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Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
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Whatever happened to Ocean?Ocean were probably the biggest software company on the Speccy, as well as other 8-bit computers. In the UK at least - in terms of number of releases…
... and high status allowing them to sign the biggest tie-in ... games.
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Help me to find the name of this gameIt's a Spanish motorbike racing game. You can choose a bike and the equipment in the main menu of the game. You start at the left part of the screen …
... of the screen and move to the right. You should also ... -
Where to get Speccy bits and pieces...Hi everybody, My poor little 16K Speccy is begging to be fixed but I think the ULA has given up the ghost - when I power it on the screen stays the …
... little 16K Speccy is begging to be fixed but I think ... for).
Anyhow, I want to get this machine back and ... so I don't want to pester him.
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How to play 'Savage'?I can't work out how to run Savage.tzx in Spectaculator 6. It loads up and the music starts playing. Pressing enter brings up the intro screen with …
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Sokoban.z80: this isn't the game I wantedI've downloaded the game Sokoban.z80 from this site but it isn't the game I wanted. On my Speccy I used to play another Sokoban made in Poland. It ha…
I've downloaded the game Sokoban.z80 from this site but it isn't the game I wanted. On my Speccy I used to play another Sokoban made in Poland. It had nice graphics and AY music and I liked this game very much. Could you help me to find it? -
Can anyone tell me how to emulate the ZX Printer on a PC-printer?What code's do you sent to the PC-printer to make it print a LLISTING or SCREEN$ with Sinclair font or the SCREEN$ as it has loaded on the screen? I…
... 's do you sent to the PC-printer to make it print ... screen?
I want to use my ZX-PC Interface ... the Spectrum printerbuffer I want to send the result through the ... interface trough the PC to the printer.
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Zaf-forth to Z80 compiler Build 5This forth like complier is changing almost every day with new items been added. Here is a new Zaf-forth word add it the sptword.fth file - which is…
... Demo"
;"Draws 30 circles to the screen"
;"random ...
;"Start label used to jump back to start"
< ... spaces
;"prints 8 spaces to screen"
."Random ... />
jump start
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Connecting real Spectrum to TVHello, This is my first post on this forums, so hello to everybody. I have recently bought Spectrum +2 on internet auction and tried to connect it to…
... on this forums, so hello to everybody.
I have recently ... internet auction and tried to connect it to
my home TV ... connecting the cables I tried to find
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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…
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Claim to Speccy fameHas anybody had their name in print in a Spectrum magazine? Either on a letters page, giving a hack/cheat or printing of a type in. By the way I've…
... ZX Computing (thanks to Dunny for prompting me to dig 'em out ... to find the April fool ... -
How can I see how long it took for IM2 to runHow can i see how many cycles it took for my interrupt routine to run, is there some way with Spectaculator debugger etc to see how long it has taken…
How can i see how many cycles it took for my interrupt routine to run, is there some way with Spectaculator debugger etc to see how long it has taken from entering the IM2 routine to RETI -
How to use rollback in RZX file?A beginner question: I want to record my game action to RZX file. I know it is possible to "save" game during recording and if something goes wrong…
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I want to record my game action to RZX file.
I know it is possible to "save" game during recording and ... if something goes wrong return to this state. This is called ... do rollback? I am eager to make some games walkthrough -
Star Tip 2 - Tim Follin's 3 Channel Sound - info reqd.Hello there, I've decided to throw myself in at the deep end and decipher Tim Follin's "Star Tip 2", which produced some incredible 3 channel sound …
... moving on to Soundtracker and the AY chip etc.< ... 9D68.
Prior to that, there is a group ... the routine uses #FF to distinguish between actual note data ... br /> Comparing this block to the block for the first ... with this post long enough to even care? ;)
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I forgot how to play this gamePlease, could anyone tell me how to play Hostages? I played it on my Speccy many years ago and I completed the whole game but I don't remember how I …
... , could anyone tell me how to play Hostages? I played it ... I walk all the way to the right, enter all buildings ... -
How to transfer Tapes to Microcartridges??Hello All, I have a ton of Microcartridges, also about 10 totally unused, was wondering how I can transfer any games I have on tape to Microcartridg…
... games I have on tape to Microcartridge?
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To people who post "name this game" topicsIt would help us to decide which Topics to open if they at least stated the genre(s) of the game [B]in the Subject[/B]. e.g. * platform * shoot-em-u…
It would help us to decide which Topics to open if they at ... our memories and induce us to read the Topic.
You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co. ... [/url]
2) Read to the very bottom.
Trying to track down Speccy game authors for RGHi, I hope some of you read and enjoyed my Konix feature (and video) in Retro Gamer issue 8! For my next few articles, I'm looking at featuring abs…
... /programmer/company you'd like to see featured, then please respond ... /> So, if you'd like to see the Spectrum represented in ...So much to learn. So little time...Here's an interesting site for those with a judgement bypass. [url="http://tinyurl.com/3tyvz"]http://tinyurl.com/3tyvz[/url] Armed with a Paypal ac…
... came back with two links to this site - one of them ... since extinct - and a link to Andy's old sunderland account ... is a chapter on how to download ZX32 and some pages ...What Music Did You Listen To.....I used to love listening to music on my hi-fi when i was playing on my speccy, I can remember playing Thunderbirds from Glandslam whilst listening to…
I used to love listening to music on my hi-fi ... Thunderbirds from Glandslam whilst listening to "Ride On Time" by Blackbox ... intrested if you guys listened to music whilst on "the beast ...pics next to titleshi, just an opinion , nothing more, i think would be very helpful to a have small screenshot of every game next to its tilles in the A,B,c...Z lists…
hi,
just an opinion , nothing more, i think would be very helpful to a have small screenshot of every game next to its tilles in the A,B,c...Z lists.
thanks.
[ This Message was edited by: morning on 2004-10-24 22:54 ]Whats Happened To Starglider RadioI've been trying to access the Starglider Radio website, and it's not there! :( Anyone know where it's gone, and if it's coming back?
I've been trying to access the Starglider Radio website, and it's not there! :(
Anyone know where it's gone, and if it's coming back?is zx32 the easiest to use emulator?well what do you think is the easiest to us emulator?
well what do you think is the easiest to us emulator?HOW TO *FORCE* AMSTRAD TO PRODUCE ZX?!OK then. Many chats last times about new ZX models, old ZX models but contemporary produced ;) , about Amstrad - what could it do and why didn't do m…
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So now - HOW TO FORCE AMSTRAD TO PRODUCE SPECTRUM? Nowadays. As ... ? Is there any mail-address to the firm?
What ... arguments for such a letter to Amstrad?
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What games exploited hardware speccy to the top level?Hello For you....what games exploited hardware speccy to the top level? thanks. greetings from Spain
Hello
For you....what games exploited hardware speccy to the top level?
thanks.
greetings from SpainConvert .sna to .savHi... how can i convert a .sna file to .sav file? tks...
Hi... how can i convert a .sna file to .sav file? tks...Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…
... it 48K beeper, or 128 AY
the sheer amount ... well about resolution, that compared to vertain screen modes of the ... have chosen AY music, as that`s soo beautiful to me, but ... perfect Speccy arcade convos used to/ could be SOO arcade perfect ...Very OT: Video-Sound Codes to MacintoshHello! Sorry for this OT, but I haven't got any answers elswer. I'm looking for a collection of the most important codecs for macintosh. On the PC …
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Can someone point me to a site with this information ...
