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Was this normal or a bit odd?I just wanted a few thoughts on something that happened a few years back when I had to attend a psychotherapy group. Its probably too far back to mak…
... far back to make mention in a formal complaint, but it always ... began taking part in a group. This wasn't a volunteer, or charity ... , or anything. I took part in these sessions for about three ... refered to speak to a psychotherapist a year and a half ago, even ... -
SpecBAS really needs a manual!That Word doc that I converted to an RTF for you Dunny and ASH-II, is still somewhat sparse. I spent bloody hours PLOT/DRAWing a landscape to steer m…
... /> These commands all create a new graphic bank in memory, and assign ... Note that when supplying a “graphicstr$” (a graphic in a string, such as that ... .
Am I right in thinking that you can make ... /> It would also help a lot in planning PLOT/DRAW if one ... -
ZX Spectrum Next Development Board in Custom Case with PSU and SD CardI am selling my Spectrum Next Development Board in a Custom Case if anyone is interested... [url="http://ebay.us/bhrQdi?cmpnId=5338273189"]Ebay li…
I am selling my Spectrum Next Development Board in a Custom Case if anyone is interested...
[url="http://ebay.us/bhrQdi?cmpnId=5338273189"]Ebay link to my ZX Spectrum Next[/url] -
Evercade? Anybody interested in this?OK so many moons have passed since this weird little retro handheld was announced, and at first I figured it would go the same way as all the other w…
... little bugger is coming out in a month or so, about May ... approach it I suppose from a collectors point of view. $79 ... carts will only be $20 a pop, with collections of games ... would actually enjoy it quite a bit. -
A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... Loader, or typing LOAD "" in 128 BASIC? And was ... there some extra routine in the +3/+2A/+2B ... be used, effectively, as a command in this instance? Also, why ... find any references to USR0 in the +3 or + ... that holds a small machine code routine in a REM statement:< ... -
Silly things I used to do(and in this case, somewhat spectrum related) When I was much younger I had a strange behaviour: I liked wrecking toys and throw them out of the…
... and we all lived in a flat on the 4th ... of tape-thing carefully winded in the reel.
in their super-thin-yet ... and it traveled like a disc in slow motion, unwinding ... in the trees in between.
Thankfully it didn't hit any cars ... -
Fixing a ZX Clone from .ru - 27 years late.Hi there, I've currently assembled another russian clone a "Compact 256 Turbo" from a PCB I bought. The machine appears to be fully functional and o…
... fully functional and overall has a decent feature set. The machine ... clone, I'm highly interested in fixing the Timing so I ... supposed to be red) resulting in a 8 Pixel offset between Border ... 128 here (that machine has a partially different schematic, but the ... -
RS232 - built-in vs. Interface 1Hello all. After some advice, and I figured someone here would probably be able to help. I'm the owner of a (grey case) Spectrum +2, and I'm keen …
... Obviously, the +2 has a built-in RS232 port, but as ... more standard than the built-in port, and supports different ... and seems to work in both directions rather better ... than the built-in port. I haven't ... printer cable, which ends in a 25-pin male plug, ... -
What a mess :(I'm sorry to have to say this, but the site is all over the place. For example, when I try to search for a particular game (on my Android phone), …
... I try to search for a particular game (on my Android ... released, whether as a singular item, in a compilation, on a magazine cover tape ... missing.
Is there a choice of reverting back to ... -
why am i getting b integer out of range in this code?ive tried running this in spin but thats what i get [code]main org 40000; ; We want a black screen. ld a,71 ; white ink (7) on black paper (0…
... and 15 ; want vertical in range 0 to 15.
in range 0 to 31.
in a,(c) ; see what keys ... /> ; Steps a pointer through the ROM (held in seed), returning< ... ROM.
ld h,a
ld a,(hl) ; Get "random ... -
this code wont give me a random starfieldim using a peice of code that ive copied from a book, ignore most of it as it is redundant. for some reason i get a strange random starfield instead …
... the bit we are interested in-----------
call random ;v ... 5/joystick port 2.
in a,(c) ; see what keys are ... br /> ; Steps a pointer through the ROM (held in seed), returning
in''. also the random number ... -
How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…
... can finish the tutorial in a later post in this thread.
... should work, in theory.
Download a version and ... game in tut2.c.
[b]A) Drawing a scrolling ... scrolling function in here, in assembly.
A more portable ... -
How do you get the GRAPHICS cursor in 128 Basic?I know its something plus the 9 key but I cannot discover what! I just typed in a simple UDG maker which allocates the data to USR "P" but I even …
I know its something plus the 9 key but I cannot discover what! I just typed in a simple UDG maker which allocates the data to USR "P" but I even tried print usr "p" after loading in the binary to make a character and that wouldn't work either. -
Carnival: is it broken and can it be fixed?[url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/823/ZX-Spectrum/Carnival]Carnival[/url] by Eclipse software is ostensibly one of the Speccy's most arcade-…
... up every few seconds in the coin-op offering ... to see it twice in a game. And even on ... what seems to be a never-ending stream of spawning ... targets. After already having shot down a ... br />
But a couple of minutes of sharpshooting ... -
Best achievement in a Speccy gameI'm rubbish at most games. I can complete Atic Atac, Manic Miner, Highway Encounter, Skool Daze and er, Bruce Lee. That's about it. However on pla…
... I managed to go up a year without getting any lines ... . Zilch. Of course I got a couple of lucky breaks along ... been your best achievement on a Spectrum game? -
Using SD card as a ZX Spectrum cart is already possibleHi all, Recently, in a Telegram group, we were thinking why SD cards can't be used as carts for the ZX Spectrum, specially considering how many us…
Hi all,
Recently, in a Telegram group, we were thinking ... was impossible to make a SD card working in all DivMMC/IDE ... card is huge in terms of space for a Spectrum, it's ... managed to create a previous version, which was usable in any DivMMC ... -
How to Use a real Physical Old Style Retro ZX Spectrum INFREQUENTLY and EFFECTIVELY.These days a lot of WOSSERS use emulators most of the time but like to get out the old Speccy ,every once in a while ,for a quick nostalgic revisit .…
... old Speccy ,every once in a while ,for a quick nostalgic revisit . But ... here is that in the past , in the 1980s , a lot of people ... their Speccys pretty intensively so a bit of routine maintanance was ... sometimes be tricky to use , in a way that is more effective ... -
Covid in IndiaFollowing recent news about a upsurge of Covid in India and hospitals at breaking point, and after looking at global figures for COVID I was wonderin…
Following recent news about a upsurge of Covid in India and hospitals at ... they have recorded a record number of new cases in a day (over ... -
The Ice Temple AKA and a series(?)The game [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/brainstorm-bubble-bus-software"]Brainstorm[/url] may be the first of at least two g…
... of at least two games in a series (possibly with an unreleased ... [/url] (pub. 1986) was published a year later, and made by ... /> 3) Re. the possibility of a third game: At the end ... player sprite is very similar in both games. BUT they don ... -
New edition of LOST IN MY SPECTRUM and other newsHi all, my very first game, [i]Lost In My Spectrum, [/i]has been updated to version 2.1. What's new: time runs a little slower; when you lose a…
... very first game, [i]Lost In My Spectrum, [/i]has ... of sprites that could occur in some circumstances has been ... without documentation and/or only in a language, usually English - after ... into different languages etc. - and in unauthorized "hacks".
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Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
... Adlib or Sound Blaster with a really popular game, and I ... replace the Spectrum ROM with a RAM and loader, potentially open ... provide better games, all in a plug-in upgrade... A ready-made market with ... ... Just using the original as a donor CPU, RAM and keyboard ... -
New release for CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS[img]https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMTMzNDA1OS83NzYwNjAyLnBuZw==/original/nP%2Bmxj.png[/img] Another title from my past production has been revised…
... has been rewritten from scratch in pure ASM.
[*]The background ... Esperanzas.
[*]The "bad ending" message (a quote from [i]Caminito[/i ... named "Tango Del Cronopio" plays in the background.[/list]
How Many FIRST NAMES are included in 1980s Speccy Game Software? The easy ones are John ,Fred , Harry. (eg High Rise Harry) But does Bill or Robert get a look in here? How many other first names are there that…
The easy ones are John ,Fred , Harry. (eg High Rise Harry)
But does Bill or Robert get a look in here? How many other first names are there that are included in a Speccy Game Titles?Building a ZX Spectrum and I have some voltage questionsI've posted about this before looking for parts, but now I've found all the hard-to-get stuff (thank you Retrolium!). So I figured new questions, new…
... new thread.
In any case, all the soldering ... right before I started putting in the ICs. I'd ... t noticed any significant difference in voltage on the board. ... work for a +2? I have one coming in a few days ... the 7805 than was used in the original. So I ...We're already using free energy in the UK?Does anyone know anything about electricity? I dont :D but I've seen a few things that raise my suspicions: There is a voltage difference betw…
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There is a voltage difference between ground and ... lattice is being used in the UK simply to ... /> I've seen a youtube video a long time ago (cant ... some people fly a kite that has a a long piece ... know anyone who works in a power station? Cos according ...Facebook groups and the people in them make me sometimes feel uneasy.I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some random subject,and recently I noticed that a member of that group a pretty Chinese girl apparently…
I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS ... that a member of that group a pretty Chinese girl apparently in the ... my daughter and me as a kid. I've now set ... thought I'd nip it in the bud to stop this ... becoming a thing, if it is a nutter then maybe ...Completed gamesMy housemate and I are currently working our way through Deus Ex at the moment and the thought struck us that today it is actually possible to comple…
... emu)
Three Weeks In Paradise: You get an animated ... /> Highway Encounter: You get a lovely ending of your 'bomb' bombing up ... remaining chars are visible in the spacecraft (quite a nice touch)
in a little boat and then gert ...How can I play Elite on my win 98 system?Erm, as the title says, really. i downloaded a speccy emulator at work plus Elite from "World of Spectrum" site but it just seems to be a screenshot…
... file ending in either .tap or .z80 format,unzip it to a games ...Bowie fans in WoSAfter a successful upgrading of my PC I found that my previous internal 56K modem was bwehaving strangely to say the least. Days passed and I could n…
...a short way from Pisa, but I got stuck in a HUGE traffic jam, and didn't get there as early as ending up in the 3rd row... I practically had my back to the statue in the middle of the square. So did YOU throw Bowie the mariner's hat....
