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SID vs AY?We've all heard how the music on the C64 was apparently the best thing since sliced bread, and that it beat anything produced on the Spectrum hands d…
... , and overall C64 than Spectrum, but from my point of view what ... not the hardware, rather the software written for it and how ... .
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Rod-land - struggling to get working on my real +2 (grey machine)Hi Everyone, I've had a week enjoying tinkering with my +2 and there are only a few games I have not managed to play on my +2 that I enjoyed back …
... 't think you should load software from the audio connector with a ... in. These usually put your Spectrum (128K and later) into USR0 ... and that could interfere with software meant to be loaded under ... -
Happy birthday... Walkman ![url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman"]en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman[/url] Introduced 40 years ago today. Man I'm getting old. :D
... are [i]effectively[/i] indistinguishable from CD's to most listeners ... we use to store ZX Spectrum software. File itself is veeerrry portable ... , player is a "whatever" - anything from a loooong list of devices ... -
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"?
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Advantages of a ZX Spectrum compared to a PCI will get straight into it:- 1)The is no ongoing obsolescence or time zone to worry about :Therefore the ZX Spectrum is "retro Friendly" . But wi…
Developing Spectrum software (cheaply) back in the ... into play
Developing Spectrum software now:
1. ... quick access to multiple Spectrum models with or without peripherals ... Fine-tune your program by loading it on real hardware with ... -
Drift!, Valley of Rains and Just a Gal at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019We presented 3 new games at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019 competition! Side-scrolling action "Valley of Rains", sports simulator "Drift!" and racing…
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Srsly, i think that Spectrum is too weak platform to ... just wanna try something on Spectrum" then go ahead but please ... the games will resemble early Spectrum games due to nostalgic ... know about either made good software from the start w/o considerable ... -
Drift!, Valley of Rains and Just a Gal at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019We presented 3 new games at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019 competition! Side-scrolling action "Valley of Rains", sports simulator "Drift!" and racing…
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Srsly, i think that Spectrum is too weak platform to ... just wanna try something on Spectrum" then go ahead but please ... the games will resemble early Spectrum games due to nostalgic ... know about either made good software from the start w/o considerable ... -
Quiz games like the Kosmos Fact Files from the Answer Back SeriesI don't expect it will be done but this idea is at least worth a mention:- .The Kosmos "Answer Back" series of quizzes (loader and separate quiz pack…
... I joked about the 1984 Spectrum software "integrated manuals":-
... tape) arrived in the post from Ebay . Its "un-integrated" ... the tape by using ideas from the book. But initial ... software after all ,and in ways that are not initially obvious from ... -
ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 4B No soundHi, I have a ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 4B without sound. I tested the ULA on another Spectrum and works fine, tested the speaker and it has the correct …
... try loading a program from your cassette recorder to the ZX Spectrum, can ... the ZX Spectrum ... hear any sound from the speaker in the ZX Spectrum?
ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 4B No soundHi, I have a ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 4B without sound. I tested the ULA on another Spectrum and works fine, tested the speaker and it has the correct …
... try loading a program from your cassette recorder to the ZX Spectrum, can ... the ZX Spectrum ... hear any sound from the speaker in the ZX Spectrum? Does turning ...Getting Android emulators for rhe ZX Spectrum to work with "Ye Olde" 9 pin "D" joysticks circa 1984!I suppose people could say "Why Bother" ? Well at least I have an answer (I have a lot of these old joysticks!) . So if I am minded to try and get…
... could work perfectly with ZX Spectrum software and Spectaculator .But nevertheless , the ... specific set ups (I think from memory it only stores 1 ...Has anyone tried to compose any C64 soundtracks on an AY chip?There is no doubt the SID chip was an excellent soundchip and was used heavily by great composers such as Rob Hubbard. One of my favourites is the Mo…
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Spectrum software that can play complete ... it on the fly directly from the original files... Indeed ... /> Incidentally, the UnReal ZX Spectrum emulator does a reasonable job ...A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…
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Modern spectrum setups these days are sometimes ... combined with near instantaneous loading of data from an SD card (almost ... the +2 RAM drive, loading stuff from the M: drive using LOAD ... by BASIC only users than from back in the day... ...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…
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[b]Machine Type:[/b] ZX Spectrum 48K
[b]Re-released by:[/b] CP Software (But ... first version of this game from Pi Software from 1982. The version already ... re-released by CP Software is from 1983. Proof of that ...48K ROM copyrights holderHi everyone I would like to check with you about the rights to the 48K ROM. It seems the current rights owner is Sky UK. Did anyone have any recen…
... is currently undergoing a transformation from the old site to the ... has obtained to host ZX Spectrum software. And most of this will ... ZX Spectrum ROMs, it’s likely to be the same information from ...48K ROM copyrights holderHi everyone I would like to check with you about the rights to the 48K ROM. It seems the current rights owner is Sky UK. Did anyone have any recen…
... is currently undergoing a transformation from the old site to the ... has obtained to host ZX Spectrum software. And most of this will ... ZX Spectrum ROMs, it’s likely to be the same information from ...Best of the Major Clone Groups on WOSThere is a list of major clone groups on WOS:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.net/archive/features.html"]https://worldofspectrum.net/archive/featur…
... -slicing and dicing of the "Spectrum software cake" is allowed so in ... "PWI" ( playable without instructions genre) from the existing ideas contributed by ...A Look at "Serious" 16K Software.Why did the 16K Spectrum software start by being so serious? I am currently looking at a 16K program called DIETRON for the 16K Spectrum (Custom Da…
Yes, I am talking about the ZX Spectrum software catalogue from 1983.
[b][i]Mark[/i][/b]A Look at "Serious" 16K Software.Why did the 16K Spectrum software start by being so serious? I am currently looking at a 16K program called DIETRON for the 16K Spectrum (Custom Da…
... am talking about the ZX Spectrum software catalogue from 1983.
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Software Catalogue 8209
Software Catalogue ...When did Cassettes Go Paperless?I noticed that my "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" Cassette tape is paperless. In other words , the tape cassette itself does not have any paper inla…
... remember when you bought a spectrum game from WH Smith it was ... copy and lots of boxes from the retailer and then had ... machine that would duplicate disks from the master at a fast ... as I thought all software was bought complete from the retailer. Unless ...When did Cassettes Go Paperless?I noticed that my "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" Cassette tape is paperless. In other words , the tape cassette itself does not have any paper inla…
... similar thing . distributing software for the smaller ZX Spectrum software distributors ( eg Chalksoft ... bigger software suppliers ,took over some of the "production" type jobs from ... the smaller Speccy publishers . I have seen a lot of Spectrum ...Finding and listing the Games that are PWI ( Playable Without Instructions)The idea for this came up here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58008/what-of-zx-spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referri…
... a "ready to go" product from within these confines.
from "outside the box" ( yes these ... cards which enhanced the overall software product.
Who was ... /> Who was the best ZX Spectrum software sales person?ZX Spectrum Software Hire Clubs. Does anybody remember them? They used to be quite popular circa 1983 . I think some were just for the ZX Spectrum , Others covered a broader range of micros . I think they rel…
... this WOS reference , from way back , to the Spectrum Software Hire Club that ...The Rant Thread.A thread to rant and ramble about stuff that makes you mad: 1) Why can't women say things in only a few words.Instead of a simple yes, no, we…
... about all their cool cheap software I should be using!< ... ve never liked that company from the very earliest having suffered ... merchants who swiped other peoples software to make their crap ... so much easier to write Spectrum software. Someones bound to attempt a ...Best "Quick and Easy " Games for JoystickYes I know , the immediate reaction to this is that it must have been covered here loads of times before . And yes , of course , there are loads of …
... ZX Spectrum has had various hardware reincarnations that allow for quick loading ... the benefit of QUICK LOADING ZX Spectrum games has been with us ... there any more strong ZX SPECTRUM software sectors that are amenable to ...Best "Quick and Easy " Games for JoystickYes I know , the immediate reaction to this is that it must have been covered here loads of times before . And yes , of course , there are loads of …
... . So it is the Spectrum gameplay equivalent of strong and ... loading problem well and truly cracked by the many improved Spectrum ... the areas in which ZX Spectrum software is not as strong as ... that Zillions of "Best of Spectrum" games threads can disappear ...The "Kiddification" Continuum : "serious" 48k software versus "kiddified"128k software?Of course this is a gross simplification . The idea of a straight line continuum with "serious" 48k software on one side and "kiddified" 128k softwa…
... idea of this thread came from here:-
[url ... org/forums/discussion/55346/zx-spectrum-keyboards-all-and-everything- ... the Spectrum still had a decent share of the software market ... a ready supply of cheap Spectrum software available on the Ebay type ...Building a ZX Spectrum and I have some voltage questionsI've posted about this before looking for parts, but now I've found all the hard-to-get stuff (thank you Retrolium!). So I figured new questions, new…
... few issues. I tried loading a game from a .wav file, but ... to be a fully functional Spectrum!New Version of MAME Emulator out with enhancements on Spectrum-EmulationNew Version 0.216 of MAME Emulator out with enhancements on Spectrum Emulation: [url="https://www.mamedev.org/?p=476"]https://mamedev.org/?p=476[/…
... Gomez Amate, the ZX Spectrum cassette software list now includes the Spanish ... more glitches in the ZX Spectrum family from holub.[/quote]
