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New Game: Astrosmash! ZXHello Spectrum fans! It's been a while. After a few months of health issues and larger projects getting put on the back-burner, I decided to work …
... -burner, I decided to work out my AGD muscles with a ... a mix of [b]Space Invaders[/b], [b]Asteroids[/b], and [b]Missile Command[/b]. It starts ... you feel like blowing meteors out of the sky.
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The R-Tape loading Era. An Easter story?R-Tape loading era Nostalgia's a funny thing you know. You might remember what at the time seemed a damn nuisance, only to recall it much later…
... tape loading and saving of programs was fraught with ... either got lucky straight out of the box or finally ... always surprised to read of other people having reliability ... to produce large images of alphanumerics and those I ... eventually earned me my B.Ed (Hons) as ... -
Restoring AY registersAfter doing (not still finished) the sna to tap converter, I'm going to try to do the same for 128k snapshots. I've got threee ideas about what to do…
... 5.- Restore page register $7ffd.[b](*)[/b]
6.- Load RAM ... execute the program loaded.[b](**)[/b]
[b]2.- Load AY ... Procedure 3 is less "out of sync", but produces more garbage ... ? Thanks.
[b](*)[/b] The snapshot will fail if ... -
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Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... I'm still working out the best way of doing graphical elements ... available, we'd quickly run out of space!
To ... unfortunately.
[b]Using the BASin UDG editor ... to create UDGs.[/b]
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Where's Mr Clowder when I need him?What happened to F-Clowder? I hope he's alright and hasn't had some setback keeping him away from here? He got me wound up to do graphics for a game…
... parallel in terms of the capabilities of the available systems ... trying to get the most out of a Spectrum. In fact ... changed my grade to B+ and I still thought ... easier to test ideas out using DPaint Animation before ... with the crap thats out there and which I ... -
MIA Santa - Top Spec[b]Title:[/b] Santa [b]Year:[/b] 1986 * [b]Company:[/b] Top Spec [b]Author(s):[/b] [b]Type:[/b] Compilation (Games) [b]Message Language:[/b] En…
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[b]Type:[/b] Compilation (Games)
[b]Message Language:[/b] English
[b]Source:[/b ... B: Haunted House - Specword - Upman
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Please guide me with this decision!Hello, I have decided I would like to try and create some simple ZX Spectrum games of my own. The problem is that machine code is totally and utter…
... some simple ZX Spectrum games of my own.
The ... is totally and utterly out of the question now or ... know it limits the kind of games you can make, ... give you a couple of examples of what I'd like ... kind of turn based. ie move, fire weapon, long range scan ... -
While we're on the subject of BASIC Although my memory of the past still seems to be fairly reliable, memories relating to learning computer programming seem to have disappeared…
... immediately grasp the potential of commands like DEF FN ... has no intention of making a career out of programming and is ... enough to pass some sort of educational requirement, all thats ... mention that heresy of heresies to the acolytes of structured programming, ... -
Replacing voltage regulators - need to sanity check a few things pleaseHi Everyone I'm in the process (with a lot of help from some friends at Greenford Computer Club), of giving my three Speccys some much needed prev…
... need to pull the ULA out of the +2 in order to ... the remains of the metal heatsink clip out?
[b]Transistor TR8 ... on the +2[/b]
[b]Recapping[/b]
Anything we need to be aware of in terms of ... -
Z80onDSK now compatible with +3e with ZXMMC or similarJust updated my utility to work on Spectrums equipped with +3e ROMs and IDE storage. I've tested this with ZXMMC at the moment but don't think there …
... had to move part of the decompression out of bank 7 to ... the SPECTRUM filename
║ -b: do not add autorun basic ... will scan for continuous block of zeros
║ in ... ║ where "compilation1" is the filename of the resultant disk/tape file ... -
Educational MIA free to a good homeI've just rediscovered a box of educational Spectrum tapes in my loft. Looking at the WOS MIA list, I've got possibly ten items listed on there, many…
... just rediscovered a box of educational Spectrum tapes in my ... years ago from being thrown out of a school after a ... manual
Educational Tape - M.B. Software - Complete?
O Level ... - Manual ONLY
Theorem of Pythagoras - Griffin Software - Manual ... -
The Generality of how to Preserve Software "in the round" . Software sellers are now citing their use of "air tight " boxes etc - so we know that an effort is now being made to preserve . But these (often "R…
... said software arrives (presumably straight out of its airtight box) . But ... (it is course of course just a matter of opinion) but ... a matter of opinion .The state of this type of software can ... have been discarded , thrown out so that more cassettes can ... -
Dispair at the pace of life > 40 years.Its been a funny kind of winter this year. The fall from August to December went so fast for me that it seemed like a blink. Christmas comes and ever…
Its been a funny kind of winter this year. The ... . Christmas comes and everyone of us in my family ended ... I'm the other side of it, I did not ... about maximizing the amount of pleasure I get out of it rather than ... something to be proud of, it kinds of feels like I' ... -
The diary of a retro studyMany years ago I always had a spare room to act as a study. Then I had a family and that idea withered and died. Eventually everything went into the …
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I have dragged everything out of storage and placed into the ... /> Stage two, is to thin out all the chaff and give ... / recycle / landfill. A large portion of the boxes are books, tapes ... minute away), shifting out a good amount of the crates to make ... -
A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... the +3/+2A/B
I know of its existence, I ... change into all sorts of characters, including unprintables and ... REM (seemingly random string of characters that holds all the ... required bytes)
...instead of...
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"Congraturation, you suC5ess"?(Maybe I've posted this before, or something like it, but I used the Advanced Search and didn't find what I was looking for, so here we go...) Jus…
... a whole new province rose out of the sea. Flevoland welcomed its ... earned enough profit [b]in one day[/b] to buy out Amstrad.
b]in Britain![/b]" he snarled. Sales, even ... in the flattest parts of the ... -
itch.io "Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality"So I bought this thing, but it seems out of control. [url=https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality]This bundle[/url] was launc…
... this thing, but it seems out of control.
[url= ... https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice ... />
Now, the thing is out of control. The bundle is "open ... /> Other reason to consider it out of control is that you can ... -
Cooking...So in a thread not very far away from here.... This was posted: [quote="Vampyre;969680"]I made a conscious effort to learn how to cook just after…
... married and found a love of cooking that I never ... from scratch now and stuff out of jars, packets, tubs etc ... be used in a multitude of dishes (chillis, pasta, soups ... do cook for a family of four, and quite often ... should try?
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Jumping Jack, a REAL hair puller!!!! >:-(One of the most hair pulling out of your head games you'll ever play, I give you [b]Jumping Jack![/b] I hope you enjoy the video, includes full comm…
One of the most hair pulling out of your head games you'll ever play, I give you [b]Jumping Jack![/b]
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Tooth whitening productsOver the last while I have been using a mouthwash because of bleeding gums, and also I started to use it more recently as it has an ingredient in whi…
... been using a mouthwash because of bleeding gums, and also ...
I have tried some of these tooth whitening toothpastes but ... people do seem to come out of professional tooth whitening clinics with ... and I am[b] wondering what they use[/b] in those clinics ... -
ShortagesWhile there are some more serious shortages in the UK (eg. of fuel due to panic buying), some of the following seem very inconsequential to mention: …
... said some of its pubs had run out of [b]some beer ... brands[/b]
out of [b]Diet Coke[/b] because of driver shortages ... br /> McDonalds stopped sales of [b]milkshakes[/b] and bottled drinks blaming ... -
Which Michael Mann film would make a good game?Hey, guys. In honour of the birthday of one of cinema's most prolific filmmakers, I was wondering which of his movies would work best as a videoga…
... include:
[b]Thief (1981)[/b]
This classic crime ... fortress).
[b]Manhunter (1986)[/b]
Classic Mann at ... lead or orders to travel out of town, or to visit ... movie).
[b]Heat (1995)[/b]
Given that this ... -
Quiz: Find the name of the Spectrum game containing these first namesSo, inspired by that other thread where it was asked if you knew any games containing first names, I'll make a simple quiz out of it. The question…
... 'll make a simple quiz out of it.
The question ... these names are separate words of a released Spectrum game, so ... if you can figure it out on your own.
Programming as a means of staving off dementia...?I have to wonder if anyone here is worried about getting the human equivalent of severe bit rot - and it seems it could happen to anyone. For the mos…
... , Alzheimer's, or any form of mental degeneration, is something I ... to get malaria? Stay out of the parts of the world where it ... no real solutions but plenty of complex solutions). I could never ... further into the murky world of Z80 assembler (within limits - I ...The Hanging Gardens of........the Barbican ;-) Anyone here ever visited this wonder of Post War Britain - Brutalist architecture softened by hanging plants and water featur…
... here ever visited this wonder of Post War Britain - Brutalist ... in featured in part two of The Fourth Protocol Game ... around it, you know sort of come under its power. ... Looks like a world of it own. Is it ... to find ones way back out of it as people say? ...Is the Queen of England finished? - What Will Happen Next?I keep hearing constantly that the queen of England is puling out of events and cannot get out of bed some days. So..seeing how high profile English …
... the queen of England is puling out of events and cannot get out of bed ... myself. Can't stand any of the them. Get them all ...[newbie warning :)] Spectrum +3 questionsHello all, Yes, I am a Speccy newbie [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] My Spectrum +3 arrived today, and I already have a few questi…
... play around with the innards of the PSU - if you need ... this is a good indication of just how much you don ... the drive using the DRIVE B socket and the correct wiring ... won't get a lot out of it.
Thirdly I've ...
