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  • Xenon-II like game on SpeccyHi! There is a shootemup on the Speccy that looks EXACTLY like Xenon-II (from Amiga, etc.) made by some East-European guys (I THINK). I downloaded i…

    ... colour enemies and nice scrolling background (I think even parallax)... for ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat August 2004 Games
  • Spectrum tape sound in Bluetones song?!Hi all, Don't know if any of you have noticed it, but I have and I might as well drop a post about it! On The Bluetones' album "Return to the last …

    ... familiar sound appears in the background! I can SWEAR on that ...
    ekoman ekoman August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …

    ...
    LD A,(HL) ;taking background from screen
    AND B ...
    moroz1999 moroz1999 August 2004 Development
  • Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…

    ... (As I am overwriting the background), but tips on optimisation would ...
    robpearmain robpearmain August 2004 Development
  • Name the game(s)Another thread reminded of this compilation that had one of the most addictive games ever that had me and my brother playing for ages. I'm sure the …

    ... each bike, a plain white background and a green border.
    Tobo Tobo August 2004 Games
  • 'Spectrum Diamond' soundtrackHi all, Regarding this Italian film about Matthew Smith and his two most known works, I found that the compilation of tracks included in the soundtr…

    ... 's say music in the background) was quite interesting to listen ...
    Vrooomer Vrooomer August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Smooth Screen ScrollingHi Everyone, Any suggestions on what is the best way to do horizontal scrolling ie. in Zynaps fashion. I am working on a routine at the moment, whi…

    ... together to build up the background.

    Just wondering if ...
    dmsmith dmsmith September 2004 Development
  • Smooth Screen Scrolling RoutineHi everyone, this is a follow up to the thread on smooth screen scrolling. As promised here is the code for the routine. It's pretty long and fairl…

    ... ORG 40960 ;First row of background data

    ... ORG 41216 ;second row of background data

    DEFW ... ORG 41472 ;third row of background data

    ... ORG 41728 ;fourth row of background data

    DEFW ...
    dmsmith dmsmith September 2004 Development
  • Broken ZX 48kHey all. I have acquired a broken ZX 48k. It looks in good condition - tried the membrane and it is working with my other 48k very well. When you tu…

    ... Red stripes on the black background) but when it is done ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Imagine and Psygnosisback at the 80es my favourite games company was Imagine. I liked ZZoom, JumpingJack, GreenBeret, WorldSeriesBasketball, PingPong.. then Renegade, Tar…

    ... to Psygnosis graphics) and the background castle..
    Also the game ...
    judasEZT judasEZT October 2004 Games
  • Cobra - scrollingHi everyone, I have been studying some of the code in Ocean' Cobra game using a debugger, in the hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In cas…

    ... memory somewhere which stores the background data, ie. the map. But ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…

    ... games (with GFX Screen XOR buffer turned on, actually seems not ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov October 2004 Emulators
  • +2A "Ghost" programHi all - first time posting here, so I'll do a quick background - I was a (far too) dedicated 48k and +2A gamer in my younger days. Thanks to the mi…

    ... I'll do a quick background - I was a (far too ...
    jb jb October 2004 Games
  • Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…

    ... as follows
    1. Store background
    2. Draw sprite into ... background
    3. Delay loop
    ... 4. Draw stored background into sprite
    5. Change ...
    Ralf Ralf October 2004 Development
  • What band-related name would you give a Spectrum game?Blitzkrieg Bop - Shoot'em up with rock'n roll background music (AY, please!) Howling at the moon - Remake of Knightlore The KKK took my baby away - T…

    ... up with rock'n roll background music (AY, please!)
    Howling ...
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann November 2004 Games
  • ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana TrumanHappy 26th birthday Allana! Today I release my new game, [I]Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana Truman[/I] (MM:N-AT), a tribute to my favourite charact…

    ... no longer ORed with the background colour-attribute).

    7 ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad November 2004 Games
  • Help needed with drawing masked spriteI need to draw a small sprite (16 bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the only sprite that will be used so speed isn't too important. I was goi…

    ... the data in the buffer. Re-fill the buffer if the sprites ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside November 2004 Development
  • Screen AttributesNot sure if this is a devolopment question but here goes... In my limited understanding, the 'attribute file' of a speccy is 5800h to 5AFFh and each…

    ... , 3 to 5 delaing with background colour and 6 and 7 ...
    Saboteur Saboteur January 2005 Development
  • Double Dragon Forever: Demo now readyNot exactly Speccy related I know, but since the demise of Double Dragon 128k I have been working on the background graphics of a PC Double Dragon ga…

    ... have been working on the background graphics of a PC Double ...
    Swainy Swainy January 2005 Announcements
  • "Chegwin Check's It Out" 'Ocean' video from 1988. New on the net.[url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/b.harbison1/morgan/test5.htm"]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/b.harbison1/morgan/test5.htm[/url] The best stuff is t…

    ... !) (With Ivan Horn in the background sitting in his real seat ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair branded softwareI am very interested in the Sinclair branded range of software and plan on creating a website on this at some point in the future. First I need to d…

    ... . But first a bit of background info.

    The code ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASin and LinuxHello funsters. Has anybody here tried running BASin under Wine on Linux? I'm going to try but want to know if my luscious locks are going to get pu…

    ... the process. Given the Delphi background of Wine and that Borland ...
    Stevatron Stevatron March 2005 Emulators
  • Name that game...This one's hard because I never played it! I read a review in SU but never had the pocket money to get it! Here's as much as I can remember about it:…

    ... you lost them in the background!)

    That's all ...
    Unique Unique March 2005 Games
  • Programmer's Notes I received an email from a remakes author today asking for technical information about one of my magazine covertape games, so I'm going to try and d…

    ... tables, and details how the background objects are constructed from blocks ...
    jonathan jonathan March 2005 Support files
  • Yep you guessed it...Name that game I'm wondering if you can help with a game i used to play when i was younger. I havent got a clue what you actually do in the game but i have the ima…

    ... chimneys...i think....for the background...the factories etc set in ... the background changed when entering next screen ...
    vader vader May 2005 Games
  • ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 10 May 2005Monday 09 May 2005 PHEW! I thought this update was NEVER getting done. There's been lots of background maintenance work getting done on Tipshop since…

    ... 's been lots of
    background maintenance work getting done on ...
    hackersanon hackersanon May 2005 Announcements
  • Can't remember what game this was!I think you should have a seperate section for all the 'please tell me what game this was' questions, they seem to be popular! Example : "Can't rem…

    ... , and it had a black background with beepy music. Sure the ...
    retroisland retroisland May 2005 Games
  • 1 cassette u dont have i thinkI have started sorting out my cassettes and have found:- Card Games by Buffer written by P Etherington, it's a compilation with Cribbage, Patience, …

    ... have found:- Card Games by Buffer written by P Etherington, it ...
    swordheart swordheart May 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Trig questionI'm trying to write a function that describes a 2D circle in 3D space - that's not important, just a bit of background! I've almost done it, but the…

    ... important, just a bit of background!

    I've almost ...
    NickH NickH June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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