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newbie: on/off and video outputHello, having a lot of 8bit computer I tried the scart cables I have one gave me a scrolling image the other one gave me a good picture but no sound …
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Gaming annoyancesWhat are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scro…
What are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scrolling shooter only for it to turn into an Op Wolf clone on level 2 and a puzzle game on level 3. -
Just for funJust for fun, imagine the Spectrum had a graphics mode where there were two attribute bytes per 8x8 block and each block had 2 bits per pixel choosin…
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Things I'd ask Chris Smith if he would give an interview about his book and researchGiven your current knowledge about the ULA interns, knowing what technology was capable to do those days, and knowing what people then and now would …
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ula bookula book is here: [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url] can i post sam coupe stuff here - she kind of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom i…
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Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
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128k+ PSUAfter reading an earlier thread I inspected the two PSU's I have for my 48 and 128+, it seems I have the same type, 1.4amp, when the 128 needs 1.85am…
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games that are great despite their obvious flaws...I think 'WONDERBOY' is a great game on the spec, used to play it non stop, but... the scrolling is abysmal. slows down and speeds back up at random w…
... it non stop, but... the scrolling is abysmal. slows down and ... obvious bad points, not specifically 'scrolling' issues or monochrome, etc) -
Looking for a gameThere was this cowboy shooter game that I'm having a really hard time remembering the name of. Something like Cabal basically, only in monochrome (ye…
... 'm not mistaken, with bg scrolling.
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Armageddon[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020731"]Armageddon[/URL] was released in 1993. The scrolling message reveals its alternative…
[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020731"]Armageddon[/URL] was released in 1993. The scrolling message reveals its alternative/full title: Armageddon - The Day of Anger Part I
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Sprites masterclassHi All, You guys are probably tired of explaining sprites but I'd like to clarify a few things if possible. I've sorted the vertical aspect of scro…
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Games with Plus3/Disk enhancementsFor about 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced loading times. However, there were a few excep…
... /> Has screens to accompany the scrolling text that is displayed between ... tape you just get the scrolling text.
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Steve Lockley GameographyI've been in touch with Steve Lockley and asked him to list the games he worked on. On WOS, he's currently credited on the following games: [LIST] …
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Chase HQ Pseudo 3d road algorithm ?Hello, I'm new to that forum and to the spectrum. I'm developping games for Colecovision (may be you hear about : Ghost'n Zombie and Smurf challe…
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Zx style PC game Sewer Shark[URL="http://www.parkproductions.btinternet.co.uk/sewershark.htm"]Sewer Shark[/URL] Little PC game I wrote for Retro Remakes competition a while ago…
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Flip Screen vs ScrollingWhich do you prefer? I've always liked flip screen games but I had a C64(spit) owning friend who hated them with a passion.
Which do you prefer?
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XenonCripes this game is tough! I was never much of a fan of Xenon II on the Amiga - but enjoyed having a shot on Speccy [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blo…
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Personal comments in instructionsSomething that I do not feel is right, is personal comments in instruction files. Surely the purpose of instruction files is to preserve the origina…
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Games where you could explore outdoors, and also enter buildingsI love how you can explore the scrolling camp in [B]The Great Escape[/B], and then go inside various buildings that were presented as flick screen. …
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Zynaps: is it handcoded?sorry if this question was already answered. but i did some inspection of Zynaps code and it seems to me that it's screen drawing (and maybe other pa…
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enJine: a fast tilemap enginetile engine based on excellent work by Joffa Smifff. here you can download first tech demo. [url=http://ketmar.no-ip.org/tmp/enJine.tap]Get It Now![…
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Narrow-boat Simulator?Probably I should not be suggesting a game that I could never write, but I wasn't sure if this forum was just for floating game ideas. Picturing this…
... could be just a horzontally scrolling game (not a simulator) in ... -
Emulators and 50hzI have been trying out ZX Spin and Spectaculator on my HDTV that supports 50hz. I cant seem to find an option for 50hz (say 1360 x 768 x 32/16 colour…
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Slicks (Codemasters) for the ZX Spectrum?If you were like me, you also owned Commodore 64 back in the days, because of the games like Slicks - multidirectional smooth scrolling "Pit & Run / …
... games like Slicks - multidirectional smooth scrolling "Pit & Run / Micro Machines ... no gonna be per pixel scrolling over here... but the game ... -
New game! Fundamentally LoathsomeAfter not being able to deliver anything in so long, we have decided to release something we were crafting in late 2008, some kind of experiment rela…
... the impression of full-screen scrolling using z88dk, splib2, and some ... /[/url]
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Bug fixing woesGaahhhh! I've spent an afternoon off work agonizing over why my routine didn't work. It's something I'd already restarted so didn't want to wipe th…
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Please help name this game!I'm currently trying to find the name of an old Spectrum game from my hazy memory, so I can play it once more. All I can remember is: [INDENT]Side …
Sinclair Users 'Mr Poke'Any one ever come across or heard anything about Adrian Singh who did, for a good couple of years, almost all of Sinclair User's pokes? I went to mid…
... and my mates in his scrolling message on the SU tapes ...making a menuI a making a menu for my games that i am going to transfer down form tape to disk. I have got a few games on the disk so i thought i would knock up a…
... more to it like a scrolling message and maybe to play ...Up/Down Left/Right scrollCan anybody give a newbie some pointer to simple one char scrolling by pixel? I've looked at a lot of resources, but as you can imagine, it's all a …
Can anybody give a newbie some pointer to simple one char scrolling by pixel?
I've looked at a lot of resources, but as you can imagine, it's all a bit over-whelming to the beginner.
thanks
