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  • extra colours on the +2a/+3i recently did a mod on my rgb connector so i could get a bright signal. then i realised if i left out 1 or 2 of the resistors i would get extra colo…

    ... the resistors i would get extra colours. but only if the speccy ... ohmage resistors would get darker colours, browns, etc? anyone know anything ...
    digital digital May 2018 Hardware
  • Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…

    ... of timing tricks to generate extra colours on-screen
    Uridium - Use ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey February 2007 Games
  • More ULAplus games. (J. Cauldwell)Byte Me (once its out) Coracle Utter Tripe [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=575442&postcount=45"]As per Mr. Cauldwell Hims…

    Byte Me (once its out)
    Coracle
    Utter Tripe

    [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=575442&postcount=45"]As per Mr. Cauldwell Himself[/URL], these games utilise the extra colours in ULAplus mode..
    ZnorXman ZnorXman November 2011 Infoseek database
  • Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…

    ... only title with all the extra colours, bells and whistles included. 
    Rebelstar Rebelstar June 2015 New game ideas
  • trials fusion on the ps4.... Is clearly just Eddie kidd with a couple of whistles a day bells.... Any other examples of obvious plagiarism. Desert strike was nothi…

    ....

    Is clearly just Eddie kidd with a couple of whistles a day bells....

    Any other examples of obvious plagiarism.

    Desert strike was nothing more that TLL with a few extra colours for example!
    mickmog mickmog March 2016 Games
  • Limitations of emulationsYears ago at a trade fair, I got chatting to the guys who programmed [i]Gyron[/i]. They were demonstrating it and showed me an undocumented feature: …

    ... showed me an undocumented feature: extra colours.

    The rotating figure ... you got the illusion of extra colours outside the Spectrum's colour ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey January 2019 Games
  • New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…

    ... Spec256 way of getting the extra colours is the right way to ... byte identifying one of 256 colours as follows: bit 7 comes ... practical -- this would allow 16 colours to be displayed simultaneously at ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2004 Emulators
  • C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…

    ... pixels with it's 2 colours per 8x8 square
    ... colour mode (160x200) (Also, the extra colours available make anti-aliasing possible ... Speccy is restricted to 2 colours per 8x8, but has 320x200 ... pixels and 16 colours overall.

    Having ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers January 2004 Games
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... screen modes.

    The extra colours on the Ultimate games like ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers September 2004 Games
  • Arcanoid updatedA relatively small but overdue update. A couple of Spectrum games reviewed and a new 256 colour game - Gun Runner - added. I guess I'll just have to…

    ... the Ultimate games working with extra colours :(

    Tried both SNAPS ...
    CKay CKay November 2004 Announcements
  • Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …

    ... ? Of course I would, 16 colours is acceptable because of the ... sure most will agree, the extra colour does improve things considerably ... better graphics due to the extra colours etc.. So I don't ...
    Fizza Fizza January 2007 Games
  • Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …

    ... is do you prefer more colours at the expense of resolution ... ? Of course I would, 16 colours is acceptable because of the ... be fooled by the pretty colours. What makes a game good ... almost always prefer gameplay; the extra colours have to either add something ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2007 Games
  • Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …

    ... [QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous;166912]Yes, colours can be nice *IF* they ... from your statement "yes, colours can be nice", or at ... always prefer gameplay; the extra colours have to either add something ... scrolling, best graphics, best colours and sound and anything ...
    Fizza Fizza January 2007 Games
  • Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…

    ... of timing tricks to generate extra colours on-screen

    This ...
    Gwyn Gwyn February 2007 Games
  • Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…

    ... of timing tricks to generate extra colours on-screen[/QUOTE]

    Extra-Terrestrial Xargon was pretty ground ...
    robert@fm robert@fm February 2007 Games
  • Games that were better/worse on C64/SpeccyOkay, games that were either: a) Better on the Spectrum or b) better on the C64 Simple heh? I can think of a couple: Bombjack is way better o…

    ... one and benefited from the extra processing power too, but Commodore ... , plus that version had the extra missions, which was a great ... /California Games
    Starquake - the extra colours for the main sprite nip ...
    Fizza Fizza March 2007 Games
  • Good 128k games?As I only got my +2 in the twilight years of the spectrum and then discovered cider and Doctor and the Crippens (punk band), I never really had many …

    ... ), but that wasn't making extra colours, it was just putting the ... available colours of the machine one single ... " give the impression of more colours. But really, there's only ...
    The Starglider The Starglider March 2007 Games
  • Head over Heels on the C64Dunno if this' a good place to bring this up :D I've been comparing Head over Heels versions and the C64 version is way inferior, everytime there's…

    ... the only difference is the extra colour, and sometimes the ... screens looked great with the extra colours, but other looked ugly ... the badly chosen colours.

    Is the extra colour the ... version, but it has extra colours which makes it impossible to ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2008 Games
  • CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …

    so..... it only works on Timex machines? I'm trying to limit my little proggies to standard 48/128k machines at the moment, but....... i have an idea for a crap game which could use the extra colours, :D
    polomint polomint September 2008 Games
  • Pussy - on sale againNo, it is nothing sick, it is just: european users can now buy "Pussy-the Titanic love story" on my homepage [url]http://lcd-one.da.ru[/url] again (p…

    ... and it does look like extra colours/detail in the game.
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat October 2008 Announcements
  • Biggest gaming disappointmentsThe biggest let down I can remember was Matthew Smith's type-in Andre's Night Off. Surely there would be some magic in those few lines of code you ty…

    ... none of the C64's extra hardware could aid Stunt Car ... use shading to replicate the extra colours of the C64 version; other ... translate to a lot of extra depth in what you can ...
    Matt_B Matt_B January 2009 Games
  • Biggest gaming disappointmentsThe biggest let down I can remember was Matthew Smith's type-in Andre's Night Off. Surely there would be some magic in those few lines of code you ty…

    ... use shading to replicate the extra colours of the C64 version; other ... translate to a lot of extra depth in what you can ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2009 Games
  • OutRun Europa - THIEF!Just played the OutRun Europa RZX (shaded graphics really don't work in this sort of game), and saw the end sequence. They lifted the graphics from t…

    ... Space Harrier.

    Those extra colours [I]could[/I] just be ...
    joefish joefish May 2009 Games
  • OutRun Europa - THIEF!Just played the OutRun Europa RZX (shaded graphics really don't work in this sort of game), and saw the end sequence. They lifted the graphics from t…

    [QUOTE=joefish;353058]Those extra colours [I]could[/I] just be ... 's not possible without 3 colours in a block.
    Vertigo Vertigo May 2009 Games
  • Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…

    ... and BRIGHT you get 64 colours on-screen from a palette ... any more to include the colours).[/QUOTE]

    Certainly got ... or does this just add extra colours per character block.
    Saboteur Saboteur October 2009 New game ideas
  • Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…

    [QUOTE=Saboteur;393562]Certainly got my interest - would this eliminate clash or does this just add extra colours per character block.[/QUOTE]

    Neither. Details over at comp.sys.sinclair if you're really curious.
    chev chev October 2009 New game ideas
  • ZXSpin 0.7 public testingOk, now that the private testing phase is over, I need to get more people testing ZXSpin 0.7 I am not terribly interested in emulation problems, bec…

    ... nice to give it some extra colours. :smile:
    bobs bobs November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... I'm considering putting some extra colours in my Christmas game.
    bobs bobs November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... the 128K version. Having these extra colours at the time might have ...
    bobs bobs November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... am very impressed with the extra colours ... I'm a bit daft ... just wondering are the new colours implemented as new instructions (MC ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman November 2009 Emulators
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