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KING OF PONG: Pong revisitedHello everybody. I'm proud to announce you that my last personal project for the ZX Spectrum, "KING OF PONG" is available to download here at WOS si…
... betatesters, and me personally also, have played KOP with children from ... news on blogs.
Yes, I know in advance that a ... I had a Pong-clone machine in the late 1970s and I remember that ... one to play Pong against... and the same out of Russia, of ... -
Resolving USR entry point into a data + m/code block?Well, I had another look at that Merlin listing and decided that blowing up the faint page made it possible to read everything (with a struggle). How…
... I can I expect that I'll still have typed in something wrong somewhere.
I ... was sent in to the mag? I think it possible that no-one got it ... working at the time due to the problems with the ... -
Calling all Deus Ex fansThe Nameless Mod, a huge (to say the least) mod has been released for Deus Ex. It's a 950MB download (over twice the size of a complete Deus Ex insta…
... of those; I remember getting my character so strong at one point that I ... ]I'm also hoping in the upcoming game that the ... the bloke on the other side of the room for him, and the bloke says yes, the ... the mole gave you the keycode… -
World Cup Online?I really want to watch the world cup live. Being in the US the proper way to do that would be to get cable TV and a sports channel. I would do that…
... I have always said in that the vast majority of English players (It also applies to the ...
The defence has so many problems that a good ... of place so often that the midfield gets dragged out of ... on the continent?. Nobody wants them, they just don't have the ..… -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... biggest problem is that I can't ... the update array (an array of struct_sp1_update, one for each character on ... of 'dirty chars' that will be drawn in the next screen update.
The ... be helpful to have the [URL="http://z88dk ... too coarse. Also it is not ... -
Hitch Hikers Guide etc[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006438[/url] Original price was ?8.95, the ?16.95 in infoseek was for the Apple II (Disc) ver…
... from what I remember, this is true.[/QUOTE]
I find this ... true for the Supersoft release but the Estuary release was also available on the Apple ... of finding it would be in one of the specialist Commodore mags which I don't have ... -
I'm not getting a picture up on my puter screenToday, I switched the jumpers on my hard drives, so that master became slave and slave became master. But when I switched my computer back on, it all…
... one, BIOS's can be funny about things like that.
Also on ... a related note.... remember that switching the drives like ... you have an on-board graphic card use that rather than your add-in ... -
Ziggy 0.4The latest version of Ziggy is now available from the same link as before i.e [URL="http://ramtop.wordpress.com/"]here[/URL]. I've made changes to t…
... processed in Ziggy. Not sure if it will fix all the weird problems ... /> On another note, I've discovered that transparency effects (specifically transparency of form/controls) that ... .
I *may* release two version in the future. One for Windows 7 ... -
Your views on...Head Over Heels[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002259]Head Over Heels[/url] Alright! Come on 'en. What's the biggy about this one. Never pla…
... you on all accounts there joefish. That was also the reason why I did the remake in the ... the remake of Batman one day too, it has stalled at around 90%... have ... all the ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... , the lack of hardware sprites on the Spectrum made no difference to the machine in the slightest, the ... in one level, the Turtles game is in full colour has much bigger sprites, [I]and[/I ... enemy sprites, I could go on and on listing games that are far more ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... the templates from one level to another making a variety of ... that many decent looking combinations per template available, they'd have ...
Also, Software Creations ... of the most hated games on the Mega Drive), Carmageddon on N64, and the unplayable port of ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... the PNG of the game hosted here.
I ... the templates from one level to another making a variety of ... that many decent looking combinations per template available, they'd have ... Also, ... of the game code is based on assumption and second-guessing.
That ... -
Questions about the i-phoneI am considering upgrading my phone to an i-phone when my contract needs renewing with Orange. However, I need to know: 1) Is it an easy / open to …
... you have joined the ranks of people that sniff their own farts. I ... One year ago, it was simply in a class of its own in terms of the ... ’s on them that have not been ripped with the actual ... . Also, sometimes I hit the wrong icon as I instinctively hit the email ... -
Developing on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)Ok, so I decided to install Ubuntu as my main OS, but keep XP as a bootable partition just in case I err mess up Ubuntu, :) I also have XP VM in Virt…
... on the emulated machine. Back in the early days of my interest in emulation I didn't have ... with the old one-tool-one-function mentality, but can't help thinking that ... -brainer. Also the Spectrum SE prototype is currently non-functional so I have no ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... of what I sold you) then I'm going to have to charge you the ... in business. So you have to pay ten times as much for that ... a business.
No-one is ever going to pay ... laws existed. And it's also why you never see any ... -
New Mojon Twins Release: Zombie Calavera PrologueFor years, Santos Gimenez, who used to work as a guard in the graveyard near Ataualtepec, a small village located in Mexico, next to the north border…
... I know a lot about C vs. assembly on ... I have nothing against if someone will attempt to do that ... The advantage of writing an engine that is available from a high level ... reuse. Most of the code in the 8-bit ... (not necessarily all, but one of the above).
Games wrongly listed as 48/128KMartijn, I dont see any difference between the 48 and 128K versions of these games, but I may be slipping some details since I am not a coder!! :) …
... This game also has a 128K version, at least on the Imagine Software ... Dinamic (But here I have a great doubt! the +3 version is ... in this game. In both 48 and 128k loads, the game offers the possibility of ... that the game is the same as if you load it in 48k ...Any retail workers here with tales of idiot/time wasting customers?Having seen the tread about people smiling on supermarket adverts I could tell you that The customer is NOT always right. Where I work theres some r…
... /> TONS of DVDs and CDs that people left in the cd drive.
One had ... are absurd. They also have to hear from the manager things like "You ... load of rubbish and unenforceable)
I can't remember what the limitation on the ...Horizon paint game ?Hi I cant seem to find it here... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009230[/url] Its that classic old game where you run abou…
... " .. I only realised that myself recently , when I listed one on ebay. I always thought ... I remember the plus having em also though. I have seen a few of them listed recently on ... ebay[/QUOTE]
i saw one in the ...Speccy Tour 2010 VotingHi all Within the next hours the voting for the Speccy Tour 2010 will start. So far there's only 8 players signed up for the Tour. But I'm sure if y…
... on earth the same games keep being put in the voting list after they have ... to remember one of the masters of Spectrum game programming.[/QUOTE]
I kind of agree ... with all the repeats, but you must also remember that new ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... Oh they have Tiny "Zeus/Deebo" Lister as one of the voices as ... well, and a few others that seem ... from the film in the game (Steven Bauer (who played "Mani") is also in the ... a bunch of others I can't remember. They're not in it much ...PC trouble (again!)My PC is in a bit of a state at the moment. It all started about a week ago. For a long while now, the fan on my graphics card has made a loud whirin…
... . You can also download the Ultimate Boot CD and run one of it's ... for. I have 3 fans in there by the looks of things. The first on the list is ... running at 19RPM (that ...Is this a ****ing windup or what???Seriously WTF is happening to my country??? [URL="http://www.cnbc.com/id/39265847/UK_Proposes_All_Paychecks_Go_to_the_State_First"]Is this serious??…
... you also pay for the fair few other people I know ... the problems where we live? There's nothing written in stone that ... br /> You should have read what I posted, instead of just quoting it ... service that is choking to death on bureaucracy, the possibility that a ...Is this a ****ing windup or what???Seriously WTF is happening to my country??? [URL="http://www.cnbc.com/id/39265847/UK_Proposes_All_Paychecks_Go_to_the_State_First"]Is this serious??…
... meant to expand on all the 'prisoners have it easy...' type of thing. Some ... , i'll have the steak with the mushrooms and a glass of merlot please.....". Funny that ... papers ? One of my friends works in Nottingham Prison and also has been in a ...Possible Move to USA - Advice please.It is possible that I may be getting a Job on Oregon USA. I wondered what advice the expats of WOS might give me. [LIST] [*]For example is living …
... in 2003 on a tourist Visa, but had full intention of ... I used to have permanent resident status back. I remember going to the US Embassy in ... that he decided to let me through. My passport was also ... games (the Ultimate Collection being one of them). When I go ...I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
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I remember a few months back when I saw the clip on the internet I thought ... inbetweens with this one.
Also saw a clip on the startup for ... lot of familiar faces in it, it even appears to have the geezer that played ...Medal of Honor, new low in unoriginalityJust tried out the new Medal of Honor for xbox360 and guess what? It's one of those run-on-a-track-and-shoot-people kind of games. I remember this w…
... -people kind of games.
I remember this was said already in the eighties ... the very definition of the word "linear" (and they probably have to be, given that ... on which entrance you use to Air Force One, you start the next level in the ...Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... and that's the only way I could play games on the keys. I was ... with Bioshock could have been at the top of the gaming tree. ... Bioshock is one of the best games ever made. Beautiful level design, and ... or ten thousand years in the future with alien species ...Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... may also be applied to the 128k games, but I' ... , as I got only one working IF1, I'll be ... remember micro-drives needing some extra memory, I might be wrong on that as I ... have a snapshot of a game with the stack at the ... store some boot code in the stack area. It ...i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... play any of that tripe (Actually theres one sadd, i mean bloke on the RG forum ... so I had had enough of that thank you very much... I also liked ... [/youtube]
But I also think this is cool too ... as I have gone video only so those files are not in the ...
