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The long view of TV out qualityAs time went on, Sinclair improved the analogue side to give better picture quality. It's therefore ironic that out of the four Spectrums I currentl…
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Try this in google mapsTake 60 seconds to do this: 1. go to [url]www.google.com[/url] 2. click on "maps" 3. click on "get directions" 4. type " New York " in the firs…
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Why can't I use the keyboard?Playing some old Speccy games recently, there's a fair number that ask you to enter your name using the joystick (Trashman for example). Why not let …
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Cannon Bubble source releaseHello! We have just released the full source code (including artwork) for our latest game, Cannon Bubble. Download it here: [url]http://www.computer…
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The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
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Paul Owens loadershi I reckon Batman the movie ought to be listed as having the Paul Owens protection loader, as it has red/black loading colours, slightly faster tha…
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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... print double width text and scroll double width text messages.
Something completely different (new game tech-demo)Since finishing Stranded 2.5 (available soon from Cronosoft - plug!) I've been playing with the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-b…
... the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-based ...What I hate about computers and/or video gamingYesterday I spent approximately four months (subjecively that is, objectively it was around two to three hours) fixing my mate's PC. I won't bore you…
... you were partway through the scroll bar whilst copy some files ... from that window, then the scroll bar returns to the top ...Contention and floating bus timingHello, I was recently playing a bit with memory contention and floating bus stuff in ZXDS and there is one thing which puzzles me a bit. It is the d…
... , though, to fetch screen AND attribute data and still display them ...Do you think my graphics card is on its way out?Lately, I've been getting graphical errors, if I grab a window and move it round the screen really fast (Pic 1) or if using the internet the page wi…
... load ok, but the I scroll down same errors happen (Pic ...A question about HTML.Why did the W3C depreciate the align attribute of the <DIV> tag. What replaces it? Is alighnment purely at CSS level now. Scottie_UK.
Why did the W3C depreciate the align attribute of the tag.
What replaces it? Is alighnment purely at CSS level now.
Scottie_UK.Graphic equalizer m.c. program neededBack in the 90's I had a full-screen attribute equalizer that was simple, yet very impressive. We used to listen to Vangelis or Jean M Jarre by conne…
... I had a full-screen attribute equalizer that was simple, yet ...games likes you and ppl dislikes???Hi there, which games you think are good meanwhile magazines and ppl gaves them bad reviews?? to me Is speccy version of Salamander. Ok, its not a …
... smooth, it had inertia, multidirectional scroll, no slow-downs. graphics were ...Where's my magnifying glass???OK, speak up! Which one of you basts took my magnifying glass??? It used to be in Win3.11 but I can't seem to find it under WinXP ... it might have…
... with the mouse, perhaps the scroll wheel)
Help please ...ANNOUNCE: JSW64 Manic Miner: James BondTo celebrate "Two Double-Oh Seven" before it ends, I am delighted to announce the first gamma-release of [i]JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond[/i] (v1.0),…
... -type, pixel-pattern and colour-attribute), and the ability to enable ...Most difficult game to playThanks to Rickard's thread about Skulduggery (or however they wanted to interpret the English language) where you had to not only control your charac…
... control your character, but also scroll the screen manually (lazy programmer ... 't know how to auto-scroll?), I'm now wondering if ...Name this game pleaseI think there is a rocket with platforms in both sides, and the hero is a robot that must take fuel (or pieces maybe) to the rocket; it isn't Jetpac.…
I think there is a rocket with platforms in both sides, and the hero is a robot that must take fuel (or pieces maybe) to the rocket; it isn't Jetpac.
An alien is seeking for you, and it has scroll.
Thanks!Speccy sounds on CSI:NY?Last night on CSI:NY, as the team are examining the -ahem- "time machine" there's some "lab noises" in the background. I'm not sure if my ears were f…
... the broadband noise of the attribute chunk. Looped. No header tones ...Specdrum2 For The PcHi guys n gals just wanted to let you know that i have written a remake of specdrum (you know the one from 1985(c) CheetahSoft Ltd. if you head ov…
... to the remakes page and scroll down to specdrum2 then you ...Specdrum 2 Newer versionHi there, [COLOR="DarkOrange"]Just letting you know that the newer version of specdrum 2 has been uploaded to the wos server this new version has so…
... to the remakes page and scroll down to where it says ...help sought with first foray into machine code - pixel scrolldownI have started to code my first machine code program, a simple roadrace game. I've based it around the pixel scrolldown routine in 40 Best Machine Co…
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[code];scroll down 1 pixel at a ... repeating the pixel scroll
dec b ;one scroll less to go ... ;otherwise continue with another pixel scroll
endroutine
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problem using FRAMES to generate 'random' numbersI realise the pros use bytes from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want to use FRAMES to synchronise the printing and avoid s…
... , but that would make the scroll slower and more jerky. Anyone ...Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... characters were filled with the attribute, thus uncovering the mono screen ...Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…
... and one other colour per attribute block.
Fixed - Stepping ...Problem with Speccy GraphicsI'm creating a couple of background images for the BombJack Editor using Photoshop (I can't seem to get my head around the graphics editor in BASin).…
... to work out any possible attribute clash. But when I tried ... given colour in the same attribute square?
(I know ...The House That Jack Built - How Many Items?I have found: Garden fork - found in the garden Egg cup - found in the tree Map with X on? - found in the maze flower - found in the maze Key - …
... ?? in a chequered box
Scroll - found in the middle of ...Pedro 1 - Quick and dirty translationHi, here is quick and dirty translation of Ultrasoft's Pedro 1. [url=http://www.edisk.cz/stahni/45586/pedro1EN.sna_48.23KB.html]pedro1EN.sna[/url] …
... . Just click on the link, scroll down, fill captcha and click ...8 pixel scrollingJust been playing Gunrunner (always forget how much I love this game, probs cos it's VERY hard) and wondered what other games use 8 pixel scrolling A…
... that if an 8 pixel scroll was used then unless the ...Porting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…
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