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Bounding into the App Store in the morning - Spectaculator 5Happy 31st Birthday, ZX Spectrum! [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIfVWmpCEAAQ84S.png[/IMG] :) Jon.
... ]Apple have just increased the leaderboard limits per app ... leaderboards to these games shortly.[/QUOTE]
That's great - ... existing games that don't have one?
I love seeing the ... the obvious cheating ones - like several million for a game that ... -
Bounding into the App Store in the morning - Spectaculator 5Happy 31st Birthday, ZX Spectrum! [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIfVWmpCEAAQ84S.png[/IMG] :) Jon.
... to existing games that don't have one?
I love seeing the scores ... (awesome game, by the way) that I'd beat the level with say ... 23 towers, and note that ... about 100 in the rankings. I'm awful at games, and finding ... -
The right toolsAs i am going to pick up a hobby of fixing spectrums I wanted to know whats the right tools for the job. Like what wattage should the soldering iron …
... DMM to start with. I don't mean one of those 2 ... eBay either. UNI-T make good meters that don't cost the planet. If money ... /> Decent soldering iron - I personally use a 25W Antex but others ... -
Did anyone try F.I.S.T.?While browsing through some old issues, I came across and advert for F.I.S.T., which seems like an RPG adventure played over the telephone (25p/min!)…
... rpg over the phone for div kids that don't understand the concept ... the cheap ba****ds.
it makes those gold farming games ... a turtles arcade cabinet, the phone call must have ... had to stay to the end to not waste ... he had to hide the phone bill from my ... -
US Timex-Sinclair 2068 in EuropeWhilst in the States, I convinced a colleague to bid on a Timex-Sinclair 2068. We won the auction with a price much better than in Europe. Next time …
... BTW, any chance to the get the Spectrum emulator cartridge somewhere ... it only designed for the Portuguese machines?[/quote]
that doesn't use the cartridge port but actually plugs into the peripheral port on the ... a speccy rom chip on that does the same job ... -
Strange INK behaviourThis weekend I hooked up two Sinclair ZX Spectrum with Interface 1 to try out the networking capabilities, and I ended up using parts of the Net Game…
... ? PAPER 5?
I don't want to jump at a ... failure corrupting the data in one direction.
I don't know ... personally how this could be done, but perhaps try the ... with a simple test case that doesn't use the net to transfer data ... -
Redundant WinXP Service/Startup EntriesI noticed that the Event Logs were recording some errors, and MSconfig shows that they are due to Service/Startup entries relating to programs which …
... /> Services: Iomega App Services (I don't use the Zip drive any longer)
that any good? It's been ... br />
Mentioning the video card reminds me that I always get ... it's always done that and doesn't seem to matter. ... -
spectrum issue 6a oddityMorning everyone Bought a speccy (rubber key) from ebay in near mint condition - couldn't tune in on analogue particularly well so did the comp mod …
... can use radial caps, you don't have to stay with the axial type ... - you can use a higher voltage rated capacitor if that's all ... good makers out there, but don't use the generic cheapo types you see ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... The reason for the lack of pause after the ROM data block is: I don't ... want the automatic ... gain control on the tape recorder ... extended lead-in. That shouldn't break the ROM loader - once it ... -
What do you think of the Mobygames site redesign?I dunno if anyone uses Mobygames regularly but last week Gamefly unveiled a complete redesign of the site. It hasn't gone down well at all with prett…
... , it looks much better now. The old site you linked to ... those hideous late-90s websites that attempted to cram everything into ... single page.
I don't use the site though, so I can ... 't really comment on how it' ... -
HACK PACK - CADAVERIONInfinite lives/time & x=lives, time pokes sent to TipShop will pulish in next few days ;-)
[QUOTE=ANDREW RYALS;729463]Because some people said that they would like to have a few days playing the game before I released any hacks[/QUOTE]
Strange... If somebody wanna play without pokes - don't use the pokes, I think... ;) -
HACK PACK - CADAVERIONInfinite lives/time & x=lives, time pokes sent to TipShop will pulish in next few days ;-)
[QUOTE=Slider;729542]Strange... If somebody wanna play without pokes - don't use the pokes, I think... ;)[/QUOTE]
True, but that's just how it is. -
A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
... of disadvantage because they can't use make. This is what I ... the Makefile. The lib will show up in the current directory (ie don't use the one that ... came with the package in the parent ... -
FZX Driver for z88dkAn fzx library for z88dk can be downloaded [URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWM2hWNjAxMVkxaEk/edit?usp=sharing"]here[/URL]. The libr…
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[*]The current [B]"standard driver"[/B ... compact FZX driver that provides the most essential FZX ... mostly intended for 128K games that don't need to bother so ... br /> [QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous;736741]The driver would need another state ... -
Let's all have a look at each others...Quite a few musicians around this place...so I thought, let's have a thread to show of our main - or even all - instruments. I'll get the ball rolli…
... mirror image of the one that Hendrix played at the Newport Pop festival ... the strings (I don't use the trem so I don't really care that it's in the ... wrong place). I find the ... . My only gripe is that the control knobs do get in ... -
Retro N5Any one has one of those? thinking about getting one for christmas... Also, does it only work with cartriges, or does it have a USB port?
... t those machines emulation based, rather than having (copies of) the ... same internal hardware as the original consoles ... probably look at the comments from people ... the thing, in case the compatibility isn't 100%, especially if some of the games that don't ... -
WoS Homepage, who's missing!The WoS home-page makes me smile with all the classic characters, but there is one glaring omission at least! :-)
... that are missing (Monty Mole, Wally, et al) but I believe the ... the characters, apart from Willy, are from 3D games.
I don't ... recognise the character to the south-east ... -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
I don't remember the ROM locations inside the chips, but could it be that the ROMs are not in their correct position and so the 48K BASIC ROM is booting? Try swapping the ROMs. -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... this first. If I don't drink the alcohol first...:-D
that the previous owner used own ... I don't remember the ROM locations inside the chips, but could it be that the ... and so the 48K BASIC ROM is booting? Try swapping the ROMs.[/ ... -
AAAARRRRR DIV-MMC ENJOY againIve recently been posting trying to get to the bottom of problems with my +48 not working with this rechid addon.Now ive finaly worked out theres not…
The 128k machines don't use the +12V or the -5V supplies generated by TR4 ... you can enter BASIC from the menu, that's a good sign ... .
The DivMMC EnJOY does NOT use the ... -
Slap in the face for modern gamers number 45,107As you probably know, Gamestop (an American video games retailer chain) has plans to offer exclusive gameplay/game sections in AAA games, which is ap…
... that they don't approve of, such as day one DLC, games that aren't on the ... not anyone who buys the game used), games that don't support splitscreen multiplayer, etc ... can't deny buying games that I knew before were disappointing, I think the ... -
Slap in the face for modern gamers number 45,107As you probably know, Gamestop (an American video games retailer chain) has plans to offer exclusive gameplay/game sections in AAA games, which is ap…
... the game.[/QUOTE]
Well, that's called product differentiation. If stores don't ... that they don't approve of, such as day one DLC, games that aren't on the ... not anyone who buys the game used), games that don't support splitscreen multiplayer, etc ... -
Dark SceptreThis game was popular then and (looking at the Top 100) is popular now but I still don't understand what the hell I should be doing or what sort of s…
... ]I think the first change that would improve the game an ... at once and avoid the queue that gets stuck.[/QUOTE]
that stops the queue getting stuck leading ... '[/QUOTE]
Please don't use the expression "Just sayin'". it upsets ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 30 July 2014Wednesday 30 July 2014 It's been a quiet couple of months - too many nice sunny days, I reckon!! * Andy Ford sent in POKEs for Manic Miner. * Adde…
... sorry to hear that, but I can guarantee that any POKEs I ... going on for, as I don't use the web interface unless I'm ... go through and add anything that's missing.
< ... hard work - that absolutely, positively isn't the case. Tipshop can't grow without ... -
SpectrumToday - English versionHi all, I'd like to announce that English version of Spectrum Today magazine issue 00 is finished and can be downloaded at [url]http://ellvis.zerote…
... not so recent games[/QUOTE]
Don't agree, the editorial makes a ... . Just my opinion, but that's the thing I like so much ... -
improvements to gameshello while i playing a few spectrum games,i thought how better some games would be better with an improvement:- automania-128k tune,less grating t…
Games that don't allow access to the menu/title screen (Android 1 being the most notable culprit). -
Hot plugable edge connector?Could the spectrum's edge connector have been made hot plugable without adding much to the manifacturing costs? I was thinking along the lines of a…
... have only ever made use of the 9v line to power stuff ... the 5v on the 128k models that don't have the 9v.) I've also used the ... 12v line for the ... -
Pics of your Speccy set-up?Had a look and can't seem to find a thread on this. - Be interesting to see pic(s) of everyone's "go-to" Speccy, the one that they use regulary. I'…
... . That's what it does at the moment.
BUT - the compatibility ...
But if You mean that it's not as authentic ... go for standard VGA that looks everywhere the same (no SCART, ... games.
I don't know the final cost at the moment, they didn't ... -
Deathsoft's UnrealSpeccyWas this new release announced on WoS ? [URL="http://speccy-live.untergrund.net/2014/11/unrealspeccy-v0-38-2/"]UnrealSpeccy v0.38.2 for Windows[/URL]…
Thanks for that link!...
I don't think it was announced here ... Unreal emulator too... Although I don't use the Windows version much, I do ... some music demos that play havoc with the sound (can't recall off ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... games settled with hardware sprites, multiplexed or not. That don't mean the c64 couldn't ... do software sprites. Have a look at Bubble Bobble, that ... sprites, that can be anywhere on the screen too. The spectrum ... going on with sprites that overlaps each others ...
