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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…
The reason that Joefish has created K-55 is due to the +3 and +2A(black) will only read 12345+67890 via the expansion port and that any programmable interfaces that try and read QWERTYU.... to SPACE can't be used, including that nasty looking AGF clippy ... -
1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
Paws [Artic Computing]by Anthony Adam
This is a colourful maze game with a couple of original features.You're a cat and you must find your kittens and bring them all home, but the neighborhood is ridden with dogs tryingto stop you and kill you. There ... -
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…
Ok, so here is my quick participation, hope you guys like it.
Of the images I've seen so far, this is my current favourite :) -
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…
Ok, so here is my quick participation, hope you guys like it.
Of the images I've seen so far, this is my current favourite :)
Yep, though I would like to see the boxes on the right ... -
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 was basing this comment on your comment back in May 2013, did an additional complication come up that prevents this option?:
We might consider enabling DISCiPLE support for the 128K. We know how to get it to work without any apparent ... -
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…
In reality an actual Fuller joystick clashes with just about everything out there - but specifically with Kempston joysticks. Because it only looks at bit A7 going low, an IN 31 (or IN-55 or IN-95) will set it off. Fuller interfaces are hard to find, and ... -
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…
These only use the low address byte, A7..A0.Hence “‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒”! Thanks for confirming. :-)
I expect enough software reads from the Kempston with varying values for the upper address lines that using these alone to distinguish between joysticks would be ... -
Hardware damage due to software?<p>I'm not afraid to ask a stupid question, and I find it incredibly easy to do so in the hardware forum!</p><p>Is it possible to damage your Spectru…
Well, I was talking in general terms, as there are a surprising number of computers (non Sinclair) and expansions (for various systems) where a /RD or a R/W line does not appear in the ROM or EPROM control lines... So if the CPU writes to a ROM address, ... -
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.
E3 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...