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  • Personal Software magazineHere's a list of the type-ins for the issues of the Personal Software magazine already in the WOS archive. (Note: Some listings may have previously …

    ... David Spencer
    40,Alternate Character Set,Dave Hawke
    ... Paul Bates
    55-57,Character Change,Paul Matthews
    ... 58-61,Thin Character Generator,SJ Patrick
    ... Choy
    84-86,Graphic Character Transformation,RA Houlton
    87 ...
    c1541 c1541 February 2010 Support files
  • Have you seen this man?I was digging around in the sprite graphic data of Contact Sam Cruise when I came across this sprite: [IMG]http://pyskool.ca/images/csc-as064.png[/I…

    ... more sprites of the same character:

    [IMG]http://pyskool ... lingo and are curious, this character - let's call him "skinny ...
    SkoolKid SkoolKid February 2010 Games
  • Character scrollingOk, first I'd like to say that I'm not looking for a complete routine (but that might help) because I am hoping to write it myself and learn a bit mo…

    Ok, first I'd like to say that I'm not looking for a complete routine (but that might help) because I am hoping to write it myself and learn a bit more about m/c.

    What I need are pointers to the best way to go about this. At the moment I only ...
    polomint polomint February 2010 Development
  • Help name a game.I remember vaugley seeing a game in a mgazine that featured a cockroach as the main character, i think it was for the saturn but was never released. …

    ... a cockroach as the main character, i think it was for ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. March 2010 Chit chat
  • Hop'n'Chop 2 (Jack II, game never produced?)At the end of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012594&loadpics=3"]Hop'n'Chop[/URL] it hints at a sequel. It was apparently go…

    At the end of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012594&loadpics=3"]Hop'n'Chop[/URL] it hints at a sequel.

    It was apparently going to be called "Jack II" (as per the name of the main character).
    ZnorXman ZnorXman March 2010 Infoseek database
  • The Grim Reaper is coming for your consoles...According to: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8556874.stm[/URL] [COLOR=Blue][B]"A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional …

    ... moving your joypad and your character on screen moving in the ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2010 Chit chat
  • 42 colums in screen, in anywherethe routine write in anywhere of the screen, it can start to write in 32X24 position and write from it in 42 colums, it is utility to have border wit…

    ... /> Only write up to 256 character in a buffer
    The ... the routime, can write 1000 character per second
    [url]http ...
    Z80user Z80user March 2010 Development
  • Alice in WonderlandThe new Tim Burton film, Alice in Wonderland, is awful. My reasons for saying this, and warning, spoilers are in this hidden text: [spoiler]Aside f…

    ... it's unsatisfactory for her character to imply this dark side ... Mad Hatter so out of character. Alright, so maybe Burton ... needed a sympathetic character who was willing to help ... the White Knight was the character than she always remembered most ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2010 Chit chat
  • name the game - actual blue screenhello, found zx game compilation on utube in this guy's channel [url]http://www.youtube.com/user/Retro3D[/url] (compilation is called NATLACENKA - 2…

    ... screen with robot/astronaut walking character and a flying fish foe ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup April 2010 Games
  • GG AllinJust been reading up on this total nutter ! [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gg_allin[/url] Saw a few interviews on youtube (even one on an early …

    ... />
    Seems a very interesting character to say the least, he ...
    psj3809 psj3809 April 2010 Chit chat
  • Ognom - What's this game about?I've been mapping the game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0016326&loadpics=3"]Ognom[/URL] and have finished 99 out of 100 scr…

    ... immediately starts with the main character "digging" his way down and ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman April 2010 Games
  • SpecEmu shows BRIGHT black (???)I'm watching an RZX of both of the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000864&loadpics=3"]Ceasefire[/URL] games. In the second g…

    ... the second game the main character walks into a dark subway ... brighter black around the main character.

    As I'm ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman April 2010 Emulators
  • Jonathan CreekI meant to post about the Jonathan Creek episode from a few weeks ago, but never got around to it, and since no one else did (as far as I know) then …

    ... younger brother (the deus-ex character who was revealed at the ... more idea of her true character than this. And we don ... writer to really judge his character either.

    In Satan ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2010 Chit chat
  • J.R hartley[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005552[/url] I'm 95% sure "JR Hartley" is a joke author.. he's better known as a fictional ch…

    [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005552[/url]

    I'm 95% sure "JR Hartley" is a joke author.. he's better known as a fictional character off this TV advert


    [youtube]abt6wGtWVX8[/youtube]
    fog fog May 2010 Infoseek database
  • Calling all potential Pyskool moddersIt recently occurred to me that the example customisations distributed with Pyskool ('Skool Daze Take Too', 'Ezad Looks' and 'Back to Skool Daze' - […

    ... number of blackboard messages per character:
    [code][BlackboardMessages]
    WITHIT ...
    SkoolKid SkoolKid May 2010 Development
  • Jumping the sharkBored again, so "inspired" by a post on a forum I read last week (can't find the link, I'm at work now), here's a list of programs that I think have …

    ... ; in the last season, the character of Jeff Murdoch didn't ... tries to play a popular character, especially one as well played ... ) was good as the new character, Oliver, but it wasn't ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2010 Chit chat
  • Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…

    ... < 255 - that takes a character and prints it anywhere on ...
    Gedlion Gedlion May 2010 Development
  • Here's one for titchmarsh and peasgood to get their teeth into[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7771505/Video-game-fanatic-hunts-down-and-stabs-rival-player-who-killed-character-online…

    [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7771505/Video-game-fanatic-hunts-down-and-stabs-rival-player-who-killed-character-online.html[/url]

    Obviously a loony :D
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek May 2010 Chit chat
  • A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…

    ... first command in the Spectrum character set that takes a single ... argument is [b]INK[/b], character 217. Here are all the ...
    ajmoss ajmoss June 2010 Development
  • Matt Smith as Doctor Who?Now that Matt Smith's first series (or season) as the Doctor has ended, how do you rate him? Do you think he's done a good job, is suitable for the p…

    ... traits of the Doctor's character.

    But now, for ... though Martha was a good character, she was sadly underused, and ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2010 Chit chat
  • platformerssprite + ability to jump + places to jump to = platformer. but what are they called if anything? for example in dizzy you perform a jump and it is …

    sprite + ability to jump + places to jump to = platformer.

    but what are they called if anything?

    for example in dizzy you perform a jump and it is a fixed arc, but in other games you can control your character in mid flight.
    mile mile July 2010 Games
  • New Game : BinaryThis is just something I put together in AGD last year. No great graphics or sound, but I'm not very good at drawing (hence the trace of a Star Wars…

    ... />
    To control the main character in the game, use the ...
    mulder mulder July 2010 Games
  • I may be heading for Xbox360 No 4I've got a feeling that my Xbox360 is on the way out. I loaded Crackdown 2 last night and everything was fine until the game actually started. When i…

    ... the choices on and my character dude all had the lines ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob July 2010 Chit chat
  • Found an old tapeWay back in the 80's I wrote some basic (and later compiled basic) programs to hold character data for playing the fighting fantasy books. I tried fl…

    ... compiled basic) programs to hold character data for playing the fighting ...
    Gedlion Gedlion July 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Die RollerOkay, technically it's in machine code - but it's all compiled in a basic compiler. (you know, the one that people keep telling us is impossible to …

    ... bit sucky - It's using character based sprites, fourspriter style. But ...
    Gedlion Gedlion July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Help needed to identify a platform gameGreetings, everyone! I have been searching for this game for a very long time, trying all the opportunities, but with no result unfortunately. The re…

    ... exactly like the player's character, and that makes hard to ...
    Lady Eklipse Lady Eklipse July 2010 Games
  • Missing: World of Spectrum 2Yes, the new version of the (mildly) sucessful adventure game Missing: World of Spectrum is in the words and is being designed now! Features include…

    ... using the PAW instead of GAC and would like a little ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 July 2010 Development
  • Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…

    ... including dithering for areas the character doesn't walk in front ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 July 2010 Games
  • Exolon creditsAccording to Raffaelle Cecco here (Stardate: 18 May 1988 ): [url]http://www.crashonline.org.uk/54/cecco.htm[/url] [B]Nigel Brownjohn[/B] designed Ex…

    ... [/B] designed Exolon's main character, so he must be added ... he also drew the main character in Stormlord, but that graphic ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain August 2010 Infoseek database
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