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  • 3D Deathchase on the Commodore 643D Deathchase has been ported to the C64, at least according to Micro-Mart. According to this week's MM, the port is called Hell Racer, and here's a …

    ... so[/B] well. And the enemy bikes on the C64 version look, in ... according to the text on the Youtube page, the game is actually a C64 port ... of a game ... s port to the Tandy, and a port for the Amstard CPC (both ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2012 Games
  • So say a WOS'er won the lottery......and they wanted to finance the scene in some way, what would be the best thing they could do? Pay for licenses to get a few games undenienced? G…

    ... /> Pay for licenses to get a few games undenienced?

    Give Martjin a wad to keep his servers ... get a new line of games out?

    Adjust the American ... of 8 bit representation on the web (ie the inordinate amount of NES ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie June 2012 Chit chat
  • playing mp3s on the wrong speed?just downloaded a visage 12" cos id heard one of the songs on the b side was a club classic in the early days, an italian dj used to play it on 33 wh…

    just downloaded a visage 12" cos id heard one of the songs on the b ... side was a club classic in ... the early days, an italian ... .
    is there anyway on the puter to play an mp3 ...
    mel the bell mel the bell July 2012 Chit chat
  • Changing the colour Atributes at y,x (+3e BASIC)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am currently writing away on my +3e and I am wonder is there a way I can just effect the Paper / Ink attributes at Y…

    ... there a way I can just effect the Paper ... Ink attributes at Y,X on the screen using BASIC?

    I am writing a file browser / navigator and copier ... as a prototype in +3e BASIC ... my last one for a little bit ;)...... honest....
    Zetr0 Zetr0 July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Play command on divideHi, i thought I'd have a quick go on divide seeing as i had an afternoon spare.However,i can't seem to get the 'play' command on the screen?. It see…

    ... thought I'd have a quick go on divide seeing as i ... 't seem to get the 'play' command on the screen?.

    It seems ... what i can gather in the spectrum +2 manual,that this ... i lose this option with the divide interface plugged in?.
    bully bully July 2012 Hardware
  • I'm glad I didn't stand behind Samsung in the post office queueAfter Apple won their lawsuit against Samsung in the latest patent wars court case, and Samsung were ordered to pay Apple one billion dollars (litera…

    ... gain more power, but on the good side, the American Patent Office is ... tapping a touchscreen; (b) the ability to sense multiple simultaneous touches on the screen, for ... instance using a pinching motion to zoom into a picture ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2012 Chit chat
  • New game from Kabuto Factory: "A.R.C.O.S."Hi everybody! After almost one year in production (...well... not so much... :roll:), we've got new release: A.R.C.O.S., a brick'em all with some sh…

    ... on the screen and save many spacemen as possible. You control A. ... when you clear a stage, depending on the number of spacemen ... br />
    Hope you like the game :smile:

    ... Greetings

    P.S.: The scrolling parallax routine was coded ...
    Baron Ashler Baron Ashler October 2012 Brand new software
  • SpecBAS 0.755 Now available!At last, here's the bugfixes you've all been waiting for! The last round of fixes which allowed proper error propagation in the file i/o routines re…

    ... should auto-detect your region settings and get the symbols ... the computer was turned on.
    SAMPLE PLAY now accepts a note-string as the ... RATE parameter, ie RATE "c#3" will play the ... sample at a modified rate that ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Paypal pain in the A***Has anyone else had a nightmare updating a credit card on paypal? My card expired so I put in the new on... it said they took a pound out on the 16t…

    Has anyone else had a nightmare updating a credit card on paypal?
    < ... put in the new on... it said they took a pound out on the 16th ... that I need a ... they say they took a pound out on the 24th... they didn't ...
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy October 2012 Chit chat
  • The Hobbit, Empire, and an interviewHi all, I've got a little article on the making of The Hobbit in the latest issue of Empire magazine (we've run a huge feature on the film). I inte…

    ... 've got a little article on the making of The Hobbit in the latest issue ... magazine (we've run a huge feature on the film).

    I ... drank the booze in the game, it changed 'S' in any word to ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey November 2012 Games
  • Elliptical ChallengeSubsequent to the recent "Graph Plot" thread, I wrote this general purpose ellipse drawing routine which will plot (although it doesn't actually use …

    ... ) using the full 256x192 screen, even ones which won't fit on the screen (they ... of parameter string
    ld a,(ix+2) ;A =a
    or a
    ret ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny November 2012 Development
  • Author of The Hobbit featured on The RegisterSpotted another ZX Spectrum-related on The Register today: an article featuring the personal history of Veronika Megler (yes, a woman), one of the pr…

    ... Spectrum-related on The Register today: an article featuring the personal history ... of Veronika Megler (yes, a woman), ... one of the programmers of [URL ... tidbit: [QUOTE]"Megler got the job and recommended her ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie November 2012 Games
  • Troubleshooting a DivIDE KitI am looking for suggestions to getting my DivIDE working. This has been rather problematic as I had an incredible red-faced, how could I be such an…

    ... in that I managed the first time around to ... all the IC sockets into the wrong side of the board ... from the wrong side. After much work with a solder ... moving patterns of chaos on the screen - but that is ... /> I've read about the mysterious M1 line problem - but ...
    ramsrc ramsrc November 2012 Hardware
  • Vectrex Regeneration Out Now On iOSNot sure if any of you guys are fans of the Vectrex or not? Anyway, the long awaited emulator for iOS is now out. The app is free and Minestorm is i…

    ... 've tested the app on an iPhone 4S & a iPad 2. ... better on the iPad obviously due to there being more space on the screen but ... in both, get to the same menu screen for a game, eg Minestorm ... with 'sound/overlay' along the ...
    Swainy Swainy November 2012 Chit chat
  • Interesting web-articles on "the untold story of the first British laptop"...Hi folks, some days ago I stumbled over this web-articles on ?The Thorn EMI Liberator: the first British laptop?: [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/…

    ... this web-articles on ?The Thorn EMI Liberator: the first British laptop ... as the QL and Spectrum got a mention and the entire ... Sinclair?s last computer - the 1987 Cambridge Computers Z88 - ... similarities to the Liberator.

    Have a great holiday ...
    QLvsJAGUAR QLvsJAGUAR December 2012 Hardware
  • A 128 Routine to Put Tokens in StringsI was writing a DEF FN on the +128k and decided that I'd had enough of not being able to put function tokens in strings without a great palaver and s…

    ... was writing a DEF FN on the +128k ... the main program insert the initial letter of the function as a ... UDG wherever it is to occur within a quoted string ... . So for FN insert UDG F, for AND use UDG A ... initial letters in the DATA statement; eg ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • mario kart "muck up" games on the wii ?dunno if you lot have seen it when you play on the net.. you get loads of blue shells and odd things happening that won't in a normal game.. I never…

    ... seen it when you play on the net.. you get loads of ... happening that won't in a normal game..

    I ... today.. it's fun for the odd game but messes it ...
    fog fog December 2012 Chit chat
  • gamer on the newsshe's been playing games for 40 years.. Hilda, she's 86... and if you prolly have a ps3.. she prolly calls YOU noob :lol: also featured in the clip …

    ... ... and if you prolly have a ps3.. she prolly calls YOU ... :

    also featured in the clip was 1 oliver twin ... be on at 6pm I guess, it's the main UK news on the ...
    fog fog January 2013 Chit chat
  • Film on the UK software industry - Kickstarter to complete it..Thought you guys might be interested in this - came up on my FaceBook Newsfeed, endorsed by Mel Croucher (of Automata fame) [url=http://www.kickstar…

    ... ]

    Click on the link to go to the Kickstarter page - already ... to the present day and how the creativity and vision of a relatively ... to play a key, pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar ...
    Grunaki Grunaki February 2013 Chit chat
  • "Attribute embosing" on Pentagon 128I'm still in the progress of build my 2 Pentagon 128 machines and everything seems to be sorted out by now :) Except for 1 more or less minor issue. …

    ... on different screens).

    For the ease of understanding here's a ... (bad) picture with the unintended effect being ... have no effect, apart from the amplification circuit adding random ghosting on the screen.
    Shockwav3 Shockwav3 March 2013 Hardware
  • Ossuary, a new game for the ZX SpectrumHello Specchums! Here's a little sneak preview of a game which will be published in a few hours' time. [B][I]Ossuary[/I][/B], to be published later…

    ... this morning, is a new adventure game for the 16K Sinclair ZX ... Spectrum. It's a [URL="http ... [/URL] from 10 a.m. GMT for the game's release. Be ... out on the twitter feed over the next few weeks.

    A big ...
    snigfarp snigfarp March 2013 Brand new software
  • Font hack that was used in a lot of early gamesThere was a little hack for changing the fonts on a spectrum and I remember it being used in a couple of old games on the 48k, it was a sort of ye od…

    There was a little hack for changing the fonts on a spectrum and I remember ... being used in a couple of old games on the 48k, it was ... a sort of ye odle ... one that didnt take a new line on your screen$ loading image....sure ...
    KK128 KK128 April 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving a file and removing the title (Program:)I remember when saving a program how I could construct a string such as: 10 let a$=chr$ 8+ chr$ 8+"name" 20 save a$ In order to remove the "Program…

    ... when saving a program how I could construct a string such as ... to remove the "Program:" title to display a different loading ... header.

    The example above moves the ... but doesnt do the trick properly as the filename is too ...
    daveysludge daveysludge April 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Help reviving a 128 +2 GreyHello m8s, my turn to ask for some help with a +2 Grey. Got it for spares as I do have a working one but I could not resist to try and fix it. As us…

    ... a white screen with some flashing blocks, seamed like a memory problem, hooked a ... white strips and black paper screen. Desoldered all ram and mounted ... pin 19 on the HAL/PAL should have a 1v present on the working one ...
    Pluto63 Pluto63 April 2013 Hardware
  • Spectrum TRD Images on the PCLo folks, little tech/hardware? problem :) In short im trying to find a way to read the name of a trd disk, ie, the label, on the PC, if it even has…

    ... to read the name of a trd disk, ie, the label, on the PC, if ... images without any booter in the emulator, but i have absolutely ... no idea of the syntax, kinda confusing really.
    Vaxalon Vaxalon April 2013 Hardware
  • Nodes of Yesod 128k & Stars on the 128Hi all, I've listed these 2 on eBay. [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261206458364?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649"]Nodes of Y…

    ... /> I've listed these 2 on eBay.

    ... .co.uk/itm/Stars-on-the-128-ZX-Spectrum-128k ... =UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item3cd11e5182"]Stars on the 128[/URL]

    the Wood 128k, which I ... . I've got Make-a-Chip and Scrabble too, ...
    Muig Muig April 2013 Sales
  • Is This PSU Useable on the Speccy?I just got my Speccy and the PSU has had some 'work' done to it. Somebody has added an extra length of cable on it but rather than soldering or crim…

    ... ve now fixed the joints but I'm a little concerned ... that the PSU may have ... something small to match the footprint/design of my ... fitted - Something I always miss on the machine itself.

    ... in advance for helping a noob. :)
    The Equalizer The Equalizer May 2013 Hardware
  • Residos with Task Manager crashes on NMI button pressI finally installed my DivIDE Plus which I actually bought about one and a half years ago. (I have way too little time for this project :cry: .) Ever…

    ... partitioned and formatted a Compact Flash Card: a Sandisk Ultra 4GB ... zero upward and displays the number on the screen. When that is running ... although behaviour did vary a bit from speccy to speccy ... sometimes causes a crash.
    -I checked the battery and ...
    ZXHistory ZXHistory June 2013 Hardware
  • 10? on the PS StoreI have 10? to spend on the PS store... not sure where to spend the money. since summer & vacations are comming, I was thinking on something for the …

    I have 10? to spend on the PS store... not sure where ... /> I mostly want a game that will last a long time, it ... new.

    Cannabalt is a good choice for 1?. I ... to IX) and FF Tactics, a game I never tried but ... /> I may also go for a PS3 game... or more than ...
    VanTammen VanTammen June 2013 Chit chat
  • display file addressing; screen slicingWhile working on this Compendium I'm updating or rewriting a lot of stuff. One thing I eventually came to appreciate was the simple & clever way in w…

    ... I've done a little screen slicing program in ... ; move things on the screen once the structure of the display file address ... a bit easier to understand the program structure with the BASIC version. For the ... /> To move down the pixlines within a row, increment H ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2013 Sinclair Basic
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