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Games with trolls?Since two trolls have recently been banned (though Woody, who apparently requested to leave these forums, is now "Deactivated" rather than "Banned" -…
... the music from the bit of [I]Peer Gynt[/I] ... Gynt is in the lair of the trolls, but no ... /> The games I can think of which do (presumably, since I ... /> [I]The Hobbit
The Colour of Magic[/I]
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What are these 'ZX Files Megatapes'?I found four of these mixed with a tape lot but never seen them before. Here's what the first one looks like: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums…
I found four of these mixed with a tape ... that the game 'Colour of Magic' is in one of them.
of the same name but some ... of the covers haven't been ... -
I have flu.I can't talk without coughing, my lungs burn when I breathe, my throat is on fire, I'm coughing up weird stuff every colour of the rainbow, except gr…
... coughing up weird stuff every colour of the rainbow, except green. ... that is just this side of bearable, unless I cough, ... my head for a couple of seconds.
... down my spine, all of my limbs ache, and ... T is off one one of her schizo-phrenice episodes, ... -
Spectrum bot?I remember spending 1 hour or so in front of my Spectrum, experimenting with a BASIC program which attempted to learn things based on my input. The p…
... in front of my Spectrum, experimenting with a BASIC program which ... but these are some of the details that I ... to work like some of the bots you encounter ... initial database and some form of basic A.I. But with ...
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Which Clone?My first experience with a speccy was at an after-school club (I remember playing horace goes skiing and ghostbusters on it). But here's the reason …
... for the life of me what kind of clone it ... searching for a picture of it for ages on ... site that had pictures of a ****load of clones, but not ... then (to the best of my knowledge).....my childhood memories ... same (and the black colour of the case would also disprove ... -
not much gear and absolutley no ideaIm looking for some help with two spectrums that i have just dug out of storage and are both unfortunatley faulty. I had always regreted that during …
... program anything for them in basic so i decided to ... clock back and teach myself basic for these two machines. I ... a charity shop that coverd basic for numerous different micro computers ... about teaching myself the basics of basic.Unfortunatley about two weeks in ... -
Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…
... to put together a lump of basic to:
1. ... some space. Chances are that BASIC will get corrupted while attempting ... /> push hl ; preserve return to basic
exx
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... /> pop hl ; restore return to basic
exx
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How do the swingy ropes in Jet Set Willy work?Not sure if this should go in the programming forum but here goes. I remember back in '84 being totally blown away by the realistically swinging rope…
... [/I]. Compared to other games of the time like [I]Hunchback ... lengthened and shortened the length of the rope to maintain the ... .org/poke.html"]disassembly[/URL] of the game but to be ... a mathematical formula, a sort of basic 'physics engine', or they are ... -
Changing listing prices on eBayIs it possible to change the listing prices of a number of items being relisted on eBay all in one go, to set at a lower starting price, rather than…
... possible to change the listing prices of a number of items being relisted ... individually relist each item and change the price each time?
change all of them to a 99p start ... -
Rant - The race card.There's nothing I hate more than non-caucasians using the race card to try to win an argument. I was berating three asian customers at my shop today …
... a go at us because of the colour of our skin". That's ... -
old 70s / 80s club in sheffield, reunion nightsin sheffield back int he 70s / 80s there was a club called The Limit, it was a dark club downstairs where punks, goths, new romantics etc frequented.…
... /> Spear of destiny Prisoner of love
Sisters of Mercy Floorshow ... amp; Rock Lobster
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
... Yazoo - Dont Go
Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
... Hollywood Beyond - What's The Colour Of Money
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Game MusicI'm looking at revamping the original version of football manager - I still prefer it by far to any later ones. I've done a few snazzy bits of graph…
... at revamping the original version of football manager - I still ... am thinking that the equivalent of Basic's Beep command might not ... />
So, anyone know of any freely stealable sound/music ... libraries for Boriel's ZX Basic Compiler?
(plug: [ ... -
A few ZX Spectrum books.Programming your ZX SPECTRUM Tim Hartnell and Dilwyn Jones (tutorial in BASIC) The Spectrum book of games Mike James, S. M. Gee and Kay Ewbank (that…
... /> (tutorial in BASIC)
The Spectrum book of games
Mike ...
(that's a book of BASIC type-ins.)
Easy ... Robin Jones
(tutorial in BASIC)
The Orange Manuals ... don't know what kind of price to ask for these ... -
48k - Unofficial Bubble Bobble 2Some time after the first part of Bubble Bobble was released, there was an unofficial remake/edit of the game which kept the same characters and mons…
... time after the first part of Bubble Bobble was released, ... was an unofficial remake/edit of the game which kept ... and monsters, location of the monsters, number of levels, etc, but ... help of some kind of level editor changed the rooms and pictures of some of ... -
Die Rolling sound?Digging out my old Fighting fantasy programs (so far unsuccessfully... thanks c60) had me wondering how I'd program it these days. Hopefully better,…
... features than a few lines of basic..
Anyone got suggestions ... -
Common pitfalls and solutionsLet's discuss some of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid them. For an example, here is a piece of code that …
... yet quite a lot of people continuously keep failing ... USR 0 in 128 BASIC effectively calls memory address 0x0000 ... /> ;Since the 48 BASIC ROM is paged in, ... ;but without disabling any of the 128 paging (which ... is used to store bits of BASIC
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Opus Discovery 1 problem insideHi folks, when I opened my Opus Discovery 1 I have probably wrecked a regulator that is connected to the mainboard by three cables. Regulator 2 is wi…
... part by one screw. The colour of the cables are white, yellow ... -
Learning Assembly LanguageHow easy would it be to learn assembly language for someone who has a decent grasp of Basic? I mean how long do you think it would take before I coul…
How easy would it be to learn assembly language for someone who has a decent grasp of Basic? I mean how long do you think it would take before I could write a simple pong game? -
Level DesignWith all the talk on the excellently amusing Manic Miner Intelligence thread, it got me thinking about the perfect level designs in the iconic game. …
... that emulated the platform greatness of MM, the levels designs to ... fell short of satisfaction. Even with the release of the editor for MM ... me, MM represents 20 levels of really good design.
AGES enhancementsThere's an enhanced version of the AGES adventure gamebook utility available; it's the first of the items on my [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk…
... when I replaced big chunks of BASIC with machine code. Then getting ... a route through a multitude of conditional, overlapping and circuitous possibilities ... successfully negotiated Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Citadel of Chaos without taking ...2nd hard drive puzzlerHello all OK,this is a one for the PC builders.I am thinking about putting a 2nd hard drive into my PC.I know that from when i go into my Motherboa…
... boots up),and
change some of the settings for the 2 ...Spectrum +2B HelpHello there my fellow WoS'ers Recently I bought a Spectrum +2 from eBay, it turns out to be a +2B from China, according to the plastics. The unit f…
... up and works in terms of Basic, Calculator etc. however there is ... -deck. I suspect a lot of interference on the RF encoder ...AGES v.2 gamebook solverAll this talk of mazes has been leading up to the release of the latest (numbered 2, but more like 22) version of my gamebook solver programs, which …
... more like 22) version of my gamebook solver programs, ... unfathomable, particularly the descriptions of the conditions arrays, but ... there's some form of supporting documentation. The programs ... search routine itself of course. Lots of BASIC and assembler listings ...After a Short Delay - Some More Games!!!Sorry for the delay, they'll be coming thick and fast now. As usual let me know if anythings of interest. Box 9 Abu Simbel Profanation ? Dinamic Ali…
... Mass- -Durrell
The Colour of Magic - Piranha
Computer ... ? Adventure International
Halls of the Things ? Crystal
Jewels of Babylon ? Interceptor Micros
... Doo ? Elite
Seas of Blood - Adventure International
...ZX Spectrum 128k Heatsink RGB behaviourHello, this is George from Greece. I have an 128k+ (Heatsink) and i use the rgb cable i bought from ebay on a 1084st monitor. As the monitor does …
... but on the background white colour of the sinclair boot menu screen ... advice ? Is it a problem of the spectrum?
I ... else. During games the volume of the music and the effects ...Good character sets ?Just wondering if anyone had any favourite character sets ? :) The one in SE basic is quite nice and I'm aware (I used to have it in my head I'm sur…
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The one in SE basic is quite nice and I ... years ago) a quick bit of basic can bolden the standard one ...FOR 1 TO 0 - Execute "no times"?I checked a couple of basic variations, and generally a for loop executes at least once, even if you create a negative loop without step -1. But in s…
I checked a couple of basic variations, and generally a for ... step -1. But in sinclair basic if you create a wrong ...ZX-Blockeditor 2.1 releasedDear ZX-Spectrum emulator fans, yesterday I've released ZX-Blockeditor 2.1 which now comes with several interesting news that were long needed: ZX-…
... for the next releases of ZX-Editor and ZX-Paintbrush.< ... . It was a full month of development. :-)
... can divide a group of blocks that have equal ... sections, and the opposite way of course.
... I did a long period of testing. ;-)
Type-in Checksum PuzzlerAt least one of the hex dump type-ins at [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm]TTFn[/url] has a checksum routine a cu…
At least one of the hex dump type-ins ... simple addition, which traps errors of position as well as value ... was a very simple bit of BASIC which gave a 2-digit ...utztape#3 - beeper music collection[IMG]http://irrlichtproject.de/downloads/utztape3.png[/IMG] [B]utztape #3[/B] A collection of tunes for the ZX Spectrum beeper [URL="http://irrlich…
... #3[/B]
A collection of tunes for the ZX Spectrum ... however is a horrible mess of BASIC and mcode bits thrown together ...
