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"Frankie goes to Hollywood" HAS BEEN COMPLETED !!!!Yup ! What we thought impossible has now been proven possible ! There is no bug in the game, either - there are just some parts where you have to be …
... some parts where you have to be careful :)
Needless ... to say, I'll be sending ... the snapshots to SpeccySpoilers and I'll add ... -
Where to find components, tools etc ?!I think i'm not the only one spending a lot of time surfing the net for components etc for Spectrum Hardware projects. Some component's are not manuf…
... manufactured anymore and almost impossible to find and others are hard ... will share my favorite places to shop and hope that others ... components that could be hard to find.
// [url=" ... your own favorite companies/sites to this list.
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I have done a Spectrum Screen Design Template As PDFI use this for my games, to work out attribute and screen addresses. It is A4, to be printed landscape [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/s…
I use this for my games, to work out attribute and screen addresses. It is A4, to be printed landscape
[url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/specform.pdf"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/specform.pdf[/url] -
UKretro.co.uk - Website UpdateHi, The latest additions to our site ([url]www.UKretro.co.uk[/url]) are listed below, Best Wishes, Mike [url="http://www.UKretro.co.uk"]www.UKretro…
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The latest additions to our site ([url]www.UKretro ... /> Chakan - Sega Game Gear
Columns - Sega Game Gear
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How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?Found this on another forum... 1 to change the light bulb. 1 to post that the light bulb has been changed. 14 to share similar experiences of ch…
... changed.
14 to share similar experiences of changing ...
203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off ... "Me too".
12 to post to the group that they will ... forum member (or ninja) to respond to the original post 6 months ... -
The last game released to the public.Hello! My question is this. What was the last game to be released/sold in the golden era? I know of Cronosoft still develop/sell games. Christian
Hello!
My question is this.
What was the last game to be released/sold in the golden era?
I know of Cronosoft still develop/sell games.
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I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…
... here is not the place to say that!).
to write an emulator for the ... that it is possible to write an emulator in ... absolutely no idea where to begin. To be frank, I have ... do I need to know in order to emulate the spectrum ... -
What *Should* Have Been the Last Game to Be PublishedHi All, Inspired by the the thread about the last public/official/etc. Spectrum game, in your opinion, what would have been the ultimate (no hint in…
... ultimate (no hint intended) game to be published as the last ... this with some athletes preferring to end their career at the ... -
Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... values from one area to another to speed up.
... ADD THE CONTENTS OF HL TO A
; SO AT ... ; CONVERTS A SCREEN ADDRESS TO AN ATTRIBUTE ADDRESS
LD A ... ; PRINT A 1*8 CHAR TO THE SCREEN
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Games which are just about impossible to *not* completeWe've had a thread about games which can't be completed (revived by me to add Xavior to the hall of shame), so how about games which you're almost ce…
... completed (revived by me to add Xavior to the hall of shame ... which you're almost certain to complete even if you play ... Repeat and you're bound to eventually get a Target of ... ; also Deus Ex Machina (not to be confused with any recent ... -
Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …
... ADD THE CONTENTS OF HL TO A
; SO ... ; CONVERTS A SCREEN ADDRESS TO AN ATTRIBUTE ADDRESS
; LD ... ; PRINT A 1*8 CHAR TO THE SCREEN
... INC H ; *256 TO GET NEXT LINE
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Adding chips to a 128k SpeccyI thought I rememberd reading somewhere once that you can add a second AY sound chip to a speccy. Is this true? And if so, why?
I thought I rememberd reading somewhere once that you can add a second AY sound chip to a speccy.
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Dragon's Lair 2: How To Complete It?Does anyone know how to complete the last level in Dragon's Lair 2 ? When I had a Speccy I used to play this game a lot but I still haven't completed…
Does anyone know how to complete the last level in Dragon's Lair 2 ? When I had a Speccy I used to play this game a lot but I still haven't completed the game. Can anyone help me ?
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Can't get any Emulators to work on Palm Tungsten|EI've tried them all(on WOS), and nothing works right with a Palm Tungsten|E. Some emulators we developed in 2002 so I wouldn't expect them to work bu…
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Ok this maybe silly but i need to know...Right guys ive decided to buy a Speccy from ebay, preferbally with a few games to get me started etc but ive noticed that the photos of them dont see…
Right guys ive decided to buy a Speccy from ebay, ... preferbally with a few games to get me started etc but ... photos of them dont seem to show a tape deck or ... that then mean i have to then find someone selling a ... -
Please help me to find this gameI like the game Astemex in Caricamento but I didn't find it on this site. Can anybody help me to find it? I would be very greatful if you could do th…
I like the game Astemex in Caricamento but I didn't find it on this site. Can anybody help me to find it? I would be very greatful if you could do this. -
Best emulator to use for type-insHi Everyone, I have loads of spectrum basic / mc code I had written when I was at school - some cool stuff, I'd like to type it in (from 4" silver p…
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Is ZZ Spectrum emulator avalable to the public?Hi! Just wondering if ZZ Spectrum is avalable to the public for download... Wanted put something simular at my site too... :D Thanks
Hi!
Just wondering if ZZ Spectrum is avalable to the public for download...
Wanted put something simular at my site too... :D
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How to cheat in LocomotionI like Locomotion and when I played it I always used this little trick. If you press and hold FIRE while moving pieces of the railroad track the trai…
I like Locomotion and when I played it I always used this little trick. If you press and hold FIRE while moving pieces of the railroad track the train runs slower and you will have time to complete the level. -
Wanted: Code to wait until Border has been drawnWhen my IM2 interrupt fires, I want to wait until the ULA is past the first line of display before drawing. I know I need to wait about 14300T after…
When my IM2 interrupt fires, I want to wait until the ULA is past the first line of display before drawing.
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Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
... bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like ... /> If it has got something to do with the Z80 processor ... -
Whatever happened to Ocean?Ocean were probably the biggest software company on the Speccy, as well as other 8-bit computers. In the UK at least - in terms of number of releases…
... and high status allowing them to sign the biggest tie-in ... games.
Whatever happened to them? I presume they kept ... -
Help me to find the name of this gameIt's a Spanish motorbike racing game. You can choose a bike and the equipment in the main menu of the game. You start at the left part of the screen …
... of the screen and move to the right. You should also ... -
Where to get Speccy bits and pieces...Hi everybody, My poor little 16K Speccy is begging to be fixed but I think the ULA has given up the ghost - when I power it on the screen stays the …
... little 16K Speccy is begging to be fixed but I think ... for).
Anyhow, I want to get this machine back and ... so I don't want to pester him.
Any ... -
How to play 'Savage'?I can't work out how to run Savage.tzx in Spectaculator 6. It loads up and the music starts playing. Pressing enter brings up the intro screen with …
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Can anyone tell me how to emulate the ZX Printer on a PC-printer?What code's do you sent to the PC-printer to make it print a LLISTING or SCREEN$ with Sinclair font or the SCREEN$ as it has loaded on the screen? I…
... 's do you sent to the PC-printer to make it print ... screen?
I want to use my ZX-PC Interface ... the Spectrum printerbuffer I want to send the result through the ... interface trough the PC to the printer.
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Zaf-forth to Z80 compiler Build 5This forth like complier is changing almost every day with new items been added. Here is a new Zaf-forth word add it the sptword.fth file - which is…
... Demo"
;"Draws 30 circles to the screen"
;"random ...
;"Start label used to jump back to start"
< ... spaces
;"prints 8 spaces to screen"
."Random ... />
jump start
;"jump to start label"
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Connecting real Spectrum to TVHello, This is my first post on this forums, so hello to everybody. I have recently bought Spectrum +2 on internet auction and tried to connect it to…
... on this forums, so hello to everybody.
I have recently ... internet auction and tried to connect it to
my home TV ... connecting the cables I tried to find
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How do I save to tape, as it wereSo I've written my game, I've written a loading screen, I want to now put everything together with a loader etc so that it is the same as loading str…
... a loading screen, I want to now put everything together with ...
