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Spectrum Review Book is all systems go ![url]http://www.spectrumgamesbible.co.uk/[/url] We've created a small website for the series of books we are looking to create for the Speccy featur…
... all years with as many games crammed into it as ... can think of a load of games from the first two ... of too many from Book 3 that have not been covered ... get a lot more adventures in the one off book if ... all the missing games people wanted to see in it and slowly ... -
The Dizzy (spit spit) gamesI [B][U][COLOR=red]HATE[/COLOR][/U][/B] Dizzy. The shallow, one dimensional character and his stupid, annoying, repetitive games. If it was up to me,…
... loved all the core Dizzy games asides from Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ... been a rip-off at ?3.99), and even enjoyed Fast ... . They were just free mini games in Fantastic Adventures Of Dizzy on ... ' minigame (as well as a load of other stuff like most ... -
Codemasters Cd Games Packim relatively new to using emulators and have discovered that some of my favourite games are still held by copyright and therefore not easily located…
... 319680]If memory serves these games were loaded via a joystick ... something ROM based. The short answer is no, emulators cannot load the ... pack, allowing you to load the games from the original CD audio ... /autostop function may not work in all cases, so please use ... -
Usr 0 ?I'm not sure I've ever seen this explained before, but why do some programs (only demos, as far as I can see, so far) need USR 0 mode when run on a 1…
[quote=ghbearman;325090]Speedlock 1 games require a 48K, and anything ... 16K ROM.[/quote]
True, and the Ultimate: Play the Games ... memory(basic) and set 48 rom with enable 128kB memory paging ... again, why not just load the demo in 128K mode? Surely any ... -
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…
... the UK was in a bad way, 3 million on the dole ... computer and sold a load of stuff in the house to get ... I have a great career in computers. Respect to the old ... , lack of games didn't bother me: I was in my world ... -
ps 2 infoi think theres been loads of ps2 threads before but anyway, i should be getting a ps2 off a workmate tommorow with some games, pads etc im giving him…
... PS 2 has some superb games, in just about every genre imaginable ... though),
Timespiltters 2 and 3 (and maybe 1, though it ... allows you to pack the games away in a cupboard, so they ... the games on the hard drive, giving you the option to load ... -
Earthworm Jim - SNES or Megadrive version?I used to love Earthworm Jim on my mate's SNES, fifteen or so years ago, and I thought I'd try to play it all the way through. Anyway, I have the ROM…
... like 6 platformers in 1 with a load of bonus stuff as ... good game.
Alien 3, nothing like the shite Megadrive ... of the title is in Japanese, the games not that good I ... /> the Super Star Wars games, all 3 of them are pretty hard ... -
CronosoftIt's a bit of bad news, but I'm sorry to say that I'm probably closing up the Cronosoft label. I'm struggling financially at the moment, and Cronoso…
... a compilation of games on CD in audio format to load onto real ... available now in a compilation form... 3 or 4 games on one ... tape for ?4.99, though most games ... to permission restrictions on certain games in particular formats.
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Games where you had no idea what you were supposed to do... but played anyway.Whilst browsing the archive for something new to play, I came across Tir Na Nog, which prompted the above question. I had Tir Na Nog as part of the …
... ? Even after I think somebody in a similar thread a few ... +3 from my mate, and the instructions that went with the load ... of games (mostly Mastertronic) were in a bit of ... -
Your computer rooms, shrines and such.Just over a year ago, the wife suggested I move all my computery bits into the largest room in the house. Only recently have I made some progress in…
... it, most of the games are in the same place but ... I kept my fave budget games in a small wooden box ... have a mountain of commode games down there, even though ... (was fine until about 3 weeks before I moved to ... games for all the above. Oh I have a load of mags in ... -
Issue loading certain tapesI got my spectrum today, but I'm having a few issues with a couple of games. Scrabble - loads the loading screen, after the screeching stops I try h…
... the one with the built-in tape deck there should be ... />
Some games do not work if you load them using the ... go to 48K mode to load them. If you're not ... was trying to type it in +3 BASIC >.> Figured it ... -
Some C64 questionsI've been playing around on a C64 emulator recently, and I have the following questions that I was going to post on Lemon 64, but I thought that sinc…
... do some games use the joystick in port 1, and some games in port ... do some C64 games take soooo long to load (on an emulator ... I highly recommend]) have a "load file from disc instantly" feature ... persists today.
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Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... . The version above is standard rom speed. I can knock up ... a turbo tzx version in a jiffy.
... br /> I edited the blocks in the tzx to flag byte ... on in the game code itself. I got it to load and ... play on +3, but it crashed ... -
ANN: ResiDOS v2.25 and +3e ROMS v1.38 releasedA major new release of ResiDOS, v2.25, is now available! The most important new features are commands and functions allowing new extended streams an…
... the 48 ROM, one in bank 1 and one in bank 3, both of ... to the 128 editor in ResiDOS, so which ROM would ResiDOS use ... will use whichever one is in control when you load the installer. -
ANN: Spud v0.203[url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.chandler3/Spud_20090709.rar[/url] [code] ADDED: Spud now loads 48k .tzx and .tap files. ADDED: Standalone …
... off tried some popular games in the most popular file ... />
Arcadia
ROM--------SPUD-------Spin-------ZX32
Manic Miner
ROM--------SPUD-------Spin-------ZX32
LOAD"")
all ... -
Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
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eg this will load a 32K block into pages ... c,3 ; use page 3 in top bank (ie load to ROM/5/2/3 configuration ... /> ld de,32768 ; size to load
ld iy,DOS_READ
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+2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …
... table in ZX rom
[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/games-+2a ... All this games crash on +2A machines. More info in TXT file ... .[/QUOTE]
All games in TAP format is fixed for ... 2A/+3/ZX clones)
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PlayStation PlatinumI was given a PS2 recently, so I've been picking up a few of the old PS1/PS2 classic titles, when I can get them cheap. My question is about PlayStat…
... stealth tactics were better handled in Thief.[/QUOTE]Oh yes, ... an IDE hard drive to load most games from, which speeds up ... ), XIII, Timesplitters 2 and 3 (excellent games), Cold Winter (sadly too ... person games: Ico, Second Sight, GTA 3, GTA 3: Vice City, GTA 3: ... -
+2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …
... ! I guess the loader uses ROM data to decrypt bytes or ... type it up and load the game in my real +2A (like ... with the rest of the games?)
Thanks very much ... typed them up all) to load the games afterwards.
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Spectrum Diagnostics Board - 25th Anniversary projectWell, I said I'd try and get something online about this by today, and I have indeed done so. This web page still needs finishing off (in particular,…
... br /> [*]Get a working ROM image (filename.rom)
[*]Use TapCat [CODE ... a 32768 filename.tap filename.rom[/CODE]to transfer it into ... the diag board (normal Spectrum ROM should boot, not the ... so close jumper 2-3)
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Fastest loading cassette game?What was the fastest loading cassette game? Obviously size vs speed has to be compared, but I seem to recall a car racing game which seemed to load …
... to remember pre-turbo load Ultimate games having several header and ... like it took ages to load!
It ... been quicker to load them all in at one go ... Electron / BBC tape based games would load.
I ... would not load on my +2 (grey) or +3 (early ... -
Operation Wolf Erbe edition, incompatibility with +2A?I was playing this game on my +2A today and suddenly the game crashed when I was shooting an enemy in the 4th level. I tried some years before the Hi…
... 6502 and 64.. and errm load "" on speccy :D hehe
on the emulator in +3 mode, it works up till ... , then falls over /resets .. my +3 is with a friend at ... , I just wanna play the games..it does the trick on ... -
Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…
... both [offical] rom issues - now weighing in at 216 bytes!< ... ; call $199d ; dive into microdrive load/verify block
call lvmch ... optempm
jp $15ac ; lvmch + 3
jp $12a9 ; closem2
jp $199d ; lvmch + 3
jp $138e ; closem2
2007, and still no NIC and browser for the Speccy?I've started to read all the w.o.s. threads, starting by the ones that came up with the search function, using the keywords of the topics that intere…
... have written an email program in BASIC to demonstrate this (it ... to write a Twitter client in BASIC.
* BASIC extensions ... then allows the user to load the games over the network.
ROM. The Spectranet firmware contains everything ...ZXDS 0.9.0 beta 1Hi! New version of [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]ZXDS[/URL] is available. Only one important change this time, but the one I have been dreaming about…
... combination of loading other games without resetting and using ... the graphics on level 3 and recently playing Cyberbig ... a problem with other games such as Wanted: ... happened with keyboard selected in-game so I know ... a while if you load games in over the top, maybe ...Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…
... POKE 23739,111: LOAD "terramex.scr"SCREEN$ : LOAD "terramex.mov"CODE
30 LOAD "terramex.bin"CODE
40 ... RET
The games loads , the music plays but ... way to bank memory used in +3 when loading from disk , than ...Questions about Velesoft boot BIOS for divIDEI've been playing with that new BIOS, and I've got some questions not answered in readme. When powering the computer, it shows a menu with some firm…
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Can I load another firmware or ROM image from disk?
load/save 48kB snapshots in SNA format)
3) 2048kB - ... page2+page3). ROM image of systems is always in page 3. Only ... snapshots/tasks is supported in BIOS rom and actually work only ...Software with AY Music supportFollowing a couple of queries from customers, I thought it might be useful if we could have a thread which identifies which games and software suppor…
... that some later 48K games could detect the presence ... machine (or 128 +2 +3 etc) and then produce ... but also significant number of games from that times.
in games. It's easy - if ...
If You load above games (TZX only from a tape ...Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... 't know why sometimes games wouldn't load. Used to keep my ... key to get them to load! Couldn't hear the loading ... did a bit on the +3, but that was right at ... download loads of effectively free games in SNA format. Despite the fact ...+3 Disk image...What exactly is it? And how do they work? Thanks! Yes, I'm that much of a caveman!
... as emulated spectrum must "load" this data in the exact way as ... [/url]
It could load games from cassettes but it's ... for +3.
When you open .dsk file in emulator it ... />
If you are interested in more technical details, other people ...
