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MSX to speccy ports?World is full of speccy conversions for MSX, many of them worse than speccy original. (argh) There are MSX games which have converted to other syste…
... thought that porting an MSX game to the Spectrum would be relatively ... /> It would have been easier to do direct conversions in any ... also look as straight Speccy to MSX ports.
The reason ... companies who bought a license to convert the coin-op. The Konami ... -
Earth ShakerIm stuck on a level. Can anyone help me if i tell you the level number/name?
... /> Now switch the tape source over to the Earth Shaker game, and now ... with "y" and save out to tape. Depending on your emulator you ... may be saving to virtual tape.
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1MB EmulatorsI know emulators emulate 16k, 48k and 128k put could you create a emulator with 1MB of ram? I mean if you added in 256 colours (emuzwin)then you cou…
... committed to disk when you eject the disk.
The disk is ... by the Spectrum to write to the disk will produce Disk 'write' protected ... by the Spectrum to write to the disk will produce Disk 'write' ... It really is an amazing game! Sod XBox live tonight im ... -
Whom do I tell...That these two games are actually the same? Aren't games crossreferenced even if they are Spanish (pirate?) copies? Oh, btw, the Mago game came out…
... actually had the rights to "convert" the games to Spanish etc, etc. < ... thoroughly enjoy playing "Name The Game" game but once our generation, ... the young'uns to find out which game was which (I ... the question to add a little comment with the game, something ... -
Saving EliteCan anybody recommend an emulator and elite download that I'll be able to save the commanders progress on? I've stopped using my favourite Spectrum g…
... use a real tape deck to load tape software instead of ... a game and you want to 'press play on tape' physically ... the virtual tape drive. I remember trying to load Return ... into a tape deck and using real tape mode! The ... turned off in Real Tape mode. I wonder why ... -
Q on Gauntlet 3.Hey ... I have a working copy of Gauntlet 3 for Atari ST (STEEM emu) and have been working on a map for the ST version. I DLed all 3 of the Gauntlet…
... /emulator had "reverted" to the regular "Tape Loader. To Cancel - press BREAK ... to get it to run successfully ... ONCE!!! ... I was able to play the game ... (and I seem to be one ... first and/or second STOP TAPE :(
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Games Club - Week 10Hello everyone, Last week I asked you to nominate games written by Pete Cooke the following nominations were received Academy Tau Ceti Brainstor…
... not really much [I]to[/I] this game. It shares a lot ... of visual similarity to Cooke's ... (superior) Crash cover-tape game [I]A Whole New Ball Game ... budget price and [I]Ball Game[/I] was given away with ... idea than a good game. -
Pirate game trading at school?How many people traded pirate games at school? At one school, there was a group in which members would trade pirate games for all systems most break…
... there was always people to copy from. Thing is ... mates who knew him to approach him and swap ... you needing *one* game of someone because that ... game needed for some other person to swap you the game ... to copy a friend's tape, then you sometimes lent his tape out to ... -
Speccy Game Source CodeIs there a way to look at the tape files or convert the tape files to read the source code? Also, is there an archive of source code for various old…
... a way to look at the tape files or convert the tape files to read ... -
Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
The reason why I want to convert the game into machine code is because if players use the MERGE function, they will see the program code, therefore allowing them to cheat. Where's the fun in that? -
Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
... reason why I want to convert the game into machine code is because ... program code, therefore allowing them to cheat. Where's the fun ... ]
I don't need to use MERGE... -
These "new" gamesI'm not sure about these new games coming out. Every dog has its day. The Speccy although legendary and magical, had its day. Call me a traitor. I …
... up the ghost" on tape. I have well over 12 ... they are refusing point blank to load now. Sites like ... allow people like myself to relive fond gaming memories ... and also new players to experience the "golden age ... 10 mins for a game to crash just as it ... -
Lots of Speccy games / hardware for saleGot a lot of tapes/unboxed tapes, hardware for sale (not sure what all the hardware is !) Any ideas on a rough price for it all ? Also any help iden…
... a few hardware bits still to list...
... Decathlon
Horizons starter tape
Planetoids
... Phasorchase
Sinclair Test tape
Horizons tape
Park Patrol - ... Steeple Jack
Ocean tape - Game set and match - Ping Pong ... -
Amstrad or Sinclair: Who Made Better Speccys?Just wanted to know....
... a Speccy + which i used to love.
I know ... multiface and no longer waiting to load games for ages was ... and bang your game (95% of the time) saved to disk. Great days ! -
Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
It'll be interesting to see if carts like these ... possibly as they're tape more than disk. Hey but that's ... -
Games Club Week 17Morning all off on my Holls today for a week so this is going up early This week I asked for games by Mike Richardson and received the following Co…
... versions but the 48k game is on the tape first. If you ... .
Use the tape browser to select the 128k version first ... -
Controlling Sqij.I am trying to get this game to work but the bird doesn't want to move at all. According to the TXT file this should work : CONTROLS: Z - Left X - …
Nothing to do with the game in question btu it just ... ? I can't get the game to start! All I get is ... screen and when I try to select my controls, the music ... all over again but the game doesn't start. I've ... original tape copy (I think it only let me play the game ... -
HELP!! Advise needed ere pleaseHi all I own a PC running WinXP and a speccy 128k. Can I attach a 3.5" floppy to my speccy so I can copy my tzx files from my pc onto a blank disc a…
... help you is the LERM tape copier.
[url="http ... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Lerm+Tape+Utility+D$&pub=^Lerm ... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Lerm+Tape+Utility+D$&pub=^Lerm ... so you can copy them to disk. -
+3 rom disk load/save routines?I`ve been looking everywhere for some documented listing of the +3 rom load/save routines. I want to convert some games to use disk instead of tape.…
... to be careful with any 128K games you may do due to disk ... buffers overwriting game data in RAMs 1 ... and 6. You can collapse disk buffers entirely in those pages ... a potential disk performance hit though.
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Cronosoft 'Cassette 50'I'm currently looking to start work on putting together a 'CASCADE CASSETTE 50' compilation. Admittedly, I might not get 50 games submitted, so if t…
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For each game submitted, if the game has a loading screen ... the compilation. For reasons of tape space, I'll need a ... the loader program for each game to print some simple graphics/text ... -
Cronosoft 'Cassette 50'I'm currently looking to start work on putting together a 'CASCADE CASSETTE 50' compilation. Admittedly, I might not get 50 games submitted, so if t…
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For each game submitted, if the game has a loading screen ... the compilation. For reasons of tape space, I'll need a ... the loader program for each game to print some simple graphics/text ... which is displayed whilst the game is loading... -
Cronosoft 'Cassette 50'I'm currently looking to start work on putting together a 'CASCADE CASSETTE 50' compilation. Admittedly, I might not get 50 games submitted, so if t…
... things to tape was to use Spectaculator 6 on the PC straight to tape
game. Then I get the Spectrum 128 to save out ... a 'clean' copy to tape - which seems to work really well. Plus ... costs yet, as a tape master has to be created by duplicators ... -
Games Club Week 38The game for this week is Sceptre of Bagdad Go here: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Sceptre+of+Bagdad$&pub=^Atlantis+Softw…
... Baghdad is a great little game. Here's a tip - choose ... and load it with the tape loader to get infinite lives. Why ... -
Why nothing will ever beat a real SpeccyI believe that one of the reasons that Speccy games were so good was because you had to wait so long for them to load! I remember sitting in front o…
... to get a game to load. Daley Thompsons decathlon required you to turn the tape ... loaded! I actually put this to the test one school dinnertime ... -
What do you prefer?Heres a question for debate. What spectrum do you prefer? The rubber keyed speccy of old or the later Amstrad offerings? I prefer the +2 cause it ha…
... that and wasnt that used to the rubber keyed version really ... .
The best to me was the +3 and ... then just being able to load a game from disk in seconds was ... had all my favourites on disk. Great computer that was -
sprite making in +3 BASIC?Any sprite tutorial I come across is far too complicated! Can someone help me? For instance, how do you create a person-shaped animated sprite which …
... you would need an Assembler to start with. Hisoft Devpac ... good one if you want to develop on the actual ... Alternatively and easier would be to do your development on an ... or Spin and then convert the files to TZX and save ... PC's ear socket to a tape recorder. -
z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... could, eg, save compressed data to disk or make use of compressed ... compressed and calling these routines to decompress just enough info ... but its aim is to be able to do something like Green ... originally thought of using these to enable "backgrounds" that your ... -
Why nothing will ever beat a real SpeccyI believe that one of the reasons that Speccy games were so good was because you had to wait so long for them to load! I remember sitting in front o…
... waiting ages and getting "R Tape loading error" on screen? I ... abount an hour trying to load a game and about five minutes ... of things waiting for a game to load - make a cup of ... tea, read instructions for the game or have a quick chug! -
Cassette 50 reloaded2 games submitted... only 48 more to go.... I'm working on 'Horace Goes Mincing' myself. If anyone has any games to submit, please don't be afra…
... /> Can anyone make a game to go on the 50 games ... Yes - anyone can make a game. But, because I can't ... I figured was to donate ALL profits to a worthy cause ...
I wanted to sell the tape out at 9.95 ... .00-7.00 should go to charity
(though this ...
