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Wanted: Game testers for Spectrum to Microsoft Excel portSo there I was one day at work, filling in spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel as usual when I idly thought, "Hey, if I made the cells small enough, they…
... line (and God knows how many thoroughly enjoyable hours ... Particularly people who know how to hide/unhide/make visible/ ... elements around the main screen. I'm talking scroll ... lot if you know how to do it anyway so ... the Excel UI back to how you like it presented ... -
Hunchback is back!Hi, I would like to publish again an old-fashion style writing what perhaps should be valueable if we wrote 1985. Maybe somebody will try it ... …
... /> RUN your program and decide how to play!
For around ... insert your original HUNCHBACK cassette to prepare the game.
< ... start the tape. If the screen is OK, stop the tape ... />
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WiP Raspberry Pico Microdrive Hardware EmulatorDecided to take the plunge and learn how to program a Raspberry Pico Micro Controller and, after messing around a lot with Oqtadrive, decided to crea…
... plunge and learn how to program a Raspberry Pico ... br />
I wanted to mirror the Pi1541 project whereas ... with a mini screen, SD Card to house all the ... & 9v reducing to 5v to power the Pico. Rest ... Still a few bits to-do before full release, mainly the ... -
PSI ChessHi, Anybody out there remember the game "PSI Chess" by The Edge? Well, there seems to be no problem finding a snapshot ot tape image for this game …
... at the bottom of the screen shows as follows:
To tell the computer how to move a piece, you ... . See section 2 above for how to configure the board view.
full pelt while the computer makes ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... 're crap at programming full-stop - if you ... memories so you know how to live right? The Spectrum ... />
Now to show how memory stores everything about the ... you'll see the screen has been altered in ... the screen is stored from memory addresses 16384 to 23236 ... -
Emulation and Debugging functionality[Cut n Paste from the original CSS post] Hi all, I'm currently working on SPIN's debugger, which is coming along nicely. Mostly, it's been devel…
... automatically setting the dialog to show ALL files ... high-res non-scanline full screen display? Nothing wrong with ...
3) Ability to enter cheat codes for games ... question: How do I save data seperately to a ... want to save my adventure program from Quill, how ... -
Emulation and Debugging functionality[Cut n Paste from the original CSS post] Hi all, I'm currently working on SPIN's debugger, which is coming along nicely. Mostly, it's been devel…
... ) Better high-res non-scanline full screen display? Nothing wrong with the ... />
I'm currently deciding how to do this. the .POK format ... )A question: How do I save data seperately to a tzx or ... I want to save my adventure program from Quill, how do I ... -
ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... you need to know the way the spectrum screen is organised ... I've always wanted to know how to do full-colour scrolls vertically and ... horizontally. How do u handle ... is a software 'sprite'? How is it different from a ... -
RealspectrumCan anyone tell me why sometimes when I launch realspectrum it locks up on the welcome screen? I am running it in a DOS shell within windows 98. I'm …
... When that buffer is full, it is sent to the directsound device ... so you certainly won't :). Screen modes, as above, normal rendering ... the options there are enhancements to how the real speccy behaved. ... best. Choosing to run the emulation at full speed might be ... -
Demo effectsRight, erm, first of all, since this post is about demos, it's possibly not right to post it in the Games forum, but it didn't seem right posting it …
... that it's surprising how little demos seem to be mentioned, I ... thought it was impossible to do it full screen - what a pity it ... wasn't possible to do ... the effect with negligable CPU usage, imagine, full colour ... -
Demo effectsRight, erm, first of all, since this post is about demos, it's possibly not right to post it in the Games forum, but it didn't seem right posting it …
... . Full screen black n white.
Regarding Zynaps: Are u referring to ... logo in the title screen? I was wondering how they managed that ... -
Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
... just one cause one needs to be transparent, because of ... pics, Yerz kind enough to communicate betwwen me and gasman ... and was able to make probably what is first full screen RP using ... both spectrum screens ( at least thats how i ... -
More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
... there is a beautiful screen of how Terracresta could be redone ... clone as an example to see how it works out. he ... some examples on PC, how he imagine some new zx ... no one really did a full screen image that way. or ... I can't figure out how to operate the demo. I' ... -
Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …
... /> But the bucket is already full of something.^{7}
how to escape and then he'll ... drug worked. Look at the screen. He actually thinks he's ... _. You're hands are full.^{7}
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Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... 100000 T-States to copy a screen from a screen location and you ... but you can't go full screen with it. gotcha. i found ... , any idea how to start from a fresh screen and how i can pick ... in czech how to modify a Spectrum 48 to allow it to display this ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... game where the loading screen is loaded but you ... the attributer are transfered to screen, and because this is ... you can't go full screen with it. gotcha. ... any idea how to start from a fresh screen and how i can ... of using the whole screen but i recommended using ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... seems to have nothing to do with the Hurg people. How ... . Cant find the full version, not even to buy.
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I know how some of you feel. you ... right there on the screen :) where i lived ... when i make a screen scroll vertically and horizontally ... -
Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... /> For years, I wanted to do something spectrum related on ... Screen$ - was born. It was really a prelude to a ... up on one thing - how to be *exactly* certain ... - Woody joined me full time (though in truth ... followed and contributed massively to SPIN from day one ... -
Graphics in bordersI am 50% certain that I remember a game that had graphics in the borders. This always made we wonder why none of the other games did. Am I right or h…
... I was trying to figure out. I remember the full screen numbers too ... . Pretty impressive.
However, how do ... display addresses are there, so how do you place a value ... -
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 spectrum. you just need to know how.
yea ... me know id really love to see it please! thanks! ... dont think anyone would want to take that one ( i ... 4*2 and the first full screen pic in 4*2 mode ... higher so youd still have to adjust it.
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More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…
... stuff i had a notebook full of them and i misplaced ... )
I also knew how to get more than 9999 lines ... can't remember how to disable Shift now ( better to disable Shift i ... coming to print on the screen. Like say you want the screen to scroll ... -
AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…
... the regular Character set ( similat to font creator ) which i ... or placed on the screen. + create full screen slidshows or animations.[/B]< ... formats as i dont knoe how ( who knows, i may ... games, laoding screens and how to load the compressed compiled screens ... -
C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…
... a programming tutorial and a how-to-guide for setting up Z88DK ... Spectrum display in Timex dual-screen mode
+ Sprites: ... number, any size placed on screen with pixel-precision.
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Top Isometric GamesI hope this hasn't been done before! :) The HoH remake re-ignited my interest in isometric games for the speccy. HoH and Batman are easily some of t…
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[/quote]< ... the original engine and tried to make a sequel. The map ... . The bit where you had to speed up and bounce your ... mile of one empty/one full screen full of trampoleen squares was fantastic ... -
to ZX-81 coders (the good ones)Last times I sent below message to some ZX81 fans. Without any result. It makes me sad, 'cause it would be cool to show the world that ZX81 is good m…
... it gives me some suggestion how the demos would look like ... .
There are some full-screen demos (very small, but impressive ... are no border. Full screen can be used to show a picture. It ... sure it would be interesting to try to make some bigger demo ... -
[NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…
... that this is entirely due to the fact that only yours ... change it while switching to or from full-screen mode.
And my ... least it is important (IMHO) to provide smooth animation for Windows ... ]
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[NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…
... change it while switching to or from full-screen mode.
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And when you resize the desktop to ... 's *exactly* what DirectDraw does), how do you prevent the desktop ... -
[NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…
... I'd be quiet about how Spectaculator performs... because on this ... 2 a second *behind* the screen update. Spectaculator does a very ... mode. Spectaculator runs at full speed on that laptop no ... Jon how to write an emulator, you should listen to him and learn how to ... -
i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... them is often clueless of how things work and will have ... a Word doc file describing how the Spectrum's display file ... out. I'm not sure how successful I was at targetting ... shearing free and is able to perform full-screen updates in ~3.1 ... -
42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…
... with PAW is concerned, is how to take the output from PAW ... identifier - would just print to the screen in normal 32 column ... passed out to channel S (ie, the screen). In order to interface this ... catalogue promises it comes with 'full documentation,' so here's ...
