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  • Best Type-In GamesWhat type in programs did you think the end result was worth the effort of typing them in? Even though most of them were not of the quality of com…

    ... 10 screens and had masked sprites, but it was pretty impossible ...
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2022 Games
  • Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…

    ... /> * gonna have the retro "erase sprites using XOR and then paint ... objects erased parts of the sprites they overlapped with when redrawn ... /> * may have to sort the sprites in top to bottom order ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • AmAZiNG WiLLYI am thrilled to announce the release of a new Jet Set Willy game: “AmAZiNG WiLLY”, created by Carl Paterson (CnP Projectz). The game features: - …

    ... />
    - New and modified guardian sprites;

    - 256 items to ...
    jetsetdanny jetsetdanny October 2022 Brand new software
  • what are people's favourite........hi there, what are people's favourite games and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave

    ... game as well

    Horace and the spiders....i liked ... all the horace games but i thought this ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr February 2002 Games
  • Daft Software Company NamesCan anybody think of any more for our list? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] hehe Understanding Ltd. Flowchart Ltd. Sneesby Software…

    Not sure what software house it was, but version 1.2 of The Hobbit credits Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler as the authors. The Horace games were all from Beam Software.
    Anonymous Anonymous February 2002 Games
  • Getting the ball rolling againOkay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threa…

    ... proud to present:

    "HORACE: THE MOVIE".

    Starring ...
    Ed Ed February 2002 Games
  • Getting the ball rolling againOkay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threa…

    Someone's already thought of Horace goes skiing (as a TV ...
    Anonymous Anonymous February 2002 Games
  • Getting the ball rolling againOkay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threa…

    ... and watch my video of Horace Goes Skiing, actually.

    Derek Glen Derek Glen February 2002 Games
  • Arcade ConversionsWhat arcade conversions do people still play on their Speccys (real or emulated)? For me it has to be Commando, Frank Bruno (Punch Out arcade clone)…

    ... speccy, I love Pheenix and Horace Goes Skiing (just about counts ...
    Anonymous Anonymous February 2002 Games
  • How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…

    ... won't get as many sprites thrown around. And you'll ...
    cyborg cyborg January 2002 Games
  • Can u name this gameI've tried most combinations of bomber and air... I'm looking for a 2d game i used to play on my 48k. You were a plane flying backwards and forward…

    Christ, my mum couldnt even use the teletext. She tried Horace Goes Skiing once and failed miserably. But to balance the see-saw, she can peel spuds better than me.Lol
    GeeKay GeeKay January 2002 Games
  • Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…

    ... ) which would mean digitally resized sprites and the only game I ...
    cyborg cyborg December 2001 Games
  • Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…

    ... of Incubation? Overhead perspective with sprites and for the bigger Aliens ...
    LCD LCD December 2001 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... Spectrum had no support for sprites and such. Most of that ... .

    The C64 had sprites and could also scroll a ... full screen scrolling or moving sprites. Cobra was the smoothest game ...
    Anonymous Anonymous November 2001 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... by the use of hardware sprites.

    Even if the ...
    Anonymous Anonymous November 2001 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... really very easy to programme sprites into the neat 8x8 squares ...
    cyborg cyborg November 2001 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... 80's, the era of sprites, obviously the C64 is going ...
    Spector Spector November 2001 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... task of scrolling and drawing sprites (once more my deficiencies in ...
    Anonymous Anonymous November 2001 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... that for graficians draw attractive sprites were very hard.. not so ... spaceships but for draw human sprites (warriors or heros)

    Javier Javier November 2001 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... of specalised hardware for displaying sprites on a C64 to modern ...
    cyborg cyborg November 2001 Games
  • jet set willy 3 available for downloadi did this game using THE GAMES FACTORY. let me know what ya think of it. [url]http://zap.to/remakes[/url]

    Like it a lot. Esp the original sprites!! Nice work!
    Fuzzbucket Fuzzbucket October 2001 Games
  • HELPHas anyone got any hints or even a solution to the following adventure games: Starship Quest Magnetic moon a shadow on glass moon magic

    of topic a bit but does anyone know an arcade adventure type called 'the colour of magic' i think. It had MASSIVE big sprites. And it had a wyvern in it. whats it called cos i cant find it?
    hugh mann hugh mann November 2001 Games
  • What game defined the spectrumHello again,im in a posting mood today,lol. Anyway what game for you defined the spectrum? What i mean is for example,if you asked someone to name a …

    ... most advanced 3d, or biggest sprites etc, and letting playability fall ...
    neil neil September 2001 Games
  • The first spectrum gameThe spectrum was released in 1982,and originally came with the horizons tape so in reality the very first spectrum game had to be thru the wall on th…

    I remember a horse racing game for the 16k - can't remember the name but a possibility. Exclusive 16k games are few and far between. I know Psion worked with the Spec very early on so maybe it was one of theirs. Hungry Horace or something...
    Fuzzbucket Fuzzbucket September 2001 Games
  • What was the first thing you did with your spectrum?This is like an addition to Stuarts topic what made you buy your spectrum,,,,ok what i want to know from you lot is when you got your speccy home,or …

    ... pack which had survival and horace goes skiing and chequered flag ...
    Tyronne Tyronne August 2001 Games
  • spectrum on pcI was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite for sum1 who used to …

    ... ...all with the super smooth sprites that it offered...Now id ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr August 2001 Games
  • Spectrum games in mobile telephone?Spectrum games in mobile telephone? read this: [url="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0"]http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0[/url],,t269-s2100315,00.html I …

    ... 32x24 colour display. No hardware sprites or sound chips to emulate ...
    Geoff Geoff December 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sprites hackingNeed sprites hacking program from TRD,SCL,TAP,TZX,Z80,SNA formats (under DOS/WINDOWS). HELP ME, PLEASE.

    ... utility is designed for getting sprites from uncompressed block of data ...
    Moroz Moroz September 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best way to codeHi, I've been using Zeus Assembler to code MC programs so far. Nothing fancy just the odd scroll left or animation stuff. Wot I'd like to know is, …

    ... , but it has non-masked sprites). Laser Basic is nice, but ...
    LCD LCD August 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • spectrum mode smiilar to c64?i dont know much about machine code assembler routines, zilch actually to be honest, ive always fiddled with basic on my spectrum, only doing maybe a…

    ... the processor time to handle sprites and scrolling, so you now ...
    LCD LCD July 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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