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Spectrum Not Responding to Keyboard InputHello, sorry if this thread is not in the correct place, This is my first post and I'm not sure where to post this type of thread. :lol: Anyway, I r…
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The colour of the border is an important ... register for the border colour in the ULA starts ... random value. One of the bits of code early in ... to set the border colour to white. So if ... to this, the border of the spectrum sometimes appeared ... -
Correction of +2 hardware errorsThis is a collection of various pieces of information picked up from various places, including a lot from this forum. I have edited it and reworded i…
... , I noticed that prior to change any of the mentioned resistors, if ... simply disconnected the cassette plug of the mainboard the sound would ... seems not to be necessary... Of course I am happy with ... -
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... at the bottom of the same colour of wood because it ... spacious and reinforce the sense of perspective.[/QUOTE]
of the rear wall? If ... it adds a bit of dramatism to the scene.[/ ... been used in some of the other images.[/QUOTE]< ... -
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... at the bottom of the same colour of wood because it ... spacious and reinforce the sense of perspective.
I ... it adds a bit of dramatism to the scene. ... have been used in some of the other images.
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Name the game... (Non Speccy)Dear all, Once again I appeal to WoS members and their knowledge of gaming, history and how to search the internet when Google fails. I'm trying t…
... 't fancy - just a single colour of a few pixels. There were ... -
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... dark red the right bottom of the canyon plus redrawing it ... dark cyan on this part of the water in contrast with ... but the blue is the colour of the twightlight just as in ... to achieve a different colour on the part of the river under ... -
Expansion kitsExpansion pack (or DLC's as they're now known) are commonplace nowadays but can anyone tell me what the first ever Spectrum game to get an expansion …
[QUOTE=karingal;770831]Didn't Shadowfire have some sort of add-on?[/QUOTE]
I think there was an official "tuner" where you could change aspects of the game itself. Wasn't quite an add on in the way that most are though with extra maps etc .. -
SpecBAS / SpecOS documentationHi, I just find out about SpecBAS and I was so impressed by the new functions while retaining compatibility with ZX Basic that I've been playing wit…
Collision detection:
think of sprites as floating above the ... that is not the paper colour of that window
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Help Me Identify Mystery Speccy PlzI was Given A box of speccy stuff and in it i got a nice surprise it included a really nice spectrum but ive not seen it before its a cross between …
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Changing the colour of the screen printing of the case however would ... relativity short run of cases were produced with this colour scheme. then ... -
Games club - July 2014Quickie before August.
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Elite Kickstarter ProjectAs some of may know Steve Wilcox of Elite is currently close to raising ?60k via Kickstarter to begin manufacturing a USB spectrum keyboard. I have g…
... of 20th June, ??fairly involved for us to make this new change ... (lots of re-writing) ??
... overview?, delivered a couple of months ago, our UK manufacturing ... preparations for the delivery of the new limited-edition collectors ... -
ZX-Paintbrush 2.3 publishedDear readers, Today, I published version 2.3 of ZX-Paintbrush. Inspirated by kgmcneil, I decided to follow his ideas and implemented a switchable p…
... is clicked, it could change colour or change the icon to indicate which ... -
Scottish IndependenceJust wondering which way the Scottish Wossers will be voting?
... Queen. i.e. the union of the crowns will remain so ... the same*. Whether the remainder of the UK would still use ... /> *Unless she wanted to change it of course, but apparently she doesn ... -
Scottish IndependenceJust wondering which way the Scottish Wossers will be voting?
... Queen. i.e. the union of the crowns will remain so ... the same*. Whether the remainder of the UK would still use ... /> *Unless she wanted to change it of course, but apparently she doesn ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... it 8 bit then regardless of graphics or anything else the ... s because it takes advantage of the hardware it's ... the Speccy, and although much of the music is gone ( ... them, and a lot of the earlier arcade ports were ... Speccy version I got some change out of a tenner -
The complete Manic Miner RAM disassemblyHot on the heels of the [url="http://skoolkit.ca/disassemblies/jet_set_willy/"]Jet Set Willy disassembly[/url], here is [url="http://skoolkit.ca/disa…
... by removing a couple of sprites to make room ... enough free RAM to noticeably change the game.
change, since of course the Spectrum' ... (like in the end of half of the James Bond films ... certainly need a lot of RAM. A good solution ... -
Looking for the name of a TV showI was trying to remember the name of a TV show that was broadcast in the early/mid 80's on BBC2, if i remember it was a bit like Knightmare where a r…
... what it involved. It was colour of rainbow red = 1, orange = 2 ... roygbiv mnemonic, multiplied by number of sides of shape in coin. So ... -
Looking for the name of a TV showI was trying to remember the name of a TV show that was broadcast in the early/mid 80's on BBC2, if i remember it was a bit like Knightmare where a r…
... what it involved. It was colour of rainbow red = 1, orange = 2 ... roygbiv mnemonic, multiplied by number of sides of shape in coin. So ... -
Looking for the name of a TV showI was trying to remember the name of a TV show that was broadcast in the early/mid 80's on BBC2, if i remember it was a bit like Knightmare where a r…
... what it involved. It was colour of rainbow red = 1, orange = 2 ... roygbiv mnemonic, multiplied by number of sides of shape in coin. So ... the show, season 3, one of the later ones.
Progress on my next NovelHello, WOS :) I have finally made progress on my next story - "[i]Rubeus Imperium[/i]" ("The Red Empire" ) - following the positive reception of my …
... can be identified by the colour of their blood, which is usually ... , I do have some understanding of writing a story (English was ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
[QUOTE=Graz;807743]Colour clash was never much of an issue back ... to see a computer in COLOUR! What other machine had this ... had already been made aware of restrictions from the Atari 2600 ... worked.[/QUOTE]
the colour of the 2600 was miles better ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
[QUOTE=weesam;807762]the colour of the 2600 was miles better ... , including pixel-perfect colour reproduction (without clash) of the 2600 original?
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... QUOTE=weesam;807762]the colour of the 2600 was miles ... at a time out of a couple of 8 pixel sprites, ... a couple of 4 pixel sprites, a ... the display hogs most of the CPU time; once ... aware of those limitations merely having to deal with colour clash ...Ways to identify spectrum issues with out opening them?A good while ago, I'm sure I saw some posts on here about how to identify what issue speccy you have by looking in the expansion port to see what hea…
... can be distinguished by the colour of the keyboard mat (fawn for ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
c64 street fighter is about on par with speccy yie ar kung fu- except the colour of courseResurrection of ZX SpectrumHello everyone. I recently emerged from my attic bearing my childrens 128k ZX Spectrum +2 with a bag of games etc. Like many before it hasn't seen…
... tape recorder, the border will change colour and show stripes to show ...How to add a loading screen to my tap file[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I?ve got my game created as a tap file generated by Pasmo. I now want to add a loading screen. Can anyone explaine the best way…
not in batch mode, try Tape Explorer:
[url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/tapex.zip[/url]
you may add any file and change order of files.
or try bin2tap/introspec, I cannot find link to the tool.Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... you have that one colour + background colour. To get any detail ... look at the examples of Donkey Kong and Bubble ... also be on top of a different coloured sprite ... being visible on the background colour of the sprite on top. ... other with background colour and all.Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... can also be on top of a different coloured sprite with ... being visible on the background colour of the sprite on top. That ... overlap each other with background colour and all.[/QUOTE]
< ... Kong are exactly examples of the pinnacle of spectrum graphics, it's ...
