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Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…
... happy enough to write games in BASIC (quick and dirty) you will be ... better of picking up a Spectrum BASIC ... in the archive). Mind you, some of them were utter crap and ... PAW alongwith the excellent manuals and program a text adventure games ... -
Setting the borderCan someone tell me best way to set the border to a given colour using machine code. Its there an operating system call or can I load up a memory loc…
... s right, the quickest and simplest way to set ... to the beeper sound routine in the ROM.
and call the ROM routine ... will change the colour and set the BORDCR system ... drives the speaker and EAR socket in bits 3 and 4, although I ... -
Recommend a Speccy game for my daughterMy 7 year old daughter wants to play some more speccy stuff. She's played the Dizzy games and various others, but I was wondering what you lot woul…
... a learning how to programm in Basic/Assembler and push the program to ... -
"Unknown disk format"-error on Spectrum +3Hi, I have just gotten around to changing the drivebelt in my newly acquired +3. I tried to format one of the 3" disks I bought on eBay the other we…
... sure why the speccy acts in such a way.
in the +3 and I had to use ... .html[/url]
Its in tap format so you can ... -
Turrican 1&2 mapsHere I will inform you about process of creation maps for the worlds of Turrican 1&2: [B]Turrican 1 [COMPLETED][/B] The World 1, Level 1 [100% done…
@Pavero:
The levels 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 5.2 of Turrican 2 are levels with ... like overview maps of Turrican 2, please look at this web ... -
Unpublished spectrum gameHi there I have a Spectrum PDS development environment and before I get rid of my old PC which has an ISA slot I thought I should ask this question i…
... starting loading address (16384) and it will place it there ... KB file will overwrite everything in BASIC area, and it *might* crash even ... the code/data is, and load them in their respective position.
and put together in a TZX file with ... -
Chuckie Egg EditorsHi, Can anyone give me step-to-step instructions on how to get the Mercury Software Chuckie Egg Editor in the archive to work, using an emulator? […
... with the Mercury editor, and it seems better planned out ... I tested my game, and it wouldn't move me ... Level 2. When I tried adding eggs to Level 1, and ... to have 9 lives, and not using the other pokes ... the lifts on levels 3 and above.
2) edit the number ... -
Chuckie Egg EditorsHi, Can anyone give me step-to-step instructions on how to get the Mercury Software Chuckie Egg Editor in the archive to work, using an emulator? […
... the lifts on levels 3 and above.
2) edit the number of ... be fixed at a dozen and there will only be five ... way the data is stored and would require something more than ... -
OpenZXRom v2006-05-17 releasedJust knocked out a new release of OpenZXRom last night - a GPL licensed functional replacement for the original Spectrum ROM. [url]http://matt.west.…
... more interested in keeping compatibility than enhancing Basic's capabilities, ... attractive platform for general Basic fiddling. You never know ... because it's embedded in BASIC programs and all) so it wouldn ... of sticking that routine in and forgetting about it, but ... -
Well, I'm off to ThailandWell, that's it. I'm off to Thailand in the morning.... Was looking forward to it but with a the cr@p happening at heathrow methinks it will be a nig…
well, im sitting in terminal 3 and its mad
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TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …
... the graphics without seeing it in 4:3 (and hence why I was ... when I make changes in the future.
And maybe I will ... the relevant xml files and spit out whatever in a spectrum-specific ... able to see some source in TG (and Sevenup, using z88dk too ... -
Cannon Bubble source releaseHello! We have just released the full source code (including artwork) for our latest game, Cannon Bubble. Download it here: [url]http://www.computer…
... site - download the proper +3 version, yu'll get ... program. Put a disk in your +3 and format it. Load the ... tzx file, select option 3 ... from the menu, then select "1". Sit back and ... OR, PM me, and we'll talk in private about me ... -
ZX81 power supplyFriend gives me ZX81 without power supply and i want to test whether he work or not. Can i use Spectrum p.supply for that purposes? I dont want to d…
... "Compact switching DC power adapter" and use 7.5V output voltage ... /> - Reguled output
- 1.5A~2.0A
- weight 86g
- Works with ZX81, ZX_Spectrum and "grey" +2.
- Minimal 7805 heat dissipation ! -
Microdrive wont LOAD - Help PleaseI have many Microdrive cartridges containing Original Programs and Backups. I have tried to read and load from any number of the cartridges all seem…
... Pennell revealed the differences in Your Spectrum
and also in the second version ... -
Microdrive wont LOAD - Help PleaseI have many Microdrive cartridges containing Original Programs and Backups. I have tried to read and load from any number of the cartridges all seem…
... Andrew Pennell revealed the differences in Your Spectrum and also in the second version ... -
Games that feature a toilet in them somewhere.In response to deadpan666's unconscious stroke of brilliance, hows about a comprehensive list? Which game has the best commode (not 64) or even bide…
There were the school toilets in Skool Daze and Back 2 Skool...
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Best Grand Theft Auto game?Which Grand Theft Auto game do you think is the best, and why? I've only really played GTA 3 and Vice City so far. I did get San Sandeas (XBox game…
... completion in GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas, and completed each ... side missions is incredible, and I love the "countryside ... to be "Paramedic" in GTA 3 and in Liberty City Stories. That ... was tough in those two, but easier in ... -
Don Priestley gamesHe's one of the best programmers for the Spectrum. What's your favourite D.P. game? For me, Maziacs: simply, very original and a great gameplay. One…
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My sentiments exactly. These 3, in that order with Maziacs 4th ... first I had back in 1982-3 and were on my shortlist ... out to be Dictator and Transylvanian Tower then you ...
I hardly played Trapdoor in 80s though. I didn't ... a really fine game in 16K. -
Terrestial TV - Black bars ?Does anyone get a thin black bar (20mm), top and bottom when watching Terrestrial TV. I get it on every channel 1 through 5. Trying to workout if it…
... TV is in 4:3, and if they are showing something in widescreen it ... have a dodgy component somewhere in the scanning circuitry of your ... TV. (In old TVs this can be ... -
Thunderbird 5 is a scamWho really needs that daft floating relay station right up there where any old evil genius with a few warheads can blow it up. Whoever gets posted t…
Back in those days it was needed for global communication, the land line system simply would not have worked in contacting the other thunderbirds 'in flight'.
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OT: Calling Z88 guru'sHi there Anyone familiar with the Cambridge Computers Z88 laptop? I just got one on Ebay, working fine (had to repair a broken track on the keyboar…
... the cards in in the order I wanted (EPROM in slot 3) and left the ... -
Bouncing BallsPfrrt, I am back from lunch, playing the first raw version of BOUNCING BALLS It is very addictive! As stated here [URL]http://www.worldofspectru…
... squares of the differences in the x and y co-ordinates and compare with ... done with 8-bit arithmetic, and the squaring can be done ... -
Bouncing BallsPfrrt, I am back from lunch, playing the first raw version of BOUNCING BALLS It is very addictive! As stated here [URL]http://www.worldofspectru…
... squares of the differences in the x and y co-ordinates and compare with ... done with 8-bit arithmetic, and the squaring can be done ... you by naming a contester in my CGC game "MiniGameCompo simulator ... -
What was this game calledQuite a cool little game You where flying over the sea in a side to side scroller may have only had basic colours and you had to rescue guys in the …
... bad dubbing, and some very bad visible cuts in the action. Much ... 36th Chamber with original soundtrack and subtitles Here is a cool ... talking about his performances in 36th chamber and the 2 Kill Bill movies ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
Builders - Ripping a hole in my ceiling.
and Radio 2
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Zombie outbreak in Big Brother!!!Charlie Brooker, comedian/writer/tv presenter/ex Oink-comic type cartoonist person is going to be doing a series for E4 about a Zombie outbreak occur…
... the most eccentric characters in the series. Consistently shown ... completely divorced from reality in Season 3 and onwards. His unusual ... behavior frequently earns him the scorn and ... />
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Old or new first person shooters?Yep, another poll, well it's either pester you lot or post on another forum, and they've all banned me. Martijn daren't ban me from here (tee hee :lo…
... fond of 3) and TimeSplitters 2-3.
Okay so TS2 and 3 were on ... a few years old now and they're probably the newest ... to be focusing on graphics and WW1 and WW2. There's far ... by the guys behind TS and it does actually look like ... -
Keys don't work even with new membrane, HELP!Hi folks. I have a 1983 48k Zx Spectrum. It powers up fine, but none of the keys respond. I have tried fitting a new keyboard membrane from rwap, but…
... on 128K machines are functionally and physically different. (If ... plastic, as are LQFPs, and I'd be buggered ... difference between a TQFP and LQFP (Thin Quad Flat ... Pack and Low-profile Quad Flat ... they contain). The PQFP in the +3 and +2a/b would be ... -
RBS loss of ?24.1bnJust closed my accounts with Natwest - I'm sick of the bankers. I opening accounts with the Co-op. What a differance.
... banks that just deal in basic savings and loans and investment banks which do ... gap between the contributions going in and what's coming out as ... to put more in for our own pensions and also to pay ... for the shortfall in those already ... -
Things That Make You Go WTF!In need of medical help? Why not ask a Police Medical Officer... [url]http://tinyurl.com/dj4tj5[/url]
I've never voted, and probably never will!
< ... with a believable candidate and I'll maybe think ... don't live in England anymore, and over 2 years ago I ... />
....and I can't vote here in the US, so ... technically I'm in a political limbo, and it suits me ...
