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Creating "strange" disks in emulators?Back in the day, Microhobby published a program (Superformat) that used 42 tracks/disk and 10 sectors/track to allow more than 200k/disk side. I thin…
Back in the day, Microhobby published a program ( ... allowed 3 inch disks go beyond the standard 180k, and english magazines ... did the same.
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DRM kills it's first game (Darkspore)[COLOR="Blue"][Quote] Server-side bugs have rendered Darkspore unplayable for the foreseeable future - even in singleplayer. When Darkspore (Electro…
... have rendered Darkspore unplayable for the foreseeable future - even in ... "part of the experience," the fact remained that the game couldn't ... /> An announcement on the official forums seals the game's coffin: ... can't comment on this, beyond the obvious "[I]It's ... -
Arnhem: Operation Market Garden projectJust had an idea. Bit naff, but it will keep me busy over Christmas holidays. Using Civ 4 beyond the sword, I am going to recreate Operation Market …
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Using Civ 4 beyond the sword, I am going to ... kills, and set the starting points of the military units as basically ... as where they are in the game.
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Macho games are more fun?Do you think that the more macho the protagonist is...and the more people you kill...the more fun the game is? Cobra,Green Beret, Rambo, Robocop, De…
... think that the more macho the protagonist is...and the more people ... you kill...the more fun the game is ... our primal urges and makes the game more enjoyable?
< ... penguin knocking other penguins off the ice it wouldnt be half as ... -
PYROMANIA II: CHOPPER RESCUEJust in case you missed it... It is out! Get it at the Zx Sandbox [url]http://zxsandbox.blogspot.it/[/url] A very special thanks to R-Tape and Neil…
... . Bounce the little pengo (use the white rock) to destroy the ice bocks wall ... . Save the ladies AND DESTROY the red wandering flames (use the ice blocks after ...
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ROMS for a Spectrum +3 OR a complete motherboardI took a chance on Fleebay recently on a Spectrum +3. Unfortunately it looks like the ROM's are away on it. So, I'm looking for both ROM chips (label…
... +3. Unfortunately it looks like the ROM's are away on ... nice :) Just in case the damage goes beyond the ROM's.....(I hope ... an EPROM programmer and replace the ROM's myself. But a ... -
Address bus contents (i.e. PC) during execution of HALTI'm wondering if anyone can tell me what's placed on the address bus during execution of HALT, beyond the initial M1 cycle. The Z80 user manual state…
... on the address bus during execution of HALT, beyond the initial ... M1 cycle. The Z80 user manual ... are from the return address of the interrupt handler. ... Firstly, if the opcode fetches were of the address of the ... -
New Game - Page's Castle QuestMy fist game created with AGD. Page's Castle Quest is a simple platform game, nothing fancy just simple 'dodge and collect' game. [FONT="Comic Sans…
... into the castle and scattered the treasure all around the castle and beyond. ... finding his way out. Beyond the castle lies an unfriendly Jungle ... find safety in the caves which lie beyond... but don' ... ).
I followed the tutorials provided by Paul Jenkinson ... -
music to lift you up when you're downI was listening to a particularly infectious music track earlier - one which produces an immediate urge to start "bopping along to the groove" (or wh…
... "bopping along to the groove" (or whatever is the current vernacular) - when ... wont to ponder on the unfathomable incongruities in the brain's generation ... uplifting responses? Try to get beyond the first expression of "she badder ... -
What do you do for a living?In another thread ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49352[/url]) Karingal said: [QUOTE=karingal;801168]Funnily enough wh…
... more complex would probably be beyond me) and every few weeks ... then he'd push the vehicle onto the double yellows and give ... later years he even went beyond the call of duty, and took ... the dummy in front of the ambulance. The ambulance driver would run over the ... -
This heat ...We've had a couple of near record-breaking days over here, 39 degrees at one point, and I've heard it's almost this hot in some parts of the UK, too.…
... hot in some parts of the UK, too.
... water bottles in winter but the concept of its counterpart ... least a few hours until the ice is well solid. I then ... it at your side ... the effect will last for hours ... 2-3 of those in the freezer at any given ... -
Stupid thing that happened on my way homeFirst, a bit of backstory.. I live in Winnipeg, and it's running out of money. Some of the things that the city has done to try and get themsel…
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Some of the things that the city has done to ... on for about a mile beyond the actual construction, and speed ... eating their tea..), and getting the predictable response of "well, ... a construction zone on the bridge over the perimeter highway (think ... -
Afera, a library for Abersoft ForthI've published a [url=http://programandala.net/en.program.afera.html]library for Abersoft Forth[/url]. It's called Afera. I wrote it some months ago…
... ago in order to make the development of an improved remake ... programming challenge that the library soon grew beyond the requirements of the game.
[*] Fixes some bugs of the original system.
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Fornax and GathDid Gargoyle make any headway on these? They're not in MIA, so I'm guessing that they are true vapourware and never got beyond the planning stage.
Did Gargoyle make any headway on these? They're not in MIA, so I'm guessing that they are true vapourware and never got beyond the planning stage.Zombie Filmsright, during my show today, me, Boozy and Chris along with another couple of regs were discussing zombie films, the good, the bad and the erm middle…
... discussing zombie films, the good, the bad and the erm middle range?
the gates of hell trilogy boxset (city of the living dead, the beyond, the house ... by the cemetary (italian)
the horde (french)
the ...Crazy Kong City-Episode one: Saving Helen Blond (and Donkey kong Jr) Here they are (press M at game start to access the menu) The first one is the first episode of what maybe a saga... https://www.youtube.com/wat…
... to access the menu)
The first one is the first episode ... M to shoot (after drinking the ice tea)
and DKJr ...Trying to remedy a bug in this gameStruggling with this project, the character shifts the crates around no bother but kills baddies that are one space to the left or right even though …
Struggling with this project, the character shifts the crates around no bother but ... the left or right even though the character cant access the space under the ... baddie.
The bug makes the ice ...Games That Will Be 10 in 2017The yearly list of some games that are turning ten, just to make you realise how ancient you're getting.... ;) Lost Planet : Extreme Condition …
... Unreal Tournament 3
The Legend Of Zelda : Phantom ... Manhunt 2
The Witcher
The Orange Box
... Jericho
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Zack ... /> Overlord
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Sam & ...My first game for iOS : GemRunnerFinally got around to releasing my first game for iOS. It's a one button platform with more than a hint of "Speccyness" to it. Features: *…
... black order.
* Beware the Ice King of Castle Blackstar! Avoid ... -zero snow balls to steal the legendary giant diamond and complete ...Super Mario Bros. Special, NEC PC-88 Port?Has anyone considered a possible reverse engineered port of Super Mario Bros. Special by Hudson Soft? On the surface it doesn't appear as though i…
... Hudson Soft?
On the surface it doesn't appear ... though it would be completely beyond the ZX Spectrum to run it ...Astroclone vs MarsportBoth reviewed in Crash issue 22. Marsport got a whopping 95%, Astroclone a lowly 88%. But the two games are very similar. Scrolling action adventures…
... gun. Fine.
2. Enter the Ice Cream room. Inside you will ... find an Ice Pack and a Cornet.
3. The Ice Pack ... allows entry to the Hot House. Inside ... Jesus!).
The puzzles and the gameplay is Astroclone is ...Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... : if you look beyond the presentation the basic simplistic structure is ... .
Essentially the better games we deserve for ... with dithering software for the graphics - and it ... ancestor - Guantlet - implementing the new fangled stuff FPSs do ...Haunted HedgesAnyone get this game to work? With me, it shows the first screen, but none of the options work, except redefine keys. You can't start the game or any…
The thing is, I've tried ... work. Neither the tap or tzx files go beyond the opening options screen ...the thoughts of chairman sharopolisSo anyway, I was just wondering, is there enough like minded souls here to form any kind of 8-bit revivalist communist insurectionary group here or w…
That's the spirit comrades! It's about time us members of the lumpen Speclatariat rose up and threw off the shackles of software house opression. Lemington Spa can wait, let us storm the Rare palace!Bloody Jet Set WillyThis game suffers from the same problem that many others from that time do: it's too damn hard? Anyone got any pokes that will make the game easier, …
... are carried forward into the room you jump to. ... be slap bang in the middle of a wall ... impassable objects). Conversely if the x,y coordinates happen to ... will die if he drops beyond the safe limit! Willy can ... one room down into the room directly below so ...Just curious: are we all guys?I was wondering if this spectrum retro mania only affects guys, or if perhaps there are girls around too. And if not: why?! Not that gender is releva…
... kind of retro computing.
the line ' hey wanna come back ... ?' doesnt really seem to cut the ice. even if you tell them ... you've got the complete wos archive. oh well ... think a personals section in the forum would be a good ...Emulation and Debugging functionality[Cut n Paste from the original CSS post] Hi all, I'm currently working on SPIN's debugger, which is coming along nicely. Mostly, it's been devel…
... clicked on the open button at the bottom of the window, ... show all files when the user navigates the directory structure - ... for example, then the user has the responsibility for altering that ... so your requests are not beyond the realms of possibility :)
...Rescue on FractalusI'm trying to find instructions for the Spectrum version of this game, with particular reference to the keyboard controls. Could anybody help me?
... out of the Mothership, straight down onto the Jaggi stronghold ... a few centimetres off the ground. Turn the engine off and ... you. If you land beyond the downed ship the message 'Ship off ... some other format before the Spectrum since the writing has American ...
