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Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... probably coming home tonight in a bucket. Meanwhile, I'll ... I can actually think of a few people who did ...
They had the Appendix A in the Spectrum manual, at ... be worth loading as a separate 12-byte CODE ... slap it in with a FOR/READ/POKE/NEXT loop, along ... -
BUZZSAW+ Demo No. 3Right, another demo of BUZZSAW+. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap"]Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap[/URL] The default con…
... odd characters of single colour and (thanks to ... characters of individual colour - at least, on a 48K.
... =Sadako;450148]If only a game could be done ... years ago, with a 3-colour variant of the sprites ... if the Speccy generated a properly interlaced image, ... -
BUZZSAW+ Demo No. 3Right, another demo of BUZZSAW+. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap"]Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap[/URL] The default con…
... 20 years ago, with a 3-colour variant of the sprites ... if the Speccy generated a properly interlaced image, but ... that it will create a full image when rotated ... something about Mario having a very nice skin tone ... that is somewhat of a representation of what it ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... - and in my opinion - a general purpose sprite routine should ... non-transparent sprites, which is a whole different thing anyway. ... e/EveryonesAWally.gif"]Everyone's a Wally[/URL] and imagine it being ... as the fence, or have Wally walk past the phone box ... -
Mel and Mile arrested[url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/16/burger_van/[/url] Nice to see you making money from your hobby though :)
[QUOTE=mile;450705]apparently green was historically the correct colour, its everyone else that adopted blue for some reason.[/QUOTE]
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Mel and Mile arrested[url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/16/burger_van/[/url] Nice to see you making money from your hobby though :)
[QUOTE=AndyC;450706]Because blue is a stupid colour for cheese and onion.[/QUOTE]
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Sprite RotatingI was looking (actually at Everyone's a Wally), and noticed that all the graphics for the main characters are left facing, and two characters wide. …
... looking (actually at Everyone's a Wally), and noticed that all the ... to working buffer it is a bit faster than LUT for ... -
New to the ZX, what games?I just got my First ever ZX (+2) :-D and was previously an Amstrad cpc owner back then so i have no idea what games are the classics, any suggestions?
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Pyjamarama
Everyone's a Wally
Herbert's Dummy Run ... the Game'[/URL] game is a classic. Unfortunately, they are denied ... -
Rest in Peace, Jonathan Smith (was: Frobush Absence)You may or may not have noticed the absence of the honourable Frobush aka Jofa Smifff from your forums... The explanation is a little sad but does ha…
... br /> Tom-Cat, this is a nice screenshot. This is almost ... asking for a tribute game to Mr. ... be complete without a (good-natured) poke at the saucer ... malarkey, after all it became a ... what with him being a humorous fella I'm ... -
spectrum copyright etcjust curious. does anyone know of any cases where someone has been prosecuted or sued for selling copyrighted spectrum material? or for that matter …
... Vic 20 ones were on a white tape, Spectrum ones on ... and the C64 ones on a different colour. It would make sense ... them, I have had a few pm`s already about ... time comes to part with a few copies, I will reply ... was only handling them about a week ago, while I was ... -
A message From Jonathan Smith (Joffa's) sisterI got an email today from Jof's sister (Christine) .. it was meant for all of us,so here it is. I'm guessing she won't mind [QUOTE]Dear Paul, Than…
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and fro in a different colour?
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what are the hardest speccy games.can members please post what they feel are the hardest spectrum games. there are tons of them. a few i think where hard. midnight resistance jet se…
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Budget Game World Cup Group FHere's the second group for today group F Not particularly exciting like group E was, oh well Commentary of the draw here:[url]http://www.sendspace…
... 's but i just wasnt a fan of these games, my ... , werent really a platform game, not a shooting one, just a 'Wally' type of ... -
Budget Game World Cup Group DIt appears suddenly I became really drunk last night, and passed out :D Looks like I completely forgot to post up Group D :lol: So here it is, and …
... with [B]Everyone's a Wally[/B], that started my life ... Shrinking Fireman[/B] was a bit of fun, and ... (although it's maybe a little on the difficult ... ]Finders Keepers[/I] was a brilliant blend of exploring, platforming ... think I'd played a game before that had ... -
BATTY - Why? and TAFKAPI remember buying Your Sinclair with Batty on the cover and thinking it was absolutely stunning. At the time I wondered (and I wonder all the more n…
The 2 player on Batty was great. I go back to the game now though and i must admit its difficult at times with that background ! Would prefer just a clear colour -
games in grayscaleDo someone know or recommend zx-spectrum games specifically designed to be displayed in grayscale? (like on b&w tv sets?)
[B]Superkid [/B]allows you to chose on the menu screen between a full colour display and monochrome graphics (black and a choice of secondary colour). -
Colour or Monochrome?The release of the game [B]Cheril Perils [/B]at: [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30403[/URL] made me voice my preferenc…
... main tbh , where there was colour clash , it was hardly ... could have done with a monochrome colour scheme in games like ... the screen data WITHOUT the colour data also? comparing static and ... really. I would rather a smoother scroller at the expense of colour. -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... telling the Spectrum to display a different colour as opposed to the ... colour it would be displaying anyway, ... smooth lift section slow to a crawl. Fat lot of good ... did notice that I used a basic colour with bright earlier by ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... have an INK colour, the platforms could have a PAPER colour, and the ... two could be combined in a given ... simply in order to have a few more colours. Yuck! ... ]appear[/I] almost smooth? Given a straight choice, would you prefer ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... 462087]you've forgotten to colour the top most and bottom ... me, that would indicate a huge gulf of inferiority between ... both of which had full colour versions available (though Amstrad could ... no problems having a full colour version, its only a little bit too ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... no problems having a full colour version, its only a little bit too ... that should speed it up a good bit to acceptable levels ... distorting. That's a lot faster than using a proper sprite routine ... -
What's on your saucer?Thanks go out to frobush and zx1 for inspiring* this WoSser to create a yet another excellent WoS thread. Lunch 10 minutes ago. [IMG]http://i300.ph…
... bit of coleslaw and a blob of brown sauce.< ... bad. Those beans look a funny colour, they're definitely ... of spaghetti and all given a light "shake" of ... favourite pasta but spaghetti comes a close second.
a bit of a small portion? Could ... -
machines you've owned and favourite games on each?Just reminiscing about games of the past - speccie and beyond - and the pleasure they have brought. Here is my list of my ownership of machines and …
... - Caveman
Spectrum - Everyone's a Wally
Gameboy - Tennis
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Your views on...Head Over Heels[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002259]Head Over Heels[/url] Alright! Come on 'en. What's the biggy about this one. Never pla…
... on the Amstrad there's a subtle improvement in the graphics ... both done in the four-colour mode. Now on the Spectrum ... and yellow are used. Then a third colour, white, is used for ... you'll see the third colour used to give more detail ... -
Biggest Game World?We all know that Elite was considered to be huge with it's 2000-odd star systems, and that Explorer was... well, crap with it's billions of locations…
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In Everyone's a Wally, you could leave the town ... , both of which was just a screen that repeated endlessly, with ... a sign showing how far you' ... -
Biggest Game World?We all know that Elite was considered to be huge with it's 2000-odd star systems, and that Explorer was... well, crap with it's billions of locations…
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In Everyone's a Wally, you could leave the town ... both of which was just a screen that repeated endlessly, with ... San Andreas there was always a chance of discovering something ... wilderness, either a unique jump, a race or even a suicidal photographer. ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
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Pirating a Freeware game is not possible ... eye of Justitia. Replacing a loader that does not work ... /> Ever entered a infinite lifes poke? This is a kind of modification ... [QUOTE=guesser;464280]
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Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…
... of it. There were a host of better looking ... there hadn't been a full colour vertical space shoot-em ... try to introduce too much colour and detail. Commando was ... that the balance of colour and detail in Light ... hey I've got a great colour scroll and some multi ... -
Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…
... of it. There were a host of better looking ... there hadn't been a full colour vertical space shoot-em ... try to introduce too much colour and detail. Commando was ... that the balance of colour and detail in Light ... hey I've got a great colour scroll and some multi ... -
Gaming annoyancesWhat are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scro…
... time by 1/1000th of a second after easily beating ... it at all splits (a.k.a. I'm useless at ... you keep getting killed at a later point (I remember ... about to win (Everyone's a Wally..played for hours then lost ... , haven't got a clue what a real girl looks like ...
