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A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
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that "listing variables during runtime" thingWell, I did eventually finish this, but with my meds playing up I don't have much time each day that I can spend at the computer, so it's taken rathe…
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The Hobbit - Chaos EngineI had a bit of a slow day yesterday, so I ended up playing 'The Hobbit' (Version 1.0 from this site) for a few hours. I know how to complete the gam…
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Plea for new hardwareI'm posting this as a poll as I want to judge if I'm a solo loon going on about this, or if people really are interested in either of the following S…
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Windows 8 re-activation nightmareI hope no one has to go through this... Replaced a dead Asus motherboard with a new one on a nice tower that came with Windows 8. Didn't notice it as…
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UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…
... for using UDGs.
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Just seen X-Men: Days of Future Past and am a bit angry.As one of the things I'm wondering about all through the film is 'how come Professor X is still alive, after getting killed off in X-Men 3', and wait…
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1st interface in 30 years (update)Hi all, Just a wee update to my "1st ZX interface in 30 years" project. Main IC's: 82C55 three 8-bit port I/O (configured for 12 dig in, 12 dig out…
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Docking in EliteI was going to post this to the "games featuring relevant bugs" thread, but after tinkering with Klive I'm more confused than before. As a kid I use…
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Screen buffer Tip from Raff CeccoRaff very kindly gave me this tip: "Incidentally, I remembered a trick I used on the Z80 for extra speed: When clearing the screen buffer, it was a…
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Fuse and DivIDEI'm struggling to get the divide option to work in fuse, I tick the box in options/peripherals/disk and then load insert a disk in media/ide/divide/m…
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New game "Ice Slider Z" by egotripAnyway, Ice Slider Z is a collect-em-up in which you attempt to collect 12 jewels on each screen. The trick is once you start moving, only brick wall…
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Spectrum+2 Tape Deck Buzz<p>I've been messing with a Iss3 0500 Spectrum +2. So far I've replaced the electrolytic capacitors, flipped the transistors, add…
... the motor wires do the trick or would I need to ... -
The text edition window shrinksJust when I thought that all my problems here were solved , another bug has popped up : When I begin writing a message , no matter if a new discussi…
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The Great Escape. I found an alternative escape route.I managed to figure out a way to escape without ever using the wirecutters. So if you've beaten the game a lot of times and would like to try somethi…
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Double the horror !!! Perry Pumpkin / Stake Out[b][i]EXPECT NOTHING ![/i][/b] [img][URL=http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/Rygarman/media/perry%20n%20stake_zpssyjvwcaf.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1163…
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3x64 colorsWhile working on the [url="https://github.com/jarikomppa/img2spec"]image spectrumizer[/url] I googled about different "trick modes" people have done …
... [/url] I googled about different "trick modes" people have done for ... this was a commonly used trick, it would be relatively easy ... -
Poorly behaved PC serial port affecting RS232 communications on SpectrumHi everyone, I've been searching through the forum for information on the quirks of linking a ZX Spectrum RS232 serial port (e.g. ZX Interface 1 o…
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Interview with the ninja from Bruce LeeGood evening and welcome to my interview with another villain from the ZX Spectrum gaming history. Many of you will be familiar with the little bad g…
Remaking Special Operations - some thoughts and questions.(Edit: Sorry - long one!) Special Operations is one of my favourite titles and, despite them being very different, is up there with Halls of the T…
... Hunt (the author) missed a trick by not using a real ...So for my first trick...I'm sure people have already used the AD724 or AD725 on other 8 bit machines, and i know the Harlequin uses the 724, but not seen anyone trying to us…
I'm sure people have already used the AD724 or AD725 on other 8 bit machines, and i know the Harlequin uses the 724, but not seen anyone trying to use it with a 128/+2 yet. Decided it was worth a go...
[img]http://www.dark-matter.me.uk/ ...Speeding up programs by hacking the SysVarsPositively pleased to properly discover this area of the forum! I have a couple of recent tricks that might be of interest - they're probably old hat…
... later, you can use this trick to make decent savings on ...Running out of fingers in AssemblyDear all, Still trying to learn Assembly and have put a few routines together. However, as my routines become a little more involved I find myself…
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Am I missing a trick here?
Many thanks ...Communal Project for ASM NewbiesHi Folks, I tend to learn best by trying stuff and then going through the pain of it not working so that I can research and fix mistakes. I suspec…
... infinite runner would do the trick?
Any takers and ...Questions about GALsI'm working on an old danish floppy interface for the speccy ([url="http://allan.hoiberg.dk/eng/zx/"]CS-Disk[/url]) The original interface contain…
... complex mode should do the trick. But I have no idea ...How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…
So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all ...
