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TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... the 29K block is "Block 5" and the 12K block is "Block 8" ... it's midway through block 5 (and it's ... already recording block 5 while recognising that ... red and cyan, the loading screen fails to show up, ... the solitary "Speedlock 1 Block 1" - and there should ... -
TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... on the second Speedlock block. It converts fine to ... every single time when loaded with Fast Loading switched ... get a different result. Loading an analogue tape will ... thing unless you're loading a digital sample of ... pilot tones on every single block but I guess it ... -
New Utility to Transfer Z80 Snapshot to +3 DiskSince getting a Gotek for my +3 it has been my go to machine. The biggest downside however is the lack of older games on disk format with pretty much…
... .scr: use an alternate loading screen. Must be a .scr 6912bytes ... 2: @22511 (bottom right of screen pixel area)
3: ... will scan for continuous block of zeros
... 1 has an alternate loading screen
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New Utility to Transfer Z80 Snapshot to +3 DiskSince getting a Gotek for my +3 it has been my go to machine. The biggest downside however is the lack of older games on disk format with pretty much…
... /> 3) Directly decompress loading screen to page/bank 5 ( ... .scr: use an alternate loading screen. Must be a .scr 6912bytes ... will scan for continuous block of zeros
... snapshot 1 has an alternate loading screen
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Z80onDSK now compatible with +3e with ZXMMC or similarJust updated my utility to work on Spectrums equipped with +3e ROMs and IDE storage. I've tested this with ZXMMC at the moment but don't think there …
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║ a loading screen is specified a copy of ... -s .scr: use an alternate loading screen. Must be a .scr 6912bytes ... program will scan for continuous block of zeros
║ ... snapshot 1 has an alternate loading screen
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im looking for other games like the muncher that use double height and width graphics with colouri havent come across this type of graphics mode on the spectrum before and would like to know if there are any other games that use it.
... at it, iot only used single characters, but then I stumble ... /uploads/2016/05/3D-Dotty-Loading-Screen.png[/img]
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im looking for other games like the muncher that use double height and width graphics with colouri havent come across this type of graphics mode on the spectrum before and would like to know if there are any other games that use it.
... at it, iot only used single characters, but then I stumble ... /uploads/2016/05/3D-Dotty-Loading-Screen.png[/img]
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Animated loading screensDoes anyone know how many spectrum games had an animated loading screen? The only ones i can remember are Technician Ted and I think, Manic Miner.
... "fake" animated loading screen which appears to solve a sliding block puzzle while ... the game loads... but it's not actually loading ... the animation finishes it starts loading the rest of the game ... -
Animated loading screensDoes anyone know how many spectrum games had an animated loading screen? The only ones i can remember are Technician Ted and I think, Manic Miner.
... " animated loading screen which appears to solve a sliding block puzzle while ... the game loads... but it's not actually loading ... animation finishes it starts loading the rest of the ... such things as musak during loading, one version of Spiky ... -
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…
... levels, helpful hints on a loading screen etc - you were chucked into ... copy the From template - every single one of them, despite some ... -
Fighting Warrior's protection systemThis is one of those bizarre cases where cracking the loading system is orders of magnitude more fun than playing the game. (Indeed, discovering I wa…
... load the next block.
2) The screen is loaded by ... the attribute. This allows the screen to be drawn in a ... fashion. The code for loading the next block, and some startup code ... .
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ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... a black screen so presumably it is not loading the CODE block but ... -
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... together. And there's a loading screen for each. Lee's interpretation ... /> There were only three other single-mask-for-attainment challenges that ... -
RapscallionIts amazing how the same games get mentioned time and time again. Just 4 a change, I was wondering if there are any fans of Rapscallion out there. C…
... . Stuff like Cobra loading screen loads different parts of screen at different times ... Cobra loads some of the screen drawing upwards as well as ... has a data block for each line of the screen it loads ... -
spectrum mode smiilar to c64?i dont know much about machine code assembler routines, zilch actually to be honest, ive always fiddled with basic on my spectrum, only doing maybe a…
... I know of, the screen is the loading screen of The Last Ninja ... dimensions of the speccy's screen and stayed true to its ... as good as the c64 screen though some may disagree. still ... -
Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
... utter pants (except for the loading screen) on the Spectrum. Name the ... -
Randomize USR xxxxxA weird topic: When I was a kid I use to mess around with the RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx, sad I know!!! For instance RANDOMIZE USR 51234 would give me a loa…
... 51234 would give me a loading screen with noise funny colour and ... " return codes, others give a screen of basic simialr to the ... Speedlock protection screen i.e a zero as ... /> Anybody know where these fancy loading things come from or a ... -
what was the best?.................what was the best loading screen for the spectrum and who was it done by? :)
what was the best loading screen for the spectrum and who was it done by? :) -
Quiz - my first attempt!And so it is! My first attempt at a quiz... 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a total of 33 points. 2. Give your answers excl…
... the Guardian in the last screen.
23. Which was ... the one appearing on the loading screen.
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The Quiz to end all quizzesHere it is - The Quiz To End All Quizzes. You will have a whole [B]month[/b) to answer the questions presented here. 1. All answers give 1 point un…
... a fake C64 start-up screen if you press BREAK in ... , with a different title and loading screen, featuring another soccer star - except ... -
Yet Another Speccy Quiz (not too hard)OK! I thought I'd chance my arm at one of these things. I must say I've found the recent quizzes WAY too difficult, so I've pitched this one at simpl…
... noise of the "Sabre Wulf" loading screen.
1 ... game deliberately "crashed" just after loading?
3a. ...and what ... . ...and what rival machine's loading scheme did both programs emulate ... -
Scrabble De-luxe dsk image and SpinAnyone else tries loading the disc file of Scrabble De-Luxe into Spin? All I get is the loading screen keep appearing and disappearing - as if it kee…
Anyone else tries loading the disc file of Scrabble De-Luxe into Spin?
All I get is the loading screen keep appearing and disappearing - as if it keeps loading the loading screen. The game just won't start. -
ANN: ZXF Issue 2 publishedIssue two of ZXF (free spectrum magazine - PDF format) has now been uploaded and awaits your inspection. The new URL for the site is [url="http://ww…
... Spectrum"
* "Bitmap to Screen$": loading screen tutorial
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Possibly *weird* .WAV request?Hello there! WOS has sure moved on since I last visited back in '99. Looking great! :) Anyway, I'm in the middle of producing a little homage to ZX…
... just finished my ZX-Speccy loading-screen sequence and it looks *ahem ... /> b) The sound during the loading of the picture (white on ... /> c) The sound during the loading of the picture (fore/background ... of synth from a Speccy loading something or other!? If that ... -
Better late than never: the answers and results of the Quiz to end all Quizzes!First of all I would ask to excuse myself with those who have been waiting for the answers. But, besides work, study, etc., I had problems in verifyi…
... a fake C64 start-up screen if you press BREAK in ... , with a different title and loading screen, featuring another soccer star - except ... -
XarkLooking through my collection of games I came across Xark. The MIA states that its by Contrast but my version says HITECH. I'm attempted to make it …
... far I've got the loading screen
[url="http://homepage ... -
Spy vs. SpyThe original release of this needs tzxing again since there is a bit of corruption on the loading screen and possibly elsewhere. The HiTec version n…
... bit of corruption on the loading screen and possibly elsewhere. The HiTec ... -
Who is Bill Gilbert? what has he done?I remember numerous games in Russia where the loading screen said BY BILL GILBERT, but can't find games with this name now. I found some articles abo…
I remember numerous games in Russia where the loading screen said BY BILL GILBERT, but can't find games with this name now. I found some articles about him being a cracker hacker. what's that all about. -
Name the GameI have just remembered about a compilation that my mother bought me, but the only game on it that I remember was like this:- You were a wizard or wa…
... imagine) and you went from screen to screen (willy like). To pick ... them. I also remember the loading screen was a picture of stone ... round the edge of the screen. It was a crap game ...