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Tape Loaders and Tape MasteringHi guys, A couple of questions. As I'm getting towards the later stages of developing a game that's eventually going to get a physical release, I …
... this myself, as I tend to find articles about tape conversion ... experience, recording directly from C64 to tape via the datassette is ... signal recorded from the Spectrum to tape be better than, say ... and recorded from some other sound device to tape? I also have ... -
Help needed - for "Agatha Christie's Parrot"http://csscgc2013.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/agatha-christies-parrot.html OK, the VEGA+ needs games to make up the 1000 so in the spirit of Cassette 5…
... /> OK, the VEGA+ needs games to make up the 1000 so ... Cassette 50 I'm going to dredge up some filler of ... /> I think I'll need to change the title as they ... depths you have sunk to, adding cheap fart gags to a c@rp ... -
New Infoseek pagesWe've currently split People and Publishers into two separate tables. So Infoseek will allow you to search the people database separately and filter …
... . So Infoseek will allow you to search the people database separately ... /> We are also adding several new lists to Infoseek, all of which ... .
These should help to filter data a lot more ... list will have an export to CSV option. -
Suggested 'Universal' 16-colour paletteNot sure how this would be rendered on any of the Speccy 'enhanced' modes but it's an interesting piece nonetheless. Linking the Google cache since …
... the site itself seems slow to respond.
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Barbarian vs Barbarian II (Palace) - Which Is Best?Hi everyone and welcome to the November 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed Nebulus and Nebulus 2 against each other, I can now r…
Hi everyone and welcome to the November 2017 edition of ... I placed Nebulus and Nebulus 2 against each other, I can ... stormed it by 14 votes to 2, not many voted this time ... /> This month I'm going to place the two Barbarian games ... -
Barbarian vs Barbarian II (Palace) - Which Is Best?Hi everyone and welcome to the November 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed Nebulus and Nebulus 2 against each other, I can now r…
Hi everyone and welcome to the November 2017 ... placed Nebulus and Nebulus 2 against each other, I ... stormed it by 14 votes to 2, not many voted this ... This month I'm going to place the two Barbarian ... Spectrum versions,...so note to administrator, please erase the ... -
Porting Scott Adams adventuresHello all, I would like to attempt to port (at some time in the nearish future, after several other projects are finished!) the Scott Adams advent…
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I would like to attempt to port (at some time in ... finished!) the Scott Adams adventures to my computer. It's not ... that'll make it easier to do. Am I right in ... just need to change any calls to screen printing and text input to my ... -
TutorialsWe are looking at adding a tutorial section to the new site. This can be anything from beginners BASIC to AGD to writing an emulator. It will depend …
We are looking at adding a tutorial section to the new site. This ... can be anything from beginners BASIC to ... AGD to writing an emulator. It ... , we will also be able to include .scr files in them ... -
Has the internet gotten slower in the last year or so.It may seem a silly question to ask, and most people will immediately assume it must be my internet connection or my isp. However, it is more than th…
... may seem a silly question to ask, and most people will ... a progress indicator for 1 to 2 minutes. Once upon a time ... all gotten broadband this used to be an exception, typically somone ... websites and services now seem to think such services are acceptable ... -
Features that never made it into the SpectrumAlthough kind of a Hardware question (a kind moderator might want to move it, I was 50/50 on where to post it, I don't mind) , I was thinking about t…
... a kind moderator might want to move it, I was ... back but never bothered then to post it:
to costs , time or other ... about adding a small cap to the plug of one lead to ... would be silly. Come to think of it, 48 ... -
Printing text using direct screen addressingHaving some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwell…
... currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the ... function. I'm trying to get the text working properly ... mode which uses page flipping to accomplish sprite movement.
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Thinking about adding an iMac G3 to my Collection.So, I've been thinking about the iMac g3. You know the revolutionary Apple computer first released in 1998 and with translucent colors. I can see the…
So, I've been thinking about the iMac g3. You know the revolutionary Apple computer first released in 1998 and with translucent colors. I can see the fastest ones have a 700mhz processor and will comfortably run OS X. Why? you may ask. Well like the ... -
Coming soon: SOPHIA IIHello everybody! Last year, among other things (real life etc.), I was working to a new title. Then I saw some very interesting things going on…
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Then I decided to leave what I was already ... s better than adding a new chapter to the beloved ... is both the sequel to the successful [i]Sophia ... and TRD file formats to cater for everbody's ... almost!) needs.
To celebrate the event, today I ... -
BASIC compo on our Facebook page - join in, win cash!1st - will receive £50 2nd - will receive £20 It's been a few years since our game competition, so I think its time for another! This time t…
... that requires the player to quickly input movements to be successful. For instance ... is to have the player send input at the correct time to progress ... of the game is user input to meet a goal.
< ... graphics / UDGs in or POKE to memory.
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An Xmas ProjectI'm looking for a small project to do while I'm off this Christmas and I quite like the idea of improving an existing game in the way some of the guy…
... speed.
. Adding more levels / baddies to a 16k game.
. Improving the design, such as adding ... better keys or redefinable.
. Compressing the levels to ... better option as they tended to be more 'loosely' coded, ... -
InflationI think we are seeing the beginnings of what I fear will be mass inflation. I have always worried about the US debt problem and thought that Biden's …
... when the pandemic starts to ebb to pay for it and ... It seems a used 1 to 2 year old car sells now ... large cash handouts given to the US population and ... that would have returned to work in the service ... industries are actually struggling to hire staff and are ... -
Help making TZX filesHi. I've just found about 10 games that are missing perfect copies and i've tried using maketzx but i can't do it. When i run it it says 'searching …
... can't get the sound level to go up past that ... like tape-stretch (the sound dips in volume and pitch ... has unfortunately gotten worse to the point where it rarely ... I there anything available to combat this at all or ... the arse)
Ticket to ride
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Professional soccer CRLI have posted this elsewhere but thought it more suitable for here, I have found an .scl file of this game but have not got a clue what to do with it…
If you want to transform your SCL disk image ... has the advantage of adding a "boot" file to the disk image ... you can just type RUN to start loading the program.
ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…
... #4?
Doesn't sound right to me... At least, I didn ... . Also, I may want to keep the break in
case I want to jump out of the program ... , and yet being able to type
space...
< ... break the program
to go back and modify it...)DK Troniks Programmable InterfaceHow did this one work? Did you have to load in a program before loading the game in so that it knew what each of the joystick positions were mapped t…
... programming (You had to go to 2 and back for activating ... Press a key you want to program, hold the joystick ... programming all keys set switch to 1.
... A very funny effect is to press a key and ... the joystick, but switch to 1 immediately. You will ...DK Troniks Programmable InterfaceHow did this one work? Did you have to load in a program before loading the game in so that it knew what each of the joystick positions were mapped t…
... MINER, you swith the interface to #2.
You start the game ... , press SPACE to jump and then FIRE-button ... /> In the end, switch interface to #1.
Interface is programmed ... alterations I made in it to fast program it on CURSOR ...what did people.................hi there, what did people use their spectrum for? (playing games, programming, graphics, music or just for fun) :) octave
... editing, create new sources, backup to tape etc.
UV was ... I decided I would need to write a better tool. The ... work-alike to use the editors buffer.
After adding an include ... directive to the assembler I was ...What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
... something? Well, the sound apears to be faulty, but I ... : Carboot's I agree to a point. Traders are ... just starting to cotton on to 'all things retro' ... too, and they seem to infiltrate the boot sales, ... , there are still bargains to be had. I picked ...SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…
... , it just doesn't sound 'right' to have Cybernoid never slow down ... /> You know I'm going to go off and try it ... an absolute treat! Looking forward to future updates, although I can ...tzx gamesHow can i run a tzx on my real spectrum?Is there a way i can copy a tzx to tape so i can load it in the normal way or can i load it from my hard driv…
... has a feature to transfer from PC to a Real ... tape recorder ready connected to your soundcard and press ...
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Not to confuse you, just for educational ... file in a sound program to record it to the tape.< ...What is a Kempston joystick?Just a quick question from an ignorant Commodore user (what, a Commodore user on this sacred ground? Relax, I'm a fan of all 8-bits, including the wo…
To explain it all.
to read input
i.e. ... This interface decodes the joystick input to values read by the spectrum ... /> So when you choose to KEMPSTON-interface your Spectrum will ... could make it point to any other still free ...What is a Kempston joystick?Just a quick question from an ignorant Commodore user (what, a Commodore user on this sacred ground? Relax, I'm a fan of all 8-bits, including the wo…
... Z80 you have a command to read input
i.e. ... /> This interface decodes the joystick input to values read by the spectrum ... /> So when you choose to KEMPSTON-interface your Spectrum will ...
The Kempston interface responded to anything with bit 5 reset ...Obscure FavouritesWe all know Manic Miner and Fairlight are classics, but surely everyone has some favourite speccy games that aren't so well-known. For mine I'd nomi…
Out of all the obscure games I have played, I tend to go back to 2 of them :-
Brainstorm (Firebird)
Psycho Pigs UXB
Both fantastic games!!TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... run on it due to incompatabilities in the ROM.< ...
You should be able to load TZX and TAP files ... them through your PCs sound card to the Timexs EAR port ... (assuming it's similar to the spectrums we know and ... be able to get some windows utils to replay TZXs ...
