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Most frustrating games ?Ever played a game where you can't almost even begin to play because you've already been killed ? I think of titles like Platoon or Mutant Zone...
s-video SuccessHaving tried the various composite video fixes for the +3 etc, I was left feeling a little cold at the results, and was about to give up my quest for…
... . Basically the colour starts to flicker black and white.
Problems with SpinHi, took this emulator for a spin, loaded a hacked version of JSW and willy keeps jumping. Tried another version of JSW and again, he constantly jump…
... would slow to a grinding halt as I email the entire ...Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? Are you Happy with yours?Hello, Are you happy with your Spectrum +2 using RF? Does it give satisfactory picture. Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? If s…
... vertical lines, top and bottom, flicker. It's so frustrating not ...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…
... , screw the economy to a halt and have wind farms in ...Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? Are you Happy with yours?Hello, Are you happy with your Spectrum +2 using RF? Does it give satisfactory picture. Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? If s…
... vertical lines, top and bottom, flicker. It's so frustrating not ...Flicker on my scrolling demo, any ideas?I have created a scrolling demo downloadable from [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/scroll.z80"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/scroll.…
... possibly desynchronize your routine then flicker will appear at different place ...Who can fix my zx spectrums?Hi all, just wanting to know if anyone can help me out here, i have 2 48k Spectrums and none work, one just doesn't display anything on screen the ot…
... you can see the screen flicker slightly, not very helpfull i ..."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…
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Please do not halt your efforts Mr. Kendall. This ...Bubble Bobble - The AdventureJust about to start my new game using PDG. This time i'm trying a 'JSW' style game. The graphics are from Bubble Bobble which are looking very good…
... go much easier. Bit of flicker on the top enemy sprites ...MASK - is it working yet?Hi everybody, I've been playing with the MASK tzx trying to get it to load... which it doesn't... and I found an old thread saying there was a new d…
... /Multicolor and maybe check Fast HALT emulation ON in Configuration/Emulation ...Outrun 2Today I ended up in the seaside resort of Tramore, Co. Waterford. Naturally I headed straight for the video game arcades where I discovered Outrun 2.…
... was brought to an abrupt halt though when the proprietor inadvertently ...ZX80 Modification - what is it?Any ideas what the modification shown on [url="http://lasham-web.com/zx80.html"]http://lasham-web.com/zx80.html[/url] is? ta.
This is the ZX80 upgrade sold by CompShop of London in the 80's. It was designed to stop the screen flicker when a key was pressed.
I have the circuit diagram and connection instructions if anybody is interested
D. :)New Platform game in Development : Download availableHi, I have just been working on this for less than a week, so there is not a lot to show. It is based on a game called Jump Around which is currentl…
... fast that there's no flicker, what I mean is are ...New Platform game in Development : Download availableHi, I have just been working on this for less than a week, so there is not a lot to show. It is based on a game called Jump Around which is currentl…
Thanks Rob. It uses a back buffer, however there is some flicker near the bottom, its just hard to see against that background.
How is your own game coming along?
DerekFrameSyncIt was many many years ago since i programmed assembly on the spectrum but I just picked it up again for fun. Now this is one thing I can't remember…
... framesync by simply issuing a halt instruction at the end of ...FrameSyncIt was many many years ago since i programmed assembly on the spectrum but I just picked it up again for fun. Now this is one thing I can't remember…
... by disabling interrupts. Also, using Halt to sync to VBL seemed ...FrameSyncIt was many many years ago since i programmed assembly on the spectrum but I just picked it up again for fun. Now this is one thing I can't remember…
Using Halt is fine for this sort ... at some point if using halt, otherwise you would never get ... , ie. the instruction imediately following HALT.
If you wanted ...Waiting for retraceHi. Is there any code available that performs a simple wait for the screen retrace thats callable from C? Thanks.
Use an asm block with the HALT opcode?Waiting for retraceHi. Is there any code available that performs a simple wait for the screen retrace thats callable from C? Thanks.
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…
... raster in order to eliminate flicker.
This library does ... and over, and to minimize flicker. It will also draw *all ...Music BoxHas anyone disassembled "Wham! the music box" (48k Spectrum version) ? I mean the routine that plays your own tunes. I had a quick look but thought I…
... game will grind to a halt, but it could be put ...Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…
... rendering, in order to avoid flicker.
Poking the above ... Clive, but with serious sprite flicker.
I must investigate ...Help, my Sprite Code wont workI have zipped it all up here: [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/galagorf.zip"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/galagorf.zip[/url] If y…
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... the game to a grinding halt even when using a fast ...Sir Fred The RemakeThe time is come!!!... Download and enjoy this fine remake....!!! We are anxious to see your reaction, to read your impressions... Don't doubt to w…
... . On my computer the clouds flicker. On someone elses the border ...Sir Fred The RemakeThe time is come!!!... Download and enjoy this fine remake....!!! We are anxious to see your reaction, to read your impressions... Don't doubt to w…
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- the clouds - yes, they flicker anyhow you set them: transparent ...Sir Fred The RemakeThe time is come!!!... Download and enjoy this fine remake....!!! We are anxious to see your reaction, to read your impressions... Don't doubt to w…
... when alt-tabbing. The clouds flicker something rotten.
However ...Tape stopsHi, I'm trying to sample a tape, but it stops in the middle of the tape. I've tried it on 4 different players, and it stops on all of them. I've t…
... . It just grinds to a halt when playing near the middle ...
