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Christmas games/memories...So, with Christmas fast approaching, what games remind you of Christmases of old? Horace Goes Skiing/Horace and the Spiders are the first that spr…
... , with Christmas fast approaching, what games remind you of Christmases of ... they were two of the games that came bundled with our ... seeing it playing on a demo Speccy in WHSmiths whilst out ... -
Games on other platforms with a spectrum feeling?Having started my gaming life with the spectrum and later moved on to other machines (mainly Amiga and MD) I always had this impression that some gam…
... had this impression that some games were essentially 'souped-up' versions ... there's even a cheat mode for this later one called ... speccy mode which doubles the on screen ... perhaps it's the opposite, games being developed for bigger machines ... -
Tape Recorder with "data mode" (+ 'monitor' and 'phase shift')Another one saved from the thrash bin. :) [img]https://i.ibb.co/BrBRbXy/Fotografia4158.jpg[/img] Not in as good condition as the previous one…
... 't require a "data mode" to load games or programs (but the ... changing from "normal mode" (voice, music?) to "data mode" makes the sound ... possible to achive in normal mode with volume knob all the ... -
21st century games and demosHi all, I just wanted to share some of the fantastic 21st century games and demos I have stumbled across whilst getting back into the Spectrum sce…
... of the fantastic 21st century games and demos I have stumbled ... /> Some modern demos from the demo scene, some truly [b]staggering ... -
im looking for other games like the muncher that use double height and width graphics with colouri havent come across this type of graphics mode on the spectrum before and would like to know if there are any other games that use it.
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ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…
... or in a local network. Games doesn't have to be ... />
Added Pentagon 16C colour mode emulation
Added 1024 KB ...
-added 1-bit tile mode
Improved Hex ... /> Fixed Pentagon border: now ukflag demo is perfect
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What are the "lost" Ultimate arcade games?I've always been really curious to know what Ultimate did before they were Ultimate, and I've been having a little dig around. We know for sure t…
... -22/Commodore_User_Issue_22_1985_Jul#page/n19/mode/2up"]1985 article in ... the Stampers made 12 games for Zilec Electronics, but ... /all_publisher_games-zilec"]exactly 11 games including Blue Print[/url], ... 01/PersonalComputerGames_01#page/n6/mode/1up"]claimed at the ... -
ZEsarUX 8.1 stableHi! I've uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 stable version. Go to the github released webpage to download it: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesaru…
... or in a local network. Games doesn't have to be ... interrupt routine pointer on im2 mode
Improved Hex ... /> Fixed Pentagon border: now ukflag demo is perfect
Fixed Spectrum ... br /> -fixed clipping in 80x32 mode
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New competition - Yandex Retro Games Battle 2020The Yandex Museum announces the kickoff of its second annual Yandex Retro Games Battle, a competition to create the best game for the ZX Spectrum. [u…
... jury, which will evaluate all games according to three parameters – gameplay ... Planeta Sinclair in Portugal. Translates games into Portuguese. Team member of ... /> Participated in organizing the Russian demo festival Chaos Constructions. Collects retrocomputers ... -
Demo's without releasesWas thinking earlier, were there any cover-tape 'demos' either playable (usually time or level limited) or fully automated (just watch) demo's that n…
... fully automated (just watch) demo's that never actually materialised ... to include games that say had a Speccy demo but ... the full version of that demo we had last year" ... here's a playable demo of our other game ... it was as a demo, recall seeing screenshots before ... -
English translation of Start Heritage demo disappeared from the archive?Hello, all I can no longer find the English translation of the demo version of [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/star-inher…
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Best Type-In GamesWhat type in programs did you think the end result was worth the effort of typing them in? Even though most of them were not of the quality of com…
... the quality of commercially released games, the fact that I had ... .org/details/Input_Vol_3_No_35_1997_Marshall_Cavendish_GB/page/n9/mode/2up
Another ... .org/details/Input_Vol_2_No_26_1997_Marshall_Cavendish_GB/page/n9/mode/2up
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Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
... that this was a demo disk on a magazine ... br />
2: Two games on one cassette. Fly a ... to GO!
Name both games.
(2 points)
... series that has had two games written about it, released ... the buggers.
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speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
... theres also a graphics mode on spectrum similar to ... from c64 and amstrad cpc games i recreated) , they might ... and cpc counterparts. this mode on spectrum is even ... 8x8 pixels. in the demo there is some sort ... 8x8 square. its the Stellar Demo.
heres ... -
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…
... of modern and/or original games - even if there ends ... imagine some new zx-gfx-mode.[/quote]
thanks ... coz ;) ) a new gfx-mode for Speccy,[/quote]
demo "Echologia" is supposed to ... those. Load in Pentagon mode. :) -
What is SAM?Whilst looking at my spectum tape collection i foun a number of SAM only games. What is a SAM game and which emulators support it?
... around in sams default grafx mode, and the basic is very ... pixel ( im talking about default mode ) can be any color and ... found it ( SCADS Games Master ) and played some games made in it ... spoof on the amiga juggler demo. this one had sam juggling ... -
What is SAM?Whilst looking at my spectum tape collection i foun a number of SAM only games. What is a SAM game and which emulators support it?
... around in sams default grafx mode, and the basic is very ... pixel ( im talking about default mode ) can be any color and ... found it ( SCADS Games Master ) and played some games made in it ... spoof on the amiga juggler demo. this one had sam juggling ... -
C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…
... The CPC's high colour mode was *really* blocky though ... anyway where with the games i've seen with ... style 8x1 pixel attribute mode! That would have settled ... were done in this mode for games it wouldn't ... demo "Alienate" along with some more screens in this mode ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... day, the c64s hires mode is similar to, but ... than, the speccy's bitmap mode. Plus, the c64 has ... some of the recent demo stuff ("I love my ... machines in terms of 'games' is very difficult indeed. ... the c64 produced better looking games, playability is what counts ... -
SoftRom emulation possible?Hello. Quick question to all emulator developers: How easy would it be to emulate a SoftRom? The mastering utilites for my protection system XLR-8 a…
... is trying to convert my demo of it to TZX, and ... SoftRom will work in 128K mode, well mine was 48K only ... he used to hack 128K games, so maybe some input from ... -
The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
... are still no games using the hi-colour mode.
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demo coders in Poland who seemed ... get the Timex hi-colour mode. Another easy extension is to ... yielding the Timex hi-res mode. All that without changing the ... -
RARE/Ultimate games!I recently bought an XBOX 360 and Perfect Dark Zero, and it made me realise how much i missed RARE and Ultimate - Play The Game. Anyone else have an…
... was more of a technical demo than a game (making ... the original Ultimate company) arcade games, or anything else they ... years bought many other excellent games for the console, including almost ... (or off-line, against bots) mode. The only real advantage of ... -
z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... /> splib2 has a 512x192 monochrome mode and a 32x192 pixel + 32x192 ... It will operate in graphics mode 2 (256x192 pixel, 32x192 ... and almost 100% compatibility with games written for the Spectrum as ... involved in making a working demo or game.
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Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…
... 256x192 pixel 32x192 colour mode, but I haven't ... 256x192 pixel, 32x24 colour mode of the Spectrum's ... have almost identical API (games written for one will ... MSX1 (which also supports this mode).
I ... a demo that made use of hi-colour mode shadowing. ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... all the functions supporting im2 mode. Link to the im2 lib ... and others used in the demo scene) but best of all ... using the IF1 for multiplayer games. The normal IF1 network overhead ... machines. CPC will get a mode 1 version (I think that ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... a 256x192 pixel 32x192 attribute mode. Unfortunately very little software ... written using the hi-colour mode: [URL="http://geocities.com ... Andrew Owen did his tc2048 demo. Run flies-2068.tap ... want to create more sofphisticated games. A Tetris Clone. What ... -
Speccy graphics on CBM64The recent "Starquake" thread had me browsing through Steve Crow's portfolio of games and I was quite surprised when following the links to the CBM64…
... 've never seen demo graphics that combine high-res ... ]http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=1416[/url ... ]http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=703[/url ... ]http://www.lemon64.com/games/list.php?type=title& ... also have a text mode (40x25) with independent ... -
Best build game?Which Build game do you think was the best? The Build engine was the game engine used for a fair few first person shooters in the mid/late '90s, th…
... instead, having loved the demo. It was either ... graphics, especially in SVGA mode, but sadly sprites ... while but most FPS games at the time ... br /> Tekwar - played the demo, wasn't impressed. Average at ... />
Crikey, all those games I played back then, and ... -
Oh look, more Spectrum reviews(x-post to CSS as part of general self-publicising) Part of the reason I've been more active (or at least less lurky) on CSS and here of late is tha…
... try running them in USR0 mode? Several demos I know ... to be in that mode to run. And regarding ... would stay spinning throughout the demo, which just annoyed me... ... running them in USR0 mode. I'll try and ... about the history behind the games and demos!
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... the DivIDE Plus into 128K mode. You can then press ... USR 0, before loading the demo (I haven't tried ... Plus between 48K and 128K mode on start up.[/QUOTE]< ... i load the 7th reality demo which is a 128k ... I mean i load 128k games from .z80 files without problems ...
