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Text Adventure Completion RateI used to really enjoy text adventure games on the Spectrum but I had a really bad completion rate. The only adventures I actually completed were: a…
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I completed an adventure called 'The long way home' which was a multi part adventure that came with 16/48 tape mag.. That is the pinnacle of success in text adventures for me. -
Fangmole TunnelsI have been trying to find a game called 'Fangmole Tunnels'. It's listing that came as part of a tuturial book that I spent an unearthly number of h…
... ]hey Arjun, how's your type in coming along - can you send ... . I do have a partial type-in on my hard disk though ... can dig up the partial type-in for you to look at ... listings except for the last part (lower dungeons). Maybe you could ... -
Challenge: Make a Speccy version of "Leisure Suit Larry 1"and put it on this site as a rom c'mon be nice!
... ]However, it will be never in one memory and it is ... and sometimes seek the right part on your tape. Such a ... . I have converted quite some multi-part games from TRD to TAP ... can have 255 different files in the TAP file, otherwise you ... -
Challenge: Make a Speccy version of "Leisure Suit Larry 1"and put it on this site as a rom c'mon be nice!
... . I have converted quite some multi-part games from TRD to TAP ... can have 255 different files in the TAP file, otherwise you ... can convert them and include in our disk-magazin...
Mire MareThis could have been posted before, but What is the myth surrounding this game..i've read reviews off different people and some say it was finished a…
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In that case we saved the best part ...Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…
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That's strange. In the permission details the author ... reviews and tips that appeared in magazines, it looks like ... in italics were never released on their own, but only as part ... of a compilation, covertape or electronic magazine, or as type-in ...ZX Microdrive endlessly spinningHi, I've got 2 ZX Microdrives that behave very similarly, basically they seem to be receiving commands nicely, but no matter whether i LOAD SAVE or …
... away. This part might help you recover another cartridge in the future ... itself. The tape is exposed in 2 areas. The tape should ... go any further.
Type in [CODE]FORMAT "m";1;"TEST ... attempts to read in all the sectors back in. If there's ...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…
... from tape to pc though in their original un-altered tape ... 's different.. if it was multi part.. again the game would probably ... had one also) .. so disk in that aspect was the better ... teens that were doing that in the 80's.. and 90 ...New platform game: Sid SpannersHi all, here is my Christmas present. A new platform game (well, more of a mini-game really). [url=http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmspc…
... sprites, yes all sprites in the game are masked, ... I just left the sprites in the default "auto mask" ... found scratching my head again, in the development subforum!
... of laziness on my part. i.e use of ... out of an Usborne type-in book! Second reson is ...How to TZX "difficult" programsFirst of all hello, this is my first post after being recently introduced to the world of spectrum by a freind. Secondly - if this is in breach of t…
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The basic part is quite easy, for reference ... had (from the tipshop as part of a infy lives cheat ... , just leave that part out) requires a 48K and ... emulated. It's the first 'type in hack' on this tipshop page ...CrozetThere is a bit of confussion with this game also :) The version with the loading screen appeared in a compilation by Ignacio Prini, but the real ga…
The year of release is 1987 and the game didnt appear as a part of a compilation, it was a type-in :)Divide and multitapDear All, i hope to write into correct section. I have divide and 128+2, i would i likt to play with R-Type, and many games (target renegade)..but …
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R-type i found the version 128k ... /> for Wonderboy in monsterland i found a version in one part, (the original ...Divide and multitapDear All, i hope to write into correct section. I have divide and 128+2, i would i likt to play with R-Type, and many games (target renegade)..but …
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R-type i found the version 128k ... /> for Wonderboy in monsterland i found a version in one part, (the original ... identical with original ZX128, only in modern case. You can search ...Drawing 3D grids in Basic...This is probably very simple for someone who feels comfortable with Math, but it's driving me crazy... Let's say I want to draw a grid of 16 by 16 s…
... called "micros" and keyboards were multi-coloured ... (long rambling reminiscing ... LIST formatting; or having to type in black on white all the ... time; or getting stuck in that "To cancel - press ... I'd probably have difficulty in remembering quite a few ...Back to BASIC[U][B]Archaeology guide to programs compiled used MCODERII.d[/B][/U] After various people have been talking about "Frank'n'stein" I decided to finis…
... from the LINES list (in part 2), you can see the ... broken down by each part of the original BASIC ... is the standard 'print char in A' routine
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;INITCHAN2 is part of the MCoder runtime (63639 ... is pretend
;to type in CLS and then gets ZX ...MIA: YS issue 94 / Retro Gamer 9I've just found the CD rom from Retro Gamer 9 containing the virtual 'YS issue 94' covertape. ( [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id…
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For programming purists - a type-in listing for the Sinclair ZX ... fishing accident. Or Something. In The Struggle to survive, the ... controls? This is the cunning part: your stick is constantly ...writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... (two white squares) appear in the upper part of the screen (main ... monitor program (I can type in commands and even succesfully ran ... some short procedure in Basic) I think it's ...Region locking PC games? Deus Ex: HR is to be region locked!One of the good things about PC games is that they aren't region locked, unlike [B]many[/B] console games (lots of consoles have great games that wil…
... downloads are not part of the game in themselves and ... Surely if they were part of a leaked preview ... indication that they were part of the game, and ... pick up the master discs type addition?
... non-intergral' items are in fact part of the game from ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... speedrun in around 90 mins, i personally have hit a tough part ... on the roof trying to kill a gargoyle type boss ... , need to reverse hollow and get someone to assist in ... this part i think.......... prepare to ...Print Screen not Working on Windows 7I know I know this is chit chat and not a tech support forum. I ask here because the info on the web about this issue is generally shyte. I'm asking …
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is it a ... .g. when I type in a patch name in kore, if it has ... an R in the name, it'll start ...Best type-in game?Was wondering what people thought the best type-in game was for the Spectrum. There were a few half-decent ones if I remember rightly... I never h…
... Timeslide) was originally published in Your Computer 6 months earlier ... them know. I think part of the reason why ... no...I didn't type in either of those long ... I did type in Pixy The Microdot in 1987 from Big ... SP disappeared, good long type-ins were still viable. ...Increasing the number of UDGs...Hi Folks, I know by default the Spectrum can have 21 UDGs (48K) and 19 (128K) and that the address of the bit patterns is pointed to by the UDG syst…
... the channel 'S' output address in CHANS would have to point ... you wanted to type in the expanded UDG characters as part of a ... recognise 21 as being typed in. If UDG 'V' was wanted ...type-ins in zmakebas formati were about coding some type-ins from MicroHobby magazine, and found that there are 'semanal' tape series available at http://www.worldofspectrum.or…
... lot of MicroHobby programs to type in, so I deeply encourage you ... ! :) - btw, i struggled on the part that some people should being ...Phantasmas el destinoOk, so :) this game appeared in Microhobby originally, but the loading screen says "1998 Dreamscape Soft", and thats the file taken from the Ignaci …
I have a doubt, since this game appeared in Microhobby as a type-in, in issue 136 which belongs to 1987...and it did not appear as a part of a compilation originally :)Beets n Eggs authorAs per the initial screen in the game: J. Benzing Year 1984
... from the original release, the type-in, so the posterior loading screen ... should not appear in the entry??
The ... understand is the Mesoft 1986 part as you pointed out, since ... is from 1984 as type-in and the release in Outlet is from ...Transferring to +3 disks again - sorryHope some nice person will lend me a hand... I have a +3 and a divide, blanks disks, speccytape to load from the iPad and everything works great, ho…
... /> Can I just check then, type in the basic program, save to ... save each screen and code part, do I run the basic ... could tell me what to type and run I think I ...Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... TZX file of TWT available in the [URL="http://www. ... complete. Just open it in your emulator of choice/play ... much prefer to type in a loader, save it in a tape ... and then load the game in the Spectrum itself. I ... game and load it, its part of the experience for me ...Computer pranksAnyone ever play a computer prank on a friend, or had one played on you? Here's a few which will make you laugh that I did back in the day... In 19…
... wrote a 'BBC Emulator' in BASIC that gave the ... part was pranking a whole class who were typing in ... the code they'd typed in.
Then ... itself when anyone logged in to a public account, ... I'd done a few type-in messages in shops. The most memorable ...
