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  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    ... early nineties created? Surely not all hand crafted from ... hacked out on a speccy but not the later ones.....
    ... HQ or Robocop will not get you anywhere.
    not so techie lot, who ... easier in terms of saving, loading, and testing,etc...
    AD-RS1600i AD-RS1600i January 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • CPC 464 plus - technical help please.I set up my CPC464plus today. With a cartride inserted, it works. Without a cartridge inserted, it displays just a green screen. I have one cart, …

    ... loading and not being able to play - it's games not loading ... of the ROM code, but not very often (C/PM+ ... CRTC effects may not work correctly but chances are it ... t really plus issues, but generic CPC issues it ... a lot of documents, but I contributed fairly heavily ...
    AndyC AndyC January 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • more ebay crap[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50223&item=8161766745&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW"]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte…

    ... tape recorder like that for loading Spectrum tapes which is mono ... always load tapes using it but not using anything stereo.
    rich_chandler rich_chandler January 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Unbelievable tape loadersHi, I search the most unbelievable tape loader. For the present I think the loader from game Joe Blade 2 is the winner in this competition. (During l…

    ... loading sequence.

    ...and Robin of the Wood by Odin. not ... so much of the loading, but I remember pressing ...
    CUCHULAINN CUCHULAINN February 2005 Games
  • How To Upload BASIC program To WOS archiveIn 1987 when i was 15 years old,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 called ART STUDIO..yeah i know Its the only basic program i have ever wr…

    ... these days).

    If not, then get a WAV sample ... custom loading schemes for it then you're almost knackered, but not quite ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving EliteCan anybody recommend an emulator and elite download that I'll be able to save the commanders progress on? I've stopped using my favourite Spectrum g…

    ... that I always have problems loading some of the bigger and ... I used, loader etc, but I managed to play it ... look at that one, but it's most likely fixed ... Real Tape mode, some soundcards (but not all) picked up the sound ... I'll look at it - but I suspect it's due ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2005 Games
  • Ghost Castles - Brand new game by WSSThe first 256K game which uses ROM paging technology on ZX-Spectrum 48K ! How ? It is a full 48K game with one special ROM which contains many part…

    ... was immediatly impressed with the loading screen. The block candle that ... was redefined as the loading screen drew over the ... of the candle being the loading indicator.

    Big ... that the digitised speach was not audible from my 48K Spectrum speaker ...
    Spectea_um Spectea_um May 2005 Games
  • Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…

    ... that it's somehow not reading the bytes off ... surprised.

    Not because I like to defend ... accuracy of our emulatior, but simply that the odds ... checksum being correct after loading and not causing a crash,< ... is real code that does not crash the game
    Dunny Dunny August 2005 Games
  • Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…

    ... problem is not in TZX format, but in software ... you are right here but not because of the obvious ...
    No, that is not good enough.

    ... Nothing wrong with this but we can't reproduce ... There are not a massive number of unknown loading schemes so ...
    ADJB ADJB October 2005 Development
  • Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…

    ... is true for early tapes but not so much for the ... there is no many unknown loading scheme) it all will ... is in second (if not third/fourth place). I ... samples would not work on there own but can be ... re-introduce the dreaded tape loading error using this method ...
    ADJB ADJB October 2005 Development
  • 128k, +2, +3ok i`ve asked a lot of questions over the few days but this is gonna be my final one on whats what unless i get lost once i get my apeccy so here goe…

    ... of its modability. I'm not interested in keeping exactly in ... space left lol). And last but not least made up an RGB ... build up a Spectrum SE but thats going to have to ... . The novelty of the tape loading sound wore off on me ...
    KeepGood KeepGood December 2005 Hardware
  • A Few QuestionsHi, can you help with a few questions. 1. On ebay you see a lot of rubber key spectrums. How can you tell the difference between a 16k and 48k machi…

    ... their 16K in the attic, but not many.
    I wonder ... work on 128s. The loading screen was slightly different as ... seconds of the game's loading tone.
    The ... was a great compilation but it lost points for ... or aggressor, it does not matter, all that matters ...
    Ashley Pomeroy Ashley Pomeroy January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Silly QuestionJust a thought, with a game such as trivial pursuit, is there anyway to get into basic and alter all the questions and answers?! I have such strange…

    ... could be loading into the Spectrum, Amstrad, C64 etc versions (but not the ... simple binary or ASCII format, but it sure wasn't BASIC.
    jil jil February 2006 Games
  • The more things change, the more they stay the same (boring vid included)Seen this on Digg today, it's a video of a PSP loading Smackdown vs. Raw 2006. It takes a very long time indeed, I can think of plenty of speccy game…

    ... .

    [/quote]

    Not at all. I prefer the ... /> And yes, ghosting does occur, but not nearly as bad as you ... failure: with poor battery life, loading delays, and a vulnerable screen ... games may be 'child-like' but they are innovative and have ...
    Dave_C Dave_C February 2006 Chit chat
  • The more things change, the more they stay the same (boring vid included)Seen this on Digg today, it's a video of a PSP loading Smackdown vs. Raw 2006. It takes a very long time indeed, I can think of plenty of speccy game…

    ... ... it does chug through the loading... but that video is slowed down ... ... or my PSP is fast... not sure which....

    Can ...
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy March 2006 Chit chat
  • Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…

    ... Loved Me, The - Not a loading screen apart from the ... - only a snapshot so loading screen not available
    Ali Baba ... - uploaded
    Dragontorc - no loading screen
    Dungeon Master, The ... loading screen
    Fantastic Mister Fruity, The - I have this but ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton March 2006 Games
  • Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…

    ... great (like all the site), but there one more little question ... UN Squadron and Dynasty Wars loading screen, did you get them ... had the loading screen as GIF file for these, but not yet as ...
    mheide mheide March 2006 Games
  • Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…

    ... had the loading screen as GIF file for these, but not yet as ... I can't see the loading screen. The same happens with ... Dynasty wars, apparently the loading screen and in-game screenshot ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx March 2006 Games
  • Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…

    Re Compilations

    I am working through these to see if any do use a loading screen. There are a few, All the Doublesider adventures for example, but not many.

    ADJB
    ADJB ADJB March 2006 Games
  • Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…

    ... see the in-game screenshots but not the loading screens, it is a ... windows .... or something like that, but let me read it again ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx April 2006 Games
  • XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…

    ... , before, the files were only loading in Spin. Since the bugfix ... in other emulators (acelerated loading ok) but not my beloved emu of choice ... myself having one more go but I s'pose I better ...
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • Linux WAV to TZX convertorsI looked through the posts and seen a few threads about converting WAVs to tzx but none of them are working for me. I have a few old tapes that don't…

    ... drop out part way through loading. Conversion to TZX/TAP is ... I can play the games, not
    redistribution (I have ... side 2 of R-TYPE but not side 1).
    C ...
    'cs' is not recognized as an internal or ... identification and timing, etc, but it's a bit tricky ...
    jujuberry jujuberry May 2006 Emulators
  • my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…

    ... yes, it looks really good - but. you cannot simply swop over ... start with, and quiet tape loading Chuntey is usually caused by ... will dissagree with me here, but I would advise you to ... (so you can save okay, but not load). BUT, of course, there's ...
    DEATH DEATH May 2006 Hardware
  • Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…

    ... idea) but all it was actually doing was loading screen blocks ... for the next fancy loading system) but it was bloody quick ... on Hungry Horace - very original but simple idea, very well executed ... of knowing whether it was loading or not.

    Swevicus - ...
    JonNorth JonNorth May 2006 Games
  • Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…

    Loading screens: not really. There are only 33 ... more votes which do not have a loading screen. Below that cut ... /> In-game screens: yes, but probably not today.

    I'd ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall June 2006 Games
  • Arrggh! My computer is acting up!It's like this then. I boot the comp, I select XP from the boot screen, I see the loading bar, and then... screen goes blank (not standby mode though…

    ... see the loading bar, and then... screen goes blank (not standby mode ... /> I had the above problem, but not the others. I could get ... booting, then selecting VGA mode, but then when I tried to ...
    ewgf ewgf July 2006 Chit chat
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... tape loading, thus behaving differently to the real hardware, might not necessarily ... boggles :-P

    [QUOTE]But the IDE_IDENTIFY problem is a ... incidentally work perfectly on FUSE, but not on the real hardware. Pesky ...
    glancaster glancaster July 2006 Emulators
  • Prince of Persia in an actual Spectrum?Prince of Persia is one the best games programmed for our Speccy in the last 10 years, but I think originally was written for TR Dos, although there …

    ... from the TRD version, but couldn't get the ... random access, but it worked OK for flash loading.
    ... it normally or with edge loading would be problematic.
    loading but could take you quite ... disk version? I did not make one of those, ...
    Jmk Jmk July 2006 Games
  • Prince of Persia in an actual Spectrum?Prince of Persia is one the best games programmed for our Speccy in the last 10 years, but I think originally was written for TR Dos, although there …

    ... from the TRD version, but couldn't get the ... random access, but it worked OK for flash loading.
    ... it normally or with edge loading would be problematic.
    loading but could take you quite ... disk version? I did not make one of those, ...
    nekdo123 nekdo123 July 2006 Games
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