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  • Game development guidesHello all, I want to get into game development for the ZX Spectrum and would like to know where I can find some helpful guides. I've looked around t…

    ... />
    Is there any Speccy hardware that generates a [i]maskable ... won't protect against Speccy hardware that can generate NMI at ... 100% reliable (when using fast scrolling or multicolor for instance), or ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas September 2015 Development
  • Wired.co.uk hatchet job on the Speccy..."The ZX Spectrum exists in an uneasy position in the annals of retro video games. Commercially it was tremendously successful in the UK, and was avai…

    ... despite the flawed hardware.
    We can overlook jerky scrolling, colour clash ... /> The reviews of the new hardware are spot on for me ...
    Pobbit Pobbit October 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... the history of the new hardware, with lots of pictures.
    [i](Horizontal Scrolling Adventure)[/i]
    by Climacus ...
    Timmy Timmy October 2015 Games
  • Ninjaman 8-way scrolling 50Hz multicolour demo :-)Here's a demo I've been working on for a while. The goal was to make the best scrolling routine possible on a humble 48K ZX Spectrum. I was origin…

    ... , which is what allows vertical scrolling. It [i]may[/i] be ... precompiled list for the current hardware. They compress well so that ...
    Kayamon Kayamon November 2015 Development
  • ZX Spectrum Sprite chipHi everyone. As I said some time ago, I wanted to make a 'virtual' Sprite chip for the ZX spectrum, on my ZEsarUX emulator. The idea is to make so…

    ... software prototypes of hardware before making them in hardware. A goal ... making these things in real hardware.

    This ... . But the purpose is hardware prototyping. It's like ... little things like the scrolling would seem extremely unlikely without ...
    AndyC AndyC November 2015 Emulators
  • ZX Spectrum Sprite chipHi everyone. As I said some time ago, I wanted to make a 'virtual' Sprite chip for the ZX spectrum, on my ZEsarUX emulator. The idea is to make so…

    ... software prototypes of hardware before making them in hardware. A goal ... making these things in real hardware.

    This ... . But the purpose is hardware prototyping. It's like ... little things like the scrolling would seem extremely unlikely without ...
    Timmy Timmy November 2015 Emulators
  • ZX Spectrum Sprite chipHi everyone. As I said some time ago, I wanted to make a 'virtual' Sprite chip for the ZX spectrum, on my ZEsarUX emulator. The idea is to make so…

    ... software prototypes of hardware before making them in hardware. A goal ... making these things in real hardware.

    This ... . But the purpose is hardware prototyping. It's like ... little things like the scrolling would seem extremely unlikely without ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN November 2015 Emulators
  • ZX Spectrum Sprite chipHi everyone. As I said some time ago, I wanted to make a 'virtual' Sprite chip for the ZX spectrum, on my ZEsarUX emulator. The idea is to make so…

    ... chip does not break any hardware compatibility, it uses unused I ... try to build hardware.

    Consider your scrolling for example: you ...
    AndyC AndyC November 2015 Emulators
  • ZX Spectrum Sprite chipHi everyone. As I said some time ago, I wanted to make a 'virtual' Sprite chip for the ZX spectrum, on my ZEsarUX emulator. The idea is to make so…

    Okay, the screen scrolling is tricker. But the sprites ... image would be mixed in hardware logic in a expanded "ULA ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2015 Emulators
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... the history of the new hardware, with lots of pictures ... b]
    [i](Horizontal Scrolling Adventure)[/i]
    by Climacus ... />
    [b]8-way scrolling 50Hz multicolour demo: Ninjaman[/b ... /51535/ninjaman-8-way-scrolling-50hz-multicolour-demo"]Link[/ ...
    Timmy Timmy December 2015 Games
  • Can anyone show a slight diagram of how pokes work in a jet set willy game for example?I know its kind of something to do with machine code and Memory addresses etc but would be nice to see a youtube video or some drawings etc ? .Many t…

    ... ]

    Most of the hardware is pretty well described in ... scanning the keyboard, drawing sprites, scrolling etc, then store then on ...
    GReW GReW January 2016 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... was the amount of new hardware. We've had the Vega ... the history of the new hardware, with lots of pictures.
    [i](Horizontal Scrolling Adventure)[/i]
    by Climacus ... /discussion/51535/ninjaman-8-way-scrolling-50hz-multicolour-demo"]Link[/url ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2016 Games
  • Most technically impressive Speccy game?I think I posted this question years ago, but, wondered if it'd still be the same games that people think are technically impressive? I think some o…

    Thanatos for the awesome parallax scrolling (and moon shimmer!)
    ... the ultra smooth layered scrolling that still stands up ... screen pseudo 3D across the scrolling moon-scape
    Uridium ... era, developers pushed the hardware way beyond what it should ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers February 2016 Games
  • Most technically impressive Speccy game?I think I posted this question years ago, but, wondered if it'd still be the same games that people think are technically impressive? I think some o…

    ... the hardware and how it works.. where as I prefer the scrolling ... the spectrum due to the hardware and well I guess 64 ...
    fog fog February 2016 Games
  • P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…

    ... supporting/emulating the banked cartridge hardware.

    [quote="kgmcneil;863355 ... , from previous experience:
    - No scrolling
    - No Flipping :)
    - I ... 'm making an hybrid, by scrolling, without scrolling, i.e. by moving ...
    RMartins RMartins June 2016 Development
  • 2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…

    ... [/b]
    Another new Spectrum hardware project, using FGPA.
    [[url ... [/b]
    A Spanish Spectrum hardware project.
    There are several ... : Download the latest version by scrolling down the thread.

    Timmy Timmy June 2016 Games
  • 2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…

    ... [/b]
    Another new Spectrum hardware project, using FGPA.
    [[url ... [/b]
    A Spanish Spectrum hardware project.
    There are several ... : Download the latest version by scrolling down the thread.

    Timmy Timmy July 2016 Games
  • ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…

    ... further commands and no extra hardware requirements in a 10€ target ... games.
    For games implementing scrolling and similar, that require a ...
    RMartins RMartins July 2016 Hardware
  • ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…

    ... further commands and no extra hardware requirements in a 10€ target ... games.
    For games implementing scrolling and similar, that require a ...
    Dan Dare Dan Dare July 2016 Hardware
  • Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …

    ... .png[/img]

    Tilemap scrolling is now nice and smooth ... simulated the GameBoy tilemap hardware with per pixel scrolling. Have ported a ...
    pointblnk pointblnk August 2016 Development
  • 2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…

    ... [/b]
    Another new Spectrum hardware project, using FGPA.
    [[url ... [/b]
    A Spanish Spectrum hardware project.
    There are several ... : Download the latest version by scrolling down the thread.

    Timmy Timmy August 2016 Games
  • Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…

    ... , sure the 64 had hardware specifically designed for scrolling etc.. BUT the ... / isometric again due to 64 hardware , speed wise on speccy it ...
    fog fog August 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…

    ... [/b]
    Another new Spectrum hardware project, using FGPA.
    [[url ... [/b]
    A Spanish Spectrum hardware project.
    There are several ... : Download the latest version by scrolling down the thread.

    Timmy Timmy September 2016 Games
  • Shadow of the Beast review:New review at Spectrum Paradise, it's turn for the impressive Shadow of the Beast, an excellent game with nice and neat graphics, smooth animations a…

    ... ' really appealed to me, the scrolling was the best I'd ... be done with 16-bit hardware
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers October 2016 Games
  • Shadow of the Beast review:New review at Spectrum Paradise, it's turn for the impressive Shadow of the Beast, an excellent game with nice and neat graphics, smooth animations a…

    ... cool work though, getting good scrolling on an ST was a ... instead of 6bpp, and no hardware sprites, so it's not ...
    joefish joefish October 2016 Games
  • Screen resolutions and the Speccy's limits?What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a …

    ... make games on it, hardware sprite and scrolling assistance pretty much becomes ...
    AndyC AndyC January 2017 Hardware
  • What is needed to get a high standard , "emulator focused" PC?The implication I am making is that a normal PC can be improved on emulation wise by building in some emulation friendly features . But this could be…

    ... ://micro64.de/
    Its quite hardware demanding, but when adjusted properly ... .
    50Hz synchronization and smooth scrolling are a different story.
    Pegaz Pegaz January 2017 Emulators
  • Any way to Vsync Spectaculator 8?I am using Spectaculator 8 for the Demoscene mostly, and have discovered that my monitor supports 50Hz, like a real Speccy. Unfortunately, the tearin…

    ... as possible to real Spectrum hardware.
    Again, if you're ... you've made perfectly smooth scrolling, check this noflick test program ... is no full synchronization and scrolling will not be perfectly smooth ...
    Pegaz Pegaz February 2017 Emulators
  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    ... do as much as the hardware restrictions allowed them to.
    scrolling shoot-em-ups for the ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2017 Games
  • I am soo glad I owned a SpeccyJust passing the time here, and decided (after seeing some CPC screenshots of Shadow Of The Beast in a YS scan) to compare a few CPC games with their…

    ... dedicated developers. Look at the scrolling in Cobra for example - that ... . Full screen 50fps vertical pixel scrolling, something you'd be hard ... cracking example of what the hardware can do. I don't ...
    AndyC AndyC June 2017 Games
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