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8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... bracket to take the Spectrum on directly. Companies survive by ... they were based on.
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On 2004-10- ... CPC had 16 genuine colours on screen. The Spectrum did not.[/quote ... done artwork for Spectrum emulators on the Dreamcast and GP32.< ... -
8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
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On 2004-10-03 19:49, ... .com/[/url] backs me up on that.
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Zecut0r and ZAFA while ago (about 2 yrs)i took VbSpec and tried to port it to Delphi 6. Althought it was pretty weak, it. Meanwhile DelphiSpec 0.1 appeared and i wa…
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Dingo - by Ashby computers and graphics ltd (1983)Just flicking through mame and stumbled across the above game by acg , ashby computers and graphics , it plays like an early ultimate game would (sor…
... , and the Copyright symbol displayed on screen is copied directly from the ... Message was edited by: darkman on 2004-10-08 21:35 ] -
Best emulatorHowdy. New kid alert. What's the best (and/or easiest) emulator? Running Windows XP, 1.8 Athlon, 256mb Opinions and guidance welcomed Cheers guys!
... me out with the silhouhettes on screen and the lamp you can ... white should become a standard on emulators - together with interlace in ... cool, though he`s getting on and lets some gass off ... -
Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…
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Basic info about platformers...I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here... What ar…
Just reading through the JSW collision detection info... I have never thought that the order in which objects are drawn on screen would be so important in a platformer. Is this due to technical reasons at the time or does this method still hold true today? -
Basic info about platformers...I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here... What ar…
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On 2004-10-17 20:09, ... in which objects are drawn on screen would be so important in ... Message was edited by: darkman on 2004-10-17 21:42 ] -
If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
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If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
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On 2004-10-17 22:22, ... choose which layer every object on screen used i.e: each individual ... -
You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
... that just the pics and text on the pages, it would be ... -
You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
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On 2004-10-20 23:33, ... that just the pics and text on the pages, it would be ... -
What was the worst game from U.S.Goldthey had tons of bad games, but what was the worst of all?? difficult election.. ;) _________________ quieres ser nino o nina? [ This Message was e…
... Sabre Wulf a bit on the shite side to ... annoy me.
On the other hand tho, I ... itself. Everyone always harps on about stuff like Renegade and ... that amount of stuff on screen by suffering somewhat in ... Message was edited by: b00mzi11a on 2004-10-27 20:06 ... -
Jeff Minter - But who was YOUR first coding hero?Im still massively a fan of anything Jeff does, despite the fact he usually picks likely to die platforms. I remember in 88 when I was first discove…
[quote]On 2004-10-27 19:26, ... . But having "BY DAVID PERRY" on screen all the time like in ... -
What was the worst game from U.S.Goldthey had tons of bad games, but what was the worst of all?? difficult election.. ;) _________________ quieres ser nino o nina? [ This Message was e…
... system they used to use on their old games.
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Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…
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On 2004-10-26 21:22, ... at my website (below), click on "examples" under Sprite Pack. This ... , so this can be done on a 128 without slowing things ... number of half-drawn areas on screen, hopefully minimizing flicker. -
What games exploited hardware speccy to the top level?Hello For you....what games exploited hardware speccy to the top level? thanks. greetings from Spain
... anything I can remember now on speccy.
WecLeMans maybe ... and major amount of sprites on screen than any other game.
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Dr Destructo: anyone finished it?I've been replaying the game now, and I remember ending it in with infinite lives, but has anyone finished it without that? The control is difficult …
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Possibly been done... But very much On-TopicA recent post to CSS has resulted in a good half hour's entertainment... including some seriously lucky footage of the final day of Imagine software.…
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Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…
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On 2004-11-10 00:52, ... I could use a redefined text on commercial games - it worked with ... -
What band-related name would you give a Spectrum game?Blitzkrieg Bop - Shoot'em up with rock'n roll background music (AY, please!) Howling at the moon - Remake of Knightlore The KKK took my baby away - T…
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Amstrad CPC Emulator?After reading a favourable comment on one of the other threads, I fancy having a look at what the CPC had to offer, since I've never really had the c…
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If, on the other hand, you pick ... as opposed to full screen and still doesn't ... oriented games with few sprites on screen (as in the ones ... work harder to fill the screen. It's just a ... -
OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
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Depends on what you've got on screen, and how much ... . Show me a game on the CPC that is faster ... the relevant speccy version. Go on. Admit it, there aren't ... Message was edited by: b00mzi11a on 2004-11-21 00:07 ] -
Half Life 2Just got it today. u have to register it via internet and the loading time is crap. But it plays well on my amd 1800 with 1 gig mem and onboard nvide…
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On 2004-12-02 20:30, ... physics in a computer game on even lower-end machines.
On a high-end machine it ... more than about 3 enemies on screen at once due to the ... the best game ever released on PC, undoubtedly the game of ... -
Anyone see that top comedians programme on Channel 4?Only caught the top 30 or so, but what a complete load of old toss. I was eagerly awaiting the top ten, thinking there'd be something decent like Ri…
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sir fredHello. I'm now playing with the game "sir fred" and I have two questions How can I get the sword that is in the room I9 from de map [url="ftp://ftp.w…
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sir fredHello. I'm now playing with the game "sir fred" and I have two questions How can I get the sword that is in the room I9 from de map [url="ftp://ftp.w…
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On 2005-01-12 21:40, ... I think you have struck on a very difficult one.
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Announce Pasmo 0.5.1Hello. New release 0.5.1 of Pasmo, multiplatform Z80 cross-assmbler. The main news are related to macros: the MACRO parameters now are expanded ins…
... C means frequently giving up on optimisation of register usage, ... time with lots of sprites on screen with no user input. I ... close inspection with 30 sprites on screen. Moral of the story: ... usage of a C preprocessor on the structured assembler file ... -
New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
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Auh. :(
On win 98 the old problems ... . You can send a screen shot but it is much ... settings are there, and details on your hardware. One more ... if this a problem on stage of internal drawing ... image while drawing it on screen. Thank you!
