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Strange Screen Quality Issue Suddenly?Hi all I've had my Spectrum sat on the shelf for a couple of months. Before it worked perfectly and had one of the best pictures I've ever seen from…
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Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
... me only helped him a bit. So you could say: "Programming ... for newer games are a bit difficult for me to decipher ... -
Game development guidesHello all, I want to get into game development for the ZX Spectrum and would like to know where I can find some helpful guides. I've looked around t…
[quote="Metalbrain;833458"]Looking at the optimization ... the formula for the 16 bit trickier loops would be (13 ... -
Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …
[quote="Metalbrain;846446"]This got me thinking ... instead of 1 fixed extra bit, we only add the ... we add an extra 0 bit. For 3-5, we ... an add an extra 1 bit. To decode, read 8 ... 1, read an extra bit and if it's 1 ... got was using an extra bit every 4 bytes, except ... -
Meaning of Format Byte of a TRDOS DiskDoes anybody knows the Meaning of the Format Byte (Byte 227 in Sector 8 (Sector Count from 0) in Track Zero) of a TR-DOS Disk (Real Disk of a Bet…
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Bit 4 / Bit 3 / Bit 2 / Bit 1 / Bit 0
22 ... meaning of Bit 4 (=always set ?); Bit 3 and Bit 2 of ... 8 structure:...
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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[/…
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-wd_fdc.cpp: a bit improve HLD/HLT handling, fix ... Soriano, Jose Manuel, Marino Arribas, Metalbrain, robcfg, Simon Owen, Syx, Zup ... -
New release of ZEsarUXFound today by chance on: [url]https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases/tag/10.1-13122021[/url] [quote]ZEsarUX-10.1 Beta1 Pre-release che…
... emulation: added layer2 priority colour bit
Improved Audio Chip Piano ... when words of 5 characters lenght and setting sending final space ... -
UNREAL SPECTRUM EMULATOR RELEASED!!!!it is a good emulator for windows and the most exciting feature is ''GENERAL SOUND" support! I have tested it a bit and can say it is not bad - sampl…
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Help with my first emulatorActually, when I say 'first' that's a bit of a lie - I used to own a mac and had Macspectacle which was dandy. Now, however I have a PC running Windo…
... say 'first' that's a bit of a lie - I used ... Z80 and that was a bit pants - very flickery graphics. Before ... -
Saving games on emulatorsi just downloaded elite and am really pleased with it how ever i don't seem to be able to save a game and reload it later wish is a bit dissappointin…
i just downloaded elite and am really pleased with it how ever i don't seem to be able to save a game and reload it later wish is a bit dissappointing if any one has any suggetions i'd really appriciate them
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Emulators for beginnersAs a beginner to this I might be being a bit stupid but do you need the old tape game to play it still or can you download them off the web and play …
As a beginner to this I might be being a bit stupid but do you need the old tape game to play it still or can you download them off the web and play them through your PC??
Any help would be appreciated.
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Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …
... improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available ... second screen, memory copy and bit-test, or HiSoft Basic 1 ... -
8 bit Emulators in general/ links for wnatedI really like a lot of the stuff on the Speccy Web Ring. Quite a lot of it has not been updated for a while, the same goes for stuff outsides the r…
I really like a lot of the stuff on the Speccy Web Ring.
Quite a lot of it has not been updated for a while, the same goes for stuff outsides the ring (such as ELITE author Ian Bell's site.)
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Racing gamesI recently had a go on Superspring on the mame emulator, and found it a bit unplayable without the steering wheel of the arcade version. Then I tried…
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Getting the ball rolling againOkay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threa…
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dizzyI am a member of the dizzy the egg group on yahoo and I`m wondering if anyone would like to look/join 1 am only asking because Ray, the moderator of …
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What was it called now ????Hello there and if your reading this then i think ive just made a new friend..that is however if you can help me solve the mystery of my un-named gam…
... had to complete levels a bit like manic miner but with ... -
Dungeon Master DocumentationDoes any one have the list of weapons/damage infliction and monsters/damage infliction for Dungeon Master by Crystal Computing? It gets a bit hit n m…
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Spellbound Dizzyam i the only one who can't get the flippers to work? i looked at a solution and it said to hold down jump while carrying them but i just float up a …
am i the only one who can't get the flippers to work? i looked at a solution and it said to hold down jump while carrying them but i just float up a bit then fall back down. am i doing something wrong or have i just got a duff version of the game? -
Original games I have some 80 odd original games in original condition that I am prepared to sell. Please advise your list of games required and what you are prepa…
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Need a game name...Details a tad bit sketchy I'm afraid, but here's what I can siphon from my mind... Game type: Adventure/arcade/maze View: Top down Genre: Mystical R…
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Is it just me...?Maybe I grew up paying too much attention to films like Tron, Max Headroom, Robocop etc. - always the companies in them were huge faceless corporatio…
... spectrum software houses were a bit like that. When I saw ... -
your favourite adventureWe all must have played text adventures on our speccys,i loved them even tho i only ever finished about 3 in my life. Anyway what was your favorite t…
... at shine torch thru hole bit for months.
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Calling all coding munkeez...Having spent the last 8 years as a Windows application developer I thought I'd try my hand at a bit of Z80 speccy coding - something I missed out on …
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TV picture goes kaput on my 128I've been using the 128K model a lot recently and noticed a bit of flicker on the screen. Then a couple of days ago it rapidly got worse, and now the…
... lot recently and noticed a bit of flicker on the screen ...