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Bomberman and other Hudson Soft games on the SpectrumAs I suspected, the games, or at least, I found a comment which confirms it, were ported from the MSX to the Spectrum. The MSX was very popular in Ja…
As I suspected, the games, or at least, I found a comment which ... confirms it, were ported from the MSX to the ... Bomber Man that came out on the MSX (v=qs5JWLORfoY) and NEC ... to MSX a year later (v=vNYVWpqHA98). The MSX1 and the ZX Spectrum ... -
Is there Monty on the run 128 music?By far imho this Rob Hubbard tune on the c64 pushed that sid chip to the limits, what a great tune. Ive tried to youtube a speccy version only to fin…
... tune on the c64 pushed that sid chip to the limits, what a great ... tune. Ive tried to youtube a speccy ... version only to find a 48k beep ... there been a 128 version or has anyone replicated the c64 track ... -
Replacing a play key on a grey+2Just had a grey in with a busted play key, haven't got one spare but I do have a few fast forwards that will do for the moment but bugger me is it a …
Just had a grey in with a busted play key, haven't ... do have a few fast forwards that will do for the moment ... me is it a bind to get the thing on! Did they make ... broke one, greased the bar too, cant get the damn thing to ... -
Problem With POINT StatementHello everyone this is my first ever post, So firstly i'd like to say hello to everyone and secondly thank you to the admins for such a great site, …
... been working on a little game i started yesterday for the first time ... to be able to detect the color of a point on the screen and put that ... into my IF variable, So when the ... -
The making of R-Type on the speccy book, free downloadBob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [u…
Bob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [url]http://bizzley.com/[/url] -
SpecBAS 0.789 releasedHi all! Back with another SpecBAS release - this one's mostly just about sprites and bug fixes. One new addition I do quite like is the expression c…
... id - places a permanent copy of the specified sprite on the screen or window it ... errors in the editor
MENUBOX can now take a string array rather ... than a list of options. LET a=MENUBOX("Title",a ... -
The Long Earth (possible JSW mod/hack)I've been reading Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's [I]The Long Earth[/I] series of novels recently - the idea behind it is there are an unknown (…
... cool is a platform game based on the Long Earth ... at any point on the screen to the next earth (screen) along.
... be "stepping" straight onto a baddie, or thin air ... at a time, perhaps this is where the ... screen 15)
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Abnormal Load on the M4Saw this today, got in front of it just before it hit the road, I got to Wales and did stuff and got back, and saw it trundling along causing a huge …
... saw it trundling along causing a huge tailback. Wish I'd ... got a photo
[url]http ... 7pm, travelling through the roadwork road closure on the A34 and laying up ... 6pm.
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Clear the screen from assemblerI want to clear the screen before I draw my graphic elements on it. Speed is not important so I was thinking of using the rom CLS option if that is p…
I want to clear the screen before I draw my graphic elements on it. Speed is not important so I was thinking of using the rom CLS option if that is possible. Can anyone advise on how to call this command or some similar routine to clear the screen? -
Overclock the Z80 cpu to smooth out gameplay?Was thinking today of a Genesis/Megadrive mod I did a while back. It involved lifting the CLK leg on the motorola 68000 cpu (which in the MD, if I r…
... I did a while back. It involved lifting the CLK leg on the motorola ... 68000 cpu (which in the MD ... slowed down a bit when a lot of moving sprites were on the screen. There ... -
Clearing 22 lines of the screenHow do I go about clearing the top 22 lines of the screen and leave the bottom #0 area untouched? I have a routine to reset the attributes, but cant…
... clearing the top 22 lines of the screen and leave the bottom ... #0 area untouched?
I have a ... routine to reset the attributes, but cant delete ... the 16384 display ... -
This is a new one on me...I've never seen an email like this one, I've been quite lucky and rarely get dodgy emails, :) [CODE]The British National Lottery P O Box 1010 3b Oly…
... congratulate and inform you on the selection of cash prize< ... ?850,000.00 held on the 28th of November 2013
a
database of over ... been approvad to claim a total sum of ?850 ... .
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ULA snow effectIt's wintertime, you know. [quote="http://ramsoft.bbk.org.omegahg.com/floatingbus.html"]when the I register falls in the range 0x40-0x7F then the UL…
... to videoram), and a wrong pattern is displayed on the screen.
In detail ... , the address which is actually ... /> 3. Run a string of NOPs for the duration of a screen line (128 tacts ... -
A hello and a questionFirst of all I'd like to introduce myself (it would be rude not to :D !). My name is Ben and I am the proud owner of a rubber keyed 48K and a 128k+2…
... lose the joystick, but I still had the power supply, the manual, a light ... , but I had no graphics on the screen. It was like someone had ... going to just a blank screen, or back to the very first Sinclair ... -
How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…
... , I thought this was the limits to programming on the Spectrum, but I ... they make the games?") I just didn't have a clue.
the last few years on a few occasions to read up on these guides on ... how to code, but I can't for the ... -
Totally random idea for the hardware nuts to exploreWhen it comes to multi-player games, how hard would it be to generate a second display from a single Speccy, instead of trying to link up machines, s…
... simply produce a split-screen display, split the video signal ... /> But here's a thought, based on the ideas behind ULA+ and ... screen whilst the new board displays a copy of its normal screen, or on a ... 48K you divert writes from maybe the ... -
Modify a Sinclair FTV1?I got hold of a Sinclair FTV1 portable television. It seems to be working, but since there is no terrestrial signal any longer, there?s only snow sho…
... on the screen. On Youtube there?s a video of a guy who managed to connect a ... Spectrm, but no instructions on how this ... was achieved.
Any hints on ... how to connect the Spectrum's RF or ... -
misunderstanding screen addressingHi I am just reading mastering machine code Toni Baker: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/MasteringMachineCodeOnYourZXSpectrum…
... is A (since row five is the sixth row down), and the
on
the screen is, in fact, at ... about:
[QUOTE]The third digit is A (since row five is ... />
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Is it possible to have a Single Drive on Betadisk as Drive Letter B (other than A)Hello, I?ve problems with getting two drives to work on my Betadisk v4 Interface: I?ve tried a second drive as slave drive but can?t get it to work…
... all possible DriveIDs
on the jumpers of the drives.
Single ... become active when I do a CAT ( on A: ).
But never can ... with the drives or cables i use or maybe a fault on my ... as Drive B: on a Betadisk.
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Restoring a face plate on rubber key ZX SpectrumI'm in South Africa so not in a position to purchase a remanufactured face-plate. Is there a recommended solution to cleaning and restoring a face p…
... to cleaning and restoring a face plate? The black paint has come ... a q-tip and some vaseline to mask the extended command set on the ... 'm not sure about the tone differences between the old and new ... ? IPA OK?
The rubber has yellowed a tiny bit over time ... -
48K: Half of copyright message in the middle of the screen?!Issue two. Has 74LS08 over the Z80, but the ULA is 5C112E-3 (I think this should be a 5C102E??? - I have one, but I'm not sure if it is working, at l…
... , so someone might have created a problem there.
... then it says in the middle of the screen "1982 Sincla" and ... IS working. I think displaying a character is not possible without ... seems someone played quite a bit with the hardware...
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Which games perform checksums on the 48K ROM?I've just modified a version of the 48K Spectrum ROM designed for use on the Timex Sinclair 2068, so that a 16 bit checksum of the ROM produces the r…
... modified a version of the 48K Spectrum ROM designed for use on the Timex ... Sinclair 2068, so that a 16 bit ... checksum of the ROM produces the result $641F ... which games performed these tests on the ROM? I'd like to ... -
Two player, split screen Speccy gamesWhat are you favs? I'm referring to the type of games where you and a friend shared a Speccy keyboard with the corresponding game play split on the…
What are you favs?
I'm referring to the type of games where you and a friend shared a Speccy keyboard with the corresponding game play split on the screen.
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Are there any Metroid style games on the Spectrum?Are there any Metroid style games on the Spectrum? You know the Metroid games (Metroid on the NES, Super Metroid on the SNES, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 o…
... on the Spectrum? You know the Metroid games (Metroid on the NES, Super Metroid on the ... Ultimate's Underwurlde, is a little like that, but ... doesn't really count - a Metroid style game involves ... World. Brian Bloodaxe is a fantastic 2D platformer/arcade ... -
ZX81 Composite mod on the cheap?Hi i'm looking for a good and cheap way to do a composite mod on a broken ZX81 that I have. I know there is a ZXvid on sellmyretro, but the price is …
Hi i'm looking for a good and cheap way to do a composite mod on a broken ZX81 that I have. I know there is a ZXvid on sellmyretro, but the price is a bit to high to me.
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Double Buffer UtilityHi Folks, I've been experimenting with double buffering on a 48k Speccy for a small project I'm working on. After reading lots of good advice here…
... experimenting with double buffering on a 48k Speccy for a small project I ...
# are copying data to on the screen
#--He we have said ... ')
binaryY = binaryY[::-1] #reverse the string
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Issue 6 repair with a twist...(Starting with a slight grump - the forum ate my first attempt at this so this'll probably end up being a bit terse :)) I got a Issue 6 48K machine …
... due to coloured blocks appearing on the screen when running:
[ ... was replaced with a fresh 4164, however the coloured blocks remained ... and ran a simple BASIC program to fill the screen with ... against the output of the random number generator. In a healthy ... -
Twister: Mother of Charlotte - Help with final screenGreetings, I'm close to finish my next submitted game to the RZX Archive, which is '[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005488"]…
... a psychic bomb to destroy Twister utterly. There she sits on the final screen ... , coiled aound a spiky ball, a lovely piece of ... keep showing up on and on without a chance to clear the screen. My .rzx ... -
Creating a linked list in Z80[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I am using a circular buffer to store tiles to be displayed on the screen. Tiles only appear for a set period of time, so when …
... using a circular buffer to store tiles to be displayed on the screen. Tiles ... only appear for a set period of ... I also have a function that moves through the buffer looking for ... well and the buffer size is set based on my map ... -
Double keystrokes on zx spectrumHappy New Year everyone. I have this spectrum 48k issue 3b I?ve been working on now and then. I have replaced upper rams, installed a lower ram repla…
... 3b I?ve been working on now and then. I have ... replaced upper rams, installed a lower ram replacement module and ... . But, every time I press a key it registers it twice ... load[/B] on the screen. Have tried to search the Internet for a fix, but ...
