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The old magicFirst post since registering - although did post occasionally, long ago... At the risk of getting philosophical... what has happened to the days whe…
... 've heard fans of other 8 bit machines (& even Amigas ... though, well I assume an X Box or PS2 does HAVE ... -channel sound or genuine 3D graphics were impressive on a Spectrum ... -
8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... /> And when Im discussing CPC graphics im referring to moving and ... versions of spectrum colours as 8 seperate colours! The CPC had ... :53, Antiriad wrote:
The ZX Spectrum was cheaper AND inferior ... ", but i'm currently doing graphics for a Spectrum game and ... -
8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... s importance in the 8 bit world of the ... always three screenshots, CPC, ZX and C64. The way ... it in technical terms (graphics) not in its application ...
Were the Spectrum graphics inferior?
Almost all games ... the Spectrum could handle 8 (or 16) colours at ... -
Zecut0r and ZAFA while ago (about 2 yrs)i took VbSpec and tried to port it to Delphi 6. Althought it was pretty weak, it. Meanwhile DelphiSpec 0.1 appeared and i wa…
... program"
;"Print to the ZX Spectrum`s Screen"
< ... set the colours"
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?j mul
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;"find print position for x"
dup ... ;"because we have y,y,x and x on the stack"
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Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…
... order to achieve
; 'smooth' graphics, the sprite is erased and ... /> ; 5-6 Sprite X
; 7 Last X
; 8-9 Last Screen ...
; 5-6 Sprite X
; 7-8 Last Screen Address
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DEFB 170 ; Last X
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New Game Production ChallengeGreetings to all the communiy :) I have been around long enough to see that there are some very good spectrum programmers out here. Now, [start obvi…
... the same thing when Sonic ZX was suggested, but at least ... any skills you do have (graphics / level design / music etc) to ... money to be made in 8 bit games, so those who ... -
Pixel LimitIF Y3<192 THEN : LET x2=INT (128+X*A*SIN A): LET y2=INT (Y3): DRAW INK
... /> I have never seen this graphics restriction before. Why does the ... -
Russian Dizzy games in English?I have found a few links to some new spectrum games like (hope its ok to mention these): Dizzy 8: Little Joke Dizzy X - Return to Russia Dizzy XII: …
... 8: Little Joke (was released in English only)
[url="http://zx ... [/url]
Dizzy X - Journey to Russia (translated by ... Gryshchenko)
[url="http://zx-spectrum.wz.cz/index.php ... pg=rubriky%2Fhomeicelanddizzy.htm"]http://zx-spectrum.wz.cz/index. ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... is an issue on an 8 bit machine, all compiled languages ... to provide smooth sprites, a graphics module to provide fast drawing ... overcomes the limitations of the ZX Basic interpreter to make the ... -
Cronosoft Speccy gamesAfter being encouraged by excellent reviews, the demo of More Tea, Vicar? and Jonathan Cauldwell's Lunaris game he made at the ORSAM 2004 show, I've …
... cover!)
ZXS9 ZX FOOTBALL MANAGER 2005
7 ...
ZXS6 ROUGH JUSTICE
8.5/10 Highly polished (very ... scroller, with
well defined graphics.
ZXS1 EGGHEAD IN ... -
The BIGGEST Speccy ebay auction everdon't believe me? go looksy [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8176797909"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i…
... Apollo 2
Mastertronic - Agent X II x2
Mastertronic - BMX ... /> Fun School 2 - Over 8's
Fun School 3 ...
Ultimate - Alien 8
Ultimate - Atic Atac
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ZX 81
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The BIGGEST Speccy ebay auction everdon't believe me? go looksy [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8176797909"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i…
... Apollo 2
Mastertronic - Agent X II x2
Mastertronic - BMX ... /> Fun School 2 - Over 8's
Fun School 3 ...
Ultimate - Alien 8
Ultimate - Atic Atac
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ZX 81
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Congratulations to Martijnfor a top Games TM interview! Colin
... everything relating to the legendary 8-bit machine. It's ... McKenna of Odin Computer Graphics recently asked for his games ... away. People who know X will always want to ... if no one cares about X, it's likely to ... The current rage for 8-bit technology might be ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... I tried. Sound and graphics count for very little, ... part in enabling data and graphics to be shifted around ... memory required to store the graphics.[/quote]
Yes exactly. ... on CPC or 6K on ZX you only need to ... only need to change the X and Y position and ... -
Technical ExcellenceI don't know if I'm covering old ground here, forgive me if I am... I'm interested to find out what you all think was technically the best spectrum …
... - A supremely playable 8-bit conversion with great graphics and sound. The ... it is one of greatest 8-bit games ever.
Explorer - Crap game, but x billion possible screens. -
udg collision detectionhow do I detect a collision between udgs in basic?
Download the "Elementary Graphics" article by Toni Baker from the ZX Computing section ... $ function which works with UDGs and block graphics. See the included TAP ... -
Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
... ). When I power up the ZX Spectrum it boots fine but ... ]
Still nothing. My ZX only sees 32kb of memory ... nowhere (keys 3, e, d, x, 8, i, k, m are dead ... -
Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
... ). When I power up the ZX Spectrum it boots fine but ... ]
Still nothing. My ZX only sees 32kb of memory ... nowhere (keys 3, e, d, x, 8, i, k, m are dead ... -
Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
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Still nothing. My ZX only sees 32kb of memory ... nowhere (keys 3, e, d, x, 8, i, k, m are dead ... -
Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
... wrote:
Still nothing. My ZX only sees 32kb of memory ... nowhere (keys 3, e, d, x, 8, i, k, m are dead ... -
z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... mode with sprites and graphics primitives. Every pixel can ... of "switch to the graphics charset, draw the background; ... only time the tile graphics are referenced is inside ... of (up to) 256 udgs, or a maximum memory ... tile id instead of 8-bit: if the id ... -
Draft specs for TZX v1.20Hi all! In the attempt to restart the development of the TZX format, I've put online the first version of the draft document [1]. At the moment ther…
... 48k
0x09 Memory in 8-16k used
03 ... Sound 0x06 Zon-X AY
0x07 QuickSilva AY ... ACE
10 Graphics 0x01 WRX Hi-Res
what was the thing that impressed you the most ?on a Spectrum game - you know, those things that you thought to be impossible, yet.. e.g the wide screen mode in Dark Star, Technician Teds loader..…
... Knight Lore - amazing 3D isometric graphics.
Manic Miner - excellent ... gameplay, smooth graphics, loads of rooms ... the first ... t count)
Agent X/Chronos etc music (wasn't ... ideas to extremes for XLR-8. Looked very, very nice ...Bomb Jack EditorKnocked this up a bit back for psj. Works in conjunction with Multiface. Full instructions are in the [url="ftp://82.30.151.43/"]download[/url]. […
... editing some of the presentation graphics...
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addr x/y (pix) what
30720 - 6*1 (48*8) Ornament 1
30768 - 6 ... *1 (48*8) Ornament 2
30816 - 6 ...RARE/Ultimate games!I recently bought an XBOX 360 and Perfect Dark Zero, and it made me realise how much i missed RARE and Ultimate - Play The Game. Anyone else have an…
... a time when most graphics were simple UDGs and moved a character ... jelously.
Alien 8 came out, and many people ... . Personally, I thought Alien 8 was better than Knightlore, but ... more immersive single player, flasher graphics, and probably the best ...EliteWhy was there never an Elite II on the 8 bits?? Surely this was a lucrative license. Or was it the perfect game.... _________________ The grass is …
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In X, each "system" is some flashy background graphics (no, you ... of "freedom" that the X games lack in spadefuls.< ... />
I played X, detested it after about 2 ... hours. X-tension was shit and ... which is the original 8 bit Elite done in ...Would you buy speccy games if they were made/sold today?Say for some crazy instant that ZX Spectrum came back on the scene bigtime and they started making selling ZX Spectrum versions of the latest games, …
... Boy Colour games were basically ZX Spectrum games but without colour ... the Sinclair Spectrum and other 8-bit machines remain economically ... modified to display scrolling colour graphics, or if there is some ... />
After all, the 8-bit machines survived for a ...Would you buy speccy games if they were made/sold today?Say for some crazy instant that ZX Spectrum came back on the scene bigtime and they started making selling ZX Spectrum versions of the latest games, …
... came out with the hidden ZX Spectrum attibute-clash cheat mode ... you could have a 1ghz 8-bit Z80 with no memory ... limits, but the same basic graphics and sound hardware. It would ... be the ZX Spectrum Unbound.
I ...Advice needed - Xbox EmulatorsDoes anybody have experiance of using a speccy emulator with an Xbox ? My intention is to install Linux and then try and run an emulator (most like…
... as any of the forty ZX Spectrum keys, either one ... [A]= SPACE
[B]=
[X]=
[Y]=
[START]= ENTER ... [A]= SPACE
[B]=
[X]=
[Y]=
[START]= SPACE ... cursor keys (5,6,7,8 and 0) and sinclair ... 2 controls (6,7,8,9 and 0). There ...
