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Game colorsHi there, It is probably very unusual question to ask. I am an Atari enthusiast, but I like ZX Spectrum and its followers, too. I wonder which avail…
... missing brown or orange color in games or other applications. Thanks for ... -
A couple of maths questions (theory, not application)1. Some bloke has worked out the value of PI to nearly 2.7 trillion digits, according to: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8442255.stm[/UR…
... use is a prime number in real life? What application does ... when you see long numbers (in games or whatever) written as 4120456564 ... -
Graphics: What is the point of ...... actually, let me apologize for such a stupid vague thread title, I so wanted to avoid this but the whole sentence I wanted to write is just way t…
... sometimes get on websites (or in YouTube videos) showcasing "awesome" ... are the screens between levels in Speccy Wolfenstein, or scroll down ... surprising this wasn't used in games, is it?
... the C64/Speccy palette debate in the pouet.net example ... -
"Thank you for your coming"Inspired by another WOSser's topic about "Stop the Express" I thought I would search the net for an article dedicated to bad endings in games, with o…
... article dedicated to bad endings in games, with or without Engrish. This ... -
MsxDoes anyone recommend emulating MSX? If so, MSX 1 or 2 or both? And what games should I start off with - especially interested in games that were uni…
Does anyone recommend emulating MSX? If so, MSX 1 or 2 or both? And what games should I start off with - especially interested in games that were unique to MSX or where the MSX was considered to have the best home computer or console version. -
Deus Ex Machina news....Thought this deserved it's own thread....I was talking about it in the classic album thread. I bought the Pimania LP and emailed feedingtube records…
... ....I was talking about it in the classic album thread.
in a double cassette package with ... the game included too. Sometime in 2011
Nick ... I should have posted this in Games...can a mod move if ... -
The best modern(ish) RPG/FPS (and Deus Ex 3 and Thief 4 discussion too).What's the best first person shooter/RPG game on the XBox 360 (well, on the PC or PS3 too, as most big name games are cross platform now, so if you p…
... though certainly not a novice in computer games in general, or first person ... love rain, both in real life and in games, in the latter it makes ... before the first games, only a couple of decades in the future ... still one of the best games ever, even nine years ... -
How do you work with fonts on speccy?just curious really.. I know c64 workings, and obv. the spec you draw direct to screen.. on 64 , you'd make what would be equivalent to UDG.. and sa…
... treat them like tiles used in games and associated each tile with ... -
Help with mystery game programmer...Hi, I wanted to try to revive an old C.S.S post from 2004, where I was trying to track down the name of a very exploited Spectrum games programmer. …
... of a very exploited Spectrum games programmer. There were a couple ... I found in an old issue
of "The Games Machine" which ... disturbing interview with
someone in games software. By the end of ... happened in '83?
JOE - I'd written a few games on ... -
Something else to hate about modern gamingDespite my skirmishes with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server support for many console games (which don't allow you to …
... support for many console games (which don't allow ... you to host games yourself, so you're ... and other options configurability in games, and the way so ... to last generation's games are so awful, there ... level and some exclusive in-game weapons; the second ... -
Valve are gits (hopefully the headcrabs will get them!)I've just read that Valve have banned a bloke from using his account (and therefore his games) just because he talked about selling the account! Alri…
... selling any lot of used games, be they discs, cassettes, ... the medium by which games were made available in the 1980s, no ... you over a thousand dollars in games, as one Steam user recently ... ago. The account in question had nearly $1800 in games tied to it ... -
Old three channel beeper music engine by Lyndon SharpIf you ever wanted to use Lyndon Sharp's beeper music engine, which was used in games like Mig-29 Soviet Fighter or Zanthrax, now it is possible. The…
... music engine, which was used in games like Mig-29 Soviet Fighter ... -
Deus Ex: Human RevolutionI take it I'm not the only WOSser looking forward to [I]Deus Ex: Human Revolution[/I], the third Deus Ex game, which is due out in a couple of months…
... if no most of the games problems and situations using stealth ... the RPG elements really work in making the game more interesting ... forced periods of non-interraction in games, they are OK the first ... I ended the game, not in disgust at this admittedly unpromising ... -
IDE Hard Drive on your Spectrum!Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Today, I am going to share with you something that has truly captivated me over the last couple of months, some of you…
... want to take part in games... but theres no putting ... .
In this time however my friend ... /> The above is installed in a slightly Modified Spectrum +3 ... convert tape and FDD games / applications to run ... its a little convoluted in getting data onto the ... -
Pixel Pimp, graphics utilityHi All, [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/pixelpimp.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes…
... have preshifted data to use in games. Also easy access to block ... />
If anyone has interest in this could I get a ... the ROM save/load routine, in the end I decided to ... /> May still have some bugs in, if you find any let ... -
Greetings all overheat problemsfirstly hello everybody and thanks for adding me to the forum dont know if ill be much use here but i hope so the problem i have or should i say a…
... to pot
ie as in games wont load , picture goes really ... /> sound is near non existant in 128k mode but 48k mode ... -
Help I killed my +3...I replaced the drive belt on my +3 and gave drive quick service. Upon booting everything was fine and one of the discs I bought went in and I heard…
... the discs I bought went in and I heard a whirr ... the wrong end of the audio jack in the sound/mic socket ... -
Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
In truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about it. I thought the answer might come up in such a thread. As such, only interested in games, and not demos ;) -
+3 Disk bootHello, could someone point me how to make bootable +3 disk ? The +3 manual indicate roughly how to do it but im missing lot of details. Also, how ex…
... /> I understand from a thread in Games section that format up to ... -
AZIMUT / Frecuency spectrum[code]start DI LD HL,#7F40 LD D,#58 loop LD B,#00 bucle1 LD A,H IN A,[#FE] XOR A,C AND A,L J…
... LD A,H
IN A,[#FE]
RRA
in speed and size, to show audio input in spectrum, inspired in "EL ... in attr-bitmat to show the frecuency captured by input audio, ... how is "deaf" a Spectrum audio circuit.
the ... -
Interview with VERONIKA MEGLER ("The Hobbit" programmer)This interview with Veronika Megler (The Hobbit) has been published by elmundodelspectrum.com in Spanish, I copy it here for you all in its original …
... wrote many of the games in Basic for the books that ... have a previous interest in games before joining them or ... were the pioneering company in computer games in Australia; I certainly wasn ...
[I]?Which other games were in process in Melbourne at the same ... -
Music cassettesWas there ever a utility on the Spectrum which when you to play an audio cassette in the player enabled the loading border stripes 'move to the music…
... when you to play an audio cassette in the player enabled the ... when I used to play audio cassettes in my +2! I think ... -
Best composer of ZX MusicWho do you think is the best composer old or new of zx spectrum music with in games ? My personal fave has to be Tim Follin. To me he pushed the AY…
... of zx spectrum music with in games ?
My personal fave ... -
+2 OverheatingMust first give thanks to Dazza75 for supplying me a replacement +2 however it seems to be overheating and corrupting graphics in games making them u…
... be overheating and corrupting graphics in games making them unplayable after about ... -
Hello and a requestHello everyone Zxspecstar here and i have a request that if anyone has the type in games from input magazine saved as I am looking to do a video and …
... if anyone has the type in games from input magazine saved as ... or point me towards them in the forum if someone has ... -
Name the Spectrum book...Hi, as I don't have access to Sinclair Miscellaneous, I am posting this here. Back in the mid-late 80s I got a book from the Home Computing Club and…
... this here.
Back in the mid-late 80s I ... out what it was called in the hope of seeing if ... contained quite a few type-in games, with different lisstings for Spectrum ... -
BASIC printer drivers for proportional and 6x8 printingcore features: * fully relocatable code; just do LOAD "" CODE startaddr:RANDOMIZE USR startaddr with any 'startaddr' * do POKE (startaddr+1),chan…
... driver x coordinate in AT is in pixels, for 6x8 -- in 6 pixels ... actually one of the standard samples in UrAsm repository.
the ... -
DK'Tronics Dual Sticks and Up/DownIs there a know issue with the DK'Tronics dual port joystick interface - the one that supports Kempston and Sinclair #1 (6..0)? I vaguely remember a…
... memories of user-defined keys in games and actually wanting up/down ... [/I] played the same as in the arcade. But for the ... -
Fastest redraw of screen from UDGsHere's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be used in games: On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the scre…
... of code to be used in games:
On a standard ... /or vertically to enable scrolling in the translation from map to ... -
+2b RGB to CompositeHello , My samsung LCD TV duznt seem to like my +2b RGB scart lead , I get a picture but theres lots of snow in front of it , My spectrum+ 48k with t…
... but theres lots of snow in front of it , My spectrum ... sound if i plug the audio lead in the 3.5 hole ...
