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  • ZEsarUX 8.1 stableHi! I've uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 stable version. Go to the github released webpage to download it: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesaru…

    ... to disable looking for alternate character sets from sysvar 23606/7 ... and dac activation when tbblue fast boot mode
    -added turbo ...
    chernandezba chernandezba February 2020 Emulators
  • Dr. Jim's personal Sinclair showcaseThere were some Spectrum-related webpages that I hosted some of my own stuff on, and it's about time it had an extensive rehash. So, over the last we…

    ... me. I may not be fast, but I get there in ... at some stage.
    - Some character sets and UDGs I've ... of them (the Mighty Musical Character Set) can be found on ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone October 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Earliest game to use custom character set ?The [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58040/who-has-got-the-earliest-zx-spectrum-software/"][b]topic here[/b][/url] about early sof…

    ... game to use a custom character aka "font" set 0-9 ...
    spider spider November 2020 Games
  • Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …

    ... spaceship. 4 platforms, one evil fast moving alien.
    They`re ... special guest star from a character from onw of their previous ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2002 Games
  • Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …

    ... spaceship. 4 platforms, one evil fast moving alien.
    They`re ... special guest star from a character from onw of their previous ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • Whats it like to be a young speccy gamer now?From some topics on here it seems that alot of us(me included) have left behind our younger years in age along long time ago,so when we play speccy g…

    ... perhaps. And Deathchase 3D's fast pace and simple controls require ... and perhaps had a good character - amazing visuals and depth of ...
    Collie Collie July 2002 Games
  • Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…

    ... own compressed character set? Conversely, the sequel had painfully fast key-response ...
    TygerBC TygerBC April 2003 Games
  • Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…

    ... job! The images load reasonably fast even on my dial-up ... , we will see a new character animation everytime WoS homepage is ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... ]

    Ten 2x2 character sprites are moved around at ... display as being tiled by character-size cells.

    ... before copying the buffer (one character cell) to the display file ... the sprites, especially in the fast moving sprites.

    ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2003 Games
  • Parasol Stars for Spectrum Having played a lot of Bubble Booble and Rainbow Islands on Spectrum, and later on also Rainbow Islands and Parasol Stars on Amiga, I feel like it w…

    ... " pics , or the little mayhem character in the "mayhem in monsterland ... , having to do with how fast the spoectrum can draw to ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... 'm thinking about compressing each character column (or half of screen ... looks better if scroll is fast enough

    -classic screen ...
    Fikee Fikee July 2003 Games
  • which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…

    ... a little irritating controlling the character ... then the second part just ... meant it was way too fast when i played the "Classics ... because it is virtually as fast as MC when compiled and ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • Games so bad you enjoy themThere are a handful of games so laughably and utterly bad, that I actually enjoy playing them: [I]Los Angeles SWAT, East Enders, Pit-Fighter, Sabrina…

    ... the aliens coming thick and fast, and the ravines and craters ... many games involve a central character shooting/kicking enemies coming from ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu September 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... z80 to push things around fast enough. The C64 is also ... more than 2 colours per character square?[/quote]
    [/quote]
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Games
  • Another game I am looking for. and YOU can help me find it.Ok, I remembered this game I played 10 years ago. It was on same casette as Quazatron. It is a 2d platform shooter. You control some kind of soldier/…

    ... a FLIP-screen game.
    Character is bigger than rex in ... /> The character is kinda slim and tall.
    He runs fast
    Vortexrider Vortexrider May 2004 Games
  • need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …

    ... difficult to do it very fast. But if you tailor your ... if you have crossed a character boundary. Instead take the ycoord ... you which line of a character square your will be starting ... then adjust for crossing a character boundary, then do next eight ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Development
  • Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…

    ... for paper, pen, for each character square.

    With a ... very close to the Amiga Fast/Chip ram scenario.. although that ...
    CKay CKay September 2004 Games
  • "Name That Game" databaseAs often (sometimes?) requested, I present a first pass at a [url="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~pak21/spectrum/namethatgame"]Wos Forums Name That Game d…

    ... game, referring to the main character, settings, interesting objects, characters and ... ]
    D'oh ! Read too fast, kinda missed the point, didn ...
    GOC GOC May 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... Z80 is about twice as fast overall compared to the C64 ... the play area is a character higher as well i believe ...
    TMR TMR July 2005 Games
  • Did Sonic the Hedgehog ever come out on the Speccy?Couldn't find anything in the Archive.

    ... be full colour. assuming the character stays central on the screen ... going to look into a fast full-colour 8 way scroll ...
    dansauk dansauk July 2005 Games
  • Did Sonic the Hedgehog ever come out on the Speccy?Couldn't find anything in the Archive.

    ... be full colour. assuming the character stays central on the screen ... going to look into a fast full-colour 8 way scroll ...
    dansauk dansauk July 2005 Games
  • New Speccy Games!!!Hi guys!!!... CEZ Games Studio has released two new Speccy games!!!... The first one is Galaxy Fighter, a Shoot?em?Up Download [url="http://cezgs.…

    ... is i think the character starts out too fast. maybe you should ...
    Sadako Sadako August 2005 Games
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... , and the decompressor is fairly fast. I don't have an ... have 1 8x8 bitmap per character to build tile data, that ...
    na_th_an na_th_an September 2005 Development
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... , and the decompressor is fairly fast. I don't have an ... have 1 8x8 bitmap per character to build tile data, that ... precede codes with an esc character so they aren't hijacked ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2005 Development
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... 4 colours out of every character cell - I don't know ... the better way to achieve fast and tight results.

    na_th_an na_th_an October 2005 Development
  • Chav's vs Ned'sWhats the difference between the 2? As I'm not from the UK, as far as I can tell from searching www about chavs, they seem "innocent", I mean withou…

    ... yuppie era that were too fast on the go to properly ... with populace of various offside character, such as gangs, punks, vigilanties ...
    Hedegaard Hedegaard December 2005 Chit chat
  • another name that game i'm afraid...... hello! hopefully you can shed some light on this game that's bugged me for many months.all i can remember is you fly a helicopter and have a time li…

    ... pumping the maps out as fast as possible.

    Mind ... at least remove the player character from the screenshots, which the ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2006 Games
  • Which games are you obsessed with?Do any of you find yourself returning constantly to a particular game or games,even though you've played it to death?My current obsession is Kokotoni…

    ... 't finished it with every character. I probably never will as ... through it to see how fast I can do it. Even ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2006 Games
  • z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…

    ... to keep track of dirty character cells, draws in the same ... quarter to a fifth as fast, and could get worse if ... only allow one colour per character square. As I mentioned, eventually ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • Spectrum games which are better than 16-bit versionsLet's talk about games which are better on the Speccy than on 16-bit machines. In my opinion Spectrum versions of "Chase HQ" and "Space Gun" are bet…

    ... had more features where the character (along with the enemies) could ... if you nudged the controller fast twice, just like pacland, so ...
    speccy8 speccy8 April 2006 Games
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