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THE SPECTRUM QUIZ IS HEREOkay folks, here are 30 questions. The person who EMAILS them to me with the most correct is the winner. No cheating, use your memory and not the W…
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shop ground floor"
Grumpy Gumphrey Super ... -
Best Text AdventureText adventures were considered 2nd class games by many, but any1 who played them know they had as many great moments as most of the classics. My to…
... text adventure though)
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Unknown gamePerhaps you can help me. I used to play a game, a shoot up viewed from the side. In it you flew a harrier wich started from a carrier. All levels I p…
Try Harrier Attack, Ground Attack or Penetrator. But I'm not sure.
Or maybe Blue Max, Blackhawk or Xevious?
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Unknown gamePerhaps you can help me. I used to play a game, a shoot up viewed from the side. In it you flew a harrier wich started from a carrier. All levels I p…
I checked the games you mentioned (thank you).
It is very similar to Ground Attack but the graphs were very much better, you could recognise details and so on. I think it may have been released around 1988. -
RGB Cable for Spectrum 128K +2Anyone have one for sale? Or know where I could get one - tried the highstreet stores but no joy :?( Is it a special Sinclair version or can I use …
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SPIN V0.2 Now Available[Standard CSS cut'n'paste message] Hi all! Well, again another update, but we think this one's well worth it. There's numerous additions and fixes,…
... into it. The main emulation loop is going really well, and ... -
TLLRemember that one? Pretty good, I think, but I dont know how to land to refuel. I try landing at the base and I can't. I just crash. So anyone out th…
You must arrive at the beginning of the airstrip at a very low altitude (roughly the same you use to hit the targets on the ground) and then press [I]gently[/I] DOWN to make the plane land. It's a bit tricky at first, but a little practice will do. -
Tzx VaultDoes anyone know when there will be a new update of this website? There hasn't been anything since March :( Is the chap that runs it ok? It is a FANT…
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ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
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ld bc,020h
loop ldir
ld bc,020h ... ; rather than loop with the last ld bc ... attribute map
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what would you?.................hi everybody, what games would you have liked to have done the programming, graphics etc for and why? :)
... it ever gets off the ground, I`ll let you know ... -
Machine Code ChallengeHere's a challenge for all you Z80 programmers. Points to be awarded for elegance and brevity. (I haven't got the solution either) HL addresses the …
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LD B,NO_OF_BYTES
LOOP : BIT 0,(HL) ; test on ... HL +1
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Machine Code ChallengeHere's a challenge for all you Z80 programmers. Points to be awarded for elegance and brevity. (I haven't got the solution either) HL addresses the …
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......jp nc,buildmask ;loop uless we find the first ... b ;here starts the main loop
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BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…
... if anyone would built a loop from 1 to number and ... -
Machine Code ChallengeHere's a challenge for all you Z80 programmers. Points to be awarded for elegance and brevity. (I haven't got the solution either) HL addresses the …
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Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
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LD BC,23756
LOOP CALL STACKBC ; ROM Routine to ...
RST 16
JR LOOP
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Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
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LD HL,message
LOOP LD A,(HL)
OR ...
INC HL
JR LOOP
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TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
... to get into some heavy loop and calc code if you ... -
TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
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Spectrum ROMI downloaded some text files (they are actually the spectrum ROM files but in text) which can be compiled using TASM (or soemthing). I read on WOS th…
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LD B,10
LOOP LD A,(HL)
RST ...
INC HL
DJNZ LOOP
RET
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BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …
... of the line, breaking the loop.
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Rescue on FractalusI'm trying to find instructions for the Spectrum version of this game, with particular reference to the keyboard controls. Could anybody help me?
... a few centimetres off the ground. Turn the engine off and ... -
Microsoft swallows up RareI read in the paper today that microsoft have put in a takeover bid for Rare. No doubt the long lasting Ultimate games distribution problem will be o…
... great developer made from the ground up for the Xbox alone ... -
Another Spin problem game?Anyone else tried loading Doomsday by Relion software? Doesn't seem to want to load.
... superceded when the new speedloading loop was written, and meant that ... -
Another Spin problem game?Anyone else tried loading Doomsday by Relion software? Doesn't seem to want to load.
... superceded when the new speedloading loop was written, and meant that ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
Glider Rider - what's it all about?I have no idea what I'm meant to be doing in "Glider Rider". I can get the bike to turn into a glider and fly around until one of those lego-brick th…
You have to run into the towers nearby the ground to air attack modules to knock out their targeting before attempting to bomb them.Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…
... present you lot with the ground work just in case you ...The DoubleThe Double was my favouritre Footy Manager game until I graduated to the PC. I've downloaded it from the site but it needs a code entered before I ca…
... as I pass Leccy's ground twice a day ... maybe you ...Help Again - name of the game!Thanks for the previous responses I recived however it is not Penetrator or Cavern Fighter as suggessted. Therefore I am re listing my request. (I h…
Connecting a data recorder to a +2A?I have a +2A Spectrum, and getting increasingly frustrated by the unreliable built-in data recorder, I decided to start using an external one. I got…
... cable to C200 + side and ground nearby. The internal cassette unit ...