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RetroMadrid 09: La Coruna EncantadaDid anyone go to this event? Did anyone see/play the Speccy version of La Coruna Encantada? According to[URL="http://www.msx.org/La-Corona-Encantada…
... ] (in English) the game has caused a real stir ... queues to buy the game, and then when Azpiri came, ... hear about how this game (and Mojon or CEZ games) ... we presented a new game and a new development group, ... Gominolas) and Dinamic, but I didn't get to watch it. ... -
Unoriginal Unimaginative UnplayableOK, never mind all those great games, what were the worst? Keep it to games you (or someone you know) actually paid money for back in the days when 8…
... tastes ! I really liked that game and still play it now. Still ... mad fans used to 'watch' teletext and see the scores come in ... couldnt do an arcade style game, (Match day just owned that ... that game !
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Your views on...Marsport[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003040]Marsport[/url] Now, this is one Gargoyle release that I played very little of. I don't…
... few places to go into and sitting there amazed at the ... game and got very far with it, again it was good to watch ... -
Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... in a mix of assembly and STOS Basic. It was even harder ... let you access the screen and joystick without interruptions.
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Successor to the SpeccyBased on the rambling on the other thread it would be interesting to see what people felt was the 'spiritual' successor to the speccy. Amiga here....
... not having to write a game around their routines).
< ... entirely in STOS had faster and smoother parallax scrolling than ST ... 's no parallax actually in-game and (b) emulators don't like ... pixel-scrolls vertically (on the basic ST, you could hardware scroll ... -
Nice Graphics seduce innocent reviewerWas downloading a few more games to have a whirl on today and came across LIGHTFORCE. Remember this getting smashed by Crash and getting pretty much …
... LF was awful. Jerky scrolling and character moving sprites.
game, and EVERTHING I wanted to escape ... sprites that people do in BASIC games? Tell me. I need ... -
River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…
... 1980-something (done in BASIC and compiled). This was following ... the hang of optimising and timing code based on ... in programming for various communications and defence-related businesses.
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Extreme Close-Up TetrisWhile reading through the brand new issue of Retro Gamer that's just arrived today, there is a feature on the 10 best versions of Tetris you've never…
... up, down, left and right and then there's also ... the rotate left and right required for ... . So, really, this game should be called 'Extreme ...
4 Game modes :
1) Basic (hah) that follows ... Game Boy graphics.
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Games that you've realised you would never have the patience or skill to finishBack in the day, there where plenty of games I could never finish, now that I'm not a toddler any more, and that I've spent enough time in WOS and pl…
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Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... makes perfect sense in the game if descibed as "powerful alcohol ... " was until I played this game!
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By ... (since my Russian knowledge is basic).
It contains the ... Russian text found in the game and type it in again in ... -
Things you weren't supposed to do in games but were fun nonethelessYes, you should [i]not[/i] have done certain things, actually many of them were just plain silly, but they were fun anyway :D Some examples: [list]Zz…
... particularly nasty, I used to watch fat Clive fall through the ... even more evil.
And keeping with the evil theme ... up in the post van and drive over then posh bowler ... road and watch them explode. It meant the end of the game, but ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... game.
Again, I've just been quite busy recently, and ... knowing the Russian alphabet and some basic words and phrases - but I have ... with Russian idioms and jokes! (of which the game has quite a ... of Russian text in the game I knew it would be ... -
Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…
... more memory.
Watch this space...[/QUOTE]
< ... a new Skooldaze game!!!
And to be honest, ... add music to the game. Not continuous as such ... add a music teacher, and whenever he's teaching ... piano near the blackboard) and so you can play ... -
Playtester WantedHi all As development of [B]Harry Potter Adventure[/B] goes on, determined to get it done so it can feature in the final [I]Spectrum Games Bible [/I…
[QUOTE=joefish;372309]Watch out for Warner Brothers too ... the most ruthless around (and this from someone who' ... other fan-fiction links, and hope for the best.[/ ... d the fan films. and those lads who dress ... making a harry potter game, and me drawing a picture ... -
Erase part of memory in SPIN?A question for SPIN (or perhaps Spectaculator). If I have a game loaded in memory and would like to erase part of the memory while keeping the rest …
... I have a game loaded in memory and would like to erase ... keeping the rest of the game intact, would that be possible ... to erase the screen memory and watch what will happen. Could that ... 6912 bytes filled with zeros, and load it right at the ... -
+2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …
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1) load game via basic loader and before start game find instructions:
Or original TAP with basic loader:
[url]http ... to USR0 or 48kB mode and load basic via MERGE "". Insert ... to #3B value and after RUN will game loaded and fixed.
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Good Playstation games?I've been aware for some time that the PSP can play Playstation games, but I've never bothered trying. Anyway, the recent "Classic games you've never…
... fog was part of the game.
... admittedly has more shortcuts and some amusing background chatter ... a strategy game where you build and command squads ... fun to the game comes from buying ... favourites into a testing arena and watch them scrap.
bee-keeper manager?random idea. how many variables could be fit into this? - number of hive colonies active...amount of honey harvested (maybe in in a set time)... need…
... 377751]Wanna go half and half on making this ... I can supply the graphics and a few ideas (how ... semi-Basic, semi m/c[/B] affair by myself and ... finish Homebrew (the Urbis game), and then there's Telly ... My doors and windows need repainting soon and on top ...Announcing the 2009 CSSCGCas Digital Prawn has already said, the 2009 compo page went live today, so there's a small overlap between the competitions. obviously you can't subm…
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Ape: Tonight's game is [COLOR="Red"]Steroid Sports ... /> Fub: So its a sports game, right?
... in the game, it's in the game. And all that ... in internet. Mummy and daddy can watch for your education ... us about that secret game, ASS, everybody is ...128K dev / PASMO (or alternative) question...When I assembly my code, I have it set up so that PASMO automatically creates a TAP file complete with loader, and this works great for 16/48k Do y…
... that line in there and forget about it...[/QUOTE]< ... the basic loader and the loading screen, to produce the final game. And ... --name Herbert --tzx --alocal game.z80 game.tzx game.sym
... @copy /b /y loader.tzx+game.tzx+game_bank1.tzx+game_bank3.tzx ...128K dev / PASMO (or alternative) question...When I assembly my code, I have it set up so that PASMO automatically creates a TAP file complete with loader, and this works great for 16/48k Do y…
... of which produce a TZX, and then I just copy them ... the basic loader and the loading screen, to produce the final game. And all ... from single pasmo assemble statements and move to a batch file ... all the paging in your basic file
e.g ...The ---- Games of the decadeIn a few months time, we leave the first decade of the twenty-first century, so to rip off a thread idea from another forum, what are your games of t…
... perfection - a great sandbox game with fantastic online at the ... that a fantastic game and you have the best game of 2002.
game. Team work is *essential*. ... it was cheap and expected a marthon cut-scene watch. I got ...Think! and copyrightHello all, I would like to make a small game for Windows, based a little on Think! - my questions are: should I ask someone for the permission? If s…
Think! is a great game, and one that almost no-one ... fun, and can catch you out if you don't watch every ...z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…
... be the same in all BASIC programs, is that correct?
game. And surely you could even have ... several characters sets defined and POKE to the correct set ... to restore the default set and if the program broke I ...Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
... first screen
- Return to BASIC no longer crashes
- Fixed ... of available RAM for your game, and this is one addition which ... modifying the game engine, rewriting the compiler in C, and enlisting ... as you are VERY careful and create your sprites before ...PS3 whaddyareckon?I am considering a PS3 at the new price - partly because of the blu-ray. As a 40 year old who only dabbles, I wonder if I should buy. The only quir…
... me actually having tried a game on it.
and said it was a ... of places incl Blockbuster and Game and they had never even ... thought, Hell I'll watch my DVD-R of ' ... m very disappointed indeed, and my patience is running thin ...Elite - 25 years Anniversary[url]http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/102/1025247p1.html[/url] I used to love this game. Nothing like it at the time. Played it for hours with frien…
... a game I played mostly on the C64 and then ... to the rear view and watch as the spaceport details ... break through the clouds and then finally you hit ... engine, with updated graphics and some tweaks to the trading ... like Elite: Frontier 2010 and not a bona fide ...Elite - 25 years Anniversary[url]http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/102/1025247p1.html[/url] I used to love this game. Nothing like it at the time. Played it for hours with frien…
... lot of money on a game when they cant even ... (If its a sealed game or they dont have the ... machine). This classic game will just sit on a ... but this game is definitely very special for me (and for lot ... go to the rear view and watch as the spaceport details ...Elite - 25 years Anniversary[url]http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/102/1025247p1.html[/url] I used to love this game. Nothing like it at the time. Played it for hours with frien…
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Unfortunately, the game fails on basic elite-ness - you can ... developing a decent combat model and fuel-to-distance system, ... .
X and the others are fair combat ... hermits and space dredgers and generation ships...
And just ...Elite - 25 years Anniversary[url]http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/102/1025247p1.html[/url] I used to love this game. Nothing like it at the time. Played it for hours with frien…
... Dunny;384326]Unfortunately, the game fails on basic elite-ness - you ... hermits and space dredgers and generation ships...
And just ... Elite-ness; no storyline and more trading / upgrade options ... universe to gargantuan standards and ramped up the ...
