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Early screenshots which differ from the final productI thought it would be interesting to try and list games that looked different in the previews/reviews to the final product. I'll start off with an ea…
Double Dragon! One of our lowliest ... it's place.
Not a real one for this ... but hows about the subtle (or not so) differences between the Bug ... -
Are Big Brother Danielle and Jade racist or are they just fucking bullies?There seems to be a big hoo-ha about this at the moment, with the story actually making the news headlines on at least two of the channel I was watch…
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Good point, there are double standards. If someone had an ... 'm unsure whether its racist or not . Can see it from both ... -
Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... , for the ediotr, it is not _so_ difficult, I just have ... . does it overwrite with 00 or not). The bigger problem is when ... either a double pass of the screen display routine, or a temporary ... first pass.
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My retro collection on ebayHi, I'm clearing out my spare room and I'm having to list my retro collection on ebay. There are a few Ultimate titles for sale, and times of lore …
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Also, all single/double height standard cassette boxes, even ... £34.00 regardless of whether or not it's sent recorded delivery. -
Your Computer Jan'84 questionCould someone with the Jan'84 issue of Your Computer (it's not in the WoS archive) please provide me with a brief summary of the contents of pages 13…
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138-139 CDS double spread (Experience CDS programs for ... have this copy at home or not...[/quote]
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Sceen$ helpMost people have used screen$ at some time or another and for me what I want to do is use it or something like it as a start screen before the game p…
... $ is stored (A bit like double buffering).[/QUOTE]
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What Will WOS be like in 2050?Will it still have the majority of current posters? Will we still all be Speccy mad maniacs, or will the youngsters take it over and spoil it all. …
... a Speccy that only runs Double Dragon, and Harry Price games ... you know it's secretly (or not so much, in this case ... -
Spectrum+3Hi all, Got my Spectrum+3 from eBay this afternoon. Powered it up to find the drive belt is a no go. So I need a drive belt, Ok easy to get hold of n…
... long as you only use double-density disks. There is a ... identifies whether it is HD or not. The presence of a similiar ... disk in, it will use double density or single density (depending on ... -
Spectrum+3Hi all, Got my Spectrum+3 from eBay this afternoon. Powered it up to find the drive belt is a no go. So I need a drive belt, Ok easy to get hold of n…
... long as you only use double-density disks. There is a ... identifies whether it is HD or not. The presence of a similiar ... disk in, it will use double density or single density (depending on ... /> Nope, HD floppy drives will not work on a +3. It ... -
So long and thanks for all the fishIm off now. Alot of the chat here reminded me too much of of the chat in the school yard etc.... Not bitter, as my sig says just bored. Its been f…
... videos and nothing was said or done. In fact it was ... link.
Talk about double standards.[/QUOTE]
Blimey ... which I gave has a "not safe for work" warning next ... can judge for themselves whether or not to click the link. -
Pipex threatening to cancel my Internet due to bad debt[QUOTE]Account number: 502xxx Dear Sir/Madam, Despite our previous communication with you an outstanding balance remains unpaid along with no new D…
... 't care if I stayed or not. Made absolutely no effort to ... you stay or if you go.
It's not as ... . Staying wouldn't make it double.
:roll ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... this on a 1MHz Atari or a 2MHz Atari?
... quality of the psnrg. Or use what mathematicians use - ... (ie SQR) is buggy or not as computers with the same ... point library by default (not the spectrum ROM) and ... it can be considered 'double precision' as you can ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... ie SQR) is buggy or not as computers with the same ... the original benchmarks was not available. It used to ... point library by default (not the spectrum ROM) and ... it can be considered 'double precision' as you can ... runs the buss at double speed and splits cycles ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... code in BCD. This not only makes it super slow ... above however it is certainly not the fastest way to ... Oric runs the buss at double speed and splits cycles ... without keys pressed. So not really a huge impact on ... whether fp code is reentrant or not, etc. -
The direct bus or indirect one... that is the questionThe Ethernet project continues...and I'm in a quandry. So I've managed to implement enough socket library for the W5100 that socket, bind, listen, a…
... mention using HCT chips for buffering. I found that using HCT245 ... devices, a long IDE cable, or you try a power hungry ... if a device is fussy or not, as I had an LS120 ... .
This may or may not be relevant to your problems ... -
Oh look, more Spectrum reviews(x-post to CSS as part of general self-publicising) Part of the reason I've been more active (or at least less lurky) on CSS and here of late is tha…
... whether I should be surprised or not that Cassette 50 has proven ... any scrolling involved (e.g. Double Dragon) - the filesize balloons like ... be to have a Java (or Flash) based Spectrum emulator with ... +3 drive to spin down, or it would stay spinning throughout ... -
Question to people who moved to another countryI may become a U.S. citizen this year if I want to (there are benefits), but I remember reading somewhere that if you move to another country, you st…
... Whether you're a citizen or not, expect the IRS to continue ... are a citizen, permanent resident, or H1/L1 (i.e. ... even if you've not left the USA in ... you spend 183 days or more is your residence ... residents effectively have to pay double tax then claim it ... -
help sought with first foray into machine code - pixel scrolldownI have started to code my first machine code program, a simple roadrace game. I've based it around the pixel scrolldown routine in 40 Best Machine Co…
... depending on whether BC=0 or not. The JP is testing the ... at a time, not the screen address one double byte at a ... 19 cycles but this is not the way I had ... cycles per byte which is not much better than the ... if the the move is not synchronized with the raster you ... -
Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…
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Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…
... not also post it here so bugs don't get double-posted or ... -
First multiload gameWhile writing the review of A View to a Kill for the Speccy review book, I commented that it was one of the first multi-load games for the Speccy. D…
... screen to be updated, use double buffering and a third screen to ... scan line. It's also not a particularly fast game either ... -
First multiload gameWhile writing the review of A View to a Kill for the Speccy review book, I commented that it was one of the first multi-load games for the Speccy. D…
... screen to be updated, use double buffering and a third screen to ... scan line. It's also not a particularly fast game either ... -
That game so easy...Do you remember any game so, so easy that you completed in the first, second or third time you played it?
... version of Double Dragon 3 I played was hacked or not as you ... -
Sequels of games converted from arcadesMany Speccy games were converted from arcades. Some of them became popular and had sequels but only on computers (those sequels didn't exist on arcad…
... and white Game Boy as... Double Dragon 2!)[/QUOTE]
... I believe the whole sequel or not question is really only relevant ... is also worth noting that Double Dragon was also released ... Renegade concept games sequel was Double Dragon 2.......further clarity ... -
Sequels of games converted from arcadesMany Speccy games were converted from arcades. Some of them became popular and had sequels but only on computers (those sequels didn't exist on arcad…
... I believe the whole sequel or not question is really only relevant ... is also worth noting that Double Dragon was also released in ... was Double Dragon 2....[/QUOTE]
And let's not even ... get into the fact that the arcade Double Dragon ... -
Renegade - best beat em up on speccy?Following on from a recent Arcade sequels thread, It is my personal opinion that Renegade is probably the best beat 'em up released for the spectrum…
... is also quite interesting but not as good).
double dragon or final fight, but in ... 's not that much different from a mario or a sonic ... concept as renegade...but its not as good...why? I ... 'm not sure maybe the lack ... -
An exercise in taking things WAY too seriously[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7446274.stm]Is "pikey" offensive?[/url]
... based on HIS personal experience...not what joe bloggs down the ... on my personal experiences and not what someone else tells me ... a physical 'flinch' reaction to double my walking speed and get ... base their decision to smoke or not on their own prejudice which ... -
'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... screen from page 5". Instant double-buffering with no extra work!
not eligible to enter than any ... other year - not least the games written in ... the Speccy 48K.[/QUOTE]
Not eligible to enter? I think ... -
Moral outrage rant - New HHGTTG BookHow could they, its sacrilege. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7619828.stm[/url]
... ago, but that is still double the time lapse.
Actually ... can probably judge how sensitive or not Adams would be better than ... -
Jonathan Ross and Russell BrandJust saw this headlining the BBC news at lunchtime. It seems to be a matter of national importance. Is it?
... be broadcasters, regardless of whether or not the calls were eventually aired ... of outrage this case has...double standards...'unsure' standards...whatever.[/quote ... , the BBC is all about double standards, and reverse discrimination.
