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What game is this?When I first got my Speccy, in the year dot, I had a simple shoot em up game, that I cannot find. Can anyone recognise this please? The game starte…
[QUOTE=Matt_B]It sounds a bit like Arcadia, except that the butterflies were on the second level and there were only twelve waves.[/QUOTE]
Wow. That was a quick response! Thanks. At least I can now get hold of Arcadia and check it out. Cheers :) -
What game is this?When I first got my Speccy, in the year dot, I had a simple shoot em up game, that I cannot find. Can anyone recognise this please? The game starte…
Nope. Checked out Arcadia. It wasn't that. The butterfies were large 2-3 cm and fluttered down the screen. I remember the nails swinging back and forth as they came down. -
ZX Game Book UpdateHi all... For various unrelated reasons the time I have for editing has been limited to weekends, but I'm still plugging away. I have created 'fi…
... 20 pages:
1) Arcadia: 2nd last line
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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…
... few games also had more flicker in parts of the screen ... the techniques used to achieve flicker-free graphics on the Spectrum ... sprite library that will generate flicker-free graphics no matter what ... -
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…
... then redrawing all 10? No flicker at all...
One ... frames per update). Yet the flicker problem was resolved by using ... -
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…
... is back-buffered to avoid flicker, planets are drawn as true ... -
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…
... up double buffering to eliminate flicker.
I think the ... -
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…
... lines on screen (hence the flicker) where the ZX dosnt. :) It ... -
** New Game In Development **As one or two of you may already know, Jonathan (Joffa) Smith is currently developing a brand new Spectrum game. The program is called 'SAUCER' It'…
... coding. 50fps, scrolling and no flicker, have to admire that! -
replacement +3 psuok, who would be kind enough to help an idiot build a replacement PSU for the +3 / +2a , from a PC power supply? Guesser has already helped out a gr…
... a brownout where the lights flicker off for a split-second ... -
Speccy Soft Time Travel - a theoryYou know, sometimes I have a few weird thoughts (not uncommon on this forum, it seems)... I?ve been thinking about this a couple of times - as we al…
... at the same time as Arcadia. Both shoot 'em ups, but ... -
Your Speccy Games CollectionJust updated my Spectrum games list today after having a load of tapes lying around for months, managed to sort them out and I now have 1441 original…
... great cassette - cascade, 1983
Arcadia compilation (chase hq, op thunderbolt ... , minus lid of box
Arcadia (invasion, kamikaze, minefield, UFO) - J ... -
new sony ebook...just reading this article bout sonys new digital paper thing, apparently avaible now.... http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23368492-details…
... reflects light and doesn't flicker, so it's much closer ... -
joystick queryIn my spectrum playing heyday I never liked using a joystick, for me and my speccy loving pals it was always the keyboard for pixel perfect movement.…
... early shoot 'em up like Arcadia or Mooncresta (although 'docking' between ... -
This is..............probably a really stupid question and I'll be laughed off of the forum for it but I'll ask it anyway! I have just got a super duper 19 inch So…
I've had it flicker and squish slightly vertically very ... -
Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
[QUOTE=Arda]wow it works : )
I'll use that in my next crap game.[/QUOTE]
Try to do some better than this: ;-)
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20 rem * dbuf2.bas *
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Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... is valid, and is almost flicker-free
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It *is* flicker-free : don't sell it ... -- basin does not emulate the flicker-freeness. -
Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
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It *is* flicker-free : don't sell it ... -- basin does not emulate the flicker-freeness.[/QUOTE]
I ... video frame, then some perceptible flicker is possible.
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Why does Spectrum display has a border?Ok, this is problbly simple and very basic question but I don'r remember seeing an answer anywhere. Don't you think, that at first glance it is irr…
... two (why divide? - because of flicker, interleaved display scan), so we ... -
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…
... to screen, and is how flicker free operation is achieved without ... -
Battle of Games 6: Shoot em Ups 1Greetings to all :D Welcome to the first battle of games dedicated to Shoot Em Ups. First because I'm pretty sure everybody will speak of some game I…
I see that Moon Cresta is there, in that case, so should Pheenix and Arcadia have been there too.... -
Battle of Games 7 - Shoot-emups 2Greetings ladies and gentlemen :) Welcome to Part 2 of the shoot-em-up battle. Again, as in battle 6, we'll have a [b]multichoice[/b] battle with som…
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A special mention for Arcadia, for me this was such ... -
Battle of Games 7 - Shoot-emups 2Greetings ladies and gentlemen :) Welcome to Part 2 of the shoot-em-up battle. Again, as in battle 6, we'll have a [b]multichoice[/b] battle with som…
... is a straight moon cresta / arcadia type SEU, the other is ... -
Battle of Games 7 - Shoot-emups 2Greetings ladies and gentlemen :) Welcome to Part 2 of the shoot-em-up battle. Again, as in battle 6, we'll have a [b]multichoice[/b] battle with som…
... is a straight moon cresta / arcadia type SEU, the other is ... -
Speccy RGB cable on ebayAnyone got this? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Scart-cable-for-Spectrum-128K-3-2A-2B-free-shipping_W0QQitemZ130079309364QQihZ003QQcategoryZ50223QQssPage…
... - the whole screen didn't flicker - in fact most of it ... it flickered and seemed to flicker left to right along the ... -
Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…
... than LDIR) to get the flicker-free graphics by building the ... -
Porcupine TreeAre there any Porcupine Tree fans here? I only came across them recently and bought their album 'In Absentia' a few weeks agi. It's really amazing an…
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16k Spectrum.How come emulator's in 16k mode don't provide 32 ram-pack support.
25 years of gamesWith the anniversary fast approaching I wanted to start some discussions about the last 25 years of the Spectrum firstly of course comes game Which…
One game? I'd have to say Jetpac as, like Manic Miner & Chuckie Egg, it can still hold it's own in terms of graphics & playability. It has colour clash & flicker, but managed to do it all in less that 16K.
