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Highway Encounter and Spin.I downloaded a TZX of Highway Encounter from the TZX vault. When I try and load the game up in Spin (the version with rollback),I get a black screen,…
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4 Computer Buffs data transmissions on TVAnyone else remember these? They were transmitted after closedown to tie in with the 4 Computer Buffs TV programme on channel 4 back in the 80s. The …
... company history in text, various loading screens and complete games of ... -
The Pawn and Spin 5.04 - weird behaviourTwo TZX files from the TZX vault: The Pawn.tzx The Pawn v2.3.tzx (both are v 2.3 from the start text, but the first shows the title screen when lo…
... shows the title screen when loading and the "Pondering...." message as ... comes up)..however with accelerated loading turned off it works fine ... one will work with accelerated loading turned on, but only if ... -
In need of a Poke (ooer!)Back in my very basic Basic days, machine code was a scary thing. I think I advanced as far as 'LD HA' (or something!) before giving up. However, so…
... tried to break into the loading
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Loading TR-Dos game (not autoload)When I can`t autoload a TR-Dos game, what do I type? I`ve got the Pentagon set up, CAT alogued the disk, and get the following:- Title: AMD4ever 6 …
When I can`t autoload a TR-Dos game, what do I type?
I`ve got the Pentagon set up, CAT alogued the disk, and get the following:-
Title: AMD4ever
6 File (s)
0 Del. File
A:T.REN+GS120:Target 250
A: ... -
Spin vs Rainbow Islands 128Anyone managed to get Spin 0.504 to load the levels for Rainbow Islands 128 (using the Vault's TZX) without resorting to 'real loading speed' setting…
... TZX) without resorting to 'real loading speed' settings? With any kind ... of flash-loading enabled I just get 'load ... /> Curiously, if I switch flash loading off and wait for the ... block to start loading then turn flash loading on again... it ... -
Spectrum not booting up properlyI picked up an old Spectrum from a car boot sale today, but the keyboard was acting up. I took it apart to see what the problem was, but after puttin…
... white, sometimes colour, usually with stripes all over the screen and ... -
Game Copy HelpHiya Is there an easy way to copy a game to a +3 disc? my multiface 3 has gone all screwy on me! The way I had been doing it was loading the TAP on…
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ZX80 - it wont die.The Mighty Dope Throne's ZX80 cgc entry has got me thinking. Does anyone know anything about how the zx80 works internally? is it very close to the z…
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flying sharkHi, I'm looking for a tap or disked version of Taito's Flying shark, the original loader is a protected bleepload and I'm not very good in asm hackin…
Saving games today on a real speccyOne thing I can't do on a real speccy is save games, or programs in general. My MD player doesn't have a mic minijack socket, and it's not really app…
... not really appropriate for saving loading sounds anyway.
So I ... dictaphone be able to save loading sounds properly? Does anybody use ...Could you tell me what this game is called?It's a space shooter and on the loading screen there is a banana holding a microphone and wearing sunglasses.
It's a space shooter and on the loading screen there is a banana holding a microphone and wearing sunglasses.Twilight: English version is availableDisk image for Spectrum+3, the size of the program is over 190KB, so I had to put it to 3,5" disk and am not sure it will work on any emulator (it do…
... 't press any keys until loading screen appears, otherwise it hangs ...A little trick in S.W.I.V.Do you know that there's a little hidden message in S.W.I.V.? I don't remember what you should do exactly but I think if you press the keys S and W o…
... S and W on the loading screen while the game is ... loading the game will not load ...Broken ZX 48kHey all. I have acquired a broken ZX 48k. It looks in good condition - tried the membrane and it is working with my other 48k very well. When you tu…
... normal Reset routine (the Red stripes on the black background) but ...How do it do this?Hello everyone! I have digged out my old ZX Spectrum but my gametapes are gone. I would like too play on my orignal machine and not some emulater …
... of my old tape recorder loading a game will send my ...Reversed question, tzx to tape?Hello everyone! I have digged out my old ZX Spectrum but my gametapes are gone. I would like too play on my orignal machine and not some emulater…
... of my old tape recorder loading a game will send my ...The original MaziacsThis is probably old news to most of you, but never mind! I was flicking through an old magazine (C & VG, June '82) when I noticed an advert for a Z…
... of the highest quality, and loading is guaranteed.", which is good ...Loading games via CD on a real SpectrumWhen I went to the Back In Time Live show in Brighton last year and at this years Retro Gamer expo in London I was fascinated to see this guy using a…
When I went to the Back In Time Live show in Brighton last year and at this years Retro Gamer expo in London I was fascinated to see this guy using a portable CD player to load games into his +2.
He had one of those cassette tape line-in ...Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…
... like to know how the loading screens on games are done ... a screen$ and then start loading the actual game. How does ...red and green lines down pictureThese lines are usually hardly noticable, when playing games etc. but when I loaded a screenshot last night into my +3 the tv picture was vividly mar…
... with vertical pink and green stripes.
It is not the ...How do I save to tape, as it wereSo I've written my game, I've written a loading screen, I want to now put everything together with a loader etc so that it is the same as loading str…
... game, I've written a loading screen, I want to now ... it is the same as loading straight from tape.
Fire 'n iceI'm running RealSpectrum 0.97.23 on my work PC, which is a 1GHz Pentium III. I've downloaded Fire 'n Ice, which is a TR-DOS game, and what I've seen …
... the boot screen, then the "loading" screen, then the Start Game ...Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…
... added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise ... in some disk commanders).
[-] Loading memory block in the Dubugger ... non-standard sized sectors.
[-] Loading files from Disk Browser via ...new update of winTZXHello If someone cares.. a new release of winTZX is available + Speedlock protected program loading fixed + First step of MDR file support Thanks …
Hello
If someone cares..
a new release of winTZX is available
+ Speedlock protected program loading fixed
+ First step of MDR file support
Thanks
PatrickSpeedloadersSince I read Lee Tonks' post about the speedloaded version of MM3 he did, I've been playing around with various speedload routines I found on TTFn & …
... Barker's page about Spectrum loading schemes. And I was wondering ...The long waitNot only did we have to wait on our games loading, but had to wait yonks on the mail orders. Thats the thing that really drove my patience. Please …
... to wait on our games loading, but had to wait yonks ...Great gag..In the early to mid 80's my brother and I would go into shops like Boots or W H Smiths which had Spectrums on display. We would type in a bit of BAS…
... as though a game was loading. We would add a bit ... something like "Knight Lore is Loading", even though the game had ...Half Life 2Just got it today. u have to register it via internet and the loading time is crap. But it plays well on my amd 1800 with 1 gig mem and onboard nvide…
... it via internet and the loading time is crap.
But ...Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... game to run automatically after loading from .TAP file? If so ... 've also created a nice loading screen for the game using ... show whilst the game is loading?
3.) There'll ...
