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Setting the borderCan someone tell me best way to set the border to a given colour using machine code. Its there an operating system call or can I load up a memory loc…
Can someone tell me best way to set the border to a given colour using machine code. Its there an operating system call or can I load up a memory location. Thanks. -
More than 256 colours in full screen Spectaculator?When Spectaculator starts up in full screen and you go to load a game the windows menus are a terrible colour and look garish. I guess thats becaus…
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Daleks in Speccy gamesWhat with the new Dalek episode tonight, I thought it would be a good time to ask the following... How many 8bit games can you think of with Daleks …
... , I thought it would be a good time to ask the ... (CGC entry)
Also a Wally Week game, but I don ... /> I'd like to compile a full list of these games ... -
Just how many levels did Gauntlet have??i'm just asking cos i looked at the ads for the deeper dungeons today while choosing a game for the zxclub this week, and they make a big point out o…
... deeper dungeons today while choosing a game for the zxclub this ... week, and they make a big point out of the ... repeated either reversed or with a different colour etc so it just ... wonder if there are actually a limited amount of levels like ... -
ANNOUNCE: ZX Spectrum Game Coffee Table Bookhello peeps. I'm about half-way through writing a full-colour 250 page 8.5x5.5 inch coffee-table type book about Spectrum games from 1982 through 19…
... half-way through writing a full-colour 250 page 8. ... who pre-order will get a
healthy discount, ... two were published by a conventional
publishing house ... one
published by a conventional publisher, but it ...
amounts for a niche book of this ... -
Accurate Screenshots of Aqua Plane (EmuZWin especially)As you may know, this jet-skiing game uses a harrdware trick to split the border into the light blue of the sky, and the dark blue of the sea. The pr…
... , this jet-skiing game uses a harrdware trick to split the ... the grabs I take have a single-colour border - and ZX32 doesn ... -
suggestions re. OCR of instructions image scans?There are a number of instructions files on WoS which are only availabe as massive image scans. Does anyone have any experience in getting good OCR r…
There are a number of instructions files on ... file format, and converting a grainy colour JPEG to TIFF produces useless ... -
Top 100Where do your favourite [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html"]game[/url] and favourite [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestadvent…
... lists
Mine Everyone's a wally and Sorderon's shadow and ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 30 November 2005Wednesday 30 November 2005 Happy 10th Birthday, WoS! Another massive update including 185 new adventure game solutions/tips(!!!) amongst other things…
... in the Life of a Tupperware Salesman, A, Demon Lord, Desert ... />
* Dave Redford sent in a POKE for Splat!.
* De ... Andy Barker) sent in a bug-fix POKE for Ninja.
* Jil sent in a more accurate ... -
The Endorian ForestSeeing good old Manic Miner again, I remembered how stunned I was when I saw Return of the Jedi and realized one of Manic Miner's levels, The Endoria…
... in NL?
Just a little oddity that came to ... , and does anyone know a "more lives" poke for Manic Miner (and ... -
Q on Frightmare.Hi there. Few questions on [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Frightmare$&pub=^Cascade+Games+Ltd$&model=spectrum"]Frightmare[…
... dire reviews (and this is a sub-par game) the ... mad math skills give me a total of 85 screens ... this game without a "infinite lives" poke and the poke in the ... willing to figure out another poke? (I couldn't get ... the other poke to work with any ... -
Sega Scart Lead QuestionHi I just got a French Sega Master System 2 from France. The only way you can hook it up to your tv is through the supplied Sega Scart Lead. The thin…
Hi I just got a French Sega Master System ... tv. I have found a cheap secam to pal converter ... connect things to it through a/v inputs. Does anyone ... lead and replace it with A/V plugs instead. I ... a full colour picture!
I can't use a regular Sega A ... -
Spectrum stuff on PC Worms?I wasn't sure what forum to post this in ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12"]Sinclair Miscellaneous[/URL] or Chit Cha…
... in an art package? Well, a few years ago I used ... to have a map for Worms 2 (I ... it or found it on a magazine coverdisc (when I stil ... and scenery form Everyone's a Wally and Dynamite Dan, but I ... )'s April fool joke of a few years ago, where they ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 01 July 2006Friday 30 June 2006 This update nearly didn't happen because of the amount of stuff I have to do at work. I hope it's enough to keep you going. Hopef…
... that the webmail form had a problem, and the mail was ... some tips for Everyone's a Wally.
* Shaun Bebbington sent ... Formula One.
* Added a complete solution for Re-Evolucion ... some tips for Everyone's A Wally.
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Proposal for entering spoilersI'd like to propose the following method for including film/telly spoilers in forum posts: Basically, enter the spoiler text with a font colour the …
... the spoiler text with a font colour the same as the background ... this, begin spoiler text with [COLOUR="#F0F0FF"] and end it with ... the 'U' from the word COLOUR)
Example: Below is ... a spoiler for the film Titanic. ... -
Really stupid question about Speccy games..I just noticed a post by chop983 in another thread and he mentioned Everyone's a Wally. I can remember playing that game. I never did get what I was…
I just noticed a post by chop983 in another ... and he mentioned Everyone's a Wally. I can remember playing that ... realised, I didnt have much a clue about what I was ... that didnt have much of a plot as such? Or was ... -
Music on game cassettes?I was rather amazed at how professional the music included with Everyone's A Wally sounded: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNoqq9Vfc0g[/url] I…
... music included with Everyone's A Wally sounded:
[url] ... br />
It reminds me a lot of the kind of ... reason.
Was this a very common thing at the ... time, to have a proper bit of music on ... the B-side of a game? Are there any ... -
Game On exhibition at Science Museum, LondonJust come back from the exhibition today with my mother! Had a really great time there. Lots of fantastic games and machines to play on. And you can…
... br />
Had a really great time there. ... the place, along with a few concept art drawings ... Galaxian (Coin-op - had a 2 player game with my ... its design, a concept drawing and a full colour cell were ... appearance. Outrun only made a brief appearance via Outrun ... -
25 years of gamesWith the anniversary fast approaching I wanted to start some discussions about the last 25 years of the Spectrum firstly of course comes game Which…
... be old, new, famous, obscure, a conversion, whatever.
just ... favourite game is Everyone's a Wally but I won't be ... -
game where you pushed others off the 2D playing field into outer space?hello there! this is my first post -- hope it's in the right place! the view point of this monochromatic game was from above. you controlled a small…
... was from above. you controlled a small robot or spaceship and ... (which might have been a different a shape, colour, etc). the early levels ... 20 or more. it was a great game that i'd ... around 1986/87, certainly not a really old (manic minor era ... -
The actual top ten Spectrum games EVER! : )I had a free moment and collected all the votes from the thread of "Top 10 Spectrum games ever". ([I][url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/show…
... />
Some things surprised me a lot. I would have thought ... that with such a request perhaps 20-30 different ... Dan 2
[*]Everyone's a Wally
[*]Fairlight
[*]Ghouls and ... Quest
[*]how to be a complete bastard
[*]IK+
Shoot em up designerJust seen Jonathans site, years ago he started doing a Shoot em up Designer utility. Could be very good, i think if people are interested please ema…
... br /> - Sound - would make a huge difference if you shoot ... enemies shoot and also make a sound ?
... ) theres obviously a ton of colour clash if the ... object flys over a different colour. Is it possible ... Can you set a screen at a given point for ...Fat guys-em-upsYes! It's time to another stupid thread! :razz: In this case, you must think of games in which one of the characters is a fat man... For example, …
Yes! It's time to another stupid thread! :razz:
In this case, you must think of games in which one of the characters is a fat man...
For example, any Wally Week game: Automania, Pyjamarama, Everyone's a Wally and TWIP.Games that best describe your current mood!!Eesh! I'm having one of those days at work where all my customers are asking me really daft questions and generally getting on my nerves. So, right…
... 'm thinking [I]Everyone's A Wally[/I]. I just want to ...Problem with Speccy GraphicsI'm creating a couple of background images for the BombJack Editor using Photoshop (I can't seem to get my head around the graphics editor in BASin).…
... I managed to create a half-decent illustration under ... only saw the one colour. It's probably my ... the two shades of a given colour in the same ... I should really have taken a couple of screengrabs...)
... Also, BMP2SCR seems to throw a wobbly with 90% of ...Miner Willy BookHi Guys, If you are a fan of Matthew Smith and Miner Willy then you may be interested in my new book: Miner Willy: from rags to riches... The boo…
... forty eight). There is a picture of Matthew looking at ... to riches... is printed using a COMMERCIAL printer, using high ... printed internally in full-colour with a glossy colour cover. The book ... . International buyers contact me for a quote on postage.
...Multiface 3 loaderHi there, on the usual problem of transfering games to tape, I was wondering if it was possible to change to the loader for games saved using the mul…
... in?
Is there a program or poke I can use?
I have a multiface 3 (obviously ... !!) and I'm using a +2A ...Poppers and Warfarin yay or nayI have a friend who a few years ago suffered a minor heart attack but didnt go to the doctor his girlfiend noticed he was a blue colour but he claime…
... have a friend who a few years ago suffered a minor ... was a blue colour but he claimed hed had a bad ... />
Anyway about a year later he had another ... first.
A few weeks back his girlfriend ... found a couple of empty poppers ...The best ... beginning with "E"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "E", which do you think are the: [B]Best g…
... : [/B]Difficult one; Everyone's a Wally, Earthshaker, Enduro Racer and Elite ... I'll say Everyone's a Wally, as it had an acceptable ... man is harmless (with a picture of a psycho looking bloke), "This ... use, with such a great version of BASIC, a VERIFY function for ...
