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Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
... sent an email to you concerning ideas about how to do the sprites ... , and may yet be willing to do ... the email to Swainy, to propose an idea about sprite design, and ask ... reuse the map viewer code to design a system that draws 3 maps ... -
New Game: Heart StealerMy first platformer is finally released! Having a Speccy since a long time ago, I've really wanted to make a game for it. Since february, I've final…
... "How to buy a burger in McDonalds" as an alternative to "How to Snare a Rabbit ... of the spectrum, game design is an art form. ... and[/B] get him to do a game design course. Both will ... jumping, shading, level design, or sprites (just to name a few).
What do you think about this ?It seems in near future this multi-role board will be able to mimic Speccy too.... [url]http://www.retrothing.com/2009/04/fpga-arcade-replay-emulati…
An easier way to look at it, is that a CPLD (or ... and decide how everything is connected. For example, a small CPLD may ... - by far not enough to replace a Z80. A high-end FPGA can ... doing on a Speccy. The people-time needed to (learn how to) design such things ...7805 Regulator HelpI am hoping to replace the 7805 regulator in my issue 3 48K Spectrum soon. Unfortunately I don't know exactly what to buy to replace it with (my fat…
... - so only a fraction of a watt of heat has to be dissipated ... can also be sensitive to circuit board design, the datasheet for ... these things tends to have an ... advice on how to design the circuit board. You can make a small PCB ...7805 Regulator HelpI am hoping to replace the 7805 regulator in my issue 3 48K Spectrum soon. Unfortunately I don't know exactly what to buy to replace it with (my fat…
... - so only a fraction of a watt of heat has to be dissipated ... can also be sensitive to circuit board design, the datasheet for ... these things tends to have an ... advice on how to design the circuit board. You can make a small PCB ...SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…
... and tools to hand will make a big difference as to how well ... the project is recieved. A ... its really important to design a language that allows you to combine as ... /> - God only knows how your going to find my sound card ...Your development hell.Got any games on the go that have been on the back-burner for a while? Please share your screen grabs / videos! Here's a lil vid of a few of my game…
... to call it a day. Lots of teething problems with us learning how to ... make a good adventure game ( map & puzzle design ), coupled ... us with learning make a game run decently ...Copying from divIDE+/Tape to +3 DiskCan it be done? Im about to place an order for some 3" disks and wanted to put my favourite games on them, but im having a hard time trying to figure…
... loaders, which lead me to design a new converter.[/QUOTE]
... would be a simple BASIC program to load the ... it rather than having to type in the ... /> I have to work out how to build a BASIC program using my ... own code on the PC as how ...Put off by the Spectrum character setAm I the only one? Someone suggests a game, and you go "Ooooo haven't heard of that one, I'll give it a sho...*recoils in horror at the ZX Spectrum c…
... teach type design to. Just pinpointing to a few details in a couple of ... Clairsys, and possibly about how type design works in general at ... taken just as much effort to design the whitespace (the spaces ... set myself the task to design a new font for continuous ...Put off by the Spectrum character setAm I the only one? Someone suggests a game, and you go "Ooooo haven't heard of that one, I'll give it a sho...*recoils in horror at the ZX Spectrum c…
... Clairsys, and possibly about how type design works in general at all ... t know very much about how type design works in general either ... have set myself the task to design a new font for continuous text ... made some modifications to it when I noticed how close it ...Put off by the Spectrum character setAm I the only one? Someone suggests a game, and you go "Ooooo haven't heard of that one, I'll give it a sho...*recoils in horror at the ZX Spectrum c…
... have set myself the task to draw a completely new font for ... have come up with a completely different design altogether. And the same ... have set myself the task to design a new font for continuous text ... above caught my attention. Considering how much I like Paul's ...Steve Jobs deadVery sad... [URL="http://www.apple.com"]www.apple.com[/URL] RIP Steve.
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*And* the industrial design which is incredibly important. Steve ... iPhone but directing the industrial design (not just of the ... Getting the industrial design right is what makes a product usable at ... might not have known how to write a line of code.
Steve Jobs deadVery sad... [URL="http://www.apple.com"]www.apple.com[/URL] RIP Steve.
... ;568766]*And* the industrial design which is incredibly important. Steve ... iPhone but directing the industrial design (not just of the ... Getting the industrial design right is what makes a product usable at ... might not have known how to write a line of code.
Pixelwise scrolling sideways - how many ways to do it?Not that I need to, but I've been wondering if there's a good way to do this that I haven't considered. Scrolling [B]pixelwise [/B]vertically is "ea…
... routine. It just goes to show that by combining different ... to experiment with. The big over-arching issue is working out how to ... present a game such that whole ... something to think about if your game design allows it - Scroll a ...A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... It assumes that you know how to install a z88dk installation with sp1 ... concentrate more on gameplay or design. The only disadvantage I ...
A simple demo program to show how z88dk and sp1 ... can be used to make a ...4116 SRAM replacement (and ULA timings).As mentioned in another thread, I have spent quite a lot of time experimenting with different circuits and components for using a static RAM IC to re…
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But, with a 5C ULA the flickering corruption ... ghosts of characters smeared to the right of the ... originals. I'll try to post a photo later.
... to prove very difficult to design a circuit that will work with a ... 5C unless I can find out exactly how ...The new Superfo cloneHi In the spanish forum speccy.org some guys and me have optimized the superfo clon to have less ICs. The actual design has 39 ICs versus the 45 ICs…
Someone knows how to design the audio analog output of ... />
My idea is to mix A and B one in each ... would be:
LEFT: A+0.5*C+0.5 ...The new Superfo cloneHi In the spanish forum speccy.org some guys and me have optimized the superfo clon to have less ICs. The actual design has 39 ICs versus the 45 ICs…
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My idea is to mix A and B one in each ... sound effects, a better idea would be to request a ZXI port and ... enable the user to set the mix. A ...Level design and homebrew(g0blinish's thread on random maze generation prompted me to post this thread.) In your opinion WOSSers, what proportion of level design is [B]scien…
... what you want the player to do, how the player interacts with ... trying to portray in that part of the game, or how to force a ... player in a certain direction because of ... nice and does what you design accomplish the goal you're ...Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
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So a simple way to exploit the extra memory ... not the most efficient way to design a game, but it works.
to always be available and always ... actual code resides. Ever noticed how [I]Manic Miner[/I], [I ...The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... have no knowlege of how, I know how to add a kemston, but the ... from the pals, so some design must be done about it ... the design in PCB with the "vintage" chips and ready to be ... easier for me to make a PCB than making a protoboard, the tracks ...Fully-addressed devices initiative (FADI)I would like to introduce an initiative for those who create new pieces of hardware containing legacy devices with well-known addresses. It says that…
... caused by partial decoding as a problem but everyone else does ... in the shortcomings of the design of the ZX Spectrum, ... /> I'm not trying to tell anyone else how to design their hardware, and ... anyone is free to do ...New game: Gem ChaserGem Chaser - a frantic 70 level arcade/platform/puzzle game. Collect the gems which are the same colour as you, then change colour to collect more -…
... bobs;690627]That's caught a couple of people out, so ... , or would, vote it a six or below) which would ... it's a Spectrum conversion issue I'll try to figure ... of such a sequel, or possibly in an update to the ... man I wish I knew how to design those things!
:DNew game: Gem ChaserGem Chaser - a frantic 70 level arcade/platform/puzzle game. Collect the gems which are the same colour as you, then change colour to collect more -…
... as I said you are a true genius! ok I understand ... year old son (he has a wii with mario and stuff ... ! man I wish I knew how to design those things!
:D[/ ... /> Drop me a PM if you like about how you'd wish ... animated, as GC-2 is a distinct possibly right now.ZX-Paintbrush 2.3 publishedDear readers, Today, I published version 2.3 of ZX-Paintbrush. Inspirated by kgmcneil, I decided to follow his ideas and implemented a switchable p…
... some graphic work recently about how much I depend upon the ... if it might be possible to incorporate a screen grid option too ... like MapWin... Its hard to design a map as a large picture however without ... really handy...
Come to think of it, if mapping ...ZX-Paintbrush 2.3 publishedDear readers, Today, I published version 2.3 of ZX-Paintbrush. Inspirated by kgmcneil, I decided to follow his ideas and implemented a switchable p…
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It would be possible to keep the dialog settings during ... some graphic work recently about how much I depend upon ... it might be possible to incorporate a screen grid option too ... like MapWin... Its hard to design a map as a large picture however without ...Speccy collection prepping for sale - Pics includedHi guys, I made a post a while back about having to shift my sizeable collection due to incoming sprog. I gave up typing up the names, so I'm going…
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Hunchback ...Cases for New Hardware - Yes or NoAn opportunity has recently arisen whereby I may be in a postion to offer cases for alot of the new hardware which is being made at the moment. Some…
... units seems a sensible number since that's how many spectranet ... no-one really wants me to design a spectranet case I'd love ... to know more about the capabilities available and how you ... make moulds (cnc machining from a block of ...Cases for New Hardware - Yes or NoAn opportunity has recently arisen whereby I may be in a postion to offer cases for alot of the new hardware which is being made at the moment. Some…
... units seems a sensible number since that's how many spectranet ... no-one really wants me to design a spectranet case I'd love ... to know more about the capabilities available and how you ... make moulds (cnc machining from a block of ...GAC Tutorial Started!Hi all. I have a Youtube channel where I play old games and such. I also do a few programming tutorials. I have recently added a Graphic Adventure Cr…
... thought it would interest you to see how I did. I know ... didn't look at the design you sent, apart from the ... it, as I wanted to see if I could beat ... yet, I've added to the rooms graphics so I ... am doing a Tutorial on how to use GAC, not how to make a specific game ...
