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Can someone help me remember the game titleHi all, I am a long-standing fan of Speccy, yet for many years now I've been looking for the title of one of the games I enjoyed very much. I am ho…
... that someone might be able to help me with this ... There were I believe up to 99 screens or so, and ... for which you had to clear the way so that it can ... other movable robots, you had to move some blocks, and ... the game "Movie", and to the right and above from ... -
Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…
... I love the effing way that a lot of games ... 2 colour part of the screen... I suppose Im talking ... about resolution, that compared to vertain screen modes of the other ... as that`s soo beautiful to me, but I use ... Speccy arcade convos used to/ could be SOO arcade ... -
Help needed with drawing masked spriteI need to draw a small sprite (16 bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the only sprite that will be used so speed isn't too important. I was goi…
... sprite (16 bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the ... would then draw the sprite to the screen using the mask. On ... x,y had moved to a different screen address then draw the ... . Does this seem a reasonable way to do this or is there ... -
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…
... and were showed fast enuff to make screen look .. err... non-speccy ... -like?? (I mean to look more like ... -
Any way to do TZX (or TAP) to WAV?Hello there again. I'd like to hear these noises once again :) I haven't got any Spectrum tapes left, but I think that converting TZX/TAP to WAV may …
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I'd like to hear these noises once again ... think that converting TZX/TAP to WAV may be possible. It ... , but it doesn't want to work with Spectrum TAPs.
Spin to save where last loaded game was from?Is their and any way to get spin to remember the last place it loaded a .tzx .dsk etc from? Every time i load up spin 505 again it has reset and i h…
Is their and any way to get spin to remember the last place it ... has reset and i have to go find the games all ...Good way to use old Speccy games - Fighting Fantasy OnlineDon't know if anyone on here used to like Fighting Fantasy books, but i noticed recently that in the 80s it looks like they put the books as text adv…
... if anyone on here used to like Fighting Fantasy books, but ... website and they have linked to those games and a speccy ... emulator for you to play!
i ... that was a great thing to do really, it's not ... sure if you can get to the games if you don ...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…
... a few JPEGs or BMPs to Speccy black and white for ... my entry to the Speccy games compo.
to the screen using sinclair BASIC would ...Withdrawing Rights to DistributionWithdrawing Rights to Distribution Folks, its soap box time! As an author of a few titles who has given distro rights to WoS (and WoS alone), I'm g…
... from other sites trying to gain the rights too.< ... until there is some way to mark or tag approved ... br />
I hate to sound anal about this, but ... want the hassle of replying to some "Billy Noname" ... position of allowing sole rights to WoS.
...Old Gameboy and the dead cellsRemember the original GameBoy from 1990? Well, I've still got one of those and played "Super Mario Land" on it for the first time in years. In the mi…
... line of cells on the screen stopped working, just like that ... problems occur, there is no way to fix them? I know you ... wondering if there is a way to get them working again. Probably ...Search a Tool to remove the multiface protectionHy, i still have asked for this in the NG, but do not get what i am looking for... maybe someone here can help. The question is for a spectrum +3 an…
... i have transferred from Tape to Disk using the Multiface 3 ... makes it impossible for me to load the games without the ... it helps too) or a way to kill this lock.
Thanks ...Best method for sprite collision detectionHi, I have been trying to incorporate collision detection into a sprite routine I writing. The following is what I have come up with so far: POP D…
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I have been trying to incorporate collision detection into a ...
LD A,(HL) ; hl = screen addr.
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JR Z,NC0 ; jump to NC0 if no collision detected ... /> Is this the best/fastest method to use? Could it be speeded ...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…
... states require a different graphic to be rendered.
... 't have a way to know which frame ... I need a way to change to whichever frame I ... IMPORTANT: First move it off-screen.
sp_DeleteSpr(sp_phantomas);
... doing this in a different way.
...ZX Adventure Club thingy - Game for second half of OctoberHello, Well, after much (all right, some) deliberation over the two proposed games I've decided to go for "The Golden Pyramid". You can get it here…
... proposed games I've decided to go for "The Golden Pyramid ... ceiling grille and make your way to the Golden Pyramid for, erm ... I'm sure will become clear at some point.
User selling emulators & roms, steps to take?Here's a very common situation. Someone selling through the internet emulators and software (Sinclair,C64,Amstrad,Amiga) and even magazine scans. Wha…
... . What would be a good way to deal with it? Serious suggestions ... famous one) and asked politely to not do such a thing ...The SentinelThe reviews for "The Sentinel" regularly stated that the game had 10,000 levels. The game's level numbering system starts at 0000 and goes up to 9999…
... at 0000 and goes up to 9999, the code for which ... ,000. However there was no way to access level 10,000 because ... levels in the code entry screen.
How are the ... there a way of hacking the game in order to see what ...I'm sure there's a way to do thisThere's some really good BASIC program listings out there .. is there any quick way of copying and pasting directly onto a suitable emulator? .. perh…
There's some really good BASIC program listings out there .. is there any quick way of copying and pasting directly onto a suitable emulator? .. perhaps there's a program out there somewhere that helps you do this .. or am i being a lazy sod?Converting AVIs to flashIs there an easy (and free) way to convert movie files to SWF files, as used by Macromedia Flash? I ask because it seems SWF files can contain sever…
... easy (and free) way to convert movie files to SWF files, as used ... , and still be pretty small to download.
I'm ... as flash files for people to view in a browser. I ... , which would be a great way of distributing them.
Batman (John Ritman version)I've managed to get five pieces of the batmobile. After going through a door protected by rising and falling spikes, I come to a screen which has a m…
... falling spikes, I come to a screen which has a mini Batman ... as normal. I have managed to get it, but am wondering ... what to do next. There doesn't ... way I come in. I am at a loss as to what to ... where I am and how to get to the next bit, give ...Any way to fix the DISCiPLE's joystick ports?I've found that they've always struggled with certain joysticks, but now I'm finding it hard to get any to work at all. Any ideas why that is and an…
I've found that they've always struggled with certain joysticks, but now I'm finding it hard to get any to work at all.
Any ideas why that is and any ideas for how it could be fixed?
Thanks...Switching basic to 48k modeHi there, we all know that the SPECTRUM command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However, when executed in a program, the SPECTRUM …
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Is there any way to switch to 48k mode without interrupting the ... 's execuation? I'm referring to the 128k/+2 versions of ...Loads of tapes for sale...Time for a clear out....or rather i've been told it's time for a clear out. I've been collecting Speccy games since 1982 with maybe a slight pause f…
Time for a clear out....or rather i ... it's time for a clear out.
... slight pause from 1986 to 2000, quite a pause ... sales and have decided to trim my collection. I ... what's the best way to split them and sell ... region of 1000 tapes to get rid of, any ...Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
... Cybernoid in a totally black screen
I have ... /> 1/ Currently, I calculate the screen hl coordinates for each pixel ... prevents display errors due to the funky screen address system), but seems ... /> 2/ What is the best way to rub-out the old sprite ...Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…
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Is there a way to start off running a program ... then switch back down to 48k basic before you run ... program. I would like to do this within BASIC.
to 48k basic the program ... would like my basic program to continue its operation (it ...Wonder Boy in Monster Land EndingEvery time i get to the dragon the game shows a black screen or with luck draws the final screen (the dragon) that i have no way to kill / hurt (or t…
Every time i get to the dragon the game shows a black screen or with luck draws the final screen (the dragon) that i have no way to kill / hurt (or that seems) :(
Somebody here has ever finished it or the game ends with a final crash?Only in the films....Some time ago I saw a thread in which people posted things that only or always happen in films. I can't remember where I saw the thread (I think it w…
... connection is broken, then the screen with the information always clears ... occupier is unwilling or unable to come to the door), and start ... windows, or looking for a way to break in, or whatever the ... . Does anyone have any more to add to this list? There are ...Cant get infinite health cheat to work in FairlightI'm using spectaculator, I have the pokes folder, the cheat appears in cheat options, but nothing happens if I select it. Other cheats from the poke …
... going on? Is there any way to get infinite health? (a cheat ...Spectrum won't load data when warmI've got an interesting observation. I put iPodLinux onto my iPod and got TZX files playing back as the proper audio waveform. I also removed the vol…
... few minutes it starts to fail with tape loading ... on the screen it bleeds a lot to the right. ... on the Cookie loading screen picture below. Is this ... AFT option all the way to the extreme before it ... old skool problem - the screen$ loads but the colour blocking ...
