hackHi there, Here is a special mode of Bugaboo what helps you to press the jump key to perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for …
... ) and jump through the shortest way:
LEFT, LEFT, LEFT ... ,0,1,0
8; Check your time. All jump ... again.
You have only 8 jumps then Bugaboo will stop ... -
Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…
... this seems like an efficient way of doing it. I only ... -
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…
... , CPC, Prism, Sam
*menu movement with mouse
*colours are ... viewer, inverse sprite, set bpp (8,4,2,1), set palette ... -
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…
... 16-bit stereo WAV to 8-bit mono VOC, that makes ... an annoying BZZZZZZZZZZ all the way through the supposedly-silent part ... -
ZX Spectrum as a learning tool vs, current toolsHi guys. Back in the good old days, I started programing in 1986 (I was 13yo) when I got a ZX Spectrum. Now, as a parent, I would like my kids to be…
... you think is a good way to start learning how to ... create other things, for a 8 to 10 years old kid ... -
Hey! No way, man! What Game is this?I used to play a text adventure on my Spectrum when I was a kid. I can't remember anything about it except that when you try to go in the wrong di…
... says:
'Hey! No way, man'
I tried ... a similar phrase, ('Sorry, no way, man!') but not 'Hey! No ... way, man"
My guess ... -
ATARI 2600 PORTSThere's a few Atrai 2600 games I've loved and would like to see ported to Speccy - anyone fancy? I know 'Yars Revenge' got a great reboot... The gu…
... a favourite - the way the bullets follow your movement so you can ... -
simple 8 bit +3e interfaceim having problems getting this to work. i built the simple 8 bit interface my self. i used a 74ls10n chip instead of a 74ls10. i think they r the sa…
... work. i built the simple 8 bit interface my self. i ... -
PROJECT ZX II LONGPLAY - EVIL SIR CLIVE IS BACK!!!So the story is, Sir Clive Sinclair is seriously p*ss*d-off AGAIN! Years have passed since his failed attempt at destroying the gaming lives of many …
... suck in all our beloved 8-bit sprites and erase their ... 's army.
On the way you'll find Horace floating ... collect money items on the way and if you collect enough ... -
1st steps in animation Having finally resurrected my familiar old graphics programs, chief amongst which is DPaint Animation, I was a little taken aback to reali…
... and there's no way I'll get away ... plonk it down some little way apart say about five ... 30 frames worth, no way and having fine tuned the ... per move. In real life movement isnt timed, it varies ... Okay here's an easier way to think about this, consider ... -
How to hack Youth ClubNot sure if this belongs in Games or Spectrum Basic. But anyway : There was a type-in called Youth Club that I was fond of : http://www.worldofspe…
... wondering what a fool proof way to beat the system is ... (16*16*0.5/16) 8 members on average, I think ... -
Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... working out the best way of doing graphical elements ... mono characters that are 8 pixels by 8 pixels each. Now, ... same size each character comprised 8 bytes - one bit per ... per row, SpecBAS uses 8 bytes per row. Oh ... And again, there's the 8 bytes per row problem. ... -
Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
... of the cartridge. By the way, I am using an emulator ... /> 1150 POKE map+INT (sect/8),255-2^FN m(sect ... ,8)
1160 RETURN
... : FOR a=udg TO udg+8: READ v: POKE a,v ... -
INTERNATIONAL KARATE vs IK+: WHICH IS BEST?Hi everyone and welcome to the July 2018 edition of the "Which Is Best?" series. Last month I placed two Megadrive run & shooter classics against ea…
... on than console games, either way thank you to all those ... against each other (all systems, 8 & 16-bit), which game ... -
Your favorite games remakes of which you are still waiting forMy wish list: 1) Gunfright 2) Turbo Esprit 3) Zorro 4) Alchemist 5) Custard Kid 6) Dun Darach 7) Go To Hell 8) Little Puff 9) Luna Crabs …
... /> 7) Go To Hell
8) Little Puff
9) Luna ... ) Wanted - Monty Mole
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ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 03 August 2018Friday 03 August 2018 Blimey - this March update took a while to come round, eh? Feels like about 6 months! (Ahem. Ed)... Suffice it to say that Rea…
... Life has got in the way a tad - let's crack ... in Danger, Detektiv,
Dizzy 8: Little Joke, Dizzy,
Dizzy ...How to make fuse to auto boot into esxdos with loading tap file after esxdos bootFound this very interesting article from ub880d on: http://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1009#p1009 Hi, regardless the fact that there is no…
... divide/divmmc), here is a way how to make fuse to ... /> 1) get latest esxdos (0.8.6) and unzip it
(version at least 0.8.6 is a must as ...Is it a form of despondency or am I just now lazy?I know there are quite a lot of us 40 to 50 year oldies from the Spectrum era and I was wondering if anyone else felt this way? I seem to have the in…
... if anyone else felt this way? I seem to have the ... to whether there is a way to train myself to break ... - A PC editor for editing 8 bit stuff.
c. Learning ...Just rescued an old tape recorder from the thrash binPeople who saw me must have thought that I am crazy. :P Couldn't resist, in spite of the poor exterior condition of the unit (all wet and dirty) i…
... , just 'mic', 'remote' and 'monitor (8 ohm)'.
[img]https ... . Can anyone think of a way to match this recorder with ...
