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Plane confusing...Nowhere near as exciting or complicated as one of Morkin's quizzes, but... Can you work out which game's loading screen was loading into which of ZX …
... to help convert existing software and/or to minimise the data ... . Set it it b1111 and it'll write to all ... . Set it to b0000 and everything goes back to normal ... that the ROM's print and plot routines would still work ( ... it to three planes and ignore the data at ... -
Do you remember the Great Gaming Crash?Assuming you were in England (well, anywhere really, except the USA) in 1983/1984, were you effected, or even aware, of the 'global games crash"? Thi…
... that for the Sega and Nintendo consoles of the ... late 80s onwards, and they're still doing ... it now for Sony and Microsoft's machines.
... ports like Space Invaders and Missile Command into the bargain, but ... -hyped Pac-Man and E.T. and far too many ... -
Pick 3 from 49pThe WHSmith Home Computer Club. Oh, such great memories ? some of which we?ve shared already, but what about if you were to choose now? Any 3 that …
... a new one every month and bill you for it, ... ]
pretty much, and it wasn't a cheap ... I remember doing it and getting hurg, melbourne draw and something else... next ... thing was GAC, and something else ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... roughly the same, with strengths and weaknesses in different areas. [/ ... trying to do my homework and plot a few functions on ... hardware features to improve peformance, and so increasing cost, that ... both companies, poor managment and decision making in the face ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... trying to do my homework and plot a few functions on the ... there's another colour change (and another set of 6 'blank ... 'll change both the foreground and background to their predetermined opposites ... becomes white).
Oh, and there's no bright option ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... trying to do my homework and plot a few functions on the ... hardware features to improve peformance, and so increasing cost, that was ... for both companies, poor managment and decision making in the face ... designed to a cost point and that meant making sacrifices ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... colour clash or monochrome graphics. And it really should have been ... trying to do my homework and plot a few functions on the ... ] games.[/QUOTE]
I, and quite possibly others who have ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... be done on the spectrum. And any game that rely on ... maybe Virus then.
And then we have the sound ... made games unplayable.
And Virus is really the [I ... numerous examples like Starstrike II and Carrier Command might suggest otherwise. -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... because it's faster to draw and reduces the possibility of sprites ... together into a big blob and the design of sprites means ... -
ZX-Modules updatesDear readers, depending on a common change on the file list (establishing the meta block feature), I've updated many of my ZX-Modules applications. …
... , you may decide how the command in the resulting batch file ... you may put a DEL command before them which indeed would ... warning message with ECHO and PAUSE command would be put before the ... -
Sly Spy - Ocean releaseHiya! Well, I teased you with it before but the time has come for me to finally put this up for sale... because I'm skint! ;) [img]http://i114.photo…
I'm gonnae watch this and see what it goes at. If it's a good high price, I can sell my copy along with Robocop 3 and Battle Command and move to the South of France. -
[NEW] Speccy for Android ReleasedHello, All! A while ago, I have released the Android version of [i]Speccy[/i], my ZX Spectrum emulator. It emulates Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A…
... cleaner virtual joystick skins, and bugfixed Joystick Layout Editor. ... Editor to properly show labels and gravity.
* ... br /> * Added -lcd and -nolcd command line options.
* ... Fixed save/restore function in Windows and ... -
Basic SAVE and ZX Printer supportIs there a list of emulators that support any of these two features (basic SAVE and print to printer port)? Is there a emulator comparison some wh…
... a real ZX Spectrum 48k, and later transferred (using DivMMC ... ) to the PC realm and into emulators, where I ... If you Tick "Enable Printers" and "ZX Printer" in Options --> ... or locations using the--textfile and --graphicsfile command-line options.
< ... -
Weekend Project - AKA - Spectrum PI MKIOk, after my disapointment with the ZX Vega it made me want to build a simple Raspberry PI build to support a vision that is right for me. Here is…
... do all the sanding, filling and finishing afterwards would, again, render ... - raid your OH's underwear draw and see if she has any ... tights. Stretch over the opening and voila. It's a cheap ... hobby electronics dust filter substitute and they don't block air ... -
is there a wire frame version of total eclipse, 3d construction kit, etc?is there a wire frame version of total eclipse, 3d construction kit, etc? this would mean the game would run faster. total eclipse, etc is too slow.
Yep, I did tecture mapping in BASIC a while ago and it really is very, very slow - even when you optimise the carp out of it. Filled polygons are a snap to draw, and very very fast when done right.
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[NEW] Speccy for Android ReleasedHello, All! A while ago, I have released the Android version of [i]Speccy[/i], my ZX Spectrum emulator. It emulates Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A…
... is now available for Windows and Linux:
... ]pixel raster simulation[/b] and new [b]scaling algorithms[/ ... .
* Added EPX and EAGLE image scaling algorithms.
and -cmy command line options.
* Added -epx and -eagle command line ... -
New Game: COSMIC COMMERCE[i]Disclaimer: This is not really a new game, but it's actually a new English translation of an old (err... I mean "classic"!) game that I originally…
... deserved when I was younger, and regardless of it getting panned ... those bizarre faces it would draw, and the fact you could choose ... -
Most technically impressive Speccy game?I think I posted this question years ago, but, wondered if it'd still be the same games that people think are technically impressive? I think some o…
... for the awesome parallax scrolling (and moon shimmer!)
Freescape games ... for that amazing raw-speed and the way you customize the ... 's choices above, especially LOM and Carrier Command. This was the strength ... -
Just games or also "serious stuff"?Hi guys :) When a ZX48K entered our home in 1986, i started programming for it but mainly i used it for games. No other use was accomplished: no a…
Firstly, playing games, then Melbourne Draw and BASIC programming. With some attempts at machine code. Oh and making game backups with an Interface III device, creating new loading systems... -
WoS Fantasy Premierleague 15/16If anyone wants to do this again, will get it started early so more people might see it. seems to be less members about since we came back. First gam…
This weeks games were shockers really, I was pleased to get an above average score TBH. Thought is was funny when Leicester only managed a draw and all the experts are writing off their title chances, then the three chasers all go and lose :)) -
Stupid things you've done to get a specy game?Here's mine. It's must have been the winter of 1984, I remember it was the release of Ghostbusters the game and a good friend of mine was bragging h…
... computer club.. got hurg, melbourne draw and something else.. they tried getting ... games.. we just returned em and said take us to court ... being in a rental club, and it was via the post ... . got "the key" and "easy speak" from them.. -
Euro's Score Predictions LeagueAnyone up for a quick predictions league for the Euro's? Click [url="http://bbc.in/1UxlfCb"]here[/url] for the BBC Sport page and join the WoSF le…
Well, it will be a draw and Wales win by penalties! -
1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.
... accept the command. You try to look around, and the command is accepted ... concise instructions included in WoS, and a sentence particularly catches my ... exciting posters about Christian persecution and broadcasting the almighty word of ... -
The 1969 Moon LandingsTrying not to sound too much like our 'Cornishdavy' was the Moon landings in '69 faked? [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_th…
[quote="joefish;874404"]And parachutes fold up really really ... the joystick from the lander and smuggle it back home with ... ]
That's right and most of the life support ... was jettisoned above the earth and the command command then relying on its ... -
Help with converting a SL3 based wav/csw to tzxGreets. :) I was trying to build some high speed tapes using Kobrasofts SL3 > http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017148 On its hig…
... various options in both maketzxgui and wav2tzx (command line)
I ... -
Your most played Speccy game?What Spectrum game did you play more than any other? For me it's got to be Back 2 Skool or Cyclone.
... probably Head Over Heels, Colony and Carrier Command.[/quote]
There ... the rest of my life and they are;
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[NEW] Speccy for Android ReleasedHello, All! A while ago, I have released the Android version of [i]Speccy[/i], my ZX Spectrum emulator. It emulates Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A…
... emulation.
* Added -scale2x and -raster command line options.
* Added ... -mono, -sepia, -green, and -amber command line options.
* EMULib-specific ... Windows.
* Deprecated -notv and -nolcd command line options.
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Recommendations on Development EnvironmentHi Folks, I'm interested to know what everyone uses for their development environment. Whilst working on my Pong game I've been using Win 7, Pa…
Notepad++, and a command line with msys2 and binutils :) -
SABOTEUR 1.5 - OFFICIAL CLIVE TOWNSEND SEQUEL / PREQUEL!Hi everyone and welcome to an official sequel / prequel to the ZX Spectrum classic Saboteur I & II (Avenging Angel) by Clive Townsend entitled Sabote…
... times bigger, with extended maps, plot, gameplay, and graphics... Saying that, I ... need the original Sabouteur map and plot. It can start when ninja ... escapes in helicopter and then has to return. And Spectrum 128 should ...
