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Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... or question or intent of the original poster was... what, ... to say the speccy is outdated? The games are not as ... of ways, slowing down the ageing processes of the brain steem cells and ... back to the Doom dungeons and the Splinter Cells and the What Nots ... -
Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... of ways, slowing down the ageing processes of the brain steem cells and ... that way. Surely, he respects the bright young genius lot that ... -
Clone Project feedbackFinally i now have some time to start again with my clone project. I have decided to drop the 48k project and go directly on a 128k clone. This migh…
... add extra grapich modes in the future. And memory is cheap ... /O bus). That will simplify the bus interface and gives full ... a perfect emulation and slow down the Z80 in video area access ... analog circuit).
The Amstrad CPC64+/128+ has the AY emulated that ... -
What does SPIN have?I have been asking this question since somebody answered another I had made that RealSpectrum was a brilliant emulator. It is in fact. But... I see e…
... karingal wrote:
b) The RealSpectrum debugger is quite possibly ... A questionable decision regarding the functionality of the 'program' panel: if ... look 'up' and 'down', the program panel will no longer ... have time to implement the various fans' suggestions, ... -
This month's Retro Gamer - Cascade 50 honouredWell, after what seems like no end of Cascade Cassette 50 talk this month at WOS ("50 [I]great[/I] games on one [I]great[/I] cassette"), Retro Gamer …
... Minter's fault! I love the man to bits, but if ... 'cos it'll be going down the toilet faster than last night ... -
Hardware Development/DesignsYou may have read my post about the joystick I built out of MECCANO for my +3, I am now working on an anologue Scanner!!!! also built out of MECCANO …
... would then track up and down the paper, and connected to ... would switch relays connecting the GND pin to certain ... pins of the joystick port(s) to ... enter the data to the Spectrum.
It ... a whole screen into the spectrum, and will probably ... -
TAPER and Windows XPTAPER doesn't work on my laptop, which uses Windows XP. Has anyone else managed to get it to work? What alternatives are there if I can't get TAPER t…
... + with XP, though it slows down the more you install/use it ... -
Looking for an old, but GREAT gameHi All, Wondered if anybody can help me. I had a 128k back in the day, and I have fond memories of a game which I simply can't remember the name of …
... from the bottom left of the screen up to the middle of the right ... edge of the ... on top of the petrol station and fall down the back, moving to ... another screen that way instead of using the ... -
Speccy Search Bar - questions and opinionsHello chums... I'm thinking of improvements I could make to SSB, and I might be able to add search refinements for certain sites currently listed on…
... a flip down menu from the sidebar? That way, if the user need ... just has to pull down the menu, check the appropriate boxes and hit ... possible to add a flip down menu on a sidebar... ;) -
If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…
... honest, though I suppose the sound was the biggest disappointment.
... case designs of the time like the Camputer's LYNX, ... :cool: In all fairness, the only thing the Spectrum didn't have ... YOUR COMPUTER, which put down the Spectrum as an inferior machine ... -
Retro Gamer #7: The MegaTree / Matthew Smith interviewIssue Seven of Retro Gamer magazine has two items of interest to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community: 1. The data from the MegaTree developmen…
... exactly put it all in the building society.
the Speccy and carried on ... using computers till the present day.
down the pub spending it etc. ... but at the end of the day its down to me ... -
Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…
... machine code. But the slowness of the code in Basic ... and walk through the back of the castle, you HAVE ... various optimizations, including storing the often used calculations in ... (Perhaps I should be slowing down the game instead...)
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3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
... map would not slow down the framerate one little bit... ... you`d use the coordinate and map (2d ... drawing the Inn or whatever, the river, and the Mount ...
Ayjun, When does the Crap Game comp finish? I ... still need to download the entries and vote.
3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
... map would not slow down the framerate one little bit... ... you`d use the coordinate and map (2d ... drawing the Inn or whatever, the river, and the Mount ... look out for the next release on the monty.mole label ... Simulator[/I]! Yes - the entire city of London ...Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... IX,IY,AF' actually slows down the copy. I would drop using ... memory location COUNT.
The one thing I noticed with ... glitches on separate lines in the same frame. This happens because ... also experiment with delaying the start of the copy for a period ...Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... Burner (2nd hand) in the garage, prettiest girl in ... girlfriend (and she lived down the road from me), Beef ... Codemasters Grand Prix Simulator was the game of choice.
... out on DVD yet, the Burner got stolen from ... always get stuck on the track where you have ...Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... 16, nigelmansellsgrandprix wrote:
Ahh. The 1980's.
... Burner (2nd hand) in the garage, prettiest girl in my ... my girlfriend (and she lived down the road from me), Beef ... Codemasters Grand Prix Simulator was the game of choice...[/quote]
Any news on the Minigame compo ?I was just wondering, does anybody have any idea as to when the next minigame compo will take place ? I'm eager to send my next crappy creation - per…
Don`t know why but the link for the minigame comp a couple ... :)
Being new to the idea of minigames, Im looking ... British racing green with the two stripes down the roof/bonnet?
the key Jonathon, you gotta . at ...A little trick in S.W.I.V.Do you know that there's a little hidden message in S.W.I.V.? I don't remember what you should do exactly but I think if you press the keys S and W o…
... 1991:
As the game is loading, wait until ... the white trademark (TM) sign apears and then hold down the ... SW keys until the game finishes. Then ... )
(taken from The Tipshop)
Thanks anyway ...Things that make you go D'ohI could probably keep this thread going for eternity on my own, but I'll start with the best... When I was still at school, a friend of mine had a p…
... hot. Have to cool it down fast
2) ... /> 3) So just cool down the oil with water.
... the tap, and shoves the boiling oil under it. Result? The ... from the pan, and rises all the way upto the ceiling ... who decided to remove all the "gunpowder" (sulphur is ...Can't play Samurai Warrior on some emulatorsI've tried to play "Samurai Warrior" on Klive and SPIN, but I can't! To hide a sword in this game you need to press fire+back+down, but this doesn't …
... should register Spectaculator and drop the likes of SpecEmu...
[/quote ... free when I can nip down the shops and buy it for ...Doom for the Speccy?I have just heard about Doom for the Speccy! Is this for real? I would love to play this as i looooove Doom (and me Speccy) Can anyone direct me o…
There's about 3 or so different versions of DOOM.
Mario Islands; It's a shame they didn't go further with that one.
Prince of Persia; Excellent conversion.
Dizzy; Up the wazoo... :)OT: THX has gone mental.[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5524877198&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&r…
... character, big clap (from the big girl down the lane...)
Lovely ... `t join Ebay ( :( ) but like the person who offered, will offer ...Got myself a bargain!!I have never bough anything on ebay before but I thought I'd register and try and get myself a speccy bargain which I think I have done! Have a look …
Christ dont drop that tape recorder on your foot you`ll be out of it for weeks
It looks like the one you got with the old atari 800XL
Still i think your gonna have to get down the gym for when it turns upMost popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…
... please don't go down the line that the community demands "it". I ... souly for this board or the spectrum in general.
[oh and I like the idea of automatic re-colouring ... expirenced programmer and I know the way the spectrum works. However I ...Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
... current signals, but whether the electrical signal is current or ... needs to be converted somewhere down the line.
[quote]< ... br /> So whats the normal switch speed of the Beeper?
[/ ... ll want to knock the nails into the wood with a giant ...Spectrum 48k with removable metal keyboard plate Ive got 1Hello can anyone give me any info on this speccy I presume it was the last before the speccy + .I have some rather interesting info on the motherboar…
... - issue 4A with the four tabs holding down the faceplate. I got mine ... after the release of the Spectrum +. However, the faceplate is still glued down. I ... think that the ...Bomb Jack 2Does anyone like this sequel? To me it's a dull, unexciting, badly-designed, visually-horrible mess, even before you consider how great the original …
... support) but people just know the truth.
Crash ... because they refused to go down the same path that sinclair ... biased and immoral (thats the writers of the reviews) , you also ... personally either , just defend the indefensable. Could you get crash ...You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
... , and then 1 year down the line someone drags up your ... Opinions change.
Anyway, the whole nostalgia trip of having ... whinging about?
The fact that Live publishing have ... Action tribute mag instead, the complainers would no doubt hve ...My websiteI've had a couple of emails (when the damn thing works!) regarding my website, asking when it'll be up, what?s in it, where's the pdf's gone etc.. so…
... of like ebay without the fees and auctions! Shoppers ... fails to receive the goods from the seller or ... ve got the money from the buyer) then the seller will ... t the buyer just pay the seller directly using the ... to be paid somewhere down the line, which in itself ...
