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Boulderdash style game in compilationHello, I remember playing a boulderdash style game that came in a compilation. The game's graphics were rubbish (looked like it was written in BASIC…
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I remember playing a boulderdash style game that came ... in a compilation.
The game's ... great !!! The game also had a screen editor so that you can ... /> I thought it came in a compilation of 50 games but ... -
.SCR formatDoes anybody know the specs of the SCR format and how easy it would be to convert a SCR file into a proper SCREEN$? What I want to do is convert a S…
... be to convert a SCR file into a proper SCREEN$?
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toasted soeccysHello, ive jsut bought a pair of speccys on ebay (one 16k issue 2 & a prob 48k issue 3) unfortunaly the genius who sold them tried to see if the wor…
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ive jsut bought a pair of speccys on ebay ... 16k issue 2 & a prob 48k issue 3) unfortunaly ... if the worked using a non standard power supply ... have a screen, one just had a grey bard around a central ... along the bottom of the screen,
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So you think you know your Spectrum games, do you....I thought this might be a fun thing to test your knowledge of Spectrum games - below is a quote taken directly from Crash in their description of a p…
... in their description of a particular game (covering the ... latter being overcome by using a telescope."
(10) ... Another hazard which appears if a screen isn't cleared quickly enough ...
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My little first set of routines.Hi all, I just coded a little set of routines just to draw a screen on video mem and a fade out. I could have just copied the screen rendering rout…
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Quadrax errorHi, is this the right place for this? I was just reading the 'Sintech titles no longer denienced' thread (haha @ Lamestage) and found the Quadrax t…
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Strategy games, "action" screens.I used to love games by the a software house called PSS, they did excellent strategy games. Although most of these games were turn based strategy pl…
... to love games by the a software house called PSS, ... attacked enemy units you got a screen come up where you ... , this would have saved a lot of time, but ... in case it did have a bearing!
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How to export some image from Tommygun?If I have drawn some graphic in the Tommygun application, for example a screen or some sprites, is it then possible to export that graphic out of Tom…
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Death of CRT=Death of Spectrum?I was testing an old PC Engine console on the LCD TV in my house, and couldn't believe how awful the picture was. With giant ugly unblended pixels th…
... Spectrum, since the Speccy has a lower resolution than the PC ... and Target Pixelcade on a bloody plasma screen. And I hate emulators ... finds Spectrum games unwatcheable on a screen without scanlines? -
Spherical ObjectsMort has scanned in Popular Computing Weekly 30-10-86 and I have been re-united with one of my short programs. [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pu…
... so I have already sent a copy to Arjun for inclusion ... />
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Anyone good at VBA? Need helpHope someone can help. I have a file called models.txt which is just a list of items, e.g. Car Toaster Wheel etc. i.e. each line is separated by a …
... someone can help. I have a file called models.txt which ... is just a list of items, e.g ... by a vbCrLf. When a VBA form initalises I want to fill a combo ... -
Just curious to see if anyone knowsBefore I worked at Ocean (aged 16) I had a page devoted to some of my (crap) Spectrum graphic work in a well known Spectrum magazine. It mentioned th…
... Ocean (aged 16) I had a page devoted to some of ... (crap) Spectrum graphic work in a well known Spectrum magazine. It ... I wanted to work as a 'screen designer'.
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ZX 81's online[url]http://zx81-siggi.endoftheinternet.org/index.html[/url] And I found someone who's willing to build the Ethernet interface for the TS2068. It's …
[url]http://zx81-siggi.endoftheinternet.org/index.html[/url]
And I found someone who's willing to build the Ethernet interface for the TS2068. It's a start. :)
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SCR to SCREENS$Hello, is there a way to convert a .scr file back to a screen$ to load it into an emulator? Thanks!
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Upside down in gamesSiouxsie has seen part of Mario Galaxy where the gravity changes (you're in a tube thing like those daft pens with the ball bearing maze all the way …
... gravity changes (you're in a tube thing like those daft ... that they're ripping off a level in Sonic & Knuckles ... are chucked upside down (not a screen flip). Preferrably earlier than Sonic ... which doesn't really have a right way up anyways. -
Shoot em up designerJust seen Jonathans site, years ago he started doing a Shoot em up Designer utility. Could be very good, i think if people are interested please ema…
... /> Platform Designer was great but a few things on my wishlist ... br />
- Sound - would make a huge difference if you shoot ... enemies shoot and also make a sound ?
- Collision ... ending ? Can you set a screen at a given point for the 'ending ... -
Help! Cauldwell's PGD.First of all I just want to say what an absolutely wonderful program The Platform Games Designer is. It's nearly everything I've ever wanted for the…
... the Spectrum, there are a few things I would love ... and perhaps some sort of a screen after finishing the game, ... , where you would get a password for the next batch ... am having issues with making a stand-alone program. I' ... I merge it with a loader/header and how ... -
Land Of The Gigantic ToiletsCan anyone tell me if there's a JSW remake available that contains a screen called 'Flushing Meadows' which features several massive toilets? I thoug…
... if there's a JSW remake available that contains a screen called 'Flushing ... was no sign of such a screen.
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PonderingsWhen a website is loading really slow, I hear the sound of a Spectrum loading a SCREEN$ from tape in my mind. Am I normal?
When a website is loading really slow, I hear the sound of a Spectrum loading a SCREEN$ from tape in my mind.
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How to rotate an imageI'm working on an idea for a game and to test it I want to draw some graphics on the screen which are made up of 8x8 pixel squares (single characters…
... working on an idea for a game and to test ... draw some graphics on the screen which are made up of ... data and applying a screen position I can draw a shape on the ... screen. Now for the ... Doing this with OpenGL is a doddle but any good ideas ... -
Z88DK fun and gamesHi, I was wondering if anyone here uses Z88DK with TommyGun and knew about how to link the two together (e.g. how do I use a screen, sprite or map e…
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I was wondering if anyone here uses Z88DK with TommyGun and knew about how to link the two together (e.g. how do I use a screen, sprite or map etc). I'm running TommyGun using Wine if it makes any difference.
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Emulator accuracy test?When I first created my emulator it worked fine. But then I found one or two games that had odd quirks. Eventually I found the flag or command that w…
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Is there a test program that, if run ... perfectly. Of course, such a program would need to handle ... altering flags - maybe set a screen memory bit so if you ... get a full screen it's okay but ... It would handy to have a emulator accuracy test - sort ... -
Sequel to Earth Shaker released (beta)Hi everyone, 18 years later, I have released a beta of a sequel to my spectrum game 'Earth Shaker'. It is called 'World Shaker', is written in a ret…
... I have released a beta of a sequel to my spectrum ... Shaker', is written in a retro style (in Blitz Basic ... types of object, a screen designer, and a film mechanism that lets ... to screens. It's a bit clunky in places ... you're interested, have a play with it, even ... -
missing transformerI've dug a screen out of a heap of hand-me downs I want to use with my computer, but I can't seem to find the transformer for it. If I find one from …
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Amiga Spectrum emulationWonder if anyone can help with the following:- 1) I am using ASpV089 on my Amiga, but despite all the drop down options, it will only display a scre…
... options, it will only display a screen approx. one third (vertically) of ... my TV screen. Is there any way to ... show the games full screen?
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Doom on the Spectrum - QuestionsHey folks, I'm just wondering if anyone could answer some of the questions I have about the Doom demo created for the Speccy. It's basically one sm…
... a single track musical 'score'. You view the screen as if through a screen ... with a skeleton resting against ... what the possibility was of a full game of that ... to be remotely runnable as a full game?
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Attn: Dunny Re: Basin[QUOTE=Dunny;282407]Just out of interest, is there any demand on these boards for a standalone version of BASin's graphics tools? It'd be just the U…
... the UDG/Sprite editor/animator, SCREEN$ paintbox and Image Import stuff ... a quick zoom, but both of these options affect the whole screen ... . If the cursor actually changed to a zooming tool ... /> -Why is the lenght of a screen$ file read-only? I may ... -
What is exactly the scr format?Hello everyone and I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas. I'm trying to understand the use of the scr format. I understand it's a screen memor…
... I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas.
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New Spectrum Game - AlbatrossityMerry Christmas, and all that. Here's a little Christmas present for Spec-chums everywhere. Albatrossity is a crazy golf game which doesn't take it…
... chums everywhere. Albatrossity is a crazy golf game which doesn ... normally expect from a platformer - like platforms for a start. Oh, ... t get past a particular level, there's a screen editor included ... so you can cheat. There's also a ... -
TI calculator gaming...There's some dedicated people out there. Maybe this is old news, but I had no idea someone was converting modern games to monochrome versions in Z80 …
... assembler and run it on a 6Mhz Zilog cpu...
a screen of 96×64 to work ... with, and a max of 128K of RAM.
