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  • Good games that don't have a black backgroundIn an effort to think of something Speccy related that we've not discussed before (though Alessandro Grussu will correct me it I'm wrong ;)), this to…

    ... colour black as their primary background colour.

    There aren ... have some screens with different background colours, such as Jetset Willy ... even they mostly have black background screens.


    [B ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2014 Games
  • Bug-Eyed Blob Things[URL="http://www.speccyjam.com/games/bug-eyed-blob-things/"]Bug-Eyed Blob Things[/URL] is a great game, that won the [URL="http://www.speccyjam.com/"…

    ... -based animations with a fixed background, so it's a perfect ... /> Similarly if each boss monster animation requires too many character updates ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas November 2014 New game ideas
  • Suggestions for background graphics?Posting here as it'll be a wee bit more visible. I'm making a game with AGD, as detailed in [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.ph…

    ... 4 different styled "zones" for background graphics; Greek temple (white and ... else in the way of background graphics that isn't rock ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie February 2015 Games
  • Software for animationFor still sprites there is ZX-Paintbrush. What is a good software choice for create/import sprites and preview them as animation?

    For still sprites there is ZX-Paintbrush. What is a good software choice for create/import sprites and preview them as animation?
    Bedazzle Bedazzle October 2016 Development
  • ZX Loading animationI saw somewhere recently a loading animation using the coloured stripes - can anyone recall where it was?

    I saw somewhere recently a loading animation using the coloured stripes - can anyone recall where it was?
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty October 2016 Chit chat
  • New version: LOST IN MY SPECTRUM v2.0Hi everybody! Here is my New Year's gift to you: the new version of my first Spectrum game ever, [b]Lost In My Spectrum[/b]. The objective is simp…

    ... character now has a death animation.
    - Sprites are now ...
    The 128K version plays background AY music – a medley of ... background tunes from several Spectrum games ... together, and displays a short animation at the end.
    ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu December 2017 Brand new software
  • New version: APULIJA-13 V2.0Hello everyone! [i]Apulija-13,[/i] the game that Jonathan Caldwell himself listed among those better showing what you can do with AGD, is back - a…

    ... 48K Spectrums (without AY background music) and has two ... shoots.
    - A death animation for Jonlan and an explosion ... animation for the surveillance droid ... br /> - (128K only) AY background music.
    - New keyboard redefinition ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu January 2018 Brand new software
  • shrinking down an animation made with bmp2scri want to fit a longer movie made by bmp2scr into a 48k spectrum by shrinking the original movie down by say x4 in size, to increase the number of fr…

    ... . so in effect the movie/animation would be letter box in ...
    digital digital August 2018 Development
  • ZEsarUX 7.2 BETAHi! I have uploaded a new BETA version of ZEsarUX 7.2 You can download a compiled version for Mac or Windows from: https://github.com/chernandez…

    ... the background
    * Warning and Error window messages now show an animation ...
    chernandezba chernandezba December 2018 Emulators
  • ZEsarUX Beta 7.2-RCHi I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX Beta version: 7.2 Release Candidate! Next version will be final stable :) You can download it from: https://g…

    ... change the focus to the background
    * Windows can be scrolled ... window messages now show an animation
    * Added first-aid help ...
    chernandezba chernandezba March 2019 Emulators
  • ZEsarUX stable 7.2Hi! I have uploaded a new stable ZEsarUX version 7.2! You must go to the Releases section on the GitHub project to download It, as usual: htt…

    ... change the focus to the background
    -Windows can be scrolled ... window messages now show an animation
    -Added first-aid help ...
    chernandezba chernandezba April 2019 Emulators
  • Have I got a bit more news for you BBC1 with Charlie Brooker and his ZX Spectrum in backgroundWatching "Have I got a bit more news for you"... double whammy for me. Dr Hannah Fry as one of the contestants and a ZX Spectrum in the background t…

    Watching "Have I got a bit more news for you"... double whammy for me. Dr Hannah Fry as one of the contestants and a ZX Spectrum in the background to Charlie Brooker! Are we ready for a Bandersnatch sequel? :-)
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2020 Announcements
  • OLD TOWER - Background renderingLove this game. Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down. W…

    Love this game.

    Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down.
    What does it look like on a real spectrum, anyone?
    Marius Marius October 2020 Software
  • z88dk SP1 Background animations the right wayThere are a few ways to animate background tiles. The most common is to just print the characters with PrintAtInv in the same position to achieve it,…

    ... a few ways to animate background tiles. The most common is ... idea is to print the background only once, outside the main ...
    amateus amateus January 2021 Development
  • Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…

    ... ]Anyway, I included the "delta" animation player in the distribution package ... and white and filling the background. its just not for me ...
    Amigo Amigo March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…

    ... called IDEAL ( Interrupt Driven Extendible Animation
    Language ) ... if ... involves a scrolling
    background. A program can
    ... be run in background to handle the scrolling ... languages in White Lightning. Background words can be executed up ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • NEW CRONOSOFT RELEASES: HOP 'N' CHOP & GLOOP! Now availableTwo new Cronosoft releases for the Spectrum are now available for purchase online, or by mail order: [url="http://www.cronosoft.co.uk"]www.cronosoft…

    ... a tune playing in the background on 128k machines (and there ... ? Chop?s forte ? admittedly the animation?s a bit jerky at ...
    sickhappyidle sickhappyidle April 2003 Games
  • Head Over Heels remake RELEASED !Hey all ! The Retrospec remake of Head Over Heels has JUST been released. The URL with everything important, including a 15Mb download is : [url="h…

    ... , the dance track in the background can only be roughly classed ... shines with the lighting and animation. Shame that Mr Head is ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2003 Games
  • [NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…

    ... like you've got a background task or other program running ... 'm annoyed.
    And, while animation is stopped a while each ... ]Try to change a bit background color for windows. Not exactly ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov January 2004 Emulators
  • [NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…

    ... to service another (higher priority) background process and that process takes ... a 100Hz screen for ultrasmooth animation (since it's 2xPAL refresh ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle January 2004 Emulators
  • [NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…

    ... he's got lots of background processes running (and I mean ... , close all network connections, all background tasks (like antivirus scanner), all ... some unwanted breaks in the animation. I mean the Emulator, not ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov January 2004 Emulators
  • EmuZWin problem!Hello! I'm trying to load Fairlight I into EmuZWin v2.4.004. It don't load at all. I'v tryed several versions of fairlight I and II. Thees files …

    ... still having trouble with the background color.
    I used a ... and it works as a background, but what type of file ... need to manually repaint every animation frame, when you could just ...
    Arm73 Arm73 March 2004 Emulators
  • EmuZWin problem!Hello! I'm trying to load Fairlight I into EmuZWin v2.4.004. It don't load at all. I'v tryed several versions of fairlight I and II. Thees files …

    ... and it works as a background, but what type of file ... also palette both for a background .bNN and for entire screen ... while a background is active).

    Later ... need to manually repaint every animation frame, when you could just ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov March 2004 Emulators
  • EmuZWin problem!Hello! I'm trying to load Fairlight I into EmuZWin v2.4.004. It don't load at all. I'v tryed several versions of fairlight I and II. Thees files …

    ... and it works as a background, but what type of file ... also palette both for a background .bNN and for entire screen ... while a background is active).

    Later ... need to manually repaint every animation frame, when you could just ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov March 2004 Emulators
  • Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…

    ... WAV to play it in background of a game, what is ... , but to be honest the animation in JetSet Willy was better ... none of that type of animation would be possible.

    Dunny Dunny April 2004 Games
  • Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…

    ... WAV to play it in background of a game, what is ... , but to be honest the animation in JetSet Willy was better ... none of that type of animation would be possible.
    [/quote ... also for the short delta animation demos from me. It was ...
    LCD LCD April 2004 Games
  • Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …

    ... , and any String$ to hold background when overlayed there is nothing ... , and 150K of that was animation and graphics)...

    Thanks ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Development
  • What sort of new games would you like to see on the Speccy?With the amount of coders we have around, I'm surprised that we don't see more new Speccy games. _________________ [url="http://www.gamestyle.net"]h…

    ... all the background graphics and all of scully's animation (mulder had ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie August 2004 Games
  • Hey Hey 16kSincere apologies if this has been posted before - I had a look but couldn't see anything... [url="http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/"]http://www2.b3ta…

    ... in 2000 , and the flash animation only added recently.

    animation changed a bit ? I think ... begining with "F" in the background Hobbit section is now covered ...
    Sard Sard August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A bit late, but 10 years of PlayStaion! My thoughts.I think the acual Aniversary of the Playstion release was a couple of weeks ago, but I picked up GamesTM today and it has a big feature about it (bes…

    ... play it I noticed the background was quite blurry I took ... in that game, the blurry background was part of the realism ... view and countless face emotion animation. Let alone the gameplay and ...
    Arm73 Arm73 December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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