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Ebay bargains!I recntly picked up a real bargain on Ebay: a 128k spectrum with (it advertised) 60+ games/covertapes, but when I counted, there were 130! I haven't …
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Viva Full Throttle!Full Throttle rocks! I spent an hour playing the Mervyn Estcourt classic yesterday evening - for the first time in several years - and could only m…
The RZX Archive now has working Full throttle RZXs for all 10 tracks, courtesy of Jumping Stack. -
Do you suffer from...Have to check the front door is locked - after you've driven away. Every time I do something stupid I get worse with this kind of shit. Once I didn…
[quote=Jumping Stack;192728]We have 3 cats ... -
Do you suffer from...Have to check the front door is locked - after you've driven away. Every time I do something stupid I get worse with this kind of shit. Once I didn…
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How did games started with LOAD "" CODE auto-start?Some early games (l remember for example [B]Galaxians[/B] from 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block first loaded the loading…
... overwritten by load code - as stack too, what is right under ... harder is loading system where stack is overwritten - it requires careful ... -
You're gonna bloody well read this...I took the time to write this rubbish, so you can damn well read it! In the thread about Dan Brown (a third class writer who has achieved major fin…
... ", explained Mel, "Look, Jumping Stack lives in New York, right ... Mmmmmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmm", said Jumping Stack, through the gag. Andrew ... ".
Jumping Stack coughed, then continued, "You ... Martijn, Mel and Jumping Stack turned around to see Skarpo ... -
You're gonna bloody well read this...I took the time to write this rubbish, so you can damn well read it! In the thread about Dan Brown (a third class writer who has achieved major fin…
... , Martijn, Mel and Jumping Stack. Each shot was unfailingly accurate ... matter who", pointed out Jumping Stack, "what matters is that ... other e-mails?", asked Jumping Stack.
"Yeah, just ... and Andrew, Mel, Jumping Stack and Martijn stared open mouthed ... -
Delay routineAs some people are aware, I have recently starting writing a [url=http://fuse-emulator.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fuse-emulator/trunk/fusetest/]autom…
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Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
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Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
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How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…
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Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... /> When you check A$ = " " then GOSUB 470, when that routine returns ... -
20 tons([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000024[/url]) has anyone played this true gem? do you believe all levels are possible to fini…
[QUOTE=Jumping Stack;193224]I rather assumed you ... -
Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
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Big BrotherHere we go again...zzzzz. Is anyone interested? Surely the novelty wore off about 4 years ago.
... on it, get in the stack and buzz like!? She adds ... -
My new baby...I have a new baby girl. Mother and baby doing great! Juliet 7 Lb 10 Oz Born on the 7 April 07. My wife vetoed my name proposals! Jumbo Jesse S…
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My new baby...I have a new baby girl. Mother and baby doing great! Juliet 7 Lb 10 Oz Born on the 7 April 07. My wife vetoed my name proposals! Jumbo Jesse S…
[QUOTE=Jumping Stack;193390]The job is done. ... -
My new baby...I have a new baby girl. Mother and baby doing great! Juliet 7 Lb 10 Oz Born on the 7 April 07. My wife vetoed my name proposals! Jumbo Jesse S…
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My new baby...I have a new baby girl. Mother and baby doing great! Juliet 7 Lb 10 Oz Born on the 7 April 07. My wife vetoed my name proposals! Jumbo Jesse S…
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Now that's what I call artWhy hasn't the Arts Council given this art-pioneer a grant? [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6703423.stm[/url] Great idea - if you don…
[QUOTE=Jumping Stack;193429]Some people do get ... -
keyboard mashersand joystick breakers... I have just been given a spare keyboard so my first thought was perhaps I might destroy it by hammering it to pieces on Dal…
[QUOTE=Jumping Stack;193811] - and which are the real [b]stinkers?[/b][/QUOTE]
It's definitely not -- er, on second thoughts I'd better not go there. :D -
keyboard mashersand joystick breakers... I have just been given a spare keyboard so my first thought was perhaps I might destroy it by hammering it to pieces on Dal…
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Name the game, vol. 34829048390Alright, it was a game where you dig through the ground and have to collect some items while watching out for falling rocks (even though I'm pretty …
[quote=Jumping Stack;194175]I enjoyed cichlasoma's ... -
Name the game, vol. 34829048390Alright, it was a game where you dig through the ground and have to collect some items while watching out for falling rocks (even though I'm pretty …
[QUOTE=Jumping Stack;194316]20 Tons crossbred with Penetrator[/QUOTE]
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Chuckie Egg Vs. 20 Tons.Which of these two games do you prefer, vote and let us know your true feelings about these games: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.c…
[QUOTE=Jumping Stack;194375]The more polls on this important issue the better. I will allow for some fine contradictions.
I'll start with my vote for...[/QUOTE]
Chuckie Egg -
20 Tons Vs Chuckie EggWhich is your favourite? Let battle commence.
[QUOTE=Jumping Stack;194374]The more polls on this important issue the better. I will allow for some fine contradictions.
I'll start with my vote for...[/QUOTE]
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Name the game, vol. 34829048390Alright, it was a game where you dig through the ground and have to collect some items while watching out for falling rocks (even though I'm pretty …
[quote=Jumping Stack;194438]Manic Miner was definitely set in the daytime:)[/quote]
You're absolutely right! How else would they have a working Solar Power Generator? :)
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Manic MuslimIve just randomly discovered this game while looking or something else on the emulator. its like a cross between manic miner and chuckie egg...Ive be…
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Beautifully programmed gamesJust watching the bobby bearing tzx and admiring the beautiful programming involved. Which other games would you say had asthetic programming opposed…
... buffer was cleared with the stack and after drawing it was ... to the display using the stack again. As expected, the vector ... the interrupt, and using the stack so in-game Multiface snapshots ... -
Office PlopHaving a dump in work. It's just not right is it ?
[quote=Jumping Stack;195034]what do you do ...
