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  • 48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…

    ... noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even ... and Rommel's Revenge. Both games load perfectly but reset as ... you start the games.

    Is this a common problem and ... is there a list of games that won't run on the ...
    Kenz Kenz June 2008 Games
  • Games that won't work with the +2a/bIs there a list of all the games that don't work with the +2a/b? Like Fairlight for example. Ta :)

    Is there a list of all the games that don't work with the +2a/b?
    Like Fairlight for example.
    Ta :)
    itsallgood itsallgood November 2004 Games
  • PUSH scrollers 3[url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-KEeni1WXmoYk9Dek1zVnd6Rk0/view?usp=sharing]CATS - Faith edition (example)[/url] Hello and welcome to the w…

    [quote="Timmy;839726"]So basically this is a good trick to use for 48K games? I might consider this a try then. Someday.
    [/quote]
    Well, only if you want 48K games that won't work on +2A/+3 machines.
    AndyC AndyC November 2015 Development
  • PUSH scrollers 3[url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-KEeni1WXmoYk9Dek1zVnd6Rk0/view?usp=sharing]CATS - Faith edition (example)[/url] Hello and welcome to the w…

    ... use for 48K games? I might consider this a try then. Someday ... , only if you want 48K games that won't work on +2A/+3 machines.
    [/quote]
    a trick when it's needed ... enough memory left over for a game I'd like to ...
    Timmy Timmy November 2015 Development
  • PUSH scrollers 3[url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-KEeni1WXmoYk9Dek1zVnd6Rk0/view?usp=sharing]CATS - Faith edition (example)[/url] Hello and welcome to the w…

    ... use for 48K games? I might consider this a try then. ... only if you want 48K games that won't work on +2A/+3 machines.
    [/quote]
    games coming out, considering they ... 're typically forgotten in a week, becoming equally compatible ...
    Hikaru Hikaru November 2015 Development
  • DivIDE+what do you rekon should I chance it? [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/zx-spectrum-divide-plus_W0QQitemZ130336971382QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputin…

    I've got a few games that don't work on a +3 ... BUT somethings that are 128 things , if ... you don't use ... / 2 didn't work if memory serves

    depends on what spectrum ...
    fog fog October 2009 Hardware
  • Cant DecideI have had a lot of spectrums in my time from the 16k to the +3 and as we all know they all have flaws. I am thinking about buying another and wanted…

    ... don't think this is correct. I ran a BASIC program on the ... appears to be on many ports. I don't know what ... . I can understand why that decision might have been made ... partially decode and there are games that won't work on a genuine Kempston interface because of ...
    chev chev August 2010 Hardware
  • Spectrum contributors for Games That Weren't(Admin - please feel free to move this post if in the wrong place) Hello all! I run a lost/unreleased game website called Games That Weren't, wh…

    ... a lost/unreleased game website called Games That Weren't, which has a ... around the various communities on any unreleased game findings ... contributors with particular expertise on particular platforms who would ... be interested in a Spectrum focused role on the site, ...
    fgasking fgasking July 2011 Games
  • Atari ST / Amiga - - Spectrum emulator help soughtHi, I might post a lot here, but I am not all that clever with computers, I just like tinkering with them. Today, in the post, I got an Amiga 600 &…

    ... , you should seriously consider getting a hard disk, or at least ... floppy drive. It will make a lot of things much easier ... the Amiga to put on real disks, a CD-ROM or PC ... with kickstart 1.3 is worth having for the games that won't work on the 600 ...
    John H John H February 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "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]

    ... speccy guys that want to drag in the +2a +3 etc are ... /> I don't call that an upgrade, more of a redesign.
    < ... opinion on this one :D
    [/quote]
    Is that then ... why there are a small number of C64 games that won't work on the ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Games
  • "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]

    ... speccy guys that want to drag in the +2a +3 etc are ... /> I don't call that an upgrade, more of a redesign.
    < ... why there are a small number of C64 games that won't work on the C128?
    a speccy +3 game on your 48k rubber model!
    beanz beanz July 2005 Games
  • "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]

    ... speccy guys that want to drag in the +2a +3 etc are ... /> I don't call that an upgrade, more of a redesign.
    < ... why there are a small number of C64 games that won't work on the C128?
    a speccy +3 game on your 48k rubber model ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Games
  • Buying a +3I've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…

    ... finding out how much memory a games takes up so you can ... can get maybe 3 48K games on one side of a disk 48+48 ... /> A disk drive with a snapshot? That'll be the +D? Won't work on a +3. Get a Multiface +3 ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Hardware
  • Buying a +3I've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…

    ... won't work on a +2a. Is there a chance that when I download certain games, they won't work on the +3 ... ? Is there a list of games that won't load anywhere on the ...
    mutantcamel mutantcamel December 2005 Hardware
  • Nintendo 'defends' high prices of downloadable gamesSatoru Iwata (the President of Nintendo) says in an interview; Quote ?[COLOR="Blue"]Although the mainstream idea regarding the digital business in …

    ... pushing it as Dual Shock 3 compatible, and in the ... (although I'm sure 3 will be absolutely fine since ... an online list of Vita games that won't work on the new system rather than ... console is infact a more productive paperweight than a games machine.
    < ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek November 2013 Chit chat
  • +12v/-12v/9v and peripherals?Do any peripherals use the +12v, -12v or 9v lines exposed at the edge connector? Firstly, if they use +9v they won't work on a +3, since the +3 does…

    ... use +9v they won't work on a +3, since the +3 doesn't have that edge connector line ...
    For the through port on the board I'm working ... on, it would be really helpful if I didn't have ... also omitting the video signals on the through port, but ...
    Winston Winston March 2008 Hardware
  • Does a spectrum +2 power supply work on a +3?tiny question, does a spectrum +2 power supply work for a +3?

    tiny question, does a spectrum +2 power supply work for a +3?
    Vaxalon Vaxalon April 2012 Hardware
  • divIDE won't work with an Issue 6AHi all. I have this Speccy 48K board that won't work with my divIDEs. The problem isn't related to the Z80, as it worked with the divIDE when put in…

    Hi all.

    I have this Speccy 48K board that won't work with my divIDEs. The problem isn't related to the Z80, as it worked with the divIDE when put into another machine.

    Any ideas and experiences, please?
    pkersey pkersey April 2014 Hardware
  • Emulation accuracy and how it affects softwareHi folks. I was thinking of bodging together a rudimentary Spectrum emulator myself, not as a competitor to the other emulators, but as an integrate…

    ... set of games that won't work on it don't work mainly because it doesn't have the ... It reads port $ff until a certain attribute byte is read ... auto-detects the presence of a Kempston joystick. The ts2068 does ... pull-ups on all data lines, so reading from a non- ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2004 Emulators
  • What is difference between "128" and "128+"?What is the difference between a "Spectrum 128" and a "Spectrum 128+" ?? And I am not talking about the different looking +2's, etc. Tnx! blakes…

    ... experience. I believe that there may be a few games that won't work on the 128k, (48k ... /> No discernible skills & missing a backbone; you must be the ... Message was edited by: dasteph on 2004-11-07 15:19 ]
    dasteph dasteph November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "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]

    ... On 2005-07-13 19:34, karingal wrote:
    Is that ... there are a small number of C64 games that won't work on the C128?[/ ... which are unused in a C64. Even the most ... before the C128 isn't strictly an upgrade as ... do you explain that it is a lot more compatible ...
    Fr?hn Fr?hn July 2005 Games
  • +3 Joystick interfaceI have just purchased a +3, never had one and I wanted to here the 128K music on my games. I know the built in JS ports are wired differently, so do…

    I know that you can use a "standard" Kempston type interface on a +3 - anything ... the fact that the +D and the Multiface 1/128 won't work on a +3, and ... the IF2/RAM Turbo will work properly as these interfaces ... the same. They may work as a simple IN 31 port but ...
    DEATH DEATH October 2006 Hardware
  • i want to buy my first speccy(UK)[B][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Hi all been told this is the best website forum to ask so i want to get in the next few months rather a specturm 48k or 128k…

    ... so DEATH,not seen that many on e-bay recently,there ... Renegade have problems on the +2A (black) but work fine on the +2 ... (grey) model.

    There are a ... lot more 48K-only games that won't work on any 128K model ...
    Matt_B Matt_B April 2007 Hardware
  • Ocean's Cobra - +3 incompatability. Is their a fix?Hello all, Anyone know of a fix for Ocean software 'Cobra' (the one with stallone in it) ? This was the first game I bought for my 128k toastrack, a…

    ... ?id=0000996"]Cobra[/URL] working on the later Amstrad models.
    3 et al going, the other (v1-1) being that plus ... ?id=0015575"]work[/URL] !

    Jof was indeed on the money ... flicker free timing crap. And won't work on a +3 et al. Knackers!

    jp jp November 2010 Games
  • Spectrum +3 External 3.5 driveHi All, I made a 3.5 external hard drive for my Amstrad CPC & it works a treat. I would like to use the same drive on my +3 but I dont know what co…

    ... />
    I made a 3.5 external hard drive for ... use the same drive on my +3 but I dont ... ]

    Give us a clue ;)

    All ... /> I have a feeling that the ROM format routine won't work on a 3.5" drive ... you need to use a formatting tool for example ...
    guesser guesser June 2012 Hardware
  • FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…

    ... for an aspect ratio of 3.2:1. All the fzx ... differ too -- TVs are 4:3, which is what the spectrum ... from 4:3 so there is another adjustment factor that needs to ... many tries I've concluded that that won't work on a small screen.)

    (EDIT ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2015 Brand new software
  • Loading via minidiscHiya I know this might sound a bit strange but has anybody experimented with loading spectrum games via a minidisc player? I`m trying to work out how…

    ... an output socket. I know that in the 48k model you ... , but I'm afraid that won't work on a +2a. Certainly worth a try though (but ... I also seem to remember that a stereo jack would damage the ... admit my memory is hazy... A search through the posts might ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 128k extrasI had a 48k, no matter how much I hinted to my parents that I [i]really[/i] wanted a 128k they never got me one So what did I miss out on. I'm not …

    ... the 48K version made to work on a 128K Spectrum (the original ... one of the few games that wouldn't work on a 128K machine at all ... he also released a 128K version that has a cheat menu included ... ingame screens and enemies, on screen switches for different effects ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2008 Games
  • 128k extrasI had a 48k, no matter how much I hinted to my parents that I [i]really[/i] wanted a 128k they never got me one So what did I miss out on. I'm not …

    ... the 48K version made to work on a 128K Spectrum (the original 48K ... was one of the few games that wouldn't work on a 128K machine at all ... 48k lenslok release had a different version on each side of the ... cassette. IIRC side A had ...
    Sard Sard May 2008 Games
  • Ocean's Cobra - +3 incompatability. Is their a fix?Hello all, Anyone know of a fix for Ocean software 'Cobra' (the one with stallone in it) ? This was the first game I bought for my 128k toastrack, a…

    ... .worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20970"]this[/URL] thread - ... for me with an emulated +3.[/QUOTE]

    Yeah! ... flicker free timing crap. And won't work on a +3 et al. Knackers!

    on the arse years later!
    frobush frobush June 2009 Games
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