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Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
... OK with TAP2DSK to run from +3 disk.
Here's ... they will either use a tape load routine from within the game or ... a TAP file split into 16kb (max) blocks from (hard) disk to a ... reconstructed copy in a DSK image file ... -
A few questions on what hardware to buy...Hello First post here. I never had a Spectrum as a kid, but a few of my friends had one. I used to love playing the games on them - I have very fo…
... . Hopefully you can avoid making same mistakes as me...
from tape) if you get yourself a DivIDE.
I bought a tape ... from tape/disk if using a DivIDE; moreover no need to buy a tape ... needed to spend a couple of quid on a tape lead for ... -
The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
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5-Insert a tape, not sure about other emulators ... Insert Tape for saving then select a blank tape (you can just copy and ... select overwrite a TAP ... the screen in .scr mode from ZX Paintbrush or the Screen ... -
Film on the UK software industry - Kickstarter to complete it..Thought you guys might be interested in this - came up on my FaceBook Newsfeed, endorsed by Mel Croucher (of Automata fame) [url=http://www.kickstar…
... the money they're making from it probably isn't ... probably intending to get a production run of professionally ... if I paid for a production copy and got fobbed ... computers from the 80s - 5 BBC Bs with a copy of ... Electron with an unopened copy of Elite signed by ... -
Time for all games to become (legally) available?It just came to me that none of us are getting any younger. Not much of an earth-shattering statement I know, but more came of this original thought.…
... some listings, I?ve a got a bootleg tape with two possibly greatest ... . I could also get a ?real?, UK tape with the game - being ... bloody tape to have prove - look, it?s my legal COMMANDO from ... now from internet.
I am NOT saying that having a copy ... -
Time for all games to become (legally) available?It just came to me that none of us are getting any younger. Not much of an earth-shattering statement I know, but more came of this original thought.…
... from my PC when I got my hands on a real copy of ... is admittedly to some people a lot more satisfying than ... as the point I was making was I'd rather own ... re still putting an illegal copy of the game/games ... downloaded for free, on a machine they once belonged on ... -
New game: Funky FungusHappy Easter folks! What's better to do during these Spring holidays than playing some new game on our Spectrums? ;-) And lo, here is... [center] [y…
... load the game properly. Spectaculator loads the file with and ... from the PC (Tapir "Play" option), amplified through a PC speaker with a ... connected to the Datacorder with a tape adapter, without even the ... and Dunny themselves stated here a while ago, the latest ... -
Time for all games to become (legally) available?It just came to me that none of us are getting any younger. Not much of an earth-shattering statement I know, but more came of this original thought.…
... from consumers of these games. If you want to obtain a copy ... the original carts...there IS a market for old games.
making a living out of selling original ... that, you want a legal copy, you buy it...what a concept! :lol: -
Time for all games to become (legally) available?It just came to me that none of us are getting any younger. Not much of an earth-shattering statement I know, but more came of this original thought.…
... from consumers of these games. If you want to obtain a copy ... that there are people/businesses making a living out of selling original ... , you want a legal copy, you buy it...what a concept! :lol ... and attitude towards media. Apart from a few top selling artists, ... -
Time for all games to become (legally) available?It just came to me that none of us are getting any younger. Not much of an earth-shattering statement I know, but more came of this original thought.…
... fine for those that want a LEGAL copy...
... , nor anybody else, from downloading an Ultimate game ... men; nor bedroom coders making online games of the ... request it for free from the owner (good luck ... how commerce works...and a great reason for paying ... -
Transferring ZX Spectrum software from tape to digital formatAs the title says, can anyone tell me the simplest way of doing this using a normal, modern desktop PC and maybe some string? Ta.
... the Spectrum. I can copy a tape to disk and then convert ... However, to transfer a tape you can use a normal cassette recorder and ... load from Tape and save to your PC (or use a copy software ... ).
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New game TANK BATTLE[url]http://zx.pk.ru/showpost.php?p=589316&postcount=1[/url]
... unchanged version of the game from 1995, except that I ... tricks by disassembling some routines from Firefly and several other ... was written using 48K with a tape recorder (proper old school!). ... and because the process of making it better intuitively was hard ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... ;694482]some old mates bands from back in the late 80s ... ? I think I had a dodgy tape copy of Get Rid of the ... bad irish punky stuff, for a sheff band :p
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... I think I had a dodgy tape copy of Get Rid of ... bad irish punky stuff, for a sheff band :p
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truth decay released a couple of lps and single ... anything of note apart from that tape, mi mate mohican nik ... to this day, that tape has a wicked piss take of ...Hangman .TAP doesn't work in Spectaculator 8.0Hello! I tried the game "Hangman" using the latest version of Spectaculator and nothing happens. The direct URL of the game is: [url]http://www.wor…
From Spectaculator's help file...
[ ... audio cassette file, if Spectaculator detects it contains a runnable program, it ... doesn't auto-run, hence Spectaculator ignores it if you drag ... 'd start loading the new tape file instead.Bounding into the App Store in the morning - Spectaculator 5Happy 31st Birthday, ZX Spectrum! [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIfVWmpCEAAQ84S.png[/IMG] :) Jon.
... - yes I've got a load more from Zenobi to add along ... you've got virtual tape controls, it's a bit fiddly. I ... on the loading of data from one part to another ... I don't tend spend a lot of time playing Speccy ... use the PC version of Spectaculator for that) but I do ..."Chronos": how fast should it really be?I was reading [URL="http://timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Archive.htm"]Tim Follin's webpage[/URL] the other day and came across a curious remark abou…
[QUOTE=R-Tape;698791]So I timed level ... 53514,17 and started timing from pressing the start key to ... , am very seriously thinking about making a mod that would address slightly ... would be, I believe, indistinguishable from the original version with a bug.Speccy Tape AppThis could be in any Forum so I have gone here. This morning I received this video of a new iPhone App [youtube]auR2CmrSnoU[/youtube] and downloa…
Just saw that the 'Speccy Tape' App was featured on [ ... has managed to get permission from approx. 250 publishers, including ... Codemasters), WOS removes the software from their website.
It's ... volunteers behind it) is making a proactive effort to track down ...Making aText AdventureRight, I've not touched BASIC for many, many years(When I was about 10). I've written a text adventure game and would really like to put one on Tape …
... my progress from not having a clue where to start making a text adventure ... screen, to making it suitable to run off of a tape, to my ...Covertape speedloaderThere was a covertape (possibly YS) that had a speed loader / saver routine included on it. It stood out to me as I recall it had a counter on it, co…
... and Spectaculator seem to have a problem saving from these ... , however (tried "real tape mode" in Spin) they ...
I'll have a play with it later again ... , not actually a serious concern really as ... a real speccy and do it that way (assuming my tape ...Covertape speedloaderThere was a covertape (possibly YS) that had a speed loader / saver routine included on it. It stood out to me as I recall it had a counter on it, co…
... Spin and Spectaculator seem to have a problem saving from these type of ... /> Go to Recording>Tape Recording>Insert Tape for Saving
Then go to Recording>Tape Recording>Start Recording and ... 'll be saved just as a real tape.
What I ...Horizontal Scrolling/Per Character gamesHello. Can anyone give me the titles of some Speccy games (preferably good ones, but I don't mind hearing about bad ones too) that scroll the playin…
... a whole character space. The second tricky bit is making ... the screen every time from pre-shifted scrolled chunks ... real speed advantage is from using very few blocks, ... having to find and copy the data for each ... and smooth and a great game from the master Jonatan.< ...Trailblazer - mapped?Anyone mapped Trailblazer yet? I'd kind of like to get hold of the maps. D.
... a summary of the steps involved in making ... Make Trailblazer-dumps.Z80 from Trailblazer to create Trailblazer- ... tape
* A separate program SAVEMAP to:
+ Build a zone map from a ... bytemap loaded at 26000 from Trailblazer ...Which game did you like the loading noise the most?I always like skool daze's loader, it seemed to come over in regular waves.
... /> * Once, when we got a *cough* c90 tape from one of my brother ... were just playing it in a tape recorder to make sure it ... another sidenote: The first ever copy of Wanted: Monty Mole that ... their duplication by connecting two tape decks together back then? : ...The 'why did I buy that?' threadWhich games did you shell out your hard-earned cash on - despite crap or indifferent reviews? I remember spending ?7.95 on Ocean's [URL="http://www.…
... existant gameplay. I expected a playable game from Sandy White, but I ... . So I erased a short part of the tape and took it ... it), and they never had a copy in stock and asked if ...FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
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I only noticed a minor bug: the first label ... a nice copy to clipboard and paste from clipboard tool, and a ... transparent and overlapping selector. I'm on a ... Sunday. Next steps are making the free customizeable guide lines ...The 'why did I buy that?' threadWhich games did you shell out your hard-earned cash on - despite crap or indifferent reviews? I remember spending ?7.95 on Ocean's [URL="http://www.…
... dad acquired a pirate copy of [I]Transylvanian Tower[/I] from a guy he ... time used to put the tape in his pocket.
Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …
... treated me like a little brother) brought home a ZX81 from the North ... have is of a friend lending me the Horizons tape shortly afterwards ... />
Anyhow, long, rambling post from a late starter, kind of wish ... 80's, but I'm making up for it now :)
British Bob for the Spectrum - let's ask for it!Hi guys, a while ago I was perusing the [URL="http://computeremuzone.com"]Computer Emuzone website[/URL], when I stumbled upon a Relevo Videogames t…
My Dad bought a Toshiba MSX from a school friend of ... It came with a few forgettable tape games and [I ... local computer shop carried a few games, mostly budget ... exchange the tape as the first copy wouldn't ... never could track down a cartridge copy of [I]Nemesis ...
