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Fantasy Premier League 2016-17It's that time again! As reigning champion for the last two seasons, it's my pleasure to challenge all-comers to knock me off my perch. If you do…
didnt even qualify for first round of the cup 8-X
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Screen resolutions and the Speccy's limits?What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a …
... splitting the cell into two 8 X 4 attribute cells.
8-bit truecolour (with three bits ... ="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit_color"]page[/url].[img]https ... -
Screen resolutions and the Speccy's limits?What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a …
... splitting the cell into two 8 X 4 attribute cells.
8-bit truecolour (with three bits ... ="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit_color"]page[/url].[img]https ... -
Look whats possible in 924 bytesSo, finally after over a year of development and nearly 25 years since I first designed the graphics, I've actually made it to the point where this i…
I will clean up the sprite sheet and post that soon.
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Look whats possible in 924 bytesSo, finally after over a year of development and nearly 25 years since I first designed the graphics, I've actually made it to the point where this i…
... a look at my reference sprite sheet.
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Post #1000 - Be afraid, be very afraid!!!Yep, that's right. I've finally joined the four-digit club. And now, as promised, here are some random thoughts. You've all had ample warning so you …
Has someone invented something to keep Morkin busy and avoid him practising extreme necroposting? 8-X -
Always chew your food!Well, I had a bit of an interesting Easter weekend while staying with my girlfriend in Filey. Warning: fairly icky medical stuff and ewgf lengthiness…
Looking forward to seeing the pic of the roast in the saucer thread ([i]"the body of the crime")[/i] 8-X
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Always chew your food!Well, I had a bit of an interesting Easter weekend while staying with my girlfriend in Filey. Warning: fairly icky medical stuff and ewgf lengthiness…
... body of the crime")[/i] 8-X
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I think maybe I'll try my hand at making a game like Boggle next.Or maybe a sliding puzzle sort of thing? Although its a royal pain working out all those symbolic characters, its kind of rewarding when it works af…
... screen. I have written a sprite editor for bi-colour that ... want to make your own sprite sheet for it, then just PM ... -
Bought vs BroughtOn another forum which has a younger and more international (mostly Americans though) demographic than WOS, someone in the chatbox/shoutbox mentioned…
to instead of too and of instead of off do my head in 8-X -
Bought vs BroughtOn another forum which has a younger and more international (mostly Americans though) demographic than WOS, someone in the chatbox/shoutbox mentioned…
... off do my head in 8-X [/quote]
Usually down ... -
Golden rabbit questWhat was that game where you had to get clues to find a real life golden rabbit or something that was buried somewhere? Did Anybody find the thing? …
Necro-post alert! 8-X
Ashens did a talk on this at the Norwich Gaming Festival recently. It's an interesting watch/listen.
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Is the Vega+ Dead?Hi Folks, Just wondering if anyone knows definitively if the Vega+ is dead? I tried contacting RCL but got no response. If it is, then they must…
... half of the internet' :-B 8-} ~X( %-( ).[/i] -
BISCUITS IN HELL ---- COMPLETED!*** CONGRATURATION - YOU SUCCESS! *** Well done Federico Jerez, you have completed BISCUITS IN HELL! Not only that, but you are the FIRST TO DO…
^:)^ \m/ 8-X 8-} @-) :-O :-O :)>-
Stand up and take a bow Federico! Well done, I wasn't sure anyone would do it.
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What's everyone drinking?Since it's the weekend, i assume a lot of Wossers will be enjoying a drink or two. I'm enjoying a nice bottle of Miller. What's everyone drinking t…
not drinking yet but just pre ordered the new Iron Maiden beer :P
https://www.iconbeverages.co.uk/collections/beer/products/iron-maiden-hallowed-beer-8-x-330ml-bottles-6 -
Boriel ZX Basic compiler 1.7.1 ReleasedThe most important changes in this release is the implementation of READ, DATA, RESTORE (DATA allowing even complex expressions), and the capability …
... /> EDIT. Also, please, download 1.8.x
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Better keyboard = better sales ?Just a random thought. I want to start this by saying although I did not have a + model new, I was never really a fan of this keyboard as it was n…
... instead uses eight so that 8 x 1 = 8 bits = one byte :D ... -
If the ZX Spectrum AND the Commodore 64 were not available which 8 bit computer would you have got?Following on from the “[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/218/your-favourite-machine-apart-from-the-spectrum/p1"]Your favourite …
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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…
... can also choose one of 8 levels CRT/TV screen-imitation ... ROM - up to 8 x 16K ROM or 2 x 64K ROM (multiple ... -
ZX Paintbrush and NirvanaI'm very new to multicolor, and having problem to open back just created and saved btile in ZX Paintbrush 2.6.4. I created a new file, saved a wor…
... them all as a flat sprite sheet, so you don't need ... reads wtiles back into a sprite sheet corrupts the data. So you ... -
ZX Paintbrush and NirvanaI'm very new to multicolor, and having problem to open back just created and saved btile in ZX Paintbrush 2.6.4. I created a new file, saved a wor…
[quote="colonel32;965441"]But aware there's a bug with wtiles in this mode - the code that reads wtiles back into a sprite sheet corrupts the data. So you have to use the No mode with the window.[/quote]
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Silly things I used to do(and in this case, somewhat spectrum related) When I was much younger I had a strange behaviour: I liked wrecking toys and throw them out of the…
... , I think I was about 8 years old, I obtained a ... the thing to blow up ... 8-X -
Silly things I used to do(and in this case, somewhat spectrum related) When I was much younger I had a strange behaviour: I liked wrecking toys and throw them out of the…
... the thing to blow up ... 8-X [/quote]
That could ... -
Cooking...So in a thread not very far away from here.... This was posted: [quote="Vampyre;969680"]I made a conscious effort to learn how to cook just after…
[quote="zx1;969878"]Polo the cannibal!
Makes me wonder if that meat on your previous saucers was human! :)) [/quote]
Ask me no questions and I won't tell you any lies ;) :D >:) 8-X -
Bit of fun - ToastRack , one change onlyAlthough there's an old "one change only" topic about, I was thinking about the toastyrack 128's earlier. Its actually the only Spectrum model I've n…
... keyboard matrix was 6 x 8 instead of 5 x 8. Then instead of ... keyboard matrix could have been 8 x 6. The Ear input would ... -
Quirky nerdy hardware quiz time[b]Quirky nerdy hardware quiz time[/b] [list=1][*]How many transistors are on the issue one ZX Spectrum PCB? [color=#FFFFFF].[/color] [*]Which d…
... answer is [color=red]8 x 5 (or 5 x 8)[/color][/b]. dr ...
