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  • Saving all of a SCREEN$I have some .scr files that I have created in img2spec and I can open them in spectaculator and save them by using the EDIT button and selecting scre…

    ... that I have created in img2spec and I can ... open them in spectaculator and save them ... get these SCREEN$'s saved in their entirety, without losng ... I cannot involve them in a program until i first ... full .scr files onto a disk in spectaculator, that isn't ...
    matalog matalog March 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Inheritance by Simon Hessel - Is this a new variant/alternate?Hi, I came across this tape in a bundle last year. The game is already in archive but I'm not sure if this specific version is. I've got a scan of…

    ... /> I came across this tape in a bundle last year. The game ... is already in archive but I'm not ... version is. I've got a scan of the cover I ... but is it worth getting a TZX done also?

    blueowl0708 blueowl0708 April 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
  • A Spectrum emulator for the C64Recently I found this, a emulator that runs ZX Spectrum BASIC on a Commodore 64. It was made in 1985. I remember reading about it in a magazine. Curi…

    Recently I found this, a emulator that runs ZX Spectrum BASIC on a Commodore 64. It was made in 1985. I remember reading about it in a magazine. Curious.

    https://youtu.be/Eg6wng_Bc0o
    JuanF. Ramirez JuanF. Ramirez July 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TommyGun with Debugginghttp://goo.gl/HfSXev?gdriveurl Ok, so this is a pretty big release for me and I have added a lot of stuff into the code editor. Mainly of course …

    ... a backwards play button, a stop and a normal play button in a ... (That would be very annoying in a debugger)
    Does not ... /> Step Over
    Step In
    Step Out
    ...
    o Added Debug string support
    Uses rst ...
    Kiwi Kiwi July 2016 Development
  • Floored of the Rings (A Micro Adventurer puzzle)A Sunday puzzle: [url="https://wos.meulie.net/pub/sinclair/magazines/MicroAdventurer/Issue17/Pages/MicroAdventurer1700042.jpg"]Floored of the Ring…

    ... is the competition puzzle in the final Micro Adventurer ... circle in 13 steps from the bottom in a connecting ... path, using all the letters A to ... in the circle --- but the moment you use a ring to enter a ... of the 13 letters in the first half ...
    Timmy Timmy July 2016 Chit chat
  • Glitches, tricks, and sequence breaking in Spectrum games?Me banging on about[b] Deus Ex[/b], skip it if you don't like the game. I've just found out that it's possible to complete the original Deus Ex (b…

    ... by using the in-game mechanics in ways not intended ... re going for a non-lethal run in the game, ...
    I know that in [b]Underwurlde[/b] you can ... quirks.

    In [b]Skooldaze[/b], if the ... correctly, if you stand in a certain place during one of ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2016 Games
  • Timex Sinclair 2068 no color on composite or rfHello i was lucky to find a Timex Sinclair 2068 boxed nice and dandy, the issue is that i don't get color using rf nor composite tried in 4 different…

    ... i was lucky to find a Timex Sinclair 2068 boxed nice ... tv sets and cannot get colors in them.
    Disassembled the unit ... to never be modified and in original shape.

    Any ...
    soviet9922 soviet9922 October 2016 Hardware
  • Arrays in BASICHi so I'm making this crappy game and I wanna store the screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I have 50 characters. So I made the ar…

    ... screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I have ... this
    [code]10 DIM a(50,2)
    20 FOR ... TO 50
    30 LET a(n,1)=INT(RND*30 ... )
    40 LET a(n,2)=INT(RND*24 ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • bizarre error on a grey ZX Spectrum+2 - the long search for a small problemHi, I got a ZX Spectrum+2 that worked a bit but crashed while loading or running 128k games. I installed a 128k-test-ROM that told me about RAM fa…

    ... further 8 sockets and plugging in 8 new RAMs the computer ... it the RS232 chip (now in a socket) and the computer worked ... C41 - as mentioned.

    In summary the program Buzzsaw seems ... ! :)

    All part numbers in my long text here mention ...
    ingo ingo November 2016 Hardware
  • A-bikeI hope this isn't too off-topic but this is Sinclair miscellaneous after all! Has anyone here ever owned or ridden an A-bike? I impulse bought one…

    ... bought one off eBay yesterday in a moment of drunken idiocy (at ... my first 3 threads all in the wrong place, won't ...
    britain4 britain4 November 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Z88DK HelperThis is crossposted from the Z88DK forums. Announcing the Z88DK helper. I have created a compile string helper for the Z88DK compiler. This pr…

    ...
    I have created a compile string helper for the Z88DK compiler ... a custom compiler string based on the many options found in ... Quick Start for creating a quick string or the more comprehensive ... create this particular application in a vacuum. I did have ...
    andydansby andydansby November 2016 Development
  • New here? Looking for a solution to a problem with your coding? Read onThis observation is for the benefit of newcomers especially those learning to program. This site - World of Spectrum - is a resource of immense va…

    ... I would like answered and in a way that makes sense to ... depriving yourself of a wealth of pure gold in terms of information ... with filenames that make sense in a series of suitably labelled folders ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Chit chat
  • Composing AY music on a macAny recommendations for OS X tracker software that can be used for cross-platform AY-3-8910 music composing? One that can playback the music realisti…

    ... ), and can export in a format compatible with a Spectrum AY playback routine ... option.

    I have a little familiarity with Cubase and ... world of trackers or used a mac much, so I'm ...
    colonel32 colonel32 December 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The world really needs a Spectrum Assembler MOOC courseI recently signed up to an Unreal Engine MOOC course, with the intention of doing it with my wife and 11-year old. I also looked for a MOOC course on…

    ... old. I also looked for a MOOC course on Spectrum games ... /> I think that would make a flippin' amazing course. I don ... ?

    (I wrote this in a comment [url="https://www.worldofspectrum ... graphics to my peers. Not a success![/i]
    colonel32 colonel32 December 2016 Assembler
  • need help identifying a gamehey, if anyone can help me identify the title of this game it will make my xmas... the only thing I can remember about it for certain is that when yo…

    ... out of lives there was a sort of game over screen ... beheaded in a guillotine. some other details which are a little hazy in my ... the main character is wearing a horned helmet, (like those associated ...
    Daniel Harris Price Daniel Harris Price December 2016 Games
  • how to edit a romhi, i just wanted to know the best way to edit a rom. im going to do it in an emulator first and then run it in a spectrum.

    hi,

    i just wanted to know the best way to edit a rom. im going to do it in an emulator first and then run it in a spectrum.
    digital digital January 2017 Hardware
  • If Bownser is a good Father...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03bAayBtcb0 Like Nintendo shows in this video, then Mario is even a bigger jerk than one imagines: He puts Kong in…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03bAayBtcb0

    Like Nintendo shows in this video, then Mario is even a bigger jerk than one imagines: He puts Kong in a Cell and keeps attacking a nice father like Bownser!
    VanTammen VanTammen January 2017 Chit chat
  • So, is the loading noise in Start Trek IV Speccy noise, or something else?I grew up thinking that a few scenes in Star Trek IV had, without a doubt, ZX Spectrum loading noise in the background. I watched it again a couple d…

    ... up thinking that a few scenes in Star Trek IV ... had, without a doubt, ZX Spectrum loading noise in ... the background. I watched it again a couple ... the mystery was solved in a old topic, but I ... about Spectrum loading noise in one of the CSI ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States?Would it be possible to write a scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States? I have a custom screen load routine that loads attribute first, then the …

    ... be possible to write a scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States ... 130
    ld h,a ; screen address in hl
    loop1: ld ... a,(hl) ; get pixel
    ld (de),a ... if I can fudge in a scrolling load counter in 85 t-states ...
    FrankT FrankT February 2017 Assembler
  • Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…

    ... 3 manual that demonstrates the IN function (three lines, chapter ... keys changes the value of IN ***** (whichever address is ... it whirrs on startup in a way that suggests it's ... - I never owned a +3 back in the day so I ... and give it a blast with that, in case it is ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone February 2017 Hardware
  • Bug in Empire! by Firebird?Hi I got this game on a YS covertape years ago and really enjoyed it. It's a space shooting/trading type of thing like Elite but in a top down view.…

    ... /> I got this game on a YS covertape years ago and ... of thing like Elite but in a top down view. I tried ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 March 2017 Games
  • wanted zx-style graphics / remake in the workswell, I`m not so sure where to put this, it is to summon people here at wos to join me at the graphics side of my project, a remake of one of the mos…

    ... graphics side of my project, a remake of one of the ... to try to do so in a pixelart or similar forum because ... the fidelity to the original, in an effort to honor the ...
    manicAlien manicAlien March 2017 Announcements
  • Another 48k Speccy acting as a 16K model.Hi all, I originally was going to post asking for help to fix the new addition to my family a very nice condition Issue 2 sold on ebay as a 16K model…

    ... and changing IC23 for a new one (standard pins ... on logic test points in the 48K service manual ... thing fires up as a 48k model now ...whooooppiieee ... it might help someone in a similar situation, not sure ... happy as a pig in a blanket ... maybe its a quirk of ...
    povvercrazy povvercrazy April 2017 Hardware
  • How to be a hero - bugfixBug #1: Sometimes the game has frozen at the end of level (can see in RZX of the 3rd level by malcolm) Reason: The scrolling text works with…

    ... end of level (can see in RZX of the 3rd level ... 2). If the interrupt occurs in a very unlucky moment, the text ... frozen and stayed in scolling mode forever what caused ...
    Pgyuri Pgyuri April 2017 Games
  • If you could have a cinema marathon would you prefer...Hi Folks, Just a quick straw poll. I do some volunteer work with a community cinema and we're thinking about running a Marathon Screening Day/Wee…

    ... br />
    Just a quick straw poll. I do ... some volunteer work with a community cinema and we ... about running a Marathon Screening Day/Weekend in a few months ... I realize that we're a specialist (nerdy?) bunch but ... to see if there is a commonality of views
    KrazyKattapilla KrazyKattapilla April 2017 Chit chat
  • SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…

    ... hovering a number in DW
    Added MIN$ and MAX$ for string compares ... when used in an IIF function caused problems
    String multiplication with ... accept plain variables in a range
    Crash when accessing a string array's ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…

    ... the spectrum screen memory layout in a way that allows easy compression ... C code creates ASM code in a text file (or to the ... -31 means just paste literal string length 1-32
    // ...
    ld c,a ; 4t - store a in c for later
    TomD TomD April 2017 Development
  • How do I use colour control codes in 128 basic?Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print state…

    Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print statement when the extend mode does not work in 128 basic. Can anyone enlighten me please?
    Fieldy Fieldy April 2017 BASIC
  • PLAYing with MIDIInspired by watching The Floppotron buzz and click strange renditions of Sandstorm and the theme tunes from The Legend Of Zelda and Game Of Thrones v…

    ... the Y and Z switches in the string? It's the only ... PLAY I've never found a use for, mainly because I ... the trouble of using a Spectrum to control a MIDI device would ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone May 2017 Sinclair Basic
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