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Common pitfalls and solutionsLet's discuss some of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid them. For an example, here is a piece of code that …
... problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid ... case, the following is an excerpt from my notepad and is ... mostly a copypasta of what someone else wrote, inc. the ... random corruption.
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Getting a ZX Spectrum to work in the USHello all, I'm terribly new to these forums but not to the use of the Spectrum. I have a few in my collection of old machines and one of them I am …
... but not to the use of the Spectrum. I have ... and one of them I am donating to the fine people behind the ... from any period before the Dreamcast, but no 8 ... br />
Now the issue with donating this machine ... (I'm assuming) and the video output will have ... -
Your thoughts on The Covenant[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Covenant%2c+The$&pub=^PSS$&loadpics=1]The Covenant[/url] My interest in this game was reaw…
... solid, colourful graphics, and lots to consider in the gameplay - I especially ... levels, and the control system of the player both in and out of the ship ... this game back in the old days, and I revisited it a ... few years ago in the hope ... -
Article about Kevin Toms in the TelegraphThe Telegraph have a (very) [URL=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/7943029/Football-Manager-meet-the-man-who-kicked-off-the-genre.htm…
... Football-Manager-meet-the-man-who-kicked-off-the-genre.html] ... URL]. Nothing new about the game in the article, but it ends ... kevintoms.wordpress.com/]blog[/URL], and the news that Football Manager is ... least put his fizzog on the icon and splash screen though. -
Budget Game World Cup Knockout Round and FinalsWell here we go I've finally got some time to myself so while you're waiting on Mousey drawing the qualifying games for the full price World Cup let'…
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....and here it is with the names for the last 24 ... for the knockout groups as my missus is sitting next door, and ... from those 4 enter the semi final and the next in line from ... the semi final battle for 3rd ... -
Japanese computers and consolesThere some really nice ones out there if you can find them on yahoo auctions japan or ebay,now i think parts and the annoyance of using the stepdown …
... ,now i think parts and the annoyance of using the stepdown converter can ... on a gaming magazine about the best games or best systems ... -
Name The GameI've been struggling to remember the name of this game... It involved operating a crane to either load, or unload (can't remember which...) crates …
... 've been struggling to remember the name of this game...
and I think it must have ... /1983). Lots of cyan and blue paper and the crane was black, IIRC ... ", but apparently not, according to the archive... -
Micro Command - voice recognition for the ZX SpectrumIt's an interface you might know about. This is it: [img]http://www.zxprojects.com/images/stories/microcommand/microcommand.jpg[/img] I've found som…
... of communication exists between the "slave" Z80A and the main Z80A.
the non-standard behaviour of the CLK signal on the Spectrum, and had ... ].
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What are the prequels called?OK, so I stumbled onto to this game called [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023859&loadpics=3"]Kurashiku Nihongo Monsuta Shiro…
... Nihongo Monsuta Shiro 3[/URL] and the instructions hint at a prequel ... .
The person who wrote the instructions either didn't ... ] ????? ??? ????? ? 2[/I]) or because the name may be in Japanese ... t transfer over correctly. Maybe the game(s) haven't ... -
Help and Advice with DivIDE PlusHi Guys, Really struggling to get any reliable actiivty with my DivIDE Plus and am looking for some pointers. I am trying to get it to work with on…
... fully into the IO Bus, I switch the power on and the Spectrum boots ... fully into the IO Bus, I switch the power on and the screen/RAM ... consistently stays in a static uninitialised state. Pressing the ... -
New Vector utility (and questions)I was taking a look at the new version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program exports a binary file that can either be read fro…
... in the background, set the desired level of transparency, and then draw the vectors ... with hundreds of tiny vectors, and the final image looked digitised.
and the final image is too simple ... -
Kingdom of Krell, TheMartijn, I have another doubt. Wouldnt this game be an "Adventure: graphic"?? I am seeing that other games which are icon driven like Post Mortem or…
... Zombie are in that category and this game is included in ... />
Thanks man! :)
And actually I have another doubt ... />
Aren't the Icon driven adventures and the graphic adventures (like Garfield ... -
Modern and future computer/console gamingI'm downloading and I'm bored, so I thought I'd post about something that has been bothering me for a while (and I'll make it a long post, as I know …
... so generic, and often with less and less configurability and options. And the standard of ... to the end user), and this is due to extensive testing and the efforts ... . Considering that both the game and the console are from the same company, that ... -
Matrix and Terminator were plagarised!Sophia Stewart wrote a book, movie script in 1981, its called The Third Eye. Copyrights legally held by Sophia from 1981 to 1984. The style and spe…
... to 1984. The style and special fx of The Matrix were Sophia ... littlebit.
The Terminator and Matrix are different parts of ... s invented new effects and working with the Mandela's to ... without having to wear glasses, and the viewer is a character in ... -
Competition - Win the Oliver Frey bookThink i'm in a good mood or something ! Dont normally bother with all these 'guess the weight of the baby' type of thing but i'm in the mood for a c…
... the book - 'The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey'. The books in superb condition and ... , shes come back from the midwife and the head is now 'engaged ... says 7lbs 5oz and another 7lbz 7oz then the one under ... reply here with the weight. If i disappear and dont post ... -
The Top 25 Videogame Consoles of All TimeYep, another "best of..." list posted on the 'net, and like all lists based on opinion it's contentious, but even by the standards of most lists I th…
... selected for its influence on the industry and the gaming culture as a ... which machines had the most influence on gamers and the industry. Some people ... would cite the NES as being the most ... -
Do you play violent computer games AND support hunting?After the oh-so-brave shooting of a locally famous stag: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11624253[/url] questions are again being a…
... being asked about hunting, and what the laws on it should be ... pleasure is just plain wrong. And the people who shot that stag ... on a hunting license and gone to the supermarket instead.
the 360, and that's far more violent ... -
128+ and Divide+ not working togetheri think theres something wrong with my 128 (toastrack), divide+ just wont work on it, corrupted screen on bootup and with big thick black bars rollin…
... on bootup and with big thick black bars rolling down the screen ... should add that the 128 works fine without it and the divide+ works ... -
The Singapore Theory...Happy Halloween, folks. :smile: [I]The Singapore Theory[/I] is an album of my music. I've not had the bottle to stick a whole CD's worth of stuff up…
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[I]The Singapore Theory[/I] is an ... I finally figured "what the hey?", so here it ... look at it), the concept being ghosts and the supernatural, so I ... upload it, being Halloween and all. Genre-wise, it ... anyone wants to get the gist of it all ... -
Challenging Common Knowlege: The +2A/B[I]I was going to write a big long essay about my research on this subject, but being an incredibly lazy person I never really got anywhere with that…
... as fact all over the 'net, and these forums, with nothing ... all, everyone says so and it's on the internet... :)
... moulding reads "Made in Taiwan" and the +2B "Made in China".
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R3PLAY report and photosWell, R3PLAY is now over ... and what a great event it was. I have to thank all the organizers, their hard work really paid off and it was a huge suc…
... was next to TNMOC, RetroClinic and the pinball arcade).
and the Data Centre USB/flash ... it was the biggest retrogaming show of the year, and the second largest ... retro show (the VCF had ... -
A night at the London O2I took my son to see Wrestling at the London O2 last night for his birthday and I thought I'd share my observations of this experience. Firstly, the…
... rows from the ring and had a great view of the action.< ... wherever, the boy in the row behind jumped over and sat in ... seat. When the guy came back the boy stayed put and the guy had ... />
Too summarise, The show was great. The venue and parents however were ... -
Coming Soon: Harry Potter Adventure - The Full GameLast year, I brought you a demo of [I]Harry Potter Adventure[/I] but never came up with the full game. Now, with the release of [I]Harry Potter and …
... Now, with the release of [I]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ... project and finish it off in time for the release ... year.
The game will be expanded from ... find the secrets of Voldemort's immortality and the key ... I can get the hang of the [I]PAW[/I ... -
Spectrum +3 and Kempston InterfaceFurther to my update here: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31812&page=5[/url] I tried a D'Ktronics Kempston compatible …
... loaded Alien 8 (it's the first game at hand that ... loads on my +3!). Unfortunately the character jumps around like a ... try it as the socket is at the side and the PSU lead is ... -
Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…
... 's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's ... games that were fondly remembered, and defined the Spectrum.
Mine ... -
Somebody just threw a pipe through the window..?!? WTFWas just browsing the web as often late @night, and suddenly heard a big bang, the noise of glass breaking, ... WTF :-? 1st thought was that perhaps…
Was just browsing the web as often late @night, and suddenly heard a ... big bang, the noise of glass ... on a regular basis... :lol: and the neighborhood isn't [I]that ... . But create damage (& scare the shit out of people) for ... -
Carmageddon port crashes and burns?Why did no one post on here that the DOS classic Carmageddon was being remaded to run on Windows (well, a coder was writing his own version of the ga…
... [/url] ), who must own the copyright now, and who're claiming that ... C2 (especially the drivel they released for the N64) and the dissapointing Carmageddon 3 ... .
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Some muppet from the Green Party just asked me to sign a petition.......Knock on door. Tarquin Ponsonby-Smythe fresh out of oxbridge is canvassing to get people to sign a petition to lower speed limits in my neighbourhood…
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I declined, and offered to explain why.
"As a skilled and law abiding* motorcyclist, a 20mph ... life more difficult, and the type of people that ... was for the good of the community, and that I ... a leaflet from the Green Party, and said that she ... -
Best game of the Decade. The winner is...Gamefaqs.com have given the results of the Best Game of the Decade, and the winner is... Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Which seems a bit strange …
... have given the results of the Best Game of the Decade, and the winner is ... impressive on the current generation machines, and I was expecting the winner to ... /> For a round up of the matches and the results, see:
