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INPUT magazineHowdy folks! Does anyone know of an online archive of this early programming mag? I'd like to get my hands on the issue which had a random maze gene…
... issue 7 I think - Random maze for an evil pirate), but ... -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
Making a speccy-like text-adventure for WindowsWell, I downloaded an adventure creator for Windows 95/98 from: [url]www.adrift.org.uk[/url] and I just thought I'd recommend it, just in case any …
I've also got this idea for a psychopathic indian who's been killing the local settlers. His lair is in an underground maze of caves that you must successfully negotiate, where his latest victim lies waiting to be sacraficed...speccy soundI know this sounds a bit vauge but can anyone explain to me why the music on some 48K games was so amazing and so much better than the usual beeper s…
... ? That uses the same sound generator and as you will no ...INPUT magazine.Howdy folks! Does anyone know of an online archive of this early programming mag? I'd like to get my hands on the issue which had a random maze gene…
I'd like to see the whole lot together. Some of the coding in them was pretty bad, but still - some good ideas.
Anyway, do you have this one? Something to do with pirates and a random maze if I remember correctly...
Thanks!Build your own spectrum ?OK this must be a daft question but I got hold of a Spectrum circuit layout a while ago and [for a laugh - it's been a quiet week at work [img]/__for…
... in the ULA - Video/TV generator, I/O stuff including A ...Sound on Spectrum / AtariIf I'm not mistaken, the AY chip on Spectrum and Atari ST are the same. I saw some games on Atari and I must say that sound on it was pretty nice. My…
Didn't the ST also have a white noise generator that could be used for drum sounds (or was that the Amiga?).
Some ST tunes were nowhere near as good as the Speccy originals, eg. Stormbringer, Bubble Bobble.who owned a zx81 before the spectrumHow many of you owned a zx81 before getting a spectrum and did it make you want to get a spectrum. I owned a zx81 first but all my mates had a spectr…
... those who miss "3D MONSTER MAZE" on the Spectrum/SAM-coupe ... pleasure to play "3D Monster Maze" on a Spectrum or a ...DK Troniks Programmable InterfaceHow did this one work? Did you have to load in a program before loading the game in so that it knew what each of the joystick positions were mapped t…
... to play that 3D Monster Maze thing that people keep going ...DK Troniks Programmable InterfaceHow did this one work? Did you have to load in a program before loading the game in so that it knew what each of the joystick positions were mapped t…
ZX81 Emulator can be downloaded at [url="http://www.ZX81.NL"]www.ZX81.NL[/url]
Since 3D-Monster Maze needs some alterations I will sent it as .TAP fileA TRON style questionmmmmmmm seems everyone wants one of my jelly babies.........anyway heres the tron style question...imagine its the future and you get sucked into any…
... the entrance to the dangerous maze of underground tunnels, hoping to ...Gaming MythsLike mentioned in earlier threads - we have games like Mire Mare, Lunar Jetman and Scooby Doo. Does any other ones spring to mind. They need not be…
... Quicksilva and was a boring maze-SEU hybrid with nondescript graphics ...what games did you never complete?What games for the spectrum did you never manage to complete and why.
Manic Miner. How the F*!) did you complete the Solar Power Generator!THE SPECTRUM QUIZ IS HEREOkay folks, here are 30 questions. The person who EMAILS them to me with the most correct is the winner. No cheating, use your memory and not the W…
... lost/abducted in a 3d maze
29 What 128k ...Adventure 200Any information or tips to help completion of this text adventure would be gratefully appreciated. I first met this game more than fifteen years ago …
Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
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8: Maze game with huge balls with ...Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
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8: Maze game with huge balls with ...Where are you from / who are you / do you still use the real SpectrumJust three questions to see how divers the Spectrumworld is and how many users are still around. If you want to stay anonymous, just answer the last …
... 't afford expensive hardware title generator....
I wrote a ...What were the most difficult, and pointless, games you ever played?1) Jack and the Beanstalk - incredibly difficult, a system of losing lives that seems to have designed by a certified lunatic, and no real sense of a…
... experiment your way through a maze tediously having to find out ...Credit due.Can you think of any games that were fore runners of todays games, but were never given the credit they deserve? For example Sky Ranger By Microsphe…
3D Monster Maze on the ZX81. The inspiration for the entire first-person shooter genre. :)
[I]Very[/I] good call on Turbo Esprit, incidentally. :DHorizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…
... were taken with the Character Generator in Horizons and Draw was ...Manic Miner AnniversaryI know this is bit premature but I'm the kinda guy who does things in advance!!! Does any1 know the release date of Manic Miner as next year will be…
... the Warehouse.
Solar Power Generator is all about watching the ...Spectrum musichello, I was wondering if anyone had released some kind of music sequencing software for the spectrum? if so, can anyone point me in a direction of …
... it's own white noise generator for drums and such. Three ...Spectrum musichello, I was wondering if anyone had released some kind of music sequencing software for the spectrum? if so, can anyone point me in a direction of …
... of any kind of sound generator on any system during the ...My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... chip, plus some other sound generator? Or perhaps add some hardware ...Best joystickWhat was your best joystick to use for the Speccy? Mine would have to go to the Atari VCS original. This was a joystick that could live thru just ab…
... ZX81. I tried 3D Monster Maze on an emulator the other ...Spectrum helpHello all I run a website which is some sort of community/game information hybrid. It's dedicated to most gaming platforms (currently 62 of them). I…
... built in envelopes and noise generator.
Apart from this the ...Atic Atac vs Sabre WulfThese two were pretty similar- someone described Sabre Wulf as "Atic Atac with leaves", which is a bit harsh. I personally think that Atic Atac is th…
even though i have completed both of them it is still very easy to get lost in the maze.
I think sabre is better but i have more nostalgia for atic atac.GAMES magazineI have just bought the first issue of GAMES magazine, published in the UK by Paragon. The main part of the mag is very similar to EDGE magazine, and…
... , none other than "3D Monster Maze"!
I suppose it ...did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... (remember that?) It was a maze program where you run around ...