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How can I arrange my Windows in ZX-Spectrum style?Does anyone know how can I arrange my Windows in ZX-Spectrum style? Are there any Windows dectop ZX-Spectrum themes, screensavers, ZX-Spectrum TrueTy…
The screen saver is the easy one ... per how the text appeared on screen, the other how it ... appeared on the keytops). I've ... - click on the relevant machine's name, & then on Detailbild:
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Jeff Minter - But who was YOUR first coding hero?Im still massively a fan of anything Jeff does, despite the fact he usually picks likely to die platforms. I remember in 88 when I was first discove…
[quote]On 2004-10-27 19:26, ... a habit of putting his name everywhere, not bothered by that ... . But having "BY DAVID PERRY" on screen all the time like in ... -
Amstrad CPC Emulator?After reading a favourable comment on one of the other threads, I fancy having a look at what the CPC had to offer, since I've never really had the c…
... AndyC wrote:
Depends on how you define "comparable". ... in which the Spectrum code was ported piecemeal and ... as opposed to full screen and still doesn't ... oriented games with few sprites on screen (as in the ones ... harder to fill the screen. It's just a ... -
Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
Assuming that it's the first on the list in infoseek, I just loaded it fine in SPIN 0.504.
Of course, it's a 48k (not 48+) game and needs LOAD "" CODE to work.
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Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
*puts on scooby doo baddie voice*
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loading techniques I never worked outFirstly, how do games that load with LOAD "" CODE autorun? Secondly, how do you save a basic program as a CODE file (but not as BASIC compiled into …
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CODE file (but not as BASIC ... compiled into machine code, I mean the actual BASIC ... -
loading techniques I never worked outFirstly, how do games that load with LOAD "" CODE autorun? Secondly, how do you save a basic program as a CODE file (but not as BASIC compiled into …
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On 2004-11-23 ... Firstly, how do games that load with LOAD "" CODE autorun?
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SAVE "MyProg" CODE 23552,(PEEK 23649+256*PEEK ... was edited by: Dunny on 2004-11-24 01: ... -
Help required to calculate screen addressesDoes anyone have some code that calculates the screen address one pixel below the given address ? Is it best to use a lookup table ? Any examples of …
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On 2004-11-24 09:51, ... anyone have some code that calculates the screen address one pixel below ... ]
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Help required to calculate screen addressesDoes anyone have some code that calculates the screen address one pixel below the given address ? Is it best to use a lookup table ? Any examples of …
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On 2004-11-24 09:51, ... anyone have some code that calculates the screen address one pixel below ... fill routine which contains information on the screen organization, how to calculate ... the stack to pop off screen addresses (in the latter, after ... -
Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
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On 2004-11-23 22 ... the library won't load in either Spectaculator 6. ... automatically does a LOAD "" CODE for you) and autoplay/stop on.
... (if you leave fast loading on).
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Can't get a Game running in Spin or EmuZWinHello! I can't get Monster Muncher ( [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Monster+Muncher$&pub=^Spectrum+Games$"]http://www.wor…
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On 2004-12-16 16:04, ... 't get Monster Muncher to load in Spin or EmuZWin, it ... ]
You need to LOAD "" CODE. It seems that Spectaculator auto ... -loads CODE games, so I suppose I ... -
Dunny - prob with spin?Somebody on retro gamers forum has a problem [url="http://livepublishing.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=1176025331&f=921104174&m=356104408"]http://liv…
... that you might have trouble on the SPECTRUM side, rather than ... need you to type LOAD "" CODE rather than LOAD "" - the next version addresses ... -
Announce Pasmo 0.5.1Hello. New release 0.5.1 of Pasmo, multiplatform Z80 cross-assmbler. The main news are related to macros: the MACRO parameters now are expanded ins…
... %. The less-than-optimal code that the C compiler contributes ... (click on 'C Source File') has a section of code about ... of code consumes most time with lots of sprites on screen with ... on screen. Moral of the story: if your libraries and time consuming code ... -
New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
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1. Try to load Into the Eagles Nest - from ... checked (What is it?) Loading screen is corrupted, but the game ... game just does not depend on screen loaded at all, it has ... -
Invisible loading screenI can't remember how this is done (I did it years ago but can't remember how). When loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines being display…
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On 2005-03-22 22:39 ... "bytes: " not to be printed on screen?
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Starquake.Hi everyone I've just recently added Starquake to the HARP Database, if anyone should be interested in showing their skills in that game. For those…
Aye, if you like
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#6431 Ld hl, #A350
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Converting a JPEG or BMP to speccy black and whiteI need to convert a few JPEGs or BMPs to Speccy black and white for my entry to the Speccy games compo. Anybody got any idea how I could go about th…
... to put the image to screen is solved. The program can ... 3 Kb), so if you load that block to 55000, for ... 55000 will display the image on screen. -
Spelling mistakes in gamesI was playing the arcade version of Bomb Jack on a Mame emulator the other day and found an amusing spelling mistake. I collcted a power up which …
... Garbage album came on, when the band name was shown on screen in the ... Message was edited by: karingal on 2005-04-13 16:30 ] -
Game being created with Platform Game DesignerBeen playing with this since yesterday when i bought it from Cronosoft. To someone like me who cant program its excellent to create a Manic Miner st…
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I can code ... help i'll put your name on the front page with the ... Message was edited by: psj3809 on 2005-04-15 13:24 ] -
Selling this item. Look at the excellent question I've had:[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5189433819&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V…
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On 2005-04-27 00:52, ... a bash at basic programming on the spectrum I did a ... mum or dad typed there name " hello best mum in the ... dads turn he did his name then he said can I ... he typed in my brothers name and on screen came hello Terry you ... -
Weird loaders; 1) Why? 2) How? (Curiosity question)Hello again. Sorry to be asking/posting so much today, but I've just arrived here and am plumbing the depths of nearly 22 years of making cups of te…
... produces the familiar lines on screen as the electron beam scans ... edge, thus producing narrower lines on screen (as the border colour ... mostly) faster than the ROM code. Generally, the custom loaders were ... " by copying the ROM code and changing one or two ... -
Why do people around here favour Spin/Spectacular?I use Klive. I've never used either of the above two. Can someone tell me why they appear to be superior, is the author hanging around here somewhere…
... IF I can get the 'Load from Audio source' to work ... onto an Emu & work on them some more. Apparently there ... ; EmuZwin has a real dinky on-screen interactive 48k keyboard! but haven ... 'm any sort of expert on Emu's but I agree ... -
Why do people around here favour Spin/Spectacular?I use Klive. I've never used either of the above two. Can someone tell me why they appear to be superior, is the author hanging around here somewhere…
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Often, if you have on-board audio it only features ... have managed to load using the MIC on my on-board machine with ... (latency ?) isn't real-time on screen while loading.
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Q on DevPac+3 (not loading)I'm trying to get this to work under Spin: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Devpac+%2b3$&pub=^HiSoft$"]http://www.worldofspe…
... few programs on there.
They'll also be Load ""CODE.
LOAD"progname"CODE 26000
RANDOMIZE USR 26000 ... the Mon Files...
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Q on DevPac+3 (not loading)I'm trying to get this to work under Spin: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Devpac+%2b3$&pub=^HiSoft$"]http://www.worldofspe…
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On 2005-06-03 05:40, ... few programs on there.
They'll also be Load ""CODE.
LOAD"progname"CODE 26000
RANDOMIZE USR 26000 ... the Mon Files...
LOAD"progname"CODE 49152
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Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryProbably seen that film more than Jaws and StarWrs put together, its great. I have hope that the new one will be at least ok, if not good(ahem; for t…
... older cousin pretending to hide whenever they came on screen.
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Movie / TV show scenes that really freaked you out!!!Having just watched the infamous 'boat ride' scene in Willy Wonka, I thought I'd start a discussion on which parts of films or tv shows really scared…
... the time when the animal on screen was dead !
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on screen. Or on the old version of ... children don't bounce" appears on the screen. Horrible, but it had ... (can't remember it's name) where some Nazi tortues Dustin ... -
Spectrum emulator tests on WEB?I searched little with google, but didn't find it. Can I get some URL?
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On 2005-08-14 19:41, ... to have any problems loading CODE files from tape images - SPIN ... he only has to use LOAD "" CODE from BASIC, which is exactly ... how most TZXs load their code in :)
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Tie-in licence listWith the various discussions about licensed games, I thought it might be useful to create a full list of all identified tie-ins: [url="http://www.wor…
... Escape wasn't based on the movie, it just ... ve seen nothing on the packaging or on screen to acknowledge ... and an unofficial 'based on' relation.
In fact ... be based on a movie by that same name, but ... The Coldtiz Story based on the brilliant book series ... -
Tie-in licence listWith the various discussions about licensed games, I thought it might be useful to create a full list of all identified tie-ins: [url="http://www.wor…
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On 2005-08-27 22:23 ... ve seen nothing on the packaging or on screen to acknowledge it ... be based on a movie by that same name, but ... to shed some light on this (on the Ocean forums).< ... by' rather than 'based on', which is now what Infoseek ...
