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an easier way to do a composite modive noticed that there are all these complicated ways of doing a composite mod on a spectrum. also they involve removing wires, etc. i have found…
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How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…
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... as I have a reliable way to emulate it, and as long ... competitions all the way back to 1996, with links to the original website ... are hosted on ZXDB (and which will be updated over the ... a month to sort out the loose ends and decide on the ... -
How to Use a real Physical Old Style Retro ZX Spectrum INFREQUENTLY and EFFECTIVELY.These days a lot of WOSSERS use emulators most of the time but like to get out the old Speccy ,every once in a while ,for a quick nostalgic revisit .…
... . So what is the best way forward for the "INFREQUENT" ( ... the Penguin which links to a PC keyboard .
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Best way to rip zx spectrum graphicsHi, I'm in the process to create a clone of REX just for fun. I'm just a programmer so, if I could rip the graphics from the z80/sna/tap image it …
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I Have been able to extract some characters with their ... like tiles are incredibly difficult to extract because it is ... direction in order to extract graphics in a consistent way? Could it ... be better to extract them at ... -
Paging for 64Kb of Video Ram??? What is the best way to page this?Hi all, I'm just putting together a concept card for a "Loki" style of video card, which supports shadow ( so it fits a normal Speccy ) and also t…
... style of video card, which supports shadow ( so it ... ( 256x192 or 512x192 ) to occupy the lower 48K of ... typically sit from 4000 to 7FFF, while paging ... video card to have two separate screens which if plugged ... What are the best ways to address this? Has anyone ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... crappy interleaved screen map, which was something that _really_ ... 2 used a 8x8 pixel scrolling pattern to avoid attribute clash ... games which used colour extensively would work this way to avoid ... attribute clash and hence I completely fail to ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... myself in a very stupid way.Of course I didn't ... instance: If you wanted to be able to position a sprite freely ... those 8 pixel steps), you had to use a lookup table to decide were ... Turrican 2 (i.e. 8-way scrolling platformers). I admit that ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
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More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
... , i dont like the way the ship looks or the ... example and the background, which is yellow and white dotted ... and the ink the color which is less present because ... way id have any pixel any color and add a few colors to ... guys are using by the way, on my next update, ... -
Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …
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Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... my pics and tried to duplicate ( 2x1 pixel, one color each with ... them, constantly swapping, which would circumvent having to use 128 for this ... itll be another way to do it in 48k, which is my goal ... it on a spectrum which id like to. BSing around on emulators ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... Multitech is an almost perfect way to mimic this, so ive been ... press "Auto size" to scale it up to 256x192 pixel (x*4,y ... the other computer which isnt mine at night to quickly transfer, ... a new Bright afterburner optionaly, which can recognize the true Bright ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... Multitech is an almost perfect way to mimic this, so ive been ... this is the only Spectrum which can use Multicolour lace.
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What is SAM?Whilst looking at my spectum tape collection i foun a number of SAM only games. What is a SAM game and which emulators support it?
... .com"]dave_beer_uk@yahoo.com[/email] (which has now been updated). I ... and works much the same way. biut it also has extra ... ctrl or alt ( dont remember which ) to have keywoprds appear in one ... also goes from 0 to 17!!!!! any pixel ( im talking about default ... -
Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
... for photography and electronics, which i think is stupid but ... it, they run to the 2*1 pixel low res high ... complex but similar in a way to [I]Klik n' Play ... the Amiga 500 all the way to the 1200 and 4000, and ... stuck in their ways, which is to me what makes it ... -
What is SAM?Whilst looking at my spectum tape collection i foun a number of SAM only games. What is a SAM game and which emulators support it?
... .com"]dave_beer_uk@yahoo.com[/email] (which has now been updated). I ... and works much the same way. biut it also has extra ... ctrl or alt ( dont remember which ) to have keywoprds appear in one ... also goes from 0 to 17!!!!! any pixel ( im talking about default ... -
You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…
... you seemed to want a definite answer to something which no one ... apaologize but it seems that way to me- though, regarding "codemasters" - ... don't want to be hated either, which is why they ...
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World of ZX81?Considering there is a lot of interest in the ZX81 (as well as some resources) on this site, how feasible would it be to include a WORLD OF ZX81 sect…
... the Jaguar is the nearest to a super-speccy, but ... at the post office, which was the only way to get one, there ... .
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Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…
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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…
... ++, so it is hard to code together, because it ... takes too much time to explain how does work ... Anyway, I try to program in such a way, that anybody ... so we can try to decide how to optimize a speed.I ... might be another thoughts, which I will hear with pleasure ... -
Anyone got a TAP/TZX of Cronosoft D.O.A. and Gloop?Sorry to request this, but has anyone got a TAP or TZX file of both DEAD OR ALIVE and GLOOP! that they could send me? I've had a request from someon…
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Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
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Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
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AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…
... all I've got to decide is what to develop... anybody need ... Character set ( similat to font creator ) which i belieev gives upto ... laoding screens and how to load the compressed compiled ...
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Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
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Original ST diskshi guys, forgive the side-track, but does anyone have any original atari ST games/disks they'd lend me? it's for a disk preservation project, copy p…
... FTP sites - while trying to find out the state ... I couldn't find any way to get hold of a ... since it started that way i wear i could NEVER ... />
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need help in codingI have an address in HL, which I must save in memory buffer (for example at address buff1) with shift (for example taken from memory address shft1). …
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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…
... number of total colours from which a specific number of colours ... the laser beam. a good way to imply the player's death ... in a Timex style 8x1 pixel attribute mode! That would have ... in Rainbow Processing where each "pixel" is 4*2 normal pixels ... -
TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…
... are impossible (I think) to encode by your generalization ... interesting, although we have to decide if such a complexity is ... They would be used to truly reflect the structure ... parity are always present, which is sometimes not the case ... in non-standard way.)
