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Minecraft nearly causes school shooting...As we all know (especially given how regularly it happens) whenever someone in America takes a legally available hand-gun/shotgun/rifle/whatever in t…
... -gun/shotgun/rifle/whatever in to a school in America and kills children ... daughter built a treehouse by herself in Minecraft, Joel Levin, a computer teacher ... ? Read?
But while Minecraft is not exactly a nonviolent game, in no ... -
Best sound in gamesHello again, I was wondering which ZX Spectrum games had the best sound and music. From what I remember, Sigma Seven impressed me with the music it p…
... the sound in Saboteur 2 is too rich for a regular Spectrum ... that helped to produce sounds in assembly language? I guess ... human voice? Like playing a .wav with a recorded voice, not ... t remember the name unfortunately) in which a computer character spoke - and ... -
ESXDOS and DIVMMC story in Retro Gamer?I am writing a large and awesome story about the history of ESXDOS and the DivMMC, with the help of phoenix^ra and Mp. With lots of fruity details an…
I am writing a large and awesome story about ... Retro Gamer would be interested in publishing a story about 'modern development ... some details / aspects when getting in touch with them? -
Experience feelings of passionate love in dreams?!I had a dream this morning that I was the boyfriend (I think) of Liv Tyler. This is a little odd, because I have never really fancied her, even thoug…
... with her dad, who, in this dream, was Christopher ... The town was a medieval market town in Shropshire (or so ... me to avoid a run-in with a dodgy bloke who ... was waiting behind on of those statue-in ... I have had a few dreams like this in the past, ... -
Extras: scripted lines or talking b0ll0cks?!When you get films or tv shows with scenes with lots of extras in the background - like a restaurant scene, or in a public place, or whatever - does …
... extras in the background - like a restaurant scene, or in a public ... to read lips there was a guy in the background in a restaurant ... scene who really looked like he was swearing repeatedly in ... or any one who works in movies?! It seems unlikely ... -
Goku Mal ReviewLink to game --------------- [url]http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/goku-mal/[/url] Review -------- Goku Mal is a flip screen platformer wher…
... around the levels without a care in the world. Get ... have music almost everywhere in the game thanks to ... on the keyboard. I hope there is a way to ...
+Fire in all directions without much hassle ... br /> -flip screen can get in the way of your jumping ... -
Sinclair and the 'Sunrise' Technology - EPUB/MOBII've finally got around to finishing off an OCR'd copy of the infamous "Sinclair and the 'Sunrise' Technology", and if anyone's interested in grabbin…
... if anyone's interested in grabbing a copy it's available at ... ago ;)
Having read the book a couple of times, it ... 's a very enjoyable romp through Sir ... sit well with the character in the book; what's the ... -
Interesting 48K failureI thought I'd recount a failure I've not seen mentioned before that I saw tonight while fixing a 48K issue 6 board. The background: The initial fail…
... connector leading it to go in a bit offset when connected. ... ). However, when I plugged in a Spectranet to do some more ... possibilities:
1. A fault in upper RAM causing incorrect instructions ... the NMI routine exits (and also save the border in a snapshot ... -
harvard architecture spectrum clone.I got my first +2 before christmas. I'd never given the 128k spectrums much thought, always been a 48k rubber key tradionalist. :smile: I've been me…
... this is basicly paged in with a read and M1 signal plus ... classed as a M1 cycle, (need to look in to ... cycles. display file would be in this bank.
in. interupts would need to ... as the stack would be in a separate bank.
DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
... trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have ... sure I can "IF.....THEN" a change too.
... done but I've sunk a couple of Stella this evening ... was to use a FOR....NEXT loop to READ a value but either ... =1 TO 10
60 READ x(n)
70 DATA ...What's the deal with hash tables, anyway?As there's nothing in the [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/0-surc-contents.htm]Compendium[/url] about hash tables, and as I've …
... This short program demonstrates a simple routine for building a hash table.
in order to choose suitable ... program uses the original function in reverse (less the middle ... amp; "cow" entries have collisions in the 'h' column but not ...Load Shadow of the Unicorn using DivideHi all, I was wondering wether it would be possible to use Divide and allram mode to be able to load Shadow of the Unicorn without usign the Mikro+.…
... any infor about a Divide loader.
In theory, it would ... mode, etc.?
A better approach, would be replacing ... ROM with a patched Mikro+ ROM that replaces the load routine in Mikro ... I should open this topic in the games or hardware forums ...How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…
... in machine code.
Please does anyone have a routine to print a ... screen at chosen coordinates and a brief explanation of how it ... .
Oh and a print routine too that I can do ... the great site and thanks in advance for any help that ...Any other members in Canada?Hi all, I'm from Scotland, but been in Canada a while now, and looking to see if there are other members in the Great White North, maybe to trade wi…
Hi all,
I'm from Scotland, but been in Canada a while now, and looking to see if there are other members in the Great White North, maybe to trade with, help with some power supply issues etc.
thanks
StuRECOIL - graphic viewer and converterHi, that's what I got yesterday. Might be interesting. _________________________________________________ Retro Computer Image Library (RECOIL) is a…
... Image Library (RECOIL) is a viewer and converter of ... (Windows, read-only)
- Android application
- a website that ... file formats has been implemented in a new programming
in the
mentioned ...PLEASE - Help me find a game!I need help in finding a game. I cannot remember its name, nor much of its gameplay (but I suspect it was similar to Gauntlet, I don't know for sure…
I need help in finding a game.
I ... cover showed a couple (man and woman) dressed in medieval ... the man seemed to have a beard).
Both of ... The scenary seemed to be a dungeon (the couple was ... emerging from a tunnel and facing the ...Multiply by 48Is there a 'cheat' to multiply by 48 in Z80? I have a table of sprites 48 bytes each entry, and I want to be able to offset my pointer with a simpl…
... a 'cheat' to multiply by 48 in Z80?
I have a ... to offset my pointer with a simple frame counter, say 0 ... .
There's a good little routine in the Zak's book ...Help needed with calculating screen addressesCan anyone help me finally crack Jonathan Cauldwell's screen addressing calculator and, more to the point, is the reason I'm struggling because this …
... is a routine which returns a screen address for (ycoord, xcoord) in the de ... coordinate.
ld e,a ; store that in e.
[B ... screen we're in.[/B]
ld a,e ; restore the ...byte to screen eventI have another question regarding assembly routine in MMCOYZXS by Toni Baker page's 87-88 [QUOTE]21A440 LD HL,40A4 11083F LD DE,3F08 0608 LD B,08…
... have another question regarding assembly routine in MMCOYZXS by Toni Baker page ... seem that stepping through with a debugger the moment that the ... at:
77 LD (HL),A
But when ... screen location are passed the 'A' register which contains the memory ...Spectrum as a business machineI was just looking through an issue of Crash from 1987 and found the Tech Niche section rather interesting. They reviewed a Videoface video capture …
... rather interesting. They reviewed a Videoface video capture device ... Spreadsheet solution which comes in at a measly ?343!!!!!!
... be sitting in front of a Speccy building a massive spreasheet ... to a database whilst Colonel Abraham continually whinged in the ...Help finding a gameI'm trying to track down the name of an old spectrum 48k game I used to play with my sister when we were little. It was a strategy game where you p…
... we were little. It was a strategy game where you played ... as a lorry\van driver and the ... main game screen was a map of the UK where ... you could pick up jobs in city A and deliver the goods ... to try to track down a copy to give to my ...Fuse bug? Strange T state countingI was testing delay routine presented [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=214851"]here[/URL]. I'm reproducing its listing: …
... c,.loop
ld a,l
add a,15
jr ... Jan Bobrowski's DELAY routine) and executing in Fuse emulador, the T ... to be executed. After this, a subsequent RET takes 16 T ... execute the DELAY routine.
Is it a bug or ...FZX ScrollI wrote a routine to scroll message in ZX Spectrum screen, using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44088"]FZX[/URL] fonts.…
I wrote a routine to scroll message in ZX Spectrum screen, using [ ... not a stand-alone program, but a routine that can be included in ... ].
I prepared a short program for testing purpose ... [/URL]. One can see the routine in action.
One ...Single shot type affair (i.e. not rapid fire)I'm struggling with this 'fire' routine... [CODE]ld a,239 in a, (254) and 1 call z,stinger[/CODE] I'm only wanting the one 'shot' so to speak but …
... this 'fire' routine...
[CODE]ld a,239
in a, (254)
The 'stinger' routine basically prints the main character in 'fire' position.
New Spectrum User - Inveterate UpgraderI've been asking a few questions about my Speccy, which is the first I've owned despite my advancingh years. I was a C64 kid, but please don't hold …
... and the escutcheon was in a bit of a state. Someone had ... found a pair of badly broken leads on the keyboard membrane ... the old socket, and in with a new one, with ... , which had a break in the wire in the ridged flexible ... and to reduce the heat in the case. I've ...Hooky - hook ZX ROM and rewire RST and NMI to RAM - rantThis is a rather long rant. Not for short tempered. :) The objective is to hook into RST "vectors" and NMI on a Spectrum without affecting the normal…
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to fill the gaps in ROM /translation: useless/.
< ... best "safest" address in RAM for such a table?
A ; B=0
0x11CC LD A,#0x07 ; A=0b00000111
0x11CE OUT (FE),A ... could just find a jp instruction
somewhere in ROM /after ...Your Spectrum RegretsSpeccy things that you have done (or haven't done) and have regretted them since. Here's mine... (in no particular order). 1) Sold my Spectrum 128K…
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Here's mine... (in no particular order).
a piece off the keyboard off (1987).
5) Unplugged a Kempston ... joystick interface from a rubber key Speccy ...Replacement 3D printable case on thingiverseI'd like to know people's thoughts on this: [url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:226892[/url] It claims to be a replacement case for the rubber ke…
... The case appears to be in three parts. I don' ... casing being separate from the keyboard part.
2 ... holes in the keyboard part.
Wasn't this a solid ...
I'm really interested in this because I'd like ... my job some time in the next few months, ...Best version of SE Basic for use in real 48K machineAs title really. :) I did a search but I'm still confused a bit. :( I've seen a few versions, namely 'SE Basic 0.80a' which has the nice 'bar' abov…
... . :)
I did a search but I'm still ... :(
I've seen a few versions, namely 'SE Basic ... the copyright as well as a couple of the 'Nine ... Eprom and pop it in. Fitting a socket should not be ... . :)
As a sidenote where can I get ...Better arrangement for video memory?While doing some documentation work for the ZX-Uno project, I compared the advantages of the weird layout of the ZX Spectrum against a linear layout.…
... with a separate attribute region, in which a pixel can have either a foreground ... /> To the software, the routine to display a character, given the same ... character with the first routine, the value in DE already points to ...
