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Games that are way too hard ... on the EASIEST settingToday I dug up my MAME emulator and played a few oldies. Amongst those was "Side Arms" (Japanese Version; dunno if and how it differs from the wester…
... " (had it on the PC-Engine).
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Channels and streamsSo I've put some thought into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting corpse) of the CSS FAQ which contains some information …
... socket) to decide when a buffer should be flushed. A channel ... must be marshalled into a buffer, and then some decision must ... -
Half-Life on Doom!I didn't know that anyone was working on a version of Half-Life for the Doom engine, and apparently it's now been discontinued, but look at what's be…
... Half-Life for the Doom engine, and apparently it's now ... -
New search engine[url]www.cuil.com[/url] - claims to search 121 billion web pages. Oddly enough, turning Safe Search off means your queries return nothing. Searchin…
[url]www.cuil.com[/url] - claims to search 121 billion web pages.
Oddly enough, turning Safe Search off means your queries return nothing.
Searching for "your sinclair" (natch) reveals that wiki and wiki-like sites get higher ... -
fking post officeI'd complain to them but what's the point? A PO van just pulled up. Shoved a non delivery card through the door. Without knocking. He was back in h…
... his van and started the engine as my wife was half ... -
Boulder Dash editor?Is there any editors or tools available to make Boulder Dash games with own levels? Not the ck, you can?t make complete games with it and the two cha…
... and the two character square scrolling is intolerable!
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Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... the screen, saving to tape, scrolling the screen etc. will be ... -
Name that GameHi all, I'm looking for a game that used to be on MSX, and almost certain it had a Speccy port too - but my memory is rather hopeless :D It's a rac…
... 's a racer of sorts, scrolling to the left with a ... -
New game - RallybugAs promised, I've revisited the game written for the Retro Fusion high-score competition and added a few bits and pieces. As you might expect, this …
... wine.
The original scrolling platformer still lies at the ... -
Question about something I don't know what is called.I am interested in reading about something which I don't know what is called (duh). I am looking for (online/offline) reading material which explain…
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alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
Goldeneye (N64) can still surprise!After eleven years, I thought I'd seen and done everything Goldeneye on the N64 has to offer, but I've found this video: [url]http://uk.youtube.com/…
... 's great that the game engine allows it.
Incidentally ...2 tone beeperAny1 knows about the sound engine that's used by hyndra , pinball 3d ,peking. its a 2 tone beeper sound routine. is it copyrighted ?
Any1 knows about the sound engine that's used by hyndra , pinball 3d ,peking.
its a 2 tone beeper sound routine.
is it copyrighted ?Doom on the Spectrum - QuestionsHey folks, I'm just wondering if anyone could answer some of the questions I have about the Doom demo created for the Speccy. It's basically one sm…
... just to get that small scrolling demo running so smoothly?
The official Pandora handheld threadHas anyone here got a Pandora yet? If so, what do you think of it? Is it as comfortable to hold and use as we're all hoping? What is the screen like …
... PDF files without painfully slow scrolling, and even Spectrum emulation on ...I think my wife's cheating on me...I've never talked about this before, but I really need the boards advice on what could be a crucial decision. I’ve suspected for some time now …
... the valve covers on my engine seemed to be leaking a ...Interlace demoDoes the Interlace demo work on emulators? I've tried it on Spin 0.666 and FUSE PSP and the shapes display no colours, just white. Surely they are su…
... ] to be taken to a scrolling message and the bouncing letters ...Name this game, pleaseHi, I remember a game where you move a buddy in a palace with more rooms (the screen reminds "elevator action" a bit, but without scrolling). In some…
... action" a bit, but without scrolling). In some rooms he can ...what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
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I take it all scrolling effects (vertical and horizontal?) are ...For all the Half-Life fans...A group has just released a vid of the mod they're developing with Valve's blessing. They've converted the original Half-Life to the Source engine w…
... Half-Life to the Source engine with graphics like HL2 (so ...Help designing a Jonathan Cauldwell game !Going to Byte Back retro show next March They've challenged the homebrew developer Jonathan Cauldwell to create a new Spectrum game in just one day …
... Jonathan will create the game engine in advance but the levels ...Vote for the best games everGamefaqs.com are having a best ever game poll, and since Gamefaqs are very well frequented (it's a great site, apart from the trolls and the useless,…
... of variation, and a physics engine that preceeded Half-Life 2 ...So... you want to format your 3.5" as 720K eh?Well, i've been trying to get hold of an application to make proper use of my 3.5" +3 floppy disks but i haven't been able to find any. I stumbled up…
... IX,HEAD0 ; Our sector information buffer
LD B,18 ... our sector buffer
INC IX ; Increase buffer position by ... ; This is where our buffer is
LD IX ...[NO NAME PROJECT] contributionhi to all. im writting new-super-mega game. it will be finished this century. :) so what is going on ? in the game (an arcade adventure) player can …
... /> 47104 12*8 chars linear buffer (768 bytes)
47872 timer ...3D engines and the ZX SpectrumCastle Master's engine, [I]Freescape[/I], is described as the first proprietary 3D computer engine on the Wikipedia. I have a few problems with this…
... the first proprietary 3D computer engine on the Wikipedia.
... the first proprietary 3D computer engine. That honor would probably ... to Lucasfilm Games with the engine behind [I]Rescue on ... [/I].
This engine is apparently unnamed as Lucasfilm ...New for 2009 - mc onelinersI found the limit of one line and one screen's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to carry the format over into m…
... my first effort, 1lmcattrroad, a scrolling road racer that uses the ... to the screen so the scrolling appears smooth.ANNOUNCE: JSW64: Flash Manic MinerI am delighted to announce the gamma-release of [b][i]JSW64: Flash Manic Miner[/i][/b], which is available as a free download from [url]http://geocit…
... on John Elliott's JSW64 engine (Variant Z), which combines almost ... limitations of the MM game-engine - and made numerous changes of ...SAM Revival issue 22 out now... [SAM CoupThe late running issue 22 of SAM Revival magazine is out now! [img]http://www.quazar.clara.net/qauctions/cgpsr22.jpg[/img] SAM Revival is the only …
... to produce a full 3D engine for the SAM Coupe.
engine for the SAM.
PC based games editorsSo, how many people use these utils? Utils like JSWED, Bombjack editor, F1 editor, Commando editor and my own Bubble Bobble editor v3. The reason I…
... a completely purpose written game engine? Of course, Jonathan Cauldwell has ...Quest for the Golden Eggcup - Inform versionAround ten years ago Harvey Lodder of Smart Egg Software was working on a new version of the brilliant ZX Spectrum text-adventure [i]Quest for the Go…
... [/i] for the Inform IF engine. I know that it existed ...
