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Emulation on W8Hi, I liked the old Real Spectrum emulator that handled all Spectrum platforms and ran the disk images nicely. Does anyone know of something simila…
... couldn't find a way to connect it up to the PC ... flicks between desktop and a black screen for a while, and then goes back ... screen can be resized. A simple, basic emulator that does run well ... br />
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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…
... YS lying around and for me they provide just ... retire / my kids grow up and have time to ... personal arsing-round-in-BASIC tapes. One of these ... tape players for a few pounds... and maybe after a few months ... but only AFTER I get to wallow in it again for a while :) -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... game on and the computer for a while, came back and the game ... /> EDIT: After loading it, playing it several times, leaving it running while on ... the title screen, playing it again etc. for more ... -
What's the Speccy's equivalent of Atari's E.T.?E.T. has long been associated as one of the worst games - if not the worst game for the Atari 2600. I wondered, is there an equivalent for the Specc…
... misjudgement that followed Ocean around for a while, until the memory of ... , ready to marvel at basic BASIC games, excitedly coaxed from ... for the Spectrum (and Amstrad) got a belated release some months after ... reviews. The conversion wasn't up to much - the game ... -
What's the Speccy's equivalent of Atari's E.T.?E.T. has long been associated as one of the worst games - if not the worst game for the Atari 2600. I wondered, is there an equivalent for the Specc…
... misjudgement that followed Ocean around for a while, until the memory of ... , ready to marvel at basic BASIC games, excitedly coaxed from ... for the Spectrum (and Amstrad) got a belated release some months after ... reviews. The conversion wasn't up to much - the game ... -
TommyGun loading problemHello: I'm developing an assembler game for ZX 48K using TommyGun. I'm only use Font editor and code editor. From a few day ago, when I open a Proj…
... Windows 8.1 with a lower spec PC than ... problem I had with TG running under Windows 8 was ... or it not having a manifest it wouldn't ... the My Documents area. A right pain when I wanted ... xml file has got so large that the internal xml ... he's been about for a while. -
Alien Isolation is basically 3D Monster Maze 2014....According to [url=http://frictionalgames.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/thoughts-on-alien-isolation-and-horror.html]this guy[/url]. For those of you that ha…
... for the Alien to move past you, then crawl after it ... will save you time after time is a decent set of ... quietly and slowly while it's up in the ceiling ... then it won't come down for a while ... your part will bring it running, which can be used ... -
Little Dragon 2It's a simple little Collect 'em up made with AGD just for the fun of having colorful sprites all over the place It misses loading and music but it …
... kempston and multicolour works on a real spectrum.
... without problems. So adding a few gameplay elements to force ... fun like adding..
Walruses running after you! They would push you ... You could freeze the walruses for a while by shooting fire. -
Trial version of CharAde graphics engine for Sinclair BASICA trial version of my <span style="font-weight: bold;">CharAde</span> graphics engine for Sinclair BASIC is now available. It consists of a block of …
... Android originals. Sadly, written in BASIC and even using CharAde I ... BASIC. So I'm going to leave it as Beta for now while ... I leave it alone for a while and wonder ... the hang of it after a while. Press H for help from the Menu ... -
The Hobbit 128K editionWhat's this?<br>What better to celebrate the new forum with, than a long-awaited release!<br><br>I got tired of all the quibbling over tiny details i…
... it, but it took a while! I'd like to ... back to it after not looking at it for three months , ... I've genuinely already forgotten a good deal (although I ... I will occasionally tinker with for a while.
I' ... need to get it up and running in an emulator. -
Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... 've been lurking around here for a while and I thought I'd ... get involved.
I got a ZX81 in 1982, followed by ... got a PC and discovered the joys of emulation, but after reading ... feel inspired to get them up and running again.
I'll ... -
May the "How to do it" bullet pointing commence!"You Tube" does not cover everything ZX Spectrum realted There are now so many ways to use ZX Spectrum related stuff. And therefore therefore ther…
... addition to this , I persisted for a while with the first "non inputting ... on another PC for a few years) but it "blew up" , not ... but the sound was distorted after linking it to the mono ... could be reincarnated for Spectrum use . They are quite large but they ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... i've seen on Krtek A Auticko, checks there is LOAD ... typed after turning on the speccy. My poke file set up a copy ... a byte and hook the running code as it ran with EI for a while ... -
Change of career/doing something different!!I've been working in IT since '97 where I got my first 'proper' IT job as a junior systems engineer for a big engineering company in Walsall. SInce …
... use DOS and program in BASIC when I was about 8 ... trying to think of a good internet alias after all these years ... .
I was unemployed for almost a ... up of IT at this point I did consider other stuff. For a while ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... 's so much stuff for him to do that's ... way more fun than just running around and pounding street ...
Got a lot of loose ends to tie up with this ... be in Tsukimino with him for a While yet. Probably be another ... know which character comes after Saejima? -
Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…
... /> There was no equivalent RAMTOP BASIC system variable on the ZX80 ... . However, since the BASIC ROM sets the stack pointer ... music I've had written for a while. Because the game has to ... the late, great Jim Langmead running the show. He was suitably ... -
New ZEsarUX 5.0Hi! ZEsarUX 5.0 is out! :) You can download it from the URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zesarux/ Finally I have succeded emulating Si…
... used them for a while. The only exception for me ( ... , chernandezba has implemented a remote debugging system which ... to get something basic running so that I ... I have a Debian8 VM running the emulator ... and then I am connecting to it via a ... -
Youtube ClichesSo YouTube has been around for what seems like a v-long time and has become an integral part of the internet and social media. It has now gotten to t…
... it has a capacitor that store the charge for a while. But for whatever ... I have now hastily opened up two of my Xboxs to ... delete from a commercial game that you were running from the ... The forum doesn't have a large membership (for some reason, the orignal ... -
ZX Spectrum keyboards : all and everything about them and how can the Speccy keyboard be improved? This discussion can include of all the main types of Spectrum keyboard from the past (inc addon / aftermarket) , their strengths and weaknesses , …
... br /> I was in a dilemma for a while, because you didnt write ... m sure I can knock up a BASIC program to generate some... ... ask... (there is already a geek Trek technobabble generator...)
a certain current president of a well know large country... ... -
Opus Discovery not WorkingHello hope you can help, or if this thread goes well that you also find the answers you are looking for... I have an Opus discovery that does not …
Ive been using this for a while now and it all ... error of nonsense in basic. Which is a shame.
up is. I have put ... old regulators with cool running TRACO switching regulators which ... but I can use a soldering iron, so is ... -
1989-2019Ok Ok maybe this is going a bit far now, but here's another year to look back on the games from 30 years ago and tear into them, or give occasional p…
... It was pretty good. For a while, every morning I was looking ... Speccy trip in a while. Rick Dangerous is a spoof of ... a rolling boulder running after you. Overall, it's structured as a platformer, but a ... the final one, in a futuristic environment. The graphics ... -
Question about Bill GatesI was reading a portuguese book that has a few memories from former Timex engineers, and one of them mentioned that when someone asked Bill Gates if …
... Microsoft tried to sell Microsoft BASIC and DOS to Sinclair ... started popping up from every tech company over there after the ZX ... the original programmer, and MS-BASIC integral to the standard. ... selling ZX stuff in America for a while before Timex took over the ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... something like that for a while on Saturdays mornings - was a bit like Transformers ... (or did that come after?) - had ... like that - the series had a running storyline which was pretty good ... -
Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... But none the less, a leader of a large respectable country should not ... cleaner as a cure for autism, should they not after all the ... news bloggers don't give a fig for double checking sources - ... deeper that has been amiss for a while, he is not the cause ... -
Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... . But none the less, a leader of a large respectable country should not ... household cleaner as a cure for autism, should they not after all the ... deeper that has been amiss for a while, he is not the cause ... the U.S.A. elect for their president is up to them.
A Look at "Serious" 16K Software.Why did the 16K Spectrum software start by being so serious? I am currently looking at a 16K program called DIETRON for the 16K Spectrum (Custom Da…
... Government and the BBC for more technology to ... for educational purposes.
Prior to this, outside universities and large ... to use and friendly BASIC programming language, it should ... ZX Spectrum computers for a while), it has large section devoted to ...Who's NEXT?How about having a category just for Spectrum NEXT owners? I got mine on Monday, its the original issue, plain jane and quite enough for me to ge…
... forum too and made up a big answer so I ... to remind that it is a basic program. The browser also ... when you hold V while booting up, the Next will enter ... you won't see a thing for a while. As you have VGA ... with an audible beep heard after each mode is tried. ...Things that people >= 40 (ish) would recognize (and others would likely not)#1: Used to see these all over the place, usually right above the bath tub. [img]http://www.constructionphotography.com/ImageThumbs/A052-01718/3/A0…
... . Mini disc players ended up getting so small and affordable ... the DCC died a quiet death around or just after the turn ... scratches) and I had one for a while before selling it. Solid State ... which Dolby to use, running a test, and checking for "wow and flutter ...8 bit Emulators in general/ links for wnatedI really like a lot of the stuff on the Speccy Web Ring. Quite a lot of it has not been updated for a while, the same goes for stuff outsides the r…
I really like a lot of the stuff on ... has not been updated for a while, the same goes for stuff outsides the ... links which are still LIVE for old UK machines?
Looking for a game.I'm looking for a game and I don't know its title. I played it years ago and I still have a casette with it, but I haven't got right player and caset…
I'm looking for a game and I don't ... ago and I still have a casette with it, but I ... description: arcade game. You fly a plane and you must shot ... /enemy plane falls, it blows up a part of ship. When ship ... consist of 3 keys: turn up, turn down, fire. Everything ...
