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CronosoftIt's a bit of bad news, but I'm sorry to say that I'm probably closing up the Cronosoft label. I'm struggling financially at the moment, and Cronoso…
... this isnt a knock on Simon but i'm always surprised ... all of that.
Joffa Smith who coded Cobra/Hyper ... -
CronosoftIt's a bit of bad news, but I'm sorry to say that I'm probably closing up the Cronosoft label. I'm struggling financially at the moment, and Cronoso…
... was wasted.
Meanwhile Simon replied. I'm glad is ... no Speccy games which werent back in the 80's isnt ... -
CronosoftIt's a bit of bad news, but I'm sorry to say that I'm probably closing up the Cronosoft label. I'm struggling financially at the moment, and Cronoso…
... ! It was only by coming back to this thread and reading ... snatching those back!
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CronosoftIt's a bit of bad news, but I'm sorry to say that I'm probably closing up the Cronosoft label. I'm struggling financially at the moment, and Cronoso…
... , I'm prepared to help Simon rewrite the website and also ... /> If you're reading this Simon and would like someone to ... 2 on The Hit Squad back in the day. But I ... -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
... . However, if you rub out byte sections of the old sprite ... and replace it with new byte sections - all that flickers is ... a just a byte.
Byte scan.
Pud ... the screen, and XOR them back off again - one entire sprite ... -
Final Boss in Cobra - Advices to kill it, pleaseI have been trying to beat this game for years and always the final boss kills me, it seems you can't use any weapon to kill him, just your head, and…
... down and then headbutt the 'back' of him.
Sometimes ... its superb ! Top game by Joffa -
Ocean Reunited in March 2009Well, some of us. At least 4 of us will be taking part in a Q&A session. We all did lots of work on the Spectrum so thought I could post it here. It'…
... night" with Mr Jones and Joffa?!?[/QUOTE]
Ha ha ... they'll have to come back on the sunday.
Faces Of ZX Death!!I've just finished my first Speccy video, [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IvZKu5ZlpM][I]Faces Of ZX Death[/I][/url] (YouTube link)... A special …
... /> 14. Blue Max
15. Byte Bitten
16. Super Hang ... . Gryzor
32. Kong Strikes Back
33. Contact Sam Cruise ...Cannot BelieveHi I cannot believe that this site is not bigger, members, usage etc. When you think back to how many people had, used and grew up with Spectrums …
... .
When you think back to how many people had ... few of the Speccy celebs back in the day haven't ... -speccy-person regular poster is Joffa Smith (frobush), and that's ...Help requested to remove files from +D disksOne of the Outlet issues that's due to be added tomorrow contains a denied game (not even the original, but a cracked version. Tch.) Unless I remove …
... only blanks out the first byte of the directory entry, IIRC ... also had this at the back of my mind TBH.
The best ... beginning with "J"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "J", which do you think are the: [B…
[QUOTE=ewgf;334621]Joffa Smith?He did some great ... ]
Huzzah! I'm back on-line for a week ...Paul Hughes interview.Over at [url]http://www.c64.com/[/url] there is a very interesting interview of Paul Hughes whom worked for Ocean 1987-92. This is what he had to s…
... and sprite routines used in Joffa's Cobra.[/quote]
back from a two week holiday ...OCEAN Software group photoI have re-scanned and done quite a bit of digital cleaning up of the only good quality Ocean group photo. I have the only copy (other than the versio…
...
By the way Joffa, the deadline for the Interview ... great to have you 2 , Joffa and Mark here sharing stories ... has tried to hold me back on the stories! He thinks ...Byte Back, anyone else going?Anyone else from these forums going to be attending this in Stoke this weekend? I know Joffa, Mark and Jonathan are but what about "civilians"? ;)
I'm back in Glasgow at last! I ... your other games").
Joffa, I think I have your ...Byte Back, anyone else going?Anyone else from these forums going to be attending this in Stoke this weekend? I know Joffa, Mark and Jonathan are but what about "civilians"? ;)
... from the sound of what Joffa is saying, do a few ... don't want my trip back to the UK to be ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
Jesus Simon, you do love the sound ... .
I personally think Joffa was the more talented programmer ... the info anon ;) ). Still, makes Joffa [b]definitely[/b] the more ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
[QUOTE=The Starglider;339975]Jesus Simon, you do love the sound ... .
I personally think Joffa was the more talented programmer ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... here, so don't come back with "Oh, you changed it ... says about you behind your back?
But you really ... , it's just gonna strengthen Joffa's position on WoS and ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... idolised. And that includes you Simon "NOMAD" Butler! :)
You ... />
This is my point! Joffa DOES NOT know me. Never ... one who attempted to save Joffa any embarrassment by recommending to ... event that they possibly exclude Joffa from the Q&A ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... arrived.
Joffa had gone and that was ... I have nothing against Joffa, I don't know ... br /> Others in the industry, Joffa being one of them feel ... in the condition we found Joffa last weekend.
back to that position without ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... wish the situation to go back to that position without any ... that! I somehow think that Joffa himself must feel that things ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... to other commitments.
Simon, after your initial "story" post ... come and wage war in Joffa's defence. It's got ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... in the condition we found Joffa last weekend.
I ... wish the situation to go back to that position without any ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... Simon is filled with anger as he can clearly see that joffa ... takes sides with Simon as he can clearly see joffa is not ... .
-I can guess why joffa has social problems. He is ... /> just another gamer.
@Joffa, I want to laugh at ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... of us. I can understand Simon venting his spleen; I think ... be in denial ;-)
Simon, I would love to hear ... beginnings of the videogame market back in the very early 80 ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
But I still don't know why Simon didn't talk to Joffa via PM about this instead of letting it out here, it would have been better.'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
[QUOTE=Ivanzx;340167]But I still don't know why Simon didn't talk to Joffa via PM about this instead of letting it out here, it would have been better.[/QUOTE]
He did. Boy did he.'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... lunch times too lol.
Simon, who I've also had ... gone tits up, especially since joffa was in an unknown state ...Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …
... a sound, you send a byte out on port 254, where ... tiny delay, and move it back again. Do it fast, and ...Keyboard routinesI'll ask here first - since this must be a long-ago solved problem, and hopefully I can avoid re-inventing the wheel... I need a keyboard routine th…
... ). The use of a 32 byte keyboard buffer also gives me ... want to try putting it back in the 48 ROM first ...
