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Games That I Never Made!I remember a while back, somebody put up a post with some pictures of old design drawings and stuff they had done for Spectrum games that they hadn't…
I remember a while back, somebody put up a post with ... s a link to a load of mine that I found ... br /> ...and here's a few pics in case you ... .com/-gGRKaL_gPFw/V5M9lCuYy-I/AAAAAAAAFWQ/iEU48dMQjMsUZdjnJbKAzH3uKmA3-l_7gCLcB/ ... stuff lying around I'd love to see it ... -
I request a working search function. :-)I had to get some information from the Vallation thread, so I thought I'd search for it, but the term "Vallation" doesn't return my own thread in 'Ga…
I had to get some information from the Vallation thread, so I thought ... I'd search for it, but ... -
New game: ZoomBloxHi everyone, this is my first post here, so first off I'd like to say hello to the Spectrum development community :) I've been developing on an…
... keep it short, I've developed a little game I've called "[b ... game is pretty simple so I wanted to implement several additional features ... foremost)
[b]Things I'd like to implement (time permitting ... ZX-Basic (I'm a C guy), even though I'm seriously ... -
Rolling display from RGB port on a +2Hi gang, after many years I finally decided today to attempt connecting my +2 to my Japanese RGB monitor. Using just the composite video pin only …
... got me a black and white picture so I thought I'd fiddle about ... and see what I could get ... (or down). I can stabilise it a bit by tuning a knob but ... should work.
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New Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…
... 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The ... in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I thought I’d take my chances and try ... the game’s description, a screenshot, and a download link.
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DYNAMITE DAN I vs DYNAMITE DAN II - WHICH IS THE BETTER GAME?Welcome to the September 2016 edition of Which Is Best? Last month I placed three Amiga top down racers, Nitro, Super Cars II and Overlander. Overl…
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This time round I place the two Dynamite Dan ... creatures, all beautifully animated.
I've upload approx 6mins of ... 128k+1 audio modified and I had a real shitty scart lead ... decide that :-D
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The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... point I was a massive fan of Roland Rat, and desperately wanted the ... . We'd popped down to Dixons a month ago and although I knew ... midnight with this birthday present, I'd have to say it was ... at Donkey Kong and others. I'd never felt so spoilt. With ... -
Help a new user pleaseI love old school games and never had a Sinclair as a kid so thought I would rectify that via eBay! I have a 48k+ Model that was sold as working, …
... and never had a Sinclair as a kid so thought I would rectify ... via eBay!
I have a 48k+ Model that was sold ... best as possible. There is a horrible buzzing sound coming from ... could shed any light I’d appreciate it as I really don’t ... -
A MESSAGE TO ALL THE DEVS IN THIS SECTIONI just wanted to ask have you heard anything about when you guys get one of the distributors to publish your games on cassette where they claim video…
I just wanted to ask have you heard ... to your game ?
I am currently having an issue ... . This happened before when I posted a video up of The Dark ... from Oleg Origin and I had ... see the one is a preview of a game that wasnt even ... -
Media Players and faking Android processorsDoes anyone know a reliable way of checking what processor is really inside something like an Android media player, short of opening the thing up? …
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Suspicious, I did a bit of research and ended ... AnTuTu Benchmark getting it wrong I tried a couple of other 64 ... media player for my mum. I wanted something that was up to ... use. I'm still a bit of a noob with Android so I'd rather ... -
Print (to screen) avalue held in a register pairHi guys, looking for a routine that will print any value from 0 to 65535 to the current position on the screen. I once heard that there was a PRIN…
Hi guys, looking for a routine that will print ... />
I once heard that there was a PRINT_BC routine in ... the ROM, but I can' ...
Basically, I want a routine that will print a value held in ... position.
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How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…
... up in frustration after a week of designing UDG' ... and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it ... somehow import that image into a Basic program? Do Spectrums ... too big for a Spectrum screen but I cant find an ... screens though they must. I did use some color ... -
How do I get a joystick?I am running FUSE on a PC and I find most games that I might want to play are impossible using the keyboard. So my question is, can one purchase jo…
... FUSE on a PC and I find most games that I might want ... be able to use one? I often notice that Kempston is ... of those. Never had a joystick except a proper professional arcade one ... -
Adding PC files to a DSK imageHi everyone, I expected this question to have been asked before, but couldn't find anything with a quick search of the Forum. I have a bunch o…
... I have a bunch of CP/M files on my PC, which I'd ... like to add to a DSK image ( ... and eventually a real floppy disk) so that I can access ... +3).
I found a tool called P3Explorer in the ... run on a Windows 8 laptop. However, I am unable ... -
How to write files from PC into a +3 disk image?I'm thinking about creating a utility that converts 48k snapshots into tap and dsk files. To do so, I've found that libspectrum allows me to read sna…
... me to create files into a dsk file.
- libspectrum ... they're low level and I wanted to create files into the ... images (but on a worst-case scenary, I can create a "special" disk ... create / read / write files from a dsk or edsk image? -
Three more books and a brochureSo... a few years ago I bought a job lot of Spectrum stuff off a local friend who needed the space, but clean forgot to investigate one of the three …
... ... a few years ago I bought a job lot of Spectrum stuff off a ... one of the three boxes. I'd convinced myself there was an ... that I'd never opened. (Also a DK'Tronics light pen which I really ... should have a play around with ... -
Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
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3, 8, E, I, D, X, K, M.
However ... suggests it's fine - I never owned a +3 back in the ... to the non-working D key). I found a working monaural tape deck ... t have that but I do have a 3.5mm stereo ... and it's loose, which I'd assume it shouldn't be ... -
New game - GenBlast!Nothing to get too excited about, I wanted to see what [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001970"]Games Designer[/url] could do …
... get too excited about, I wanted to see what [url="http ... messing about with it on a wet Friday. Apart from ... the result, GenBlast ([i]short for Generic Blaster[/i]):
... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByxiMYbPnlUdZk9SdWd6YXFFRFU/view?usp=sharing
Always chew your food!Well, I had a bit of an interesting Easter weekend while staying with my girlfriend in Filey. Warning: fairly icky medical stuff and ewgf lengthiness…
... 00pm and after a few mouthfuls I realised that a bit of ... a bank holiday weekend, I was seen pretty quickly. A nurse asked if I'd ... the procedure much before and wanted some help). His colleague said ... 'left' (more just because I felt like I wanted to be part of ...ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…
... 2015 and also because I wanted to write a routine like this to ... screen
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ld a,d ; 4t
cp $58 ; ... in char
ld d,a ; 4t - into d
and %00000111 ; ... attr space
ld a,d ; 4t
dec a ; 4t
...Tapes 85-88Hello! I am hoping this will be of interest to some of you. I've recently rescued everything I could from cassettes that have been sat in my loft …
... in 1985, a group of school friends who wanted to make games ... a C64 team would port one of our games and weíd ... it! I never even played it on a C64. I was sent a video ... when they saw what we'd written they were quite staggeringly ...Poly Styrene I am a ClicheThe funding project for this documentary has only two days left and needs a final push to get it there, if anyone is interested in getting involved o…
... two days left and needs a final push to get it ... here. It is a worthwhile project and I have no involvement, apart ... from being a contributer.
Final Fight Spectrum to Amstrad?Hi, I just wanted to ask a question or two to those who might know about a game I've always had a soft spot for. The US Gold conversion of Final …
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I just wanted to ask a question or two to ... know about a game I've always had a soft spot ... was in my opinion a brilliant technical achievement, ... are very similar but I'd love to get confirmation ... the Amstrad (and dare I say a touch faster?).
...A non-gamers grump!Theres a reason why I'm not a gamer and its this - I find most games boring, there's no incentive to work through them because there's not much of a …
Theres a reason why I'm not a gamer and its this - I find most ... have several Spectrum games and I'd play them more often if ... , theres so many game ideas I'd love to put into action ... feature would be a good one.
I'd love to see ...I'm getting to old for this Sh$%&...So I got a gig at teaching writting for TV at a masters course at college. (Miserable pay...). My class is mostly millenials, and the final work …
... I got a gig at teaching writting for TV at a ... write a script for a short film.
I gave ... as it is". I gave them a chance for them to ... people who are taking a master degree... they already ... Then I flunked them and they wanted to know why I did ...Trying to repair a Speccy 48k - No PulsingI've had this machine for ages. I'd I've been putting off fixing it for some time now. So a couple of days ago I pulled it apart and started prob…
... this machine for ages. I'd I've been putting off fixing ... the logic probe.
Finally I checked the voltages on the ... />
So before I check any further, I just was wondering if ... /> Next I'll see if I can't get a scope (I have a very ...Uploading a Type-in TAP fileHi, Not sure where/how to progress this. I've been playing with Emulation for awhile and thumbing threw old mags on archive.org. This site, WOS,…
... /how to progress this. I've been playing with Emulation ... it's helped me experience a number of type-ins ... one of the type-ins I wanted to try in the ... .
tldr; I now have a .tap file from ZXSPin ... of the game that I ...Just a grump about the lack of informative documentariesI watch a lot of these always hoping to learn a bit about how things work even when I'm already fairly up on the topic. What gets me is how anyone ca…
... approach.
When I was a boy I used to watch steam ... usual train spotter stuff, what I wanted to see was the valve ... the speeds achieved? I must have watched half a dozen films on ... of stock shots overlaid by a narration apparently written by someone ...Help getting a speccy back into a modern office environment!I have a 48K rubber key mounted in a mdf holder (sprayed black to match) that also holds a 10" LCD screen in a neat little "workstation" type package…
... that also holds a 10" LCD screen in a neat little ... PSU. Inside there's a MicroSSD card interface (can ... LCD screen by using a hideous and convoluted menu ... .
I'll need a way of inputting entries ... my program need? I imagine I'd need to define an ...How do I [blah-de-blah] while using an emulated diskette in a +3?I'm using ZXSpin 0.7, emulating a +3 and I've been trying out random games that come on diskettes. I've had issues with saving/loading snapshots corr…
... 0.7, emulating a +3 and I've been trying out ... issue:
1) I load in a multipart game off of ... is fine.
4) I save a snapshot of my progress.
5) I progress in the ... it's a snapshot it just stalls.
8) I have ...
