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Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
Can confirm with Mousey, my copy BITD only loaded in 48 Basic on a +2A. However it was no lost as there are no 128K enhancements to the game. -
Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... in Shock[/url]
Not a bad idea for an arcade game ... like a type-in game, but is fast. In fact a ... a Christmas game. I like the loading screen. "In an ... game, made up of BASIC, which wouldn't look out of place in ... classic, a mix or BASIC and machine code, it ... -
Matchpoint ball algorithmAnyone has any idea how Psions Matchpoint ball algorithm works? Are they calculating the balls' parabola (floating point for just the ball doesn't se…
... 't know anything about the game but every platformer with jumping ... ) calculations. It's all very basic high school maths or physics ... probably find many parabola programs in 80s basic programming books. -
Sir Clive Sinclair deadSad news. SIr Clive Sinclair has died today, at the age of 81. Thank you Sir for all. All the machines, all the memories, all the joy and fun we h…
... me my first job in a video game factory programming z80... Had ... test they gave me, so in desperation, I pulled out my ... the price down, establishing competition in a market that didn't ... music will be composed entirely in ZX-Basic beeps.
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Watchperson by Mac OglesbyLike many others of my age, I encountered Mac Oglesby's [i]Watchperson[/i] on the BBC Micro in school. For some reason the concept stuck with me (per…
... ;983314"]That was an interesting game.
I didn't ... do all the steps itself in basic.[/quote]
It's ... port) and writing it in ZX81 BASIC with one statement per line ... or something? Not ran the game or read the instructions, sorry ... -
ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... Windows media player cut in and just played the ... similar .This Speccy is in a DK keyboard . It ... wired" joystick ports . Back in the day I did not ... Friday" game clearly has some some complex aspects in the BASIC . This ... able to amend the BASIC,So I came get ... -
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... surprised. It's a very basic skiing game - with "quirks" rather than ... adapted from a 140-character BASIC program thread on WOS five ... get an entry in until 2023 was a "nano-game", [url= ... actually has a purpose in a BASIC listing. The "game" itself... threw up ... -
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... Simulator[/url], a not-a-game-at-all which achieves absolutely ... ordinarily never see in a BASIC listing, and comes in two versions - a ... 's probably the purest type-in-style game of them all. Bronze ... category for "Least Crap ZX81 Game" in a year where I had ... -
comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition (C.S.S.C.G.C. 2022) is here!Welcome one and all! [img]https://i.postimg.cc/3yYpjjbH/cropped-CCG2022.png[/img] I am proud to announce the opening of 2022's [b]comp.sys.sinc…
... ’s Supergayrainbow USB Power Supply Game – ULAplus Bear Flag Edition [/b ... laugh as you do so. In compiled Basic, so earns non-crap ... much worse than the original game. But also surprisingly competent. ([url ... -
What Good Serious Successful Software Was Written Exclusively in 128K BASIC?I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But I know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were written exclusi…
... pretty low and sometimes "rubbish" BASIC still got published . I ... NOTHING it seems was done in 128k BASIC ( I still cannot ... that kept the Spectrum in the game and BASIC progs were nowhere to ... be seen. 128K BASIC was ... -
comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition (C.S.S.C.G.C. 2022) is here!Welcome one and all! [img]https://i.postimg.cc/3yYpjjbH/cropped-CCG2022.png[/img] I am proud to announce the opening of 2022's [b]comp.sys.sinc…
... another decidedly not crap crap game... Owzthat! for the Cambridge Z88 ... /> And it's in BASIC. But not the BASIC we know and love ... . No, it's in BBC BASIC which is officially the posh ... kid's BASIC.
There's a ... -
Elusive Strategy Games done by the Smaller or less Prolific Software Houses.Most ZX Sinclair Spectrum War/Strategy games were produced by CCS , PSS or Lothlorien . I am trying to get a list of all the other ones. This is what…
... what counts as a strategy game is open to a bit ... an update of Football Manager in this list . Here it is ... how to reset the variables in Spectrum BASIC ? This seemed to have ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... for Minecraft on the six-game bundle, what are the ... to drop Joe Rogan in an instant because he ... to some Big Tech overlords in Silicon Valley, and I ... know that a 48K Spectrum game written in 1982, 1992, 2002, ... in 1982, or in 48 BASIC on a Spectrum +2B built in ... -
How to use SPECTRUM emulator for playstationAnybody got an idea how to add roms to the SPECTRUM emulator for the playstation? I burn the .exe on the cd and it works fine with built-in game, but…
... it works fine with built-in game, but how do u actually ... put in more games and in which format? I ... -
Thunderceptor, strange problem on emulatorsAfter first passing of rocks, game stops! (not hangs, stars are moving, you can control ship, etc.) but nothing changes in game! anyone seen that pro…
After first passing of rocks, game stops! (not hangs, stars are moving, you can control ship, etc.) but nothing changes in game!
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Some \"newbie\" questions about the Spectrum +2I bought a +2 last week. I had never owned any of the 128k Spectrums before, nor seen them in action. I have a couple of questions; 1) Do all 128k …
... Spectrums before, nor seen them in action.
I have ... in 128 basic mode, tape player mode or can some load in 48k basic ... paper insert which said load in 48k mode, and all the ... -
Booty soundCan you turn off the in-game music on Booty? It drives me nuts. It says you can in the Crash review, but maybe they were just having a laugh. I tried…
Can you turn off the in-game music on Booty? It drives ... nuts. It says you can in the Crash review, but maybe ... -
"La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
... start=0"]The Greatest Spectrum Game Programmer![/url] thread was going ... It was such a top game, yet nobody could understand it ... it in.
The one problem is that the in-game messages ... which appear in the status line ... -
Klass of 99 Spectrum version - pre alphaAs some of you may know, James McKay, author of the excellent DOS Spectrum emulator X128, is converting Rich Jordan's PC remake of Skooldaze/Back to …
... Please note, this is not in any way a finished product ... is very slow and lacking in game logic. However, it does ... final game will be. As James said
"Bear in ... in it, but it doesn't run like the game< ... "KO'99 ZX request" in the e-mail header, and ... -
Manic Miner Room-Format updatedI have just updated my Manic Miner Room-Format as follows: * Added notes on John Elliott's Manic Miner Patch throughout the document, and particularl…
LADC - moreWell Ed, I haven't got around to playing the English version of LADC yet, due to various reasons. But I thought I should say that you must take credi…
... the translation and an in-game credit is in order (I suppose the ... a non-English game has been worked upon so in recent times ...Vote Spectrum! (One last time)I've written my last article for the Micro-mart computer world cup competition. This time - as I think you all already know - it's the FINAL against…
... Computer Mart forum from there) - in fact, an astonishing 125 people ... by today 's standards, the basic A500 can still pack a ... '' floppy drives, the best in-built BASIC I've ever used; it ... working with Spectrums today lies in extremely creative thinking within a ...Should I upload this?HI All! The game is called MicroChip and I don't find nothing about it on InfoSearch. Here are a few details : 1) On loading screen there is SPECI…
HI All! The game is called MicroChip and I ... /> 3) 1984
4) In game, U are some kind of ... is this just some other game translated into another language?
Zynaps compo.Hi all. Lets make a competition with Zynaps. Ok? Grab a screen with some emulator of your score in game?s hi-score table. Post a link to that image …
... some emulator of your score in game?s hi-score table. Post ...ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner 4 and Buddha Of Suburbia: Special EditionsToday I release special editions of my first two Manic Miner games - Manic Miner 4 and Manic Miner: The Buddha Of Suburbia. When I originally wrote …
... -attributes, scrollies and in-game tunes.
In MM:TBOS I have ... by the Special Editions and in no way intended to be ...How do I convert a spectrum audio tape into a spectrum file?Hi there, I have a couple of old tapes lying around with some v.old spectrum basic programs written many years ago. I'd like to digitise these for po…
... with some v.old spectrum basic programs written many years ago ... image created by typing "Save" in zx basic
Any help appreciated ...'LOST' GAMES (A-C) FROM N4Interesting statistic of A-C games from N4 (500 GAMES)...Comments: -Fnd (Finded game.This game you can download from W.O.S. or others sites) -MIA (It…
... )...Comments:
-Fnd (Finded game.This game you can download from W ... a Spectrum game,->MIA game
-see (I play in this game or ... don't see this this game on ZX sites)
-nfo ...Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…
... /> There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll ... to remember it only worked in one direction though I can ...double buffer or not ? (dizzy games)What method did they used, to animate the objects in game ? I am still puzzled about this thing Catalin
What method did they used, to animate
the objects in game ?
I am still puzzled about this thing
Catalin
