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  • 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 ...
    pelago pelago May 2002 Games
  • 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?
    Zagreb Zagreb August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ...
    newbie88 newbie88 October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…

    ... buffer or something, so the next time annomalies appear on the screen ...
    Anonymous Anonymous October 2002 Emulators
  • 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.
    Arda Arda October 2002 Games
  • 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 ...
    Spector Spector November 2002 Games
  • Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…

    ... led come on.
    The screen just flashes black and white ... does not show the diag screen,
    and I dont see ...
    mlasham mlasham December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • MakeTZX DMA Buffer Overrun ?Okay folks, Does anyone know why I get DMA Buffer Overruns when using MakeTZX. Could it be anything to do with my SB Enironment string or anything …

    ... know why I get DMA Buffer Overruns when using MakeTZX. Could ... it possible to change the buffer at all ?

    Just ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker January 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SCREEN$ - The premier Spectrum Tape Loading Simulation of screensDunny, I have this (a little less than) EXCELLENT SSaver in my laptop, and in my home desktop (both Win2K). I'd only hope it could *remember* the se…

    ... settings when reentering the "Settings" screen, and that it had a ... ://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/screen$.htm"]http://homepage.ntlworld.com ... /paul.dunn4/screen$.htm[/url]

    It ...
    Marcelo Marcelo April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • new emulatorHi All. If you wish you can download/test/link to/betatest etc. my new emulator EmuZWin 2.0. It emulates S48 and S128 and works under all Windows 9x…

    ... speed about 70-90% in comparison to speed of original Spectrum ... Sinclair-I joystick.
    full-screen mode.
    special installation pack ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov April 2003 Emulators
  • ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner Screen Editor 1.0.1I have just released a minor new version of my Manic Miner Screen Editor. It no longer allows the user to specify an amount of air which causes the S…

    ... version of my Manic Miner Screen Editor. It no longer allows ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad July 2003 Games
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... 2b. AND + OR from temp buffer to screen.

    3. precalc ... + OR from preshifted sprites to screen.


    ...

    Drawing to screen:

    1. Work directly ... on the screen, and somehow synchonize your drawing ...
    windenNTW windenNTW July 2003 Games
  • z88dk Spectrum Screen Driver problemHi guys, I've been messing around with z88dk a bit and was trying to output some stuff to the screen. Reading the docs, it says that I can use the Z…

    ... output some stuff to the screen. Reading the docs, it says ... I can use the ZX screen driver to set the x ... 0x01 and 0x20 after my screen clearing routine in order to ... set the screen to 32-character mode... anyone ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks August 2003 Development
  • Old/New Systems comparisonThe Teletext Magazine "Gamecentral" today (2nd September) printed a letter from someone talking about the C64's superiority to the Spectrum and how b…

    ... , the editor made a further comparison:
    "PS2 = ZX Spectrum, Xbox ... good games. The Gamecube = Amstrad comparison is quite accurate too, at ...
    Spector Spector September 2003 Games
  • Loading screen as an gif or png?I'm in search for a gif/png picture with the spectrum loading screen (blue yellow stripes)animated. Can someone tell me where i can find it? Christi…

    I'm in search for a gif/png picture with the spectrum loading screen (blue yellow stripes)animated.
    Can someone tell me where i can find it?

    Christian

    [ This Message was edited by: Golfareninsweden on 2004-03-03 11:12 ]
    Golfareninsweden Golfareninsweden March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • EmuZWin version 2.3 Final release. To be continued...This is the Final release of the version 2.3, but hope version 2.4 will be ready soon, with great new features added... Version 2.3 Release 1.99 (15…

    ... DirectX in Fill-Screen", and going to full screen and back to ... PC.
    [*] For DirectSound, smaller buffer used to produce sound. Sound ... in normal state (not full screen and not maximized).
    [*] Reporting ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov March 2004 Emulators
  • Speccy screenI wonder if anyone can help me? I am using the MAGNIFICENT Spectaculator 6.1. It has been a VERY long time since I have used a 'real' spectrum. I was…

    ... ' spectrum. I was wondering which screen resolution is nearer to the ... real spectrum screen. 640x480 or 600x800?
    Which ...
    itsallgood itsallgood May 2004 Emulators
  • Does Screen Flipping work on a 48k Spectrum?On the other post it showed some basic code to flip the screen on a +3. Does it work on a 48k Spectrum. Can anyone show me the machine code to: Se…

    ... basic code to flip the screen on a +3.


    Set the screen memory to default 16384
    Flip the screen memory to 49152

    robpearmain robpearmain May 2004 Development
  • Name the 3-screen Nintendo Game and WatchCan somebody name the following Nintendo Game and Watch three-screen game? Two smaller screens were o the side and one big in the middle. On the fi…

    ... Nintendo Game and Watch three-screen game?

    Two smaller ... .

    On the first screen (left) you had to reach ... the island. Second screen (middle, big one), you are ... pac-man like screen). On the third screen you were leaving the ...
    princm princm May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How to get Grahics to wrap vertically around the screen?I am using the following code to draw an image to the screen. First I use HL to contain ROW and COLUM I then call the MapScreenFunction As I draw m…

    ... draw an image to the screen.

    First I use ...
    robpearmain robpearmain May 2004 Development
  • Full-screen display problem with SPINI'm using a PC with an "extreme graphics" on-board intel video card and SPIN (which is a perfectly good emulator in all other respects) has issues wi…

    ... ) has issues with going full-screen. It simply refuses to do ...
    Zagreb Zagreb June 2004 Emulators
  • Found this whilst translating ROUGH JUSTICE:D music by YERZMYEY/HOOY-PROGRAM loading screen by TOMMY PEREIRAHello hacker, have you tried hacking any of my other games? They're available fro…

    ... by YERZMYEY/HOOY-PROGRAM loading screen by TOMMY PEREIRAHello hacker, have ... I can put in this buffer. It's initialised as soon ...
    Sadako Sadako June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Some maps/ZX Screen SnapperChubby Gristle [url="http://zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=ChubbyGristle"]http://zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=ChubbyGristle[/url] Prayer of the Warrior 1 [url…

    ... [/url]
    ------------------------------------------

    ZX Screen Snapper 2.20
    [url ...
    Pavero Pavero July 2004 Games
  • Game loop design?Having some thoughts on how to design the game loop and could do with some hints and tips from folks who have done it before! It's all about how to …

    ... can be used to time screen drawing.

    The ... ;Draw offscreen sprite graphics to screen
    call quitcheck ;Check ... moves, and an offscreen buffer where the background is drawn ... on. This buffer is eventually painted on the screen - all this ...
    ekoman ekoman July 2004 Development
  • I have done a Spectrum Screen Design Template As PDFI use this for my games, to work out attribute and screen addresses. It is A4, to be printed landscape [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/s…

    I use this for my games, to work out attribute and screen addresses. It is A4, to be printed landscape

    [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/specform.pdf"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/specform.pdf[/url]
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …

    ... Sprites drawn on buffer
    c) Buffer copied to screen


    LD HL,SCREEN ; Destination
    LD DE,BACKBUFFER ... ON ENTRY:
    ; HL CONTAINS SCREEN ADDRESS
    ; DE CONTAINS ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • On 48k, can I copy 4k before next screen updateFollowing on from my thread at [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=6423&forum=11"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/v…

    ... copy 4k from Backbuffer to Screen in under 1/50th, or ... to copy back to front screen with no tearing/flicker etc ... , with no flicker on the screen.

    HELP ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …

    ... FLAG IS 1, FAST COPY BUFFER TO SCREEN

    It ... /> EXX
    LD HL,SCREEN+2048+16 ; Destination
    ... ; ON ENTRY:
    ; HL CONTAINS SCREEN ADDRESS
    ; DE CONTAINS CHAR ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Smooth Screen Scrolling RoutineHi everyone, this is a follow up to the thread on smooth screen scrolling. As promised here is the code for the routine. It's pretty long and fairl…

    ... to the thread on smooth screen scrolling.

    As ... the first column
    ;HL=screen addr.
    ;DE=address of ...
    EX DE,HL ;DE = SCREEN ADDRESS AGAIN

    SKIPB ... A,E ;reset the horizontal screen
    AND 224 ;position ...
    dmsmith dmsmith September 2004 Development
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