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Graphics in bordersI am 50% certain that I remember a game that had graphics in the borders. This always made we wonder why none of the other games did. Am I right or h…
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1 BORDER 1 : BORDER 2: BORDER 3: PAUSE 1 : BORDER 4: BORDER 5 : BORDER 6 : GO TO 0
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commodore64just download a c64 emulator and find this interesting site [url="http://www.c64.com"]http://www.c64.com[/url], lots of games and screenshots, ..i re…
... rate it that much, nice 128K music though from memory, might ... the C64, Stavros Fasoulas). In my opinion, the loading music ... =-), there are differences in the levels (some in the shape, more in the order ... bad considering it's running in a single load using ... -
gta on the spectrumhas anyone thought about converting the game grand theft auto to the spectrum or mayby making a parody of it.
Forgot to say. My Doom 3 port will be available for ... new subscriber. Wont fit in 48k , only 128k because the files so ... -
OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…
... you are no longer in your private room when ... Bin Laden anymore
[3] Took the USA to ... a completely avoidable war in Iraq based on a ... America just voted him back in, and you're offended ...
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OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…
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Pentagon/Scorpion Speed of software Just wanted to ask if anyone knows if the 7Mhz mode is ever/ or maybe frequently used on the Pentagon or Scorpion Spectrum clones... Just that with…
... some of the software, in particular the 128K hacked/inproved versions of ... 7 Mhz or the usual 3.54 Mhz and just some ... framerate... so is this 7Mhz in action?
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Changes to Retro Gamer magazine.For those of you who have heard of the UK-based magazine Retro Gamer, we are currently planning some changes. Here are the rough ideas that we have …
... . Cost of 2 or 3 pints or a packet or ... ; Hedges (?1.55 a pack in 1988)
or
... beer
(82p a pint in 1988)
... do. Although there are small differences in price, but it's ... at all. Bearing in mind also, that in 1988, my hourly ... -
OT: Spock`s BeardSpock`s Beard have a new CD out . Octane [url="http://www.spocksbeard.com/discography.html"]http://www.spocksbeard.com/discography.html[/url] Got th…
... can keep you mesmerised for 3 hours (as they did with ... of the 5 greatest bands in the world.
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About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
... 'PAUSE 0: RANDOMIZE USR 32768' in Basic and press enter. Using the ... effort.
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3- Where can I find info ... are implemented as control codes in the printf statements.
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Selling Crash Issue 1 on ebay, also ACE issue 1Hi all, Im sellin Crash Issue one on ebay, please check it out:) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8173061692&ssPageNa…
... Playstation is a Jap SPH1000 in the old brown cardboard ... few sets of this exist in the world!
in the loft,along with 5 spectrums,3 128k,1 +3 and ... C64,even have 3 mint C64's in the loft.also ... nice to view them all in one place.
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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…
... instructions mention Moonlight Madness, and 3 things struck me after a ... ever played with 2-channel in-game music!!!
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... put at fight a compiled BASIC game against a MC ... br />
For example, pure BASIC could be multiplied by 1 ... 3 points out of 10, no matter if it is coded in BASIC ... it gets 3/10 if it was coded in BASIC and 1. ... 5/10 if it was coded in C ... -
Port 0x7ffd Partial DecodingI'm trying Pitfighter on my emulator and it runs in +2A/+3 mode but crashes in 128k/+2 mode. I traced it down to an OUT instruction which sends 4 to …
The reason Fairlight 128k didn't work was because ... on non +2A/+3 models.
Fairlight 128k *needs* partial decoding ... just tested the Fairlight 128k TZX in +2A/+3 mode and it crashes ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... 'The thing is, games written in BASIC are rubbish. Compilers can make ... />
Cyborg - ' The BASIC language is simply not powerful ... code in) to competition with 3 sections comprising of BASIC, Compiled BASIC ... the chance to code in BASIC and thanking you for ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... the joystick (Kempston for instance) in BASIC routines?
2) Pokes ... stripes in Borders.
3) The poke to make first line in BASIC ... start from 0.
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... the joystick (Kempston for instance) in BASIC routines?
2) Pokes ... stripes in Borders.
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Kilroy's Caravan CapersWell, my entry for the comp.sys.sinclair crap games compo 2005 is now available for download at: [url="http://www.lofi-gaming.org.uk/speccy/cgc2005/…
... up the snippet of BASIC code in the +3 manual that lets you ... presenters. (or ex-presenters, as in Kilroy's case...)
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Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... ran at 3.5mhz (ish) and how to program badly in BASIC. I ... , but also to the community in general.
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Cruiser Power play and a game with a forgotten name problemI have a cruiser power play joystick connected to a +2B but i don't know how to identify it (kempston, cursor, interface 2 ... ) The other issue is…
move the joystick when in BASIC. If it gives you 5,6,7,8 and 0 then it's a cursor joystick. 1,2,3,4 and 5, or 6,7,8,9 and 0 it's a Sinclair joystick.
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
... whole slew of crap stuff in Basic - all of which should be ... time owing to crap +3 disks. Included in the softography is Wordman ... the appropriate points.
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
... programs it was a great 3 part batman epic
in 3 goes, gotham was toast
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What was that 128kb bonus game?Can't recall the title of the game but there was a 128kb game - probably from Mastertronic but I'm not sure, which had a football game as a bonus. It…
The only freebie game I can remember from the Mastertronic range was Lightfarce, the bonus game loaded in with Zub 128k. First you pressed 2,4,6 and 8 at the same time, followed by 1,3,5 and 7.
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Bubble Bobble not loading with +2A ????Hello.I have Bubble Bobble but i can't load the game in 128k mode because it crashes on the loader (at block 2D) but it can be loaded at 48 BASIC but…
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Describe what makes the Spectrum so special and uniqueFor me its very much a nostalgic thing. I havent even seen a spectrum or a spectrum game for real for 13 years, and so when I found this site I was j…
... you could type in from many mags.
3) Simple addictive ... games you could easily write yourself in BASIC.
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TLOTRD - new adventure game - download the demo now!A new adventure game for the ZX Spectrum 48k, titled The Legend Of The Red Dragon, is currently being developed by me. You can, however, download a s…
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3) The go or walk command ...
4) Inconsistent exit descriptions. In the first location the exit ... compass directions like you used in the kitchen.
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TLOTRD - new adventure game - download the demo now!A new adventure game for the ZX Spectrum 48k, titled The Legend Of The Red Dragon, is currently being developed by me. You can, however, download a s…
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Considering you are coding in BASIC, I think you've done ... I put the Cronosoft plugs in there in the first place, just ... re-working in an adventure game utility program, not BASIC. I shall ...
