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Grand Theft Auto V announced!Ok, time for another mega-game thread :smile: [url]http://www.rockstargames.com/[/url] Trailer next week!
... "install" disc and one "play" disc, both around 8GB in size. It ... a video showing the differences in gameplay with and without the Play disc ... -
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…
... "loader.tap" is the basic loader (from the sample prog ... last part "nirvanadem" code in the basic loader is the C ... the demo included by MERGEing in the basic and loading the code parts ... convert your text into a basic program and bin2tap to convert binaries ... -
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Just getting back into the speccy after 30 years.
I had my 48k Speccy and 128k +2 as a child and then cant remember what happened to them.
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I had my 48k Speccy and 128k +2 as a child ... and then cant remember what happened ... wife has brought me a 128k +2A the Action Pack for ... -
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…
... could compute the differences in the image and just prepare a ... of UDGs to redraw, and feed them 10 or 20 ... with larger UDG-based sprites and tiles, with character movement. ... one sprite each frame and still have a fast ... my own code to run in the top border, but ... -
DLT trial, not guilty...[url]http://news.sky.com/story/1211154/dave-lee-travis-not-guilty-on-12-charges[/url] find it quite interesting how in this (and the ken barlow coro…
... savilles case) highlight the differences in society then and now, then it was ... dominated world
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Latin-1 font for FZXI'm currently creating some [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin-1"]Latin-1[/URL] (ISO 8859-1) characters to be added into [URL="http://www.world…
... I created for SE Basic remain copyright and licensed under the GPL ... . The one used in OpenSE Basic (and 32 column mode in SE Basic IV) is ... other one, used in 80 column mode in SE Basic IV, is called ... -
The Wizard of Hotspot HillockI've just re-discovered this unfinished game which I haven't done any work on for a couple of years. As it can be played through to the end as it is …
... emulators which I have, running in 48k mode and following the instructions, as ... , load WOHH_RUN.Z80 and type 'r' to Run and start the game ... have to click on REWIND and/or PLAY occasionally as the ... game goes backwards and forwards through the data files ... -
Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…
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And it also has the buggy ... like the later UK model and the MkI grey +2. ... fastest version of 128 BASIC, actual EDIT, DELTE, and RENUM commands with ... embedded codes in 128 BASIC, permits use of reserved words in 128 BASIC, and has ... -
Currah ?Speech channelIt seems to me that it would be nice to be able to send words to the ?Speech with PRINT #5;"Speak English to me, Jimmy" or some such. There really i…
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its always reachable, in 16, 48 and 128k[/QUOTE]
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Yumiko in the haunted MansionSo, here is the promised Halloween preview... Go to the zx section of my homepage to download it. [img]http://members.inode.at/838331/zx/YomikoInTheH…
... Well, I loaded it in 48K mode and the AY music was ... play through 20 minutes and reached level 9, I ... to play in real machines, not emulators), and it has ... a very nice atmosphere, and a mixture of orientation, ... ]
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Timing_Tests-48k_v1.0 results...Hello All, I ran these [URL="http://www.zxspectrum4.net/op_timing.php"]tests[/URL] on my emulator and some of the tests failed.. so I tried it on a …
... URL] on my emulator and some of the tests failed ... far, had an update in 2014 and that was Fuse :( we ... (EDIT I reran ZXMAK in 48K mode and it passed all tests.)[/QUOTE ... 8.0.0.3092 and I had 4 failures. ... test is flawed, unreliable and should be discarded as any ... -
Resurrection of ZX SpectrumHello everyone. I recently emerged from my attic bearing my childrens 128k ZX Spectrum +2 with a bag of games etc. Like many before it hasn't seen…
... . I've cleaned the head and replaced the belt but I ... I press enter to select 48k mode, the black centre square ... /> Then when I'm in 48k mode and i've entered Load "" a ... question mark appears and flashes with the cursor. Presumably ... -
Resurrection of ZX SpectrumHello everyone. I recently emerged from my attic bearing my childrens 128k ZX Spectrum +2 with a bag of games etc. Like many before it hasn't seen…
... fine. Keyword entry only happens in 48K BASIC mode, not Calculator or 128 ... BASIC, so getting 'p' rather than ... -
Crash Smash list?To save me having to go through all 99 mags, does there exist a list of all the "Crash Smash's", if so could you point me to it pretty please? (I h…
[QUOTE=daveykins;814774]As Glider Rider got over 90 %, shouldn't that technically have been a Smash?[/QUOTE]
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Spectrum +3 loading problem.Hi all Recently bought a game off ebay that I've been waiting for, for ages but the A side doesn't work , but the B side does. Now normally I'd j…
... a disk in +3 basic and make it auto-run like in Loader mode ... what Loader and +3 basic modes will look for. So in +3 basic type ... disk image from WoS archives and your disk isn't physically ... Owens super SAMdisk disk software, and the contributors of the WoS ... -
Falling Blocks - new game from z80 assembly beginner<p>I started learning z80 assembly earlier this year, mostly from reading Jonathan Cauldwell's "How to write ZX Spectrum Games" and from reading arti…
... start with Boriel ZX BASIC instead of Assembly Z80 ... something more BASIC and I went and downloaded Basinc and started to ... [/b] is implemented in Sinclair BASIC and it has some simple ... in Sinclair BASIC, but all my Speccy games in Boriel ZX BASIC (and/ ... -
Falling Blocks - new game from z80 assembly beginner<p>I started learning z80 assembly earlier this year, mostly from reading Jonathan Cauldwell's "How to write ZX Spectrum Games" and from reading arti…
... start with Boriel ZX BASIC instead of Assembly Z80 ... something more BASIC and I went and downloaded Basinc and started to ... [/b] is implemented in Sinclair BASIC and it has some simple ... in Sinclair BASIC, but all my Speccy games in Boriel ZX BASIC (and/ ... -
Newbie Hardware QuestionsI just recently aquired my first Spectrum, a +2, and I'm in the process of getting acquainted with it. Being a newbie I had some questions, which …
... picture that shows the differences in the case and ports.
The "Correction ... types on eBay. A plug and socket type adaptor (I can ... .com/itm/121692508254"]121692508254[/url]) and a converter lead ([url="http ... -
Retro Base Ltd Streatham LondonI am staying at my Fathers place in South London, have lectured him on not staying up too late, drinking too much alcohol, eating properly and his ta…
... wait to test a game... and that goes even for the ... />
worst is bc bill and arcadia on 64, kernal loader ... or +3 or try it in loader mode... only for you ... tell them to try it in 48k mode, and it magically works ;-) -
Emulator support to paste textIs there any emulator that supports pasting text ? Something like: - for every ZX frame (just after interrupt) "insert" a new char (force keybo…
... to use it on 128 basic
About line ... characters to generate a pause and let the spectrum process the ... as most users will use 48k BASIC and then having to generate a ... -
Renegade by ImagineOn the speccy 128/+2 you got ingame music but not on the +2a/b/3 (paging issue?), although all the 128k's had music on the menu page. Was there ev…
... with Z802TZX; it will load in just 3'13".
differences in memory architecture and management[/url] between the ... 128/+2 and the +2A/+3, so I ... -
Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
Oh, there's some real experts in Sinclair BASIC, and you can learn a lot from them. With clever use of arrays and advanced string functions, your program could be condensed (and sped up!) considerably.
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Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... 's some real experts in Sinclair BASIC, and you can learn a lot ... . With clever use of arrays and advanced string functions, your program ... could be condensed (and sped up!) considerably.
Flood FillHi Folks, Can anyone point me to a flood fill that I can call from ZX BASIC? I have looked through the archive and although there are posts about…
... looking for.
Full description and source here, no need for ... /> That's me and the versions in zx basic and z88dk are the pattern ... filler from that zip :) But in ... be less than half size and near 3x faster. These ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... paid 11.90 Euros in postage and the "reward" for this ... ordered and which have not yet arrived?. . Well in a ... also the geographical differences in the standards and the associated equipment ... plug . So some expected differences here ,but not substantive ones ...New to forum? INTRODUCE YOURSELF!!!Looking at the memberlist, the forums are getting new members almost each day. So why not making a thread for 'newbies' to introduce themselves? :D …
... in BASIC programming. BASin and SpecBAS rule although I confess to dabbling in BBC BASIC and ...A new emulator is in townHello, I'd like to announce a new ZX Emulator, it's Spectacol (https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol) a free (GPLv3+) emulator which currently t…
... HW keyboard bug was fixed in the beta :)[/quote]
For example, in 48k basic does not work combinations SShift ...TommyGun updatehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwXFKYO5i1IlN2U4MUtrRVZZWUE/view?usp=sharing Hi, I have updated my TommyGun application and since we can't uplo…
... retro-platforms like spectrum and cpc. I'm intrigued ... com/Articles/25069/JSBasic-A-BASIC-to-JavaScript-Compiler
... write in sinclair basic and target boriel's zx basic, sdcc and other ... using simplified javascript or Basic javascript would be appealing ...A new emulator is in townHello, I'd like to announce a new ZX Emulator, it's Spectacol (https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol) a free (GPLv3+) emulator which currently t…
... HW keyboard bug was fixed in the beta :)[/quote]
For example, in 48k basic does not work combinations SShift ...
