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Five updated ZX-Modules programsDear forum readers, I have updated my ZX-Modules programs to the following version states: ZX-Editor 1.1.0.4 ZX-Preview 1.0.1.2 ZX-Paintbrush 1.2.0…
... using and supporting so-called 'big font files' that can be ... ZX-Paintbrush. There is an example CHX-font included in ZX ... -
Graphic equalizer m.c. program neededBack in the 90's I had a full-screen attribute equalizer that was simple, yet very impressive. We used to listen to Vangelis or Jean M Jarre by conne…
... bars, minus 1. If, for example, the number of bars is ... each bar but if too big the bar will not fit ... -
Bad Loading Screens or In-game ScreenshotsI am opening this thread to fix some screenshots (loading screens or in-game screens)that are bad or have something wrong, like corrupted sprites. F…
... example, the in-game screenshot of Xevious has a moved sprite (one ... 't have any enemy or sprite on it besides the scenery ... -
Selling my "Big-Box" games on ebay.Ok, so I am running out of drawer space to keep my gaming stuff, so the big-box games have been put on ebay. The games are: After Burner - Activisi…
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Lost In TranslationEy up! You may already be aware, but the typically Amiga-based website [url=http://www.exotica.org.uk]ExoticA[/url] has now become a wiki. "What's …
... beloved Spectrum is obviously a big part of this. Memories of ... LiT.
A monster example of what we're hoping ... ] page. But a more complete example, including audio recordings, can be ... -
Mapping big games using screenshotsI know it's an unpopular thing with some people, and I object to whoever did the Deactivators map as it's shit and only shows room layouts and nothin…
... got any tips for producing big maps by chaining screenshots together ... -
Games Programming Plagiarism - Did It Happen?I know there is at least one notable case were someone has passed off someone else's games as their own - usually by changing the graphics. (Can't re…
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ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... ]here[/url].
The big news is the SCREEN$ paintbox ... new characters into the Graphic/Sprite editor. (Kiwi)
Fixed - BASin ... -
[Deep voice] The Big One...Wow! This is going to be my 1,210th post! And it only seems like days since I made my 1,000th post (not that anyone'd know, as no-one reads my posts …
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Philosophy. The Big Question. You know, life, the ... -
Collision Detection in SP1Hi, Does anyone have a well-documented example of using collision detection in spritelib. I've search WoS and Z88DK forums but no joy. Something wi…
... anyone have a well-documented example of using collision detection in ... . I've search WoS and Z88DK forums but no joy.
z88dk tutorial code) and I have ... -
Japanese-only or lesser-known games you playedI've noticed by their comments there are a few people on WOS (hi Vertigo, dm_boozefreek etc.) who have played titles which were either never released…
... FF6 where some female enemy sprite in the "Cyan's Soul ... to sell them with a big profit to punters. Got mine ... -
Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…
... Violation! This is an extreme example, but I came across it ... data has just become one big block.
You can repeat ... -
Game from BIG movie.Can someone name the game the young version of Tom Hanks character plays in the movie Big? Not the Zoltar machine but the home computer. And what wa…
... character plays in the movie Big?
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Spectranet updateIn which my Spectrum +3 talks to real, live people... [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_events[/url] ...the example IRC client …
... /Current_events[/url]
...the example IRC client takes shape.
example code (which is written in C with the Z88DK), then ... -
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 …
... unfinished in ZX BASIC - for example, it's easy enough to ... 't think this is a big deal because the semantics of ... input routine is called (for example, a string in INPUT # is ... -
Zombie outbreak in Big Brother!!!Charlie Brooker, comedian/writer/tv presenter/ex Oink-comic type cartoonist person is going to be doing a series for E4 about a Zombie outbreak occur…
... people are stuck in the Big Brother house! That would make ... is a link that MY Big Brother put up! Ohmygod! Spook ... -
Next big retro eventEarly days yet but... [url]http://www.retrogamer.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10861[/url] Byte Back 2009 The event will take place on the weekend of …
... -Trent.
Sounds promising, big venue, should have most of ... -
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... , and some of the really big new features are unfinished.
Sprite editor. This allows you to ... to use.
Added - The Sprite editor can now handle more ... Paintbox for opening the Graphic/Sprite/UDG Editor.
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Spectrum Ethernet updateWell for those of you who don't follow the news section on the project page, here's a quick update...and a request. Development has slowed a bit, si…
... in built DHCP client, for example, uses the socket library just ... a C programmer with the Z88DK (or both). You will also ... -
Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... a genre is a good example of the genre. We have ... , where AI wasn't a big factor. Any ideas?
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…
... C64 by using it's sprite capabilities to lessen the CPU ... be more Speccy games with "big" creatures (such as dragon from ...Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... way to deal with really big files?
I've ... load command. If we, for example, had a disk in Residos ... would be (just as an example):
!load Speccy2009.dvf ...Rapscallion, Eugene, and ZaksSpinning off from Mickmogs Horace and Willy thread, which seems to pretty much feature characters you controlled (In other words heroes). I thought …
... , and a detailed cartoon quality sprite (He may not be that ... I think?).
The big Skull from Jet Set Willy ...ZXSpin and RZX filesThere is something wrong with ZX Spin. Many .rzx files from RZX Archive (for example "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Tusker") don't work. I've tried 4 versi…
... files from RZX Archive (for example "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Tusker ... it's time for a big update - correct RZX playback ...Do you really want to play a new cool, interesting, but rather hard game?Just thinking about it... For example, someone will create a game. BIG game. BIG BIG game, with multiple loading scheme, numerous rewind blablabla (o…
... it... For example, someone will create a game. BIG game. BIG BIG game, with ... different, something special, graphic and big... So it will require really ... details, off"...
For example there are games like Viking ..."Big Ball of Wax" Movie?I'm sure that a movie of Shepherd Mead's 1954 novel [I]The Big Ball of Wax[/I] (predicting how, in the year 2000, XP would take over!;)) was made dur…
... 's 1954 novel [I]The Big Ball of Wax[/I] (predicting ...Playing 128k music with z88dk ?Hi, I'm amazed how easy seems to make things with z88dk to build spectrum asm programs. After my first approach I miss some way to play 128k music, s…
... seems to make things with z88dk to build spectrum asm programs ...Some TV/DVD questions1. Very often, on my television (PAL, 29" or so, CRT, by Bush, two or three years old) when there's text on a TV program or a DVD film, the left hand…
... of the company logo, for example) still unskippable in third party ... where television is headed, with Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity ...Problem Wrapping SpritesHi, I am having an issue wrapping my sprites around the screen, Basically, I have a back buffer which is 24 chars (192 Pixels) by 28 chars (224 P…
... it.
For example, my sprite could be at (2,2 ...
