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Fairlight's use of LDIRYS, comparing Fairlight and Nightshade, said: [quote]Fairlight is much more interesting even though the techniques that Bo Jangeborg uses for screen…
... aren't up to Ultimate's standards. This is the first ... you can see it It's much more usual now to ... -
Dragon's Lair Online!OK, so it's not an actual [I]online[/I] game, but Dragon's Lair is now fully playable in [B]flash[/B] online. I just tried it with IE7 and it works p…
OK, so it's not an actual [I]online[/ ... I] game, but Dragon's Lair is now fully playable ... the small side, but it's all there from what I ... -
Machine code...or whatever it's calledTwo questions 1) can anyone recommend a good (and ideally, simpleish) book/resource which would be a good starting point on trying to learn this stu…
Two questions
1) can anyone recommend a good (and ideally, simpleish) book/resource which would be a good starting point on trying to learn this stuff
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Willy's Guide to the GalaxyJust starting out, trying something a little different. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/DaRkSiDe74/WGttG-BabelFish.jpg[/IMG] The idea i…
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ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…
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S-S-Sample black borderI'm wanting the 'S-S-Sample' routine from YS to play the sounds without the flashing border effects. A plain black border is required. Heres the rou…
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Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (missing artist)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000696&loadpics=3"]Brian Clough's Football Fortunes[/URL] Rob, lower right. [img]http://www…
New game: Jinj 2 - Belmonte's RevengeIt's already out! Time to collect some notes! [url]http://www.retroworks.es/php/game_en.php?id=10[/url]
It's already out! Time to collect some notes!
[url]http://www.retroworks.es/php/game_en.php?id=10[/url]It's almost lifelike!!!We were easily impressed back in the Speccy days. And I'm sure we will look back on modern games today wondering why we thought it was "almost" real…
... chink of the guillotines, it's so realistic!" or even perhaps ...Old TV what's aged and what hasn'tI was watching some old VHS video cassettes today, of which I watched Monty Python and Some Mothers Do Have Em. 'Some Mothers Do Have Em' was almos…
... Spencer mimics of the 80's, but also the change in ... and tired. In the 80's they were viewed as quaint ...Using Boriel's ZX Basic to learn assemblyI wrote a small guide. Hopefully some people will find my gibberish useful - especially people looking at first steps in machine code, where I think …
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Linked through Boriel's forum, so you know where ...+2a video issue(s)Hi all, Hooked up a nice 2a i got off ebay today and tried it with the standard tv cable to a 15" LCD TV and all works as it should. Get a 'snow' p…
Imagine's officesDoes anyone know if the original Imagine offices are still in existance? I think they were based in Liverpool at the time? Also, is there any other…
... any other old software houses's old bases still around such ...
I think US Gold's old Birmingham office has been ...What's the band/song?The video, from the late 70's/early 80's, featured a ginger lass singing, with 2 black male dancers, one on either side of her, and I think there's a…
... , from the late 70's/early 80's, featured a ginger lass ... her, and I think there's a distinct possibility they were ...What's your favourite game of 1982?I know we've probably done this before before someone posts a link.... [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekadv.cgi?what=1®exp=&yrorder=1…
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Lot of MIA's!
The early days ... many gems as well. What's your fave?
I ... great fun with New Gen's Escape and Planetoids. And of ...Favourite children's booksHowdy folks. I was getting mugged down memory lane again the other day when I came across some old kids books on a web search. Thought I'd find out w…
... 'd find out what people's favourite kids books were/are ...'Appy Burfdee Fog!Happy Burfdee Duda, Hope it's a messy one! :D
Happy Burfdee Duda, Hope it's a messy one! :DA Beginner's Guide to Adventures (Author AKA)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000049&loadpics=1&model=books"]A Beginner's Guide to Adventures[/URL] Written by [URL="http:…
20KWell here it is the 20000th post, a monumental event indeed, even if 18000 of them are complete drivel :D Should I be proud? Or should I be ashamed…
... prophet, WhenIWasCruel, Mousey, Danae's Fan #1, [b][i]Dansolo ... ZXBruno, JudasEZT, Daren, Maroc's Astral Projection, Chop983, NRA, zx1 ... Dibley, gasman, ghbearman, BiNMaN, fog, R-Tape, Einar Saukas, csmith ... all for making the Speccy's (supposed) twilight years ...What happens with Phil Kendall's The Spectrum ROMs Collection?[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]What happens with Phil Kendall's The Spectrum ROMs Collection? It is not possible to download most of the…
... ]What happens with Phil Kendall's The Spectrum ROMs Collection? It ...Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds Next GenerationSo, new album in June/July, new cast, new tour in December... [youtube]DLxGquE23cs#![/youtube] Richard Burton replaced with Liam Neeson... other ca…
... I don't think it?s meant to be a replacement ... .
Fingers crossed it?s not a let-down and ...using the ROM's FP calculatorIs it possible to use the ROM's FP calculator to evaluate any FP expression in a single sequence of commands without breaking out to stack some other…
... possible to use the ROM's FP calculator to evaluate any ...Lot's of Sinclair parts and sparesI have really a lot spares at home, like: - ULA's - All kinds of RAM chips Many of these parts have already been tested. Most of these parts are pu…
... at home, like:
- ULA's
- All kinds of RAM ... in the past.
It's a shame I disassembled those ...Problem with Rygar's entryAfter today's update with the new inlay, the entry appears odd (the inlay takes most of the screen)
After today's update with the new inlay, the entry appears odd (the inlay takes most of the screen)48K's and bad DivIDE compatibilityI have had some 48K boards and complete machines in the past which didn't work fully with a DivIDE interface. The reason for that always was a Z80 pr…
... /> I also tried other ULA's, but the problem is still ...Ocean?s never-released games for the SpectrumI was having a look at the Ocean?s softography and I came across many interesting games, specially in the early 90s which were not published for the …
... a look at the Ocean?s softography and I came across ...Authored with z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC?It would be useful to be able to search somehow for games authored with either z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC. This was [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.…
... with either z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC. This was [URL ...Has anyone got Joffa's autograph?Hi guys, I'm sure Joffa signed one of my computers at a retro event but as it's covered in autographs I'm not sure which signature is his! If anyon…
... retro event but as it's covered in autographs I'm ...
