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help sought with first foray into machine code - pixel scrolldownI have started to code my first machine code program, a simple roadrace game. I've based it around the pixel scrolldown routine in 40 Best Machine Co…
... of space[/quote]Thanks a lot for the tip! I've made ... a crack at implementing that for the top 2/3rds of ... can have the bottom third for dashboard etc. Don't think ... -
Why are we here? (At WoS)No, not a deep philosophical question about the nature of life, the universe and human existence. The thread “what does your partner think of …
... screen after not being used for so long. I wanted help ... />
I then whent away for 6 months. Before comming back ... there was here. My warmth for WOS and the Sinclair sceene as ... -
BBC microI was often made aware by people at the time that the beeb was the "best computer in the world." Even my next-door neighbour ( who was a bit of a co…
... expensive, you certainly got a lot for your money with a BBC ... a bit too cut down for its own good, and lacked ... this, leaving you very little for programs. This was alleviated by ... -
Favour needed (rapidshare being annoying)Everytime I try to grab [url=http://rs284.rapidshare.com/files/81626615/Re-Animator_Re-Animated.r66]this[/url] (fanedit of Re-Animator partial rar fi…
... !.
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Official WoS Apprentice 2008 ThreadIt's Wednesday night, and we're up to episode 3. Any body else watching ? First episode, the Toff got fired- Nicholas. Second Episode, Shazia got fi…
... was thinking we had a WoS Apprentice of some sort, someone ... sure the kettle is on for WoS forum members, taking down names ... -
Anyway to get a speccy emulator 16:9? Or joypad support?I use EmuZwin as its simple but cant get joypad support it seems. Plus despite owning a HDTV and widescreen monitor its 4:3 so I lose half the image …
[quote=ZnorXman;262911]Does it scrunch it up like in your pic or is that running with some kind of smoothing sw on?[/quote]
The pic is 1680x1050 so i had to resize it for WoS.
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Anyway to get a speccy emulator 16:9? Or joypad support?I use EmuZwin as its simple but cant get joypad support it seems. Plus despite owning a HDTV and widescreen monitor its 4:3 so I lose half the image …
[QUOTE=Jon Needle;262918]The pic is 1680x1050 so i had to resize it for WoS.
Regards,
Jon.[/QUOTE]
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Games TM & Ultimate articleDoes anyone have Games TM Issue 1 and would be willing to scan the Ultimate Play the Game article from the retro section? I've just brought the Game…
he doesnt mean scan for wos...just him
anyway ... lookback
little boxes for each game with a very ... telling you what machines theyre for.
a very short ... list of games they did for the commode
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Hero Quest best ever Spectrum game?I noticed that the game [B]Hero Quest[/B] is number one of the Best Game list for the moment. (Score 9.32) [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestg…
... -rigging and that's for WOS to use the system ... Only people with a WOS registration (as for the forums) can ... leaves the door open for vote-spam and means ... (waves hand) rarely vote for games because we've no ... bother and possibly vote for a certain game many ... -
Jaw Dropping spectrum Demo'sPost your youtube vids of the most Jaw dropping Spectrum demos. I stumbled on this whist looking as GasMans vid. [youtube]0DP7RbkSWEQ[/youtube] On…
... "User of the Week" award for WOS then Gasman will get my ... vote!
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Englandwhat do you think of england do you think england should have nuclear weapons are you proud of england if a foregin country invaded england do you…
... . Material wealth does not compensate for corruption of the soul.[/QUOTE ... /starvation in Africa does a lot for me personally, hearing some multi ... -
Boo boo timeI just found out I made a major boo boo sometime this week. :oops: While updating the Magazine Preservation Project page, apparently I dropped the c…
... done since...
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R@RE as hens...erm...feathersI've just got back from a car boot sale this morning... Someone was selling a cassette storage drawer with a few Spectrum tapes in it for ?3.00 ... …
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Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... the nail in the coffin for wos, if a lemon member visited ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
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ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 31 May 2008Saturday 31 May 2008 A massive pile of stuff this month - hurrah! * Alberto Otero Mato sent in POKEs for Lost Caves. * Bernard Wood sent in a solu…
... any reason why my updates for the unresolved 'Italian project' pics ... it all by hand, and for people to look at the ... spent on a big(!) project for WoS.
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A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …
... collector (really a compacter) for this reason and Sinclair Basic ... procustean[/I] assignement for compatibility reasons an only for "in de middle ... HL / DEHL) for single parameters so that means a lot of library ... now).
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Your favorite Joystick (fnar!)Following on from another thread.... What was your favorite Joystick? Was it cheap and nasty or almost indestrcuatable? Did it have autofire? Your …
I had a Tac 5 which is around here somewhere and probably still works. It was a grey thing with a crap fire button on the top and two thumb buttons on the base. It was used a lot for Combat School, but mostly I used the keyboard anyway. -
And where's Martijn?I've noticed that Mr. WoS himself has been very quiet recently ... and there haven't been any "What's New" updates in over a week! o.O Martijn! Hel…
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Activision has joined the DENIENCES sessionHello everyone! Activision has stated that their games are not allowed for free distribution, as well as Electric Dreams games! Go to [url="http://…
I always use Firefox, displays all right for me.
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ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 07 July 2008Monday 07 July 2008 A VERY overdue June update, and coming in at 122 new entries, it's a bit of a biggie! (fnar! Ed) * Archie Robins sent in a POKE…
... I was helping locate authors for WoS, Neil Balharrie let me know ... about a previously undiscovered cheat for his game, Rock 'n' Roll ... -
Surprising statisticsLooking at [URL="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/worldofspectrum.org"]Alexa[/URL], I was rather surprised to see that UK traffic on…
... sure to have seen this for WOS a few months ago so ... /> So these are the stats for [b]February 2008[/b] (taken ... -
Connecting a second PC to the 'net?My desktop PC (which is upstairs) is currently online, and I'm thinking about putting my laptop (which is downstairs) online too, preferably sharing …
... a router which runs DHCP for mine and the misses machines ... :) . (the misses uses it a lot for the BBC Iplayer thingie). All ... firewalls.
Total cost for a couple of routers, the ... OS's.
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Doubt on CRL's Formula One winning codeHi! A while ago, I played CRL's Formula One and succeeded in winning the driver's and team's championship in expert level. At the end of the champio…
... Adverts' and click the link for
Sinclair User 6.85 ... /> Read that, then click next for page 103 and the bit ... '.[/QUOTE]
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Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
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Awesome, thanks a lot for that!
There are bound ... TZX Vault update resolved a lot of MIA and STP titles ... busy bees is about ready for announcement.
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Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... =mheide;290640]Awesome, thanks a lot for that![/QUOTE]
It ... trying to make myself useful for a change!!
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Bubbler for sale on EbayI am having a cleaerout of all of my retro collection. All that is left is my Spectrum & C64 collections. I have started by listing Bubbler on Ebay…
I think your asking a lot for that game. It wasn,t the much of a good game in the first place. Have a look and see what other games have sold for and then list those games that will sell. You get more money that way. Then sell the rest as a lot.