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  • Technically Brilliant But Ultimately Crap GamesMy vote goes for H.A.T.E by Costa Panayi of Vortex Software (one of my fave programmers by the way) H.A.T.E.'s diagonal scrolling was so smooth and …

    ... .A.T.E.'s diagonal scrolling was so smooth and fast ...
    zxspecticle zxspecticle February 2008 Games
  • Tour Top 5 Spectrum Programmers.........And What 1 Game Should They Be Remembered For. 1. Costa Panayi - I just loved the evolution of his 3D and/or scrolling ideas you saw in his game…

    ... of his 3D and/or scrolling ideas you saw in his ... so well. The multi-directional scrolling map and ground based scenery ... did them brilliantly. His fast scrolling routines looked fantastic on a ... has to be Firefly - fast scrolling shoot-em-up with a ...
    zxspecticle zxspecticle February 2008 Games
  • help sought with first foray into machine code - pixel scrolldownI have started to code my first machine code program, a simple roadrace game. I've based it around the pixel scrolldown routine in 40 Best Machine Co…

    ... major problem is that the scrolling is painfully slow! Does anyone ...
    bigjon bigjon February 2008 Development
  • problem using FRAMES to generate 'random' numbersI realise the pros use bytes from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want to use FRAMES to synchronise the printing and avoid s…

    ... getting the road in my scrolling road routine (using Alcoholics Anonymous ... 's 32x ldi pixel-scrolling method) to go left or ... properly yet!) which made the scrolling synchronize with FRAMES so the ...
    bigjon bigjon March 2008 Development
  • Japanese-only or lesser-known games you playedI've noticed by their comments there are a few people on WOS (hi Vertigo, dm_boozefreek etc.) who have played titles which were either never released…

    ... /> Cotton
    PC Denjin (side-scrolling shooter with that Bonk char ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG March 2008 Chit chat
  • Hacks to improve existing gamesDoes everyone remember those hacked versions of Commando and Action Force II that had AY soundtracks hacked into them? How about hacking some other …

    ... my head:

    1. Cobra - make character controls less slidy ...
    bcass bcass April 2008 Games
  • ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 27 April 2008Sunday 27 April 2008 Lots of POKEs for this month's update - keep up the good work, folks! * Archie Robins sent in POKEs for Turrican II. * Carl C…

    ... !! , Soccer Challenge , Star Inheritance: Black Cobra and Time Cop.

    hackersanon hackersanon April 2008 Announcements
  • 48K Not Loading GamesHello. I'm new to the whole Spectrum scene, having just recently aquired a free 48K ZX Spectrum. It was working fine with games loading off my MP3 pl…

    ... border isn't doing the scrolling lines thing like it normally ...
    spoonatron spoonatron May 2008 Hardware
  • What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?Ok, once again, what do you consider to be the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum? I am mostly interested in the classic you-play-as-flying-something…

    ... -as-flying-something horizontally/vertically scrolling ones, but you can list ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak June 2008 Games
  • Head over Heels on the C64Dunno if this' a good place to bring this up :D I've been comparing Head over Heels versions and the C64 version is way inferior, everytime there's…

    ... , one of which was hardware scrolling (which would be no help ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 June 2008 Games
  • Boulder Dash editor?Is there any editors or tools available to make Boulder Dash games with own levels? Not the ck, you can?t make complete games with it and the two cha…

    ... and the two character square scrolling is intolerable!
    I know ...
    MinerWilly MinerWilly August 2008 Games
  • Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…

    ... the screen, saving to tape, scrolling the screen etc. will be ...
    Jimmy Jimmy August 2008 Development
  • Name that GameHi all, I'm looking for a game that used to be on MSX, and almost certain it had a Speccy port too - but my memory is rather hopeless :D It's a rac…

    ... 's a racer of sorts, scrolling to the left with a ...
    Echo Echo August 2008 Games
  • New game - RallybugAs promised, I've revisited the game written for the Retro Fusion high-score competition and added a few bits and pieces. As you might expect, this …

    ... wine.

    The original scrolling platformer still lies at the ...
    jonathan jonathan August 2008 Games
  • Rare Spectrun GamesHOW LONG IS YOURS 1994 x2 2112 ad 3d combat zone 3d monster chase 3d tank duel 3d tunnel 3d vortex 4x4 off road racing 4 quattro racers(bmx 2 sim,ch…

    ... ,the great escape,short circuit,cobra,arkanoid,frankie goes to hollywood ...
    retroking retroking September 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Question about something I don't know what is called.I am interested in reading about something which I don't know what is called (duh). I am looking for (online/offline) reading material which explain…

    ... which explains how the loading/scrolling bars on the side of ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman September 2008 Hardware
  • High Noon 2.0 Released - 5.Oct.2008Hello!!! Team SpecNG ( [url]www.specng.org[/url] ) has released the Remake "High Noon V2.0" tonight. Changes for V2.0: 1) Now compiled with Dar…

    ... player dies is now smoother, scrolling 1 pixel by 1 pixel ...
    marcoagpinto marcoagpinto October 2008 Announcements
  • Doom on the Spectrum - QuestionsHey folks, I'm just wondering if anyone could answer some of the questions I have about the Doom demo created for the Speccy. It's basically one sm…

    ... just to get that small scrolling demo running so smoothly?
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere October 2008 Games
  • The official Pandora handheld threadHas anyone here got a Pandora yet? If so, what do you think of it? Is it as comfortable to hold and use as we're all hoping? What is the screen like …

    ... PDF files without painfully slow scrolling, and even Spectrum emulation on ...
    ewgf ewgf October 2008 Chit chat
  • Interlace demoDoes the Interlace demo work on emulators? I've tried it on Spin 0.666 and FUSE PSP and the shapes display no colours, just white. Surely they are su…

    ... ] to be taken to a scrolling message and the bouncing letters ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2008 Emulators
  • Name this game, pleaseHi, I remember a game where you move a buddy in a palace with more rooms (the screen reminds "elevator action" a bit, but without scrolling). In some…

    ... action" a bit, but without scrolling). In some rooms he can ...
    dg67 dg67 November 2008 Games
  • Name this game, please (kids game)Hi! Second game what i looking for is game for kids. I remember one nice and funny game look really friendly. Most colors is yellow, you play as pe…

    ... up. Game engine had smooth scrolling and tracking player position.
    axet axet November 2008 Games
  • what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…

    ... />
    I take it all scrolling effects (vertical and horizontal?) are ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Game engine design, graphic format?Having never written a game engine before, I'm in need of a little advice on the best way to store the game map. Its 512 x 896 map, 4-way scrolling,…

    ... x 896 map, 4-way scrolling, tiles are 16 x 16 ... . Either 2 or 4 pixel scrolling, depends on speed.
    Only ... />
    So how should the scrolling play area map be stored ... /generated for best scrolling speed in 4 directions?
    FrankT FrankT November 2008 Development
  • 400+ games for saleHiya! I'm likely to be moving house in the New Year so rather than try and sell my Spec tapes bit by bit on eBay as I have been doing, I'm having to…

    ... /> Meteor Storm - Quicksilva
    Miami Cobra GT - Players
    Microbot - Softek ...
    richl richl December 2008 Sales
  • Do you really want to play a new cool, interesting, but rather hard game?Just thinking about it... For example, someone will create a game. BIG game. BIG BIG game, with multiple loading scheme, numerous rewind blablabla (o…

    ... Vera or Star Inheritance: Black Cobra... Huge, very interesting, but even ...
    Shadow Maker Shadow Maker December 2008 Games
  • New for 2009 - mc onelinersI found the limit of one line and one screen's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to carry the format over into m…

    ... my first effort, 1lmcattrroad, a scrolling road racer that uses the ... to the screen so the scrolling appears smooth.
    bigjon bigjon December 2008 Development
  • The best ... beginning with "C"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "C", which do you think are the: [B]Best g…

    ... game: [/B]Chuckie Egg, though Cobra, the two CJ Elephant games ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Another idea: 3D models from your favourite Speccy games[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Take a look at this.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL]http://www.shapeways.com/[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] …

    ... 've always wanted my own Cobra MkIII).[/SIZE][/FONT]

    Dave_C Dave_C January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Questions about possible pseudo-3D gamingSince the Spectrum is too slow for solid-3D gaming and 100&#37; wire-3D doesn't always look good, shouldn't there be a way to do something that at le…

    ... all 8 directions with smooth scrolling? If we imagine Q-A ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2009 Development
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