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Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …
... didn't scroll - they were flip-screen.
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Z80 processor question...Suppose we fill the entire $0000-$ffff memory range with $ed. What will the processor do ? I suppose it will get locked, but will it still respond to…
... . Each DDh-FDh byte set flip-flops to address IX/IY ... -
Game loop design?Having some thoughts on how to design the game loop and could do with some hints and tips from folks who have done it before! It's all about how to …
... you could use a page flip approach which is very easy ... -
Collision DetectionHi everyone, This is my first post on WOS. Like most people here I owned a Spectrum when a teenager. At that time I was quite heavily into programmin…
... this purpose which you can flip between by toggling a single ... -
InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…
... /NMI, there is an internal flip flop inside the z80 that ... with the z80 clock. The flip-flop retains the information that ... is the state of this flip-flop and not the /NMI ... -
Index register questionDoes anyone know whether the DD / FD prefix works on the ex de,hl instruction, ie. modifying it to ex de,ix or ex de,iy. Derek
... ,HL just switches an internal flip-flop in the Z80 which ... there isn't an equivalent flip-flop for IX and IY ... -
3 in 1 NTG3 in 1 name that game 1) You are a ninja cyborg or something. A side view flip screen. Most screens look alike with just a few details different. Th…
... across a map or something. Flip screen, top-down tilted view ... -
Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …
... games run with a zero flip-flop):
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If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…
... 's display was fine for flip screen stuff like JSW or ... -
Collision DetectionHi everyone, This is my first post on WOS. Like most people here I owned a Spectrum when a teenager. At that time I was quite heavily into programmin…
... collision detection routines is to flip awkward comparisons. So instead of ... -
Speccy Search Bar - questions and opinionsHello chums... I'm thinking of improvements I could make to SSB, and I might be able to add search refinements for certain sites currently listed on…
How about a flip down menu from the sidebar? ... is possible to add a flip down menu on a sidebar ... -
Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... /> With regard to the screen flip portion of the code, you ... -
Games which are just about impossible to *not* completeWe've had a thread about games which can't be completed (revived by me to add Xavior to the hall of shame), so how about games which you're almost ce…
I find both of those games very easy, but perhaps I've just played them too often! :)
On the flip side - someone mentions Robocop above. I still can't clear the first level of that, even after all this time! -
Games which are just about impossible to *not* completeWe've had a thread about games which can't be completed (revived by me to add Xavior to the hall of shame), so how about games which you're almost ce…
... often! :)
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I cant belive this website and the activity round here!Hi! I?m new to this site (hope i have not posted in the wrong place already!). In the last few months I have got my self a PC to play games on from…
... existed!
On the flip side it meant that researching ... -
8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... on the strength of a Flip screen version of a scrolling ... -
8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... on the strength of a Flip screen version of a scrolling ... -
Amstrad and the SpectrumWhy has Amstrad made so little of their rights to the ZX Spectrum? In the last few years we have seen various retro products celebrating the Coleco, …
... systems often are, but the flip top mock ps1 look, gives ... -
Sprite Graphics TutorialHi everyone, Would like some feedback on the following: I am thinking of writing a Sprite Graphics Tutorial, ie. how to best program and implement …
... , but draw to backbuffer and flip
I suppose there ... -
Sprite Graphics TutorialHi everyone, Would like some feedback on the following: I am thinking of writing a Sprite Graphics Tutorial, ie. how to best program and implement …
... , but draw to backbuffer and flip
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gta on the spectrumhas anyone thought about converting the game grand theft auto to the spectrum or mayby making a parody of it.
... . Once I finish my 2d, flip-screen version of Quake, which ... -
Opinions on CauldronAs it's coming up to Hallowe'en i thought I'd look at Cauldron for the first time in years and years. I haven't played the C64 version, but I'm sure …
Much as I hate to admit it, the Commode version blew away the Speccy one. A flip screen horizontally scrolling shoot em up was not a good idea. -
Anyone see that top comedians programme on Channel 4?Only caught the top 30 or so, but what a complete load of old toss. I was eagerly awaiting the top ten, thinking there'd be something decent like Ri…
... something out of the Simpsons (flip knows where he got it ... -
New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
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New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
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1. Flip vertical effect doesn’t work ... -
New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
... 64K colors though), and implemented flip Vertical for 256 Colors too ... -
Head Over Heels - 256 ColoursAfter two weeks of painstaking work I've finally completed my 256 Colour version of the classic Head Over Heels, for use in Vladimir Khladov's excell…
... a couple of times to flip some sprites horizontally, but nothing ... -
Name that game...This one's hard because I never played it! I read a review in SU but never had the pocket money to get it! Here's as much as I can remember about it:…
... beat-em-up? Did it flip or scroll? Can you narrow ...
