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Who is Bill Gilbert? what has he done?I remember numerous games in Russia where the loading screen said BY BILL GILBERT, but can't find games with this name now. I found some articles abo…
I remember, there was a POKE which cased LPRINT output on screen, 8 times bigger than PRINT, but it did not work if a Printer interface was enabled. -
Dark Star B SideThere was an interesting comment made on a teletext page yesterday about how Dark Star's flip-side had a mock up game made to look like Ceefax/Oracle…
:) A lot of the letters on Teletext are "hoaxes". I am ... to get their aliases namechecked on screen. :o
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GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…
... seems nobody gets that the screen is [B]NOT[/B] ... than 3 colours in an on-screen byte? (like in the ... thought that IS a NES screen and my post was nothing ... Marios if you think my screen is one of those ... is capable of producing that screen in the link... there's ... -
What is YOUR eBay I.D?A lot of us on these forums use eBay. Just curious, what is everyone's eBay i.d? here is a link to mine - I never bother sellnig anything in July/…
... up with the Currah message on screen so I assume it's ... -
You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…
... re-using old characters for games on new devices is ... Sabreman and Dizzy were popular characters on the Speccy, C64 and other ... />
Of course, the characters belong to the company and ... can such companies still bank on old characters on newer devices? If so ... -
Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... as yourself can carry on with the important stuff ... E97A) ;the code you see on screen
;and have to ... we initially see on the screen is held at ... having some maths performed on it and then placed ... the code we see on screen and have to match in ... -
Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
... , had I been no longer on this earth I would have ... big way... it's grown on me over the past month ... 'd love to see more characters on it too :)
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Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…
... recommend a good tutorial on using interrupts? As soon ...
He's changing "tone" on channel A on every vbl interrupt (which ... tutorial that contains information on the IM2 interrupt mode. ... below), click on Sprite Pack tutorial, click on the IM2 interrupts ... -
C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…
... : any number, any size placed on screen with pixel-precision.
+ Subroutines for Calculating Screen Addresses
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Which game?HELP! I just recently discovered the retro heaven that is known as Speccy games. Hallelujah! There's just on thing that bothers me: On the start page…
... is an odd one out on the characters on the front page of ... the site?
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AmauroteSomeone mentioned recently that the Amaurote dump may be incomplete. Well, I've dug out my copy and dumped both sides and they are the same and match…
... had the 128K version on both sides of the ... the extra data when loading on a 48K machine.
... before the loading screen appeared it said on screen that it was ... side with the 128 version on side 2.
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The Greatest Spectrum Game Programmer!In my opinion the greatest Spectrum programmer of all time was Pete Cooke, this lone programmer was responsible for some of the best Spectrum games e…
... , even multidirectional. lot of sprites on screen, terrific sound routines for the ... DominicRobinson just did four games on spectrum, but two great 16 ... -
Emulators without attribute clash?I know a spectrum wouldn't be the same without the attribute clash, but I was wondering do any of the emulators have a 'turn off the clash' feature? …
... that can be put to screen. Even if the emulator would ... be required to be put on the screen simply does not exist ... game is trying to put on screen and deduce the missing data ... -
Zynaps and other scrolling shooters.Ok, so I have completed ALL of zynaps. What an amzing game! I still dont understand how the Rocket (the weapon with aim) works, can someone explain? …
... speccy game with more sprites on screen.
Silkworm, yes this ... has even more sprites on screen than MagMax.
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Best demosOK, this probably only applies to demo dudes like Yerz, LCD, etc., but... What are the greatest demos you've ever seen ? I mean something like stari…
Paul (in case you are hoping otherwise ;) ), we are still waiting for those megacool "random moving characters on WoS mainpage" feature. :) -
New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
... the colours that are displayed on screen? Is this feasible? Then instead ... be a whole lot easier (on the graphics colouring side of ... -
The War between the Machines!I grew up with the C64, and I spent far too many hours with it. I also made the Lemon64 website. To me, the charm about Spectrum, MSX, C64 or any ot…
... . Did not like the font on screen either.
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New Speccy Image EditorHi, This is my first time in the forums at WoS. So 'Hello all'. I have written a little image editor over the christmas break, last 12 days or so. …
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Absolutely mega fab-tastic !!!To all those who still haven't been enlightened by the russian game 'Fire and Ice'... DOWNLOAD AND PLAY IT NOW !!!!! - Mega fab-tastic addictive ac…
OK, so how exactly do you get to play the game. I've downloaded it, loaded it into Spectaculator, but all I get up on screen is someting called Real Commander v1.9 and the rest of the screen is in Russian. -
Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …
... from color attribute, taken from screen coordinates by ATTR() function. ... between "model" and "view". Screen should be drawn from sprites ... blocks, X and Y depend on screen size. Wall will not ... to move to some coordinates on screen, background means that you ... -
Rebelstar 1, Lawnmower?Anyone know what the Droid Bays, Coffee Machines and Lawnmower are for? I assume the coffee is some sort of health thing and the Droid Bay just look…
... the delicious coffee!" flashed up on screen). It wasn't really worth ... -
Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …
... 0, the attribute red on black. Into pallette entry ... several areas on screen with the same colour visible on screen, but with ... you actually draw the colours on screen, you perform a table ... machine.
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Strange thing with SPIN emulatorI have found a strange thing using SPIN emulator. I have a TZX version of game (for example, "Blinky's scary school"). It loads and works OK. When I …
... which loads blocks drawing lines on screen instead of border. But blocks ... but hangs at control selection screen. So loader doesn't involved ... Message was edited by: kmatveev on 2004-03-05 17:42 ... Message was edited by: kmatveev on 2004-03-05 17:42 ] -
Attaktics - Trickstick gameI was just flicking through Your Spectrum Issue 1 today and came across an advert for the Trickstick. This was basically a weird sort of joystick th…
... for trickstick somewhere without cover, on a shop cleaning. I hope ... for up to 8 players on screen at once. Will search for ... if you push your finger on a metal electrode. -
Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
... the code which renders the screen:
[code]9000 PRINT ... to print a character+attributes on screen?
(sry but I ... Message was edited by: na_th_an on 2004-03-15 02:43 ... Message was edited by: na_th_an on 2004-03-15 02:46 ] -
Artist / Artists Required For 3 Brand-New Spectrum Game ProjectsHi all, I am currently looking for high quality sprite and background tile artists for 3 forthcoming Spectrum games I have on the go at the moment. …
I see where you're going with the Z-buffer parallel but it wouldn't work - because when you use Z-buffering a polygon you draw may occur anywhere on screen. -
Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…
... /> On the 64 you can have a hi res screen (320x200 ... can be different from the screen colors).[/quote]
on screen. be it FLI and ... /pics/supermariobros_ZX_SCR_01.png"]Interlaced Spectrum screen[/url]
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Instructions Project updateI've just updated the [url="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~pak21/spectrum/instructions.html"]Spectrum Instructions Project[/url] to the latest list of Top…
... the manuals ie:= same amount on each page, same text bold ... diagram of the control panel on screen with letters which corrospond to ... where the various controls are on screen...i thought for this i ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... stopped working (nothing was seen on screen). Fixed.
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Is Spectaculator Worth Registering?I normally use RealSpectrum and was thing of trying another emulator. What are the pro and ons of Spectacultor? Does it support disk image files?
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On 2004-04-02 15:48, ... enough free time to carry on with it at the moment ... code uses libspectrum to draw on screen isn't it? Does this ...
