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Missing NemesisI was reading one of the threads the other day about over rated spectrum games and came across the suggestion that Nemesis (the space shooter known a…
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SPIN RZX playbackNot sure if anyone has mentioned this, but has anyone else noticed that when you play an RZX file back in SPIN at a hiked up Z80 CPU speed level, tha…
Which Speccy is the best to buy...I'd be using it for games really, and thats about it. I'd like a 128k but I seem to remember people saying 128k +2's had problems playing some games.…
You did, don't worry about it! Thanks for the help, at least I know who to come to if I DO run into any problems!
The bid has been placed so the countdown begins...EightyOne and CF cardsInspired by obo & piters discussion regarding imaging of flash card, I've added reading/writing to real disks to EightyOne. Hopefully it should allo…
... it ran too for full frames. I loaded Dynamite Dan as ...Animated GIF walkthroughsI've made an animated GIF of a 19 second walkthrough of Bugaboo the Flea. It weighs in at a not-bad 160K: [url]http://pearcy.googlepages.com/bugabo…
... , it weighs in with 8000+ frames at 15fps. Not bad optimisation ...Animated GIF walkthroughsI've made an animated GIF of a 19 second walkthrough of Bugaboo the Flea. It weighs in at a not-bad 160K: [url]http://pearcy.googlepages.com/bugabo…
That's great that, Dunny. The file size is very good, for the number of frames in it.Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... /> - Accessing a high-resolution timer (FRAMES)
- Changing the length of ...Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
... IY to index to the FRAMES system variable (among other things ...Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
... IY to index to the FRAMES system variable (among other things ...SAM Juggler Animated GIFWith a freshly hacked version of SimCoupe to dump image streams (using the patch Si Owen posted to CSS over three years ago ;)) I give you the SAM Ju…
[QUOTE=Dunny]Storing full frames in a GIF will always ...Bipboi Progress[b]UPDATED With Bip0708[/b] Hi, It's been a while since Micro Mart mentioned my game I've been working on, "Bipboi", and frankly it's been a while …
... bad guys ?? or maybe a countdown timer to give little pep ...How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... be permanently ignored for future frames. It'd run like a ...The 80's top 50 most Embarrising moments - Channel 5 Friday NightDon't know if anyone else watched this pap last night - but at number 30 we had '80's Computers' to which you had John Tickle going on about the load…
... the standard load, Speedlock, the countdown, then the one that built ...Bipboi Beta 2007.10Hello, I am nearing the end of the gameplay to Bipboi. I have made changes to the gameplay and would really like your opinions (Is it too hard etc)…
Forgot to mention, only level 1 and 2 in at the moment.
Might consider, speeding up the delay in energy countdown between levels
Cheers for testingWanted! Crap jokesZX Shed will be having some crap jokes for issue 3. So, got any crap jokes you want to share with the world? Don't post them here, send them to me …
will do. and will send the individual frames tomoz. :)The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... scrollers operated at 25Hz (2 frames) and many operated at 2 ... .5 frames (2 or 3 frames per update). Yet ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... about 140000 (2 frames) to 175000 (2.5 frames) cycles the dedicated ... hardware at 2-2.5 frames per update. The bonus is ... allows the 2-2.5 frames per update you have a ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
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... it's limited to 32 frames (simply not enough!), and animations ...What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... it's limited to 32 frames (simply not enough!), and animations ... 'll increase the number of frames for the next version, how ...What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... 'll increase the number of frames for the next version, how ...What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... /> TommyGun sprites can have infinite frames, in that I don't ...TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …
... button (to apply to all frames of an image)
* Map ...The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... sprites over a couple of frames and have more going on ...Longest Loading TimeWhat game do you blokes think had the longest loading time My vote is for "Driller"
... . i remember a lot of countdown timers between sections, with a ...The funniest moment of your life..Ok guys, here's a question for you: What was the funniest thing you've ever seen, or the funniest moment of your life so far....
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... like hideously out-of-place frames, and a scaling that makes ...