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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]
... judgment. Quite frankly, it is not worth wasting words on ... that his or her judgment is definitive, and by persistently presenting ... trolls. I believe the Spectrum is better technically, but am happy to ... not as good as the old ones. :)
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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]
... the ride is better, but a Vauxhall Viva is better because it is better built. ... No-one is going ... Allegro, because both are old, and have been superceded ... change their opinion on which is the 'best machine', ... -
Best Movie Game?curious as to what people think is the best Spectrum game from a movie. I personally liked Ghostbusters, Rambo III and Predator 2 :) [ This Message…
... of the appeal of Ghostbusters is that unlike most games of ... you're 8 years old, that is the single greatest thing you ... days, then we decided we better stop playing it before we ... -
Green BeretThis conversion surprised me a little. I hadn't played it in 15 years at least, and I was familiar only with the arcade version via MAME. In playing …
Green Beret is really one of the best ... year. It is amazing that more than 15 years old skills could ... also realized now that it is better to play the game using ... -
What Spectrum games have yet to be bettered on any machine?What Spectrum games do you think are still better than any other of their types, on any machine? I mean, Turbo Esprit is an absolute classic, but I t…
... Sentinel: The Spectrum version is briliant, far better looking than the PC ... ST one, plus the music is better on the Spectrum one too ... my laptop (the game is several years old - and PC's are ... on. The BBC version was better. -
horror text adventure scenario writer neededany outthere? I started to make program for text adventure [B]Mysterium Magnum[/B] on basis of ?multiple choice? which was project I wanted to make …
... lines? long command line is acceptable for me due ... down if the line is too long... but ... in Basin.
(the old way was:
2370 ... /> So... summa summarum - something is better to be tested in real ... hunger etc.) but... aowen is right, this would make it ... -
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…
... specification which is freely available from RamSoft. It's the old v1 ... greater piracy protection. This is where the problem came in ... />
RLE is all very well, and zLib is better, but if you ... it loads. The DATA is intact. Is there anything more than that ... -
Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…
... as much, if some product is from their own country or ... as "it is good looking and trendy and IS BETTER THAN NEIGHBOUR?S ... ?n b hits, compared to old-fashioned spectrum which can just ... !!
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b00mzi11a - where is he?I transferred money for the xbox to his account nearly 3 weeks ago, since then he's dropped off the 'net. I don't want to jump to assumptions as he'…
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It is saddening that people [mostly] from ... and that is commendable, no matter how old he is. On the ... some) because of whatever Boom is going through (irrelevant whether ...
I hope this post better explains why I show concernt ... -
Was there a bug in Turrican?I notice that when i play it on Spectaculator 6.25 that when i die on any level it says 'Continue YES/NO' and if i choose YES it puts me back to the…
... from c64.com. That version is better, with more screen real-estate ... , better colours, and more speed (if ... nice forum to find your old games for that matter. Just ... -
Was there a bug in Turrican?I notice that when i play it on Spectaculator 6.25 that when i die on any level it says 'Continue YES/NO' and if i choose YES it puts me back to the…
... from c64.com. That version is better, with more screen real-estate ... , better colours, and more speed (if ... nice forum to find your old games for that matter. Just ... at all, the C64 version is superb. I don't think ... -
unused assembler commands?Z80 processor has commands like OUTI OUTD OTIR OTDR INI IND INIR INDR.They deal with sending /reading bolcks ofinformation to ports. The problem is, …
... to ports.
The problem is, I have never seen them ... routines.
Because Z80 is old design, interesting is that 8xINI and then DJNZ ... -
Which games are you obsessed with?Do any of you find yourself returning constantly to a particular game or games,even though you've played it to death?My current obsession is Kokotoni…
... I still have my musty old SNES so I can play ... never throw any of my old machines away.
... a 13 or 14 yr old get 40 or 50 ... adding 28 levels more and better graphics than the original. ... Mario fan. The SNES version is better than the pitiful N64 version ... -
"New" games challengeI know that not long ago there was a proposal like this, somebody proposed a game and people would play it for a week or so, and after it they would …
... :
During the old ZX Club and the ZX ... that there a far far better and more satisfying ways ... point? If forumeer X is better than me at Game X ... because their score is higher then that gives ... score because they're still better at the game than ... -
Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... second thing which interested me is some compression and decompression ... it yourself it will be better to do it
< ... should write a game design paper (and longer is better) where will be ... interested in, if there is chance you sketch less megalomaniac ... -
IDE InterfaceHi all, I've found a diagram for an 8-bit IDE interface...[url]http://www.zxplus3e.plus.com/interface.html[/url] It looks nice and simple and, if I…
... . IDE mode is used mostly because of existing old (IDE) interfaces ... .
I think that future is to ... pin chips. However, maybe is better way to find someone with ... /> I mean, developing software is possible with standard Speccy - I ... -
PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…
... overtaken by something newer and better, people will just stick a ... ]
What you mean is, they'll buy a faster ... 't the same as the old one in terms of size ... get to keep from an old PC is the kettle cable. -
PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…
... ]
The point is that you can *currently* get ... t the same as the old one in terms of ... to keep from an old PC is the kettle cable.
is to integrate the CPU & ...
A bit of clever design and a new standard would ... -
Why so many disk systems?Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more? As far as I can see, this did nothing but create …
... and Other Deleted Nonsense), which is called "Go directly to Bad ... a nice sig. No, my old one's better. Stick with it) -
Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... ? Cover shout says NEW FOR OLD - Why new games are still ... new in the piece and is somewhat similar to something that ... /> ..still any decent new-for-old retro coverage is better than none. -
Gamex - New J.Cauldwell gameHas anyone bought this yet from Cronosoft ? Received my copy the other day. Absolutely love this ! 16 or so mini games packed into one game ! I l…
... cant really have tons of old tapes everywhere
The ... clicking on an emulator image is better than waiting for ages for ... -
+3 soundhello there, just a quick-fire question today. i'm kinda keen on the idea of using my +3 quite a bit, particularly if i bother to to actually sort …
... [QUOTE=Hungry Horace]
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you patience is really appriciated, and i hope ... people how amazing your circuit design is![/QUOTE]
Again... ... add though. You would be better building version 1.0 of ... -
If you were a richman...Have you ever wondered what would you do with your Spectrum hobby if you were a millionaire and had a lot of money to spend? Would you hire some Russ…
... and would like one, problem is they arn't very available ... of the "[my favourite whatever] is better than yours" mentality that permeates ... who's too young, too old, or Whoopee Goldberg (yuck :eek ... />
And you'd all better be nice to me, as ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... huge step forward in architecture design over anything else at the ... how slow the microcode is and it follows old design ideas.
... is when you fix a few flaws in the instruction set design ... was simple and benefited from design ideas that they really hadn ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... slow the microcode is and it follows old design ideas. It used ... . Its large instruction set is there for 8080 compatibility. ... so that instruction refetch is not done. Another contributor ... to "slowness" is the slack incorporated in the ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... br /> 110 writeln('The C64 is crap');
120 until false ... /> Which is why BASIC is better. Honest. I mean, "writeln"? How is that better than ... false"? Until [i]what[/i] is false, exactly? And finally, "End ... viewpoint of a ten year old kid who's faced with ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... couple times): no future compability design. What I talk? Just ... cheap, printed circuits are cheap. Design is much faster.
... throws out PCs, even not old ones. Actually, many people buys ... monitor from Germany, 9 years old, but it works still fine ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... times): no future compability design. What I talk? Just ... , printed circuits are cheap. Design is much faster.
[/quote ... out PCs, even not old ones. Actually, many people ... from Germany, 9 years old, but it works still ... you would like an old toy. Most of us ... -
Batman (Ocean Software Ltd 1986)Hi, I was sooooo glad to find this site, since I've been looking for the Batman game for ages. I used to play this one all the time, but since the Jo…
... to talk about website / graphics design[/QUOTE]
Yeah, ... off topic, no everything I design is for private use. I ... you find on my site is for fun. And I ... it... :roll: The site is in Dutch, I only use ... com domain because it sounds better than .nl ;) -
Game EvolutionSay this somewhere the other day... [url]http://www.monkeon.co.uk/gameevolution/[/url] Can't help thinking the old stuff is much better. I'm gettin…
... help thinking the old stuff is much better. I'm getting old. I'll ... are certain games that are better when updated. and some that ...
