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Best Car Game On The Specci?Chase HQ is pretty cool and Out Run isn't bad either. But what's everyone's top 5? Mine are- 5) Techncop 4) Chase HQ 3) Out Run 2) Super Cars 1) Lo…
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Werewolves of LondonUsed to play this a bit years ago but never was any good at it and couldn't work out what any items did or how not to die before too long but waiting…
... the "flippy flippy" Speccy/CPC tape mentioned above back in the ... for a really big, sprawling arcade-adventure to be created from ... -
Kung Fu MasterWhy why WHY was the Spectrum conversion of this game so BAD? It's like the Programmer played the Arcade game a couple of times and then wrote the co…
... used less 'professional' methods. Arcade conversions ran the whole gamut ... budget popping down the arcade when necessary for a ... about using video cameras to tape a playthrough.
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remaking speecy arcade conversionsHas any considered remaking speecdy arcade conversions. I thought double dragon conversion was ok but it could have been better. If u guys get my dri…
... /> Has any considered remaking speecdy arcade conversions. I thought double dragon ... need to be good at programming and be prepared to put ... -
Arcade games that never got converted to the SpeccyOver the years, loads of arcade games never did make it to the Speccy. What games would you have like to have seen converted to the Spectrum?
... of playability and as with arcade games at the time was ... by one of the better programming houses of the time (Elite ... br />
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Which games are you obsessed with?Do any of you find yourself returning constantly to a particular game or games,even though you've played it to death?My current obsession is Kokotoni…
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... new mate in primary school programming one in 48k mode and ... ripped apart my Fisher Price tape player soon after i got ... -
+3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…
... about - ripping disk images to tape/disk.
DB2 was ... image, track by track to tape, for restore later (saves to ... tape at normal and turbo speed). ... is), way beyond my Z80 programming skills
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z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... fires up and loads the tape.
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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... kind of game it is. Arcade, maybe not. Civilization, probably. ... if it supports a programming style that is linear ... In the old days 'modular programming' was very much the buzzword ... just as 'object-oriented programming' is today.
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MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... old Speccy playing the ol' arcade games than their doorstop can ... much time... Why not start programming it?[/quote]
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Amstrad CPCWhy did the CPC lose out so badly to the Spectrum and C64 - it looks a tidy bit of kit and seemed to have a half decent number of games released for …
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Playing Denied Ultimate GamesHmmm, maybe this belongs in Emulators but it is game specific. Just been leafing through Games(TM) in Smiths and there's an article about a (strong)…
... real Spectrum with the original tape. [/QUOTE]
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The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... the CBM64 had a crap tape deck and even worse power ... was lamost as slow as tape.
As I said ... /> People bought the machine, started programming games, games sold well, more ... the machine, more people started programming games, games sold well, then ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... load one game (seriously) from tape, and then the game was ... better on other machines (especially arcade conversions, or conversions written by ... -
Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…
... (eg. several by Hestacrest), and programming & data transfer utilities were ... I think.
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The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... also apparent that the home programming boom was on the decline ... commercial magazines' moving away from programming articles and tutorials, towards less ... or monochrome graphics in many arcade conversions, this helped further the ... -
Your views on...HyperSports[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Hyper+Sports$&pub=^Imagine+Software+Ltd$]HyperSports:[/url] Now, I wasn't really into Sport…
I own this Tape. It's not Bad as ... go. Has anyone tried the Arcade Emulation on Mame. These sorts ... -
Which arcade game do you wish...... had been converted to the spectrum? There`s a lot of people who seem to not like arcade convo`s but personally I loved most of them, I know they…
... /> I think the easier / better arcade games such hyper sports , bomb ... could also be just lazy programming (nemesis) as games like R ... -
Which arcade game do you wish...... had been converted to the spectrum? There`s a lot of people who seem to not like arcade convo`s but personally I loved most of them, I know they…
... could also be just lazy programming (nemesis) as games like R ... Ocean chucked out film license/arcade license over and over as ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... be considered by choosing which programming language, tool to use.
Here people talks about programming as fun, hobby. Of course ... Speccies picture on TV, hearing tape noise, touching rubber keys and ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... be considered by choosing which programming language, tool to use.
Here people talks about programming as fun, hobby. Of course ... Speccies picture on TV, hearing tape noise, touching rubber keys and ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... on the keyboard, which made programming in 48K mode very difficult ... />
But the +2's tape deck was very disapointing, slow ... signal) and how could any tape deck for a computer in ... rife) possibly come without a tape counter? I got a friend ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... spur for me to learn programming as a youngster -- I rarely ... storage is much better than tape. I left a disk interface ... -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... error, not because of some programming glitch. The speeding up of ... is probably the best new arcade title for a retro machine ... -
Music on game cassettes?I was rather amazed at how professional the music included with Everyone's A Wally sounded: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNoqq9Vfc0g[/url] I…
... the mags had a tape with the arcade Afterburner music on it ... the Amiga came with a tape with a full-length version ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... bypassing such good oportunities on programming for these platforms.
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Help where do i startIm thinking of writing a game or two for the speccy. At the moment Im not sure what type. But Im after some general info. I know laguages like Basi…
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Sam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coupé without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…
... , super Jupiter Ace and super Arcade Machine seeing as we have ... ' file on the original MGT tape that was bundled with the ... -
Anyone have any pics of their collection?I'm an Atari 800XL owner and the main media that games were on for that were tape. Trouble is I've seen loads of pics on the net of peoples collectio…
... /> The drawer under my TV, arcade stick, disc cleaner, disc cleaner ... /> The box for the XE tape deck, [url]http://www.geocities ...
