-
Zaf-forth to Z80 compiler Build 5This forth like complier is changing almost every day with new items been added. Here is a new Zaf-forth word add it the sptword.fth file - which is…
... Demo"
;"Draws 30 circles to the screen"
;"random sizes ... - SPT"
;"shows the use of the following"
;"Zaf-forth ... br /> ;"Start label used to jump back to start"
... />
zxcls
;"clear the srceen"
... -
I forgot how to play this gamePlease, could anyone tell me how to play Hostages? I played it on my Speccy many years ago and I completed the whole game but I don't remember how I …
... , could anyone tell me how to play Hostages? I played it ... years ago and I completed the whole game but I don ... it. On the first level I walk all the way to the right, enter ... still can't get into the embassy. -
If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the ... already popular ZX81. Which features would you change to the ... -
You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co. ... [/url]
2) Read to the very bottom.
3 ... -
Speccy Maps: Just what the hell is going on here then?Some time ago, a chap going by the name of Pavero built a few maps of Speccy games. Though they weren't brilliant, but they sufficed. He decided th…
... of the rzx's from the archive. No, he links directly to the RZXArchive ... , thus piling up the bandwidth.
to the RZX linking (The maintainer of the RZXArchive has put ... -
The Spectrum is a Piece of ShitHow can you all stand there and defend a computer that was ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH even back in 1982, compared to classics like the Atari 8-Bit, Commodore…
... back in 1982, compared to classics like the Atari 8-Bit, Commodore ... />
BASIC - The idea of whole commands assigned to keys is for ... , and it severely limits the commands available to the number of keys available ... -
Can someone help me remember the game titleHi all, I am a long-standing fan of Speccy, yet for many years now I've been looking for the title of one of the games I enjoyed very much. I am ho…
... be able to help me with this one.
The game ... device for which you had to clear the way so that it ... ," right from the character from the game "Movie", and to the right and above ... from the ET-like ... -
gta on the spectrumhas anyone thought about converting the game grand theft auto to the spectrum or mayby making a parody of it.
has anyone thought about converting the game grand theft auto to the spectrum or mayby making a parody of it. -
HOW TO *FORCE* AMSTRAD TO PRODUCE ZX?!OK then. Many chats last times about new ZX models, old ZX models but contemporary produced ;) , about Amstrad - what could it do and why didn't do m…
... />
So now - HOW TO FORCE AMSTRAD TO PRODUCE SPECTRUM? Nowadays. As ... ? Is there any mail-address to the firm?
What do ... arguments for such a letter to Amstrad?
Greetz,
The worst spectrum add on?I once had a light pen for my Spectrum that was really bad. I cannot remember what company made it. It was supposed to 'draw' by holding it directl…
... was supposed to 'draw' by holding it directly onto the TV screen ... . However, you had to hold the pen thing ... in it) at 90 degrees to the screen and move it very ... slowly while the screen seemed to flash every second or ...The best sound/sound effects on a Spectrum gameHi, wot do you think was the best sound and or sound effects on a Speccy game. I ask cos I think good sound effects sometimes definetly added to some…
... do you think was the best sound and or ... effects sometimes definetly added to some average games.
the sound effects when an ... the amazing sound effects (amazing re:speccy). I use to ... wire my Speccy up to the hifi and boost up the ...The 16k Spectrum HELPCan anyone tell me did the cicuit board for the 16k spectrum have sockets for the extra memory chips or were the chips soldered directly to the board…
Can anyone tell me did the cicuit board for the 16k spectrum have sockets for the extra memory chips or were the chips soldered directly to the board ???????????Did they make this game for the Sepctrum pls?Hi, I hope someone can help. After my Spectrum I got an Atari ST520. I got a game without instructions or even knew the name of the game. It was prob…
... instructions or even knew the name of the game. It was probably ... one of the first strategy management type games ... to shoot them outta the sky? Can someone help with the name of the ... game or know if it was converted to the ...Why I like Atari 8-Bit and Amiga and respect the SpectrumI mentioned this on my other topic already, but I like these two computers because they were designed by an absolute visionary in the computer field,…
... visionary in the computer field, who was among the first to think up ... , DMA, custom chips to free up the load on the CPU, etc. His ... Sinclair for bringing cheap computing to the masses, but I bet most ... Clive Sinclair then went on to invent the C5. Jay never did ...how does the printer port work?I know nothing about printers, I gather that when the spectrum has an output to something to represent a letter, it sets the strobe to low and back t…
... to something to represent a letter, it sets the strobe to low and back to ... high.
how does it communicate the character to the ... printer, and how does the printer decode the information?Maybe a new way of thinking? is the KEY(with special thanks to: DUNNY + Fogartylee) 15.11.04 its been a strange weekend and thankfully one that has educated and inspired. I have been rea…
... reading many of the forum pages in particular the "Philip Kendall" ... me a better understanding of the laws surrounding ownership and ... be an idea to lay to rest my project of the Spectrum CD ... I would really like to contribute to the community as a new ...Idea for a new feature to compliment a debugger in an emulatorI had an idea for an emulator feature yesterday. Don't recall having seen this idea before, but I'm sure you'll correct me if it has. :) In that cas…
... and see where the game reads and writes - to get an idea ... I] that the program is reading data from 25000 to 25500, writing ... and darker the "closer" you would get to the heart of the routine you ... wanted to tear apart.< ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 14 December 2004Tuesday 14 December 2004 I've FINALLY (hopefully?!?!) got caught up with stuff, so here's a fairly big update, with a distinctly mappy feel! * I do…
... The Magic Cauldron,
Back to the Future 2, Barbarian 2: The ... br /> Auf Wiedersehen Monty , Back to the Future 2 ,
Barbarian ... 3: The Final Chapter ,
Rentakill Rita , Rescue , Rick ... in his complete solution to the
adventure game ...Slowing down the emulationHi! I'm looking for a speccy emulator that lets me slow down (not speed up!) the emulation. I know good old X128 can do this, but does anyone know ab…
... slow down (not speed up!) the emulation. I know good old ... /> BTW, I need an emulator to do this 'cos I've ... 's a very good way to see how all characters move ... .) in order to keep gameplay as close as possible to the original when ...Gerry The Germ1) What I must do on second and thirs screen? How many screens in this game? 2) The cheat for this game ("If you press the keys 'RVMN' and any direct…
1) What I must do on second and thirs screen? How many screens in this game?
2) The cheat for this game ("If you press the keys 'RVMN' and any direction key you go on to the next screen (except the heart screen)") does not work? Why?ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 31 January 2005Monday 31 January 2005 A dose of Chickenpox meant I FINALLY had time to put this update online. And very good it is, too.. The update, not the Chicke…
... And The Magic Cauldron , Back to the Future 2 ,
Barbarian 2: The Dungeon ... of Drax , Batman - The Movie ... Future ,
Renegade 3: The Final Chapter , Rescue ,
Robin of Sherwood ...The Spectrum Oscars...Seeing as it's nearly Oscars time; I thought it would be fun to have one of our own. So get your votes in folks :) 1) Best spectrum game 2) Best gfx…
... thought it would be fun to have one of our own ... award for the individual that has contributed the greatest
to the spectrum games ...What was the best game cover art.What do you lot think was the best game cover? I just had a look at the Nodes and Arc of Yesod covers and they dont look dated...very arty me thinks…
... you lot think was the best game cover?
I think the worst has to be Football Manager...I ... thought the idea of inlay art was to ... atract people to the game so ... they would buy it..not scare the ...I used to have a mouse...for my computer that is.Can anybody help me out here? I had a mouse for my speccy that was advertised in a mail order advert, but my dad aint' to keen on ordering stuff ove…
... ordering stuff over the phone so we went to the actual address which ... Spa (I think).
The mouse was beige and had ... an adapter that went into the expansion port. But I cant ... find it in the hardware section.
I ...Write to ROM=crash?I've read in quite a few places that writing to the ROM causes a crash but on the assembly listing the comments for poke say: "Happily no check is ma…
I've read in quite a few places that writing to the ROM causes a crash but on the assembly listing the comments for poke say:
"Happily no check is made as to whether ROM or RAM is addressed."
Does this mean that pushing a value when SPHelp reqd to fix some damaged .tzx filesDue to an oversight setting up Taper a few years ago, numerous .tzx files had some of their pauses reset to 0. I've gradually been fixing these as an…
... to fix a few more, so if you own any of the ... games in the list below, could you ... /> Austerlitz 1805.tzx
Back To The Future - Part III.tzx
The Deep.tzx
The Hollow.tzx
The Shadows Of ...West Bank: The most pointless high score table everWest Bank is a good little game. I played it and got a score of 25000 odds starting at stage 6, which I thought was quite good. Then as the game ende…
... Then as the game ended I was disappointed to see I ... hadn't made it to the high score table. Then ... looked closer - the last entry in the table has a ... person that's got on to the high score table ever! ... your final score becuase the screen goes black when ...ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 02 April 2005Saturday 02 April 2005 Another day late. Never mind, eh? I'm sure you'll agree it was worth the wait? (Oh, please yourself!).. There's a distinctly P…
... distinctly POKE-y feel to the update this month. ... Kickboxing,
Krypton Factor, The, Krypton Raiders, Leviathan, Loco, ... for:
Afterburner , Back to the Future 3 ,
Chuckie ... of Your Life, The ,
Hard Drivin' , Horace and the Spiders ,
Newbie Alert - So which is the best Emu overall?hey, yeah this has probably been asked a million times before so apologies for that! but anyway, i was wondering which is the best all-round emu, ju…
... 't got round to downloading the beta on this ... confused as to whether it's the emu or the game. ... sell enough of the originals to make something on ... for you (WoS) to auction to go towards archiving this ... it'd be cool to contribute to the community (and loads of ...Good way to use old Speccy games - Fighting Fantasy OnlineDon't know if anyone on here used to like Fighting Fantasy books, but i noticed recently that in the 80s it looks like they put the books as text adv…
... to like Fighting Fantasy books, but i noticed recently that in the ... looks like they put the books as text adventures ... onto the speccy and the commodore etc
the more relevant with ... if you can get to the games if you don ...
