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How do touch lamps work?You know the 'touch' lamps? These are table lamps that you leave plugged in, and you touch their base to turn them on/off (and sometimes they have mu…
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Searching for a gameHi guys! Anyone who had or have ZX Spectrum can help me to find a game that i'm looking for a long time, i need a little help here, i'm trying to f…
... a game that i'm looking for a long time, i need a little help here, i ... childhood, i don't remember the name, i do remember it was a Santa ... Claus in a house and ... -
Game of 2000 and playing games of this eraHi all How do I set up spin to be able to play Pussy and Homer Simpson from 99? Is there a trick? And would there have been a game of 2000? I fee…
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How do I set up spin to be able to play Pussy and Homer Simpson from 99? Is there a trick?
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How do you restrict this routines actions?I'm trying to plagiarise a piece of code I came across in the 80's, but seem to be banging my head against a brick wall! The routine fades the scree…
... fades the screen, but I am only wantin to fade ... problem is I cant seem to work out how this routine ... (768 bytes).
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A ZZ Spectrum related questionI'm trying to use [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000234"]Arcade Creator[/URL] to make a game for the SYS Sinclair C*** games…
... "]Arcade Creator[/URL] to make a game for the SYS Sinclair C ... *** games contest, but when I'm done on any of ... key do I need to use? (On a septate note, how can I save a TZX ... . (This is what I get for using a +2A so much...) This ... -
Problem with DIY Kempston Joystick InterfaceHello, Decided to try out Yarek's Kempston joystick interface: [img]http://8bit.yarek.pl/hardware/zx.joystick/kjschem.gif[/img] Having a few issues.…
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Having a few issues. When I play a game, the object constantly ... both ICs) I'm pretty sure I need to add those lines, right ... & unused buffers on 74LS240...do I need to ground those, etc ... url]
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Can you tell me from where do I know this picture?a friend of mine made a tattoo out of this picture: [url]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m563ezj8jy1r19mmto1_500.jpg[/url] he said he was browsin…
... 's from a music album (not the cover, but I do associate it ... with some record that I have/used ... to have) or if its from a video game ... (probably some commercial of a game...for some ... -
Losing my mind. Please help me find a game!Hi all, lately I cannot get one old ZX Spectrum (either 16K or 48K) game out of my head (even dreaming about it every few months) and after googling…
... me nuts, may I add), I thought this would be a better and quicker ... things I remember about the game:
- It was like a 3rd ... some of them EXPLODED (meaning game over).
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Hello! I knitted a Horace Hat!First of all, hello to all! I've not frequented these forums much, well not as much as the main site :) A while ago, I was looking for a project to …
... A while ago, I was looking for a project to knit, and I ... /> Also, I'd like to do a small competition for ... a hat and send it out to one lucky winner. How ... does that sound?
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Game of Life.Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life simulator into the CSS CGC compo but for the Sinclair ZX81. I decided to port…
Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life ... way, no one will notice how slow it updates.
I also tried to do as much in one ... that'll be anything like a game-changer.
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How would you make a Casablanca game, speccy Style?I'm watching Casablanca for the 100 time, and It just hit me that there might be a game in here somewhere... If you guys were asked to program a Cas…
I'm watching Casablanca for the ... me that there might be a game in here somewhere...
a Casablanca ispired game, what would it be ... ? In speccy, probably a text adventure game... (It would also give ...how do I delete saved 'drafts'apparently I have 9 saved drafts of half written replies to posts. I never did anything to make these be saved in 'My Drafts', and I can't find any o…
... written replies to posts. I never did anything to make ... in 'My Drafts', and I can't find any option ... probably me being stupid but I can't find any way ... rid of them, or how they even got stored as ... noticed there is a 'save draft' button, but I don't remember ...I had a go.I haven't written anything in ZX Basic since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just to put you in the picture, I am a developer and know sever…
... since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just ... you in the picture, I am a developer and know several languages ... googling every other line, including how to get started with the ... reassuring that I can do the same with modern languages. I currently use ...How do you play Mission Omega?Theres a very interesting looking game called Mission Omega. You design robots and send them off to investigate a space station (I think). http:/…
Theres a very interesting looking game called Mission Omega. ... them off to investigate a space station (I think).
Its a very primitive version of Duskers ...
Anyways, what exactly do you do? I can directly control robtots and ...Remake an existing game compo...For some reason I was inspired to post this because of the "[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/16271/miss-wos-competition#latest"…
... is just too terrible for how late it was made) ... like: "[i]Remake a game from 1982 (possibly only a 16K game) - that could do with ... an update - and do it within a month[/i ... for taking an old game and making a better version of ...How do I save my work using FUSE?I'm not having any success using SCR it returns a message about the header being unreadable when I try to LOAD an SCR which was the only viable optio…
... it returns a message about the header being unreadable when I try ... viable option to save that I could see from the choices ... manually transcribe program code to a notebook and then have to ... by line. So what should i do?Scuba Dive 2 - what could a sequel look like?I watched Rod Bells [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw7Re4j4_i8"]video review[/url] of Scuba Dive a couple of days ago. It's been ages since I'…
... much an open-world exploration game (one of the first?) and ... Esprit - and I think that is what set this game apart from ... it.
Now, how do you think a sequel could've looked ... might take and turn into a game one day if they feel ...How do I use colour control codes in 128 basic?Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print state…
Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print statement when the extend mode does not work in 128 basic. Can anyone enlighten me please?spectrum 128K + how do i improve the keyboard keys colour?hope this is in the right section. ive just acquired a nice toastrack, even still has the cellophane over the colour band, but the keys are slight…
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ive just acquired a nice toastrack, even still has ... colour.
what can I do to improve this that wont ... ?
thought about trying a cap from my spectrum + first ... in some water with a dishwasher tablet.How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on ... a ... blocks etc when put on a working ZX Spectrum . It also ... power on just use with a flexible connector . So the broader ...Help me finding a game from my childhoodDear all, This might sound a little weird, but here it goes: I am looking for a game from my childhood. I think I have seen hundreds of screenshot…
... : I am looking for a game from my childhood. I think I have ... /> – my console (I believe) was a russian ZX Spectrum clone ... game was stored on a cassette which contained several games (I cannot remember how ... many, but at least two I think ...How would I turn memory paging on/off in Assembler?Sorry for the noob question. It's perfectly ok to do OUT 32765,48 in BASIC to turn memory paging off. But how do you do it in assembly language? I kn…
... . It's perfectly ok to do OUT 32765,48 in BASIC ... off. But how do you do it in assembly language? I know there's ... 's like this out (n),a but this only takes one ...Looking for a game.Looking for a free racing game from between 2006-2008. It was 3D. I think you could race your ghost. I believe later updates of the game included adv…
... your ghost. I believe later updates of the game included adverts ... the game. It was a pretty slick/smooth 3d game for back then. I ... single player, later you could do multiplayer but not sure on ... start. Remember it being a game that was in constant development ...i need a cheat for the comet gamei need a cheat for this game. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/c/CometGameThe.tzx.zip anyone know where i can start? as it doesnt…
i need a cheat for this game. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/c/CometGameThe.tzx.zip
anyone know where i can start? as it doesnt have a set no of lives
and i cant find a cheat anywhere online, pokes, etc.how do i change the text and colour of the boot message and error messages?i kind of know how to do this with the boot message but shortening or lengthening the text and adding chr$ control codes (if this works) overwrites o…
i kind of know how to do this with the boot message ... . not sure how to do this with error commands, but i guess the ...How do emulators make code appears as running at 3.5Mhz?Decent Z80 emulators on github return t-states after executing an instruction, giving you the ability to emulate Speccy relatively well. But there ar…
... code to emulate screen I would check how far the screen ray ... border tricks?
2) How do we make sure emulation runs ... timers in .NET, because I know for a fact there are several ... . So the way I imagine is to check how many ticks are ...Should I get a NEXT?Despite my having wanted one almost since I heard about it, I'm beginning to wonder whether it would be an extravagance, 'cos its sure to cost a fair…
... hand what would I do with it since all I've ever done ... my sleeves and have a bash at making a game with sprites and ... not cost a bundle, if anything. I dunno, the more I watch some ... a gorgeous looking machine and I know I'll kick myself later if I ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
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; I'll do one horizontal and one vertical ... would be how much you'd add to move ... best way to do things for a game but it shows ... straightforward (far more than when I first tried this ;) ! )
; for completeness I'll do a scroll up and left ...New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
... using some external blitter (do I detect a resemblance with the Devil's ... to do with the new graphics; in other words the game will ... new Spectaculator 6.0 forum how could we possibly improve on ... be nice to add this 256 color feature, as a ? natural evolution ...Game being created with Platform Game DesignerBeen playing with this since yesterday when i bought it from Cronosoft. To someone like me who cant program its excellent to create a Manic Miner st…
... be great but i havent a clue how to add music created ... You can add some 48k beeper music to your game. If you ...
How would i add 128k music ? Is there some ... how hard or easy it is for you to do ...
If you can do something like that it would ...
