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Video gaming coincidencesThere are some strange video gaming coincidences, when you think about it. For example: 1. [B]Half-Life 2/Breakdown[/B] In 2004 Half-Life 2 came o…
... XBox 1, and later still the XBox 360 and PS3). It's a first person ... shooter where you never leave the point of ... good games, and it's a shame that neither of them ever received a sequel.
How to check .txt files for corruption?I rescued some ebooks (all in .txt format) from a dying SD card, but it turns out that some of them are corrupt - they start OK but part way through …
... part way through the file it descends from ASCII text into ... them, but there's a stack of these files, and rather than open up ... and manually go to the end of the file to see if it's ... still readable, is there a ...Done with all that - The Final PayslipThat's me now officially a pensioner. I've got my bus pass, my solid gold house, rocket car and millions of pounds, so it's a life of idle luxury for…
That's me now officially a pensioner. I've got my bus pass, my solid gold house, rocket car and millions of pounds, so it's a life of idle luxury for me from today (some possessions may be fictional).Canny use of the 'r' register?Seeing Sokurah's code in the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=583188#post583188"]crunch sound thread[/URL] has made me th…
... ,this_place
As it cycles irrespective of whether interupts enabled so ... LD A,(23672) (though much much faster by the looks of it).
I can see how it's a bit of a blunt ...Players Premier gamesI was, and still am, in amazement at Players Premier games (post 1988). The games themselves could be hit and miss in the excitement department, but …
... front cover of Your Sinclair, and I've been a fan of the Player ... it's a Player game. Every now and again I'll discover a new one, and it ... 'll raise a smile.
What does everybody else think of ...Some questions for us big-brains to ponder...1) In this week's Micro Mart (well, tomorrow it will be last weeks, but I only got around to reading it today) it says that it's untrue that PC compo…
... all see correctly, but it's a bit of a nuisance having to do so ... say "whom"? And since it's correct to say "was" for a single person ... /move tasks from different sources and destinations? It's easy to fix this ...Our cat...The missus got back from the vet 2 hours ago and it might not be good news for our 15 year old cat. He's had a cough/hack since the start of decembe…
... it hasn't. His breathing is a bit weird aswell. And he's got a ... bit of a heart ... being a lazy wee ****e but it's probably because of his lungs and heart ... said on twitter it's stressing us out and we've started ...Well, I am really employed now. Like for real.Can't find the previous thread(s) about me looking for work. Some of you will remember I was bemoaning the fact that I could not find work, then I ke…
... day a week, it's all systems go from Feb. Yikes! It's a bit of ... shed loads of homework and training to do, just taking a break ... CLS Quality Standards Manuals, and a lot of it needs doing before I ... , check the records of the staff, and pay close attention to ...Scrimpy screensHere's a question - how small a window can you get away with as a playing area for an arcade/action game before anyone notices? From the very earlie…
... ] it's been common practice to lop off a third of the Spectrum's screen ... ]
It's a bit cheeky, and in the latter case a blatant bit of padding ... [/IMG]
And though it's a bit of a drastic cut of nearly half the ...New Game: Bouncing Bomb - ReduxHi all, I've just finished making a(nother) new Spectrum game "Bouncing Bomb: Redux" It's a remake of my first ever attempt at a machine code game, …
... /> "Bouncing Bomb: Redux" It's a remake of my first ever
attempt ... in 1986..
It's a pretty simple platform game, which ... of the Spectrum's
RAM with some random programs and ... stuff for you to
discover (sort of a game-within-a ...Graduation gown & hood problemAnybody know how to wear a graduation hood? It's NOT the usual arrow shaped one, it's in the shape of the Arc de Triomph. Siouxsie's just got her g…
... ? It's NOT the usual arrow shaped one, it's in the shape of the ... />
Siouxsie's just got her gown and tried it on but the ... last time and we can't figure out how it's meant to ... is in the morning so it's a bit of a panic :oNew recoloured game - After The War 1 :)As suggested and requested by some people I tried my skills with adding colour to this well known Spanish beatemup. And well... I did it :) I can sa…
... quite a lot of intense dark colours like red or violet and is ... and energy.
There are some little glitches with colours (it's a ... dirty hack after all :) )and I'm not ...Sony rip of Nintendo (again!)[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19269761[/url] It's a couple of weeks old now (I think) is this news story, but it's one that I feel is wo…
... -19269761[/url]
It's a couple of weeks old now (I think ... ) is this news story, but it's ... the VITA will act as a PS3 controller [I]just like ...+3e filebrowserHello everyone, Im writing a game/program loader for the +3e (with an IDE interface, but it can work with floppies too). The program lets you choose…
... doing it with Boriel's ZXbasic compiler mixing basic and assembler. It creates a list of ... the partitions and ... to load a BASIC program from assembler and then execute it.
I ...Dust cover?Do you leave your spectrum set up all the time? And if so, do you have any sort of cover to protect it? I've got a +3 and normally keep it packed u…
... sort of cover to protect it?
I've got a +3 and ... normally keep it packed ... that it came with. It's a bit of a faff you unpack it then set it up ...The most insane game ever?I've just been reminded of this, a review (or look back) at one of the worst and most insane games ever, and it is hilarious. It's maybe not suitable…
... of this, a review (or look back) at one of the worst and ... most insane games ever, and it is hilarious. It's maybe ... game mod, as I think it's a mod of a wrestling game engine, even ... represent Jesus and his life. Please don't dismiss it as ...Help finding a CD-ROMHi friends. I would like to find a cd that was named "World of Emulators". It has a lot of Spectrum games and curious demos. I bought it between 1994…
... a cd that was named "World of Emulators". It has a lot of Spectrum games and ... curious demos. I bought it between ... 1994 and ...steamI bought a PC DVD called The Orange Box. It's a compilation of games that includes Half Life2: Episode Two, a couple of other things and Portal. I …
... called The Orange Box. It's a compilation of games that includes Half Life2 ... : Episode Two, a couple of other things and Portal.
and the autorun did it's stuff and I installed ... steam... which I did, and it all worked fine but...
Spectrum Utility Routines Compendium (pending)I couldn't make up my mind into which section to put this, so it's ended up here for some tenuous reason. I haven't forgotten about this. I've been …
... section to put this, so it's ended up here for some ... been working on it for a couple of weeks now and I'm only ... about 1/3rd of the ... "reviewing, revising and refining" phase is taking ages. It looks like next ...New game: The Speccies 2This is out too. :D [URL="http://tardis.dk/wordpress/?page_id=1060"][IMG]http://tardis.dk/retro/speccies2/images/Logo.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://…
... URL]?, but it?s a simple and classic game ... It?s not fantastic, it?s not original, but it?s a simple fun puzzle game and ... I had lots of ... fun making it?and ...Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of a micro USB ... looking and while it can emulate the Interface 1 it also ... IF1bis4bHwr.pdf
(and reading them twice, it's a lot of info!), I believe ... SD card along, and on top of my to-do list ...New iOS game with music by Yerzmyey! :DHello my rubber keyed friends! I'm Quantum Sheep - I was here a couple of years ago with an iOS game called 'Air Supply - 1bit run' which had awesom…
... s a vid of the game:
[youtube]iEfTofuSgqo[/youtube]
And ... ]
And here's a couple of screenshots:
It's a universal build for iPhone and iPad and is 99p. There's no ... You can find more of Yerzmyey's music here: [ ...New Years Honours List ..2014is it 2013 / 14 .. dunno aggh!! was surprised Angela Landsbury didn't get one YEARS ago.. she even inspired a song.. [youtube]2fx7p7TEi6M[/youtube]…
is it 2013 / 14 .. dunno aggh!!
< ... YEARS ago.. she even inspired a song..
[youtube]2fx7p7TEi6M ... to avoid taxes and like more celebs feel it's a perk of the job ...Timeless Toys.This week I gave my 3 year old son a speak and spell. I had one as a kid and loved it. I brought this one before he was even conceived knowing what a…
... son a speak and spell. I had one as a kid and loved it. I ... as Lego, the Spectrum and the Speak and Spell. You know that ... Toy was first sold in 1978. It's a ... stroke of genius.
I ...My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt and today I got ... work, excited to have a play on my first Spectrum ... technical manual and follow it's flow chart of fault finding, and it pushes me ... drive and powering the machine up but the problem remains (that's a ...New Game: YAHTZXHi all, Well, it?s taken me more than 3 years, but I think I?ve finally got there. Here is YAHTZX, a 100% assembler version of Yahtzee (? Milton Bra…
... , a spreadsheet of most of the used memory locations etc., and the ... girl?s 30th birthday, but I suppose it?s a case of better ... Assembly Language for Arcade Games and other Fast Spectrum Programs ( ... Cauldwell
The Wedding and Love Collection Piano, Vocal, ...Agenda (Italian)Yet another phonebook software, released commercialy by Rebit but I can't determine whether it's a translation of some english title or an original o…
... can't determine whether it's a translation of some english title or ... a loose (and battered) tape. :(
Also, nothing about year of ... currently listed on Ebay, however it's [B]far[/B] too ... /> [URL]http://www.ebay.it/itm/Vintage-Agenda-Computer-SINCLAIR ...Games you'd like to remake...but then - not really...As a coder - be that for the Spectrum, PC/OSX or other platforms - I often get ideas about what to work on, for some reason or another. One title th…
... it to the Spectrum;
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[*]From a technical point of ... br />
It's a terrible game - too huge and too difficult to ... play. And not only that - it's [I]super tedious ... />
So, does any of you - programmers or not - have ...Turning on and off internal speaker?Just wondering if this change could be done. Would it be possible to install just a switch so that one could turn on/off the sound coming from the i…
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Would it be possible to install just a switch so that ... /> I know it's a bit of a blasphemy but sometimes would it not feel nice ... to just silence the loading times of a ... game we already know it is likeley to ...Interview with Daz Coombes, prolific pirate from 1987 onwardsIt's taken literally seconds to track down Darren 'Daz' Coombes, the local kingpin of the ZX Spectrum games piracy scene for Basingstoke. Daz took on…
... ]Well, it's Match Day 2 and Out Run on side A, then you ... of backfired on me. There's hundreds of levels at the start of side A, and ... petition up, so it'll be a matter of time and then - boosh - the ... 've seen them, it's all Gift Of The Gods and that.[/i]
