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Finding the issue.My sister recently found our old Speccy in her loft and having no interest in retro gaming promptly put it in the bin. Her husband text me and I res…
... ’re waiting for the parts to arrive, you can perform [url ... /technical/modifying-a-2a-sound-socket-to-accept-tape-input-3-standard/"]the ... other end of your wire to the same solder point on ... -
Son et Lumiere - a lightsynth from 1985.I wrote this back in 1985, inspired by Jeff Minter's Psychedelia; I think I was the only person who actually bought the Spectrum version! I wanted…
... ), so give us a link to the WAV and I'll ... hardware I have with a sound input jack. -
how do i change the color of the input statement "" and whatever is typed in it?the background ink doesnt seem to change it
... :
10 INPUT "[EXTEND MODE, CAPS SHIFT, 2]Colour? ";c
input to be displayed are still in ... . I suspect this is going to be a machine code trick ... -
Additional Information , Notes , and Details , re.the Main Windows Edition of Spectaculator There is no lenghy instruction to go with Spectaculator . Mark did a great job adding extra info. with this thread:- [url="https://worldofspectr…
... the bases of the 2 cases together but additional ... in)
2) The M3 bolts in the ... be improved by adding a third layer to "lip over" ... its own "conduit protector" to help minimise "PCB shift" ... the high temperatures reached 2) Using big tools overcomes ... -
ZX Spectrum Games With Pop Song Titles.I have thought of two of these:- Run Baby Run (Firebird) :I was going to cheekily suggest that this was "covered" by "The Newbeats" but I had be…
... to (2) as per above but thanks for the input ... on this which has enabled this aspect to ... But ,for now , back to category 2!
... -
Favorite Christmas SongsI'll start: Stop the Cavalry : Jona Lewie https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stop+the+cavalry
... intended stop the cavalry to be an actual Christmas ... bells certainly make it sound like a Christmas song.[/ ... wanted to make it more christmassy, and suggested adding some tubular ... bells to the arrangement. See ... -
My Family's NHS Covid Passes Have Arriived Yes they all came through the letter box individually addressed to each family member . I had applied for them because it had been discussed on …
... read as to what countries are safe to travel to. But ... had already travelled to was about to be given a ... br /> Some people unfortunately seem to be ending up in quarantine ... cost is to go up by £500 to £2,285 for ... not as bad as they sound, but not every family ... -
My Family's NHS Covid Passes Have Arriived Yes they all came through the letter box individually addressed to each family member . I had applied for them because it had been discussed on …
... read as to what countries are safe to travel to. But ... had already travelled to was about to be given a ... br /> Some people unfortunately seem to be ending up in quarantine ... cost is to go up by £500 to £2,285 for ... not as bad as they sound, but not every family ... -
One question...Is it all worth it?
... model and got it to work to my satisfaction, probably in ... 2. Inform player of available move options.
3. Accept input.
input
5. Describe objects available to player
8. Go to 2.
....then it ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... /> wearefine
; NEED TO DO THE ROW CHECK BEFORE ... to get the column back in A before adding ... 6
ld a, (ix+2)
... ; this is what we tried to do before calling
; ... don't need to do it again
; ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... ld (ix+2), 0 ; set column to 0 before loop ... /> wearefine
; NEED TO DO THE ROW CHECK BEFORE ... need to get the column back in A before adding ... 6
ld a, (ix+2)
... ; this is what we tried to do before calling
; ... -
The best demoswell, many demos were written for spectrum. who are the most outstanding? which games had the best sound? Trantor to start with, but what's more? (i …
well, many demos were written for spectrum. who are the most outstanding?
which games had the best sound? Trantor to start with, but what's more? (i got a rhime!) -
Currah Microspeech: good or guff?I've just been looking through old Speccy mags and saw the Currah Microspeech add-on. It certainly looks good, with lunar jetman having speech among …
... good, or did it sound awful?
To add to that, does anyone ... use today? Is it possible to hear it's effects on ... -
How far did you get in egghead?I know it's pretty hard but do let me know. Don't be ashamed, if you only got to level 3. There still gona be about 36-38 screens im going to put in …
... ashamed, if you only got to level 3. There still gona ... i need the input to see if it's to hard.Because if ... -
Robin of the WoodI've got a PocketPc, love to use the Spectrum emulator on it, i'm shocked to see that people release stuff such as Robin of the Wood and Nodes of Yes…
... 've got a PocketPc, love to use the Spectrum emulator on ... it, i'm shocked to see that people release stuff ... of Yesod and try to get people to pay for them ! They ... .95 but now theyre down to $2.95...
[url="http ... -
Gamebase ZX progress reportSorry for the delay in the next release of Gamebase ZX. I have had to restructure the whole damn thing to resolve a serious bug that crashed the prog…
... Gamebase ZX. I have had to restructure the whole damn thing ... to resolve a serious bug that ... database within Gamebase and adding +3 image files to the games database ... -
Artist / Artists Required For 3 Brand-New Spectrum Game ProjectsHi all, I am currently looking for high quality sprite and background tile artists for 3 forthcoming Spectrum games I have on the go at the moment. …
... projects. Currently this is looking to be a mono-chrome game ... experience writing games full time to produce what should be a ... musicians that would be willing to do 48k music (multi channel ... I would need a dedicated sound-programmer to undertake this task!
Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…
... can print sprite to screen
LD (IX+2),0 ; Reset ... x offset to 0
to 2
LD A,(IX+1 ... , 1
DEFB 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 56,192
DEFB ...IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... />
LD (IX+2),0 ; Reset x offset to 0
to 2
LD A,(IX+1 ... = No of Pixels to move horizontally (0,2,4,8)
; 7 ... = No of Pixels to move vertically (0,1,2,4,8)
Please help! Spectaculator stopped working with .TRD files...I am using Spectaculator 6.1 (also tried 6.25, same prob). This is what i now see when i try to load a .TRD file: [url="http://server5.uploadit.org…
... now see when i try to load a .TRD file:
to)
2) Installed 6.25 (diff ... have gone through the menus to find the file.
4 ... /> I do have Service pack 2 but as i said, this ...Screen AttributesNot sure if this is a devolopment question but here goes... In my limited understanding, the 'attribute file' of a speccy is 5800h to 5AFFh and each…
... ' of a speccy is 5800h to 5AFFh and each byte coresponds ... the screen. With bits 0 to 2 dealing with foreground colour, 3 ... mean that the humble spectrums 2 colour characters are a limitation ... machine could display more than 2 colours per character ??
RealSpectrum Currah and Free SpectacularTwo questions here for your perusal: 1, Does RealSpectrum emulate Currah Microspeech, and if not are there any plans to? 2, Anyone know where I can…
Two questions here for your perusal:
1, Does RealSpectrum emulate Currah Microspeech, and if not are there any plans to?
2, Anyone know where I can get the last available free version of Spectacular from?
ThanksHidden text in Bounder.Long story short: I had forgotten the name of a game I played close to 2 decades ago. I remembered that there was a ball in the game but more import…
... a game I played close to 2 decades ago. I remembered ... I had been trying to remember all this time.< ... game are "hidden" in level 2.
The ... have confused* me are to be found on level 5 ... . It seems to have something to do with Gremlin Graphics ...World Cup tickets.Me and a couple of mates have got tickets to 2 games. Instead of going to the big games we decided to apply for tickets to the rubbish ones for fun. …
... have got tickets to 2 games. Instead of going to the big games ... we decided to apply for tickets to the ... ,
we travel from Liverpool to Amsterdam for a nasty session ... - 3 Shev Hattrick
Back to hotel for mystery pleasure after ...Amazing Short Type-InsHey all ! Been having some pretty stressfull days lately so I tought I would type in some games. There was a very nice type-in book here in Slovenia…
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20 FOR f=0 TO 7: READ t: POKE USR ... /> 30 LET b$="8": BORDER 2: PAPER 7: LET c=0 ... $=""
50 FOR f=10 TO 19: LET a$=a$+"10 ...Plus D Interfaces AvailableJust to let everyone know that we have a stock of Plus D Floppy Disk Interfaces (manufactured in 2006) and are selling these for ?48 plus p&p from ou…
Just to let everyone know that we ... 3.5" 720K DSDD external disk drives to go with them.
to a high standard and incorporate ... />
We have also agreed to sell the v1.B ROM ...When there are no more analogue TVs...It won't be long, I suspect, before it's impossible to buy a new analogue TV. This will of course doom real Sinclair Spectrums to not being able to d…
... suspect, before it's impossible to buy a new analogue TV ... doom real Sinclair Spectrums to not being able to display (well, without ... hobbyist who's quite happy to solder) methods of taking the ... it as DVI? IIRC, the input to the modulator is composite video.
