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  • How to Write ZX Spectrum Games As some of you may know, it has long been my intention to produce a document which explains pretty much everything I have learned - and am still lea…

    ... Chapter One - Simple Text and Graphics
    Hello World
    Chapter Two - Keyboard and Joystick Control
    One Key at a ... /> Chapter Ten - Scores and High Scores
    More ... Sophisticated Movement
    Jump and Inertia Tables
    Fractional ...
    jonathan jonathan October 2010 Announcements
  • Looking for a utility (keyboard and joystick tester)Hello everybody! I'm looking for a utility program of the Spectrum (hope this is the correct place to post it!). It showed the keyboard on screen,…

    ... post it!). It showed the keyboard on screen, flashing a key ... I think it showed kempston joystick presses, too. It had ... Kodi retroplayer with Fuse and different controllers, and I'm not ... s receiving anything (key presses, joystick movement, ...) so if you have ...
    Viking Viking October 2020 Games
  • Elite joystick controlWhich versions have joystick control and what interfaces are used? The Keys/Joystick toggle key K does not seem to work with the Joystick Club 128k v…

    Which versions have joystick control and what interfaces are used? The Keys/Joystick toggle key K does not seem to work with the Joystick Club 128k version.

    Fraser.
    Fraser Fraser December 2002 Games
  • Echosoft Keyboard and softwareI have an echo Keyboard and interface in mint condition for the 128+ speccy, problem? the software that runs it is absolute ballax (poor) anyone know…

    I have an echo Keyboard and interface in mint condition for ... (?40 back in the day) and theres an advert for it ... than play real piano noises and simple drums sounds.

    Slodem Slodem March 2006 Hardware
  • 48k Spectrum and joystick interface.Hi there, is anybody willing to sell a working ZX Spectrum 48k machine and joystick interface of some kind (I know Kempston-compatible is a must, but…

    ... working ZX Spectrum 48k machine and joystick interface of some kind (I ... have a few games already, and a tape recorder. It's ... 't have an actual Speccy, and some of the bundles I ...
    NightSprinter NightSprinter July 2006 Wanted
  • WTB spectrum 128k +2 scart cable and joystickHello, I have a SPECTRUM 128K +2 the grey model I am looking for (as) cheap (as possible) scart cable and joystick thanks

    Hello, I have a SPECTRUM 128K +2
    the grey model

    I am looking for (as) cheap (as possible) scart cable and joystick

    thanks
    lucifershalo lucifershalo August 2010 Wanted
  • USB Keyboard Interface interest?Hi, I was wondering if anyone else out there is interested in a USB interface for the ZX Spectrum (particularly the rubber key models, though it sho…

    ... essentially breakout out the keyboard membrane connectors without damaging ... the PCB and connectors in (USB port and two Joystick ports). ... This way I can use a PIC and ... USB to power and drive just the keyboard and joystick ports ...
    BarryK BarryK May 2014 Hardware
  • Key repeat weirdness with EI & IYI finally (after 35 years!) decided to write something a) for 48k speccy b) in z80 assembler. It's been over 20 years since I've written anything in …

    ... thing was to create a keyboard and joystick routines. What I have now ... QOAPSpace keys or alternatively Kempston joystick can be used.

    keyboard to control the sprite. If I ...
    arttu arttu July 2017 Development
  • Hacks to improve existing gamesDoes everyone remember those hacked versions of Commando and Action Force II that had AY soundtracks hacked into them? How about hacking some other …

    A hack to enable mouse control in [I]Slaine[/I]. It seems to have been developed with that in mind and keyboard or joystick control completely ruins it.
    Zagreb Zagreb April 2008 Games
  • Hacks to improve existing gamesDoes everyone remember those hacked versions of Commando and Action Force II that had AY soundtracks hacked into them? How about hacking some other …

    ... ]A hack to enable mouse control in [I]Slaine[/I]. It ... developed with that in mind and keyboard or joystick control completely ruins it.[/QUOTE ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2008 Games
  • Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …

    ... to me - why disable keyboard input on the title screen ... because you've detected the joystick? Auto-detecting it is ... Spectrum game to provide a control menu.[/QUOTE]

    ... routine was reading both of keyboard and joystick. as port $1F provide ...
    Fikee Fikee March 2009 Development
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... look into 'state machines' and 'draw lists' for controlling ... br /> 01 - A keyboard and joystick reader
    02 - Divide and multiply routines
    control a process that executes ... displays the register values and various other information
    ASM ASM October 2010 Development
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... .

    01 - A keyboard and joystick reader
    [B]LD BC ... routines, that is; to control a process that executes at ... br />
    05 - Character and string printing routines
    [B ... that displays the register values and various other information
    ...
    Ralf Ralf October 2010 Development
  • Steve Wilcox quote in latest 'Retro Gamer' magOn page 7, in a feature on his IOS Spectrum emulator, he is quoted as saying: "The Android market has been 'poisoned' by a number of very shoddy Spec…

    ... player plus a completely configurable control system shows that not ... emulator y, slapped a keyboard and joystick on-screen and let people get on ... Bowkett - the list goes on and on).

    Yet ... reason emulators exist on Android and the reason apps like ...
    Refrenz Refrenz August 2012 Emulators
  • Steve Wilcox quote in latest 'Retro Gamer' magOn page 7, in a feature on his IOS Spectrum emulator, he is quoted as saying: "The Android market has been 'poisoned' by a number of very shoddy Spec…

    ... player plus a completely configurable control system shows that not ... y, slapped a keyboard and joystick on-screen and let people get on ... reason emulators exist on Android and the reason apps like ... terms of making money (and that is probably the reason ...
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2012 Emulators
  • SD Card Interfaces for the ZX Spectrum : the complete list OK I admit it : this thread will start life as the incomplete list of SD card interfaces but the aim is to list the lot

    ... mouse connector:
    PS/2 keyboard
    Asynchronous serial communication cable ... /> - Integrated Game Browser and File Manager, with mouse and joystick control, being able to ...
    Dan Antohi Dan Antohi June 2017 Hardware
  • ANN: Spectaculator 5.1Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…

    ... , 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP.

    Spectaculator emulates ... /128K/+2/+2A/+3 Spectrums and plenty of
    additional hardware ... (although donations are
    welcome) and can be obtained from [url ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle July 2003 Emulators
  • GP2X USB doodadAnyone here with a GP2X bought the docking station for it and If so when you plug a USB keyboard and Joystick in do they work off the bat or do you n…

    Anyone here with a GP2X bought the docking station for it and If so when you plug a USB keyboard and Joystick in do they work off the bat or do you need some sort of drivers?
    beanz beanz January 2008 Chit chat
  • ZX Spectrum +2A, doesnt respond...I have a ZX Spectrum 128k +2A. Trying it out for first time in over 10 years. It starts fine and displays the initial menu and also supplies the tv …

    ... /> It starts fine and displays the initial menu and also supplies the ... any key is pressed or joystick movement made. So it seems ... to the computer from the keyboard and joystick, but no highlighter movement on ...
    drumon drumon July 2008 Hardware
  • Weird symptom number 2...I got a new keyboard membrane for my Spectrum+ plugged it in and low and behold the weird left to right printing of the copyright message disappeared…

    ... new keyboard membrane for my Spectrum+ plugged it in and low and behold ... mode where neither the joystick or the keyboard create any input, if ... can play it... with both keyboard and Joystick... the speed of the game ...
    Korinel Korinel October 2014 Hardware
  • New Game: R-Swype Reloaded[img]http://s10.postimg.org/sldc6znah/rswype_preview.png[/img] Heavily reworked version of the 2013 css crap game entry, originally written for th…

    ... on any decent ULA+ emulator. Keyboard and joystick versions included (you may have ... the turds down the bog and fuel the rocket up, but ... 60 screens with 6 baddies and 6 different rockets.

    daveysludge daveysludge December 2015 Brand new software
  • Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…

    ... the 128K was from Amstrad and not really Sinclair (or have ... . (who thought it was big and clever to add a sub ... tape deck onto the side, and re-colour the spectrum grey ... given the speccy a decent keyboard and joystick ports, then left it alone ...
    Refrenz Refrenz July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…

    ... way the emulator reads the keyboard and joystick by adopting an invasive ... /Spectrum module dependance here). And what is said in following ... e.g. with multiload games) and accesses to I/O devices ... file where the Kempston mouse and the lightgun have been ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov October 2004 Emulators
  • WarningWarning Some games such as "Cyclone" WILL NOT run on a +2A. I have tried numerous times, and every time the load fucks up resulting in a 48K BASIC …

    ... Mode 2 to utilise custom keyboard and joystick routines.

    If you ... debugger then IM2 is shown and the I register is $3A ... in the 48K ROM and Sinclair 128 and Amstrad +2(grey case ... $FF values in $3AFF/$3B00 and so Amstrad just left unused ...
    Geoff Geoff November 2005 Games
  • Spectrum games coming to the WiiJust received this [url]http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=11037[/url] earlier this morning from my brother, who knows of my love of old compute…

    ... players, storing their personal and control settings. So several people ... gives you the option of keyboard and mouse control, or joypad. This ... do prefer the keyboard and mouse setup (and indeed I'd ... never brought out a keyboard and mouse setup for the ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2007 Games
  • Did you ever annoy someone with Speccy sounds?... or with any other video/computer game sound effects? I remember in Starquake, there were those small "holes" at the side of a wall that would th…

    ... Kidz on my Speccy and the music in this ... really annoyed my mother. And I agree with her. ... bad or uninteresting music and some games have both ... nice graphics and music but you can ... because of the stupid keyboard and joystick controls or because the ...
    tanium tanium March 2008 Games
  • 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…

    ... your PC including installed OS and the soundcard?
    3gb ... ) how how do u redefine keyboard keys?
    You can't ... /> If you add the keyboard and joystick features and fix the bugs I think ... more complex the program becomes and that increases the number of ...
    naz2000007 naz2000007 July 2010 Emulators
  • Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…

    ... problem with it and the game plays fine under both key and joystick control.
    Bandit Bandit June 2011 Infoseek database
  • Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…

    ... plays fine under both key and joystick control.[/QUOTE]

    Thank you ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas June 2011 Infoseek database
  • Gauging interest: ZX EvolutionHi everyone. First of all I would like to introduce myself, since this is my first post. My name is Conrad, I'm from Vancouver, BC, Canada, and I hav…

    ... MCU ATMEGA128;
    * PS/2 keyboard and mouse support;
    * Floppy ( ... Beeper, Covox (PWM);
    * Original keyboard and joystick support;
    * Tape interface (in ... awaiting a rackmount case and external TT keyboard.

    Sharp ...
    TheRogue TheRogue September 2011 Announcements
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