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Spectrum Review Book is all systems go ![url]http://www.spectrumgamesbible.co.uk/[/url] We've created a small website for the series of books we are looking to create for the Speccy featur…
... catalogue of post-commercial era Spectrum games, and Cronosoft is well represented ... . Don't remember seeing any games about ferrets in the book though. :) -
Torents.Anyone on here good with this torenting type stuff im trying to DL something and the speed is through the floor 3kb pm. Any help would be apreciated.…
... . I was the same with Spectrum games, always enjoyed the whole experience ... days as i'm disappointed in a book/film/dvd/game etc ... like seeing the original case in my collection), quite often i ... a physical object. (Same with games) -
Digital Economy BillIs this new law that was passed last night something to be worried about? Quote from the Guardian: Don Foster, the Liberal Democrats' spokesman fo…
... proper permission to host, engage in 'copyright infringement'? It is ... for text from a book still in copyright or a freeware ... , if someone downloads the Spectrum version of "Bubble Bobble"from ... product - albums, films, recent games; that kind of thing.
Video games can never be art[url]http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html[/url] Discuss. I'll start it out: his thesis is a bit shallow, while…
... art as any movie or book...
but then ... by the frensh novel vague in the 60's, that ... you can see a continuity in it's work and ... ) all of the unique spectrum games creators that we can recognize ... have to say that video games that translate the vision ...The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... individual cases. Of course, there will be individuals that fall in love ... games tend to present better gameplay experiences in a larger percent of cases ... test of time better in general to Spectrum games.
So, if ...The scale of commercial Spectrum piracyFollowing on from the excellent thread featuring material from the ITN archive, I found this: [url]http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/07/03…
In Portugal it was normal to see many Spectrum games for sale with the ... same colour inlay (with several Spectrum ... in the big, nice cases.
I only started buying original games in ...Best handheld for speccy emulationI wanna get something handheld that has a speccy emulator and can play games what is my best option in terms of value and quality?
... render the Spectrum screen we got a little square in the center ... best platform ever to enjoy Spectrum emulation on the go ( ... to be displayed, which in some games is important, and at ... better than the original 256x192 in many cases. iXpectrum seems to output ...Spectrum ZX Games For SaleHi all, My dad has recently came across his Spectrum ZX and games upon delving into his stash of computers. Does anybody out there still use them,…
... /> Spectrum User Guide and Programming Books
Games:
1618 Copied Games in cases ...
193 Original Games in cases
30 ...Poll: how much *space* does your Sinclair collection occupy?I was going through my Sinclair stuff today (to gather various bits & pieces in 1 place), which made me wonder: how much [I]physical space[/I] does y…
... the games. (4 x 2.4m long)
11 book cases for ... , 30 litre crates of duplicate games in the garage
That ... 6 boxes of light guns in the shed.Late night filmsFriday: Casino, ITV4 Saturday: No Country for Old Men 2 of my top 10 films of all time. Others in the top 10 would be (in no order) [LIST] [*]Lif…
... assuming I can include animations in this list),
[B ... there were no good Spectrum games released after 1986![/QUOTE]< ... and have read every book more than once I ... good film stars anymore. In the old days there ... do a good Rocky film in the 70s).
Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …
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This book was recommended in Sinclair User by Andrew ... you how to program the Spectrum, games, sound generation, video display ... Many of the methods in this book are out of date ... technical overview of the Spectrum. The book features many programming ...Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …
... with a great book called [I]Spectrum Machine Language for ... />
Spectrum assembly language might look complicated ... or six hundred instructions in Spectrum machine code, and many ... started looking through commercial games to see how things ...Proof of time travel?A woman is seen at a premier of a Charlie Chaplin movie, in 1920, talking into a MOBILE PHONE!!! [url]http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/57334/…
... Best Spectrum Games (an excellent book, detailing many of the best Spectrum games ever ... being made in the early 1990s, and in fact Sinclair ... Amstrad! :-o:-o:-o) sometime in the 1980s!
... the number one game ever, in every Spectrum poll.
...Name the Game (tough one)I am clutching a straws here, but this is the best place to ask - just in case anyone happens to have their memory jogged: I am trying to find the n…
... brief foray for Penguin/Puffin in the games market to flog a ... of the book/game combo. It's a shame the games were ... -Rare-KORTH-TRILOGY-PUFFIN-SINCLAIR-SPECTRUM-48K-/280586363203"]this one[/URL ...Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... structures at optimal compression). Games could be written to only ... /libsrc/sprites/software/sp1/spectrum/customize.asm?revision=1 ... think have been implemented in commercial spectrum sw before, or uncommonly ... be more appropriate -- in many cases it may be as ...Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... actual game runs in. Most games do not actually ... medium sized games should be practical in a 48k ... memory saving strategies employed in the programs I ... be more appropriate -- in many cases it may be as ... get paid for making spectrum games, so I'm definitely ...Assembler intricaciesHi all, I've been looking at the internals of a game to see how it all works and I've found some things that I don't understand and can't find any i…
... figures play a major part in producing games. And the cold hard ... with other media - film sequels, book series, follow-up albums etc ... a demand for yet another Spectrum room-em-up or would ...Assembler intricaciesHi all, I've been looking at the internals of a game to see how it all works and I've found some things that I don't understand and can't find any i…
... figures play a major part in producing games. And the cold hard ... with other media - film sequels, book series, follow-up albums etc ... a demand for yet another Spectrum room-em-up or would ...Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
... the % of games which were good in the 80s and ... the % of games which ... I would say about 10% in both cases! :smile:[/QUOTE]
... similar comments applied to new games.
It ... back at 80's Spectrum games are still being worn ...T/S 2068 & SpectrumBorrowing what you see below from the Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide, by Fred Blechman. It appears the T/s 2068 was intended to be …
... modes:
>* Normal spectrum mode (available at two different ... homework or play games on Timex. :) :)
In those cases we were ... AY.
Every ZX Spectrum user I knew back then ... the same thing. Speaker built in Spectrum was kind of 'laptop ...DivIDE questionsHi All, I'm the proud owner of two DivIDE interfaces, that I have just "inherited" from a friend. One of them is the original one and the other one …
... and nothing happens, also in a few cases the Spectrum freezes, but normally ... anyway, some programs and games leave junk in memory or spread some ... not well adjusted, and the Spectrum does not start. I ... I can check with another Spectrum in case of need, I have ...New Game: Cray 5 from Retroworks.It was presented on RetroEncounter meeting last saturday, and now it's released, check it here: [url]http://www.retroworks.es/php/game_en.php?id=9[/…
... first reply to the question in the context of this game ... (i.e. why my 2 Spectrum games are 48k only).
Spectrum, not supporting the 48K version? The answers are many, but in ... the AY chip.
- In some cases I could forget about the ...Put off by the Spectrum character setAm I the only one? Someone suggests a game, and you go "Ooooo haven't heard of that one, I'll give it a sho...*recoils in horror at the ZX Spectrum c…
... later Speccy games as I got my +2A in 89. A ... out a wee "client guide-book" when I worked with ... the big red "T" in the "T in the Park" logo is ... when I saw it used in Avatar.
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How many top spectrum games (recent and otherwise) can we ...Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... /ja/andrewbroad/"][B]JSW games[/B][/URL] with bugfixes ... /showthread.php?t=4046"]Games that are impossible to ... =24832"]Crashable Spectrum games[/URL], and suggestions posted in the current ... thread, although only the critical cases were ...Spectrum writer neededHi guys, it's me Darran, the editor of Retro Gamer who routinely comes along whenever he needs your help ;) Anyway, I want to do a collector's guide…
... been said (by aowen in particular) in this thread is misguided. From ... me including it in my book on Commodore 64 games? No.
Spectrum turned into a vendetta against ... a lot to promote the Spectrum... so I agree that it ...Video gaming coincidencesThere are some strange video gaming coincidences, when you think about it. For example: 1. [B]Half-Life 2/Breakdown[/B] In 2004 Half-Life 2 came o…
... "[I]What good games do you have for the Spectrum?[/I]", you ... measure the volume of our Spectrum games, and divide it by the ... the average Spectrum game case, allowing for the gaps between cases, and ... , as the rest was already in place in HL1, which dates back ...Video gaming coincidencesThere are some strange video gaming coincidences, when you think about it. For example: 1. [B]Half-Life 2/Breakdown[/B] In 2004 Half-Life 2 came o…
... , I hope you never worked in a computer shop when you ... around two hundred or so Spectrum titles in at the moment, minus ... measure the volume of our Spectrum games, and divide it by the ... the average Spectrum game case, allowing for the gaps between cases, and ...Casstte 50 compilation emulator game questionHi - Hope this is the right place to put this question? Wasn't sure? But I have just downloaded the 'Cassette 50' compilation from wos but can't w…
... little information available for the "Spectrum 50 games" compilation - I've ... the games for Cassette 50. Certainly, the variation in scope ... in mind that many were probably based on a magazine or book ... type-in, rather than being written ...writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... which are used by both games.
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Correct ... any of unofficial instructions in the first version of ... ignore results of all test cases that checked their correctness. ... in fact, at least three of about ten randomly selected Spectrum games ...writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... ignore results of all test cases that checked their correctness. ... in fact, at least three of about ten randomly selected Spectrum games I ... everywhere[/i] in the majority of the games on the Spectrum, and ... some of the more popular games from the early life ...
