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The Speccy Tour - How to improve it and encourage participation?[This will be posted on the HARP board as well, to encourage debate.] The Speccy Tour is, as many of you know, [U]the[/U] worldwide championship for…
... the other players, and even if the voting results does ... participated retrogaming championships worldwide - and indeed it was. Not ... small skill" and "small shooter" cathegories altogether and merging them with ... old games on and on and on and squeezing them to ... -
Snapshot issue between BASin and ZX SpinHi Folks, I have created a 128K snapshot file from BASin (both .sna and .z80) to load in to ZX Spin. Spin is running in ZX Spectrum 128K mode and I…
... file from BASin (both .sna and .z80) to load in to ... in ZX Spectrum 128K mode and I have the 128 menu ... within BASin is not shown. If I select [B]128 BASIC ... -
Hello...and looking for advice re educational gamesHi all, new to the forum but intermittent lurker for a while. I am looking for some tips about educational games suitable for pre-school children; a…
... ) but it is hit and miss and hard to tell from titles ... use.
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Machine Code Sprites and Graphics for the ZX SpectrumHi Looking for this book, if anyone can help would be most grateful. [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000229"]http://www.wor…
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Looking for this book, if anyone can help would be ... =2000229[/URL]
Also if anyone has any other pointers ... much would like to understand and produce one
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General Questions Ay Music / Chip Music and maybe Music itselfLately, one of my c64 oriented friend made a tutorial about goat tracker (a c64 sid tracker) and talked about oscilator, adsr, and filters and how th…
... sid tracker) and talked about oscilator, adsr, and filters and how they work ... , but I don't know if they are comparable.
How to code a run and jumpHi all, Is there a way in basic to take action on two simultaneous key strokes. I want to add a run and jump i.e. keys Q and M but using inkey$ seem…
... want to add a run and jump i.e. keys Q ... and M but using inkey$ seems ... using only the BASIC language if at all possible.
What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... always wondered about...
What if the Government had backed Sir ... computers in Schools, Colleges, Universities and Libraries.
Would this have ... the people in Government, then and now, are a bunch of ...Spectrum 48k's and +2a for saleHaven't got round to taking snaps yet, (but I will) or putting them on ebay, that's happening Sunday but I've basically got about 7 48k rubber key Sp…
... Spectrums for sale and definitely 1 +2a (maybe two if I can ... with PSU, some games, cleaned and hopefully a joystick interface (im ...KempAY and Spectrum +3 queryIve been looking at the KempAY interface. It's the AY38912 chip on a board, which also doubles up as a kempston joystick interface all done in GAL ch…
... forum happen to own one, and does it work on Spectrum ... sound on Spectrum +3 machines (if it works).
[img ...Testing 4116 and 4164 chipsI have a stash of old 4116 and 4164 chips and wondered how best to test them to see if they work. I don't have a working spectrum to plug them into …
... stash of old 4116 and 4164 chips and wondered how best to ... test them to see if they ... the moment!
And of course I am open ...Help?Hi All, I wonder if anyone has a few minutes to look at this bit of code I'm working on. I'm trying to move to sprites and want to do it with a scr…
... to move to sprites and want to do it ... a way I can devise and understand). It's just ... is to press key 1 and the sprite scrolls down ... wobbler and fills in other sections then errors.
If you ... table) it works fine and passes into the bottom segment ...PS3 now fully cracked and open?About a month back, a hacking group claimed that they'd discovered the PS3's 'key' algorithms, meaning that they can 'sign' any code. What this means…
... 's stored with the file, and if the two values (the checksum ... to find them, ironically), and even if Sony change the algorithms in ... to be frank if I buy a PS3 and can bypass the ... cheating, and won't do if he's careful. Even if they suspect ...fish and fish tanksI'm looking at buying one and well notice they have heaters.. the current one doesn't and the 2 fish in it sit in the corner sometimes huddled toge…
... 'm looking at buying one and well notice they have heaters ... /> the current one doesn't and the 2 fish in it ... to do with the heat ? and should I use a heat ... or an oven ;) )
if it all goes pete tong ...Working VIC 20 with leads and PSUI am interested in buying a working VIC 20 if anybody has one for sale (yes I must be mad!) It must include all leads and PSU, but if it had a C2N d…
I am interested in buying a working VIC 20 if anybody has one for sale (yes I must be mad!)
It must include all leads and PSU, but if it had a C2N datasette unit and software as well then that would be even better.+3 disks and IPF formatIn order to avoid derailing the Spectaculator 7.5 release thread, I've created this thread for further discussion of the IPF format for +3 disks that…
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I'm not sure if that works under the license ... for places where Samdisk and the IPF libraries exist, ... with that software locked up and inaccessible in many years, ... can be opened up and included in free OSS ... part of the picture and that the library works ...Persistant tape loading error*big cheery wave* Got myself an ebay 48k rubber key speccy recently. Seems to be working ok, excpept for tape loading errors. Tried from a few sour…
... ok, excpept for tape loading errors.
Tried from a ... sequnce, plays the little tune, and then gives a permanent black ... loading 16k programs to see if its a memory issue, but ... can type in simple programs, and they run as expected.
What first person shooter games (PC or console) have both a map maker and bots?I was just wondering if there are any other games that have a map maker (or level editor, whatever you want to call it), and also have bots that can …
... was just wondering if there are any ... are very good single and multiplayer games, with very ... to use and fairly comprehensive map makers, and bots that ... although easy to make and edit and play test, are ... the three Timesplitters games, and for the original Unreal ...Fao dmboozefreekIf you've been following the news recently, you know that even Mr. DMBooze Freek's horoscope says he's cocky. However, you might not know that DMBooz…
... to realize that if I recall correctly, I and DMBooze part ... amalgam of misinformed irrationalism and illogical tribalism, if such a monster can ... they incite nuclear war. And, as if that weren't enough, ... a comedy of errors but a tragedy of errors. There my ...SinTech - problems placing orderAnybody dealt with SinTech? They are suppose to sell Sinclair and other retro computer gear. Trying to pay for an order is impossible. They have UK …
... are suppose to sell Sinclair and other retro computer gear. Trying ... .
They have UK and German sites here:-
errors but working and ready to take orders ... .
I have to ask if ...Spectrum +2 Computer with games and joystickAs per title. Working (I loaded and played Motos on it with the joystick and tested the keyboard via RF) Spectrum +2 grey model. Includes : Compute…
... per title. Working (I loaded and played Motos on it with ... the joystick and tested the keyboard via RF ... in the UK. Paypal taken if you pay the feesFirebird and Rainbird barcodes needed!It must be almost three years since I last asked in here, but I still have a few gaps for Spectrum releases to fill! :-) If anyone has any of the ti…
... releases to fill! :-)
If anyone has any of the ... titles below in original packaging and can let me know what ... - Spectrum +3
Anyway, if anyone can supply them (they ...Working with DOS and Plus D disks on a +2A/+3Don't know if this will be of interest to anyone, but once in a while someone asks how to do it. Dominic Morris has given permission for WOS to distr…
... WOS to distribute SlowDOS and DiscDOS, programs which allow ... a +3 (and maybe a +2A?) if it has a ... my conversation with Dominic and hope that this will ... could send me discdos, and if you would be so ... QUOTE]Is slowdos also available and could I also upload it ...Need help modifying a PDF (if possible)Someone was kind enough to spend days scanning a [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001368"]book[/URL] for me while I work on ot…
... preservation projects (Timex Sinclair newsletters and other Timex material). The file ... drive for about 10 months, and now that I finally found ... gone. If necessary I'll do it all from scratch and then ... pages in 2 smaller pages and rotate them 90 degrees, creating ...New To Group....Hi All, A quick introduction as this is my first post. I am a Scarborough, UK based chap who is quite heavily into retro computing, more specificall…
... +2A, +3) and a few misc odds and sods. I used ... get it back up and running again. I ... will attach image later if possible). The border is ... If I set the paper to be red, there are no errors ... be on or off, and a separate area that ... in "Skool Daze", and let it run the ...Opus discovery and the NMI issueI recently acquired an Opus Discovery (Cheers Jed!!), now I know it says you cant use an NMI in the Opus's expansion port but is there a way that you…
... MF1 is between the Spectrum and the Opus, the underside fixing ... now no longer match up and im scared that one day ... , after a jack and coke too many, ill nudge ... it and sparks will occur! I'd ... be much happier if I could nail it down ...Opus composite video and joystick portIve had it apart and had a good look around and cant for the life of me see whats wrong, if the joystick is selected in a game(kempston) the characte…
... a good look around and cant for the life of ... me see whats wrong, if the joystick is selected in ... it was only ever black and white, might point to whats ...Jet Set Willy and the Speedlock loaderHi everybody, I'm building a Manic Miner/JSW tribute site (yes, another one) and I was missing my original copy of Jet Set Willy. It's buried in my …
... , I shall get another. Lo and behold, eBay lot #130491383240 comes ... It completes the first block and then fails horribly! Why? Let ... loads in, rather than printing and beeping like the original did ... putting photos on my website if people are interested... but is ...ZXSpin and ArcadecabHi everybody, I'm new here, thanks in advance for any reply. I'm trying to setup my arcade cab to run also Spectrum games. I'm using ZX Spin. The …
... joystick? (port 1 and 2)
If not, is there another ... that too.
Thanks and bye.Paranormality and Harry PriceI've just started reading [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paranormality/dp/B004OC07PS/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3U2VVCQUTIDHZ&colid=RMP76ET0HOZU]Pa…
... to investigate a talking mongoose and end up in the Hight ... can't help but wonder if that's "our" Harry Price ...The Hobbit:A guide and how i play it.Yes i know there are walkthroughs and guides on the net but what i want to do here is give chance for those people to complete the hobbit who have no…
... the next 4 locations and Beorns house,Elrond if alive should also ... hang around near the gate if possible and avoid the forest road ... ]EAT FOOD[/b] and try again.
*If the Warg is already ... hobbits way.
*If something drops down and stings you then you ...
