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Looking for an old, but GREAT gameHi All, Wondered if anybody can help me. I had a 128k back in the day, and I have fond memories of a game which I simply can't remember the name of …
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Queries about loading schemesAccording to the review of Wizard's Lair in Crash issue 14: [quote]Wizard's Lair has an unusual fast loader, which makes the border flash in wide ban…
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Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
Here is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method:
a) Background is copied to buffer
b) Sprites drawn on buffer
c) Buffer copied to screen
This is to be assembled with TASM.
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Speed SettingsI'm using ZX32, and I'm wondering how fast I need to set it on a Celeron 800 using keyboard. I've got display update at the top of the slider, adn so…
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city slicker(tips)hello here is a list of tips(not complete)for "city slicker":- --------- the tower --------- beefone-removes guard near pail switch(dungeon)switc…
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right flame-stops fast guard
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Fast division in machine codeHi Does anyone know what is the fastest way to divide a 16 bit number by 24 in machine code. Derek [ This Message was edited by: dmsmith on 2004-0…
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Does anyone know what is the fastest way to divide a 16 bit number by 24 in machine code.
Derek
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Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…
... yet the sprites were impressively fast.
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OT: Where should I go on Holiday? Tell me about where you live.Right, I need a holiday, I haven't been away for 2 and a half years and Im getting fed up of Burnley.Trouble is I don't know where to go. Seening as …
... I have 3 hard and fast rules regarding holiday destinations,
Master tapes...How were Speccy games mastered for duplication? Were they done with one big, special master reel? If so, how did they get the signal from the Speccy…
... ones) use their own custom fast-loaders?Emu problemsHello, I read an article in retro gamer and found this place and was wondering if you guys could tell me how to make the ZX spectrum Emulator run sl…
... and they all run really fast.....what is happening.
Also ...Cobra - scrollingHi everyone, I have been studying some of the code in Ocean' Cobra game using a debugger, in the hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In cas…
... unaltered, except for being unplayably fast.
Has anyone else ...SpeedloadersSince I read Lee Tonks' post about the speedloaded version of MM3 he did, I've been playing around with various speedload routines I found on TTFn & …
... on the Spectrum, & how fast was it ?
One of ...SOLDJust picked these up today, boxed Codemasters Dizzy Collecton; Dizzy Fast Food Fantasy World Dizzy Treasure Island Dizzy Magicland Dizzy and a 4 ga…
... Dizzy Collecton;
Dizzy
Fast Food
Fantasy World Dizzy ...Is there much ?Do you think there`s much cooperation, and in fact co-development now goes on within the 8-bit community.. in fact is there any? I know that`s a daf…
... , apart from sharing bits of `fast` code... and with the time ...Into the eagle's nest questionSome time ago (more than 10 years) I completed "Into the Eagle's nest" game. Now I'm trying to complete it again. On first level I've managed to acti…
... (the hits begin to increase fast while theare are no enemies ...Any one here know about computers?(sniggers - I knew that title would get loads viewing this) Okay, folks - my monitor's on the blink. It's beginning to flash a green tint. I've had …
... flat screens that have a 'fast' pixel update rate - can anyone ...Make your games run faster - HalfLife 2, etc.I was always a bit disapointed that my XP3000+ and Radeon 9600pro couldn't run Deus Ex2 that well. That's until I saw this tip in a magazine. (apol…
... supports it, turn on AGP fast Write in your BIOS (sometimes ...ZX Spectrum 3.5 Floppy help and adviceGod I'm useless. Can I please ask for some serious advice here as I'm just too uneducated to get anywhere with this! The Problem. I want to be abl…
... discovery and just got nowhere fast.
Could someone please ...want to see speccy loading screens!Hi everybody! I just love to watch speccy game art. 2:o) Can you help me to find sites, where I can find lots/tons ;o) of jpg/gif/bmp images of lo…
... /tons ;o) of jpg/gif/bmp images of loading and/or ...please help to find certain speccy art page........that I found sum time ago. (and can?t find now, of course..) On that site one guy has put his own remakes of Dizzy loading screens, there was o…
... each other and were showed fast enuff to make screen look ...Saving game filesHi Just had one small problem solved very fast here, thanks Fred really appreciated :) My next question is:- If I am playing an adventure game in…
... one small problem solved very fast here, thanks Fred really appreciated ...Nebulus.As we are speaking so much about recordings of completed games on this forum, I have a question about people's opinion here. On HARP Spectrum Zone w…
... Nebulus, to complete it as fast as possible, meaning loosing as ...Popeye 1 no colour clash?How was Don Priestley able to get rid of the colour clash in this classic game (and the Trapdor etc)??? Was it because he was doing the fast switchi…
... because he was doing the fast switching thing? (Oooh, a technical ...Quickest Assembly to find if point in rectangleWhat is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle. e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40 how do i know if a point (e.g 20,20) is in…
What is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle.
e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40
how do i know if a point (e.g 20,20) is in the rectangle, as fast as possible in assemblyFlashing slowly...By lots of thanks to attendants of #speccy@ irc.astrolink.org .. Today, I argued with people at #speccy, and downloaded a \"feckin\" emulator liste…
... flashing in the emulator are fast and after a while it ...Speed of blinking L on a Speccy???Friend of mine and I have had a "discussion" (close to a game of fisticuffs) about how fast it takes to invert the attribute for the blinking L (or t…
... game of fisticuffs) about how fast it takes to invert the ...Converting a JPEG or BMP to speccy black and whiteI need to convert a few JPEGs or BMPs to Speccy black and white for my entry to the Speccy games compo. Anybody got any idea how I could go about th…
I need to convert a few JPEGs or BMPs to Speccy black and white for my entry to the Speccy games compo.
Anybody got any idea how I could go about this?
BTW it's gonna be a short game written in BASIC.
Any tips on ...Bards tale played on emulatorGreetings o' wise and venerable spectrumites. I just downloaded The Bards tale from this excellent site and Im wondering, can you load the other dun…
... no tape to rewind or fast forward so Im a bit ...
