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The development of (possibly) the worst car in the world...which is of course the Morris Marina. For some reason, YouTube gave me this as a suggested video (I don't know why!). It was interesting at least.…
... YouTube gave me this as a suggested video (I don ... The positive spin on such a ghastly car too. When ... one as a works car. It went rusty within a year! ... two lanes of a motorway with a crosswind gust) and ... br /> Funnily enough, a friend of mine has a mid 90s Land ... -
uni project help..Hi, working on a final year uni project and trying to find some data regarding current advanced ovens (project is looking at incorporating wireless …
Hi,
working on a final year uni project and ... looking at incorporating wireless functionality within a domestic oven/hob), I'm ... , etc so they must have a computer, see de dietrichs stuff ... -
Technical Help Forums - Am I expecting too much?A common problem I observe when on technical forums for programming questions is arrogance. I really hate it when you ask e a simple question, but …
... it when you ask e a simple question, but it ... example how do I make a Java panel scrollable in ... , it ends up becoming a critique of the wider problem ... me now on a forum which I asked a question about ... 8282416/positioning-java-shape-object-within-a-jpanel[/url] -
PS VitaAneyone interested in one of these? I'm in two minds. Firstly, it looks pretty good. I've not seen one running yet, but GAME have one on a stand, I j…
... , but GAME have one on a stand, I just can't ... (Uncharted). I can see a price drop within a few months.
a waste of time too, but ... -
ZX Life Shield Pro 4.0 - WIPHello! I have been converting ZX Life Shield Pro from DarkBASICPro into BlitzMax. The code is kind of ready but I still need to test it and make a …
... to test it and make a few improvements.
Since ... will be ready for release within a month or two.
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New Game: Bouncing Bomb - ReduxHi all, I've just finished making a(nother) new Spectrum game "Bouncing Bomb: Redux" It's a remake of my first ever attempt at a machine code game, …
... /> I've just finished making a(nother) new Spectrum game
attempt at a machine code game, originally made ... 1986..
It's a pretty simple platform game, which ...
discover (sort of a game-within-a-game, but unlike
Freddie ... -
128K Toastrack colour smearHi guys! I got this 128K toastrack and connected it to my TV composite video input extracting the video signal directly from PIN 1 out of the rear R…
... picture points the smeared regions within a red rectangle.
My ... TV is a SAMSUNG UN32C5000 (PAL-M, not ... -
What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…
... again. Any keyboard reading from within a BASIC program reflects this.
a BASIC program but not from within one (e ... .g. INKEY$). I am not suggesting this is a ... on the screen. Unfortunately, a second press does not seem ... -
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 1In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. …
... use these routines by providing a few examples. Notice however that ... below) demonstrates how to move a set of multicolor tiles in ... program to perform these tasks within a single frame:
[ ... this demo using z88dk, although a Boriel's ZX BASIC version ... -
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 2This second demo shows animated and moving tiles together, and also how to implement collision detection. This knowledge should be enough to implemen…
... it at the new location within a single frame. It's also ... " (routine BIFROST_drawTileH) there will be a visual glitch.
... this demo using z88dk, although a Boriel's ZX BASIC version ... />
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SpecBAS 0.754 Now available!Hi all - Due to overwhelming demand from half of my userbase (That's ASH-II to you lot), BEEP has been added! It's not just any old BEEP though - y…
... Sprite cloning - creates clones of a sprite at your coordinates, inheriting ... fixed:
Fixed a crash using SPRITE ERASE
Fixed(?) a floating point error in sprite ... it was previously treated as a function, now it has proper priority ... -
REBELSTAR III've just finished playing Rebelstar II. Would it be controversial for me to suggest that it is actually superior to the first Rebelstar game? I fir…
... it. However it was definitely a contributing factor to me being ... maximise his chances of getting a clear shot..that's ... into the landing craft, all within a strict turn limit. To cap ... with the correct tactics, a little persevance and a little luck.:smile: -
CAT!RAM and PUTRAMLast year sometime I posted a couple of routines to: * catalogue the 128k RAMdisk in BASIC; * move RAMTOP and the stacks from BASIC. CAT!RAM and PUTR…
Last year sometime I posted a couple of routines to:
* ... be used to check if a file actually exists before attempting ... anywhere (including anywhere stupid) from within a BASIC program while preserving the ... BASIC or m/code while a program is running. There's ... -
Selling My Retro Game Collection On eBayHi all, I know I?m new around here, but I just wanted to let you know about the sale of my retro game to see if you guys wanted to pick up a bargain.…
... guys wanted to pick up a bargain. I?m selling GameCube ... Page[/URL]
As a little incentive for you to ... this forum to me through a message within a day of the item ... .
Any questions send me a message either through here or ... -
New game: Gem ChaserGem Chaser - a frantic 70 level arcade/platform/puzzle game. Collect the gems which are the same colour as you, then change colour to collect more -…
Gem Chaser - a frantic 70 level arcade/platform/ ... more - all to be completed within a set time limit.
(Warning ... /> The game itself is a conversion of a imminently forthcoming Xbox 360 ... -
Arcade Game Designer 4Just released over at the AGD forums. New this time: Sprites can now be individually coloured using the SPRITEINK command. If 16x16 sprites aren't…
... alternatives: firstly, there's a particle engine with explosions, starfields ... now possible to detect movement within a REPEAT loop, so long as ... you use DELAY 1 within it. That may sound ... Beepola tunes from anywhere within a game. It's a little tricky for ... -
The new xbox...I hope the launch of the new xbox (6pm BST today!!) blows the dismal PS4 launch into orbit!! I'm not sure if I'm getting excited or not. I still rem…
... time it takes to produce a killer game (hopefully not rehashes ... programmers who could churn out a game within a month or so.
a thousand games from yesteryear to ... -
Strike Force Cobra keys fix?Hi, everyone! I was recommended to play Strike Force Cobra and went to give it a bash but it seems to me the keys are wonky. By design! The instr…
... and went to give it a bash but it seems to ... knows their keyboards can see within a nanosecond that's incorrect.
It seems like a fun game, but it's ... -
BIFROST* for graphic artists - part 2: static tilesThis tutorial provides some guidelines for designing multicolor tiles. Before reading this text, it's strongly recommended that you (re-)read [URL="h…
... of the work was done within a single week!), it doesn ... could take advantage of multicolor a little more, without sacrificing ... />
Fortunately there's a trick to minimize background restrictions ... horde. This combination creates a perfect atmosphere for the ... -
Xbox 360 Support to Last to 2016[url]http://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2013/09/04/xbox-360-support-to-last-to-2016-includes-100-new-games[/url] Seems like a good amount of time. Didn't …
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Seems like a good amount of time. Didn ... original Xbox get dropped like a stone within a few months of the ... ? There seemed to be quite a few games for the PS2 ... -
ZX-Uno prototype for saleThis is a FPGA based clone. You will receive the PCB and all the components unmounted. Mounting this PCB require advanced soldering skills because sm…
This is a FPGA based clone. You will ... to fit the PCB in a Raspberry Pi case. That has ... location. I will send them within a month.
Of course ... -
ZX81 hires gamepack for good cause.[B]1K Hires games pack finally for sale! [/B] Hello World, great news! I found someone to help me make tapes for the 1K hires game collection. As…
... all benefits will go to a good cause. Revival Studios ... this message she is getting a chemo-cure at the ... that, especially for the cassette a new version of SOKOB-ONE ... I was able to make a new version with 20 ... read the mail daily, but within a week you will get ... -
Rendering clipped glyphSometimes you need to render a glyph of arbitrary size to the screen. And clip it. For example: drawing a mouse cursor means combining drawing of a…
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For example: drawing a mouse cursor means combining drawing ... a letter of a specific font can be drawn inside a window using a function ... ) Organize glyph_t structure in a way that follows your drawing ... right after drawing a letter of a font, put this ... -
Internet Archive puts classic 70s and 80s games online[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25527786[/url] [I]Classic video games from the 1970s and 1980s have been put online by the Internet Archiv…
Has anybody ever thought about......Life? You know....life? Reminiscing about old times, playing on the Spectrum with Renegade, Legend Of Kage, Punchy, Disco Dan...the list is endless…
... 85% of games now a days look pretty but ... games, either completing it within a few days or boot ... getting older I'm getting a shorter attention span
... Master, Bionic Commando just a few off the top ... :grin:
Have a wonderful 10th Feb Wossers!
Struggling to find an artist (as in the drawy type)In the late 80's/early 90's I remember watching a documentary on BBC1 about an artist. He essentially drew tiny detailed monochrome drawings that we…
... 90's I remember watching a documentary on BBC1 about an ... -and-pully systems all built within a giant stalactite.
I ... pretty sure it wasn't a dream :-)eVALuating $ in +3 BasicHi all, I was very interested in the thread below about re-starting Basic, and remember reasonable amounts from zx81 and early Spectrums. But I now h…
... . But I now have a +2a and like its ... last program example which draws a full page -ve and ... invites you to enter a $ containing a Function of x like: " ... allow the inputting of a function with x as the ... argument as a string, or as a whole expression that ...writing incrementally to tape without leadersI want to be able to write intermittently & incrementally to some sequential medium which is supported on any Spectrum (emulator, ie. tape); eg. [cod…
... . tape); eg.
[code]
a. write leader
b. write ... . To which end I wrote a cut-down version of SA_BYTES ... "save binary" option, but from within a Spectrum program), but if I ...What's so good about Street Fighter 2 (& similar 2D fighters)?I played it quite a bit back in the day - mainly on the SNES, but also a couple of times in the arcade and on other systems. I quite liked it and und…
... the SNES, but also a couple of times in ... considered what would be called a Killer App these days. ... anyone wanted a two player game on a 2D fighter, ... winning, I would be bored within a few games.
I realise SF2 started a whole genre, I just cannot ...Repton ManiaHi all, I am the creator, and look after, the Repton Resource Page ([url]www.reptonresourcepage.co.uk[/url]). For the site, I have written a freely …
... is where the data resides within the actual ZX Spectrum when ... respective positions can be located within a snapshot file (e.g. z80 ... how they are referred to within the maps. There is also ... only have two colours, a background and a foreground
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