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What did you pay for a SpectrumJust wondered what everyone paid for getting hold of a spectrum. I got hold of one from eBay MINT condition, both the Box and the Speccy. Paid 110 …
Turbo loadersDid turbo loaders actually make a 48k game load significantly faster? Taking into account the time taken to load the code for the turbo loader progra…
... did it require constant frame by frame update as the game loaded ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... the sound only every other frame - that won't work. Think ...RealSpectrum Scorpion emulation - R.I.P. ?I've recently downloaded the "latest build" of RealSpectrum. Everything seems to work fine apart from the Scorpion. When I select it, it simply crash…
... I can't remember ;) The timings are perfect - Samples from AY ...YM effects on Atari ST reproducable on Speccy?From the YM music format site: "SID-Voice SID-Voice is a great sound trick on the ATARI, because of low CPU consuming and great sound effects. It …
... out another sensible set of timings for the rest of your ...Attract modeAnyone got any names of games that have a good attract mode? (for those who dont know , its where the game runs a demo even when you arnt playing...…
... /right and runs at a frame rate of 20 frames per ... for each key for each frame - so you can store 2 ... more than 4 buttons and frame rates may be higher... it ...YM effects on Atari ST reproducable on Speccy?From the YM music format site: "SID-Voice SID-Voice is a great sound trick on the ATARI, because of low CPU consuming and great sound effects. It …
... whilst trying to keep the timings correct. I'll post up ...New SpeccyDo you think someone should go about creating a new spectrum computer? I'm talking about a spectrum compatible (not an emulator) with the capabiliti…
... it won't get speccy timings actually hardware accurate, not a ... i've seen has the timings 100% (if ur actually running ...YM effects on Atari ST reproducable on Speccy?From the YM music format site: "SID-Voice SID-Voice is a great sound trick on the ATARI, because of low CPU consuming and great sound effects. It …
... very difficult to get the timings right. I'm still looking ...YSRnRY TV Prog - Update and Haylp!Heya! I've just produced an animation for the TV prog you guys might like - you can get it from: [url="http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/tvprog/"]http://w…
... /> Nope, I just generate each frame one by one using a ...Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…
... and update the envelopes each frame? I don't think this ...Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…
... and update the envelopes each frame? I don't think this ...CSW 2Have you been using csw 2 yet? I find the total pulses is sometimes wrong by 256 too short. Also there is a small shift to the right by a few sampl…
... some spare time. For instance timings for the turbo blocks of ...X-Out level loaderCan anyone confirm all the levels of this game (the original game tzx) will load? Does anyone want to find how the checksum works?
... than using the schemes' specific timings :(.
Yep, it applies ...Debut programmersDoes anybody know of any really big hit speccy games that were just programmed by some unknown amateur programmer and sent unsolicited to software ho…
... AI systems rather than traditional frame drive AI.
Design ...ANARCHY v1.0 remake for PC releasedThanks to everyone's help here with pokes and other info for the original game, the remake is finally out after about 6 or 7 weeks of hard coding. I…
... /> I've also added basic frame-skipping code added to hopefully ...Darkman on SpectaculatorI'm using version 5.2 of Spectaculator but am unable to get Darkman to load. I've tried it on Spin and it loads fine. Anyone else have this problem?
... original and check out the timings and wavform. Maybe there's ...Head Over Heels remake RELEASED !Hey all ! The Retrospec remake of Head Over Heels has JUST been released. The URL with everything important, including a 15Mb download is : [url="h…
... can land on the door frame, and ? Just turn and go ... move ONE block at ONE frame. My engine can recirsively move ...Starstrike vs Death Star InterceptorThe two main Star Wars clones on the Spectrum in late '84-85. Which was better? I thought Starstrike was a little too slow, but having just played it…
... with Starstrike was maybe the frame rate being a little slow ...Anyone tried Dreamspec emulator for the deceased Dreamcast?I haven't heard much about it other than it only emulates about 200 games (which isn't a good start), but has anyone tried it here?
... SNES one. SNES is very frame-skippy on the DC but ... close to perfect with no frame skipping that I could see ...New SpeccyDo you think someone should go about creating a new spectrum computer? I'm talking about a spectrum compatible (not an emulator) with the capabiliti…
... had TR-DOS and different timings, the Scorp had hard drives ...Hounds of Hell adventure - help!I'm stuck in this adventure game called Hounds of Hell by Peter Clark. I have the metal key, the ornate key, the wine glass, and the photo. I have fo…
... ..the globe...try examing the frame. You will more info though ...Hounds of Hell adventure - help!I'm stuck in this adventure game called Hounds of Hell by Peter Clark. I have the metal key, the ornate key, the wine glass, and the photo. I have fo…
... globe try looking at the frame.
Crucifix, put and ...Hounds of Hell adventure - help!I'm stuck in this adventure game called Hounds of Hell by Peter Clark. I have the metal key, the ornate key, the wine glass, and the photo. I have fo…
... globe try looking at the frame.
Crucifix, put and ... globe...I have examined the frame, found out that it a ... circular frame allowing the lat an long ... .....TURN GLOBE....SPIN GLOBE....TURN FRAME....ROTATE GLOBE....POSITION GLOBE.....FIND ...Hounds of Hell adventure - help!I'm stuck in this adventure game called Hounds of Hell by Peter Clark. I have the metal key, the ornate key, the wine glass, and the photo. I have fo…
... globe...I have examined the frame, found out that it a ... circular frame allowing the lat an long ... .....TURN GLOBE....SPIN GLOBE....TURN FRAME....ROTATE GLOBE....POSITION GLOBE.....FIND ...in-game soundhas anybody an experience in writting beeper routines? i tried to code some sound fx but it sounds really horrible...
retro?What makes a game or machine retro? just another stupid thought from me :) take the N64 for example, its been online now for a couple or so years, em…
... on any sort of time frame is arbitary.
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