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ArmalyteWas just browsing through some old YS stuff, and remembered the playable demo of this. Just got it and had a go from the archive. It's actually a ver…
... titles that were eventually released (Delta Charge and Sanxion) were not ... -
ArmalyteWas just browsing through some old YS stuff, and remembered the playable demo of this. Just got it and had a go from the archive. It's actually a ver…
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Bad conversions from other platformsThe most disappointing of these for me was Loco (Alligata Software). The original on the C64 was a really challenging and cute game. I think the soun…
Last Ninja 2, Ninja Remix, Sanxion, Delta, International Karate, Trailblazer - basically anything that was good on the C64 seems to be a bit poo on the speccy (and vice versa). -
Bad conversions from other platformsThe most disappointing of these for me was Loco (Alligata Software). The original on the C64 was a really challenging and cute game. I think the soun…
... Ninja 2, Ninja Remix, Sanxion, Delta, International Karate, Trailblazer - basically anything ... -
Bad conversions from other platformsThe most disappointing of these for me was Loco (Alligata Software). The original on the C64 was a really challenging and cute game. I think the soun…
... Ninja 2, Ninja Remix, Sanxion, Delta, International Karate, Trailblazer - basically anything ... -
OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
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Games that won't work with the +2a/bIs there a list of all the games that don't work with the +2a/b? Like Fairlight for example. Ta :)
OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
... not until the 128. So timing loops that were in place ...Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
Matthew Smith CGExpo 2004 Q&AI've encoded Rob Hazelby's MPEG to a DivX. Now, the Q&A session went on for 70 minutes, and the DivX filesize is ~200Mb. As there's not a lot of move…
doing em now :
i hope theyre going to be about for a couple of days :p
1% done on the avi so far w00t lol
the mp3 i tried first but it kept timing out, couldnt connect to tracker :( i fucking hate bittorrentScreen AttributesNot sure if this is a devolopment question but here goes... In my limited understanding, the 'attribute file' of a speccy is 5800h to 5AFFh and each…
There are programming tricks to get around this involveing the timing and screen refresh but are quite complicated and I understand little of whats involved.K-MOUSE gamesDo you want to control speccy games by mouse? Now you have the chance! At [url="http://zx-spectrum.wz.cz/index.php?pg=rubriky%2FZpravy%2Fk-mouse.php…
... - you're just altering a timing, not running any code that ...New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
... , but maybe I's a timing issue and I only need ...Fuse Emulator & Manic MinerHi All I am trying to run Manic Miner on two different Spectrum emulators on my Mac. Thing is when I load the game in Miner Willy just keeps jumpi…
... analysing all the (non-border) timing oddities of the 48K/128K ...Fuse Emulator & Manic MinerHi All I am trying to run Manic Miner on two different Spectrum emulators on my Mac. Thing is when I load the game in Miner Willy just keeps jumpi…
... analysing all the (non-border) timing oddities of the 48K/128K ...Did anyone ever complete Technician Ted?Hmm I just wondered, this was a big game and quite difficult! Just wondered if any of you guys ever completed it, as i never did! For me it was as di…
It's a pig, because the timing needs to be spot on.
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Shows you how to do it.New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
... bothered about 100% accurate screen timing in demos, though that would ...Anyone help re-factoring a tile functionI had some excellent feedback for re-factoring my function that displays the colour for my screen tiles. Can anyone offer some help to improve the fu…
SET 4,B = 8 T-states
LD B,16 = 7 T-states
See for timing
[url="http://www.z80.info/z80flag.htm"]http://www.z80.info/z80flag.htm[/url]Who the fcuk is Paul McKenna??Disappointing development: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=houses/McKennaPaul.pmt"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.…
... sue various other companies (including Delta 4 -- 'twould be ironic if ...128k Shadow Screen?When emulating the shadow screen in bank 7 should that bank be switched into address C000? If so, what happens if bank 7 is switched out without canc…
... that this will cause timing problems for timing sensitive programs that use ...Lunar Jetman is rubbish i think Lunar Jetman id rubbish, a great shame as jetpac is one of my favourite games. on load-up Lunar Jetman looks fantastic but it is too diffi…
... to be an exercise in timing and luck. I love the ...Interrupt timingsHow long does the ULA hold /INT low for on interrupt on each of the Spectrum models?
... added to Fuse, but the timing numbers would be a complete ...Dinamic/Toposoft and other Spanish geniusHiya everyone, Saw a post which mentioned Toposoft, a name I'd completely forgotten about. I used to look out for the games by people such as Dinamic…
... 's just a matter of timing and memory, i.e. every ...Most frustrating games ?Ever played a game where you can't almost even begin to play because you've already been killed ? I think of titles like Platoon or Mutant Zone...
Army Moves and Navy Moves (the boat bit).
Requires perfect timing and a very good memory. What's the fun in having zero margin for error in a game and dying again and again just to progress one screen-width further every 10th go?1st Game Club GameThe announcement of our first game is here and it is BOOTY, the classic platform puzzler. remember you are to dedicate all your playing time this we…
... on&on - mainly wrong timing of moves. awful is to ...Wot game/games really really made you larf :DJumping Jack made me and me mates laugh so much we were crying. The first time we played I keep banging my head on the ceiling missing a gap and if a…
The same could be said of Jetpac. The death knell is a really funny sound! Has to be the most adorable, if weird, "ringer of death"!
The Magic Knight series was rather funny and so were most of delta 4 adventures. Genuine humour at it's best.Booty - Game Over That's it put down your Spectrum's the game is over Our first week is over so how was it for you put your final post's here some topic's to get yo…
I've played it a couple of times today and finally managed to get all the items on the starting room. Getting the timing right with the white and yellow pirates is a real labour of love.Booty - Game Over That's it put down your Spectrum's the game is over Our first week is over so how was it for you put your final post's here some topic's to get yo…
... is it perfect planning, exact timing, wait, wait, go, wait, move ...complete noobelo, I was lookin for a spectrum emulator so I downloaded one off this site. I worked out how to use it and everythin but have no idea how to get ful…
... get feedback on the new timing code on windows and to ...