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  • What to write next...?Having not being blessed/cursed with such a mad & rampant imagination as Mr. Cauldwell I'm always after ideas for new spectrum games to write. It's …

    About Doom-like game with attribute graphics. If 32x24, ... game logic - so for actual fullscreen game you can get much lower speed ... better and work faster (btw, initially it had 64x24 attribute graphic). CPU ...
    Shiru Shiru January 2009 Development
  • Biggest gaming disappointmentsThe biggest let down I can remember was Matthew Smith's type-in Andre's Night Off. Surely there would be some magic in those few lines of code you ty…

    ... it could have been much better, look at how the ... for effect? And the game felt slower than it should ... , with it's slow CPU (and none of the ... a higher resolution without compromising speed. The limited field of ... might have a little more CPU power to play with ...
    Matt_B Matt_B January 2009 Games
  • Some C64 questionsI've been playing around on a C64 emulator recently, and I have the following questions that I was going to post on Lemon 64, but I thought that sinc…

    ... Run (which is even better on the C64 than ... could increase the loading speed without compromising accurracy?[/ ... works out better than trying to artificially speed up the ... disc drive contains a CPU which you can upload ... version of the same game (and yes, it's ...
    pSXAuthor pSXAuthor May 2009 Chit chat
  • A New Games Speccy Tour?[B]Just an idea to air BUT ...[/B] Bobs making Harvest Havoc free to download gave me this idea. I immediately thought to nominate it for play on th…

    ... anyone beat Metalbrain in a game he hads coded or helped ... /> I think I Need Speed is way better suited to the tour ... compo).

    I Need Speed, on the other hand, doesn ... hard to beat the hard cpu on several tracks, specially in ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain December 2009 Games
  • The official Pandora handheld threadHas anyone here got a Pandora yet? If so, what do you think of it? Is it as comfortable to hold and use as we're all hoping? What is the screen like …

    ... maybe later PSP's have better designed analogue sticks, but ... state slots for each game, with a screenshot for ... config file for each game, defining all of the ... a lot of CPU time aparently (emulators speed themselves up ... DS (the DS has better native games than the ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2010 Chit chat
  • PC questionsI tried to switch on my PC on sunday morning but nothing would happen. I initially thought the fuse had blown in the socket but when i changed it it…

    ... speed isn't actually much use any more.

    When CPU ... now use the base speed is not much ... /> By just quoting the speed its actually much slower than ... card and not the CPU. Having said that ... the game engines have been re-written for better hyperthreading ...
    ADJB ADJB July 2010 Chit chat
  • Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…

    ... far smaller percentage of game time in Bubble Bobble ... speed, a lot of big sprites looks great but in real game ... uses a lot more CPU power, I find this ... the player sprite with a better drawn one
    [*]Change ... a decent compromise) the game could also be a ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 July 2010 Games
  • Best handheld for speccy emulationI wanna get something handheld that has a speccy emulator and can play games what is my best option in terms of value and quality?

    ... later PSP's have better designed analogue sticks, but ... state slots for each game, with a screenshot for ... config file for each game, defining all of the ... a lot of CPU time aparently (emulators speed themselves up ... DS (the DS has better native games than the ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2010 Emulators
  • Best handheld for speccy emulationI wanna get something handheld that has a speccy emulator and can play games what is my best option in terms of value and quality?

    ... later PSP's have better designed analogue sticks, but ... state slots for each game, with a screenshot for ... config file for each game, defining all of the ... a lot of CPU time aparently (emulators speed themselves up ... DS (the DS has better native games than the ...
    mile mile August 2010 Emulators
  • Spectrum hangs upWhat might be problem when my ZX Spectrum 48K (rubber keys) hangs up after few minutes play? It had memory problems but i changed (or an expert did i…

    ... After few minutes playing the game hanged up[/quote]
    ... and not related to the CPU or ULA (I don' ... in your Spectrum, or better yet, type it in ... at the (almost) maximum speed allowable to the Z80A. A ... have done when tried a game that crashed.

    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2010 Hardware
  • The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …

    ... the graphics hardware is better, simpler and you have ... work RAM for the classic game Truxton (aka Tatsujin) ... />
    The main CPU is powerful enough to run ... processor with a clock speed of 8mhz depending on ... />
    The second CPU, a 4mhz Zilog Z80 with ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…

    ... ought to have known better, who out of I ... only looks in the CPU's TLB (translation lookaside ... perpetrators of driving clock speed through the roof. I ... unless you're writing a game or other thing that ... ARM International ships more CPU cores today than every ...
    Winston Winston November 2010 Development
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... can do (a bit) better than your neighbor: what's ... in making the recording speed adjustable to match the ... picks a recording technique + speed that's a compromise between ... wait if you then play game for 3+ hours... :smile ... to tack a 2nd CPU onto a Spectrum, other ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie December 2010 Hardware
  • Sprites masterclassHi All, You guys are probably tired of explaining sprites but I'd like to clarify a few things if possible. I've sorted the vertical aspect of scro…

    ... a lot of CPU time once you started putting game code in ... results when it comes to speed but I still think the ... as possible - might be a better way to go.

    Turkwel Turkwel February 2011 Development
  • A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…

    ... a higher resolution and better graphics. The sound on ... (enough memory and CPU/GFX speed to execute the extra ... "I wish this game had better textures", but I do ... that the XBox was better than a PC. That ... totally unacceptable on a console game.[/QUOTE]

    ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2011 Chit chat
  • A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…

    ... don't forget that the CPU of the PC will possibly ... . In essence, a vastly better looking game with better performance, and all because ... have sacrificed the better graphics to get a game they want a ... game for that console you know it will run at full speed ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2011 Chit chat
  • Most colourful games?I just played [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001563]Earth Shaker[/url] and am fairly dazzled by the overload use of colour (t…

    ... QUOTE=Bangstick;553379]The speed issue isn't purely ... , although not a major speed increase, it could almost ... without [i]increasing[/i] the CPU load.

    ... it could've been done better it would've been, ... a different sub genre of game like [b]Action Biker ...
    TMR TMR August 2011 Games
  • Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…

    ... /> Video game hardware gets you something for 'free' in games -- speed, smoothness ... t map onto the video game hardware it suffers unless the ... more data with a half speed cpu.

    However, the ... c64, many of which are better than on the spectrum. Some ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New interface for ZXThis is my old (2004) unfinished project of internal interface for ZX Spectrum 128+2: ([url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/hardware_in_development.htm[/u…

    ... feature is disable(off), then CPU timing is 100% compatible ... russian software work at correct speed.

    Screen timing ... active FAST PORTS/MEMORY for better compatibility with russian software. ... fatware, load any part of game from TAP file, switch ...
    velesoft velesoft February 2012 Hardware
  • 50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…

    ... consumes almost all the CPU, there's no time ... what kind of game could better use such a beautiful ... /> My suggestion can be better described as combining [URL="http ... control over the movement speed. Most of the time ... memory, but not much CPU. This is probably ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas April 2012 Development
  • Buying a flop.I`ve never bought a computer/console that flopped. I nearly spent ?300? I think it was 300 or maybe 400 on a cd32. I had lucky escape I guess :) Anyb…

    ... like a Neo Geo on speed), and it's probably ... read that it was better than the Dreamcast at ... threw chips and additional CPU's at the Saturn ... personally I think it was better than the PS1 version, even ... but much more technically advanced game for the time) shat ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek July 2012 Chit chat
  • Has any one tried ZX Spectrum 4.net?In this week's Micromart, the Specccy emulator [I]ZX Spectrum 4.net[/I] is given a rave review, and it does sound really good. Has anyone tried it ye…

    ... , so I was expecting something better. Alright, so when they use ... a function to speed-up-CPU-emulation when the game reaches some maths ... slow down to real Spectrum speed again afterwards, in games like ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2012 Emulators
  • Boriels ZX CompilerI'm trying to compile a very simple program and I keep getting the error: unexpected end of file. Here's my code: [CODE]10 cls 20: let n=0 22 do 2…

    ... libraries due to memory and cpu constraints.


    [QUOTE ... enough BASIC to load a game from tape. And then we ... the kernel is more about speed than anything else. I find ... which has concepts that translate better to other languages.

    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay October 2012 Development
  • ReRun - Speccy OutRun done better[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/Swainy_boy/outrundelux_zpsb772e8cd.gif[/IMG] Any takers? Smaller sprites, faster game.

    I have better idea for make very fast car game. ZX computer contain ... /graphic, game screen must be generated some frames, slow speed because CPU need ... one file on IDE device. Speed of reading data from IDE ... new game will show 10 screens per second then CPU can ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2013 New game ideas
  • New game: Krunel[IMG]http://www.speccy.pl/images/news/krunel_00.png[/IMG] Game name: Krunel Type: logical Author/group: [url]speccy.pl[/url] Platform: ZX Spectrum …

    ... on SAM COUPE play, but game controll is unusable...
    ... COUPE without problems. Game run at 200% speed (CPU in ZX mode ... HALT instructions and game speed will correct also on CPU at 7MHz(turbo ... , then in games is better add manual selection on autodetection ...
    velesoft velesoft October 2013 Brand new software
  • Anyone Buying a PS4 or Xbox One as Soon as They Are Released?...or, like me, will you wait until they are much cheaper and much smaller. I'm guessing most people on here are over 30 and have bills to pay so ?35…

    ... coming out every five minutes, CPU's were getting ever more ... I hardly played the bloody game.

    These days ... calmer, thankfully. My gaming rig CPU has a 4 year old ... Spaces, etc, are a much better experience on a PC. In ... about runs at a decent speed).
    mrmessy mrmessy December 2013 Chit chat
  • 128k gamesHi. I've come to World of Spectrum for advice. I'm a Commodore guy OK, please be nice to me, as I seek your wisdom! I love the Commodore 128, and I'…

    ... much more code unless the CPU gets faster altogether with ... a game which is code-wise way way way better than ... -time special effects, better procedural algorithms, better and faster 3D rendering ... that needed all the extra speed).

    - "Turrican" in ...
    pkersey pkersey January 2014 Games
  • DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…

    ... that's a parallel processing CPU. But, for the majority of ... at best assembler speed because there are some other better instructions not ... routine and do loads of game logic.

    And then ...
    David Jones David Jones January 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…

    ... was better than the other because when one was a poor game ... short comings with a slow CPU and anything with vector graphics ... 't up to the Spectrum speed of doing things.

    morcar morcar August 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BIFROST* ENGINE 1.2 released!Another improved version of the BIFROST* ENGINE is now available! Download it here: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027405[/u…

    ... multicolor uses too much CPU so there's not ... enough CPU left to redraw many ... create a scrolling multicolor game, you better use tricks such ... This is not an ideal speed for a shooter, but ... the Speccy still deserves better than [URL="http://www ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas October 2014 Brand new software
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