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Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... is that Sir Clive made a poor machine for you poor people. C64 ... cheapest 8 bit, and even for that was better technically than ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... at your posts, or his (for example:
[quote= ... is that Sir Clive made a poor machine for you poor people. C64 ... cheapest 8 bit, and even for that was better technically than ... infinite number of mokeys typing for a year would reproduce Shakespear, so ... -
Artist wantedDo you think you can do a ZX Shed cover?? I have picked a game at random - Vulcan the Tunisian Campaign. So, design us a cover that has the ZXS 'fe…
I can do a colour cover for you, but it may take up to 4 weeks, because of other commitments. If this is okay, then let me know. -
Artist wantedDo you think you can do a ZX Shed cover?? I have picked a game at random - Vulcan the Tunisian Campaign. So, design us a cover that has the ZXS 'fe…
[QUOTE=Graz;284371]I can do a colour cover for you, but it may take up to 4 weeks, because of other commitments. If this is okay, then let me know.[/QUOTE]
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Any Doctors in the house?I rather stupidly tried to rescue one of my cats yesterday, had her leg caught round a piece of garden string. Poor cat, hold still now whilst I unra…
... when I got too fat for my pants back then ... I ... ... cut them up and made a kitty-bed ... for my kitty ... to sleep ... -
Plugging a 48K rubberkey into a VGA/DVI monitor: doable?I'm sure this has been answered before but searching for "monitor" and "vga" gave me a squillion results, none of which appeared relevant. Simple ye…
... all you need a RGB interface for the 48k Spectrum. You can ...
This gives you a 15625 Hz/50 Hz Outpuit ...
Then you need a CGA to VGA converter. This ... After that you get a very clear and sharp ... about 120 Euro or more for that 2 interfaces.
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Plugging a 48K rubberkey into a VGA/DVI monitor: doable?I'm sure this has been answered before but searching for "monitor" and "vga" gave me a squillion results, none of which appeared relevant. Simple ye…
... of all you need a RGB interface for the 48k Spectrum. You can ... . Or maybe buying another monitor for 120 Euros :D
for Speccy 48K.
Another ... good and cheap solution suitable for many people.
Almost same ... -
Boo Hoo... My Telly!!!I bought it when I was 16, with some money from my nan. Yesterday I took it to the dump, as it finally gave out on me. :( *sob* Oh, I loved that …
... sharp. I used it for my speccy for years. It was ... 4 in colour that I started demanding a colour TV for my bedroom ... .
the bastards got a good colour ... the screen, accompanied with a weird jingling sound that slowly ... -
Boo Hoo... My Telly!!!I bought it when I was 16, with some money from my nan. Yesterday I took it to the dump, as it finally gave out on me. :( *sob* Oh, I loved that …
... grandads, it's practically a family heirloom now :D ... . I used it for my speccy for years. It was ... 4 in colour that I started demanding a colour TV for my bedroom ... use one of those for my speccy but as ... really crisp. i asked for a portable color so they got ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
Years ago I made a new BASIC for the ZX Spectrum.
I even sold 1 cassette of it.
For the CSSCGC I will make a new version of it. -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... ]Years ago I made a new BASIC for the ZX Spectrum.< ... I can think of on a speccy. :D
For the CSSCGC I will make a new version of ... "meta-entry". I define a "meta-entry" as any ... CGC entry which provides a new programming environment or ... -
Iceland's Economy Collapsing[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/05/iceland.creditcrunch[/url]
... ://pelgi.com/rrr/"]That's a lot of Range Rovers.[/URL ... Land/Range Rover has made a special edition for the Icelandic market.
Video Capture Cards?Well, looks my new speccys (a rubberkeyed 48 and a grey +2) don't want to play nice with my newish TV's tuner (or by connecting through my VCR, which…
... (never resolved) with RGB cable for my 128
my ... TV needs a voltage on one of the ... />
There is a RGB mod for the 48k so not all is ...Free Radical and Factor 5 go bust?Tragically, Free radical, who wrote [I]Timesplitters 1, 2[/I] and [I]3 (TS: Future Perfect), Second Sight[/I], and [I]Haze[/I], have gone bust. [I]Ti…
... we'd go round to a friends house to play ... circles and being shot at a lot.
The ... it - If only they made a trackball controller for FPS's I'd ... be alright! (I use a ... trackball mouse and keyboard for all my fps ...Keane on the spectrumMrs and I went to see Keane in Manchester on Saturday. For one song, they recreated the speccie loading screen on the massive projection behind them.…
... wondering if someone had made a Keane game for the Spectrum. Hey, if ... />
Perhaps I will submit a Keane game to the CGC ...Now they are remaking HIGHLANDER! WTF!!!Jebus wept! What the hell is it with Hollywood wanting to remake the 80's ? No. No no no no no no no no no no no no no. There can be only one! Grr…
[QUOTE=mile;361241]they have been making shitty highlander films for ages now (well since highlander [b]2[/b])[/QUOTE]
Made a slight correction for you there ;)48k + Power supplyHi, Anyone know where I can get a replacement PSU for the 48k Plus? Nothing on Ebay at the minute. Looks like the end is Imminent for my one! Tha…
... where I can get a replacement PSU for the 48k Plus? Nothing on ... like the end is Imminent for my one![/QUOTE]
48K and +2 (grey)
Velleman ...Mame Roms... :)I have just *aquired* some Mame roms (complete pack 20gb)... Some of them dont work with the lastest Mame Emulator (ver. 0.333)...I use Emu Loader a…
... be great if someone made a dedicated emulator for the Seattle arcade board ... being a console chances are you'd get some extras for your ... troubles. I'll have a looksy through ... all my galaxians yesterday and for some reason i couldnt press ...The amazing Miles Mad Mission thread!Following on from the "Thuderstorms" thread! The JSW I mocked up for a laugh then decided to actually do is under construction. As promised I said …
... the level being a road, or at least a route for Willy to ... me I'd already made a quality sprite for Karingal, instead of being ... in a wheelchair I made him like ... Davros from Dr. Who chasing a ...Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…
I've got a copy of Delta Tau One on disk and it's quite a good game as it goes; not great graphically and boasting a colour palette of just black and white but still a very playable fast moving game nonetheless.SkoolKit 1.0A new release of the Skool Disassemblies is available. This time, besides the traditional [url="http://pyskool.ca/disassemblies/"]online version[/ur…
... [/url] to create a disassembly of a game other than Skool ... static code analysis) a control file for any 48K SNA or Z80 ... than a completely empty control file!
Suggestions for other ... to-implement improvements are welcome. For example, I'm thinking ...How many Ultimate games did you complete without cheating?Ultimate games can be hard - damn hard. I've read a few times that players didn't get very far. I loved the games so I kept at them til they were bea…
... on the ship which made a big target for the baddies and never ... made it to the laser gate ...How many Ultimate games did you complete without cheating?Ultimate games can be hard - damn hard. I've read a few times that players didn't get very far. I loved the games so I kept at them til they were bea…
... on the ship which made a big target for the baddies and never ... made it to the laser gate ...Downloading YouTube videos without installing any program[URL="http://www.force-download.com"]www.force-download.com[/URL] Write the URL of the Youtube vid, select output file extension (AVI, MPEG, ...) an…
I made a youtube DVD for someone a while ago and noticed that they look really blocky when watched so i added a border in Avidemux and they look much better as they arent stretched as much.Spectrum v Amstrad CPC rangeAmstrad seemed to be a rather late starter in the 8 bit micro computer race. I never really saw one outside a shop, only a few people at school had o…
... came across this one. A bit weird, if it ... would not work in a direct ZX/C64/CPC ... background chars) ... must be a fairly recent project if it ... I read somewhere a French bloke made a proper port for the regular ... not on), also involving a few WOSsers too. Ah ...Platform Game Designer 2Right, with Telly Heroes out of the way, I've decided to have a second attempt at this. I've ditched the old PGD2 source, and started again with the…
... more memory for the graphics, then there's a colour table for up to ... 4 colours per tile. Then you'd have a ...Indy gamesIndy-gaming (Independant games, written by people who want to make games that don't neccesarilly fit into current, marketable genres) is a very popul…
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I made a few tools for Uplink mod making and ... />
Liked Darwinia too. Started a group called dcollaboration to make ... mods. Did a lot of reverse engineering on ... to change/edit the game. Made a new campaign.
...Indy gamesIndy-gaming (Independant games, written by people who want to make games that don't neccesarilly fit into current, marketable genres) is a very popul…
... is worth a look. Been a fan since ...
I made a few tools for Uplink mod making and ... Liked Darwinia too. Started a group called dcollaboration to make ... change/edit the game. Made a new campaign.
< ... the release of Subversion for years now.[/QUOTE]
+3 issues....Hello All I came by a couple of +3's on ebay and I'm having issues with them. Since I only ever owned a rubber key, thought someone might be able to…
I learned when I made a SCART cable for an Amiga that RGB pins ... /> BTW: Here's a page with the pinouts for the Amiga cable ... .
Use it for reference, and just swap the ... Amiga side with a +3 instead.
[URL]http ...How to connect a ZX Spectrum to a QL (RGB) monitorI recently acquired a pretty nice (old) original QL Vision color monitor. It works GREAT with the QL and the ZX 128K. The normal ZX Spectrum however,…
... to buy a RGB interface for spectrum 48K. In France was a popular interface ... .
For example ...
