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Nasty 'Gotcha' for multicolour timingI thought I would be better developing my multicolour routine on the 48K first, being the slowest, so it would then be sure to work on the 128K varia…
... better developing my multicolour routine on the 48K first, ... I've just written a routine that seems so awkward ... these back-to-back in contention, the delay from ... , with two uncontended cycles in every 8, you can ... On a +2A, with only one uncontended cycle in 8, ... -
ZX Spectrum in concert ;)The concert took a place in Gdansk (Danzig) in 26.10.2013. First videos appear. [url]http://youtu.be/w6L7uMVe3DA[/url] (2 songs: the first from Atar…
The concert took a place in Gdansk (Danzig) in 26.10.2013.
Hardware used in general:
Atari520ST, ZX Spectrum ... Duo.
It was a nice event, for non-zx ... -
Dominion by Pandora - helpI tried yesterday to play a little bit this game loading the covertape in my +2A and the game actually looks very interesting, or at least the idea. …
... to play a little bit this game loading the covertape in my + ... . It is kind of a icon driven adventure with the ... if thats because its a demo or its supposed ...
Its a pity this game didnt come out in the end ... , I like the concept a lot. -
Fist 2 - misleading 1on1 in-game SCRin the archive for Fist II is a peculair in-game screen, which probably is not in the actual game and suggests the game is player-on-player combat st…
... for Fist II is a peculair in-game screen, which ... probably is not in the actual game and ... -player combat style, like in FIST 1, which IIRC ... /showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/f/FistII-TheLegendContinues ... naked chick in Fist 2 looked like a badly drawn ... -
Spectrum +3e acting up...Hello, Well, my Spectrum +3e is starting to act up. All 48k games load fine but now no 128k games will load :/ In one 128k game, in the beginning r…
... :/
In one 128k game, in the beginning right after ... ; 1st block(?), I got a [b]USR 0 mode invalid ...
I'm doing a search in the forum as I type ... games. Btw, by not loading, it usually freezes up, ... br />
Is there a memory test or ULA test ... -
Say a naughty word and Microsoft ban you!I thought this was a joke, but there's lots of people apparently going through it, some even posting about it on the official Xbox forums; [COLOR="b…
... after uploading gameplay clips in which they swear ... app ? or even swearing in a private Skype call, according ... using the app in question with a message that asks ... Live users have posted in a thread on the Xbox ... a video and said a bad word (not really a swear in ... -
Let's all have a look at each others...Quite a few musicians around this place...so I thought, let's have a thread to show of our main - or even all - instruments. I'll get the ball rolli…
Quite a few musicians around this ... thought, let's have a thread to show of our ... : -
It's a worn brown chocolate effect 2013 ... br />
Seen a couple in the music shops in Manchester but none ... tend to be black ones in the shop...so ordered it ... -
Mouse in the house!A few weeks ago when working late in the basement. I heard a scurrying above my head and was sure we had a mouse/mice living in the house. I woke up…
... working late in the basement. I heard a scurrying above ... sure we had a mouse/mice living in the house. I ... our basement we saw a hole in the bird feed and ... a load of seed scattered ... have any experience with mice in their homes/ getting rid ... -
Tom and Jerry ever released in the UK?I have the feeling that this game was only released in Spain, as we havent seen any copy in UK all this time, and nor there is a review in a British …
... this game was only released in Spain, as we havent seen ... time, and nor there is a review in a British magazine...
Any ... -
What's the best way to clean a Spectrum case and keyboardI want to clean a spectrum and wondered what would be the best thing to use for cleaning the case, keyboard mat and faceplate. I was thinking just …
I want to clean a spectrum and wondered what would ... thinking just washing up liquid in warm water for the rubber ... need to remove a postcode in security pen from a case, not sure ... -
C+VG Type InOdd one. I'm after an old issue of C+VG or a listing of that had a type in adventure game called "The Sultans Curse" I remember it at the time as i…
... C+VG or a listing of that had a type in adventure game ... was iirc an Amstrad type in, however I'd like to ... again with thoughts of making a speccy version.
Is ... there a searchable listing of contents anywhere ... -
Using even ports for input?I've been looking for unused ports to use with my clashbasher interface. I understand that the spectrum only considers A0 when decoding its input p…
... to select which half line in the keyboard is to ... up a circuit in the cpld which outputs a byte from a eight ... prints out 0 to 255 in an endless loop. It still ... not to use even ports in this way? It won' ... is only used for loading and having a tape playing at full ... -
what the heck, help me find a film.maybeeee a 70s film, but could be a low budget 80s flick. dont remember much of the beginning but the end sequence is clear. basically there were a…
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basically there were a bunch of criminals trying to ... a big house. maybe a chateau or at least a lived in ... a large hall. the didnt just lower down like in ... stealing was attached to a throne of some sort, ... it might have been a sword he was trying ... -
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 ... -
Ghosts n' Goblins loaderI'm trying to put Ghosts n' Goblins onto a +3 disk but struggling to understand the mc loader. Basic loader [code] ink 7 : clear 25000 : load "" cod…
... 6912 bytes loading picture and game code are next in one binary ... br /> 65052: OUT (254), A
65054: IN A, (254)
65056: ... br /> 65293: OUT (254), A
65295: IN A, (254)
65297: ... />
65455: LD A, 127
65457: IN A, (254)
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Loading AGD games into AGD to check codeHey there Not sure if this is quite the place to put this but it covers both Jonathan's AGD and Spin and is a question about developing my AGD game.…
... AGD and Spin and is a question about developing my ... instance, you can load in any of my games and ... I go about doing that in Spin? I've loaded ... then tried to 'load' a game into the designer but ... need to change a setting in the emulator or use a different 'AGD ... -
A hello and a questionFirst of all I'd like to introduce myself (it would be rude not to :D !). My name is Ben and I am the proud owner of a rubber keyed 48K and a 128k+2…
... 128k eventually ended up in a box in the loft where it ... remained for many years.
A ... couple of years back I went in the loft ... 70ish). I plugged it in and was pleased to see ... , I put it back in it's box and forgot ... -
Need help finding a movieI think it's about fifteen years since i saw it on TV. The actors spoke english but with an accent (french?) wich make me think it might have been Ca…
... been Canadian. It was a comedy in the same vein as " ... />
In one scene a guy is on a date and waiting in a woman ... 's apartment as she's getting ready in the ... />
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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 ... -
Under development: COUSIN HORACE - with playable demoHi fellow Spec-chums, for the first time ever, I am publicly disclosing some details about a game I am currently working on. It is an epic adventure…
... publicly disclosing some details about a game I am currently working ... receive a password that will have to be entered upon loading the ... next one in order to start ... Horace invites his cousin for a holiday in the US and waits ... -
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 ... -
Looking for a new font for my game[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I?m using a font in my new game that I am reusing from a previous game. It could do with being changed but drawing a new font i…
... ][SIZE=3]I?m using a font in my new game that ... I am reusing from a previous game ... with being changed but drawing a new font is not high ... list. Does anyone know of a website or repository that hosts ... -
ESXDOS on DivIDE 2k11 Load ErrorHi, I am using ESXDOS 0.8.5 on a DivIDE 2k11 with a 128k Toast Rack and 4GB CF Card. I have a game in a folder called GAM/xyz.z80, if I use the ESXD…
... 0.8.5 on a DivIDE 2k11 with a 128k Toast Rack ... .
I have a game in a folder called GAM/xyz.z80 ... [/B]
I am loading it like this:
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 ...Gasman live in concert at Revision - videosThis Easter weekend was the Revision demoparty in Saarbr?cken - the largest pure demoscene event of the year, held over 4 days with close to 1000 vis…
... weekend was the Revision demoparty in Saarbr?cken - the ... tunes and posing with a keytar in front of 900 geeks ... have an illegal rave in the tunnel leading up ... had set up a micro projector in the venue's outdoor ... to be a show-off again, and plugged in the keytar ...Something I made in Minecraft...So, this is what I do in my spare time these days (when I'm sure a lot of you will be screaming for me to come back to Speccy-land; I assure you I wi…
... I'll build the base in a giant ZX81! So I ... smooth the shape off a bit (in as much as that ... with the tools available in GIMP, found that the ... 107 blocks in length, 86 blocks in width, 18 blocks in height. ... replicated pretty much exactly in Minecraft blocks, I've ...REX, how to start the game?Hello, I'm trying to play REX, a fantastic platform game I used to play a lot in my Spectrum 48K. After loading the game there is a request "INPUT Y…
... to play a lot in my Spectrum 48K.
After loading the ... game there is a ...Read Data from memoryHi there. Not been on this scene for a long time. Does anyone know how to do a routine to read data from memory(peek..etc) rather than using lines of…
... anyone know how to do a routine to read data from memory ... lines of data in basic...
My normal routine is this ...
10 dim a(10)
30 read a(f)
40 next f ...48k memory dump to 128k???Having problems getting a 48k snapshot to load into 128k mode using ZX Spin. Tried saving 48k memory as a binary file and loading it back in 128k mo…
Having problems getting a 48k snapshot to load into ... 48k memory as a binary file and loading it back in 128k mode ...
