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Cannon BubbleHello! I would really like to transffer this game ( [url]http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/eng/card.php?id=14[/url] ) to my REAL +3 disk drive. Becau…
... to disk (address followed by length):
$4000,$1B00 loading screen ... FOR i=1 to 5 : READ a : POKE 23388,16+ ... NEXT i
40 POKE 23388,16 : OUT 32765 ... already be enabled if loading from BASIC anyway). ... banks in order to reduce loading times but again, ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... text to be printable to the screen and it requires double width text messages to ... screen are 8 pixels tall. To render each character we need to poke ... of the next UDG byte to poke into the display and ... [/code]
First we poke the left half UDG byte ... -
FuseX on the Xbox :releases, testing and feedbackI'm creating a new thread here to continue on from the thread about emulators on the Xbox ([url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php…
... .tzx file failed to load, instead the loading screen appeared, and then ...
and the text file, again if present, would ... you add the ability to read any text files, anywhere, the ... totally), before loading the save state, simply to get to the start ... -
Best loading on a gameFor me, it has to be Technician Ted, with all those TT's walking across the screen. 2nd comes Skooldaze, only because I spent many MANY of my evenin…
When you look at the loading for Rambo how did the programmers manage to hide the loading bars at each side of the screen? I've seen this on quite a few games but never figured it out? -
Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... CAPS SHIFT and Q to get to the Parents Page, ... br /> If loading fails, it invites the user to [b]BREAK ... [b]GO TO q[/b] to return to the menu screen.
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There's also an option in the menu to ... sure why they chose to hide it though! I suppose ... -
Best loading on a gameFor me, it has to be Technician Ted, with all those TT's walking across the screen. 2nd comes Skooldaze, only because I spent many MANY of my evenin…
... programmers manage to hide the loading bars at each side of the screen? I ... effect! The Spectrum's regular loading routines contain code that flashes ... of the Spectrum's own loading routines that has had it ... -
Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... used zx-blockeditor to create a merged tapefile to allow loading of the ... is similar to the loading screen but with one like of text appearing different ... after loading has completed ... -
Poke 23739,111So, I'm looking at some of my old loaders (BASIC stuff) to work out how I got the display to not corrupt on loading code. It's the old POKE 23739,111…
... possibly others) went to a lot of trouble to hide the Bytes: xyz ... without any special pokes - the loading screen was ... : PRINT AT y,0; before loading each block.
... No idea what prompted me to fiddle around with Cookie's ... -
New Spectrum GameAs some of you may be aware I've been busy working on a Shoot-Em-Up Designer utility for the past few weeks. As the program is pretty much there now…
... message (said yes to everything, put in text, previewed ok) i ... loading screen next but for whatever reason I'm not seeing the text ... . So I tried loading it in, and ... thought one was able to insert a loading screen also??[/strike] My brain ... -
The best portable machine for Spectrum emulation?Which is the best portable or handheld device for Spectrum and non-Spectrum emulation? I only have a PSP, and whilst it has some good emulators, the …
... buttons, and also saving and loading of control profiles for each ... . Allow you to read text files in the emulator (to see the game ... , for games that need to save to tape for the next part ... /> 13. Have the correct Spectrum screen aspect,
14. Have ... -
The best portable machine for Spectrum emulation?Which is the best portable or handheld device for Spectrum and non-Spectrum emulation? I only have a PSP, and whilst it has some good emulators, the …
... buttons, and also saving and loading of control profiles for each ... Allow you to read text files in the emulator (to see the game ... ]13. Have the correct Spectrum screen aspect,[/QUOTE]
... ]
Mostly yes. Screen emulation for some demos that ... -
IF2 Rom snapshot creationHi, is it possible convert a Speccy 16k snapshot to a Interface 2 Rom file? I've the original Ultimate Pssst, Cookie, Trans-am and Jetpac tapes and …
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#define DEFM .TEXT
#define ORG .ORG ... (recode),DE ;current pointer to relocation code
;(it ... CALL prmsg
DEFM "Loading SCREEN$"
DEFB $0D+$80 ... to decompress screen$
LD (recode),DE
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128k Mission FalloutMission Fallout was a game given away free with Crash magazine back in the day....a message on the opening screen said you could get a 128k version i…
... can send 1 ? to the address on the loading screen and see what ... of these moments playing a text adventure recently before I realised ... -
What spectrum game had the best ending.In the good old days of the Spectrum, lot of games did not have an ending. Once you completed the game you went straight back to the start again. Lik…
... there is nowhere to hide - nothing can be done to prevent a ... cruel ending - a novel alternative to the usual ?well done? ... official? poke fix. Willy is dragged conveyor-belt-like to the toilet ... though, taken from the original text file:
[INDENT ... -
Unprotecting games without knowning m.c.DivIDE or MB02 users don't need unprotected games, but those who still use the Microdrive, Wafadrive, Timex FDD, +3, Plus D, Disciple or use the new …
... routines that effectively strip the loading scheme (Speedlock/Bleepload) and ... the raw code ready to transfer to your particular storage ... or uncompress and return to basic - poke to your heart's content ... being able to reset the system variables and hide the ... -
Incorrect loading screen for Battle CommandI noticed that the loading screen in the archive for [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000451&loadpics=3"]Battle Command[/URL] …
... fact there are many Spanish Text Adventures which only have a ... the title page as a loading screen. But that will be ... that actually do contain the loading screen. In the 90's, ... started (a key needed to be pressed), with the loading screen still intact. -
Step by step instructions for putting PGD games together needed.I'm a bit thick, almost as a thick brick, and slightly dumber than the official definition of dumb. So, bear with me but please help me out. I need…
... of PGD, and the loading screen is a binary or . ... , or whatever you want to call it. This is ... br /> 10 CLEAR 24575: LOAD ""SCREEN$: POKE 23739,111: LOAD ""CODE : RANDOMIZE ... can then save it to your tape file with ... press a key to save the block to your tape file ... -
Best non-Spectrum demosAfter the discussions about Spectrum demos on these forums, I thought it would be interesting to discuss good demos for machines other than the Spect…
... computers go, I'm partial to Atari 800 demos; they can ... of 3D, and a neat loading screen to boot)
[b]Polymatrix ... the 800's text mode, with some nice music to go with ... -
Ultimate loading screensAs I'm replaying some of my youth favorites, a question arose today that -- funny enough -- I used to have also back in those times. Maybe someone kn…
... =bcass;321544]There's a POKE you can use isn't ... LOAD) process that allows you to circumvent this problem.[/QUOTE]
to imagine that at that time ... "Bytes: foo" message ruining their loading screen, but that's how it ... -
Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... the Tipshop, to start in room 47.
POKE 34795,47 ...
POKE 33824,47
to grab the screen immediately, or Willy falls ... marked as "Does not use loading screen".
Right, someone ... -
Ultimate loading screensAs I'm replaying some of my youth favorites, a question arose today that -- funny enough -- I used to have also back in those times. Maybe someone kn…
... =bcass;321544]There's a POKE you can use isn't ... LOAD) process that allows you to circumvent this problem. I remember ... article on loading routines.[/QUOTE]
Copying screen bytes to a higher ... -
Jetpac questionHi all, I just bought a copy of Jetpac off of Ebay and I'm having problems. To start, I'm trying to play it on an issue 2 Speccy with Interface 1, 2 …
Hi, @jp: Tried loading the game without doing ... 10 FOR a=16384 TO 65535
20 POKE a,255
screen and turned the attributes to all bright white ... So unless I'm trying to POKE to somewhere I shouldn't be ... Isn't there a POKE/PEEK that tells you if ... -
Super Bug in Arkanoid 2I was playing this great game on my spectrum, when something very weird happened . I was playing the second level when I got to complete it, I mean I…
... thing that happened to me when I was loading Arkanoid 2 was ... (not a random series of text/lines)...
This logo was ... various random spots of the loading screen.
It never happened ... appear..
It seemed to me -at that time- that ... -
MIA / STP records in Infoseek which could be removed?There's a few records in Infoseek which if removed could clear a few MIA / STP entries:- Sector 90 by Quicksilva. I'm not sure there were seperate …
... on the loading screen and has Spanish language text on the ... information. I added Beam Software to the credits.
... same time.[/quote]Okay, updated to Never Released.
... time forgot page.[/quote]Promoted to Never Released.
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"POPIE" Spectrum Game from 1984While trying out some old microdrive carts on my real Speccy I came across this game which I had written on the loading menu as "never released". It…
... :xxx etc overwriting the loading screen, but the usual POKE stopped the in ... -game display from working:
POKE VAL "23739",CODE "o"
to turn the feature on/off ... I just needed to add a POKE 23739,244 to the next BASIC ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... loading screen.
This should be trivially easy to do.
(To ... (The "strings" command extracts readable text strings from a binary file ... every line in the resulting text file and I can' ... t see any Russian text remaining in this version. :) -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... 'm putting the finishing touches to a new loader with a ... flash streaking across the 'Underground' text on the banner, and the ... 'y' or 'n', the original loading screen appears and the rest of ... the code, loader and compressed screen(banner) in the top third ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... placed on the screen wherever the "text cursor" happens to be.
< ... the position on the screen of the previous text box which was ... first screen first, then the game crashes, because the text cursor ... and I was using flash loading.
In SpecEmu ... -
What do you want from Spectrum 2.0?Hopefully most people here are aware of [url=http://spectrum20.org/]Spectrum 2.0[/url], my site for reviews and non-anonymous voting on Spectrum game…
... and like a text book (and a text book without even ...
- Adding some graphics to the title plage, especially graphics ... this case, the loading screen and ingame screen from Skooldaze), putting a ... />
It links to the games documentation, the download ... -
Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…
... thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a ... fillers used in setup, few text used in control setup and ...
