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2 Spectrums (synched) playing AY tunes?After listening to a few Turbo Sound FM MP3s, I wondered... For those of us who can't build this card, couldn't we synch 2 128Ks and play these tunes…
... they don't have the design flaw that .sqt has (...or ... need that sort of low-level control over the sound chip ... on a note-by-note level) is a bit like un ... -
What spectrum game had the best ending.In the good old days of the Spectrum, lot of games did not have an ending. Once you completed the game you went straight back to the start again. Lik…
... using the Software Projects ?official? poke fix. Willy is dragged conveyor ... just go on forever beyond level 99. I'll just list ... . When it carried on beyond level 99, I finally had to ... -
What can I use to rip AY tunes?Because I really like the music from Dragonia, but it isn't in the AY archive. Does anybody know of a program that I can extract it with? [SIZE="1"…
... have been studied to that level.
(Well, that's ... still of continued interest, and Poke and TDM have put some ... -
What can I use to rip AY tunes?Because I really like the music from Dragonia, but it isn't in the AY archive. Does anybody know of a program that I can extract it with? [SIZE="1"…
... have been studied to that level.
(Well, that's ... still of continued interest, and Poke and TDM have put some ... -
A modern Version of Manic Miner?Since Minner Willy is pretty much the "mario" of spectrum, do you guys think it would have been possible to update the miner? I mean trough out the t…
I agree that the last level of Manic Miner is surprisingly ( ... level to be the longest, but perhaps Mathew Smith rushed the design ... of the last level, or was it ... the level too limited by having ... -
What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?I mean, besides Zynaps. That's pretty much a given.
... not much difference in the design of R-Type compared to ... /> * Detachable pod
* End-of-level nasty
* Variable shot strengths ... -
Your favourite old arcade game clonesOld arcade games i.e. Space Invaders, Galaga, Pengo, Centipede, etc. I know it's far easier now to play the original version, and that's usually my p…
... up a poke so that the game only uses this level? I ... -
I/O on the Speccy - ideas/help wanted!I'd like an interface for the Spectrum that can control and monitor other items. I have a task in mind that would require: A: 4xbinary inputs (as in…
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for my GCSE craft, design and technology project back in ... it was rather easy, simply poke the memory area needed! (or ... -
Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
[quote=Ralf;284137]The problem is at second level of second load. You begin in a kind of hole and you can't move (you can turn around, but no go forward)
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Just POKE 50401,0 and be done with it! lol -
Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
... it does....for level one at least.... ... to progress past that first level again.....[/QUOTE]
< ... design to kill you off. It doesn't loop back, level ... 4 is a totally different level to level 1. ... cp $04 ;is this level 4?
$6764 jr ... -
Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
... design to kill you off. It doesn't loop back, level ... 4 is a totally different level to level 1. ... 6762 cp $04 ;is this level 4?
$6764 jr ... to mine carts/load next level etc.[/code]
level 4 and nothing will ... -
Elite - Right On CommanderI've just noticed this heads up from Philip Green on CSS [url]http://library.digiguide.com/lib/uk-tv-highlight/Brits+Who+Made+The+Modern+World-4496/…
... the 'world' with it's design and structure, and put the ... that have ever reached the level of Elite since it was ... -
Brits made first computer tooThe Sinclair naming conventions ZX80, ZX81 make it easy to remember when these computers came out but can produce amusing effects when the ZX generat…
... re-written in C#, the design of which is spearheadded by ... the kernel and other low level stuff will still be the ... -
Peter Moore ( Xbox boss ) says Chris and Tim Stamper are rubbish ( apparantly )[url]http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31795/Peter-Moore-Rare-is-not-applicable-in-todays-market[/url] By that he means they didn't follow the heard and do …
... (except in the first level, for some strange reason), ... even has a training level, and a firing range ... actions on one level can effect a later level? For example ... at least one game scene (level) was cut, the game ... to do with the design or programing of Rare' ... -
Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…
Re: Firestorm
Well, I thought I'd posted a snap at the time but maybe you didn't come up with any good beard pics as a swap and I just kept it for myself ;) The date on the snap says 28thOct06 which doesn't tie in with this thread so maybe it ... -
Z80 ApplicationsI never realised how widely in use the humble Z80 processor was in early Arcade games (Galaga had 3 running in Parallel), Fax Machines, Photocopiers,…
... no RAM - plus a high level of integration, single supply voltage ... registers (so with a static design you can halt the processor ... -
Sinclair PC 200 - RF questionIs there any compatibility regarding the RF output of the sinclair pc 200? This week i got my 2nd unit and in both of them, when connected through R…
... shall reduce the sync signal level at video output signal.
level at video output signal.[/B ... could be some kind of design flaw occured when amstrad adapted ... -
In ye olde days of computingI found this page about some of the the history of home-computing. Maybe not complete, but still: [URL]http://www.jaapan.de/jp/homecomputer.php?page=…
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It's bad design IMHO to model a FPS ... least one bug where a level becomes impassible in single player ... terrain and features of the level.
You can be ... -
Goldeneye (N64) can still surprise!After eleven years, I thought I'd seen and done everything Goldeneye on the N64 has to offer, but I've found this video: [url]http://uk.youtube.com/…
... to end the level but you've got invincible poke on. It ... facility, whilst using infinite ammo poke. -
Frank N Stein Bug ?Hi there, i?m a Spectrum addicted from Lisbon, Portugal, playing since mid 80?s. Actually i play on emulators of course, and as you can tell from my…
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To pass the level you can Poke 51351,x where x ... collected them all you'd Poke 51351,8. -
Independence day/ Perfect darkI watched Independence day last night, and I noticed that the Air force 1 and Area 51(underground part) levels look similar to the film sets.
... design, but for the airforce one level they just took the general design ... from film eg the bladerunner level.
if you want ... lylat wars, there is a level with the big space ship ... -
Cecco is overratedThe man has [B]literally[/B] no talent as a game designer at all. and I'm annoyed :) he is obviously one of the greatest programmers for the Spectru…
... I would call bad game design.
Call me an ... see your point about bad design on this one, but I ... the eggs on the just level 1 take the piss a ... I can still get onto level 2, I think I may ... -
Cecco is overratedThe man has [B]literally[/B] no talent as a game designer at all. and I'm annoyed :) he is obviously one of the greatest programmers for the Spectru…
... . That's just poor game design [i]and it's not ... barring the name and the level layout. Pretty much the same ... -
How would you make Cybernoid a better game.Following on from the Cecco thread, it might actually be quite interesting to hear people?s views on how they would improve the recognised ZX Spectru…
... lack of variety in its design makes the game play repetitive ... game to a whole new level in my opinion. -
ANN: SpecEmu 2.7Go get it kids! [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/specemu.html[/url] :p
Do POKE 34001,33 before starting a game.
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Blimey! Buy a used console games and you might have to pay the s/w house to play it!From: [URL]http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/11/10/capps-we-really-need-to-make-strides-against-the-secondhand-market/[/URL] [COLOR=blue]"Epic…
... the ingame speech, that the design has to suffer to compensate ... probably keep it, as the level editior is fun, and i ... -
Clearing the Carry flagI'm reading that sometimes I may want to clear the carry before using ADC or SBC. A simple AND A or OR B will do. However, as I see it, for 8-bit ar…
... a problem in many high level languages. I'm not disputing ... give importance to the paradigm "design first, code second, optimize last ... the design phase. Which would be heresy on a high level language ... -
What games did you get with your first Speccy?I did a quick search and couldn't find this topic before, apologies if I missed it. Anyway, was recalling the other day when I got my first Spectrum…
Mine came with Jetpac and Scuba Dive. Never completed Scuba Dive, not even with a poke. The level of difficulty never equated to the reward. -
Why were most spectrum games on Monochrome?OK, I know about the whole "Attribute clash" that you get on the spectrum. And I've spoken to someone who claims to have been an Ocean programmer, wh…
... down to a host of design decisions... playing R-Type, I ... in 128K mode, or one level at a time in 48K ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... level 83!
In my copy, I have performed [b]POKE ... game with the POKE enabled.
Is level 36 correct? The ... 6 unvisited so that the level was eventually marked as completed ... .
Is level 82 correct? The target is ...
