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ZX Demos and the wow factorI remember reading a few comments in the past 3 years regarding demos. Some comments included how boring it was to see this or that effect again, how…
... made up in design in part.. I DO however find ... nice, but as soon as one effect was shown (thermal ... replay for the spec? thats part of learning IMHO.. you try ... shows, but then a load of amiga idiots grab and ran ... and they got made trade only (which I still got ... -
TRD to TAP extractionHi, I've got a batch of .TRD disk images, for which I'd like an automated process to extract the files on the disk to a .TAP file. I've tried the D…
... of the TRD games that are in the circulation have only one ... of how big the "parts" are and just load ... them from the previous load point on...). ... utility that can make .TAP files from a certain ... (track, sector, number of sectors). If you would ... -
DSK to TZX?Is it possible to convert a DSK disk image file to a TZX tape file? If so, then how? And is there a utility out there that does something like that? …
... use compression to minimize the load times before the data ... /> I've now written one: dsk2tap. Downloadable as part of taptools at [url ... . It's pretty simplistic, and only works on unprotected discs with ... />
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DSK to TZX?Is it possible to convert a DSK disk image file to a TZX tape file? If so, then how? And is there a utility out there that does something like that? …
... 've now written one: dsk2tap. Downloadable as part of taptools at [url ... . It's pretty simplistic, and only works on unprotected discs with ... with several disk images and only one of them has worked: the ... expected results, but trying to load it, it just doesn' ... -
Games that never loaded, to this day!Hi there, my first post that is not an ad! I have been looking at the thread about games that you could not complete and it got me thinking to games…
The only one I had problems with was ... ), spent the better part of 6+ hours attempting to load it. It had ... knacker out, it wouldn't load. Superb game though when it ... -
PLEASE HELP ME: favorite zx 48k games onto game boy advance with FooN injectorDear World of Spectrum forum users, as first a very [B]big thanks[/B] for your great database and the effort to bring up [I]the world largest zx spe…
... snapshots only. You can't convert all the parts of a multi-load game ... , so you can only use 48K ... games that load all at once. The TAP files ... most PC emulators use are a record of what ... -
Red Dead RedemptionHave found a lot more incoming information about this game, and as I think it's going to be a pretty massive hit, decided to give it it's own thread.…
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Grab your pistols, load up your rifles and light ... content.
The only way you'll know exactly ... chat sessions with Rockstars as part of the Social Club Multiplayer Events ... a Rockstar if you see one of these Gamertags/IDs:
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More wallowing in nostalgiaToo windy outside to garden, so I'll just leave [url=http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/ceefax/in-vision.shtml]these[/url] here: [img]http://teletex…
... it. It's probably one of the main reasons the ... tape. Funnily enough, some of the others are too, ... information that you could only capture properly on SVHS ... Of course, the whole page hardly ever manages to load ... sometimes you can get part of a picture or some ... -
Golden axeNot colorful,but not bad port either,theres even more on screen characters than the c64 version,even the ending retains the arcade original.
... long as they are in one of the formats that SPIN can ... a multi-load and would possibly need you to patch the .tzx / .tap ... it in at the start of each level as you play ... -
Golden axeNot colorful,but not bad port either,theres even more on screen characters than the c64 version,even the ending retains the arcade original.
... long as they are in one of the formats that SPIN can ... a multi-load and would possibly need you to patch the .tzx / .tap ... it in at the start of each level as you play ... -
Tape-Disk Copy +3I seek convertor tape to disk +3. I have DTCONV by Pentacle, but this program has bugs.
... the name of the program, only that it was as part of Outlet disk ... Clear one number down for the games start address and load in ... tape and type:-
LOAD "T:" [ENTER]
MERGE "" [ ... loaded. Modify the LOAD ""CODE statement in the load, and change ... -
DivIDE Plus FeedbackFinally had a chance to try out the DivIDE Plus since I got a CF card working (thanks to Rich) I put on a load of TAP and Z80 files I had onto it (I…
... does work. Get it as part of his "software package" on his ... very big problem load ART STUDIO from one TAP and load next screens from ... other TAP files. Before ... you can then load/save to the TAP file you just ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... contains 70 screens in one 48k load, similar amounts of different enemy and ... be able to fit in one 48k load, it would play the ... , but who knows. With a multi-load after 50 levels you could ... use :lol:
Not only that, but its not like ... -
Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]
... a game. I can only think of the five following reasons:
one pixel and filling the ... draw routine, optimised when drawing one pixel and horizontal or vertical ... snapshot of the game from an emulator. Try to avoid multi-load and ... -
Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]
... fill:
You only need one routine to plot single pixels ... also fill the whole or part of the display with colour thus ... :
Vsync is one of the most important routines a ... for smooth inertia, physics and multi-directional movement. You would ... -
Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…
... at least one of your CODE tapes as a TAP/TZX file ... the quickest? A selection of large chocolate bars as ... blocks. It's only a couple of dozen lines or so ... press Enter for the default LOAD destination (the UDG space) ... and it will load the header of the next file ... -
The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …
... or juddering... That is one of the main reasons I like ... the pages, that is part of the synergy I have with ... nice and quick with just one press of F8.
multi-monitor support tends to clone ...
The editor can only read MS-DOS format text ... -
Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
... with the current application load. Many badly designed applications ... of complilers and virtual machines is one of the main perpetrators of ... spiel of (cue annoying sarcastic voice) "You'll only be ... and ignorance on the part of modern programmers and mostly ... -
Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…
... kit for the Spectrum. I only finished the +3DOS version about ... use my system and not one of the other dedicated hardware solutions ... original tape copy of Knight Lore crashes after load and Cybernoid ... br /> Can be used as part of a cross-development system for ... -
Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... the Spectrum. Part one would be a copy of the last 6144 ... a simple BASIC program would load part one (6912 BYTES) into the Spectrum ... link at the end of memory - the part of the above snapshot ... that technically speaking that's only one reason; but I thought it ... -
Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... for the Spectrum. Part one would be a copy of the last 6144 ... with a maximum of 768 BYTES of boot code. Part two would be ... ), a simple BASIC program would load part one (6912 BYTES) into the Spectrum ... or pins, as I got only one working IF1, I'll be ... -
SPOILER : Monday's Coronation Street[spoiler]I don't normally watch but had to download such a landmark episode. I thought it was a great send-off. I really lost it when he was visited …
... books were the best part of Doctor Who ever.
only use your TV ... online declaration form. One of our Enforcement Officers may ... one it won't load. Firefox does load it, BTW. All latest versions of ... to get legitimately only-used-for-consoles- ... -
Spectrum +3 doesn't workMy recently ebay purchased +3 arrived today, so I was quite excited to have one again. I plugged it in and all was well, except for a slightly worry…
... mean I could save a .tap, .z80 or .tzx file ... and then load it via the +3? The only problem is that ... my only Floppy drive is part of my PC ... t know any way of loading a tap file from a floppy ... can load from disc but I think it's only for ... -
iPhone versions of gamesI believe the Spectrum community is lucky to get [URL="http://toucharcade.com/2010/11/15/elites-zx-spectrum-collections-vols-1-2-come-to-the-ipad/"]p…
... it.. that is only [B]ONE[/B] aspect of it.. sorry< ... br /> I can list a LOAD of people from the scene who ... not,a big understanding of assembler and routines is ... there are a lot of well known dutch groups ... the internet
part of the scene is / was about ... -
iPhone versions of gamesI believe the Spectrum community is lucky to get [URL="http://toucharcade.com/2010/11/15/elites-zx-spectrum-collections-vols-1-2-come-to-the-ipad/"]p…
... it.. that is only [B]ONE[/B] aspect of it.. sorry< ... /> I can list a LOAD of people from the scene who ... not,a big understanding of assembler and routines is ... the internet
part of the scene is / was about ... why can you almost only find "cracked" games ... -
iPhone versions of gamesI believe the Spectrum community is lucky to get [URL="http://toucharcade.com/2010/11/15/elites-zx-spectrum-collections-vols-1-2-come-to-the-ipad/"]p…
... it.. that is only [B]ONE[/B] aspect of it.. sorry< ... br /> I can list a LOAD of people from the scene who ... not,a big understanding of assembler and routines is ... there are a lot of well known dutch groups ... the internet
part of the scene is / was about ... -
Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... of space for sinclairbasic.
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Load ... br /> Program generates a standard TAP file with appropriate loader, you ... mode. This mode corrupts only 156 bytes, or even ... still made possible but with only 'one' codeblock. But this ... -
Crash no. 98: the final issueFinally, after buying it off Ebay many years ago, I got round to reading Crash issue 98. I never could motivate myself to read the scans, and looking…
... What a sad shambling mockery of the once glorious magazine. Nothing ... the centre pages, a poster of the front cover with " ... and only had a 48k Speccy, so all the games were multi-load ... fact, in one of the 'goodbye' articles in there, one of the reviewers says ... -
Crash no. 98: the final issueFinally, after buying it off Ebay many years ago, I got round to reading Crash issue 98. I never could motivate myself to read the scans, and looking…
... and only had a 48k Speccy, so all the games were multi-load ... fact, in one of the 'goodbye' articles in there, one of the reviewers says ... ending. With the exception of Titus the Fox which appeared ... issue covertape, a lot of the covertape programs were crap ... -
Crash no. 98: the final issueFinally, after buying it off Ebay many years ago, I got round to reading Crash issue 98. I never could motivate myself to read the scans, and looking…
... only had a 48k Speccy, so all the games were multi-load ... the 'Big Final Issue' of Your Sinclair as I ... , in one of the 'goodbye' articles in there, one of the reviewers ... taking the piss out of themselves towards the end ... the end of its day. It was only about 30 ...
