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BIFROST* example: "Knights & Demons DX" source codeA package containing the source files of our multicolor game "Knights & Demons DX" is now available for download [URL="http://www.mediafire.com/?hbch…
... B]sync()[/B] - execute a very small pause (technically it waits ... py)[/B] - change a previously highlighted tile back ... initBoard(shuffles)[/B] - generate a new board, shuffling it several ... the board (shuffled a certain number of times ... -
ZX spectrum 128K + 2 (Grey one :)Hi all, I'm trying to revive a dead ZX 128K +2 (the grey one). The regulator was damaged and seemed to be feeding 7.8Volts onto the pcb. Yikes ! I…
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The screen has a very poor video quality. I can ... even pin 6 is outputting a signal.... Strange. I thought without ... be shorted! EEK!!! - Thus killing a good component.
... 128K ?
Is there a way to breadboard an oscillator ... -
QL Today The Final Issue with DVD, don?t miss it!Hi folks, just wanted to report that the next issue of the QL Today magazine is under preparation. It will have 48 pages and will come with a bonus …
... and will come with a bonus DVD filled with ... the next one itself, giving a total of 123 magazines) ... ) and as a surprise: QPC2 Version 4 (a very powerful QL emulator ... So don't miss the very final issue! Who knows, it ... may well be a collector's item in some ... -
AVI to spectrumHi, Im in the planning stages of a game, which from all the searches I've done, ( but I may be wrong) has never been done on the spectrum. My ques…
... in the planning stages of a game, which from all the ... intros and cut scenes, can a very, very basic form of these be ... .
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Spectrum +2 little help pleaseHi all, Firstly let me say, what an amazing site this is! So much incredible detail and information, created by what looks to be a very dedicated an…
... by what looks to be a very dedicated and knowledgeable community.
a Saga Emperor keyboard - the ... using another method, on some VERY informative Youtube vids - I assume ... was not mine, but a donation from a friend, powers up, ... -
Reverse Boots, platform game with an original twistHere's a good candidate for a ZX make-under, [b]Reverse boots[/b] by Denis Vasilev. :) I played through the entire game, it's kind of short (only 20 …
... (only 20 levels) but still a very fun game.
It's a platform game with an original ... later levels. It's a block with some spikes ... could be done with a few prerendered sprites. Other ... than that it's a pretty straightforward platforming game ... -
Spectrum softwareJust in case anyone here doesn't check over there.. I'm selling the remaining(*) parts of my Spectrum software collection on these two threads on Am…
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New Game: Heart Stealer 2Heart Stealer 2 is finally here! Took me a while to make but that's mainly because of real life problems. Even my normal computer broke down and I'm …
... finally here! Took me a while to make but ... finishing the game on a very old computer. But anyway ... br />
This game is a remake (or demake, depends on ... .java4k.com[/url]). By a guy called Markus 'Notch' ...
This version is a bit larger than the original ... -
Experience feelings of passionate love in dreams?!I had a dream this morning that I was the boyfriend (I think) of Liv Tyler. This is a little odd, because I have never really fancied her, even thoug…
... though I know she is very attractive. Anyway, we ... holding hands. We crossed a bridge and walked along ... road, into a field and had a bit of a cuddle. ... During the dream I felt a very strong, passionate feeling of ... Perhaps it is just a bastard trick that dreams ... -
New Game: Cad?veri?nWe have added some new features to our engine and have produced two brand new games to test them. Here's one of them, the next one coming up shortly:…
... to her. Finally, she conceived a truly evil plan.
< ... she received an invitation for a walk alongside the famous Wizard ... was immortal, but not invincible: a violent explosion would not kill ... and living in such a condition wasn’t a very nice perspective. So ... -
Questions about Spectrum 48K soundsHi, I find it a very intriguing task to produce sounds on Spectrum 48K, which has only a beeper. - I am very curious to know how the games produced t…
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I find it a very intriguing task to produce sounds ... , which has only a beeper.
- I am very curious to know ... they produced procedurally? (like using a specific formula for sending data ... and sound effects? I suspect a game like Sigma 7 had ... -
The Dark Mod has gone standalone!I've just noticed that [B]The Dark Mod[/B] has now become standalone (I'm surprised Dunny or somebody hasn't already posted the news here). If you do…
... t know, it's a very good fan made game based ... classic Thief, but with a style and gameplay tweaked by ... Mod", since it was a mod for Doom 3), ...
and for a fast download for the Windows ... />
(though 'fast' is a relative term here, as the ... -
Judge DreddSaw the movie DREDD tonight, on the free trial of Nowtv from Sky on xbox. I liked it. It was better than the Stallone one, though I did actually lik…
... could have sworn in a very early Judge Dredd comic, ... would have been in a compilation 200AD special, ... an appearance of a police officer? A rather startled and ... overwhelmed officer, had a highish rank too if ... remember, and was only in a few frames.
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Timex 2068 hi-color / hi-res modes.Hello. I know this is not a Timex forum but since it is a very close relative of the Speccy I thought I'd ask my question here. Does anyone know …
... forum but since it is a very close relative of the Speccy ... -
Some problems with 2 ZX Specturm board'sHi, last week i got some ZX Spectrum stuff. Also 2 ZX Spectrum 48K's, one in the orginal case the anoter one in a DK'tronixs case. Both have problem'…
... case the anoter one in a DK'tronixs case. Both ... case:
It is a ISSUE 2 board, with composite ... case:
First i got a very good picture, but now i ... stuff.
It is a ISSUE 3 board, and modded ... with a composite mod.
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Switchable Timex Sinclair 2068 ROM modificationI have just finished a switchable TS2068 / Spectrum ROM modification and implemented it on two TS2068s. It uses a 32K EPROM chip for the HOME ROM and…
... case is re-purposed as a ROM select switch. It ... of the HOME EPROM is a very slightly modified version of ... of the EX EPROM is a very slightly modified version of ... to boot reliably on a TS2068 from a 100% exact Spectrum ... the other one has a first version of an S ... -
New Game: Goku MalHello everybody. This time we have a nice run'n'gun game with heavy platforming and lots of shoots starring a bad drawn Goku and lots of monsters. Fi…
... known inventor. He started at a very early age with simple things ... after Cheril left to become a Goddess, Eleuterio decided it ... t precisely a beautiful woman? It was a Goku Bad! A brawny short ... the industrial zone to its very bottoms, where Eleuterio dwells. ... -
Destiny Mission, help with pokes fixing an issue?Yesterday I played the Demo from the Sinclair User tape, and I really liked the game although tthe background spoils a little the action (I happened …
... game although tthe background spoils a little the action (I happened ... /> Is there any way with a poke to make the background ... the game.
It is a quite impressive game besides that ... an energy bar which is a very good idea.
The ... -
Goku Mal ReviewLink to game --------------- [url]http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/goku-mal/[/url] Review -------- Goku Mal is a flip screen platformer wher…
... graphics for this game are very good and detailed, animation ... is super smooth and very impressive. On the music front ... /> All in all though its a very good game and well worth ... moves silky smooth.
+Very challenging for newbies and experts ... -
Sinclair and the 'Sunrise' Technology - EPUB/MOBII've finally got around to finishing off an OCR'd copy of the infamous "Sinclair and the 'Sunrise' Technology", and if anyone's interested in grabbin…
... anyone's interested in grabbing a copy it's available at ... of times, it's a very enjoyable romp through Sir Clive' ... ventures; however, it does seem very harsh on Clive personally. My ... -
Tricky ZX RepairHello guys, This time I put my hands on a very nice Issue 3 16K, upgraded to 48K. To bertter explain "nice", it is absolutely mint, not a scratch on…
... put my hands on a very nice Issue 3 16K, ... is absolutely mint, not a scratch on the plastics, ... again, this time with a Texas Instruments made one ... Fruitcake RAM tester gives a DIFFERENT faulty bit every ... reliability record is not very good.
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Legalities of using Spectrum game screenshot/tape covers.I'm working on an HTML5 game, which would be based in the 1980's and would allow the player to 'play' Spectrum games (not actually play them, you'd j…
... yourself sitting at a TV set, with a screenshot of the ... is basically a bit of a nostalgia trip with a bit of ... and it seems to be a very grey area. The age ... it's just a screenshot and not a playable game ... represent Spectrum history in a game with Ultimate games ... -
Assembly code auto optimiserFor my Finders Keepers Plus project I'm considering writing an Assembly code auto optimiser. Way back when I wrote the original FK I considered optim…
... just felt 'wrong'. But a pre-processor to do ... this would have saved a byte every time and ... sometimes two.
A pre-processor could also search ... of loads of work for a very minimal saving. And these ... fill that much memory with a game!? :)
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Spectrum 4Ever : Moon CrestaMoon Cresta the classic arcade hit made by Nichibutsu came to the ZX Spectrum in 1985 thanks to the efforts of Incentive Software Ltd. They did a ver…
... Software Ltd. They did a very good port of the arcade ... you a starfield which in most games back then was very ... rare back then on the machine. They did a ... for what is it ? A mindless shooter you can let ... or did you give it a miss ?
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Konami sueing 8 bit legacy (at least MSX stuff)I'm terribly afraid with the news about Konami recent legal actions against a MSX portal, oblying his webmaster to remove all related games, includin…
... Konami recent legal actions against a MSX portal, oblying his webmaster ... removed from the archive in a very next future,sooner or later ... -
Interesting 48K failureI thought I'd recount a failure I've not seen mentioned before that I saw tonight while fixing a 48K issue 6 board. The background: The initial fail…
... most likely possibilities:
1. A fault in upper RAM causing ... until the border changed to a random colour, and then ... circuit diagram, however, I formed a new hypothesis:
... get contended) forming part of a very simple OR gate along with ... -
Merry ChristmasHi All :D I just want to wish all my fellow WoS'ers a Very Merry Chrsitmas! [IMG]http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/nysanta/t7718.gif[/IMG] Cheers, Bert…
... all my fellow WoS'ers a Very Merry Chrsitmas!
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Bomb Munchies - preview releaseBomb Munchies Preview release Version 12th Jan 2014 [URL=http://s979.photobucket.com/user/MatGubbins/media/bmsix_zpsc33279a2.gif.html][IMG]http://i…
... type of game may take a long time to win especially ... keeps
ending in a draw. Please provide your own ... /joystick otherwise it will be a very short game.
If ... />
* Kempston IN55 is a custom made interface.
hash function permutation tableI'm using a simple Pearson hash function to generate keys for a $(103,6) array using a 256-byte permutation table. How do I arrange the entries in th…
... generate keys for a $(103,6) array using a 256-byte permutation ... I try, and there's a lot of them in 256 ... trial & error isn't a very practical option.Turbo save?I'm doing some experiments with turbo loaders, and I don't know how to save turbo blocks on virtual tapes. Spectaculator and fuse don't seem to save…
... "Direct Recording" and it generates a very big file.
Are ...
