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Most played games: Pirated vs BoughtMy confession of guilt in the piracy thread that I'd never legitimately bought an Ultimate game, despite playing Knight Lore to death BITTD, led me t…
... just as much trouble with loading games as I did on my ... ) was initially quite good apart from the 2nd drive would only ... half the time it was games not liking it but Lemmings ... -
Best and worst loading coloursWas just thinking the other day about this, what are the worst / best loading colours that have been seen ? :) Apart from loaders with either mult…
... myself fortunate that the only games I've ever seen with ... the pilot tone, then the loading stripes went black and white ... might have done that when loading the levels on the other ... think a couple of Gremlin games from '86/'87 might've done ... -
Amstrad equivalent of .rzx files ?Wondered what they are ? I thought they were .snp or .snr but a cursory search did not really find anything like our "rzx archive" equivalent for thi…
... a lot of the games I've played were ... nice and sensible. Some games do seem a very direct ... is a pain is loading a loading screen from tape ( ! ) Although ... its nothing compared to loading a loading screen on a ... are a few games that appear awol from it though ... -
What causes "The disk has been changed" problem on a +3?I've seen this posted here on this forum and no explanation as to what causes it or any solution that doesn't involve writing a DSK image back to the…
... :5" message, and 4 Top Games loads without the "Disk has ... Are The Champions, Summer Games I and Winter Games, couldn't cat ... stopping Live ammo/4 Top Games from loading! -
DarkmanJust curious, why did The Hit Squad version of Darkman for £205? From my experience, it's not that great a game. Was the Hit Squad version that rare?…
I guess video games are the new property market. ... investment. I play my games, I enjoy loading them from cassette (okay - multi ... lost the data, so the games doesn't load any more ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
Two more games from later days with problems are:< ... Azteken[/b] crashes during the loading process. This might or might ... be one of those USR0 games.
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Help with a TIMEX TC2048 and memory problemBought a 2nd hand Timex TC2048 but unfortunately I detected a problem with the machine which is preventing it from working properly. I believe it …
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Frankie's ZX Spectrum DigoutsWell, time has come to contribute :-) I got this huge collection of pirat tapes I bought from someone over here in Denmark in the late 90s, a tota…
... crack without loading screen, and that awful loading finish :-( ... Maybe infoseek should include those games that were published (without ... hacked/translated/pirated/unlicensed games, they should be included ... Are any of the other games from that issue on WOS? ... -
Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... Sinclair copyright message. Further tests loading games and diagnostics show it to ... grey cased model sometime ago from eBay with the knowledge that ... Speccy heaven. Testing the output from power supply and we get ... -
Better graphic in new ZX gamesLCD TV (ideally full hd) used with ZX Spectrum enable using new graphic modes with 2x higher vertical resolution, more colors and without attribute c…
My current plan is make code for loading interlaced graphic from IDE device direct to ZX ram / videoram(s). I know, it's not for masked sprites, but also code for masking may be add later. -
Why do we do it?I was sitting down thinking just now, why am I so into this Spectrum retro scene thing? Better than that why are there so many of us into the retro s…
... of the cool looking loading screens from the games.
2... I like ... playing games in a emulator but ... get my inspiration for my games from the speccy scene and visit ... -
Converting Issue 2 keyboard games to Issue 3Dipping back into the World of Spectrum (and no, not just this site) I was wondering if I could do a machine code job myself without having any under…
... often use my iPhone for loading games when I’m feeling too ... laptop all the five feet from my bed to the desk ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-info/c/CorridorsOfGenon.txt"]manual ... keyboard?
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Converting Issue 2 keyboard games to Issue 3Dipping back into the World of Spectrum (and no, not just this site) I was wondering if I could do a machine code job myself without having any under…
... often use my iPhone for loading games when I’m feeling too ... laptop all the five feet from my bed to the desk ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-info/c/CorridorsOfGenon.txt"]manual ... -
What % of WOSSERS use "old school" tape loading when playing their Speccy games.My guess is .000000001% ( but I might be slightly out on this! ) Do people still enjoy doing it "the old way"?
... time round) I loved loading the games from tape now and again. Amazingly ... -
Loading Schemes > 1-bit per 2 edgesHi Guys, I'm just having another look at loading schemes again (a subject that interests me). Does anyone know if there any loading schemes t…
... the IP—prevent people from sniffing around and looking ... . As you mentioned, some games loaded additional junk data. ([ ... sensitive. This prevents these games from loading reliably on some machines with ... , again, nothing stopped you from buying a blank tape and ... -
Is Sabre Wulf a bit naff?Go on, I'm feeling controversial. I have never, ever liked Sabre Wulf. It looks pretty nice but even back in the day I found it a tedious and frus…
... polish and quality of their games were well above other ... , movement, animation, loading screens. Their first 6 games were released before ... of their games either, but I picked up JetPac from a ... see Airwolf! :-)
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Google Stadia? is anybody on here insane enough to take the plunge?Alright I've had my eye on Googles Dumpster Fire the Stadia for a while, always thought it seemed like a really sh*t idea. ….Now it's launching, i…
... well they're upscaling the games from 1440p to appear like they ... ever associated a modern gaming device as male, female, or none ... -
Someone repairing ZX Spectrum in The Netherlands?Last december I bought a Spectrum 48k of an online marketplace. This week a new powersupply arrived (did not dare to try the old one) and a divMMC de…
Last Sunset for LatticaHere's a [b]rough first draft[/b] of the [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/lattica.gif]Lattica map[/url], just to demonstrate th…
... Spectrum and still load my games from tape. I'd like to ... (or play the file from a PC/multimedia device) and load it ...A snapshot to transfer converterI'm programming a tool that takes an snapshot file and convert it to a tape file that mimics those created with transfers. This is a long term projec…
... used; the second one prevented games from working on a +2A/+3 ... is that "fixes" those long loading times when converting a +2A ... , you'll get extra long loading times.
The program ... -de-transtape/]can be downloaded from my blog[/url].I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... these descriptions of complicated action games from the likes of Boozy and ... probably 2002 to 2008. Games were still great but developers ... levels, helpful hints on a loading screen etc - you were chucked ... some decent games for it but in 2015 From Software blew ...Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... worked well enough initially for loading games but the flaw was that ... keep the inline component away from the power port so it ...Spectrum NextWho here has one? Is there likely to be another batch in future or should I consider getting ripped off on ebay for one?
I Have one from first kickstarter and i really like it
The only issue i have with it is games from tape are not loading as good as in real spectrum.
but other then that its greatI am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... whatever you want with the device in their official videos but ... hardware. You can even stream games from your desktop to it via ... fact that these perfectly-running games aren't even being run ...What about my PCI128?Hello guys... My problem is that I have the Soundblaster PCI 128 How can I read and record the games from the cassette recorder? I tried Warajevo, …
spectrum on pcI was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite for sum1 who used to …
... emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it ... be able to load the games from pc(tap format) to the ... using the pc to load games..just a thought,if you ...mia tapeshi, i know that i have some of the games from the mia list back at hom and was wondering how do i make TAP files off them? would appreciate someone t…
hi, i know that i have some of the games from the mia list back at hom and was wondering how do i make TAP files off them?
would appreciate someone telling me how then i could share them.Spectrum +3 tape to discHi I have ZX Spectrum +3 and about 20 blank disks, I need to know if there is a way to copy games from tape to disk i.e a basic program I could write.
Hi I have ZX Spectrum +3 and about 20 blank disks, I need to know if there is a way to copy games from tape to disk i.e a basic program I could write.A Question about something that has been bothering me for a while ..First off, I'm new to this forum, so please don't all flame me at once >:) I've had a Speccy since about '85 and started with the rubberkey Spec 48K…
... any catalogue that I bought games from. Obviously when I heard about ...Power Packi have a tape which is tape two of ?? and has POWER-PACK on the top. it has games from Martech but i cant put a name to it or find any info. on side …
... the top.
it has games from Martech but i cant put ...
