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Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…
... in increasing byte order, you come up with this structure of a display ...
To move up a pixel, you would decrease the ... do just that to move up a pixel.
Moving ... br /> dec l ; move left a screen byte
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Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
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I couldn't make up my mind about any one ... 2nd entry ("Welcome to ....") would look great methinks.
... to see how a page would look done this way:< ... (I can't make up my mind on whether the ... different people have come up with some good ideas ... -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... and it mentioned "Underwurlde - C64". A bit odd to give priority ... that version when it was a conversion from the Spectrum.
look up a dictionary sometimes to check what ... in their articles. When a magazine like Edge comes out ... -
GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…
... /> [quote]They invariably look and play absolutely shite[/quote ... br />
[quote]- look at the Super Mario Bros ... didn't take a good look at any of ... Properties and see the dimensions ( 256*192 )[/I]
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Aventura EspacialCan anyone tell me how to interpret the coordinate sheet for Aventura Espacial ? I can't make heads or tails of it !!!! The game works with 3 coordi…
... all work and designate a destination at that x, ... pick up a clue, and then break it into threes and look up ... , and you will end up in empty space very often ... always knew where youd end up itd be too easy. ... and i just hit something a while ago. dont interpret the ... -
Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…
... and yellow to give a slightly orangish look. I don't remember ... line 10 was to set up the screen, 20 was the ... .
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GAMES SIMILAR TO "MONTY IS INNOCENT"Hello to all! It appeals to very many the game to me "monty is innocent" and I would want to know if someone can suggest games to me similar to it (…
Several of the author of Monty is Innocents games are similar to it in that they seem to use a similat "engine" if that is the correct terminology.
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Translating games from RussianThe recent arrival of biotoxin and his obvious enthusiasm for Russian games has set me thinking: Will any Russian games ever be translated into Engl…
... 's quite a few words I've tried to look up in the ... 't know how to conjugate a verb, you're screwed. It ... "now" would be available in a dictionary, as the other two ... there's any Russians with a good grip of English, or ... -
Attract modeAnyone got any names of games that have a good attract mode? (for those who dont know , its where the game runs a demo even when you arnt playing...…
... game has 4 buttons up/down/left/right and ... of key presses in a single byte. So at 20fps that ...
This is a simple case, most games have ... higher... it starts to eat up memory quite quickly :)
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C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…
... added a programming tutorial and a how-to-guide for setting up Z88DK ... Data Types including a Doubly-Linked List, Hash Table, Heap
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Adventure type-insI know there are many adventure enthusiasts in here. Did any of you type-in adventure listings from magazines or books? If so, do you still have a …
Cheers Derek! I'll look up those games then. haven't ... indicated that there could be a seperate Type-In section in ... adventure games ("creating databases") to a Quilled game that I have ... , "haunted house" wasn't a game - rather a simple program that showed ... -
emulation Vs real speccy-which is better?i got thinking about the above topic subject and i came up reasons FOR emulation:- 1.when the monitor displays some spectrum graphics,there is no bl…
Emulators are good only up to a point. None of the emulators ... out give you a picture that perfectly replicates the ... but definitely there. When you look at the 1982 Sinclair Research ... much more appealing - emus have a dull, lifeless look about them. -
help in byte mirroring.I need some help. What is the best way to mirror the byte? (for ex. 10010011 -> 11001001) I mean, if there is a simple way to do it (may be with OR, …
... compact code and not having a table.
In ... Jet Set Willy), mirroring a byte is a very occasional operation, and ... />
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New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
... be pretty cool to see a 256 colour emulator that allows toggling ... graphics to 256 colour with a suitable editor would be a lot ... change the colours (a format for this 256 colour representation would ... existing Speccy game and up the graphics to 256 colours, OR, ... -
New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
The idea of a 256 colour Spectrum doesn't ... suggestions and thoughts that crop up here every so often.< ... the great games would lose a lot of their appeal. ... If you replace that with a new pallette which has no ... point. It would be a bit like those stupid remasters ... -
an idea that could be very very good...but also very very bad...Hello all! I've been having a chat with some of my friends round here that once loved the spectrum (well...2...as they're all heathens round here...)…
... a mobile Speccy emulator then get a Pocket PC. You can pick up ... emulators are free and on a 256 meg CF card i have ... n Poke which should be up by the weekend which gives ... a few more details about them.< ... -
help in byte mirroring.I need some help. What is the best way to mirror the byte? (for ex. 10010011 -> 11001001) I mean, if there is a simple way to do it (may be with OR, …
cyborg: thanx to your suggestion of using table method, I've managed to make a fast byte shifting using almost the same idea. table is 4096 bytes long, but the speed is great. -
Footie Director 2 +3 versionI am so happy to find the +3 version of FDII on the site! Now at last I can re-live my student years!! One question though - when you play an away …
... could post them... I'll look to add more to it ... GK form - a no-brainer.
But look at your Defence ... ground and the stadium fills up (a bit anyway J).
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light grey plus 2 external tape deck?can i just plug a tape deck into the socket on the far left, ear to ear? or does the light grey model not support it?
... is gibberish (which is a step up for you! Ed).. Shaddup ... an external source (EG a better tape recorder with ... .co.uk[/url], and look up item 550-929, you' ... could give it a try - certainly a dashed sight easier ... than taking a soldering iron to your ... -
New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
... be pretty cool to see a 256 colour emulator that allows toggling ... graphics to 256 colour with a suitable editor would be a lot ... change the colours (a format for this 256 colour representation would ... existing Speccy game and up the graphics to 256 colours, OR, ... -
Problems with WOSIs there problems with this site tonight cos i keep crashing......other sites / forums / winmx / irc are fine but everytime i come on here tonight i …
... something real *rare* does come up in Kazaa/Grokster, you're ... /> Aside from Symantec just filling up the damn registry everywhere with ... import the Registry you backed up.
( and maybe ... you have/can get a utility to look for orphan files, clean ... -
T.I.M. - A New Interlace - Demo for DOWNLOADHere's something that's been in the works for quite a while ( mostly in my head ) and recently I've aquired assistance to help it come to fruition. …
... dest address which requires a minimum of 32 cycles ... s a total of 54 cycles for a 14-byte ... copy or another 54/14=3.8 T per byte ... 12.5 T per byte and now it' ... which is worse than a much more comfortable LDI ... that I should have a look at the crap invaders ... -
Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... see being colourised already have a version with superior graphics.
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Su stumbling blocks(mags) Still trying to get the following, so if anyone has these to sell, lend or scan these it would be a great help. Megatape 6 scan issue 14 and the…
Sorry Mort, I didn't get a chance to look last weekend. I'll be over again this weekend - will try to get up into the loft then. -
new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…
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And a library with sprites, joystick, mouse ... pacmen. Pacmen is a demo that shows up to 64 sprites ... added some improvements, including a double-buffering ability for the ... br />
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Retro GamerI have only just heard about the Retro gamer mag. I am going to get issue 3 online as I can't find it in any shop :( I see on the website that issue…
Issue 1 had a special on the history and ... of home computers. It's a very interesting read. Fortunately, for ... to their web site and look up the Issue 1 related feature ... -
New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
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TerraCresta had a very strnge graphic set up. Also, the graphics ... area. This was hidden on a normal edition, but the full ... in 256 mode.
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The problem with early arcade adventuresWhether it was a programming reason or not, you find that a lot of the early arcade adventures on the Spectrum (1984-85) had 256 screens. I think "P…
I imagine the programmer used a single byte as an index to accessing ... the various screen in a maze. A ... single byte has the range of ... 0 to 255, hence the 256 ... -
Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…
... of you guys have a hell of a lot of Spectrums and ... begin to feel quite like a nerd. :mad:
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...if you feel like a nerd for owning ONLY ONE ... 'm afraid you need to look up the meaning of the word ...
