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Bizarre stuff in Interface 1's shadow ROMAccording to the Complete Shadow ROM disassembly, the function that exits back to the BASIC interpreter after interpreting IF1 commands is this: [co…
... BREAK is pressed
05D1 IN A,(+FE) during runtime.
05D8 IN A,(+FE)
05DA RRA ... going to get overwritten by IN A, (0xFE) - why are they ... and say what's REALLY in the RST 18 routine? The ... -
Is it wrong to think of mass in this way?Went to mass this evening. The mass sheet that you pick up at the door is four pages long, with each page consisting of three columns of text. As we …
... level, much like the levels in your favourite speccy game.
in this way? :) -
WHO is in control of the DOCTORWhen i was a little un watching Dr Who Pertwee then Baker, i always thought that the DR was never in control of where the Tardis materialised, back i…
... that the DR was never in control of where the ... new Doctor series he is in total control of where the ... was beginning to think that in the early days of watching ... about the dr not being in control, but i have ... of the Time Meddler and in it the girl character says ... -
Gaming/demo partys in U.K 2008?Hello, My g.f and I would love to attend some sort of Retro bash this year at some point, and was wondering if there is anything happening in the U.K…
... if there is anything happening in the U.K, preferbly close ... to Derbys, in 2008?
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Probing the variables in 128K modeHello again! Briefly, I'm writing an m/c routine to read some BASIC variables. So, before I start, I try to get an idea for the structure of how var…
... of how variables are stored in memory.
... an old scanned speccy book in the WoS archive.
in 128K BASIC? (Again ... CSSCGC tape magazine, which runs in 128K mode).
< ... this program to run correctly in 128K mode.
Who was the local psycho in your street?We had a guy who was a few years older than us, but a little bit slow. Still didn't stop him getting into heaps of trouble though... He used to sit …
... sit on the little kids in the street and fart on ... the handlebar came off in his hands, resulting in a painful face ... /> Who was the local psycho in your street and what did ...name the game in the picture, pleasecould anybody name the text adventure in the picture on the right, please ??? [url]http://lifeslices.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/play-classic-zx-spectru…
could anybody name the text adventure in the picture on the right, please ???
[url]http://lifeslices.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/play-classic-zx-spectrum-games-online-httpwwwzxspectrumnet/[/url]Memory paging in 128 KB - 64KB RAM possible?I have found a quote in Spectrum 3 manual (available at WOS) -------------------- In the +3, we have crammed in more than twice the amount of memory…
... have found a quote in Spectrum 3 manual (available ... )
--------------------
In the +3, we have crammed ... in more than
twice ... 65536 bytes, there are in fact 131072 bytes of ... making 196608 bytes (192K) in all! All this
...Packing numbers in as least memory as possibleI am writing some code for drawing vector lines etc. on the screen. These need to be stored in memory and I want to pack them in a smaller area as po…
... . These need to be stored in memory and I want to ... pack them in a smaller area as possible ... , but could this be stored in one byte instead of two ...Retro show in sweden(With Ulf Beckman)Hello! This weekend there will be a a retro show in sweden with folks from this forum ( [url]http://www.vintagegames.se[/url] ) they will show there…
... be a a retro show in sweden with folks from this ... information about the show here(In swedish) [url]http://retromania.blogg ...If they'd have been released in the 80s...Hello again, Firstly, thank you to everyone who participated [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19786]in this thread.[/url]…
... /forums/showthread.php?t=19786]in this thread.[/url] It's ... they had been released back in the 80s or early 90s ... kept all Speccy fans interested in the prospect of 16K gaming ... .cgi?id=0016793]Farmer Jack in Harvest Havoc[/url] was certainly ...Help with maze in Sorcerer's Mountain.:-? Does anybody out there know how to get out of the maze in SORCERER'S MOUNTAIN a text adventure (with some pictures) written by Martin Sykes and r…
... get out of the maze in SORCERER'S MOUNTAIN a text ... realeased in for the Spectrum in 1984? The program is written in basic ...Collision Detection in SP1Hi, Does anyone have a well-documented example of using collision detection in spritelib. I've search WoS and Z88DK forums but no joy. Something wi…
... example of using collision detection in spritelib. I've search WoS ...How far could you get in Quazatron?Has anybody ever actually completed this game? I can clear to top level on the map, but when I go down to one of the other levels I either end up ge…
ZX Spectrum Laptop mashes in a Toshiba Libretto 110 for some fun retro times[URL]http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/zx-spectrum-laptop-mashes-in-a-toshiba-libretto-110-for-some-fun/[/URL] Id love a laptop that uses a speccy…
[URL]http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/zx-spectrum-laptop-mashes-in-a-toshiba-libretto-110-for-some-fun/[/URL]
Id love a laptop that uses a speccy case!Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used ... the attribute, thus uncovering the mono screen beneath. The first version ... should be compiled or done in assembler, but I would like ...Games where you can hear disco music playingHi, everybody! I like disco music very much, it reminds me of my childhood. My favourite disco singers and groups are: Modern Talking, CC Catch, Ra…
... : Modern Talking, CC Catch, Radiorama, Mike Mareen and many others. I ... by Scotch (the man coughing in the beginning of the song ... Solaris where the song Big In Japan by Alphaville is played ... .V. for 128k Spectrum and in the loader you could hear ...favourite in-game musicwhat's peoples favourite in-game speccy tunes? Midnight resistance is the clear winner for me, followed by Robocop, Bionic Commando, Moon Strike, Tar…
what's peoples favourite in-game speccy tunes? Midnight resistance is the clear winner for me, followed by Robocop, Bionic Commando, Moon Strike, Target Renegade (I know some people hate the tune saying "it's depressing" but I love it) and altered Beast.Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…
... /> Here is what we get in ZX-Blockeditor:
[url ... and game code. Everything is in one block (I mean, loading ... diffent to what we get in Blockeditor.
The second ...All speccy in-game screenshots in PDFAbout 10 month ago I found PDF with all WoS in-game screenshots in the news section of WoS. But I can't find it today. Has anyone this PDF? Thanks.
About 10 month ago I found PDF with all WoS in-game screenshots in the news section of WoS. But I can't find it today. Has anyone this PDF?
Thanks.JSW... how does the game "finish" in assembly?It seems the ZX and C64 versions of Jet Set Willy suffer from the same "unfinishable" problem. Thankfully the ZX version has been patched with pokes …
... not. I changed 2 rooms in the C64 version so I ...I just smashed myself in the face by accident, and I am sobre.I was swigging from a 2litre bottle of coke, when the phone rang, the phone is in the kitchen. I walked to the kitchen, intent on finishing the coke …
... phone rang, the phone is in the kitchen. I walked to ... door frame, and smashed myself in the face with the plastic ... booking a B&B in Paignton for May bank holiday ...Snow - in APRIL!Thought it was raining when we got up. Look out the window to find out it's snowing! Never expected that in April... PS: Pics to follow..
Thought it was raining when we got up. Look out the window to find out it's snowing!
Never expected that in April...
PS: Pics to follow..Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASICI'm trying to save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the original data is in a .tzx file that I'm trying to save in a .tap format) but the problem …
... (basically the original data is in a .tzx file that I ... 'm trying to save in a .tap format) but the ...Did you publish any hoax back in the day?I did tons of those. I need to explain the "setting" though: Around 1990, we had this computer classifieds magazine printed on thin crappy recycled p…
... to talk weird crap in the Gameboy section, so ... 80%+ just nonsense posts in that particular section.
... sue the original poster in case some idiot really ... a lot of tongue-in-cheek in those game tips ... with the same phone number in the following issue
In a browser!!!!!I've just been playing this against a few bots: [url]http://www2.rasterwerks.com/[/url] In an IE browser window!!! I can't believe it!!! So smoot…
... .rasterwerks.com/[/url]
In an IE browser window!!! I ...Anyone know a game with an in-game screenshot but no loading screenshot?I'm looking at fixing up my Vista "view a random game from WoS" widget since the current version leaks memory. ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/f…
... if a game has an in-game screenshot but no loading ... screenshot in the database. Does anyone know ... a game in this situation, so that I ...Racy type-in fold out questionHi all, I was the proud owner of a ZX81 (I remember buying it on Saturday 20th Feb 1982 at around 3pm with my Mum at WHSmiths!) then for Christmas th…
... a started buying this type-in magazine which was a fold ... -out featuring a game in zillions of hex numbers to ... be typed in and then (hopefully) played. One ... /> Does anyone remember these type-in poster mags? and what was ...Iconic cars in Speccy gamesWhat cars remind you of Speccy games because they featured in them? I'll start with the Ferrari Testarossa (OutRun) and Porsche 928 (Chase HQ).
What cars remind you of Speccy games because they featured in them?
I'll start with the Ferrari Testarossa (OutRun) and Porsche 928 (Chase HQ).Breakpoints in debuggers in emulatorsA breakpoint, according to Wikipedia ( [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakpoint[/url] ), is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program…
... or pausing place in a program, put in place for debugging ... breakpoint at a given location in memory and your Spectrum ... goes into debugging when instruction in this location is executed. It ... it possible to set watchpoints in any Spectrum emulators? And ...
