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Tolerable cut scenes!I must be getting old as games with too much talking and/or cut scenes really does my nut in. I prefer it if I can switch off the voice acting and ju…
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Converting games to disk: difficult loadersThis thread has an spanish version in foro speccy, but I haven't gathered enough information to overcome my problems. I've been converting some game…
in these days of emus u just dont need to deal with tedious loaders. of which there were 100's.....
eg alcatraz, 100 decryptors before the game loads.... f**k that!
load the game, dump out ram, compress, and load it from disk! -
SpeedLockI'm aware that there are seven (7) - yes, SEVEN!! - different iterations of the SpeedLock loader. I've loaded games from all 7 types, one by one, and…
... I could not get the Alcatraz stuff to work properly (yet ... -
SpeedLockI'm aware that there are seven (7) - yes, SEVEN!! - different iterations of the SpeedLock loader. I've loaded games from all 7 types, one by one, and…
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Alcatraz HarryA game I managed to complete back in the day. I've added it to my [URL="http://those-funny-games.blogspot.co.uk/"]Funny Games[/URL] blog if anyone f…
That reminds me... must complete Scorpio Gamesworld's, "Castle Quest" some day!
I quite like Alcatraz Harry. :) -
Alcatraz HarryA game I managed to complete back in the day. I've added it to my [URL="http://those-funny-games.blogspot.co.uk/"]Funny Games[/URL] blog if anyone f…
I remember Alcatraz Harry.. It was fun.
'Happy Hour' was another one of theirs that was quite funny too. :) -
Alcatraz HarryA game I managed to complete back in the day. I've added it to my [URL="http://those-funny-games.blogspot.co.uk/"]Funny Games[/URL] blog if anyone f…
[QUOTE=Grunaki;688164]I remember Alcatraz Harry.. It was fun.
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Saving a file and removing the title (Program:)I remember when saving a program how I could construct a string such as: 10 let a$=chr$ 8+ chr$ 8+"name" 20 save a$ In order to remove the "Program…
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They Sold A Million - Denied ?Pretty sure these were not denied before although devoid of the denied games. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011371[/url] Fi…
... somewhere still although only the Alcatraz builder (difficult) is around.
Speccy collection prepping for sale - Pics includedHi guys, I made a post a while back about having to shift my sizeable collection due to incoming sprog. I gave up typing up the names, so I'm going…
... /> Aftermath
Ah Diddums
Alcatraz Harry
Aliens
Angle ...TZX emulation and implementing pausesHello. I'm developing a small Spectrum emulator in my spare time and I'm currently in the process of hooking up tape emulation to my code. I have a r…
... protected games to load (Speedlock/Alcatraz etc.), but I suspect that ...TZX emulation and implementing pausesHello. I'm developing a small Spectrum emulator in my spare time and I'm currently in the process of hooking up tape emulation to my code. I have a r…
... protected games to load (Speedlock/Alcatraz etc.), but I suspect that ...TZX emulation and implementing pausesHello. I'm developing a small Spectrum emulator in my spare time and I'm currently in the process of hooking up tape emulation to my code. I have a r…
... protected games to load (Speedlock/Alcatraz etc.), but I suspect that ...TZX emulation and implementing pausesHello. I'm developing a small Spectrum emulator in my spare time and I'm currently in the process of hooking up tape emulation to my code. I have a r…
... begun
[*]Fairlight Release 2 (Alcatraz) - fails after the first Turbo ...TZX emulation and implementing pausesHello. I'm developing a small Spectrum emulator in my spare time and I'm currently in the process of hooking up tape emulation to my code. I have a r…
... begun
[*]Fairlight Release 2 (Alcatraz) - fails after the first Turbo ...Which game did you like the loading noise the most?I always like skool daze's loader, it seemed to come over in regular waves.
... /> Wasn't so keen on Alcatraz loaders, it just sounded like ...Speccy collection prepping for sale - Pics includedHi guys, I made a post a while back about having to shift my sizeable collection due to incoming sprog. I gave up typing up the names, so I'm going…
... /> Werewolves of London
Whodunnit / Alcatraz Harry
Witchfiend / Odd Job ...Speccy collection prepping for sale - Pics includedHi guys, I made a post a while back about having to shift my sizeable collection due to incoming sprog. I gave up typing up the names, so I'm going…
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Airwolf
Airwolf
Alcatraz Harry
Alchemist
Alchemist ...Speccy collection prepping for sale - Pics includedHi guys, I made a post a while back about having to shift my sizeable collection due to incoming sprog. I gave up typing up the names, so I'm going…
Funny gamesWhich speccy games did you find funny? There's the spoof adventures: the Boggit, Bored of the Rings, etc. Found them quite funny. I found Dartz qui…
... /03/funny-games-alcatraz-harry-classic-zx.html"]Alcatraz Harry[/URL] always ...800+ Spectrum 128k & 48k original titles still availableHi guys, The original thread was a bit messy and has vanished from the front page, so rather than bump it, here it is again a bit tidier: All origi…
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... tape!
Cobra - Original Alcatraz - One of the 1st I ... />
Bobby Bearing - The 1st Alcatraz - My one Hacked.........
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... ;730198]Bobby Bearing - The 1st Alcatraz - My one Hacked.........[/QUOTE]
edit: btw the first Alcatraz was Fairlight, Bobby Bearing was ...Converting 'normal load' to fast loadCan someone recommend some programs / solutions to do this? I know you could get programs to do this 'back in the day'. Just wondering what the moder…
... would fail to load back. Alcatraz loaders were the hardest to ...Converting 'normal load' to fast loadCan someone recommend some programs / solutions to do this? I know you could get programs to do this 'back in the day'. Just wondering what the moder…
... 's the (difficult to use) Alcatraz dev stuff around, I never ...Modern games you didn't expect to have so much fun playingThomas was Alone: what a addictive little fellow this one is! going for it for the second time, and each time I play it I say to myself "ok, I'll sto…
... , but with all the bloody hexagon screen effects appearing all over ...1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
great!
"and who's going to do Alcatraz, now?"Flappy Bird...Back in speccy days, wouldn't we just say the game was poorly programed and has a terribly faulted collision system?
There's a superb tribute game called Maverick Bird by the guy behind Super Hexagon here:
[url]http://terrycavanaghgames.com/maverickbird/[/url]ZX81 Music Video - 30 years oldSaw this on the YakYak forum, thought some here might enjoy it: [youtube]8u9ZyV-BHFA[/youtube] Rather good, I thought. D.
[QUOTE=sj_howlett;769218]30 years on and I'm seeing something new for the ZX81, which has put a smile on my face.[/QUOTE]
You didn't notice the ZX81 versions of Ant Attack and Super Hexagon then? The scene is very active.
