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  • JAWS The TEXT Adventure ??While surfin the web this caught my attention: JAWS The TEXT Adventure: [url]http://games.usvsth3m.com/jaws/[/url] Why isn't this one on the WOS a…

    While surfin the web this caught my attention:

    JAWS The TEXT Adventure:
    [url]http://games.usvsth3m.com/jaws/[/url]


    Why isn't this one on the WOS archives? :lol:
    XvarZ XvarZ August 2014 Games
  • Issue 6 repair with a twist...(Starting with a slight grump - the forum ate my first attempt at this so this'll probably end up being a bit terse :)) I got a Issue 6 48K machine …

    ... fill the screen with some text, and indeed this confirmed that ... paper/black ink (00111000) being corrupted to cyan/black (00101000).
    balford balford September 2014 Hardware
  • Simple text scrolling routine...I'm having trouble writing a very simple text scroller, the idea is to use the ROM printer routine to print 32 characters each time the routine is ca…

    ... trouble writing a very simple text scroller, the idea is to ... de with new start of text
    call attr ;call colour ...
    daveysludge daveysludge September 2014 Development
  • 'Ocean Draw' instructionsHere are the instructions for the screen and sprite editor used in-house at Ocean Software, possibly typed up by Joffa Smifff (as the 2 of the sprite…

    ...

    T -TEXT MODE :INSTR IN TEXT MODE

    CURSER ... THE CHARACTERS
    IN MDRAW TEXT MODE ARE AFECTED.

    AND MAY APPEAR CORRUPTED.

    TO CHANGE THE ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones September 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Early thoughts about creating a text adventureSo I always wanted to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure. I tried looking at PAWs and GAC, but frankly I'm probably too stupid to use them. I…

    ... create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure.

    I tried ... could merge it into my text adventure...)

    Cheers. :o
    dakidski dakidski December 2014 Development
  • Simple text scroller, first character problemin a text scroller, whole line scrolled to the left by 1 pixels using RL(HL) ; DEC L method. But at the rightmost character must be printed immediate…

    in a text scroller, whole line scrolled to ...
    Arda Arda January 2015 Development
  • English text proof-readingHi, I'm a non-native speaker of English, and within few weeks (or earlier) I am supposed to give my technical report for evaluation. I don't want to …

    ... willing to read through the text and check it against the ... chapters. The quality of the text to read through is similar ...
    tomascz tomascz February 2015 Chit chat
  • How to get the current line position of a +3e's text window?Does anybody know how to get the current line position of a [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/zxplus3e/]ZX Spectrum +3e[/url]'s text window? I've r…

    ... /]ZX Spectrum +3e[/url]'s text window? I've read the ...
    programandala.net programandala.net March 2015 Development
  • Quoting textPossibly I'll be the only one ever to ask for this :)<br><br>Is it possible to change the quote setup so that it includes the name of the quoted pers…

    ... blah blah blah", my reply text just shows "Well blah blah ... click on submit with your text, it changes it to "Sir ...
    hackersanon hackersanon May 2015 WoS/Forum Issues
  • Text editor with touch keyboardThe text editor doesn't seem to play well with the Windows 8 on screen keyboard, when you click inside it the keyboard appears and then slides away i…

    The text editor doesn't seem to play well with the Windows 8 on screen keyboard, when you click inside it the keyboard appears and then slides away immeadiately, presumably because some JavaScript has diverted focus away from the text field.
    AndyC AndyC May 2015 WoS/Forum Issues
  • JAWS: The Text Adventure<div><img src="http://i62.tinypic.com/2rhv0xc.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://i61.tinypic.com/90czlx.gif" style="line-height: 1.7em;"><font face="A…

    ...  of a classic ZX-Spectrum text adventure in Sinclair BASIC.
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2015 Brand new software
  • The text edition window shrinksJust when I thought that all my problems here were solved , another bug has popped up : When I begin writing a message , no matter if a new discussi…

    ... typing the first character the text edition window shrinks vertically to ... only one line of the text at a time . Additionally , the ... name/avatar and write the text in the "Activity" window which ... normally . Then I copy the text to the clipboard and paste ...
    modern_hermit modern_hermit July 2015 WoS/Forum Issues
  • Emulator support to paste textIs there any emulator that supports pasting text ? Something like: - for every ZX frame (just after interrupt) "insert" a new char (force keybo…

    ... any emulator that supports pasting text ?

    Something like:
    RMartins RMartins August 2015 Emulators
  • SPECTRUM GAMES FOR SALE incl. TEXT ADVENTURESYet more clearing out. A number of nice titles including quite a few text adventures. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=…

    Yet more clearing out. A number of nice titles including quite a few text adventures.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=millys-pigdog&_sop=1

    cheers

    P
    pigdog pigdog August 2015 Sales
  • New Game: El Cetro del Sol - Spanish text-adventureHi there! If you happen to enjoy playing old-school spanish text-adventures then this announcement is right for you! ;-) "[b]El Cetro del Sol[/…

    ... enjoy playing old-school spanish text-adventures then this announcement is ...
    Rockersuke Moroboshi Rockersuke Moroboshi October 2015 Brand new software
  • Type a screen of text from the start screen.I've forgotten all the combo's of symbol-shift and so on, but is there a way, from Spectrum Basic to just type out a load of text? Problem is, as soo…

    ... type out a load of text? Problem is, as soon as ...
    Farflame Farflame October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Inlays text quiz!Time for a new quiz :) This time it's text that appears on inlays. A few easy ones thrown in and, maybe, some more difficult ones. Happy guessing.…

    ... />
    This time it's text that appears on inlays. A ... .photobucket.com/albums/g346/marocsphotos/text%20quiz_zpsrkgxiamm.png[/img]
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection November 2015 Games
  • Text adventure from vague memoriesI remember playing a text adventure on the speccy and remembered that it had a nice atmosphere, but never managed to find it later on. This was one o…

    I remember playing a text adventure on the speccy and ... was one of those speccy text adventures which, when you arrived ...
    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA November 2015 Games
  • RARE TEXT ADVENTURES FOR SALEHello All Might have to scroll down the list....some nice and unusual text adventures (amongst other things - click on Buy it Now to see everythin…

    ... list....some nice and unusual text adventures (amongst other things - click ...
    pigdog pigdog November 2015 Sales
  • Text Adventure Chat?Is it worth having a specific section for text adventures? I get the impression that there are quite a few fans of text adventures on WoS. On Faceb…

    ... having a specific section for text adventures? I get the ... quite a few fans of text adventures on WoS. On ... rather than full Solutions, new text adventures being created, post some ... GAC/PAW and just general Text Adventure discussions.

    ...
    stupidget stupidget January 2016 Games
  • True Type fonts from Desktop text editorNow all basic fonts delivered with Desktop text editor are converted to TTF [url="http://softhouse.speccy.cz/fonts/desktop_en.htm"]here[/url].

    Now all basic fonts delivered with Desktop text editor are converted to TTF [url="http://softhouse.speccy.cz/fonts/desktop_en.htm"]here[/url].
    softhouse softhouse January 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Half forgotten, long lost, possibly never actually written text adventure game! Can you help?!Long shot! I half remember a computer magazine with an article explaining text adventure games. The article did not include a listing but did incl…

    ... magazine with an article explaining text adventure games. The article did ...
    textvoyage textvoyage January 2016 Games
  • Text scroller and custom fontYesterday I was testing this text scroll routine taken from Jonathan Cauldwell's Intro Maker (labels have been inserted to allow partial code relocab…

    Yesterday I was testing this text scroll routine taken from Jonathan ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu January 2016 Development
  • Reading PC text files from BASIC!I was playing around with my DivMMC Enjoy! and managed to work out that it's dead easy to load PC .TXT files into the Speccy - I've got them viewable…

    ... then loaded in a little text file I created on the ... .
    3) To display the text on the screen, you just ...
    PrimitivePerson PrimitivePerson February 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • New text adventure engine alpha testers / adventure authors requiredSorry if this is slightly OT, but I'm currently developing a (QUILL, GAC, PAW-esque) text adventure creation tool. I hope to have an alpha ready in t…

    ... a (QUILL, GAC, PAW-esque) text adventure creation tool. I hope ...
    somberman somberman June 2016 Development
  • Text (ASCII) to ""CODE filesHello everyone! I've used BAS2TAP before to convert text into loadable BASIC programs. I want to do something similar but produce CODE files consist…

    ... used BAS2TAP before to convert text into loadable BASIC programs. I ... produce CODE files consisting of text. Is there a PC (Win7 ... line tool that takes a text file of input and produces ... TAP file containing the input text as a "" CODE file (inside ...
    textvoyage textvoyage June 2016 Development
  • 'Solaris' text adventure game - Softel 1983Its a fairly trivial topic but I just wondered if anyone else has encountered this problem with this game. Played this text adv game many years ago i…

    ... with this game. Played this text adv game many years ago ...
    paul2015 paul2015 July 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Jet-Set Willy: The Text Adventure!!! :DSo, having been playing quite a bit of Zork, and Colossal Cave Adventure of late, I thought to myself, why not mix it up with another childhood class…

    ... - so why not a JSW text adventure?

    Has ...

    I reckon a text adventure version of JSW could ... literal springboard basis for a text adventure game... Strangely familiar but ... />
    Potential as a text adventure (the concept that is ...
    saddestmoon saddestmoon July 2016 New game ideas
  • Dun Darach text missing from WOS.I'm currently giving Dun Darach a bash. My aim is to get a nice solution for my web site and to try and do it without looking up solutions on-line. …

    ... typed it in as a text file for anyone who wants ...
    Luny Luny September 2016 Games
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