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My first Greasemonkey script, up for testingI've decided to play with Greasemonkey and javascript today. (Greasemonkey is an add-on under Firefox)<br><br>Here's my first script written purely f…
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1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
Paws [Artic Computing]by Anthony Adam
This is a colourful maze game with a couple of original features.You're a cat and you must find your kittens and bring them all home, but the neighborhood is ridden with dogs tryingto stop you and kill you. There ... -
Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
In reality an actual Fuller joystick clashes with just about everything out there - but specifically with Kempston joysticks. Because it only looks at bit A7 going low, an IN 31 (or IN-55 or IN-95) will set it off. Fuller interfaces are hard to find, and ... -
Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
velesoft has a list of ports on his website: http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zxporty-cz.htm
I wasn't aware of the one you posted, but it's a good one. At least more reliable than my memory. It could do with perhaps a mark between the two 8-bit ... -
It's a Pixel THING - recent retrogaming Youtube channelHi, guys! I've recently started my own YouTube channel "[B]It's a Pixel THING[/B]" where I do weekly videos about retrogaming (Spectrum, Amiga, DOS)…
Let's take a journey through time and watch the announcements and birth of many of today's greatest video games and systems since the very first year of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.This is Part 1 of 2 of Pixel THING's E3 retrospective.
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Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
velesoft has a list of ports on his website: http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zxporty-cz.htm
I wasn't aware of the one you posted, but it's a good one. At least more reliable than my memory. It could do with perhaps a mark between the two 8-bit ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Absolutely agree with Kung Fu Master. One on One is another game I'd remake.
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Batman: Arkham Knight (oh dear!)<span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm surprised that no one's mentioned </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman: Arkham Knight</span> on here…
I'm surprised that no one's mentioned Batman: Arkham Knight on here...
Ahem :-) (Just realised there's no post numbers now).
I'm really, really surprised it's such a state, particularly after the buggy Origins, but sometimes these ... -
Developing a gameHello. <div><br><div>Karl McNeil and me are developing a game. Its Isometric and with scroll.</div><div>I want to show you, for testing and perh…
>My principal interest is the playability of the game and possible bugs.
As for bugs: firing a bullet (or whatever it is) destroys existing bullet. But you must know it already :) -
Batman: Arkham Knight (oh dear!)<span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm surprised that no one's mentioned </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman: Arkham Knight</span> on here…
I'm surprised that no one's mentioned Batman: Arkham Knight on here...
Ahem :-) (Just realised there's no post numbers now).
I'm really, really surprised it's such a state, particularly after the buggy Origins, but sometimes these ... -
Batman: Arkham Knight (oh dear!)<span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm surprised that no one's mentioned </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman: Arkham Knight</span> on here…
I'm surprised that no one's mentioned Batman: Arkham Knight on here...
Ahem :-) (Just realised there's no post numbers now).
I'm really, really surprised it's such a state, particularly after the buggy Origins, but sometimes these ... -
Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
The final entry for this season was chosen on the basis of being the most requested one during my two years of writing the blog, and it's a properly big one. Too bad a Spectrum conversion never came to exist, but considering the way the Amstrad conversion ... -
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 some reason I decided to go and play Red Faction again on the PS2....great game, and one of my fave shooters! Still holds up pretty well, too! :) -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Stonkers was pretty good but very limited. Advance Wars on the GBA seemed like what Stonkers could have been if someone had kept it going and kept improving and refining it.
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Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Must be 100%D'oh. That makes sense. I wonder why I didn't catch that. 8-| :D
Stonkers was pretty good but very limited. Advance Wars on the GBA seemed like what Stonkers could have been if someone had kept it going and kept ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
I've always liked Lord Of The Rings but it's a bit on the slow side which can be a bit off-putting.
There are a number of great games that were written in BASIC - The Biz, Millionaire, Mad Martha etc. that have plenty of scope for updating/remaking.< ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Must be 100%D'oh. That makes sense. I wonder why I didn't catch that. 8-| :D
Stonkers was pretty good but very limited. Advance Wars on the GBA seemed like what Stonkers could have been if someone had kept it going and kept ... -
New Game: COMPLICA DX<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal;"><img s…
I occasionally beat level 4, but it's never a given that I'll be able to progress 1,2,3 every time. Simply astonishing Ai, I look forward to the playing tips.The smartest computer opponent ever! Play against BRAINIAC (TM), an Artificial Intelligence ... -
My first Greasemonkey script, up for testingI've decided to play with Greasemonkey and javascript today. (Greasemonkey is an add-on under Firefox)<br><br>Here's my first script written purely f…
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The Worst Addon's and Accessories for the ZX Spectrum.Over the years there must have been some real gems developed for the ZX Spectrum that really added something, but I'm sure by equal measure there wer…
The Plastic Ashtray that came with Formula One; you rolled
it over the top keys. No use to beast nor man.
The Suncom Joy Sensor, a joyless experience if ever I had
one. A flat joypad using resistive sensors. Also no use to ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
QIX!
I loved this game and started on my own version, which eventually became Son et Lumiere, a light synthesiser a la Pyschedelia... (this was nearly released by Automata in fact; it was actually two programs, one used the MIC socket to generate ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Qix!
Such a simple but addictive game! Why wasn't an official game ever released?QIX!
I loved this game and started on my own version, which eventually became Son et Lumiere, a light synthesiser a la Pyschedelia... (this was nearly ... -
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
Biggles. Trying to progress through the enemy planes, jumping from one flat roof to another, ... no idea about what to do, but it seems a cool game. I think I must read the instructions before! :) -
PLATOTerm for IRATA.ONLINE for ZX SpectrumHello everyone, I've been holding off on any formal announcement until the terminal actually functioned, but, now that there is a version of PLAT…
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How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
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Most Disappointing Speccy SequelOk, I'm going for 3 of the most obvious: Impossamole Renegade 3 Chase H.Q 2
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What's this racing game?Hi 2 everyone who likes Spectrum. Does anyone know what was the name of this RACING game. It was 2 words i'm pretty sure. It used the ZX Spectrum ba…
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Character set variableCan anybody help me? I'm trying to find out where the pointer to the ascii character set is. I remember that if you wanted to change the font on the …
... you wanted to change the font on the speccy you had ... to put your own font in ram somewhere, then change ... that it pointed to your font in ram, instead of the ... default font in the rom.
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Introducing Clairsys - a new ZX Spectrum systemfontHi! I've developed a new system font for the Speccy this week and it's called Clairsys. You can view it and download modified ROM files from my webs…
... 've developed a new system font for the Speccy this week ...
