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Anyone fancy a "meet up" in September?I have a weekend off in September, 25th/26th September, the only one until Xmas, and am postng this invite on a few boards that I post on. I live in…
Count me in! I'll also pick anyone up between notts & beds..
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RGB values for Spectrum colorsDoes anybody know the true rgb color values for the spectrums 15 colors. I'll assume that black is 0,0,0 White is probably 255,255,255 But what are t…
... 128 if you want to count bright, because of the even ... -
Highscore database?Have been playing Splitting Images all weekend and got 135,000 something, completing Marilyn Monroe. So a thought struck me - what about an online hi…
... 've never heard of).
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Highscore database?Have been playing Splitting Images all weekend and got 135,000 something, completing Marilyn Monroe. So a thought struck me - what about an online hi…
... 've never heard of).
Count me in if something happens ... -
If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…
... a main keyword - I lost count of the many times that ... -
Got my highest ever score on Dictator tonight!Ran out of money though, and had to flee the country. My score was 188. IT was a shame, as I managed to get the monthly outgoings down to ZERO, but …
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Nope, thirty seven. So either your blind or I can't count... -
Storing your retro stuffLast Christmas I brought all my speccy stuff in from the garage as it was starting to get damaged. I kinda need to move it back out of my house into…
... out the door.
And count yourselves lucky that you can ... -
The Specchum DatabaseThis evening I was going through the bygone topics that were discussed on the WoS forums, some extending to the very beginning of time (2001 to be so…
... in 2000 maybe. The post count may be low, but think ... -
Anyone here an eBay power seller, or a square trade member?I eBay a fair bit - there is a chance that I might make Power Seller status by December. Minimum ?750 per month turn over, for 3 months I think? Bro…
I'm a Power seller on my RETROID-PRIME i.d. (and used to be on my CHAOSMONGERS i.d.).
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Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…
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Anyone here an eBay power seller, or a square trade member?I eBay a fair bit - there is a chance that I might make Power Seller status by December. Minimum ?750 per month turn over, for 3 months I think? Bro…
... the word processor doesn't count.)
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What hardware Sinclair and not related has everybody got?Just had to try to list all my clutter in the attic and my dads garage (this has got a bit out of hand), anybody else got as much Retro as this (boug…
... 've never done a complete count)
Lots of Atari ST ... -
Games which are just about impossible to *not* completeWe've had a thread about games which can't be completed (revived by me to add Xavior to the hall of shame), so how about games which you're almost ce…
Bruce Lee (assuming you count one cycle through as "completing the game"). -
Fun with games!Does anyone have nonstandard ways of playing any games? On Heathrow ATC, I found the first two exercises a bit easy, and the third just about imposs…
I dress up in full WWII british Air force uniform before playing Great Escape... Does that count :)
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Games which are just about impossible to *not* completeWe've had a thread about games which can't be completed (revived by me to add Xavior to the hall of shame), so how about games which you're almost ce…
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Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... LD A,255
LD (COUNT),A
go2 ... br />
LD A,(COUNT)
DEC A
... LD A,255
LD (COUNT),A
go ... br />
LD A,(COUNT)
DEC A
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Netherworld - by HewsonDoes anybody know how to play this game ???? i have no idea what to do other than collect the jewels which is easy enough but in the later levels wh…
yeah u collect the jewels but when u collect them all and still have your jewel count not completed what do u do ?????
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Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... LD A,255
LD (COUNT),A
go2 ... br />
LD A,(COUNT)
DEC A
... LD (COUNT),A
JP NZ, ... rather than using memory location COUNT.
The ... -
Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
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COUNT: DEFB 0
OKTOFLIP ... br />
LD A,(COUNT)
DEC A
... LD A,16
LD (COUNT),A
goa ... br />
LD A,(COUNT)
DEC A
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Spindizzy: good or horrible?Spindizzy is definately a much-loved old speccy game but is it actually any good? I played it a load back in the day, but i played every game i had …
Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
...
COUNT: DEFB 0
OKTOFLIP ...
LD A,(COUNT)
DEC A
LD ... A,16
LD (COUNT),A
... br />
LD A,(COUNT)
DEC A
LD ...Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... HL reg, ie.
COUNT LD A,0
DEC ... A
LD (COUNT+1),A
DerekAargh.. me ..hearties...yep, its time to load up Bootie or Desert Island & put on your pirate hat as its , Talk like a pirate day on Sunday 19th sept.. [url="http://www.tal…
Well, I'm replaying Monkey Island 2, for the 3rd time... does that count?
:)Game customisationApart from the numerous MM/JSW games, has anyone ever done (for release, or for their own amusement) a custom version of a game? I've done a version…
I've enhanced some old type-ins. Does that count?ZXF - printed version - would you be interested?[Copy of my post to CSS below] Evening all, Having recently bought a rather speedy new inkjet printer I find myself suddenly in a position where I …
Yep I'd buy it - but indeed you'd do well to make it available before the PDF download, otherwise it'd be old news by the time anyone read it. Count me in - I already subscribe to Sam Revival (which has just started coming with a spiffing cover disk :)I need info about +3e hardware portsWho can tell me what I/O ports addresses uses the +3e for the IDE interface ? On Garry Lancaster's site I have not found this info (however, I am not…
... (IDE 001): $cfef
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