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  • Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…

    ... at least once, causing the flicker.

    If you care ... about eliminating flicker totally, you can do what ... time.

    The other flicker-free method is to draw ... not give a damn about flicker. Surprisingly, many Spectrum games are ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2004 Development
  • OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…

    ... were in place to avoid flicker on the Speccy can be ...
    AndyC AndyC November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Were Imagine games any good?After watching THE documentary for the first time and having played (well attempted to play) their games over the last twenty years (plus viewing the…

    ... was OK but had terrible flicker on the graphics. Probably understandable ...
    Dave_C Dave_C November 2004 Games
  • Help needed with drawing masked spriteI need to draw a small sprite (16 bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the only sprite that will be used so speed isn't too important. I was goi…

    ... sprite moves, thus avoiding the flicker that might occur when 1 ...
    ekoman ekoman December 2004 Development
  • Why wasn't there a Madness game?Am I the only person who thinks there should have been a Spectrum game based around the band Madness? It just seems so perfect, really 1980s, really…

    ... an ST/Amiga game called Harlequin only this time you played ... it wasn't released. As Harlequin was an excellant platform game ...
    Cornervizion Cornervizion December 2004 Games
  • Why wasn't there a Madness game?Am I the only person who thinks there should have been a Spectrum game based around the band Madness? It just seems so perfect, really 1980s, really…

    ... from somewhere that the Madness/Harlequin game was actually finished or ...
    Trotterwatch Trotterwatch December 2004 Games
  • s-video SuccessHaving tried the various composite video fixes for the +3 etc, I was left feeling a little cold at the results, and was about to give up my quest for…

    ... . Basically the colour starts to flicker black and white.

    dasteph dasteph April 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? Are you Happy with yours?Hello, Are you happy with your Spectrum +2 using RF? Does it give satisfactory picture. Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? If s…

    ... vertical lines, top and bottom, flicker. It's so frustrating not ...
    MontyMole79 MontyMole79 April 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? Are you Happy with yours?Hello, Are you happy with your Spectrum +2 using RF? Does it give satisfactory picture. Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? If s…

    ... vertical lines, top and bottom, flicker. It's so frustrating not ...
    monty.mole monty.mole May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Flicker on my scrolling demo, any ideas?I have created a scrolling demo downloadable from [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/scroll.z80"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/scroll.…

    ... possibly desynchronize your routine then flicker will appear at different place ...
    Fikee Fikee May 2005 Development
  • Who can fix my zx spectrums?Hi all, just wanting to know if anyone can help me out here, i have 2 48k Spectrums and none work, one just doesn't display anything on screen the ot…

    ... you can see the screen flicker slightly, not very helpfull i ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bubble Bobble - The AdventureJust about to start my new game using PDG. This time i'm trying a 'JSW' style game. The graphics are from Bubble Bobble which are looking very good…

    ... go much easier. Bit of flicker on the top enemy sprites ...
    psj3809 psj3809 June 2005 Development
  • ZX80 Modification - what is it?Any ideas what the modification shown on [url="http://lasham-web.com/zx80.html"]http://lasham-web.com/zx80.html[/url] is? ta.

    This is the ZX80 upgrade sold by CompShop of London in the 80's. It was designed to stop the screen flicker when a key was pressed.
    I have the circuit diagram and connection instructions if anybody is interested

    D. :)
    DenisM DenisM July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Platform game in Development : Download availableHi, I have just been working on this for less than a week, so there is not a lot to show. It is based on a game called Jump Around which is currentl…

    ... fast that there's no flicker, what I mean is are ...
    robpearmain robpearmain August 2005 Development
  • New Platform game in Development : Download availableHi, I have just been working on this for less than a week, so there is not a lot to show. It is based on a game called Jump Around which is currentl…

    Thanks Rob. It uses a back buffer, however there is some flicker near the bottom, its just hard to see against that background.

    How is your own game coming along?

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2005 Development
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... raster in order to eliminate flicker.

    This library does ... and over, and to minimize flicker. It will also draw *all ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2005 Development
  • Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…

    ... rendering, in order to avoid flicker.

    Poking the above ... Clive, but with serious sprite flicker.

    I must investigate ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn December 2005 Emulators
  • Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…

    ... , then the sprites start to flicker.

    The game is ... clive albeit still with some flicker, but nowhere near as bad ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn December 2005 Emulators
  • Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…

    ... />
    There is some annoying flicker when playing the modded snapshot ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn December 2005 Emulators
  • Sir Fred The RemakeThe time is come!!!... Download and enjoy this fine remake....!!! We are anxious to see your reaction, to read your impressions... Don't doubt to w…

    ... . On my computer the clouds flicker. On someone elses the border ...
    Skarpo Skarpo December 2005 Games
  • Sir Fred The RemakeThe time is come!!!... Download and enjoy this fine remake....!!! We are anxious to see your reaction, to read your impressions... Don't doubt to w…

    ... :
    - the clouds - yes, they flicker anyhow you set them: transparent ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup December 2005 Games
  • Sir Fred The RemakeThe time is come!!!... Download and enjoy this fine remake....!!! We are anxious to see your reaction, to read your impressions... Don't doubt to w…

    ... when alt-tabbing. The clouds flicker something rotten.

    However ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2005 Games
  • David Tennant's a great DoctorWatched the ep on Christmas Day and I thought he made a great Doctor. He's a good actor. I'm not a die hard Dr. Who fan. Watched a few of the Eccl…

    Which costume was the Casanova one?

    I never watched that there series!

    I did see Tom's Harlequin/Mime/Clown costume from his Costume change from Robot, tho!
    The Masked Apple The Masked Apple December 2005 Chit chat
  • David Tennant's a great DoctorWatched the ep on Christmas Day and I thought he made a great Doctor. He's a good actor. I'm not a die hard Dr. Who fan. Watched a few of the Eccl…

    ... /> I did see Tom's Harlequin/Mime/Clown costume from his ...
    Refrenz Refrenz December 2005 Chit chat
  • Why's 'Gryzor' so flickery?Right, when 'Gryzor' came out on the Spectrum and was played on a real machine there was no flickery graphics. Now, whenever I get it up and run it o…

    ... fine here in SPIN, no flicker worth speaking of.

    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Games
  • Best Sprite on the SpectrumWhich sprite or character from any Spectrum game do you think is the best? I personally like both the Miner and Jet Set Willys, because of thier sim…

    ... Kung Fu Master, the glitches, flicker, colour clash and most of ...
    jetman uk jetman uk March 2006 Games
  • PC advice reqd.My monitor/graphic card seems to be acting up! I get strange sort of flicker (similar to the ones you get at slightly low voltage) on the monitor at …

    By "flicker", do you mean the screen ...
    icabod icabod April 2006 Chit chat
  • z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…

    ... requirement - to be flicker free. The usual flicker free strategy is to ... picked another strategy to avoid flicker - don't erase anything. It ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…

    ... about your approach to stopping flicker is that it is very ...
    Kiwi Kiwi April 2006 Development
  • Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…

    ... get rid of the slight flicker if you do a halt ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
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