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  • Mire Mare?I was thinking today about the Hobbit 128 project, that impressed me so much and I wonder whether its possible to acheive one, perhaps even more ambi…

    ... do a smooth horizontal scroll than a vertical one. Scrolling horizontally and ... ] games work with the power of the screen mapping chips, where scrolling ...
    joefish joefish May 2014 New game ideas
  • Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…

    ... 's horizontal or vertical movement, the hardware scrolling certainly ... two independently scrolling windows on the same horizontal row.[/quote ... split at least the horizontal scroll register (the ... have an interest in designing games for multiple players.
    TMR TMR August 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Skool Daze & Back To Skool discussionFollowing my video of Back To Skool ( [url]http://youtu.be/4K2ZUkTOT0g[/url] ) I just wanted to see if these two games are still fondly remembered b…

    The programmer/designer of these games was a complete genius.
    games follow a pattern whether its a driving game,side scrolling ... shoot em up, space invader type games,text ... adventures,sports games etc but Skool ...
    spainboy spainboy August 2014 Games
  • Buffer to screen - how much?[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I am starting to build a new game and am researching different ways to accomplish what I need to do. My question is, is it poss…

    ... in these games.
    Anyway, 4 scroll buffers reduce scrolling to copy ... so you probably can run horizontal scroller ...
    catmeows catmeows September 2014 Development
  • Megatree DevelopmentHi All, I have been messing around with developing a concept for the unwritten game Megatree. Here is a video of what I have so far written on a 48…

    ... fact that the Mojon Twins games use inertia is made possible ... varies the scrolling speed is a choice by the designer. But it ... worked up to its regular scrolling speed, the game would be ... you're just using character scrolling, you could easily write a ...
    joefish joefish October 2014 Development
  • Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…

    ... .
    You can alter the horizontal width of the box by ... works for the counter and scrolling message... and the error message ... apart from the counter and scrolling message don't have the ... to the designer and place a box over where the scrolling message ...
    jp jp November 2014 Announcements
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... is true.

    Games, like the aformentioned Donkey Kong ... day" was terrible. Spectrum games were getting more and ... play windows. C64 games had full screen scrolling and sunshine bursting ... designer the machine to teach people to programme, not play games. ...
    weesam weesam December 2014 Games
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... playing area", when it's scrolling much the same proportion of ... thinking twice about it, regarding scrolling.

    You go on ... same line, but how many games crave for that? Usually sprites ... the screen, not in a horizontal row!
    MinerWilly MinerWilly January 2015 Games
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... limited to certain bands and horizontal limitations. Again, you're making ... [/I] then - roughly the same scrolling area. Why are all the ... />
    Now, someone asked what games the spectrum can't do ...
    weesam weesam January 2015 Games
  • Function with push and popIm trying to see if I understand push and pop when it comes to using to pass parameters to functions: [code] LD HL,16384 LD A,5 Push AF Ld A…

    ... day programs are written for games and games tend to be quite ... pixels depending on the exact horizontal pixel coordinate. If you need ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2016 Development
  • 2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…

    ... page with disassemblies of Spectrum games:
    [[url="http:// ... br /> * [b]Hewson is making games again[/b]
    Government grant ... Download the latest version by scrolling down the thread.
    ... b]
    [i](SEUD, Horizontal shooter)[/i]
    by ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2016 Games
  • Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…

    ... crap infinite-runner type games. I'm just not ... listings do simple attribute-based scrolling, either vertically or horizontally ... />
    With the horizontal version, the same calls work ... switch banks.

    Happy Scrolling!


    ...
    joefish joefish January 2017 Games
  • ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next

    ... work, how does the hardware scrolling work, how does the 8 ... are raster interrupts (vbi and horizontal scan line). Maybe a timer ... browse online databases to download games, eg, from WOS as that ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    ... is one of those rare games where the ability to think ... wire - much like a lethal horizontal yo-yo - and jumping over ... the only thing the two games have in common, besides the ... of an excellent left-right scrolling routine (which causes the same ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2017 Games
  • off screen bufferwhen using an offscreen buffer is the memory copied to the screen in a way that makes it easier to draw sprites to the buffer? E.g. Lets say you…

    ... buffers used in games would be:
    - linear (next horizontal line data ... necessary if the background is scrolling)
    - redraw parts of location ...
    Ralf Ralf June 2017 Development
  • Good MAME gamesJust as everyone has a list of must-play spectrum games, which arcade games are worth playing either because they are still good, or are just a big n…

    ... older 8-bit era games, don't forget a ... is a gorgeous horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up with ... i]Tengai[/i] is a horizontal shooter with a lush mix ... one - a cutesy scrolling shooter you play in ... the [i]Parodius[/i] games for hilariously surreal variants ...
    joefish joefish August 2017 Chit chat
  • Am I too late?I bought a Spectrum recently and got my Spectrum 'vibe' back from watching The Spectrum Show and all that wonderful nostalgia came flowing back. C…

    ... the user to create platform games but is fairly limited and ... the play area, type of scrolling and change aspects of the ... final attempt at a game designer and uses its own scripting ... . Platformers, shoot-em-ups, puzzle games, arcade adventures... the list is ...
    jonathan jonathan August 2018 Development
  • What to write / programme?I've been trying to get back some motivation to write something in machine code for the Spectrum. I don't feel I am organised enough to write somethi…

    ... Jonathan Cauldwell's Arcade game designer, which uses an easy-to ... sprites, tiles and full screen scrolling.

    Hell, if you ... . I have made over 20 games for Windows with BlitzMax and ...
    Sokurah Sokurah March 2020 Development
  • Zynaps scrolling - anyone ever reverse enginnered this?Zynaps has IMO some impressive scrolling - it utilises 18 character rows of the display file, so quite a large active play area, and scrolls 2 pixels…

    ... you didn't know that scrolling is a (semi) big deal ... of the most innovative/accomplished games on the platform in terms ... is running. It also supports horizontal/vertical mirroring for these tile ...
    Hikaru Hikaru July 2020 Games
  • Arkanoid / Batty clones ?Although there is an old 2008 topic [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/16532/best-worst-arkanoid-clones/"]here[/url] , I felt a new …

    ... seems to be a sideways scrolling "shoot em up" game ? :)
    games/breakthru-us-gold-ltd"][b ... 's by Outlet and is horizontal.

    :)
    spider spider October 2020 Games
  • HellShocked.com - play >4000 speccy games<a href="http://www.hellshocked.com Hi" target="_blank">[url]http://www.hellshocked.com[/url] Hi</a> there, just like to tell you about my site, it…

    ... arcade you can play speccy games (about 4000), comment on them ... rated etc. This includes 128k games (well, a lot of them ... modified version of Jasper. Some games don't work, but about ...
    chird chird October 2001 Emulators
  • Spectrum Games on Mobile PhonesThe company I work for has been developing mobile phone emulators for the last year or two. Our latest launch has been a MIDP Java emulator. We want …

    ... . We want to recode spectrum games in Java so that we ... own the copyrights for these games to see if this is ...
    Tom Watson Tom Watson September 2001 Emulators
  • saving gamesHow do you create a save point within a game, using real spectrum games so that you can resume your game at a later stage thankue

    How do you create a save point within a game, using real spectrum games so that you can resume your game at a later stage thankue
    Anonymous Anonymous July 2001 Emulators
  • .dsk Infocom gamesI have a Win 98 PC, what do I need to have to run the Infocom .dsk extension games?

    I have a Win 98 PC, what do I need to have to run the Infocom .dsk extension games?
    ChasX ChasX April 2001 Emulators
  • do you think games are..............do you think games are just as playable now as when the first one's came out on the spectrum? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octa…

    do you think games are just as playable now as when the first one's came out on the spectrum? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

    octave
    octave octave February 2002 Games
  • Racing gamesI recently had a go on Superspring on the mame emulator, and found it a bit unplayable without the steering wheel of the arcade version. Then I tried…

    ... suggest any good supersprint type games?
    Codemasters' GP Simulator 2 ...
    Anonymous Anonymous February 2002 Games
  • Need games...The following games are necessary, where they can be downloaded: Only tap or tzx,and AY or Tittle screens: Imperial Wizard Rally Cross Simulator Re…

    The following games are necessary, where they can be downloaded:
    Only tap or tzx,and AY or Tittle screens:
    Imperial Wizard
    Rally Cross Simulator
    Rebel Squad
    Slicks
    White Heat
    Prince Clumsy
    Tarantula
    Aleksey Aleksey February 2002 Games
  • AY in gamesMe interest, whether there is 128k modes and AY a music in the following games for ZX Spectrum?: Codemasters: Mig-29 Soviet Fighter 3D Starfighter …

    ... a music in the following games for ZX Spectrum?:
    Codemasters ...
    Aleksey Aleksey February 2002 Games
  • Completed gamesMy housemate and I are currently working our way through Deus Ex at the moment and the thought struck us that today it is actually possible to comple…

    ... is actually possible to complete games - they are easier than they ... had completed some big name games back in the Speccy days ... or Jet Set Willy? Classic games that I don't think ...
    Chris Chris February 2002 Games
  • Unreleased GamesI am working on what I hope will be a complete guide to the games that were either advertised/previewed/written etc but never released for the Spectr…

    ... a complete guide to the games that were either advertised/previewed ... inspired by the feature "The Games That Time Forgot" that ... MIA list does feature some games that were simply never ... add the more famous unreleased games, such as Bandersnatch, Scooby ...
    Chris Chris February 2002 Games
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