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I've just met Matthew Smith!I just saw him doing a Q&A session today at the classic gaming expo in Croydon. Picked up a mint copy of JSW and got it signed by him! He's was real…
... show in my opinion - everyone there was really friendly, some great ... JSW for me... the bad news is that it said 'Cheers Simon for the Rumpy ... interested in writing a new game for the Spectrum to put on the Cronosoft label ... -
ANN: KiloByte 2 mag ready for downloadOK a little late, but better late then never right? If you enjoyed the 1st issue, then you'll love the second one as well as you'll see it's a giant…
... is Moon Cresta :) probably the most exact conversion of a coin-op for the Spectrum there is ... Cresta on Spectrum, but i love the arcade one.< ... br />
If I'm not mistaken there's a ... third "Cresta" game. I forget the name ... -
You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
... has become commercially viable. Demand for nostalgia seems to have increased ... produced unless there is a sudden rise in the number of people buying Spectrum related ... really can't see a glossy magazine for the Spectrum being sold in my ... -
Matthew Smith CGExpo 2004 Q&AI've encoded Rob Hazelby's MPEG to a DivX. Now, the Q&A session went on for 70 minutes, and the DivX filesize is ~200Mb. As there's not a lot of move…
... a week, haha
Spent the last few hours trawling the web for ... find the site.... the good thing is that it probably wasn`t a your ... /[/url]
There`s an advert for the Spectrum plus a little down the page... -
Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…
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At the bottom of this link is a television advert for the Spectrum+:
[url ... Bittorrent. At the end of the advert there is the caption:
48K ZX SPECTRUM ... ?129 ... -
30 game plug in and play direct to tv thingieif there was one avalible for the spectrum (mabie there is?), what would your 30 games be ? remember they have to be used with a 4 button joystick (…
... wrote:
if there was one avalible for the spectrum (mabie there is?), what would your ... have to be used with a 4 button joystick (no ... /> 5.automania
6.everyones a wally
7.chequred flag ... matchday
26.jack and the beanstalk
27.stonkers< ... -
Spectrum games which are better than 16-bit versionsLet's talk about games which are better on the Speccy than on 16-bit machines. In my opinion Spectrum versions of "Chase HQ" and "Space Gun" are bet…
... than the amiga version.
Also the speccy version of Leaderboard is by ... far better than the 16 bit ... which is total pants![/QUOTE]
I didn't know there was a ... sim city for the spectrum. -
Bipboi Beta 2007.10Hello, I am nearing the end of the gameplay to Bipboi. I have made changes to the gameplay and would really like your opinions (Is it too hard etc)…
... the original - the larger screen is great, and the speed is still there. However, you asked for ... feedback, so...
1/ It is ... adventure. IMO, it has a totally unique (for the spectrum) style.
Now ... -
2.5" disks.....Many years ago, did somebody made a disk drive for the Spectrum that used 2.5" disks. Yes, I did say 2.5". I'm sure I heard it mentioned during my …
... ago, did somebody made a disk drive for the Spectrum that used 2.5 ... />
There's an auction on Ebay right now for 2.5 ... , assuming they do exist, this is probably your only chance to ... .25" drives for the Spectrum, but I've never heard of a 2.5 ... -
Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
... the number of people writing code for the PC is comparable to those writing for the Spectrum ... handle Google on a 2400 baud packet link, there are clearly minimalist ... is 1.16kB. Even a Speccy can hold that. And of course there ... -
It's fitting...... that in the very month that the 25th anniversary of the Speccy falls on, I'm just finishing up making my first ever Spectrum peripheral. It's a …
... for the memory test, I'm going to take a look around the Internet at the ... . But it will include a simple test (like the Spectrum ROM) to begin with ... the memory is indeed being refreshed (i.e. don't touch RAM for a ... -
You know you're starting to lose it...You know when you're starting to get a strange addiction when you start searching for *broken* Spectrums to buy ... There's something thrilling in a…
... is not including the other 10 banana boxes of mixed spectrum later models. There ... collectors in the past, about 1 a month for the past six ... the time to sort out a builder! Is there a medical term for ... it, or am I just a ... -
You know you're starting to lose it...You know when you're starting to get a strange addiction when you start searching for *broken* Spectrums to buy ... There's something thrilling in a…
... is not including the other 10 banana boxes of mixed spectrum later models. There ... collectors in the past, about 1 a month for the past six ... the time to sort out a builder! Is there a medical term for ... it, or am I just a ... -
You know you're starting to lose it...You know when you're starting to get a strange addiction when you start searching for *broken* Spectrums to buy ... There's something thrilling in a…
... is not including the other 10 banana boxes of mixed spectrum later models. There ... `t have the time to sort out a builder! Is there a medical term for it ... other reason, I am on the OCD spectrum (no pun intended) but ... -
Loading soundIs there a way to kill the loading sound coming from the spectrum during loading but restore the sound when playing a game. This would be for a 48K …
... ;196046]Is there a way to kill the loading sound coming from the spectrum during loading ... but restore the sound when playing a game ... .
This would be for a ... -
Disappointing gamesWich is the most disappointing zx spectrum game ever? For me, [B]One on One[/B]. The first time I played it, was in C-64 version :evil: . Marvellous…
... we see the most popular and best games for ZX Spectrum ([I]Ultimate ... take the dreadful tie-in route, I give you "Highlander". Is there a worse ... game in the entire Spectrum catalogue? -
Disappointing gamesWich is the most disappointing zx spectrum game ever? For me, [B]One on One[/B]. The first time I played it, was in C-64 version :evil: . Marvellous…
[QUOTE=Thomas Gale;198454]If we're going to take the dreadful tie-in route, I give you "Highlander". Is there a worse game in the entire Spectrum catalogue?[/QUOTE]
haven't you seen his user name, he'll have your head for that. :p -
Bubble Bobble vs Rainbow IslandsWhat do you think is the better game? I'm not talking specifically Speccy versions (both are fantastic conversions) or any of the others on various p…
... is what it is!
Rainbow Islands however was a personal victory for the Spectrum ... as it was a near perfect ... to convincingly show colours it is one of the best games out there! -
A vexatious questionThis is kind of a follow-up to a question about RST #8 and hardware that I wrote in the development forum a while ago. To summarize that: certain ha…
... hanging off the edge connector traps RST #8. For instance, the Sinclair Interface ... traps and instead tells the device to use the system variable that allows ... which is very bad.
Is there a 'standard' way of handling the ROMCS ... -
How does the Z80 communicate with hardware?How does the Spectrum (or Z80) interact with other hardware devices? I think devices can communicate with the CPU through interrupts, but how can the…
... . The only device for the Spectrum that I'm aware of which does this is the ... of a DMA interface for the Spectrum until recent years.
Of course, there ... in" over the Spectrum ROM when it is needed. This is normally achieved by ... -
Beanz for president!After hearing yet more about John Mcain, Hilary Clinton and Barrack Obama in the race to be president of America, I've decided that I'll be voting fo…
... .
2. Develop a web browser for the Spectrum, one that would automatically ... by a pittance, as the number of Spectrum enthusiasts is greatly exceeded by the total ... be focused on the AY format. After all, there's already an ... -
Speccy sound on tv show - againRemember the spectrum loading noise in two CSI shows? Well, fuzzix on c.s.s. has found what seems to be another clip of Speccy goodness: [url]http:/…
... had some problems extracting the sound correctly.
spectrum loading sounds. The
current script correctly decodes my test ... so sure it is handling the sound from the
... is old
tech!) here. A .wav from a tape would be a better test for the ... -
Your advice would be welcome.I started a web-comic about 2 years ago, and I like to do something fancy for my "landmark" episodes; for example, I created a "free stuff" page full…
... !!!
Is there a mini-menu of the panels so I don ... next" for a long while?[/QUOTE]
Eek! Sorry, there isn't ... them to work. The strip navigation system is the best I've come ... going to be Torkin McGuyver for a while...or Mortin Gryvcek. ... -
Look what I just got...[url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/images/8/8e/Protopcb.jpg[/url] More news ... later
[QUOTE=WhizzBang;263525]I do not understand of the posts in this thread.[/QUOTE]
Winston is creating an ethernet solution for the Spectrum, and I believe he has just received a prototype pcb to test his design with...
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Graph - rise and fall of the Speccy* X-axis is the year of the first review of this piece of software * Y-axis is the count of those pieces of software - NOT sales * Each piece of so…
... and Amiga and NES/Master System. The flood of what could be ... /> What's particularly interesting for me with the graph (not that I ... the release of the playstation, something I think is quite a fantastic feat. Perhaps the Spectrum ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... Revolution game.
Are there MMC/SD interfaces for the Spectrum yet?
IDE ... /> *One clever bit with this is the interface, taking any Playstation peripheral ... and mapping the inputs to a standard 9-pin joystick ... -
Scan FormatHi, I'm scanning some instructions (Lerm, Kobrahsoft, etc...). I currently use the LizardTech DJVU Solo, which is very popular for scanning Books, Ma…
Is there a CHM reader for Amigas ? I can read PDFs ... Miggy whlie using ASp Spectrum Emulator.
For me I prefer ... Kobrahosft used ? Possible something from the DTP - Format disks or Tasword ... -
help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
... ;301637]There is no way anyone should try writing a text adventure for the Spectrum. There are ... better tools and the z-machine ... -
help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
... ;301637]There is no way anyone should try writing a text adventure for the Spectrum. There are ... better tools and the z-machine ... -
wavide: WAV player for DivIDEPrompted by an email from zxbruno yesterday, cobbled together much quicker than expected... [url]ftp://ftp.untergrund.net/users/gasman/zx/wavide/[/u…
... wonder... Do we need a Disk Defragmenter for the Spectrum? :)
[QUOTE]Gasman ...
I didn't test it in real hardware yet ... from ram. Is an IDE interface a lot slower than the Spectrum's ram ...
