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  • TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…

    ... the timings of the machine loading it!!

    [quote]
    counter in a register is typically ...
    Woody Woody May 2003 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... at the time. I remember loading star wars and when the ... loading screen had loaded the border ... loading lines or stuff and at first i didnt see the counter ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr July 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... stripes and that had a counter

    - would play an ... you can't here the loading noise or barely hear it ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…

    ... program counter (PC) off the stack. This is done by loading the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2003 Development
  • POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…

    ... "rotating counter" characters, similar to the effect of Alkatraz loading screens.
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …

    ... the change of the loading stripes, a counter added or the "running ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…

    ... write on C90s the tape counter values where everything started. I ... , because I hardly ever had loading problems with speedlock games (unless ...
    Gwyn Gwyn July 2004 Games
  • TZXs speed loadingIs it possible to write a program that will play back tzx files at double speed, the way that TAPER can play back z80 files at 3000 baud? The Z802TZX…

    ... loader, had custom (usually speedlock) loading routines. Once you'd got ... />
    When you see emulators loading games at high speed (before ... shortcut the loop, modifying the counter to suit - thus saving a ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • RZX for Sabre WulfI was just about to send an RZX for Sabre Wulf to the RZX Archive when I noticed they don't accept Ultimate's (and other companies' who haven't given…

    ... and stuff)
    - T-state counter
    - A byte-wise DIFF ... snapshot. The end of a loading screen that waits for a ...
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann October 2004 Games
  • Compressed Loading ScreensHi everybody From my speccy memories I could swear I could remember games with loading screens that took less than normal time to load. But up until…

    ... games (the ones with tape counter) uses compressed screen.
    Long ... on my +3 (normal screen loading has no advantage on disk ...
    secarica secarica November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best loading screen.What's the best loading screen in your opinion? I really liked the one on Rescue from Atlantis (maybe minus the text) [url="http://www.worldofspec…

    ... pacman game or something during loading, number 2 I think, but ... />
    Most of my fave loading screens are Ocean or Imagine ... LOVED that little three digit counter so you knew when it ...
    CKay CKay March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... , 1 and 0).

    * LOADing from tape
    -------------------

    loading blocks from tape (so they ... don't waste your nice loading screen) you can use this ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • Bloody idiotic software companies!Why is it that so many companies these days assume (arseume?) that everyone has an Internet connection at home?? That's far from being true, at least…

    ... Half Life 2 over the counter, same as you buy any ... given the time saved by loading less data from the hard ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2005 Chit chat
  • Bloody idiotic software companies!Why is it that so many companies these days assume (arseume?) that everyone has an Internet connection at home?? That's far from being true, at least…

    ... Half Life 2 over the counter, same as you buy any ... given the time saved by loading less data from the hard ...
    The Starglider The Starglider September 2005 Chit chat
  • What do you prefer?Heres a question for debate. What spectrum do you prefer? The rubber keyed speccy of old or the later Amstrad offerings? I prefer the +2 cause it ha…

    ... -it-yourself approach to tape loading that we all loved.
    loading games and doesn't add a tape counter!
    Spector Spector September 2005 Games
  • commodore 64 site???when I was a kid, I had the old +3 spectrum, most of my friends had the 48k and the +2 (my dad baught the +2 on christmas...got to impatient and swap…

    ... , loading music, colour, standard joystick connectors, a tape deck with a counter ...
    BuzzySounds BuzzySounds September 2005 Emulators
  • commodore 64 site???when I was a kid, I had the old +3 spectrum, most of my friends had the 48k and the +2 (my dad baught the +2 on christmas...got to impatient and swap…

    ... , loading music, colour, standard joystick connectors, a tape deck with a counter ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler September 2005 Emulators
  • what was the thing that impressed you the most ?on a Spectrum game - you know, those things that you thought to be impossible, yet.. e.g the wide screen mode in Dark Star, Technician Teds loader..…

    ... , no boarder, counter, plus the fancy ways that the loading screens were ... by Academy which had the loading stripes coming out of the ...
    martinball martinball October 2005 Games
  • N64 shooters?I loved my N64 buti did not have many shooters for it. Was their any shooters on it? Any that we did not get but came out in Japan? Thank for the …

    ... controller is rotated clockwise or counter-clockwise (like if you take ... features a very handy self-loading disc drive that plays both ...
    Arm73 Arm73 November 2005 Chit chat
  • what was the thing that impressed you the most ?on a Spectrum game - you know, those things that you thought to be impossible, yet.. e.g the wide screen mode in Dark Star, Technician Teds loader..…

    ... Music Machine.

    Loading Systems:
    Daley Thompson's ... finally we had a fast loading system! And a jerky ... ultra smooth animation during loading, plus a counter! Very swish. Went ... , very nice when it was loading, too.
    Fighting Warrior ...
    JonNorth JonNorth November 2005 Games
  • Retro Fusion magazine out nowNew Retro mag has hit the shops (well, specifically GAME). Seems a bit different than the usual Retro Gamer/Games TM coverage. Lots of Speccy conte…

    ... was! The girl behind the counter had trouble trying to get ... the article on speccy tape loading problems. I thought I was ... he was "putting it off loading!"....happy days! :)
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…

    ... a 0, then set the counter (usually register B) to a ... takes place and bingo - faster loading.

    Drop me an ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2006 Emulators
  • Memorable game demisesHi, No, not demises in games...demises OF games. I can remember three of my games meeting their fate in an unnecessary way Battle of the Planets -…

    ... play.

    Get halfway loading and suddenly stops. Eject cassette ... cassette. Show muppet at the counter. Muppet says `Just splice the ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... that, neither had a scrolly counter), Halls of the Things (as ... the earliest non-standard screen loading systems being released in 1983 ... up again every time the counter goes down). Oh, and from ... Pokerama. I later added the counter but yeah, the routine itself ...
    JonNorth JonNorth May 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... is also a counter and when it finishes loading you get a ... game can't have a loading screen (well, it could have ... one can't have a loading screen. It draws jagged lines ... screen while the game is loading. It all depends on the ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat July 2006 Games
  • Half Life 2Just got it today. u have to register it via internet and the loading time is crap. But it plays well on my amd 1800 with 1 gig mem and onboard nvide…

    ... also includes HL2 Deathmatch: Source, Counter Strike: Source and Half life ... up to 4 minutes of loading between each section. Now that ... 's only a minute's loading at the very most. I ...
    VincentAC VincentAC July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... , no tape counter and had no backup method of loading. If the ...
    Spector Spector September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... tiny screwdriver to improve the loading signal) and how could any ... ) possibly come without a tape counter? I got a friend to ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…

    ... with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the ... Hewson counter so i`ve taken ...
    Fikee Fikee November 2006 Development
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