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Highway EncounterTalking here about short play games, one can get through in an hour or two at most, where there is no other way to progress except to complete the "n…
... this game, as it is not uncommon to find folks who ... think there was not enough zones.
So ... right it could do with a few more zones. :D I recall ... up and careering into difficulties. Not sure as to how far ... -
Some thoughs about fast scrolling on 128 modelPlease, consider this article as technically interesting concept not a proven algorithm. ONE The fastest scrollers use long sequence of PUSH inst…
... article as technically interesting concept not a proven algorithm.
Can we draw more patterns at same speed ?
Not likely.
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Can we draw more patterns ... br /> NINE
One more thing. For a 16x16 tiles the software ... -
Cases for New Hardware - Yes or NoAn opportunity has recently arisen whereby I may be in a postion to offer cases for alot of the new hardware which is being made at the moment. Some…
... protected from damage and present a much more finished, saleable item.
So folks.... would having a case or not influence your decision to ... buy a new device (the plusDlite ... -
Terry The Turtle-Vector (Special Edition)[size=4][b]Terry The Turtle-Vektor[/size][/b][size=3][b](Special Edition)[/b][/size] [b]The Story,Controls and 8 zones remain unchanged from the ori…
... [b]flashing items do not have to be collected ... changes to make it a little more interesting-
Almost ... Deux
Not A Fungi To Be With = Not Mushroom In Here ... The Pyramid = Life Is Not What You Make It
A.F.T (A Finished Turtle) = A.F.T (A Fine ... -
Keyboard ProblemsHi, I need a bit more help... I tested the Spectrum + I got from ebay today and there seems to be a problem with the keyboard. It looks like the mi…
Hi, I need a bit more help...
I ... and there seems to be a problem with the keyboard.< ... keys on each row are not working (4567 rtyu fghj ... />
Does this indicate a problem with the membrane or ... by fixing it until its more broken than it is ... -
Recommend a Speccy emu for Android.Am looking for a free, and fully functional Speccy emulator. "Fully functional" in the sense that it's not a time limited emu nor a demo. If there …
Am looking for a free, and fully functional Speccy ... that it's not a time limited emu nor a demo.
a "fully functional" Speccy emu for ... playback capabilities, but it's not a must.
-On-screen keyboard ... -
Do you like the Star Wars original/prequel trilogiesI typed a fair bit here, but I was called away and someone had reset it (my own fault for not locking the PC) the gist is, how do we all feel the Sta…
... it (my own fault for not locking the PC) the ... br />
Personally, I'm not a big Star Wars fan, but ... prequels, to me they're not even Star Wars-ish. ... justify the merchandising of every more Star Wars toys and ... it, and I'm not going to watch them again ... -
Interview with Bob Wakelin. elmundodelspectrum.comHere you have the interview with Bob Wakelin from [URL="http://www.elmundodelspectrum.com"]elmundodelspectrum.com[/URL] in its original format. Enjoy…
... quite relieved – no more stress and having to ... Chaos, Mr Wimpy and a more realistic Hunchback cover I ... totally photorealistic, he could not see pencil traces!!! Did ... enormously, and it’s not a fun thing to be ... /> [/B]
B – Absolutely not! I only did it to ... -
Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…
... character cell, however unlike a normal spectrum it will keep ... and to make the flash a bit more useful the flash period ... /> The hardware is built around a parallax propeller microcontroller, an Altera ... /> I'm going to post more videos on youtube (didn't ... -
Adding a pause key to ArkanoidHaving rediscovered the simple pleasure of playing 1980s games on genuine 1980s hardware, I've also remembered that emulation can provide a feature m…
... right length for a JP to a routine implementing the ... while paused
in a,(c) ; probe P again ... or 8
out (0xfe),a
scf
ret[/ ... telephone rings.[/list]
Not a difficult job really, even to ... -
Brutal Doom (if you don't like Doom, then move along, nothing to see here!)For any fans of the ancient (but still great) PC game Doom, have you tried Brutal Doom ([URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom"]http://www.moddb…
... it's neither a set of new levels, not a new Doom engine ... , instead it alters the gameplay, not enough ... aim vertically, headshots now do more damage than body shots, ... killing powerful enemies, and lots more nice touches. Be warned though ... -
BIFROST* for graphic artists - part 2: static tilesThis tutorial provides some guidelines for designing multicolor tiles. Before reading this text, it's strongly recommended that you (re-)read [URL="h…
... game designer made a conscious choice for a more pale, less colorful ... even more freedom to choose colors... But this may not be such a ... of tiles together, this is not a great option (as joefish ... wall), and boxes are not a problem since there's usually ... -
When is a 16k not a 16k ?Can anyone explain what this machine is supposed to be ? Speccy with a 16K sticker on the base. Doing a peek 23733 returns 255 so a 48K ? Opened …
... br />
Speccy with a 16K sticker on the base ... .
Doing a peek 23733 returns 255 so ... a 48K ?
... jpg[/IMG]
Its a sn74ls157n
Removed ... understood to mean it was a 48K running as 16K ... -
JSW1 - The Attic Bug In ActionThe well known "attic bug" caused by invalid arrow data. By applying a couple of extra pokes in addition to the usual lives / fall height to remove s…
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West Wing Roof does not look too good:
Off Licence has gained a few more cells:
[img ... ]
Top landing is not looking brilliant either:
Dr Jones may not believe it, although I would ... -
Presenting the Steamxbox!Valve have announced the prototype specifications for their new console, the Steambox. Actually, ignore the 'prototype' bit, as if you know anything …
... The Steambox does seem a lot more powerful than the PS4 ... customers will already have a machine that can ... PCs will not or are not connected to a TV and ... Steambox is basically a PC + Steam OS (a Linux derivative), ... HL3, unless HL3 is a Steambox exclusive, somehow. ... -
Looking for a Rastan-like coin-op game.Just remembered seeing a very high-quality arcade game (quality as in good graphics and, from what I remember, high resolution). This was summer of …
... 1988 (though it might at a streeeeetch been '90). I thought ... . The game I remember was a lot more detailed visually.
a very marshy area below, where ... to continue onward.
A heavily influenced, yet higher quality ... -
What's going on with...Hello WoS-chops! A few people have been PMing me about the news blackout regarding all the stuff I?ve been promising recently. Okay, so I?m usually…
... been needing my help more and more. I had to go ... these projects and I?m not sure when I?ll be ... not finished with all these Speccy projects. In fact I?m more ... new ones. Just need a bit more time to sort things out ... they exist on tape or not, I don?t know. ... -
Am I being over-sensitive here...?I'd just like a general consensus on this. The wife thinks I should just ignore it, but she suffers from a lack of empathy so I'm not taking her wor…
... from a lack of empathy so I'm not taking ... is, this guy was not only my best man, ... readily admit I was a bit forthcoming here), I ... thought our friendship was worth more than that.
not a dickybird about being godfather. I more annoyed ... -
Which Spectrum game has seen the most playing time?Which Spectrum game in total has had the most playing hours spent on it, do you reckon? Obviously quality is not the only factor here, the older the …
... not the only factor here, the older the game is, the more ... chance it has too, since a game not only ... them must also appeal to a lot of people.
... Nog, and of course a load more. But is there ... any evidence (even just a magazine ... -
30 years ? Domesdos, not DomestosDomesdos was the working title of the operation system for the Sinclair ZX83 which eventually became QDOS for the Sinclair QL. In a CONFIDENTIONAL (…
... machine to a 128Kbyte minimum configuration, a high probability that a 512Kbyte expansion ... and it was a ROM operating system and not a disk operating system ... ) after the slogan for a brand ... -
spectrum pixel experimentsWell, As a spectrum fan, I started recently learning about how to pixel for the speccy, I did pixelart in the past but not speccy style (until now). …
Well, As a spectrum fan, I started ... pixelart in the past but not speccy style (until now).
Not too much to show, but ... the wrong section... but is not a game idea so I didnt ... s a start. Hope you like it, done in gimp. More to ... -
pixHellsOver the past year, I've been doing a fair share of Spectrum graphics and it's time for a change and that means moving to non-Speccy pixel artwork. T…
... This is also slightly more marketable than my Spectrum ... I needed to practice a bit more and here is my ... -y. Both a style choice and not because I wanted ... expected, so might produce a large print. Anybody interested ... in a print if this?
I'm not ... -
Throwing this up for anyone who wants to finish itThere's a thread somewhere, about my little side-scroller, that never got very far into development. It got some kind and enthusiastic feedback such…
There's a thread somewhere, about my little ... very kind and gave it a little mention in MicroMart, which ... game and not mine, and I only ask for a little mention ... />
I'll say a little more about it if there is ... -
Getting close to a release: Android SpectaculatorJust a few more bits to tidy up then I'm done :) [IMG]http://www.spectaculator.com/download/misc/PlayStore.jpg[/IMG] Should mean people can top sen…
Just a few more bits to tidy up then I'm done :)
[IMG]http://www.spectaculator.com/download/misc/PlayStore.jpg[/IMG]
Should mean people can top sending me e-mails about it all the time ;-)
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[New game] BrunildaHi! We at RetroWorks just published "Brunilda", a new Speccy little_game ;-) . It only works with 128k models. In the begining it was planned as te…
... at RetroWorks just published "Brunilda", a new Speccy little_game ;-) . ... (and there is indeed a big lot of texts), ... see, english language is not my main knowledge :-P ... things and clean up a few more). I'll Let ... you know here too, but It will not ... -
Speccy Christmas MemoriesGiven the time of year, I was getting a bit nostalgic for Christmases past - and in particular for the ones that really meant something - when I was …
... year, I was getting a bit nostalgic for Christmases past ... meant something - when I was a kid.. And of course, ... at least (I got a couple more games, but I can ... .. I got 'Cobra' for a Christmas present and we pretty ... of suck when you're not.. Also, my Dad would ... -
SpecBAS 0.800 Released!Hi folks, it's that time again for another release. I was going to add a few more features, but I have other projects on the go at the moment, and it…
... . I was going to add a few more features, but I have ... inside the tokens themselves - much more efficient
Improved variable caching ... for files if they're not found in the current directory ... in the sprite's window, not the overall screen display
harvard architecture spectrum clone.I got my first +2 before christmas. I'd never given the 128k spectrums much thought, always been a 48k rubber key tradionalist. :smile: I've been me…
... the op code but not classed as a M1 cycle, (need ... /> Self modifing code would not be possible. (A big issue i think ... and bigger data space).
Not compatable with original software. Although ... be done now as a clone?
More importantly could it have ...DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
... out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up ... about with before trying anything more complex and so I ... THEN" a change too.
What I'm not getting ... but I've sunk a couple of Stella this ... Initial thoughts was to use a FOR....NEXT loop to READ ...Game loopJust working on my first ever Spectrum game, and am struggling to work out what the game-loop should look like. I've got interrupts enabled (mode 2)…
... 2) - although I'm not doing anything in the interrupt ... I wondered if there was a simpler / nicer approach.
a bit of a faff too.
... seems to give me a bit more time in the vblank ... (so a few sprites on screen, though not all necessarily ...
