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How were game loading screens composed back in the day?I've often wondered while waiting for loading screen to materialise line by line how these were actually made prior to saving them as code or screen$…
... a BASIC program to draw lines and plot points to make a simple drawing ... and then hit SAVE "something ... far too complex for that and just wondered how they were ... designed and coded back in the 80s ... -
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... , one winner or a draw.
- First To Three - play many games ... in a draw. Please provide your own drinks and party snacks.
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ULA snow effectIt's wintertime, you know. [quote="http://ramsoft.bbk.org.omegahg.com/floatingbus.html"]when the I register falls in the range 0x40-0x7F then the UL…
... instruction fetch), and it doesn't apply contention to take precedence ... ULA (who wants to read the videoram to draw the screen), with ... location (which still belongs to videoram), and a wrong pattern is ... between the initial delay and which columns are un/ ... -
Yew Tree WTF and other related ramblingsI'm asking this question as I'm totally perplexed as to the sheer number of celebs that seems to be in on this yew tree thing. So recently DJ DLT go…
... the bands they knew and mixed with, and trying to live the same ... lives turned upside down. And I to appreciate that most of them ... was a rent boy to senior tory politicians and frequented sorted parties ... made up lies and bull that its hard to get to the bottom ... -
Just got my Great-nephew addicted to Chaos!Just had my niece's ten year old lad round for the afternoon and decided to show him some Speccy games so he could see what it was like when I starte…
... round for the afternoon and decided to show him some ... to tell me what spells to use and where to place stuff, and ... then he got really into it and ... wanted to ... -
Puzzled about transferring games to tapeI was trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC. I opened up the tape file in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file. I then pla…
... trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC ... tape file in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file ... I plugged in my spectrum and started to load the tape.
and red stripes), then it went to a red border and didn ... -
Loading AGD games into AGD to check codeHey there Not sure if this is quite the place to put this but it covers both Jonathan's AGD and Spin and is a question about developing my AGD game.…
... to put this but it covers both Jonathan's AGD and Spin and ... with the AGD commands and trying to look at other AGD ... game code to get [strike]steal some ... of my games and view the code to see how things ... 've loaded up AGD and then tried to 'load' a game ... -
A hello and a questionFirst of all I'd like to introduce myself (it would be rude not to :D !). My name is Ben and I am the proud owner of a rubber keyed 48K and a 128k+2…
... I was lazy and didn't really want to wait to load up ... ). I plugged it in and was pleased to see it power up ... across an AV modded 48k and so, to re-live the past ... /> I look forward to hearing from, and chatting to you all :-).
Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…
... at 48640 (190*256) and point to 191*256+191 = 49087 ... /> ;-------------------
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;Draw scoreboards
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CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 with support (limited) to write for USB floppy drivesHi, I am the developer of [URL="http://www.cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is a new version of the program with su…
... .cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is ... that can be written to USB floppy and used / read in a ... Dsk" button and selecting the .Dsk from we want to copy the ... (a or b) and click 'Write'
[*]Ready to be tested in ...CIRCLEHi, I'd like to draw a circle x,y,r using the BASIC-ROM subroutines. I've put x, y and r onto the calculator stack and used CALL #232D and RET. I g…
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I'd like to draw a circle x,y,r ... . I've put x, y and r onto the calculator stack ... and used CALL #232D and RET.
I ... entrance address? #232D seems not to be the best one.
Wanted: Kempston Disc Interface and/or Watford SPDOS interface.It's a long shot, I know. I'm looking for stuff related to the Kempston Disc interface or the Watford SPDOS interface. While I'm here I may as well…
... 'm looking for stuff related to the Kempston Disc interface or ... SPDOS boot disks are missing and need to be dumped as well ... include some of the disks to make it worthwhile.
to be disks included.
Double-Buffer ScreenFor my Alien Breed Speccy re-write I decided to use a Double Buffer (DB) or 'Back Screen' to draw all the game action onto, before shuffling the whol…
... DB) or 'Back Screen' to draw all the game action onto ... are many more efficient and quicker approaches, but I ... a proof of concept and decided to stick with it. ... ld your bytes to the DB screen and then RANDOMIZE ... /> ld (cslice),a ;And store it back again
HELP HUAWEI e220 and windows 7Can somebody help please? I have a huawei e220 internet modem but it doesn't work with windows 7...can somebody send me the drivers and instructions …
Can somebody help please? I have a huawei e220 internet modem but it doesn't work with windows 7...can somebody send me the drivers and instructions to make it work?Better screens for Star Wars games?Since there's some interest in new / reworked game screens, what about doing something better for the Star Wars games? To me the originals look unim…
... Star Wars games?
To me the originals look unimpressive ... art is simply too detailed and shaded to convert well, I think.
I've tried myself to do a better conversion, but ... I've been unable to get anything decent... What are ...Sword and ShieldAnybody fancy helping with trying to work out how to play this game? So far I've got keys 5,6,7,8 and C to do something but I haven't been able to ge…
Anybody fancy helping with trying to work out how to play this game ... keys 5,6,7,8 and C to do something but I ... haven't been able to get anywhere beyond that. There ... with what you're supposed to be doing but not how ... to do it; ie. the game ...Buyers bewareRecently over on facebook I made a deal with a guy to buy a Commodore 1541 II Disk Drive, it was out of alignment apparently, plus there could have b…
... ? Ive started using them and the shop to shop service is really ... the package is going to weigh about 5kg and measure 40x30x20 roughly ... RM, just didnt have time to walk to the UPS place. Cheers ... that its been posted and we will draw a line under it ...Question to all of you ex-patsBefore the question, I must mention a few things... I left Portugal in 1995 when I was 17. Was young and foolish and left before finishing High Scho…
... and foolish and left before finishing High School and came to the U.S. to ... part of anymore (and avoid mentioning due to the way it ... of my life and had kids. Fast forward to October 2006. ... working hard, paycheck to paycheck, to give us and them a decent life ...Byron Software - Scoreboard/Nat West TrophyEvening everyone Hope no-one minds this post, but I see the above is classed as MIA. Today I picked up a box load of cassettes, and this seems to be …
... box load of cassettes, and this seems to be in among the ... ...Also how do I convert an audio tape to .txz (Im using ... does just let me know and I'll remove/fix it ...Image To ZX Spec 1.4.0 Released[IMG]http://mirror.viperfang.net/silentdevelopments/temp/imagetozxspec140.png[/IMG][IMG]http://mirror.viperfang.net/silentdevelopments/temp/imagetozx…
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Website updates and source to follow.For connoisseurs collection: ZX Spectrum 128, 520 discs, FDD3000, joystics and moreHI, I am getting ready to sell above set. If I get competitive offer I will decide to sell it. Send me prive msg if there is interest. This is my …
... 25 and mixed 5.25 and 3“ (there is a switch to ... sequence of a drives, and switches to change disc sides eliminating discs ... - 2 joystics, 1 interface kempstone and 1 kempstone + sinclair, 2 pass ... games I had backups, and due to good storage conditions I can ...Scene+ (cassettes for sale from the Spectrum User Club from Austria and Germany)I am selling some of the issues in cassette of the Austrian Spectrum Club (also German, I think!), most of them are quite old and hard to see. They i…
... of them are quite old and hard to see. They include games ... of the russian games transferred to tape), another homebrew games, demos ...Cars you used to love when you were a kid, but not so much nowadays.When I was a kid there was an old Porshe 916 in the garage where my parents used to park their car (a Fiat?). The car had been abandoned by the owne…
... garage where my parents used to park their car (a ... the owner (he went to Africa as far as I ... .jpg[/url]
and the Mercedes SL500, the car ... Both cars seem very dated to me nowadays, but the Lotus ... you guys really love and wanted to buy when you were ..."Zombi Terror", new game from Kabuto FactoryHi everybody! After a few months of hard working, we are proud to present you our new production. "Zombi Terror" is our particular homage to these z…
... find lots of jokes and references to these filmes (from George ... in mp3 for downloading and recorded in the physical ... to play it in a traditional way: take paper and pencil and draw ... (both in english and spanish versions) and its audio soundtrack from ...Did you know: Clicking the number to the right will allow you to view postsIt's a temporary measure while the forum is being fixed. I promise I won't spam the forum anymore. Just wanted to draw your attention to this. :)
It's a temporary measure while the forum is being fixed. I promise I won't spam the forum anymore. Just wanted to draw your attention to this. :)Why no PLOT, etc. on bottom two lines?I was pondering if there was any way to get PLOT, etc. to address the full screen from BASIC without having to write a few lines of assembler to bypa…
... few lines of assembler to bypass that annoying restriction ... at $22AA, and then I took to wondering what was ... restricting the graphics commands to the top 22 ... />
then PLOT, DRAW, CIRCLE, POINT will all work ... why restrict PRINT to 0-21 and having to use #0 ...Keop?s Revenge, to Albert Valls, How to jump??Im playing this funny and BASIC made game and managed to reach the snakes screen, but I cant find which key is used to jump... Tried "Q" as it is use…
Im playing this funny and BASIC made game and managed to reach the snakes ... find which key is used to jump... Tried "Q" as it ... is used to go up stairs, but it ... doesnt seem to work... I have seen that ...PC to TV problemI'm using a "DIGIFLEX VGA Male to Male 5 Metre Black Cable for PC Laptop to TFT Monitor LCD TV Lead" to put my Dell laptop PC display onto my Toshiba…
... PC as the TV source, and I'd get the PC ... Video Signal". Both the PC and the TV are otherwise working ... of them, and I can't see any damage to the cable ... on what might be wrong and how to fix it? There's ... a plethora of similar questions - and ...Good, free, useful programs for Windows usersI was asked to recommend a couple of programs (which happens enough to make me wish I had a fiver for every time!), and I didn't know offhand either …
... listed, I'm new to those), and that I put on new ... (and whenever you want to see it, of course) and can be used to ... you to queue up Youtube videos to download, and then to automatically convert them to different ...Crash & Zzap!64 to return?So this was posted on Imagines Twitter feed yesterday: [quote]@ImagineMD: Pleased to announce that we now own the rights and copyright to classic UK…
... the rights and copyright to classic UK games mags - Crash and Zzap!64 ... the tweet and apparently they still own the rights to both magazines ... logo's and all of the ... Anyway, perhaps the logo's and artwork situation will be worked ...
