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Detecting +3 / +2AWhat's a simple but reliable way to detect if code is running on a +2A/+3? My first though was to try switching to ROM2 and then checking for the …
... +2A/+3?
My first though was to try switching to ROM2 ... not +2A/+3
out (c),h ; change to page 1? (upper ... +2A or +3
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Aven - mangled in-game screen[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009513&loadpics=3"]Aven[/url] The in-game screenshot is oddly resized/cropped.
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why cant i get the +2a / +3 self test program to work on an emulator?ive tried 2 different emulators. i can get to the test pattern but thats all. holding the keys does nothing
ive tried 2 different emulators. i can get to the test pattern but thats all. holding the keys does nothing -
Manic Miner - The Big Bonus Edition[b]Manic Miner - The Big Bonus Edition[/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/obFhogp.png[/img] This is a very simple modification of Manic Miner to prov…
... simple modification of Manic Miner to provide a higher score ... changes were also made to improve the game a fraction. Care was ...
1. Item Collection: Changed to 1,000 points per item ... cavern completion.
3. Kong Bonus: Changed to 1,000 from its ... -
Ad LunamHi folks, here is my latest effort: [b]Ad Lunam,[/b] a simulation/management game created with [url="http://zxbasic.net"]ZX-Basic[/url] inspired t…
... -Basic[/url] inspired to the Lift Off board game and the Buzz ... them occupy less space after compiling, the game should run on a ... />
Instructions on how to assemble the game from the sources are ... -
AY and 128k transfersI've been peeking into different transfers for a time, and I was wondering if there is any transfer that has "full" 128k support. - Transtape, Hil…
... , Dinamid 3, Specmate, Phoenix and Multiface 1 only supports 48k.
- Multiface 128 ... and Ramjet +2 are able to save 128k ... haven't checked Disciple and Multiface +3... both don't save "standalone ... -
Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
... it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a ... I pimped a bit to support textures and color.
3 REM CC BY License
200 REM Coordinates to start fill
210 POKE ... higher byte
360 GO TO 400
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Pickles and Pearl 128kHi, After abandoning my game Pickles and Pearl in 2008, I did a bit of work in 2020 to make it 128k and have bank switching and music etc. I ha…
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After abandoning my game Pickles and Pearl in 2008, ... bit of work in 2020 to make it 128k and have ... as far as I want to, but this version does have ... well, so would be glad to see what you make of ... -
How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…
... " error when I later return to basic.
I know ... the IY register before returning to basic but my code at ... as well as IY when returning to basic. I think one of ... -
line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
... haven't had the time to make the routine itself.
to these points. If both zero ... -half and half-end.
After returning PLOT the actual point and ... pixeladress by adding Dy to Y and Dx to X.
Spectrum collecting and nostalgia.I have recently started to buy and collect old Spectrum games and thought that it would be easy, but easy it is not. Well I say not because on auctio…
... . And now, after 13 years I find myself returning to Speccy games again ... kind of charm that refuses to let go. Gameplay, I think ... by "lunacy"?). Speccy programmers had to get the gameplay right given ... imagination in games in order to keep the player hooked. I ...Which expansions can I attach to a +2A?I have several peripherals that I would like to connect to a +2A: an Interface 1 with Microdrive, a +D disk interface and kempston joystick interface…
... +3. Which means that if you wanted to attach a multiface to the ... computer you would need the multiface 3.
to plug your +D interface ... that it was very important to state exactly which model ...Which expansions can I attach to a +2A?I have several peripherals that I would like to connect to a +2A: an Interface 1 with Microdrive, a +D disk interface and kempston joystick interface…
... a Plus D interface to a +2A . You ... to be specific +3 / +2A versions , ie. for a Multiface it had to ... be a Multiface 3 .
... As far as I'm aware Datel used to ... on a +2A due to the expansion connector being ...Stupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
I seem to recall 'Ninja' having bugs. I ... the Kempston joystick, but after playing one game, it always crashed in ... took so long to load each time, suffice to say, I didn ...what features?.............hi there, what features would you like to make emulators even better? :)
... all icons
3) Loads of options to tinker with. < ...
6) Capability to save from within a program ... ZX hardware (128, +2, +3, Pentagon, Scorpion, GS sound, ... a great combo to find cheats within a game. How bout ... Winamp? I would love to have a sleek looking ...Did anyone attend GAME ON in London this summer?I went twice, and enjoyed playing all the old games immensly. Although the Speccy was there (48k Rubber key), it was only there being displayed. The…
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I went to the GAME ON exhibition at the Barbican ... I managed to stay in there for a good 3 hours. ... I have to agree with you ... Ant Attack is a good game, historically one of the ... I felt for trying to impress younger generations it ...something is missing from TZX Vault's AutomonopoliWhile loading, the WOS version of this game (.tap) generates a quite nice red screen with a copyright notice. This version is identical with my ancie…
... correct, i have 3 different versions of this game. The first is ... the same inlay as Go To Jail (still loads as Automonopoli ... prison window), again called Go To Jail, but again loading as ... try the files for go to jail too
regards ...something is missing from TZX Vault's AutomonopoliWhile loading, the WOS version of this game (.tap) generates a quite nice red screen with a copyright notice. This version is identical with my ancie…
... 't have the original version to compare. As I said, I ... correct, i have 3 different versions of this game. [...] Go To Jail (still ... try the files for go to jail too[/quote]Yes, that ... have a copy of Go To Jail.
Thanks for the ...Choosing a single gameJust food for thought: Suppose you were allowed to play only one Speccy game for a period of a) today b) one week c) one month, what game would it be?
... to simulate the feeling of coming back home from school day after ... day to see if your 15+ season game ... out in trying to switch the portable ... tv over to watch Neighbours). Honestly ... --
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(off to teach more senior executives in ...I'm #1!I'm now the top of the posting list! So am I: 1) Spending far too much time being nostalgic? 2) A Spectrum obsessive, spending too much time on the…
Ok, I actually bothered to check my place in the ... incredibly enuff...I'm #3, right after Cyborg and Alessandro T.
to show that the Speccy is ...I'm #1!I'm now the top of the posting list! So am I: 1) Spending far too much time being nostalgic? 2) A Spectrum obsessive, spending too much time on the…
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Ok, I actually bothered to check my place in the ... incredibly enuff...I'm #3, right after Cyborg and Alessandro T.
to #1, you'd have known ...printer port redirect to (Windows) system printerIs there any emulator (+2A/+3 compatible) that can be configured to output the, say, parallel printer port to the Windows system port ? The default o…
... you're after, or do you need something in +3 mode?
[1] Or to give more appropriate ...speccy emulator on OS Xhi there i am trying to use ZXSP on OS X but it won't load TAP files, and that it only supports .SNA and Z80 files. can i convert TAP files to .SNA o…
It is possible to convert a TAP in a . ... lot of games from tape to PC with a standard setting ... would be AFTER loading the file in memory, but before returning to BASIC ...What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... Spectrums, got another one after the first one was past ... was loading in a game and the play button ... it for the spectrum after trying to glue it back and ... sequence!
Well after about a year of that ... at least one game they wanted to play that didnt ...+3 Disks, SDP Project Getting There !!Hi folks, Seems to have been quite a good month for +3 disk preservation. More people are warming to the idea of preserving those little 3" plastic…
... /> I've just got my +3 working.
How do I ... , can I copy a game from tape to disk?
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games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... (never played this shall have to try it) released on the ... wrote the game in basic and used a compiler to make it ... distributed with the game.
After loading the game's main code ...T H E . S H A W . B R O T H E R S . . . did you play on these games? . . . . *website online now*There's a Spectrum section on our site at [url="http://www.sickhappyidle.com"]http://www.sickhappyidle.com[/url] (click on the spectrum or go through…
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"SHAWS 3" - Missing In Action
Another game that I ... bottom of the screen (similar to Space Invaders!), and erm Sharks ... down the screen. You had to kill them before they killed ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... and then have 3 or 4 options to choose from and ... the books were converted to the Spectrum. The Warlock ... although Warlock was an arcade game, just a slightly altered ... had changed their name to Adventuresoft UK, and these ... Domark's prize adventure game Eureka!How rare are these items???I have now quite a collection of Speccy software, some my own but most obtained from eBay. There is however two pieces I would like peoples opinions …
... Spectrum (cat nos. G1/S to G5/S, and imaginatively, titled ... Games 1 to Games 5). The first four ... fifth one was a single game, called Star Trail. The first ... impossible to find, but 3 and 4 seem to be much harder to get ...
