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  • How to Poke a real Spectrum....Hi everyone. Can anyone remind me how to use POKES? (using a real Spectrum, not via the tipshop on an emulator). I've searched around and I can't f…

    ... this would load the BASIC but not let it auto-run.
    loading messages to stop them printing ... over the loading screen, or more likely rig ... press BREAK to interrupt the loading.

    Ultimate's favourite ...
    joefish joefish January 2016 Games
  • Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …

    ... />
    At highest speed, sure, but there are a lot of ... kinda works but not reliably".

    Some people reported loading from cassette ... up to 4x faster with OTLA. But it ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas January 2016 Development
  • Attack of the Mutant Zombie Flesh Eating Chickens from Mars - tape inlay authentic?I have just come across ths tape inlay for the Matthew Smith game. Is it authentic, I can't find it on WOS. It looks very authentic, though the story…

    ... to produce the Retrogamer fanzine (not to be confused with the ... still have the cassette insert. But not very much game code ever ... inlays would have been binned, but some were clearly shared among ... charity shop.

    The loading screen on WOS is also ...
    MartynC MartynC February 2016 Games
  • Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …

    ... everyone has said above, but my opinion is on ... really use the ROM loading routine so that Flash/ ... Speccy and unpacking them after loading. You can still use ... call into the ROM, but not entirely custom loaders in RAM ... a counter is clever. But of course, they're ...
    joefish joefish March 2016 Development
  • A new emulator is in townHello, I'd like to announce a new ZX Emulator, it's Spectacol (https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol) a free (GPLv3+) emulator which currently t…

    ... br /> It's fixed, but it doesn't work very ... . Having screenshots is nice, but not really needed if you know ... option would be good for loading games from. While its ... comes across quite negative, but I'm hoping you take ... to use this regularly but it isn't quite ...
    Antiriad2097 Antiriad2097 March 2016 Emulators
  • A new emulator is in townHello, I'd like to announce a new ZX Emulator, it's Spectacol (https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol) a free (GPLv3+) emulator which currently t…

    ... clunky. Having screenshots is nice, but not really needed if you know ... option would be good for loading games from. While its good ... goes to "Snapshots" folder. But regarding the snapshots folder I ... the feeling that something is not quite right :), so I ...
    bog_dan_ro bog_dan_ro March 2016 Emulators
  • Retropie and Recreated ZX SpectrumIt's been over 30 years since I had a Spectrum but I want to get back into it. Partly for some nostalgic game playing but also to hopefully do some c…

    ... emulator seems to be fuse, but not the libretro core. On both ... and they load instantly (minus loading screens of course). E.g ... Bombjack or Pheenix will not load as a TZX on ... posted for help) for perfection. But using the lr-fuse core ...
    kilauea kilauea April 2016 Emulators
  • What's the maddest a Speccy game ever drove you????What's the maddest a game ever made you and what did you do about it?? I have plenty of memories of punching TV's, myself, sofa's etc. as, for exampl…

    Blimey, this is like Speccy Abusers Anonymous :))

    I don't think I've ever got that angry during gaming. Frustrated sure, but not raging! It was mainly loading issues that got my goat, or the dodgy power input.
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection April 2016 Games
  • do you have a collection?Do you have a display case? Do you have loads of physical copies of games?

    ... Midnight, Terramex, Hobbit and Heartland, but not in this picture.
    I ... bunch of copies on tape, but I threw most of them ... disks for my +3 or loading cassette games in wav (mp3 ...
    Pegaz Pegaz May 2016 Games
  • Spectrum Search - Alpha One ReleaseI would like to announce Spectrum Search. This uses the JSON feed from http://search.kolbeck.dk, and the files are taken from the WoS mirror. Thi…

    ... 've loaded the bootstrap css, but not used any of it in ... bit hit & miss with loading - but that will be due to ... 't list titles by publisher, but you should get the rest :)
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty May 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New version emulator ZEsarUX-4.0Hi I have uploaded a new version of my emulator ZEsarUX 4.0. You can download it from the project web page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/…

    ... to real tape loading)
    But I tried it ... beginning of the turbo loading. It got stuck in ... when it detects a loading error.
    I ... tzx tape, this turbo loading is at 155% of ... not handled perfectly and it detects a loading error. The real tape loading ...
    chernandezba chernandezba June 2016 Emulators
  • Spectacol 2.0 new featuresHello everyone, I'd like to know which ones from the opened features from https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol/issues you'd like to see in the …

    ... loading mode to fully accelerate the loading ;-).[/quote]

    It is not ... can accelerate when the loading screen is loading but unpress, for example when ... load finishes.

    But this is not only for that. Let ...
    AsSeMbLeR AsSeMbLeR June 2016 Emulators
  • Database model ZXDBRecently, I have been trying to figure out how to provide my contribution to whoever takes over WoS archive rework next... So I came up with this: …

    ... It would be manual, but not very labour intensive. I'd ... complex than you think, but perhaps it's easier ... to start saving the loading screens and in game ... will be incorporated soon. But if you want to collect ... is mainly GIFs and not SCRs. Maybe I should ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2016 Announcements
  • Spectrum +2 (grey): Mod- and operation- related advices needed.Dear Sirs and Ladies, Please welcome a newbie to the “World of Spectrum” (both to the forum and, well, metaphorically). I’ve recently purchased a…

    ... to mains earth, it does not matter if the audio leads ... is receiving the audio signal. But either the signal is distorted ... Spectrum via the TV during loading?

    This YouTube video ... a Jetpac loading (but keep in mind that it's not loading on a ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK September 2016 Hardware
  • Things you hated about the speccyFor me it would be the Kempston interface coming loose and the machine crashing after a good session of waggling my joystick.

    ... was with the tv, not the spectrum. I had ... didn't like tape loading errors, but again I thought this ... with the tape player, not the spectrum (which is ... power supply failed though, but I was told by a ... d been unplugging the spectrum but not the supply from the ...
    Jim M Jim M October 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • how to load machine codeI'm reading Jon Caldwell's how to write Spectrum games but can't enter the code! Here's an example:_ LD BC, (score) Call 6683 I tried putting…

    ... making a comparison of the loading process of operating systrms between ... that place must be RAM, but not ROM. ROM is only there ... can from RAM, it's not just some form of secondary ...
    manicAlien manicAlien December 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    ... a very simple gameplay, but not unpleasant. Remarkable loading screen.
    [b]2 ... ominous Kosmic Kanga-like jumping, but likely you can learn how ... properly, it's not terrible - although it's not the most smooth ...
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel January 2017 Games
  • ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …

    ... show it is trying but not succeeding with loading the TAP files. It ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio January 2017 Hardware
  • c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!!c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!! the first old version uses only square waves, 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKt9noxA7s…

    ... that, I do not get error, but if you get error ... load in emulators without problems. But not so easy on real ZX ... not check block length in DE register before data loading.

    But ...
    But I guess, more people will have problems with loading the ...
    Hood Hood March 2017 Announcements
  • c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!!c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!! the first old version uses only square waves, 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKt9noxA7s…

    ... in emulators without problems. But not so easy on real ZX ... not check block length in DE register before data loading.

    But ... /> But I guess, more people will have problems with loading the ... from basic, and after loading it jumps to the player ...
    Geco Geco March 2017 Announcements
  • c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!!c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!! the first old version uses only square waves, 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKt9noxA7s…

    ... load in emulators without problems. But not so easy on real ZX ... not check block length in DE register before data loading.

    But ... />
    But I guess, more people will have problems with loading the ...
    Geco Geco March 2017 Announcements
  • c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!!c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!! the first old version uses only square waves, 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKt9noxA7s…

    ... in emulators without problems. But not so easy on real ZX ... not check block length in DE register before data loading.

    But ...
    But I guess, more people will have problems with loading the ... TAP loaders, then maybe not neccessary to rework it ...
    Hood Hood March 2017 Announcements
  • DRAGON'S LAIR PART II loading screenHello again, I really like this screen but, wanted to try and do something closer to the box art. [img]http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0fb0/3f…

    [quote="RMartins;903414"]
    But I would also like to ... in some red or magenta, but not too much. That'd bring ... main focus.

    But, anyway, its a really good loading screen.
    redballoon redballoon April 2017 Games
  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    ... version benefits from almost instantaneous loading from disk and is therefore ... walls are an useless nuisance. Not bad but not great either. [b]3 ... to reach the last level, but not to actually finish it - ... ] - I do not like to repeat myself, but anyway... I kind ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2017 Games
  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    ... should be praised for accuracy?....But probably not!

    As ... than Arkanoid, but is it better? No not really, but this'll ... />
    Krakout from the loading screen makes me think yes ... when you're controlling 2, but not always.

    Worst ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek April 2017 Games
  • ZXBaremulator 35th anniversary editionHi, to celebrate the 35th Spectrum anniversary, I've released the first complete Spectrum 48K bare-metal emulator for Raspberry PI. It's available…

    ... anything until after shift, but thanks zx81 for the ... ROM, your idea about loading the ROM externally from ... same principle perhaps to loading the Tape files too?... ... there in the emulator, but I grew up on ... certain level of usability, but not by using a standard ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil April 2017 Emulators
  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    ... and Sinclair User reviews, but not in the game instructions), ... name starring Sylvester Stallone - but the only thing the two ... animated sequence shown just upon loading.

    The ... with a flamethrower, an unusual but effective weapon.

    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2017 Games
  • ZX-Paintbrush and global palette and ula+ supportHello, I think I need some help for the palette issue of ZX-Paintbrush. I want to check whether the way I'm about to clear the palette handling i…

    ... a separate toolbar for loading ULA+ palettes ... But ... why is it kept ... they will work under XP but not under Win98. So, I have ...
    clausjahn clausjahn May 2017 Software
  • ZX-Paintbrush and global palette and ula+ supportHello, I think I need some help for the palette issue of ZX-Paintbrush. I want to check whether the way I'm about to clear the palette handling i…

    ... a separate toolbar for loading ULA+ palettes ... But ... why is it kept ... they will work under XP but not under Win98. So, I have ... otherwise something at my end, but I can't really tell ...
    Hikaru Hikaru May 2017 Software
  • ZX-Paintbrush and global palette and ula+ supportHello, I think I need some help for the palette issue of ZX-Paintbrush. I want to check whether the way I'm about to clear the palette handling i…

    ... separate toolbar for loading ULA+ palettes ... But ... why is ... they will work under XP but not under Win98. So, ... something at my end, but I can't really ... />
    I could not download the file because of ... some bad advertisement popup. But I saw the filename, ...
    clausjahn clausjahn May 2017 Software
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