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Looking for rare TZX blocksBy rare I mean out of the hundreds of TZX I have non of the following blocks exist. I need to test my loading/handling/saving code. Are there any TZX…
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Games Club - Week 6 Hi everyone, Here is this weeks game and it is 'Humphrey' and was nominated by JudasEZT you can get the download here [url="http://www.worldofspe…
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GamestageI've just been over to the gamestae site now i don't want to get into THAT debate but I have this to say, the gamestage site looks very nice, use of …
... has asked 300 REAL people... not ON-LINE people. Of course they ... to you. I'm not replying to your stupid and ... . If your mother did not give you enough education or ... if she did not teach you good manners on how to ... and insults to me or our visitors. It is a good ... -
Polyphonic music with the speakerAnyone knows how to make music with more than one voice with the 48k speaker?
... I've tried both them. Not on a Speccy, there are too ... in a wav file on the PC because the ... PWM technique on the Spectrum. This relies on the physical ... be accompanied by a high pitch whine, which should ... be low volume on the real machine.
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"Name That Game" databaseAs often (sometimes?) requested, I present a first pass at a [url="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~pak21/spectrum/namethatgame"]Wos Forums Name That Game d…
... intergaming references) so that our work is not in vain, like someone ... have, like graphics on the border, colors not on the normal ZX spectrum ... most of these will not appear on the clues of the ... I believe that we should not proceed, as Philip said, ... -
I'm worriedusspeccyfan hasn't posted today. I hope he hasn't been run over by a bus or anything.
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"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
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On 2005-07-06 14:21, ... cannot see any better gameplay on Spectrum games, I prefer games ... have blocky graphics, 256x192 is not exactly high resolution...
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"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... few good vector based games on C64, Mercenary or Elite ... blocky graphics. 256x192 may not be very high res but since all ... hires (320x200) and multicolor (160x200) on a character base. Some characters ... , others are multicolor depending on if color is needed or ... -
Can anyone recommend a good budget printer?I bought a Lexmark thing earlier in the year, which wasn't too bad but it's started being rather crap lately - and the ink is too expensive. I'd lik…
I would go with the Epson R200. You can pick them up on the high street for ?69, and they produce unbelievable quality photos. Well worth the cash.
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Spectrum Gaming Eras.Hello everybody. A question I'd like to submit: In which eras would you divide the Spectrum years from the point of view of game production? Examp…
... very varied. Looking back on a lot of these games ... genre and genre conventions has not yet taken hold.
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Denied gamesThis has probably been on here thousands of times ,but why can people make an exact remake and the companies who made the game not release the origin…
... , it seems OK, it is not on the proscribed list...
Have you read the bit on this here site somewhere that ... games that were only vague names to be drooled over when ... Message was edited by: Speculator on 2005-10-14 23:02 ] -
Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
... the disk was even formatted on the same controller, which could ... that it's readable/checkable on the 765 controller should hopefully ... guarantees!
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Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…
... used ones (I am not sure which those are ... Since I am not sure what the status on (2) solution ... didn't know better (was our first format anyway) ;)
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what was the thing that impressed you the most ?on a Spectrum game - you know, those things that you thought to be impossible, yet.. e.g the wide screen mode in Dark Star, Technician Teds loader..…
... game i clapped my eyes on).
Until ... 3d (even if it's not really) of any kind ... be reproduced with such slickness on the Speccy.
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After roughly 22 years can you help?Hi, A long one this but here goes. Roughly 22 years ago (i was 14 if i remember right) i got a 48K speccy for christmas of my dad it was awesome an…
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Where are the famous guys and gals gone from the old speccy mags ?Just thinking where`s all the guys and gals gone after the years of YS,SU and Crash ? I know Jon North is on here but what do you do now for a job a…
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Where are the famous guys and gals gone from the old speccy mags ?Just thinking where`s all the guys and gals gone after the years of YS,SU and Crash ? I know Jon North is on here but what do you do now for a job a…
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Where are the famous guys and gals gone from the old speccy mags ?Just thinking where`s all the guys and gals gone after the years of YS,SU and Crash ? I know Jon North is on here but what do you do now for a job a…
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+3 disksok i got a question here. Can i put the +3 disk images that i use on the emulator back on to a proper +3 disk ? If so how would i do it and what wo…
... T:" to "A:" does not work, not on a real spectrum +3 anyway ... . At least, not one ... be a list of file names, basic start lines, bytes ... is a valid filename on tape, isn't necessarily ... "game", the file will not be loaded, so be ... -
Why games get denied distribution?Does anyone know if any good reasons have been given by the creators of some old speccy games on why they wont allow their games to be distributed? …
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Space CadetsFor anyone who doesn't live in UK have a look at the website [url="http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/spacecadets/"]http://www.c…
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However, Bristol People are NOT Welsh!
Also, my ... /> In fact even a sign on our local market says CROESO (Welsh ... /> Although my town is obviously not Welsh either.
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Spectrum Emulator for Windows XPHi all. I'm struggling to get any emulators to work with Windows XP. I'm just after an emulator with Joystick support. Any suggestions? Thanks
... use this great emulator, not because of the roms ... says theyre freely available on the net but theyre ... unethical' but its also not right you could say me ... playing different Speccy games on our emulators some of which ... advertising 3000 Speccy games on a cd rom + ... -
ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…
... Shed team are pretty much on our own.
The really ... 'd like to see, why not write one? If you've ... a remake, why not review it? It may not get printed in ... 's a simple guide. Why not do some new hacks? All ... -
Vindicator Bug?I've been trying to complete Vindicator and have come across a bug on level 1. According to the Tip Shop the anagram to Enter is JONATHAN DUNN (whic…
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speccy memorabilia?just wondering, was there ever any game memorabilia released from a speccy title, was in forbidden planet the other day and seen halo2, ressy evil, e…
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TV Licence (spit spit)Since we're forced to pay an ever increasing amount for a service that many of us (including me) don't bother to use, despite that situation being mo…
... gave us a rebate on our license for each repeated they ... they do in effect by not having to increase the licence ... they do in effect by not having to increase the licence ... of the BBC is NOT to be a commerical ... />
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TV Licence (spit spit)Since we're forced to pay an ever increasing amount for a service that many of us (including me) don't bother to use, despite that situation being mo…
... They gave us a rebate on our license for each repeated ... they do in effect by not having to increase the licence ... they do in effect by not having to increase the licence ... of the BBC is NOT to be a commerical ... />
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How long must I keep doing this?[quote] On 2006-02-13 22:14, ZX Beccy wrote: Although you have raised what could be considered valid points, I think you should think long and hard b…
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On 2006-02-13 23:04 ... IQ. The test was [I]not[/I] a registered or standard ... a test which does not give as high a level of accuracy ... as 135 or as high as 165. On balance of probability, it ... -
How long must I keep doing this?[quote] On 2006-02-13 22:14, ZX Beccy wrote: Although you have raised what could be considered valid points, I think you should think long and hard b…
On 2006-02-13 23:24, ... IQ. The test was [I]not[/I] a registered or standard ... a test which does not give as high a level of accuracy ... as 135 or as high as 165. On balance of probability, it ... -
Kung Fu MasterWhy why WHY was the Spectrum conversion of this game so BAD? It's like the Programmer played the Arcade game a couple of times and then wrote the co…
... pretty confident. It's certainly not on the Kung Fu Master level ... /> The thing is, it's not like the programmers of Kung ... (Spectrum) were inexperienced. Click on their names and you'll see that ... feel to it, do you not think?
