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Floating Point Package Math48<br>I came across a neat little floating point package for the z80 and I'm adapting it now to work with z88dk and sdcc. There is an interesting…
... out ahead in speed and size against sdcc's native float ... a big win on binary size.
I guess you have ... up is to save code size. So in math48, sin is ... instead would slightly increase code size. So I'm not sure ... -
New Game: "Rabid Mower"<p><font><font>Hello everyone!</font></font></p><p><font><font>Welcome to the game "Rabid Mower"</font></font></p><p><img src="http://zx-pk.ru/attach…
http://www.indieretronews.com/2015/06/rabid-mower-crazy-grass-cutting.html
Featured, cheers :D
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It's a Pixel THING - recent retrogaming Youtube channelHi, guys! I've recently started my own YouTube channel "[B]It's a Pixel THING[/B]" where I do weekly videos about retrogaming (Spectrum, Amiga, DOS)…
Let's take a journey through time and watch the announcements and birth of many of today's greatest video games and systems since the very first year of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.This is Part 1 of 2 of Pixel THING's E3 retrospective.
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Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
velesoft has a list of ports on his website: http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zxporty-cz.htm
I wasn't aware of the one you posted, but it's a good one. At least more reliable than my memory. It could do with perhaps a mark between the two 8-bit ... -
Batman: Arkham Knight (oh dear!)<span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm surprised that no one's mentioned </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman: Arkham Knight</span> on here…
The current trend of day one 3+Gb patches just to make a game playable (or even part of a game) is a disgrace.
Apparently, if you buy the physical version of Arkham Knight, then you install 7GB from the discs, and you have to download ... -
Design CompetitionNow that you can see how the basic look of the forum is, why not brush the dust off your paintshop disk and design the forums!<br><br>The winner will…
... code tag and see if font size can be larger -
Batman: Arkham Knight (oh dear!)<span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm surprised that no one's mentioned </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman: Arkham Knight</span> on here…
Makes you appreciate the Spectrum, doesn't it?
seriously I spent an hour this afternoon playing that new rabid mower game someone posted in new software. it's got one key and I was entertained. judging by this thread I don't ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Absolutely agree with Kung Fu Master. One on One is another game I'd remake.
As for never released conversions for the Spectrum, Choplifter. -
Design CompetitionNow that you can see how the basic look of the forum is, why not brush the dust off your paintshop disk and design the forums!<br><br>The winner will…
Updated design here.
Very nice, now if you could somehow incorporate RMartins' post header in there as well we could be on to a winner. -
Batman: Arkham Knight (oh dear!)<span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm surprised that no one's mentioned </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman: Arkham Knight</span> on here…
I'm surprised that no one's mentioned Batman: Arkham Knight on here...
Ahem :-) (Just realised there's no post numbers now).
I'm really, really surprised it's such a state, particularly after the buggy Origins, but sometimes these ... -
Design CompetitionNow that you can see how the basic look of the forum is, why not brush the dust off your paintshop disk and design the forums!<br><br>The winner will…
Updated design here.
Very nice, now if you could somehow incorporate RMartins' post header in there as well we could be on to a winner.
Do you mean the speccy stripes should appear on every post? I thought it might be a ... -
Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
I agree that getting definitive information would be nice but I don't think definitive information is on the horizon - at least nothing has come to light in the two years since you mentioned the work around option.
There are people ... -
Design CompetitionNow that you can see how the basic look of the forum is, why not brush the dust off your paintshop disk and design the forums!<br><br>The winner will…
Updated design here.
Very nice, now if you could somehow incorporate RMartins' post header in there as well we could be on to a winner.
Do you mean the speccy stripes should appear on every post? I thought it might be a ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Side Arms - this should be a cracker of a game but somehow US Gold/Go! managed to balls-up every 8 bit conversion. -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Side Arms - this should be a cracker of a game but somehow US Gold/Go! managed to balls-up every 8 bit conversion.
Side Arms was marketed for the 48K Spectrum and that's why it is so bad. Awful sounds and no music. The ending is terrible. ... -
For Boozy and DefChrishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hnxies4Wtk<br><br>LOL<br>
Those were the days. Met them at the Feet First gig in Camden Town, back in 2000. up your butt with a coconut! -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Must be 100%D'oh. That makes sense. I wonder why I didn't catch that. 8-| :D
Stonkers was pretty good but very limited. Advance Wars on the GBA seemed like what Stonkers could have been if someone had kept it going and kept ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
Must be 100%D'oh. That makes sense. I wonder why I didn't catch that. 8-| :D
Stonkers was pretty good but very limited. Advance Wars on the GBA seemed like what Stonkers could have been if someone had kept it going and kept ... -
New Game: "Rabid Mower"<p><font><font>Hello everyone!</font></font></p><p><font><font>Welcome to the game "Rabid Mower"</font></font></p><p><img src="http://zx-pk.ru/attach…
Each level has its own check on the accuracy.In the second stage, the accuracy I have lowered more.Of course 100% accuracy can be done, but then it will be impossible to play.. -
Who wants to play with my Willy?While cleaning up my PC a few weeks ago, I stumbled across an old Jet Set Willy mod I started back in the early 2000s. Although I don't quite have th…
I've had a good look at Dreams of Willy trying to solve the Hacklevel problem, but I haven't been able to fix the file. I have posted an appeal for help to John Elliott here, and since John has always been very helpful on similar issues, I am confident he ... -
1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
Roland's Rat Race [Ocean Software]
by Denton Designs, F. David ThorpeIt's mainly a maze game, disguised as a platforms'n'ladders thing, you must get out of the sewers in time for your tv broadcast, and in order to do that you have to find the pieces ... -
New Game: COMPLICA DX<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal;"><img s…
I occasionally beat level 4, but it's never a given that I'll be able to progress 1,2,3 every time. Simply astonishing Ai, I look forward to the playing tips.The smartest computer opponent ever! Play against BRAINIAC (TM), an Artificial Intelligence ... -
2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…
Games List (June 28th 2015):
So many new games, so little time... Let's just get on with it.
News and links
* Scripting add-ons for WoS Forums and Infoseek [Link]
* Spectrum Show episode 41 ... -
Procedurally generated levelsThere seems to be a myth roaming the internet that Spelunky was the first game to use procedurally generated levels. I'm pretty sure there are ear…
Hunt the Wumpus was a mainframe game, it must be late 70s?
I was thinking of the P.L.A.T.O. system too; eg. Moria (P.L.A.T.O. version) was developed around 1975 and it already was generating the dungeons dynamically (like dnd also for P.L.A. ... -
New Game: COMPLICA DX<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal;"><img s…
Yup, I agree with Ralf, it does not create any problems with the eyes this time.
Great game, music and graphics - impressive.
Wasn't expecting the computer to cheat by pushing the blocks down though!
Just noticed the Vega on the inlay ... -
Procedurally generated levelsThere seems to be a myth roaming the internet that Spelunky was the first game to use procedurally generated levels. I'm pretty sure there are ear…
I don't know how common were procedurally generated levels in 2D platformers before Spelunky hit some success (coming from an Indie background).
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New Game: COMPLICA DX<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal;"><img s…
Very impressive. A lot of skillful work must go into engine,graphics and music.
The gameplay is fresh and original too.
And another thing that I have to compliment - it doesn't suffer from this eye hurt problem that all these ... -
New Game: COMPLICA DX<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal;"><img s…
Yup, I agree with Ralf, it does not create any problems with the eyes this time.
Great game, music and graphics - impressive. Thanks!
Wasn't expecting the computer to cheat by pushing the blocks down though!
You can do the same!
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My first Greasemonkey script, up for testingI've decided to play with Greasemonkey and javascript today. (Greasemonkey is an add-on under Firefox)<br><br>Here's my first script written purely f…
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