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Games so insanelly unforgiven that still make you curse everyone involved in it?On Speccy: MadBalls Hell you havent even started the dam game and you where already losing lives... I tried it again the other day and found my se…
... real-time from pre-shifted coloured 16x16 pixel blocks? Could it ... /> or
Block 1
Block 2
Block 3
or
Block 1 ... to the 'blank block'. Every pixel on the screen can move - with ... -
Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
... attribute bytes, one per Character block?).. Or should we encode the ... coordinates, one set per screen flip, for coloured rectangular blocks to be ... overlaid each screen?... How we store ... -
Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…
... for 3D games - the four coloured high resolution mode, or the ... , used the Spectrum's only screen mode, but DD1 on the ... cost of reduced colour or block movement, but games like Kung ... -
Surely not Buzzsaw+ Already..?But this game has had such a short development time, how can this be? Free version of [I]Buzzsaw+ (Foxton Locks Mix)[/I] available here: [url]http:…
... I have on the title screen. There I have one pair ... the same alignment as the coloured sprites either side of the ... not as familiar with these block puzzles as most, so possibly ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... managed to record a data block at the maximum speed available ... www.alessandrogrussu.it/zx/load-screen-SL3-test-speed-6.zip ... />
Parameters for the data block at this speed are:
block, with different coloured loading stripes for each ... -
1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/r/ReturnOfTheJedi ... , has a couple of nice coloured graphical touches,
but it ... : they move from an entire block of pixel to an entire ... block of pixel, making you wonder ... -
New test for finding missing +2A/+3 ULA timing detailsHello, having added the +2A/+3 emulation recently, I want to make sure I got the ULA timing 100% right. We know when the contention pattern starts, …
... have no pixels on screen, just the coloured blocks and the black ... blue pixels in each colored block, which on +2A/+3 should ... black bar appears in that block. This is to verify that ... -
Space Harrier new loading screenHi, The original screen: [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2616449/spectrum/SpaceHarrier.png[/IMG] and my new version: [IMG]https://dl.dro…
... ve got the whole screen working, is it not ... was loaded as a screen$) into the original?[/QUOTE ... fly while the last block is loading and then ... decrypt also takes the screen display into account hence ... (Bomb Jack, etc) with the coloured stripes :)[/QUOTE]
The Wizard of Hotspot HillockI've just re-discovered this unfinished game which I haven't done any work on for a couple of years. As it can be played through to the end as it is …
... and then display a black screen with "Wizard of Hotspot Hillock ... will then get the coloured boxes with "LOAD BLOCK #1 =>" at ... ; press ENTER to load the block and continue into the game ... .
If a "LOAD BLOCK" prompt refers to a lower ...ZX-Paintbrush 2.5 publishedDear readers, as there were many updates since the last version, I want to bring this to public, so that I hopefully can return back to ZX-Assembler…
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Im creating maps from coloured UDGs and have written some ... Paintbrush could search the whole screen for that map element ... lays on the screen but does not block the screen drawing)
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Such a map-based screen content we produced as described ...ZX-Paintbrush 2.5 publishedDear readers, as there were many updates since the last version, I want to bring this to public, so that I hopefully can return back to ZX-Assembler…
... elements are displayed
as coloured placeholders:
[IMG]http ... /> And you can change the screen position of any map element ... old, well known TZX picture block that does the job of ... and it will appear on screen:
[IMG]http://www ...FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
... the screen are retained. In the first screen, four coloured squares on screen ... covering an individual char is coloured. If you have a ... some windows are defined on screen and the program pours text ... input text contains a solid block of text without spaces ...1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
... moving waters in the main screen, but it's not a ... coloured intro scenes, very satisfying sound effect when you push a block ...Arcade Game DesignerTime I posted an update on this, I've been working on the next version - along with another developer who is writing the editors - since July. Wor…
... pixels. Blocks can be coloured and their status property set ... editor.
The screen editor allows placing of blocks ... similar mechanic to the sprite/block editor) and objects/sprites. ... png[/img]
The Block editor:
[img] ...Bomb Munchies - preview releaseBomb Munchies Preview release Version 12th Jan 2014 [URL=http://s979.photobucket.com/user/MatGubbins/media/bmsix_zpsc33279a2.gif.html][IMG]http://i…
... detonate with deadly explosives and coloured paint.
Use these ... the game to the title screen.
-Push Bomb ... will have a painted block and WINS coloured in the winning team ... to the Bomb Munchies title screen - have another go.
New Game: Grumpy SantaI have been trying to write a festive game for years, so this year I challenged myself to write a game in 2 days. It took a little longer, and I mana…
... on the bottom of the screen)
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IF O ... , you use another 4 putblocks coloured in red.
... - i thought:
-Use "IF SCREEN..." and specify the screnn.... And ...Screen to vector?I've found old topics covering this subject and even spoke to Geoff about this, but still want to ask a few questions. I've been playing with vector…
... with compression). Maybe not full screen, and that would save you ... ) Draw them really efficiently with block based graphics. Of course in ... case you might store a coloured image in about 300 bytes ...Ah DiddumsI hope this is some help to the person who was asking how to complete a screen on Ah Diddums. The idea of the game is that you are using the blocks …
... asking how to complete a screen on Ah Diddums.
... then start carrying the block. You can only carry ... Take the block to the top of the screen where the ... have dropped the building block in the box. Do ... block has been placed viola you move on to the next screen ...48K protectionWhich games were 'protected' by loading a full 48K block of code so that no copy program could fit in to memory? I know of 2 by heard. Pole Positio…
... ' by loading a full 48K block of code so that no ... crack these games. It loaded screen and saved
a loader ... with screen, then you reloaded the screen over the ROM ...
the screen and memory to save the code block later.
Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
... , usually with the original loading screen "hacked" or completely replaced. Too ... LOADs a SCREEN$ and two CODE blocks. The last code block would ... the second third of the screen. The last sentence in the ...Screen$ +3 disk to tape helpHi, I have several full screen pictures of my +3 disks (Screen$). How can I transfer these pictures onto tape without losing the last to lines beca…
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I have several full screen pictures of my +3 disks ... (Screen$).
How can I ...Most nice Loader ScreenHi, What is the better loader screen from speccy games?? or simply which is the screen you more remember.. I remember a lot the screen$ from Roboc…
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What is the better loader screen from speccy games?? or simply which is the screen you more remember..
I remember a lot the screen$ from Robocop and HeadOverHeels.. also GreenBeret.Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…
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- Supports the more esoteric block types like Direct Recording,
screen effect. Spectaculator will
automatically ...Screen PreloadersDid any of you chaps write your own spectrum games or applications. If yes , did any of you guys manage to get a preloading screen going..... Its …
Did any of you chaps write your own spectrum games or applications.
If yes , did any of you guys manage to get a preloading screen going.....
Its been a mystery to me , how to do this.Identify game - flip-screen mazeI was playing this game in the mid-80s, I would say. It was a flip-screen game, a bit like Jet Set Willy in that regard, although it was viewed from …
... say. It was a flip-screen game, a bit like Jet ... small gaps.
Each screen was a bit of a ...SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…
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Added Maximise (full screen) button
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Fixed the Archive Info Block bug - no entries were displayed ...Screen$ ScreensaverDoes anyone know where I can get a screensaver called "Screen$" that apparently simulates a Speccy loading?
Does anyone know where I can get a screensaver called "Screen$" that apparently simulates a Speccy loading?windows loading screenhello all, anyone got a windows98 bootup screen that looks like a spectrum tape loading screen? Will be cool isn't it? Imagine...a grayish screen, w…
... , anyone got a windows98 bootup screen that looks like a spectrum ... tape loading screen? Will be cool isn't ... ?
Imagine...a grayish screen, with the sinclair copyright line ...Which game has best ending screen?Spectrum games lacks ending screens mostly, but there may be some brilliant games with very good ending screens/demos. I'm now searching for them. I…
Spectrum games lacks ending screens mostly, but there may be some brilliant games with very good ending screens/demos. I'm now searching for them.
I like ending screen of captain blood and rainbow islands 2. I know there are better ones.Manic Miner - your favourite screenThis is one of the most famous games, and the reason why is becasaue it's one of the best. The screens are so stylishly done and brilliantly structur…
... . But what is your favourite screen out of the 20 you ...
