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1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... the crypt or else the screen is pitch black and it ... to move about in the dark.
Although frustrating at ... -
ZX Spectrum +3 repairI have my first +3 here, and it needs repairs. Hoping someone here can help me out. When I power it on I get this screen with black and white line…
... , sometimes it blacks out the screen but doesn't drop back ... its output through RGB, the screen darkens almost to black the ... menu on a very, very dark background, virtually black, with the ... -
Games with help for deaf people?On another forum, there's a discussion about the lack of subtitles in some action games. But there are seemingly no game developers on that forum, an…
... radio/concert/band playing on screen at the time.
Jaws ... ... 2 miles away... in the dark... on a Saturday (the day ... -
What clone for the USA?Living in America, so fellow ex-pats might be able to answer this. Yes, I know I can do a search but why not ask first as knowledge beats enquiries. …
... the ZX Spectrum+2 (the dark grey version, NOT the black ... problem is the video output / screen. Ideally you need a multi ... -
48k packed up after cap changeHi all, I'm relatively new to the Sinclair world, my 8-bit repairs in past was lurking in the dark sides of Acorn, Amstrad and Commodore! I've got…
... past was lurking in the dark sides of Acorn, Amstrad and ... is mostly functional (it reads screen RAM and creates the video ... issue boards, there is a screen print error for one capacitor ... -
Modern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…
... be transferred to a Spectrum screen. One game I know had ... Comic Sans on the loading screen (seriously, why?) but Descending Dungeons ... ?cat=96&id=30270]Dark Castle[/url]
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Modern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…
... the border colours on the screen.
Today is the ... just for a static title screen, and that technique was known ... /> [b]Wanderers - Chained in the Dark[/b] - which will be next ... sometimes even on the title screen. [b]Ninjajar![/b], though, is ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... as [i]Flight From The Dark[/i] and [i]Fire On ... any key at the title screen with the beeper music, you ... into and endless loop. The screen just flashes and redraws over ... ENTER it shows the code screen; upon entering the code, the ... -
Nasty vertical pattern on a 128K Toast Rack via RGBI managed to fix the busted membrane on my [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55755/got-myself-a-128k-toast-rack-plus-a-simple-a…
... /> [quote="Renegade;932020"]Interestingly, the screen is brighter and the font ... that are supposed to stay dark (like thin lines) also get ... intensity between the bright and dark areas. -
1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
[b]Dark Fusion[/b] [Gremlin Graphics Software]< ... nice music in the options screen. But rather hard.
screen is erupting red nasties.
Can my PC read my text back to me?I have Word and Office on this HP laptop running Vista. I tried the help but got nowhere. Do PC's have the facility to speak from a text file?
... use an add-on called "Dark Background and Light Text" which ... how it looks on my screen as I type this reply ...Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…
... there, the system variables, the screen memory, the UDGs, the calculator ... /> 9010 DATA "It was a dark and stormy night, and all ... /> 9010 PRINT "It was a dark and stormy night, and all ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... playing it on that small screen s a bit of an ... it’s suppsed to be dark, but I can barely see ...New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.I just finished an s-video modification on an Issue two 48K Spectrum so I made a video about it. Most of the technical details are in the video; if y…
... (a little bit dark but this is my LCD screen unfortunately, it ...Modern Speccy games with good scrollingOne of the things I like the most on the Spectrum is also one of the hardest to pull off - a good scroll in an arcade type game. Uridium is one of my…
... like the approach in [i]Dark Fusion[/i]; it seems similar ... [i]Stormlord[/i], redrawing the screen every cycle from pre-shifted ...Dun Darach : A beautiful way to waste the cold dark evenings.Well, I've 'Dun' it again. I've spent loads of my time pulling apart another game ready for remaking / modding etc. [url="http://www.luny.co.uk/inde…
... Tir Na Nog came out. Dark Sceptre comes to mind but ... the dimensions of your active screen, you could put a motif ...Trying to remember a platform gameI used to play a game with my dad that had a moon that was semi clouded over in the background. You would go from screen to screen collecting and ma…
Soldier of Fortune?
✓ moon
✓ shoot things
✓ pick stuff up
✓ dark
✓ trees (sort of)
✗ not flip-screenPAPER&INK: screen/character differenciation?So I was looking at a type-in listing earlier and I got to wondering how the Spectrum differenciates between knowing that the PAPER/INK commands need…
... , X for the border (lower screen two lines) as well.
dark ink colour, depending on the ...Donkey Kong And The Wrong ColoursI vaguely remember asking this question many years ago, but it seems worthwhile in the context of the frankly amazing hack/mods I've just discovered …
... actually have two colours - a dark red (16 pixels) and a ... colour reproduction. The colours on screen depend on the adjustments made ...How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
Interestingly I always find seeing the dark white displaying as a slight yellow tinge nostalgic. As my mate was one of the first to get a speccy around our way and I remember the screen being more a paper colour than grey.I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... good :-?
Screen is way too dark, even if you gamma ...50+ FPS GAMESHi guys) Which was the first Speccy game with 50/60 frames per second? And what was the main reason? Thank you
... Forbidden Planet wouldn't match Dark Star's 50FPS if they ... good example - it built the screen in the stack and with ... massive PUSH / POP operation between screen refresh cycles, so that you ...this code wont give me a random starfieldim using a peice of code that ive copied from a book, ignore most of it as it is redundant. for some reason i get a strange random starfield instead …
... is RIGHT THERE on the screen. Why don't you proof ... luck bumbling around in the dark with your coding.Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... my own. I have a screen recorder (OBS Studio) and an ... is hidden away on a dark corner of Github. There's ...Speccy 4A board problemHi all. I was hoping for some help with my Speccy (with 4A Board) before I send it off for repair. When I power it on all looks fine (i.e. copyright …
... compared to a normal copyright screen?
It could be ... this is stabbing in the dark....
Please ask if ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... , helpful hints on a loading screen etc - you were chucked into ... From Software released a sequel, Dark Souls, again a game noted ... of all time (followed by Dark Souls 1). BB is simply ...CSSCGC 2021: 25th edition extravaganza![img]https://csscgc2021.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/yellow_programmer_960x600.png[/img] [url=https://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/csscgc2021/][b][size=…
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That's a screen you might be seeing a ... , because I live in the Dark Ages and don't have ...(Fixing) The Swordsman of Kraxis 7The Swordsman of Kraxis 7 ([url="https://worldofspectrum.org/software?id=0013314"]link[/url]) is an arcade adventure, from a type-in book (in BASIC).…
Yes, the use of FGH is covered in the instructions, inside the book. I'd like to type in the instructions and the story too, but it's just a lot of text for now.
Anyway, let me just post a fixed version here (I might fix more of it, but ...Spectrum +2 noobie questionsHi! A few days ago I ordered a Spectrum +2 from ebay thanks to a friend and before it arrives, I wanna be sure I'm ready to use it, so I got a few qu…
... are talking about a +2 (dark grey coloured case) model that ... be used for the braid/screen), so connects to two pins ...comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition (C.S.S.C.G.C. 2022) is here!Welcome one and all! [img]https://i.postimg.cc/3yYpjjbH/cropped-CCG2022.png[/img] I am proud to announce the opening of 2022's [b]comp.sys.sinc…
... the screen is steady during the timer. Thanks to [i]dark magic ...
