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Chaosmongers has a big rant.Just received this Cronosoft related email today:....... [quote] >Hello, >I enjoy the idea of releasing new games for older platforms but... >I h…
... as wave files on CD-R. They are cheaper, >easier ... as wave files on CD-R. They are cheaper, >easier ... /> Sorry if I sound a bit pissed off, but you'd ... -
Scrimpy screensHere's a question - how small a window can you get away with as a playing area for an arcade/action game before anyone notices? From the very earlie…
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It's a bit cheeky, and in the latter ... case a blatant bit of padding with the title ... /> And though it's a bit of a drastic cut of ... org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004256"]R-Type[/URL] has a fairly ... .cgi?screen=screens/in-game/r/R-Type.gif[/IMG]
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Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…
... /> Anyway, the result is 32 bit but C99 requires detection of ... effectively left shift by n positions introducing n rightmost zeroes. So adding ... propagation out of the bottom n-1 bits.
... = the running total, b = base, n = number of bits required
For Sale - Nice ZX CollectionI am selling my ZX collection of hardware (including a rare disc drive unit), manuals and software (including a few nice big box ultimate titles and …
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[*]ZX Printer with a bit of a paper roll (maybe ... [/B]
?250 o.n.o which is a very ...The most powerful 8-bit machine, and CPU?Further to the discussion in: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=621787[/url] What actually is the best 8-bit ma…
... actually is the best 8-bit machine ever made - discounting software ... what is the best 8-bit CPU, just wondering what advantages ... ? What is the best 8-bit CPU, both in the 80s ... (as I imagine new 8-bit CPUs might have been designed ...Krypton Factor - R. Whelan[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002776"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002776[/URL] The R. Whelan listed …
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The R. Whelan listed for The Krypton Factor is Richard Whelan according to the title screen.Retrospectiva 2012We would like to invite the Sinclair community to a little online competition we organize each year called Retrospectiva. [URL="http://rsp.retrocomp…
... is open to all 8-bit platforms, the only exception we ... to the collaboration of Fundaci?n Museo ICATEC (an Argentine Computer ...Make your own 8-bit computer for under ?20!I just came across this cute little thing called the Fignition. It's a kit computer running Forth that you build yourself. The keyboard consists of 8…
... this were just a little bit more Speccy and less ZX81 ...Jelly-Vision!As threatened in the "'Spectrum Play' Error" thread, here's a ruff'n'reddy interrupt driven full screen wobbling routine which has no practical use w…
... here's a ruff'n'reddy interrupt driven full ... ld a,(23672)
bit 2,a
jr ... NOWOBBLE[color=green]
bit 0,(iy+2) ; ... jr nz,TESTSCROLL
bit 1,(iy+1) ;FLAGS ...Newbie willing to try doing some gfx...I've tried my wings in creating some hires graphics on C64 and I'd like to try making some also with speccy just out of curiosity, but my knowledge a…
... consideration or dig into a bit more before starting to work ... not speaking of other tips 'n' tricks? Also, any suggestions for ...What?s on your C90?Hellloooo! Here I am, having a good old sort out of over 200 “non-original” or, "blank" cassettes from various sources. Yes, it’s…
... type-ins. They’re a bit crappy, but I don’t ... />
Gonna start again nice ‘n’ early tomorrow. Stay-tuned and ...Middle Age - Load 'n' RunFirstly, I like the way it's called Middle Age rather than Middle Ages. It makes it sound like it'll be a game about getting into your forties, buyin…
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I was doing a bit of poking around in the ...ULA bug and snowI am tryng to improve the snow emulation in FBZX wii but I do not have a real spectrum to test the results. I used the information taken from Harele…
... substitutes to the 7 lower bit of the address of second ... screen byte the value of R register.
This emualtes ...I am the Godfather!No I really am! Just been to a baptism and I am now officially a Godfather. [img]http://content7.flixster.com/movie/11/15/61/11156113_det.jpg[/img]…
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tbh felt like a bit of a hypocrite doing all ... on the babby's heed n' wotnot. All I could think ...Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... - Your work in CPC versi?n of Manic Miner, was key ... and Heartland, development was a bit more organized and we had ... - The Robin game changes a bit from one computer to another ... not possible on the 8 bit platforms. We settled on the ...INKEY$ giving me troubleHello, I have been using BASin (great program by the way...) Sad though it seems during the typhoon here I have been re-learning my spec-skills an…
... capture Y or y or N or n on the keyboard. anything ... out the line numbers a bit..
Then I started ... the user hits Y,y,N or n
OTHER ... about was separating the Y/N code into a subroutine that ... br /> 46 IF Q$="N" OR Q$="n" THEN GO TO 120 ...WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... book.. plus im still a bit unsure how to use that ...name the game....[b]edit: SOLVED[/b]: Rally Bug. ------------------------------- you're a ball, object of each level is to go from l-r and get to the end of the scre…
... is to go from l-r and get to the end ... , not 100% sure about that bit
pretty sure it ...The Evolution of 8-Bit Art | Off Book | PBS[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYL1DsY8GMI&list=PLC3D565688483CCB5&index=5&feature=plcp"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYL1DsY8GMI&list=PLC3D5…
... . Plenty of discussion on 8 bit gaming and music creation. The ...Machine code loopsThis might sound a bit daft, but I,ve forgotten how to do loops using th 'b' register... I want to loop this x mount of times: [CODE]ld a,r and 6 i…
This might sound a bit daft, but I,ve forgotten ... :
[CODE]ld a,r
and 6
inc ...Could anyone do a bit of testing for me please?Hi, I'm currently working on a remake of a Sinclair game (more of a conversion, actually), which I'm hoping will raise a little bit of money for a c…
... hoping will raise a little bit of money for a charity ...BASin gets its (profile) sums wrong (sometimes)I often use BASin to time pieces of code, and I've found it to be useful, but I was testing a routine earlier, which took less than 2 seconds to run …
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100 FOR R=0 TO 20
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200 NEXT n
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[/code ... being assigned to the "NEXT n" statement. I couldn't find ...8-bit gaming and geek weekend in Derby (17-18th November).Chris Snowden phoned me last night to speak about organising an 8- and 16-bit gaming event in Derby for the 17th and 18th of November, and well thing…
... organising an 8- and 16-bit gaming event in Derby for ...8-bit art "Video Games vs. Real Life"Stumbled across [URL="http://twistedsifter.com/"]an interesting website[/URL]. Among the different sections I came across these pics, there are [URL…
... game-meets-real-life-8-bit-art-aled-lewis-double- ... game-meets-real-life-8-bit-art-aled-lewis-street- ... game-meets-real-life-8-bit-art-aled-lewis-nintendo- ... game-meets-real-life-8-bit-art-aled-lewis-lemmings. ... game-meets-real-life-8-bit-art-aled-lewis-skifree. ...
