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Spectrum games from a parallel universe[b]Renegade IV - Restoration Of Justice[/b] (Imagine) Plenty of debate has raged on the subject of which is the best Renegade game, the original, or…
[b]Renegade IV - Restoration Of Justice[/b] (Imagine)
Plenty of debate has raged on ... /> [b]Out Run - The Text Adventure[/b] (US Gold)
Continuing a practice of ... said for Out Run - The Text Adventure. Much of it consists of entering ... -
A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... an often neglected instruction, [b]CPIR[/b], for this purpose.
out.
[code]
... ld bc,ctrs_eos-ctrs ;length of string
call 8252 ; ... ——————————————
ld b,6 ;number of controls to go through ... -
The Crystal MazeDear WOS, I thought about conceptualising a Speccy game based on the classic 1990s game show "The Crystal Maze", which has recently returned to TV…
... UK.
[b]Synopsis[/b]
For those ... condition is met (run out of lives, touch a hazard, ... farewell.
[b]Premise[/b]
The idea ... Richard Ayoade).
[b]Planned Ideas[/b]
- Choose ... -
Telemach Profesional JoystickDear WOS, Does anybody outside of Spain (or even Europe, for that matter) know of this pretty bulky and cool-looking controller? (see images belo…
... />
Does anybody outside of Spain (or even Europe, for ... now part of Suzo-Happ).
[b]Single version[/b]
... ]
[b]Double version[/b]
[img]http://zonadepruebas ... Did this EVER make it out of Spain (except for a few ... -
Some tips to play Army Moves part 1Well, here's what I found out while trying to finish the game. [b]General comments[/b] - Like many other games by spanish companies, even if yo…
... to succeed more than once out of many attempts.
of fuel.
[b]Level one: [/b]
[b]Level three[/b]
- Ground ... resort.
[b]Level four[/b]
- ... -
TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... this.
[b]EDIT (while I still can ... ) with more info:[/b]
I' ... t work properly, but side B, amazingly, was fine - it ... and routing the sound out of the TAPE/SOUND socket into ... the game, but side B has errors. Or does ... -
Nasty vertical pattern on a 128K Toast Rack via RGBI managed to fix the busted membrane on my [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55755/got-myself-a-128k-toast-rack-plus-a-simple-a…
... this (the picture is deliberately out of focus to eliminate moiré; ... />
Now, [b]here’s the catch[/b]—the pattern [i ... for, well, syncing, instead of the complete composite video signal ... around with the values of resistors in all possible combinations ... -
Confession Box: Reasons/Excuses for your lack of ZX productivity:OK, we're all been there... You've finally got the computer to yourself, the time, and the distractions have all gone to bed... You have a mounta…
... have a mountain of ZX project/s ahead of you... Its time ... things have already been factored out of the equation...
I ... /> - The ZX Uno Mouse crapped out and I REALLY needed to ... version of the 48k Rescue Map, because the PNG one out there ... -
Spectrum vs C64 faked sales figuresOn ITV's 'the Chase' 29th January 2018, there has been another speccy reference. I missed it live so have just downloaded and checked it. The ques…
... Apple iMac G3
B Commodore 64
C ... probably dispute the answer sooner of later.
... a bunch of trailers that they had out in ... got caught, Commodore got out of it by claiming their ... were probably more choices of computer platforms in the ... -
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.
[url ... -
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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... Yorkshire with over 130 tables of gaming goodies and over 65 ... sellers with 1000s of retro games, consoles, computers, ... gaming there will be plenty of common titles and rarities on ... 6 - Free
[b]Find out more information on the links ... -
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]
Now this ... -
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…
... ):[/b]
[b]Type:[/b] Compilation (Games)
[b]Message Language:[/b] English
[b]Source:[/b ... B: Haunted House - Specword - Upman
We can conclude out of this ... -
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 …
... />
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...
1 REM XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...< ... -
"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?
[b][i]Mark[/i ... -
A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…
... .
This message arose out of my frustration with Facebook which ... how to get the best out of it.
It just ... how to get the best out of them.
They even ... to help you plot your positions when working out where to put ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 24 October 2020Saturday 24 October 2020 Hopefully it won't be another 6 months, he said. Joke about Corona still going, he said. Oh, blimey! * Yes, it's been a…
... !
* Firstly - MASSIVE amounts of thanks to Lee Fogarty and ... different DB setup broke all of the scripts that Tipshop runs ... the Amiga was one of the sources of my Amiga POKE Guide ... had noticed that a couple of solutions seemed to be missing ...
