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Chaos - Magic & Death on the Plane of LimboHi everybody, I'm delving through 5 boxes of Speccy and contemporary games. A couple of interesting things (check my thread in the "preservation" se…
... m delving through 5 boxes of Speccy and contemporary games. ... A couple of interesting things (check my ... mention "The Battle of Wizards" - it's subtitled "Magic & Death ... on the Plane of Limbo".
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Colin Jones Kickstarter: Slightly Magic 8-bit legacy editionHowdy folks, Colin Jones, the man behind the legendary Rockstar Ate My Hamster and Grange Hill has begun a Kickstarter campaign to remaster his clas…
... to deal with things like 'colour clash', which the ZX Spectrum ... kickstarter.com/projects/colinjones/slightly-magic-8bit-legacy-edition[/url]
of his recently released Microdot Reimagined ... all platforms. The price of that is that it is ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
... our screens with Bagley's magic
Dragons Lair. The ... beautifully animated set of monochrome or limited colour screens showcasing the ... best of the Spectrums ... large sprites and good use of colour and sound.
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Examples of severe colour clash?I'm looking at making a video of ZX Spectrum games - both good and bad, and making it accessible for the layman. One thing I'd like to do is brief…
... looking at making a video of ZX Spectrum games - both good ... Wally games are perfect examples of colour clash being fairly prolific, does ... is a brilliant example of having virtually no colour clash and remaining ... -
Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
... A colour; a planet with rings and 1/365th of a ... icosahedron in the bottom right of the screen looking rather ... ohh.... "here comes another winter of long shadows and high hopes ...
16: The Gates of Wolfdorp, Pilefoot, Trollwynd. Conversations with ... -
adding colourThis my sound like a real stupid Q but when programing a picture how do i add colour like filling in shapes with colour. What kind of programming sh…
This my sound like a real stupid Q but when programing a picture how do i add colour like filling in shapes with colour.
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How to print with colour using DiscipleHi! I was wondering if there is any way of printing in colour using the Disciple. I am using an Epson Stylus 600 Printer with one of my +2s and I wo…
... there is any way of printing in colour using the Disciple. I ... Stylus 600 Printer with one of my +2s and I would ... . Does anyone have any idea of how to do this?
Better late than never: the answers and results of the Quiz to end all Quizzes!First of all I would ask to excuse myself with those who have been waiting for the answers. But, besides work, study, etc., I had problems in verifyi…
... (that with the portraits of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and ... 2 points).
Bride of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Jnr.< ... advertised as "a kaleidoscope of psychological warfare"?
Dream ... maximum 2 points).
Magic Knight
Storm Bringer< ...S14CM - Sinclair colour monitor. What's it compatible with?I got in my monthly shipment of retro 'junk'. (I have an arrangement with the local chairty shop). Got a nice Radiofin console, and amongst it the t…
... got in my monthly shipment of retro 'junk'. (I have an ... />
It is apparently a colour monitor, was made in Taiwan ... suppose stands for Sinclair 14" Colour Monitor?
The video ...Harry Potter (gameboy colour to speccy)I was just playing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (which I brought of E-bay for my daughter's birthday - got to test it) on Gameboy Colour a…
... and the Chamber of Secrets (which I brought of E-bay for ... to test it) on Gameboy Colour and was wondering..
of the question and was wondering ... it's own version of the Gameboy Colour version of the Harry Potter ...ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner 4 and Buddha Of Suburbia: Special EditionsToday I release special editions of my first two Manic Miner games - Manic Miner 4 and Manic Miner: The Buddha Of Suburbia. When I originally wrote …
Today I release special editions of my first two Manic Miner ... and Manic Miner: The Buddha Of Suburbia.
When ... title-screen graphics, end-game colour-attributes, scrollies and in-game ... all copies - especially online copies - of MM4 and MM:TBOS with ...Tons of Books!Loads of books, all in good condition. Anything you want email [email="hitlife@btinternet.com"]hitlife@btinternet.com[/email] with an offer. Trade wi…
Loads of books, all in good condition. ... confidence, I've sent pleanty of items out to users on ... Absolute Beginner
Spectrum Magic: Your First Programming Book
Handbook of Procedures and Functions for the ...Lemon64, WOS and the meaning of gamesI've just read a thread started last week on lemon64.com by the site administrator Kim Lemon, and he talks about how the whole C64 scene bores him no…
... now and "the magic" has gone. Part of this I think ... the original machine - most of the games on the net ... much better because of the perfect copies of games and the ... ease of loading them ... could teach a lot of people how to write ...Map of Underwulde, Atic Atac and othersI improved my website ? now you can view all maps of any author separately. I also created these maps: Atic Atac [url="http://www.zx-maps.wz.cz/map.…
... you can view all maps of any author separately. I also ... /> Jim Langmead sent me maps of:
Batty
[url ... ?id=Batty[/url]
Magic Carpet
[url="http://www ... Nikl made a map of:
Planet of Shades
[url ...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…
... get 256 colour modes with a Spectrum emulator instead of the colours ... which we can obtain 256 colour graphics.
One ... t get 256 colours by magic. You must work on them ... the modification of the graphics with a determined 256 colour palette, generating ...256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
... converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let ... to send me a screenshots of your progress so far, ... sent me 2 tasty shots of the Scooby Doo project - ... I was also thinking of having a progress percent status ... as the premium 256 colour games site once it ...MAGIC VGA BOX and +2Hi all, I ve bought a magic vga box(seen on ebay) which supports resolutions up to 1024x768 75hz. I though it would be nice to own one for general p…
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I ve bought a magic vga box(seen on ebay ... . But when the idea of connecting the +2 on ... time a frozen screen of the speccy but somehow ... change the impedance of the composite output of +2 in order ... ohm values regarding the input of the VGA BOX).
...Two colour nice Spectrum screen$Im wanting some 2 colour Spec or SAM screens to use as backgrounds in my OS... i.e. black and white, blue and back etc etc... not using attributes an…
Im wanting some 2 colour Spec or SAM screens to ... there a place for pictures of this sort perhaps, or any ...Strange layout of Spectrum video memoryHello, does anyone have an idea why the Spectrum's video memory has such a strange layout? I understand that a resolution of 256x192 is an easy mean…
... that the separate attributes (incl. colour clash) are a compromise to ... is, those three big blocks of interlaced lines? Is it ... currently working on a piece of (non-Spectrum) electronics that ... quickly arrived at a resolution of 256x192 pixels with roughly the ...Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
... is also why the smoothness of say a sprite on the ... had blocky graphics but better colour handling.
Why then ... something similar have much better colour handling? It was still an ... are Z80, but handle the colour better? mmmm....
Im ...A bit late, but 10 years of PlayStaion! My thoughts.I think the acual Aniversary of the Playstion release was a couple of weeks ago, but I picked up GamesTM today and it has a big feature about it (bes…
... there were a load of companies fiercely competing ... to 32 bit, from colour clash and cassete loading ... happen, compare screen shots of even bleeding edge arcade ... stuff from the beggining of the playsation era, ... Racer with any one of its recent counterparts. Sure ...SPECTRUM 3+ , MULTIFACE 3 AND LOADS OF GAMES![url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8162276085&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&r…
... , Splat (silver box), Son of Blagger, ALien Highway, Lost, ... Star Fire, Delta Wing, The Magic Roundabout, Leapfrog, Fighter Pilot, ... , Deathcahse, Chequered Flag, Devils of the deep, Golf, Grand Prix ... , COnquest, Return of the Jedi, Raider of the cursed mine, ...The soul of the computer game industry...What are your thoughts on the state of the computer game industry today compared with the industry in the early to mid 80's? Has the soul gone? I fo…
... thoughts on the state of the computer game industry ... the heart and soul of the games industry. Heck ... out on the true genius of computer/video games; the ... back into the consciousness of the masses if only ... and teach the true magic of computer games we all ...Popeye 1 no colour clash?How was Don Priestley able to get rid of the colour clash in this classic game (and the Trapdor etc)??? Was it because he was doing the fast switchi…
... Priestley able to get rid of the colour clash in this classic ... feature? There are probably plenty of games out there that did ... remember the colour clash one and barely a handful of the Popeye ...(OT?) Windows colour cycling?Is it possible, in a Windows program, to get colour-cycling by the "proper" method?? That is, by changing the bitmap/window palette and having the sy…
... a Windows program, to get colour-cycling by the "proper" method ... I've had animated GIFs colour-cycling at a good speed ... available free), but Googling for "colour cycling" (or "color" for that ... the crude and clumsy method of manually repainting the window using ...Wanted - A loving new homeThanks to an imminent house move, it's time to dispose of some of my excess Spectrum tapes. I'd like to donate these to the Preservation project to u…
... s time to dispose of some of my excess Spectrum tapes ... ? Early Learning Games
Colour Clash ? Romik Software
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Clever & Smart ? Magic Bytes (MIA?)
Cybex - Pirate ... NEXUS ? Nexus Productions
Out Of This World - Bettertech
...Worse on a colour tellyOnly with the power of emulation have i bothered to try out some old games which i only ever played on a black and white portable. It's amazing how …
Only with the power of emulation have i bothered to ... amazing how some games in colour are actually cruel to the ... coloured levels in Avalon (Halls of Chaos>)
Snooker ...
Can anyone think of other games?
CSSCGC: Flight of the Condor Simulator - Chris ThomsonFlight of the Condor Simulator - Chris Thomson This unofficial tie in to the BBC's hit series of the same name (recently screened in 1982), puts you…
... the BBC's hit series of the same name (recently screened ... raster graphics.
* True colour display.
* Full 1D ... /> * Explore the heights and treasures of the Andes from a birds ... Sinclair Spectrum. Be the envy of your friends, get it today ...Why Spectrum has a lots of software?I'm thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, educational, utility) for Spectrum. My suggestions: 1. Ea…
... thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced ... a lots of software (games, educational ...This gimp needs a years worth of Electro-Convulsive Therapy ...... and that's me being merciful! Just for the sake of it, I decided to see what kind of customer reviews that FUCKING annoying crazy frog was getti…
... br /> Just for the sake of it, I decided to see ... what kind of customer reviews that FUCKING ... a very wide range of instruments.the drum and ... too many too choose from."magic melody" does exactly what ... the lyrics are too obvious - of course we want him.
