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helpHi, I am new to this forum. I have purchased a Speccy from ebay but I am having trouble getting any games to load. I dont really have much technical…
Just coming back to what GP said. When my machine resets the black portion is on screen for about a second. So it looks like it thinks its a 16k machine. Is there anything that can be done about it? -
BMP2SCR ProHey LCD, yesterday i played with your new prog and i have to say that it's simply *amazing*! I have only checked the conversion part out, but i spend…
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LCD, bmp2scr runs stable on my two machines (piii with ... mousemovement. Oh, and the white text on the gray buttons doesn't ... -
Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
... which shows 15 trillion colours on screen at one time shame the ... -
Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... Adventure Builder which does part screen graphics, that I know. I ... don't think it's on the archive tape? There is ... data required then save data on tape B. Make a note ... remainder of BASIC prog(verbs, on screen data etc)
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Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…
... 't get any messages appear on screen. I let it run for ... -
Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…
... than constantly calculating new screen addresses from pixel ... BBLLLSSS
Notice the screen address 010BBSSS LLLCCCCC
... the 8 udg bytes on screen. There is a close ... connection between character coordinates, screen address and attribute addresses. ... -
Who is Bill Gilbert? what has he done?I remember numerous games in Russia where the loading screen said BY BILL GILBERT, but can't find games with this name now. I found some articles abo…
I remember, there was a POKE which cased LPRINT output on screen, 8 times bigger than PRINT, but it did not work if a Printer interface was enabled. -
Dark Star B SideThere was an interesting comment made on a teletext page yesterday about how Dark Star's flip-side had a mock up game made to look like Ceefax/Oracle…
:) A lot of the letters on Teletext are "hoaxes". I am ... to get their aliases namechecked on screen. :o
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Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
... WoS logo. This interposed on Cummins logo on the 2nd entry ("Welcome ... idea of random Speccy screenshots on the main page. It gives ... nice break from reams of text on the main page.
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GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…
... seems nobody gets that the screen is [B]NOT[/B] ... than 3 colours in an on-screen byte? (like in the ... thought that IS a NES screen and my post was nothing ... Marios if you think my screen is one of those ... is capable of producing that screen in the link... there's ... -
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…
... is done for every sprite on screen individually.
... The draw algorithm draws directly on screen. I eliminated flicker by ... Drawing to screen:
1. Work directly on the screen, and ... ]
2. Work on a hidden screen, and then LDIR to ... -
What is YOUR eBay I.D?A lot of us on these forums use eBay. Just curious, what is everyone's eBay i.d? here is a link to mine - I never bother sellnig anything in July/…
... up with the Currah message on screen so I assume it's ... -
ANN: ZXF Issue 5 now availableWhat better way to spend a day of this summer swelter than to chill out in the sun with a copy of the latest issue of ZXF? :) Yes folks, ZXF05 is he…
As before, this is once again a nice piece of work, Colin. The only thing I have difficulties with is reading the magenta coloured text on some pages. But this is just a minor negative point. :) -
Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... as yourself can carry on with the important stuff ... E97A) ;the code you see on screen
;and have to ... we initially see on the screen is held at ... having some maths performed on it and then placed ... the code we see on screen and have to match in ... -
C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…
... : any number, any size placed on screen with pixel-precision.
+ Subroutines for Calculating Screen Addresses
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AmauroteSomeone mentioned recently that the Amaurote dump may be incomplete. Well, I've dug out my copy and dumped both sides and they are the same and match…
... had the 128K version on both sides of the ... the extra data when loading on a 48K machine.
... before the loading screen appeared it said on screen that it was ... side with the 128 version on side 2.
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The Greatest Spectrum Game Programmer!In my opinion the greatest Spectrum programmer of all time was Pete Cooke, this lone programmer was responsible for some of the best Spectrum games e…
... , even multidirectional. lot of sprites on screen, terrific sound routines for the ... DominicRobinson just did four games on spectrum, but two great 16 ... -
Emulators without attribute clash?I know a spectrum wouldn't be the same without the attribute clash, but I was wondering do any of the emulators have a 'turn off the clash' feature? …
... that can be put to screen. Even if the emulator would ... be required to be put on the screen simply does not exist ... game is trying to put on screen and deduce the missing data ... -
Zynaps and other scrolling shooters.Ok, so I have completed ALL of zynaps. What an amzing game! I still dont understand how the Rocket (the weapon with aim) works, can someone explain? …
... speccy game with more sprites on screen.
Silkworm, yes this ... has even more sprites on screen than MagMax.
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AY-3-8912 help !Hi all. Happy new yeay. I'm new to spectrum programming, and am interested in writing some music for the +2 AY chip. The problem is...I cant find …
... many native music soundtrackers available on the Spectrum. These include ... and space, move the cursor on screen over "LOAD SONG" and press ... width modulated square waves, as on the C64 SID chip. ... technical manual contains a section on the AY chip and ... -
New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
... the colours that are displayed on screen? Is this feasible? Then instead ... be a whole lot easier (on the graphics colouring side of ... -
The War between the Machines!I grew up with the C64, and I spent far too many hours with it. I also made the Lemon64 website. To me, the charm about Spectrum, MSX, C64 or any ot…
... . Did not like the font on screen either.
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New Speccy Image EditorHi, This is my first time in the forums at WoS. So 'Hello all'. I have written a little image editor over the christmas break, last 12 days or so. …
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spectrum and amstrad imagesare the spectrum +3 and amstrad spectrum +3 files the same and will the amstrad versions work on a spectrum emu?
... bring down the hammer on anyone and what I ... to tell from reading text on a forum. Maybe that ... to a rocket scientist on this forum :) and ... arrogance and grossness. Draw on your great Italian sense of ... version which could be loaded on the tree platform alike ... -
Absolutely mega fab-tastic !!!To all those who still haven't been enlightened by the russian game 'Fire and Ice'... DOWNLOAD AND PLAY IT NOW !!!!! - Mega fab-tastic addictive ac…
OK, so how exactly do you get to play the game. I've downloaded it, loaded it into Spectaculator, but all I get up on screen is someting called Real Commander v1.9 and the rest of the screen is in Russian. -
Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …
... from color attribute, taken from screen coordinates by ATTR() function. ... between "model" and "view". Screen should be drawn from sprites ... blocks, X and Y depend on screen size. Wall will not ... to move to some coordinates on screen, background means that you ... -
Rebelstar 1, Lawnmower?Anyone know what the Droid Bays, Coffee Machines and Lawnmower are for? I assume the coffee is some sort of health thing and the Droid Bay just look…
... the delicious coffee!" flashed up on screen). It wasn't really worth ... -
Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …
... 0, the attribute red on black. Into pallette entry ... several areas on screen with the same colour visible on screen, but with ... you actually draw the colours on screen, you perform a table ... machine.
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Strange thing with SPIN emulatorI have found a strange thing using SPIN emulator. I have a TZX version of game (for example, "Blinky's scary school"). It loads and works OK. When I …
... which loads blocks drawing lines on screen instead of border. But blocks ... but hangs at control selection screen. So loader doesn't involved ... Message was edited by: kmatveev on 2004-03-05 17:42 ... Message was edited by: kmatveev on 2004-03-05 17:42 ] -
Attaktics - Trickstick gameI was just flicking through Your Spectrum Issue 1 today and came across an advert for the Trickstick. This was basically a weird sort of joystick th…
... for trickstick somewhere without cover, on a shop cleaning. I hope ... for up to 8 players on screen at once. Will search for ... if you push your finger on a metal electrode.
