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So what Speccy games are you actually playing at the min?I know this isn't the first ever thread like this but I figured I'd start it for a laugh. Since I'm not really working on anything at the mo' for th…
... post here :)[/QUOTE]Welcome. Nice to have another of our Spanish ... Speccy Rygar, it's good fun to stand near the end of the level and ... -
I am working on 'Stratego'.So finally Fuse is working on my EeePC started coding "Stratego". I have ideas about the artificial intelligence, but if you have ideas how to play …
... After setting the board the cursor can move over the entire ... in OVER mode and
when you reach the army of the opponent it's ... army isn't shown (which the routine did in the ... fire you must select the figure to move.
Next ... -
Worst modern gamesAnything that you've recently played, not retro, that you think, "ugh this is awful!" ? For me there's plenty to choose from but here we go, the wor…
... I tried Halo I thought it was pretty average, Red ... stand any of the Time Splitters games, the only Quake that ... was any good was the first one, and I ... Life was all it's cracked up to be, and the Medal of ... Honour games bore the socks ... -
Chaos: the Battle of WizardsJust wanted to create a thread in honour of this magnificent game. Anyway, rather than just rattling on about how good it is, I thought I'd show you…
... people used to death in the online version.[/quote]
It's a tactic ... that's been around ... before them in the first round. It's bad enough to be on the receiving end ... -
Commodore rises from the grave. Again.[URL]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/25/commodore_64_redux/[/URL] Why can't they just do us all a favour by accepting their fate and staying d…
It's got nothing to do with the original Commodore, and there's no link with the Commodore Gaming company that holds the trademark... -
The official Doctor Who threadOH MY GOD! I did [b]NOT[/b] see that coming at the end of the episode!
... , it sounds much better when you hear the whole thing (in fact better than the RTD ... -era tune since it returns to the ... electronic sound rather than using the ... -
V (official 1986 game)I've been trying the game V, and I was wondering if anyone had any tips or thoughts on the game? Is there much else to it than the corridors and the …
... it's a doddle to complete without a map and not all rooms need to ... /> Visit the laboratory to obtain part of the formula.
Place a bomb in the docking ... /> Visit the laboratory to obtain part of the formula.
Place a bomb in the computer ... -
Zx81I've been playing Bob's virus, which is really, really bloody good. I've never been into the zeddy but after playing it i fancy a mess around on one.…
... solely dedicated to the ZX81. It's very complete but I find it confusing to navigate ... then you have the ZX81 section right here in the WOS Ftp, and ... ?) section at the old NVG ftp.
That's all I can ... -
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…
... got, back in black redux (a tribute to acdc) the whole album redone ... way of hearing something new in a well known album[/ ... Du Huskers: The twin Cities replay Zen Arcade, it's classic Du ... completely ruined for the most part by bands ... -
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…
... /> ;set up E with the Mask to use - 11111111b = All On
ld ... /> ;Increment the Screen Address and check to see if it's at the end of ... can put down the second part of the Byte
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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…
... /> ;set up E with the Mask to use - 11111111b = All On
ld ... /> ;Increment the Screen Address and check to see if it's at the end of ... can put down the second part of the Byte
;in the next Character location ... -
Beepola v1.01A new version of Beepoa, v1.01, is now available for download from:- [URL]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/Beepola_v1.01.00.zip[/URL] (650KiB) …
... attempted it at all without the disassembly.
I listened also to the Galactic ... that I'm also interested in looking at over time.
It's also interesting to see how the different coders balance ... -
spectrum copyright etcjust curious. does anyone know of any cases where someone has been prosecuted or sued for selling copyrighted spectrum material? or for that matter …
... but as MicroAce had proved the technology and Sinclair could ... make some money, it is a win-win in the business world. ... if someone copied my idea in the business world i would crush ... of course these days it's usually bug companies ripping off the little guy. -
My wife is getting a new motorbike on Friday![url]http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/bike/rv125l0/[/url] Suzuki "vanvan". From her point of view it will be a much nicer bike, having a more upright rid…
takes me back. i remember starting out on a CG125 in 1990 and worked onto bigger from there. i don't know what it's like trying to survive on the roads over there, but here it's he who has the biggest wins and that includes livestock. -
Tool Assisted Speedplay on ZX Spectrum?I wonder if anyone ever thought about adding [url=http://tasvideos.org/WelcomeToTASVideos.html]Tool Assisted Speedplay[/url] support in ZX Spectrum e…
... 't think it's quite true to say that the tools don' ... fundamentally different to the rollback-assisted recordings on the RZX Archive, ... patience... just compare it with the RZX of Technician Ted ... s a sliding scale from the emulator features we've got now to the ... -
Let's all play.... High Score challengeI know this may have been done (cannot find it though) and I know the idea is partly pinched from Retro Gamer But let's choose a game a week and se…
With Horace it's probably easier to forget about the skiing bit ... and just build up points crossing the ... into the road and back out again). It does ... exactly a good message for the kiddies!
it these days I can't seem to ... -
OCR'd magazine scansHi all, I've been working on OCR'ing some magazine scans over the last few weeks, and combining the images together into a searchable, indexed PDF f…
Thank you! But for now the torrent link isn't working ... work.
It's also interesting to see that the Your Sinclair torrent ... a lot more activity than the Your Spectrum one. I've ... that many of the IPs are from the U.S (last time I ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... , to the code. The first program creates the character maps based on the set in the ROM ... . You could use your own font by simply pointing CHARS to ... a different memory location. Enter the following and save it ... -
When did Raid Over Moscow...become Raid! ? I can't remember seeing the re-release , but apparently it does exist. Was the plot or loading screen changed , or was it simply the …
That's right! No wonder tensions were running high in the '80s with ... those themselves. Sometimes it's more enjoyable to play as the bad guys! ... Just need to try and ... game that allowed you to play as the Russains (other than ... -
Location of variableHi everyone When basic makes an array how to you find out the location in the ram of where the data is stored. :) Also, does it store the values in…
... before it (which would also move all later variables),
- then the value ... will remain valid. In practice, it's ... always safest to re-evaluate the location each time it's needed ... -
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 the USA, I thought it was bad? seems not?[/QUOTE]
It's ... play a part (susceptibility to earthquakes, means it's more expensive to build because the houses ... must not fall down in a ... -
Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
[QUOTE=snigfarp;483575]It's a shame to see games released as 128K only which could be implemented on a 48K. But where it's inevitable, better to see a 128K game than none at all!
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Playing SID music on AY??Hello. Some time ago, with occasion of another thread, I was asking about possibility of making a very certain thing - a SID emulator for Spectrum …
... /> Sure? The thing has been done in the SAM computer. Yes, it has a ... VR interrupt, to update SID registers. Then, it halts untill the next interrupt ... a 6502 emulator that can execute the update part in less than 20ms, you ... -
Challenging Common Knowlege: The +2A/B[I]I was going to write a big long essay about my research on this subject, but being an incredibly lazy person I never really got anywhere with that…
... at soldering it's pretty easy to swap out the components to "upgrade" the sound. Anyway ... , there's a thread about it in the ... -
Challenging Common Knowlege: The +2A/B[I]I was going to write a big long essay about my research on this subject, but being an incredibly lazy person I never really got anywhere with that…
... at soldering it's pretty easy to swap out the components to "upgrade" the sound. Anyway ... , there's a thread about it in the ... I'm not confident at all at soldering. -
iPhone versions of gamesI believe the Spectrum community is lucky to get [URL="http://toucharcade.com/2010/11/15/elites-zx-spectrum-collections-vols-1-2-come-to-the-ipad/"]p…
... disk is preserved in the original uncracked form, and it's surprising that there ... 't the same emphasis in the C64 scene.
The Amiga scene appeared to ... down to the difficulty of reproducing the copy-protection mechanisms used on the disks ... -
UFO Watch tonightthis is probably about the 8th 'UFO out my parents house' thread Ive made on here since I joined, but I thought I'd keep you updated. about 2am some…
... the existence of such monopoles and is well known in mainstream physics. It's ... proven hard to actually "see" the monopoles though ... but a recent publication in ... -
It's snowing!Yes I know all you northerners have had snow for a week but down here in London it's a very rare thing!
Getting a little in Fleet/Farnborough - more to come today but so far nothing disruptive. It's actually easier to clear off the car than the ice I had yesterday, which was even on the inside of the windscreen. -
Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
Make it a PC emulator (I know the port exists but it's not up-to-date as the Unix one, right?) (or make the PC one parallel to the Unix one) -
Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
... it a PC emulator (I know the port exists but it's not up-to ... -date as the Unix one ... , right?) (or make the ... PC one parallel to the ...
