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  • Creating a .tap fileI'm using Spectaculator and i'm trying to create my own .tap file. I have a header and the main game both saved as different files. If i press 'rec…

    ... jumping up if you created a ladder of some sort.
    a platform game i really want to do, just ... hope Jonathan perhaps adds more to it if people buy it ... jumps or hits something and a way to create a start and end page ...
    psj3809 psj3809 April 2005 Emulators
  • CronosoftI ordered a few Cronosoft games a short while ago and they arrived today. Although I've only played the games in question (Egghead III and Rough Just…

    ... computers have much of a retro fan base? for ... and playability before getting a hardcore fanbased, but it ... yeah it would be interesting to see which games sold ... gutted to not be able to buy the archive for a ... the way to go. a LARGE amount of games for a decent ...
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere April 2005 Games
  • Who will you vote for in the UK General Election?The miscellaneous section used to be mainly about miscellaneous Spectrum things, but since its now changed, I'll break with tradition: Just out of i…

    ... if you're a woman. There's more way to meet a rocky end ...
    cyborg cyborg May 2005 Chit chat
  • Q on Area 51 (the game)Oi! After "Faked Moonlanding" I started at "Statement Lost" which was the first level when I started the game ... does it loop (no end?) ... or are …

    It's random, but isn't supposed to repeat a screen once it has been completed, so this is a bug. I'll look into it straight away.

    Thanks for highlighting the problem.
    jonathan jonathan May 2005 Games
  • Some people have way too much time (why haven't we thought of this?)I meandered over to this site and at first I laughed and laughed. Then I remembered that as a kid* I had made a "costume" so I could look like Rick …

    ... proof, then Karingal will start a 28 page thread!

    a load of stuff for ZX Shed to type up ... an article on the best way to store a spade and suchlike :)
    mel the bell mel the bell May 2005 Chit chat
  • Why Spectrum has a lots of software?I'm thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, educational, utility) for Spectrum. My suggestions: 1. Ea…

    ... affordable that allowed you to easily create programs in ... code that allowed you to manipulate a screen of resonable definition with ... you need to achieve whatever you wanted to achieve with a computer ... was normal audio tape using a normal tape recorder (well, ...
    NickH NickH June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Rana Rama - Game OverGame over time so go [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Rana+Rama$&pub=^Hewson+Consultants+Ltd$"]here[/url] and vote, remember…

    8/10 Good game. Managed to clear a couple of levels, too.

    My final score: 311100
    Zagreb Zagreb June 2005 Games
  • PRINT AT in assembler Hello everyone, I am very new to this forums. Like perhaps many others I had a Spectrum as a child and did pretty much simple BASIC programming, bu…

    ... my code it worked fine to print the character at ... there some easy way to "convert" a decimal number to little-endian format? ... 0x1601 conversion by translating it to binary, and took the ... then shifted the positions to get the "backwards-way". It worked, but ...
    Rickard Rickard July 2005 Development
  • PRINT AT in assembler Hello everyone, I am very new to this forums. Like perhaps many others I had a Spectrum as a child and did pretty much simple BASIC programming, bu…

    ... there some easy way to "convert" a decimal number to little-endian format?
    [/quote]

    Exactly the same way ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall July 2005 Development
  • right: Advice neededI have found out I can load progs on the speccy from cd- GREAT! but now I need help on what to do. I buy the cheapest personal cd player I can find t…

    There is an easy way to use a cd player for loading.
    < ... the mainboard. You'll see a small while 5pin header. Its ... audio in on the mainboard to the audio out of the ... as I've done it to my +2. you'll need ... to set the volume of the ...
    KeepGood KeepGood September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 100 envelopesWell, in the pursuit of a new job I have just finished writing 100 covers letters and posted them off with CVs to various offices around Belfast. Wh…

    Its a waste of time, money, effort ... found the best way to get a job is to go around places and ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob October 2005 Chit chat
  • Describe the person above you.So, the next person to post has to describe me.

    Has posted a message in this thread just before me. Also knows the correct way to use a sonic screwdriver. :)

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton October 2005 Chit chat
  • Are id Software over rated?The Doom 3 expansion pack (Ressurection of Evil) is due out on the XBox soon, which reminded me of the old argument, which I thought I'd post here; a…

    ... reason that I failed my A-levels. As soon as that ... badly. Quake 3 is a great way to waste a few hours too.

    By the way, does anybody ... know what happened to Lobotomy that made ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob October 2005 Chit chat
  • Postman not allowed to knock on doorI buy stuff online more than going to actual shops and recently bought a few dvds of someone. I knew that all 6 dvds would be in the one package and …

    ... didn't expect you to have a door with a foot-square letter ... , if I were to do a few shifts on a stand-by basis ... am only contracted to work on a Saturday. So rare a breed are ... will go out of there way to provide a great service.

    thx1138 thx1138 November 2005 Chit chat
  • divIDE issuesI discovered a few issues with the divIDE hardware and FATware software that may be of interest to some people. 1. ROM paging If your Spectrum is a…

    I currently have no way to create a HDF file too ;/ FW 1. ... is a bugfix (there was a bug that could sometimes lead to crash ... handlers. Btw, if you want to disable automapping totally, just unlink ...
    baze baze November 2005 Development
  • How do I save?I've made a HUGE text adventure with lots of collectables and lots of locations, but how can I get the user to save their game to tape if they need t…

    The best way to make a MC-program is with an (cross)assembler.

    Some assemblers for the Spectrum

    DEVPAC-GENS
    Zeus
    Tornado (my favorite)

    Further more a good book about starting with MC is useful
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • It's the end of the world![url="http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1972&Itemid=2"]http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view…

    The price is likely to be $700 though

    [ ... />
    This would be a cheaper way to become a retard.

    [url ...
    Geoff Geoff January 2006 Chit chat
  • It's the end of the world![url="http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1972&Itemid=2"]http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view…

    ... :
    This would be a cheaper way to become a retard.

    [url ... would be an ever cheaper way to become equally retarded.

    a fiver I'm almost tempted to get one myself ...
    jil jil January 2006 Chit chat
  • Dot CrawlHiya, I know this might seem like a stupid question but i`ve seen the term "dot crawl" used a lot on articles about older Spectrums. I wondered if so…

    ... could get a rock steady picture this way. Sintech sell a ready made ... spectrum produced. The only way to get a completely clean picture from an ... put that into a monitor, or then encode it to composite yourself ...
    MikeW MikeW January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • EmuZwin27How does this thing work? I can't get it to load anything at all. All I can get it to do is show me loading screens and nothing else :confused: I'm p…

    ... I need to be able to import a palette file ... /> If I want to do something seriously, I ... a good one as EmuZwin.
    So is there any other way to ... import a standard palette file or at least to conver this one to a ... 't know my way with a hex editor....
    Arm73 Arm73 February 2006 Emulators
  • Your Rights ;) if you want them ?Sample letter Data Protection ?information recorded on film. The Data Protection Officer ORGANISATION ADDRESS HERE YOUR ADDRESS DATE Dear Sir or…

    ... being taken the wrong way by of course a handful of nutters ... this is a joke or not or just a way to be a total pain ... in the neck to the government ... etc. Some people have way too much ...
    psj3809 psj3809 February 2006 Chit chat
  • Games Club - Voting for WK 29/4/06Heres the game options for voting. The winning game will commence next Saturday. This is the format I will be using to choose games. I've gone for…

    Yes, it will stay random. I thought it would be an easier way to get a decent mix.
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty April 2006 Games
  • Games Club - Voting for WK 29/4/06Heres the game options for voting. The winning game will commence next Saturday. This is the format I will be using to choose games. I've gone for…

    ... it would be an easier way to get a decent mix.[/QUOTE]
    way you don't know what ... mean you know you have a chance in 3, but no ... />
    Excellent I look forward to it. :)
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek April 2006 Games
  • two birds at once....i was on my way to work this morning and i saw two dead birds (the feathered kind) i think they were finch's or something blue. anyway, they looked l…

    On the way to work a few weeks back and I ... my street and there was a pigeon there with no ... fashion until it came to a halt. Its a busy corner, where cars ... speed up to cut each ... head there or any damage to its body.

    ...
    misguided_fool misguided_fool April 2006 Chit chat
  • Getting attribute location from a screen coordinates (x,y)I am having trouble figuring out how to convert an x,y coordinate pair (pointing to a specific pixel) to the location of the attribute for the block …

    ... CCCC


    To convert a screen address to an attribute address, you ... want to go from #1 to #4 ... /> ; Computes the attribute address corresponding to a screen
    ; address such as returned ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • Speccy MTBFHi, Looking at the old (issue 1-2) PCBs, they do look like someone knocked them up in an etching bath/with a soldering iron in their shed but has th…

    ... loads of component value changes to aid reliability etc, even ... was switched from Britain to Samsung in Korea (the ... 48K Spectrum still has to be about the most ... power on" has to be THE best way to destroy a Speccy.
    ... 've ever had to trace was a single leg on ...
    DEATH DEATH May 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…

    ... and I have a Speccy website (free to visit!), which is ... to be a self-promoting wanker and you will continue to not give a ... toss what anyone else thinks. Great way to run a ... 'business'. Have a nice day! ;)
    jil jil May 2006 Games
  • Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…

    ... made a deal with good old Sir Alan to use ... the rights to a game have the right to deny distribution, ... and then denying distribution, to the dodgy bobs who ... ebay, it's just a way to make a quick buck.
    ...
    No thought has been made to ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton May 2006 Games
  • PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…

    ... into individual packages, use a package manager that installs ... and users never have to worry about a makefile again.
    ...
    It's a very cheap feature to ... add on to a games console, and a good way to attack a ...
    NickH NickH June 2006 Chit chat
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