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Greatest Album's by YearHello list fans! For absolutely no reason at all, (well maybe boredom played a part), here's a list of what I think are the greatest album's by year …
... well maybe boredom played a part), here's a list of what ... I think are the greatest album's ... The Beatles
1964 A Hard Days Night - The ... The Kinks
1969 Everyone Knows this is Nowhere - Neil ... and there are quite .a few gaps.
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A 30th Anniversary ProjectHappy new year (belatedly...) So with the 30th anniversary approaching, I've decided to do a hardware project to celebrate it. Something hands-on (o…
... Spectrum.
What's a theremin? It's an instrument you play ... control the pitch and the other the volume. The pitch ... a wave shaper, that will use the triangle wave to make other ... comprises of two counters plus a "direct" interface. This completely ... -
TR-DOS Gameplay Videos MegathreadA thread made mainly for your amusement for one evening. Yeah, it contains lots of videos of the games that have mainly been left without attention o…
... Sergey Slobodchikov a.k.a. Marie Slip a.k.a. Action a.k.a. That ... ' Hearts, only with the characters of the Russian cartoons.
s a cool Battle City port right ... [I][Perspective Group][/I][/URL] - Everyone has been talking about this ... -
ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…
... like in real life for a while now so today I ... wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in ... />
Here's a couple of pics and a link to a vid I ... the The Matrix but it's all I could think of ... -
New WIP from Kabuto Factory: A.R.C.O.S.Hi everybody! After a long time in silence (...you know, life and its commitments...), we're coming back with new WIP for Speccy: A.R.C.O.S., a new …
Hi everybody!
After a long time in silence (...you ... new WIP for Speccy: A.R.C.O.S., a new "brick'em ... [/url]
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BOB the Screen BuilderHere's my first attempt to use that tokenising idea from "more on storing mazes" in a screen designer - "[url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27p…
... about that eventually. Any other ideas for improvements or extra ... DATA string with a mixture of printable characters and attribute tokens. ... change that to be the other way around, as the ... and MERGEd into other programs, as it's an independent program ... -
Just a thought (something I wish modern games would do)The great site cracked.com (a brilliant way to waste time is to start on one of their pages, and the next thing you know you've spent three hours rea…
... share their game worlds with other games companies. Imagine if ... amateurs that are copied from other games. This is because ... Electronic Arts, 2009), as it's a beautiful and detailed world varying ... their digital environments like other companies lease out their ... -
A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…
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There's a detailed documentation in the link ... tile map idea and a few other details are based on ... Andrew Owen's ZXodus Engine, the ... ZXodus code (instead it's more like a reimplementation of some ideas ... -
A virtual machine in WindowsHas anyone any experience of a virtual machine in Windows? I'm thinking of trying this, mainly "just because", but also slightly because any Windows …
... anyone any experience of a virtual machine in Windows ... m fixing/enhancing someone else's PC*.
other advantages? What packages ... they create a large file that's a virtual hard drive ... each other, etc?
I'm a complete ... -
Microhobby's Pixel A Pixel compoI've recently found out that there's been a graphics competition Pixel A Pixel held by Microhobby magazine, thx to Ivanzx for pointing this out in on…
... out that there's been a graphics competition Pixel A Pixel held ... works on it - it's a pity that we don't ... which can be viewed on a real hardware).
As ... Microhobby scans, but it's not really possible with the ... issues, to send me a good scan of one page ... -
Pixel Nation & Writers wanted!Before I get to my main question I just wanted to talk about a project I've been involved with. I recently worked on a printed magazine for NES-Bit.c…
... I got to chatting to a few other forumites and started working ... it on tablets, PC's etc. It's packed full of content ... - We interview super influential 80?s British video game artist Bob ... video games most iconic female characters, as written from the perspective ... -
Lame BASIC BEEPer editor - alphaI like music, like BASIC and find all current music utilities complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up with a simple BEEPer edito…
... complicated/non-efficient listing. It's getting close to doing exactly ... 't occupy more than 3 characters when printed. I'm doing ... code block instead of array, a few other things...
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What's best for backing up home data?What's best for backing up home data? I'm not talking about anything too important (if I even had anything like that I'd use multiple DVDs, with some…
... of game folders where a game has a ton of mods ... mods to work properly it's a good idea to backup ... if one breaks then the other DVD-Rs should still ... will read, but that's easily solved provided you have ... reliable are a USB stick, a hard drive, and a SSD drive ... -
48k PSU UpgradeCan anyone give the definitive word on a PSU upgrade (rather than just a replacement) for 48k machines? I'm thinking of adding at least an IDE inter…
... give the definitive word on a PSU upgrade (rather than just ... IDE interface and maybe some other stuff and I've looked ... using 12v.
Purchasing a beefy 9v PSU (2 or ... Speccy release it's magic smoke.
Everyone's suggestions and experience ... -
Ok, there's this guy, and he's writing a book.And he's a bit stuck when it comes to the Speccy. [url]http://theywereourgods.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/day-6-covering-spectrum.html[/url] He's writin…
And he's a bit stuck when it comes ... [/url]
He's writing a book about video games from ... - though as he never owned a spectrum I really think he ... 's going to need help.
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Game Redux's you'd like to see?I was talking about this with one of my pals at work the other night, about which games you'd like to see redone? Here's a few to start you off. Re…
... pals at work the other night, about which games ... redone?
Here's a few to start you off ... Birthday released on something other than the PSP :mad ... updated too, for no other reason than I'd ... want to visit countless other galaxies and dimensions after ... -
What?s on your C90?Hellloooo! Here I am, having a good old sort out of over 200 “non-original” or, "blank" cassettes from various sources. Yes, it’s…
... adventure into other people’s cassettes. I also find a conversation between a father ... Set Willy!” [/B]and it’s a sort of POKE-Program. It ... for the game from a menu. There’s a, ‘Make Willy walk backwards ... -
Anatomy of a bad M1No, not the motorway (although at times the tarmac M1 goes about as well as this one...) But the bad M1 problem that seems to occur most with issue …
... the offset knob. So here's a closeup:
[img]http ... actually move, but there's a lot of other noise on top of ... because what's left of the M1 signal is a bit lower ... this into a useful signal, there's just too much other noise you ... -
(Re) building a ZX Spectrum laserharpThe Cambridge show is nearing, and I want to bring my laserharp with me. Why? Because it's built around a ZX Spectrum +2: [IMG]http://benophetintern…
... Why? Because it's built around a ZX Spectrum +2:< ... br />
Here's a picture of the setup with ... +2, but a 128K heatsink or other model will do ... coded, otherwise it's definately not fast enough ... virtual synthesizers (VST's) which includes a sound set of ... -
bought a gerbilthe gf was off work, there was nowt on tele so we decided to take a trip to maccies drive thru, but decided to look in the pet supermarket. we looked…
... around and took a spontanious decision to get a gerbil, i ... wanted to get a lizard or a snake, but they ... wondered what happened to the other 3. so we picked ... before but never a gerbil, it's a better pet as ... on the bottle is a picture of a gerbil, so for ... -
Autosiril, a MIDI-to-AY music converter...well, it's not a direct MIDI-to-AY converter, but it's still possible to try out the results on a real Speccy machine. So, here's the story: Siri…
... and, while keeping it from everyone else with the Security Level ... 3's reliability, he made several ... Not to mention that there's a lot of options and parameters ... feel discouraged now, but there's a couple of examples available so ... -
Retroma??a game programming contest (with prizes!)As is usual, Retroma??a held during the University of Zaragoza's Week of Engineering and Architecture features a retro-game programming contest... Y…
... of Zaragoza's Week of Engineering and Architecture features a retro- ... Zaragoza to take part, there's a competition category for those who ... 't be there. This year's theme is:
* ... make a remake of a classic Spectrum game for any other platform.
A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
Here's a selection of ideas ... , but it has several other uses. Expanding upon this ... form "GO SUB FN a(a$,a,...)" where the FN just ... (not advisable for those of a nervous - or structured - ... altogether. (Some programmers have a conniption at this point.) ...The Hobbit, Empire, and an interviewHi all, I've got a little article on the making of The Hobbit in the latest issue of Empire magazine (we've run a huge feature on the film). I inte…
... , unlike other games at the time. When storing alphabetic characters or addresses ... ; similar to cellphones a few years ago. There's a real sense of ... challenge in making a powerful game ...Interview with Clive Townsend (Saboteur)Here you have at [URL="http://www.elmundodelspectrum.com"]www.elmundodelspectrum.com[/URL] this exclusive interview with Clive Townsend. Don?t forget…
... person fires arrows at the other, and they try to dodge ... code in along with the other code, graphics, and data. After ... Durell people?[/I]
Mike's a legend. He did incredible things ... Soft published it, everyone hated it, and everyone forgot it. Except YOU ...What do you want from the next gen consoles?As I've been playing Skyrim again I was wondering what I'd want from the next gen version. Better graphics are always a bonus, but, as we all know 'b…
... Better graphics are always a bonus, but, as ... know 'better graphics do not a game make'.
< ... more open interaction between other characters ( not Mmo games ... remote play between a vita and a ps3 is possible ... but it's very limited.< ...Recommend some good films (movies)One thing always surprises me about this forum is that there's no semi-permanent film recommendation topics, but since there are currently two films …
... alive. Oh, and it's a *fantastic* film, in case ... anyone's interested;
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- The characters are very ... high street), but it's a good action sci-fi ... be discussing it with other people the next day ... if you can, it's a lot better than the ...Fastest redraw of screen from UDGsHere's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be used in games: On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the scre…
Here's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be ... to model another machine with a character-mapped screen and render ... the screen full of characters to the Spectrum's 6K of pixel ... refresh tearing.
It's a bonus if the character map ...Ossuary, a new game for the ZX SpectrumHello Specchums! Here's a little sneak preview of a game which will be published in a few hours' time. [B][I]Ossuary[/I][/B], to be published later…
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Here's a little sneak preview of a game which will ... 16K Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It's a [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... laid out dungeon levels, a handful of weapons and shields ... . There's also no animation, in common with other graphical rogue ...BIFROST* for graphic artists - part 1Using multicolor requires 2 very different skills: [I]programming[/I] and [I]graphic design[/I]. I already wrote several tutorials about the former …
... above contains 4 UDG characters, each one using a single INK color ... to UDG characters in the ZX-Spectrum, except it's bigger ( ... colorful.
Here's a sample multicolor tile:
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Because of this, it's ...
