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  • Edge Grinder, how would YOU do it?I always meant to post about this and AndyC reminded me in the 'vs' thread in games. [QUOTE=AndyC;808887]The thing I love about threads like this is…

    ... the lower part of the screen as per the Amstrad version ... can be done in one block.
    The control panel graphics ... be part of a final loading screen, or placed into a buffer ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins January 2015 Development
  • assembler emulator or cross platformHi I have another question about cross compiling speccy assembly code. So using Pasmo as an example. If I was assembling code in Zxspin I can asse…

    ... and launch it in a single command. Now, I want my ... in the game, in a single step.

    So the ... a BASIC loader and a loading screen. Traditionally, that would mean creating ...
    gasman gasman March 2015 Development
  • The Hobbit 128K editionWhat's this?<br>What better to celebrate the new forum with, than a long-awaited release!<br><br>I got tired of all the quibbling over tiny details i…

    ... nice to see the improved loading screen and in-game graphics, it ... the wikipedia while it was loading, plus this whole thread again ... R Tape Loading Error message at the end of last block of ...
    Uto Uto May 2015 Brand new software
  • The Hobbit 128K editionWhat's this?<br>What better to celebrate the new forum with, than a long-awaited release!<br><br>I got tired of all the quibbling over tiny details i…

    ... nice to see the improved loading screen and in-game graphics, it ... the wikipedia while it was loading, plus this whole thread ... R Tape Loading Error message at the end of last block of ... Interlude, Brunilda, Ninjajar have loading times over 10 minutes, specially ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx May 2015 Brand new software
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... The position in the Spiker loading screen where I put the countdown ... examples, I used a modded screen with the attributes reversed.  ... the hassle of altering the screen.the "native", fake-Alkatraz ... in a very short block before the screen; the "native" variant ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 June 2015 Development
  • Who wants to play with my Willy?While cleaning up my PC a few weeks ago, I stumbled across an old Jet Set Willy mod I started back in the early 2000s. Although I don't quite have th…

    ... is completable without a single loss of life. The ... to hear a new title-screen tune. What is it ... the latest HL by loading it into a current ... data.
    The title screen should definitely be edited. ... that's good.
    A loading screen and a custom BASIC loader ...
    jetsetdanny jetsetdanny June 2015 Games
  • 1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.

    ... /> This game is basically a single screen top down puzzle shooter in ... , and it shows really. Each screen is timed, and the timer ... feat for 85', although the loading screen says 1984, I'm assuming ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek August 2015 Games
  • Games with border effectsI'm putting this up off the back of another discussion about hi-res colour effects in games. Which ones do you remember? I believe that Aquaplane …

    ... loading borders to the black screen that filled in the loading screen ... in sectors, rather than the usual screen ... First one I remember seeing loading like that was 'Cobra'.< ... tape to find the block that messed up if ...
    Grunaki Grunaki August 2015 Games
  • DVD title sequenceHello I'm not sure if this is the best place for this - but let's see how we go. I run a little DVD making company here in Cardiff, and we are …

    ... top two-thirds of the loading screen is done like Manic Miner ... hear one set of 8 screen lines repeating 8 times, then ... the screen.

    That way, you could get an authentic loading ... lines of solid block characters appear down the screen in white on ...
    joefish joefish December 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... stop them printing over the loading screen, or more likely rig the ... press BREAK to interrupt the loading.

    Ultimate's favourite ... do the rest of the loading, which made it harder to ... , but was really just a single line beginning with a PRINT ...
    joefish joefish January 2016 Games
  • Mackarel - one exe to turn .ihx + .scr to a .tapSorry if this feels like spamming so soon after mkloader, but I'm honestly surprised how fast I managed to put this together. Introducking Mackare…

    ... with mackarel (yes, the original loading screen isn't there, wouldn't ... the start of the code block. Second, the exactly 32k image ...
    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA January 2016 Announcements
  • saboteur2 new loading screen[img]http://savepic.su/6477378.gif[/img] from Oleg Origin

    ... , I just made a turbo loading version of Alex Rider's ... one block for 128K) technology and feature Oleg's superb loading screen.
    loading anymore: you can load it ... the initial menu.

    Loading times measured with Tapir: 48K ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu March 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 …

    I wonder how much time it would add to do a loading screen as a series of 24 headerless loads, loading 288 bytes at a time to draw character rows one by one? What's the loading time for screen data, and what's 24 data block leaders?
    joefish joefish March 2016 Development
  • 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 …

    ... would add to do a loading screen as a series of 24 ... headerless loads, loading 288 bytes at a time ... the loading time for screen data, and what's 24 data block leaders ... compressed rcs and decompress before loading the program.. =)
    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA March 2016 Development
  • 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 …

    ... would add to do a loading screen as a series of 24 ... the loading time for screen data, and what's 24 data block leaders ... the main colour of the loading screen, and load in the rest ... . Handy for those "minimal" loading screens ;)

    Exhibit A ...
    leespoons leespoons March 2016 Development
  • 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 …

    ... by a 48k normal data block. Perhaps they had too many ... turbo loader which loads the screen in one go, but then ... change the colours on the loading screen!

    http://i107.photobucket ... a 60-odd K block which loads the screen in backwards (after ...
    leespoons leespoons March 2016 Development
  • 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 …

    ... the loading screen and the code, and adding compression to the code block ... (I already had the loading screen compressed).

    reidrac reidrac March 2016 Development
  • 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 …

    ... the loading screen and the code, and adding compression to the code block ... (I already had the loading screen compressed).

    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA March 2016 Development
  • 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 …

    ... loading screen and the code, and adding compression to the code block ... (I already had the loading screen compressed)[/quote]< ... now playing with various screen optimization techniques, i processed ... much impact on the loading time it really makes ...
    Lethargeek Lethargeek March 2016 Development
  • 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 …

    ... loading screen and the code, and adding compression to the code block ... (I already had the loading screen compressed)[/quote]< ... bytes smaller than your compressed screen. Also it includes the ... much impact on the loading time it really makes.< ...
    reidrac reidrac March 2016 Development
  • comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2016 is now openHi. Having won, or is it lost (well, whatever it is - I'm just as confused as the rest of you), I am proud to announce that along with Gab Amore (…

    ... loading screen for each stage (very basic block graphics but loaded as a SCREEN ... $). A few fake error messages using PRINT #0 about loading ... errors, wrong subscripts, out of screen and variables not ...
    textvoyage textvoyage May 2016 Games
  • comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2016 is now openHi. Having won, or is it lost (well, whatever it is - I'm just as confused as the rest of you), I am proud to announce that along with Gab Amore (…

    ... loading screen for each stage (very basic block graphics but loaded as a SCREEN ... $). A few fake error messages using PRINT #0 about loading ... errors, wrong subscripts, out of screen and variables ... sure you save each SCREEN$ as 27 blocks of ...
    leespoons leespoons May 2016 Games
  • Something is missing from my life.I've been bandying around with the idea of why it's just not quite the same, even when playing Spectrum games as it was back in the eighties. . A…

    ... . I suppose not having a loading screen saves a bit of time ... time, they always seemed to block me in. The randomly generated ... . Firstly there was a large block of green on the left ... via the bottom of the screen, meaning after getting the axe ...
    Morkin Morkin June 2016 Games
  • Confused about Space Racer (Loriciels) dumpI was looking [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004677]that game[/url] on Infoseek, and it seems that there is no good dump. …

    ... /> Quick fix, done with ZX Block Editor and HxD. I've ... loader, but right after loading it starts to decrypt/modify ... s a fix that restore loading screen and dashboard (copied from that ... uses a full colour loading screen, and right after loading is converted to ...
    Zup Zup August 2016 Games
  • Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…

    ... failed to understand the 3rd (screen) block on tape: although
    ... to
    reproduce the screen-block.
    I wish I ... /> load the headerless custom screen block and force a jump to ... master copy (the master loading
    screen data is fetched from ...
    lfaria lfaria August 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…

    ... only custom loader part is loading screen but it can be sampled ... marked by it as standard block but it doesn't prevent ... speed the entire emulator while loading so it is not a ...
    Ralf Ralf August 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
  • CAULDRON II new loading screenHi, this is one of my favorite games, with an incredible atmosphere for an 8 bits game The original screen: [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.co…

    It makes me remember "V" loading screen, with a single character in center of screen.
    RMartins RMartins September 2016 Games
  • 1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.

    ... , the second a top view, single screen sleepwalk from a side to ... [/b] theme, and a okaysh loading screen, with an extremely tanned [b ... a kid. Hey, but the loading screen is very well done and ...
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel September 2016 Games
  • 1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.

    ... your way out of every single room. Luckily you're going ... bullets on the very first screen, which will be quite handy ... . Cute beeping tune, and nice loading screen too. We played [b]Frost ...
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel September 2016 Games
  • Sharpshooter by KobrahsoftI've uploaded a WAV of Sharpshooter to the WoS Facebook group at [url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/WorldOfSpectrum.org/1796577180616946"]https://…

    ... is good. Have you tried loading the game into a real ... to be one block of about 37kb after the loading screen. Every conversion ... the tape during the main block of code which is clearly ...
    richl richl October 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
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