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  • Games for the Magnum Lightgun and SpinI have downloaded the games for the Magnum Lightgun from this site but they don't work. I load them in Spin and choose the otion "PC Mouse Emulates M…

    ... manually de-select it to avoid installation.
    [/quote]

    Jon Needle Jon Needle October 2004 Emulators
  • Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…

    Gah - some horrible flicker - time to make a sync routine.
    cyborg cyborg October 2004 Development
  • Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…

    Well I could be wrong, but this seems the most likely explanation, since there is no flicker when running on Emuzwin, Realspec, Specemu, or Klive. Also it runs fine on a real 48K spectrum.

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…

    ... 's rock solid with no flicker.

    Could be your ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2004 Development
  • Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…

    I just checked which version of SPIN I am using and it is 0.504. Tried it with different combinations of video settings but can't get rid of the flicker. Is there something else I'm missing perhaps?

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…

    You're not missing anything. Dunny accidently built at least the last couple of releases using the old contention/floating bus code. Believe me, your game does not flicker at all when built with the correct source :)
    Woody Woody October 2004 Development
  • Sprite Graphics TutorialHi everyone, Would like some feedback on the following: I am thinking of writing a Sprite Graphics Tutorial, ie. how to best program and implement …

    ... to explain the raster and flicker avoidance.

    2. Screen ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • commodore64just download a c64 emulator and find this interesting site [url="http://www.c64.com"]http://www.c64.com[/url], lots of games and screenshots, ..i re…

    ... too quickly for me to avoid.
    Spector Spector October 2004 Games
  • More colours (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... days of the Amiga, interlacing flicker doesn`t bother me, so ...
    CKay CKay October 2004 Emulators
  • More colours (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... days of the Amiga, interlacing flicker doesn`t bother me, so ...
    AndyC AndyC October 2004 Emulators
  • Speccy Maps: Just what the hell is going on here then?Some time ago, a chap going by the name of Pavero built a few maps of Speccy games. Though they weren't brilliant, but they sufficed. He decided th…

    ... on a steel hat to avoid the stone throwing)

    psj3809 psj3809 October 2004 Games
  • Speccy Maps: Just what the hell is going on here then?Some time ago, a chap going by the name of Pavero built a few maps of Speccy games. Though they weren't brilliant, but they sufficed. He decided th…

    [quote]
    On 2004-10-23 09:28, Viktor Drozd wrote:
    [...]
    or to achieve public glory for yourselves
    [/quote]

    Now there's something to avoid ;)
    Woody Woody October 2004 Games
  • best magazine cover tapewhat do people and other living things think the best magazine cover tape is? from a 14 year old kid. ps, i think the one with the first 3 magic knig…

    ... />

    Well, I say avoid anything that might contain one ...
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a October 2004 Games
  • Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…

    Flicker happens because you are changing ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2004 Development
  • Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…

    ... on from Cyborg's comments, flicker can be avoided by either ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…

    ... at least once, causing the flicker.

    If you care ... about eliminating flicker totally, you can do what ... time.

    The other flicker-free method is to draw ... not give a damn about flicker. Surprisingly, many Spectrum games are ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2004 Development
  • Bill GatesI'd just like to wish Bill Gates a really enjoyable 49th birthday, what do you buy the guy who has absolutely everything?? A ZX Spectrum!!!

    ... company operates and try to avoid em at all cost's ...
    Saboteur Saboteur October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…

    ... to be really clever to avoid it. But I actually think ...
    ekoman ekoman November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • XCELWill anyone tell me the purpose of this?! I can't find it anywhere. I just keep shooting stuff again and again and again :( help? the tipshop was us…

    ... right planet you have to avoid the obsticles then you will ...
    madmekon madmekon November 2004 Games
  • What band-related name would you give a Spectrum game?Blitzkrieg Bop - Shoot'em up with rock'n roll background music (AY, please!) Howling at the moon - Remake of Knightlore The KKK took my baby away - T…

    ... Mikie but here you must avoid the girls. The introscreen is ...
    Dasse Dasse November 2004 Games
  • how to finish BlackbeardThis is a fine Gauntlet-style game, great graphics. just I cannot reach the end. Its supposed I must to destroy the pass with the cannon, open all ye…

    ... , open chests, kill pirates and avoid being killed. Then all pirates ...
    kmatveev kmatveev November 2004 Games
  • Were Imagine games any good?After watching THE documentary for the first time and having played (well attempted to play) their games over the last twenty years (plus viewing the…

    ... was OK but had terrible flicker on the graphics. Probably understandable ...
    Dave_C Dave_C November 2004 Games
  • Help needed with drawing masked spriteI need to draw a small sprite (16 bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the only sprite that will be used so speed isn't too important. I was goi…

    ... sprite moves, thus avoiding the flicker that might occur when 1 ...
    ekoman ekoman December 2004 Development
  • Wanted, Spectrum On/Off switchI'm after an on / off switch to save on wear and tear, similar to the one produced by Tec Publications. Anyone have a spare or know where I can find …

    No actually it was me who failed to get back to you on that and I apologise. I was trying to avoid writing cheques at the time, as my account overdrawn.

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith December 2004 Wanted
  • OPINION POLL XPMy mate Knows_Naught is getting a new PC for christmas, with Win XP on it. He won't shut up about XP being soooooooooo great but I think it's shite. …

    ... Windows available, particularly if you avoid using the FAT32 file format ...
    Refrenz Refrenz December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Anyone instant messaging? MSN or Yahoo.I dunno quite how it happened but I instant message both THX and Cyborg on a pretty regular basis. I was just wondering if any other of the wos regul…

    Be warned, I use MSN if i've had a beer as well as when I'm sober :)

    I tend to avoid message boards if i've been down the pub.
    thx1138 thx1138 December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WARNING: this forum may be vulnerable...to the [url="http://www.emailaddresses.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=283269#post283269"]NeverEverNoSanty[/url] worm. I hope Martijn has up-to-d…

    ... "]another EMD thread[/url], to avoid this vulnerability a phpBB board ...
    robert@fm robert@fm December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Rennes Le ChateauI have only recently been introduced to the mystery of Rennes Le Chateau (about a year ago when I bought a copy of The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail …

    ... />
    But by all means, avoid that Nicholas Cage movie...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi January 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • It's drivin' me nuts!Please help with what I'm trying to retrieve from my ageing brain. You play a robot one that looks like a SW: medical droid without the 'arms', you …

    ... to as a disguise to avoid security robots. Hopping about like ...
    mel the bell mel the bell January 2005 Games
  • 100 Spectrum games you HAVE to play before you die..Nominations please :) Im sick of seing all those progs on TV, like 100 things to do before you hit 30, haha, and if only they`d had them on a couple…

    ... levels (circuits) and have to avoid other cars while you find ...
    Ryderark Ryderark January 2005 Games
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