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Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... colour for a cell without changing the graphics? I presume this ... -
GodzillaAnyone seen it? Since I was a dad (1 year and 4 months ago), I have to be very selective every time I want to go to the movies (get a babysitter, …
... a rubber suit). And the characters couldn't have been less ... -
Changing the baud rate of a wav fileTo put things quickly, I can't seem to get wav files to load on my +2, the system dosen't even seem to detect any sound. I think it might be to do wi…
To put things quickly, I can't seem to get wav files to load on my +2, the system dosen't even seem to detect any sound. I think it might be to do with the baud rate of the wav's, so I was wondering how to change them, and if that isn't the reason why the ... -
Pyskool 1.1.2Pyskool 1.1.2 has been released. Pyskool is a remake of Microsphere's Skool games written in Python and Pygame. It's designed to be very customisabl…
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Beatrix Potter characters based gamewas there anything ever of this sort of thing written. Seems there is a lot of stuff that games could be based on. Probably suited to more of a colle…
was there anything ever of this sort of thing written. Seems there is a lot of stuff that games could be based on. Probably suited to more of a collecty / jumpy sort of game style, with biggish sized sprites, and plenty of colour in the backgrounds, but ... -
Best Broadband to get?Right, the situation is that where I am now, and will probably be for the next few months (and no, it isn't prison :lol:) the phone line and ISP is T…
... or it's not worth changing. I would get Virgin, as ... -
Repton ManiaHi all, I am the creator, and look after, the Repton Resource Page ([url]www.reptonresourcepage.co.uk[/url]). For the site, I have written a freely …
... 0x08772 0x9972 Repton 1 map characters (each character is 8 ... /> 0x0A826 0xD60A Passwords - 10 characters, padded with spaces (ASCII 32 ... br />
Repton 1 characters
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Loading Screen$: Speedball 2A while back there was a thread about games that never made it to the Speccy which inspired me to do a couple of loaders back in March / April this y…
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Made In Creative UK - Loading screen.I'm a UK developer, and so support Made In Creative UK [URL="http://madeincreativeuk.com/"]http://madeincreativeuk.com/[/URL] My ZX81 games now incl…
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Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
How do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code?
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Help with Manic Miner tweaksPlease. :) This is the Software Projects version, simply as I had it to hand. [B]Problem 1:[/B] I've learned a bit (actually quite a bit) and manag…
... / 37114 "CP 42" , I tried changing this but could not get ... -
Susan Kare 5 Dots Font...Hi Folks, Thought I would have a go at creating a version of Susan Kare's "5 Dots" font for the Spectrum. Susan's example on her web site gives the…
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Artwork Idea For Ralfs FlappyBird ZX CassetteI got permission from Ralf To Make an actual cassette for my collection and this evening have created the artwork for my cassette this is a first ve…
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QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED!1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY! 2.Why has the WOS Forums been quiet for a few years now? WHY! 3.Why can't I have my RUBBERKEYS name back on this f…
... to masturbate over video game characters? Sophitia & Ivy from Soul ... -
zmakebas updated - MSDOS executable includedHi all, Via a good friend (Alistair Neil) I have managed to update zmakebas - the tokenizer for Spectrum BASIC files. New version 1.3. There's now …
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Childhood games you made up yourselfI'm not sure why, but I was thinking of some childhood games that me and my friends made up when we were about 9 or 10 (so it was during my speccy er…
... /> Line up various Star Wars characters (say about 10) lying on ... by the fact that light characters like Yoda always seemed to ... -
Double Buffer UtilityHi Folks, I've been experimenting with double buffering on a 48k Speccy for a small project I'm working on. After reading lots of good advice here…
... #Width of the buffer in characters
self.bufferHeight = 192 ... width of buffer in characters',self.bufferWidth,10) # ... x-position in (integer) characters',self.destXPos,10) #Destination ... -
Changing a PS3's Hard Drive.When I bought my PS3 years ago, I had no idea how much of a hard drive hog it would be! At the time, I had a 20gb drive for my Xbox360 and wasn't get…
When I bought my PS3 years ago, I had no idea how much of a hard drive hog it would be! At the time, I had a 20gb drive for my Xbox360 and wasn't getting close to filling it, so I thought an 80gb PS3 would be more than enough. Obviously, anyone who owns a ... -
Skool Daze & Back To Skool discussionFollowing my video of Back To Skool ( [url]http://youtu.be/4K2ZUkTOT0g[/url] ) I just wanted to see if these two games are still fondly remembered b…
... trouble of re-naming the characters at the beginning of each ... -
TorAnyone using this anonymous browser? It's totally free a la firefox, Chrome etc... From what I read, it bounces you off 3 relays to guarantee anony…
... drug dealers and other nefarious characters that are using it to ... -
ZX81 ULA questionRecently, I got a nice bundle of kit comprising of a ZX81, Memotech keyboard, PSU and brand new 16K Sinclair Memory pack. The ZX81 has a ULA with no…
... and stretched to around 4 characters wide.
Unfortunately all ... -
Better arrangement for video memory?While doing some documentation work for the ZX-Uno project, I compared the advantages of the weird layout of the ZX Spectrum against a linear layout.…
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Good, free, useful programs for Windows usersI was asked to recommend a couple of programs (which happens enough to make me wish I had a fiver for every time!), and I didn't know offhand either …
... a new search bar, or changing your home page, etc. All ... -
Amusement ParkCast your minds back a decade or so... Longer-serving members here may well remember the 2003 minigame contest where the idea was to write a game in…
... source code.
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Simple text scrolling routine...I'm having trouble writing a very simple text scroller, the idea is to use the ROM printer routine to print 32 characters each time the routine is ca…
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'Ocean Draw' instructionsHere are the instructions for the screen and sprite editor used in-house at Ocean Software, possibly typed up by Joffa Smifff (as the 2 of the sprite…
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3 -SWITCH TO ROM CHARACTERS
4 -SWITCH TO ... USER CHARACTERS
5 -VIEW CHARACTERS
NB ... OPTIONS 3&4 THE CHARACTERS
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Harlequin runningHi all, Just thought I'd post a wee pic of my Harlequin kit which I received yesterday and assembled in double quick time. A great piece of hardwar…
... screen artefacting/corruption solved by changing out U24 for an HCT08 ... -
128 fontWhat happens when you change the font in 128 mode? I have a new font saved at 60000 with 23606 and 23607 poked with 96 and 233. The characters can b…
... 96 and 233.
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I found my software!I stumbled across WOS quite by accident (a link from some other forum, I think), and out of curiousity entered my own name in the Infoseek search, as…
... of the screen to 64 characters, and allowing the screen to ...
