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SpecBAS 0.800 Released!Hi folks, it's that time again for another release. I was going to add a few more features, but I have other projects on the go at the moment, and it…
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I wish other game developers would do thisA few of the people who worked on the N64 game Conker's Bad Fur Day have posted a video (well, twenty-four short videos) of them playing through the …
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****ing Awesome Spectrum Engine (FASE)This is a new engine (sprites, tiles, map) for all ZX Spectrum machines. The engine set ups a runtime enviroment that leave between 24K and 30K byt…
... to initialize the engine and FRAME, that put all the stuff ... in the screen every frame. With this engine you can ... -
Alien 8 Instructions ScanCan anyone do an excessively hi-res scan of their Alien 8 instruction booklet, just the front and back pages please? I'm finally recreating the inst…
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Game loopJust working on my first ever Spectrum game, and am struggling to work out what the game-loop should look like. I've got interrupts enabled (mode 2)…
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Land of Mire Mare[Quote]This game has to be considered as a tribute. It's inspired by the unreleased Mire Mare game & characters created by Ultimate Play The Game in …
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What's the deal with hash tables, anyway?As there's nothing in the [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/0-surc-contents.htm]Compendium[/url] about hash tables, and as I've …
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PYROMANIA II: CHOPPER RESCUEJust in case you missed it... It is out! Get it at the Zx Sandbox [url]http://zxsandbox.blogspot.it/[/url] A very special thanks to R-Tape and Neil…
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Puzzled about transferring games to tapeI was trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC. I opened up the tape file in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file. I then pla…
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+3 disc issueQuickie question. I can't load from tape on my +3 as whenever I select the loader option the disc drive starts spinning and doesn't stop (obviously …
... time out after about 3 seconds).
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A hello and a questionFirst of all I'd like to introduce myself (it would be rude not to :D !). My name is Ben and I am the proud owner of a rubber keyed 48K and a 128k+2…
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Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…
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Multiply by 48Is there a 'cheat' to multiply by 48 in Z80? I have a table of sprites 48 bytes each entry, and I want to be able to offset my pointer with a simpl…
pc errorbeeps after new ssdI have swapped the system hdd for an ssd in my old pc with an Abit IP35P motherboard. When installing Windows on the ssd everything seems fine at fir…
... siren, quiet for a few seconds, then beeps again. When swapping ...Spectrum + 48k Not loading tapes?I just got the membrane fixed on this damned thing, and then I bought a new tape player. And to no avail will it load tapes. Here's the process: 1- I…
... stays blank for a few seconds, before it flashes different colours ...Under development: COUSIN HORACE - with playable demoHi fellow Spec-chums, for the first time ever, I am publicly disclosing some details about a game I am currently working on. It is an epic adventure…
... once, but just a few seconds after taking off, he is ...ZX Alien Breed - WIPI'm sure a lot of you have seen the discussion in the New Game Ideas area about a Speccy version of the classic Amiga game Alien Breed. I've been dro…
... /> 4 - Player Sprite Handler. 4-frame, 8-way scrolling for this ...OTLA High Speed LoaderHas anybody used this: [url]https://code.google.com/p/otla/[/url] It's basically a was of loading games into a real speccy in about 30 seconds. Th…
... real speccy in about 30 seconds.
There is a ...Using VAC PSU in DC deviceHaving fixed the dead Issue 3B, I began to wonder about the PSU that came with it. It was pretty obvious what had killed the poor Spectrum as the PSU…
... last longer than a few seconds, when overvoltage and alternating current ...Venting....!!Grrrrr! Am convinved I'm being scammed by a past customer through Paypal. Apologies for venting and randomly banging on , but needed to get it out …
... than the eBay resolution time frame.
Further - and the ...Sorting BusinessThis is a little bit different from the usual game-related fare but I know there are a few people here who like this sort of thing. This is about so…
... ,809 cycles = 12.79 seconds
shellsort old: 85 ... ,492 cycles = 24.4 seconds
heapsort new: 68 ... 070,637 cycles = 19.4 seconds
Looking ... ,562 cycles = 89.4 seconds
shellsort old: 62 ... ,940 cycles = 17.8 seconds
heapsort new: 65 ...OUTLAST on PS4I have just completed OUTLAST on the PS4. It is without doubt the scariest game I have ever played. The sheer feeling of dread and terror whilst wa…
... it reminded me of Fatal Frame on the PS2, with regards ...DivMMC EnJOY! I do enjoy!!!!!Hi all! Ok, so I grew up in the UK in the 80?s and convinced my parents to buy a 48k Spectrum ?to help with homework? lol. Well now I am older and ha…
... load in a couple of seconds ? WAY better than I remember ...Popular Computing Weekly Sep 1-7 1988If anyone has one they no longer want, I am looking to grab a copy. Mainly because I'm in it! Like a fool I ripped out the page and put it in a frame…
If anyone has one they no longer want, I am looking to grab a copy. Mainly because I'm in it!
Like a fool I ripped out the page and put it in a frame!!! so no longer have the full mag.48K rgb output? Also, OTLA.A couple of weeks ago I scored 2 48K Spectrums on eBay for ?27 with 1 PSU, 1 TV cable and about 10 tapes....score or what!!!! One turned out to be a…
... wav file is about 8 seconds long and none of the ...Albert the wolf: A "make your own platform" open-AGD gameSo here it is you can find it within the usual dropbox folder (there is also a rzx to see how the game works..sort of.. and a TAP for the real hard…
... ; however they can steal precious seconds from your time
(in ... alarm clock to get 50 seconds bonus)
In the ...Is there an emulator that.....?I tried firing up Alien8 yesterday but the wildly variable frame rate is just too much hassle these days. Does there exist an emulator that can adjus…
... yesterday but the wildly variable frame rate is just too much ...