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Remembering a kids TV show.What was that TV show that was shown in the late 1970's to early 1980's that was animated and featured a boy and girl who lived by a port. I remembe…
What was that TV show that was shown in the late 1970's to early 1980's that was animated and featured a boy and girl who lived by a port.
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Moon PatrolThe game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003266"]Moon Patrol[/URL] is currently available at WoS for download as both TAP and…
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Cyrillic font?Hi All, As part of my next game I'd like to use a 96 character fontset that contains the Cyrillic alphabet. I couldn't find anything in Utilities. …
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Spectrum+ fault - lines on boot screen, freezesThe ZX Spectrum+ I bought in the car boot has a fault. When you boot it, it's displaying the Copyright screen, but each character position has a vert…
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Games with "depth"Ok, 8bit times were era of limited-sources. Yet still there are some games that can occuppy you more than you expected. For example, Elite, Space Cru…
... give you opportunity to explore, character generation, find new things even ... -
Deus Ex: Human RevolutionI take it I'm not the only WOSser looking forward to [I]Deus Ex: Human Revolution[/I], the third Deus Ex game, which is due out in a couple of months…
... can look around but your character automatically walks, so you (the ... can't choose what your character says (at least not until ... -
SpecBAS 0.690 Now AvailableHi folks - 0.690 is now available at the usual location: [url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/SpecOS.zip[/url] You can also download the rece…
... length issue.
A colon character inside a REM statement would ... -
Super Stick ManBeen thinking about doing a weird platformer for a while now, but since I have zero programming knowledge, and a modicum of drawing skills, I thought…
... is a basic 'rescue the girl' type platformer, with the odd ... -
How to jump in Jungle Trouble?Please can someone help me? I've seen the rzx. I'm sure it's possible. I can't get off the bottom right hand corner. The instructions say to press t…
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80s chart dance mixesPart 3 to come some time when I get the chance to record it. I've been planning these for 18 months and almost given up, but having put all the recor…
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04 Wee Papa Girl Rappers feat. 2 Men And ... -
Hightower is dead...Police Academy actor Bubba Smith dies [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14400604[/url] Bubba Smith, the American football star who…
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Hightower became a regular character in the comedy franchise, known ... -
ZX81 Basic questionI just got a ZX81 off Ebay and when it arrived it has an Atari joystick hardwired into it. It does work as moving the joystick replicates certain key…
... simple program to move a character around the screen, I never ... -
A bit of lighthearted sillinessNo disrespect at all is intended towards the character of Sherlock Holmes, or Arthur Conan Doyle either for that matter. Scene: Waterloo Station: […
... all is intended towards the character of Sherlock Holmes, or Arthur ... -
Kiwi OS for z80 computerHi everyone, Nearly made my z80 computer with 2K ROM 32K RAM. It has an OS im still writing called Kiwi (apple, blackberry, you get the idea ;D) he…
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;(PRINT ASCII CHARACTER)
;> B IS LENGTH ... LD A, (HL) ;RETRIVE CHARACTER
INC HL ;NEXT ADDRESS ... /> ;*********************************
;(PRINT SINGLE HEX CHARACTER)
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A Freecycle post that made me chuckleI subscribe to my local freecycle group and get emails everytime a new item is posted. I got his one today ========================================…
... 1 indian runner) and a girl (campbell cross) aged about 1 ... is 2 boys and a girl aged about 4 months old ... -
Streams - File HandlingHello there my fellow WoS'ers I am attempting to write a Z80 / Snapshot Launching program that is based on a category of files # - Z whereby each f…
... to know what the correct character / byte value is used for ... /> However this picking up a character at a time from the ... -
z88dk + File Handling ProblemHello my fellow WoS'ers I thought I would ask here as I am having a bit of trouble with a very simple C program that I wrote for the spectrum using…
... with exception to the first character retrieved - all ch is assigend ... -
Sold my stencils at an exhibition!Had some paintings in an annual exhibition, and sold 2 of them :) (Keith Richards was commissioned, but still) ?50 for this one... [IMG]http://i4.ph…
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Keys redefine routine and key check.I have written some asm code which allows me to redefine keys (for a game etc.), and also allows me to be able to check any keypresses for the redefi…
... : ld a,(hl) ; get the character to print
inc hl ... ; point to next character
cp 255 ; end of ...
rst 16 ; print the character
jr pm_do_it ; and do ... -
checking bits in BASICThe question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key check[/thread] thread. I s…
... numbers to binary held in character strings for ease of handling ... plan of using binary digit character strings in BASIC for bit ... -
The worst Theme / Intro music.Ok we've had a thread about the best of TV Crime Drama intro music, but what about the worst TV theme tunes? In this topic I am considering all theme…
... start the proceedings with Bat Girl
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Is this guy that guy?So I saw a piece of this Very British Show Indeed on TV over here where the main character is apparently a Doctor Living In A Small Community. Tho…
... over here where the main character is apparently a Doctor Living ... -
Spectrum tattoo...need suggestionsHello buddies, I'd like to make a tattoo to remember the old good days of Sinclair Spectrum. I was thinking about Horace character but even though it…
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Which is the best Deus Ex game?Damn, mean to ask as a poll: Which Deus Ex game do you prefer: (in order of release) 1. Deus Ex, 2. Deus Ex: Invisible War, 3. Deus Ex: Human Revo…
... get Adam (your in-game character) philosophising instead of being shown ... -
Is Doctor Who the best that it's ever been?I'm surprised that there's been no Doctor Who thread recently, especially given the revelations we've seen recently. I've loved this last series (and…
... of new Doctor Who (The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink!, the ... -
How come 'short' games seem long to me?Just a quick topic regarding 'short' games. Rage has come in for some criticism for it being 'short' but it took my younger brother 4 full evenings t…
... I had to take some girl out on a date when ... -
probably a stupid question about RST16I'm using the 'hello world' code borrowed from [url=http://equant-retrochallenge.blogspot.com/2008/07/zx-spectrum-assembly-programming-under.html]her…
... br /> ld a,(hl) ; Get character to print
cp 0 ... /> rst 16 ; Spectrum: Print the character in 'A'
inc hl ... ; Move onto the next character
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Game GuidesDo you buy game guides? I know some people buy them at the same time they buy the game which seems a bit pointless really. The only time I bought on…
... cave wall was actually a character I needed to interact with ...
