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Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …
... you to use some of the 128's extra RAM pages ... i.e. the original 48k of memory). Generally speaking, how ... Thanks Andrew for the mention of ZXIF. I know that ... games in the latest issue of ZXF magazine - obviously you ... together a whole load of PAW resources on a ... -
Spectrum games that were much better to play than their C64 or Amstrad counterparts?Retrogamer and PC Action Emulate! magazines often state that they would much rather play the C64 or Amstrad versions of games that also featured on t…
... up between the colour of the machine and the colour of the graphics, which ... often have a lot of brown ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
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The 128 was an attempt to make ... 10 times faster on a 128.
The Commodore 128D ... .
The failure of the 128 series is attributed to its ... lack of software. Despite its superiority ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... best computer probably wont change.
99% of peoples opinions here ... its good though the majority of people now can try games ... -
Elite ships shootingA quicky... in Elite, do the ships have to be pointing directly at the target when firing, or was the laser aimable without having to move the whole …
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Commode 64 InventorI was just thinking (I do that every so often). Has the inventor of the C64 (cleans mouth) got as much of a cult following as Sir Clive The Great?
... small unit and the black colour of the Speccy.
As ... /> Flicking through the back pages of catalogues when i was a ... , Aquarius, Oric, Dragon, Commodore then of course the Speccy. Ahhh golden ... -
Help with TV GameHi, I tried to play TV Game, but the game has loaded it asks me about some colors and rectangles, and at some point the question has no sense cause t…
... that relates to the corresponding colour of each of the four flashing squares ... -
Help with TV GameHi, I tried to play TV Game, but the game has loaded it asks me about some colors and rectangles, and at some point the question has no sense cause t…
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Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... NOT go to the center of the screen if you are ... TZX but a 'feature' of the 128 version (at least the first ... -
Mame againCan somebody please explain in GREAT detail how get Mame to work. I would like the explanation to be done in a step by step style as I am piss poor …
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F12 takes a snapshot of the game so you can ... main 3 buttons. You can change controls by using the "properties ... game name. You can change many of the game running options from ... chance the difficulty, lives number of coins to start etc. For ... -
what was the thing that impressed you the most ?on a Spectrum game - you know, those things that you thought to be impossible, yet.. e.g the wide screen mode in Dark Star, Technician Teds loader..…
The colour of Savage
The scroll on border of TheSentinel, not so the ... kid.
The sea animation of FlyingShark,.. it seemed beautiful to ... -
StilgoenessFor years now, people have said I look like Richard Stilgoe. Not the greatest compliment. I had recently had a haircut and I apparently look even mor…
You may want to try switching over to contact lenses as it will probably bring out the colour of your cheeks (erm ... that's what wifey says at least.)
Skarpo
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Spectrum on an American TVHello all, Does anybody know if it is possible to run a UK Speccy on an American TV? I think I know the answer and it is "no". Thought I would che…
So all versions of the 128 have the RGB monitor output? ... is that a specific kind of monitor or will a PC ... -
Spectrum on an American TVHello all, Does anybody know if it is possible to run a UK Speccy on an American TV? I think I know the answer and it is "no". Thought I would che…
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So all versions of the 128 have the RGB monitor output ... is that a specific kind of monitor or will a PC ... /> It's a specific type of monitor. Look for a Commodore ... card for your PC. Most of these can deal with PAL ... -
Break-InsHas anyone ever come home and discovered that their house was broken into and their Spectrum stuff robbed? Not me, luckily, but I'm interested in wh…
... a couple of the Spectrum games (Colour of Magic & Temple of Terror) which ... , Book of the Dead, Bored of the Rings, Bride of Frankenstein, Cobra, Colour of Magic ... Doo, Sentinel, Starion, Temple of Terror, Terror of the Deep, Twister, Wizball ... -
Best Loading ScreenWhat the hell ... we had worst so let's explore the other end of the Spectrum. * Some of my favourites are what I like to call [B]Picture Frame[/B] …
... was REALLY good - not sure of the artist though.
of the colour of the Speccy. -
Arctic Monkeys Linksmy evil empire is growing... i have set up a website featuring Arctic Monkeys links... [url="http://www.arcticmonkeyslinks.co.uk"]http://www.arctic…
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Coz yer skins the colour of a spectrum rubber keyboard abart ... -
Arctic Monkeys Linksmy evil empire is growing... i have set up a website featuring Arctic Monkeys links... [url="http://www.arcticmonkeyslinks.co.uk"]http://www.arctic…
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Coz yer skins the colour of a spectrum rubber keyboard abart ... your skin is the color of a spectrum rubber keyboard from ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... can address 64k bytes of of I/O as well ... the current state of that section of the keyboard which ... program will produce different colour borders on the screen. ... ULA control the border colour of the screen. The other ... may have any number of arguments, although the ... -
I just did something very out of characterI was downstairs when i heard something come through the letterbox. It was a newsletter from the BNP as soon as i saw what it was i opened the door a…
... the enforced kicking out of the country of all non-white, ... pure British people, the banning of legitimate refugues, that "the holocaust ... the obvious method of judging by the colour of our faces to ... and reciting the names of all of the British soldiers who ... -
I just did something very out of characterI was downstairs when i heard something come through the letterbox. It was a newsletter from the BNP as soon as i saw what it was i opened the door a…
... the system cannot be accused of racial predjudice, even though ... come in, claim all sorts of benefits...[/quote]Anyone? Whilst ... (and have done), regardless of the colour of their skin (although if ... true. There are plenty of black racists/bigots/anti-semites ... -
I just did something very out of characterI was downstairs when i heard something come through the letterbox. It was a newsletter from the BNP as soon as i saw what it was i opened the door a…
... regarding the poorer classes of white people, but everything ... and have done), regardless of the colour of their skin (although if ... way? Of course not, for fear of accusations of racism.
of being criticised for being intolerant ... -
Spectrum Game CompatibilityHi, At the moment I have a spectrum 48k. I am planning to get a 128k +2, but I have a problem. Will my 48k games work on 128k +2? Because some of the…
... t find a list of incompatible software, although ... handy anyway. The original 128 Spectrum (the black, Sinclair ... better keyboard (although the 128 is the only 128K ... can use a Multiface 128 to save to +D ... there are several models of Multiface 128, make sure you ... -
Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... even got the border to change colour!
...and the piece ... -
Emulation in EmulatorZX Spectrum 48K in Amiga in PC [url]http://www.geocities.com/msgptre/Emulation_In_Emulator/PC_Amiga_Spectrum.htm[/url]
... that the ZX81 CAN handle colour? :D[/QUOTE]
colour of the spectrum, you could stick ... at the rate of 50 times a second. Simulate colour clash by ... a penlight onto that part of the screen. -
Graphics : CPC -> SpectrumOk my CPC game is nowhere near done (the actual coding for the CPC hasn't even begun yet as I'm still preparing enough graphics and animation and doi…
... and it's because of this that most games ... lost)
Colour can be put to very ... can either take the colour of the background, or as ... have their own colour and temporarily colour the background whilst ... paradise" as a good example of this.
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Un-identical conversionscan anybody recall the conversions which were absolutely unidentical on different PCs? for example [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi…
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Either way whoever spoke of the game said the 128k ... different.
After weeks of it niggling away at me ... and character names matches the colour of the background and has a ... up for my childhood disappointment of these 2 characters not being ... -
Can anyone beat 105?[url]http://www2.b3ta.com/clickthecolour/[/url] This has been doing my head in all morning.
You don't click the name of the colour, click the colour of the text.
Hmm - that doesn't sound right...
The text may say 'blue', but be coloured yellow.
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DivIDE EmulationHi guys, I should have my DivIDE soon so I've been trying to emulate it to become familiar with the devices functions. I've fired up the EightyOne …
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did 128k machines dominate ZX market?I have a question about 128k Spectrums. Did they dominate the ZX market in late 80's / early 90's? I mean where there more 128k users than 48k users …
... it is not a list of exclusively 128K releases[/QUOTE]
of type '128', '+2', '+2A', '+3' or ... have a file of type '16', '48' or '48/128'. If you ...
