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is there a way of reading characters off the screen and turning that into a string? this has to be done in basic. i know it would have something to do with peeking memory (maybe screen memory) but would this change due to programs r…
... do with peeking memory (maybe screen memory) but would this change ... to carry on reading the screen through the scroll? message (maybe ... -
The Cycles Disk, stuck on picture of bike and bottom of screen is blue?Have a Loose Disk of The Cycles by Accolade, made a DSK from it and loaded it in Spectaculator but it sticks on a screen that just shows a bike at th…
... but it sticks on a screen that just shows a bike ... but no mention of this screen and there is nothing to ... I should do on this screen, any ideas? -
LOADING screen ?Ok, so - I accidentally decided to make some improvements on my 25year old BASIC text game 'Graveyard Nights' ...I used SPIN to muck about with the …
... do, is make a loading screen.... none of my games have ... a load screen and I'd love to ... and created a .scr loading screen for it ... But now what ... -
printing to the screen using pokei remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyon…
i remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyone remember? -
Does anyone have a good Spectrum screen shot pack?Man, I hate to ask a question like this - and I'm sure there is one out there somewhere ... but I just can't be arsed to look, lol. The screen sh…
... look, lol.
The screen shot pack I already have ... and contains it multiple identical screen shots of the same things ... />
The name of the screen from TLL has had its ... 'HURRICAN.gif' and the Nexor screen is named 'FLEXO_.gif' and ... -
Printing text using direct screen addressingHaving some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwell…
Having some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwelling in my brain for this function. I'm trying to get the text working properly in 128k mode which uses ... -
Another Chaos Remake - But wait! It's 3D split-screen multiplayer in realtime etc..I thought I'd mention this in case anyone was interested. I've just finished developing a 3D split-screen multiplayer realtime version of Chaos. I'…
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Hiding a Loading Screen?Hi folks! Is there an easy way (a POKE or something) to hide the drawing of a loading screen? I did find a post from leespoons in an old thread wh…
... the drawing of a loading screen? I did find a post ... when you've got a screen$ to load and don't ... -
New loading screen for JABATOHi, The original screen: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0zq89k38hg55qv/jabato_original.png?raw=1[/img] My version: [img]https://www.dropbo…
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The original screen:
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PAPER&INK: screen/character differenciation?So I was looking at a type-in listing earlier and I got to wondering how the Spectrum differenciates between knowing that the PAPER/INK commands need…
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New loading screen for BRUCE LEEMy version: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/hiqwt874hcstpqa/bruceleex2.png?raw=1[/img] Original screen: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/z9rcbfewf9ao…
My version:
[img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/hiqwt874hcstpqa/bruceleex2.png?raw=1[/img]
Original screen:
[img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/z9rcbfewf9aoc1i/F._David_Thorpe_-_Bruce_Lee_%281984%29.gif?raw=1[/img] -
Fastest emulator screen renderingHi, I'm developing an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what I came up with. 1) Use 4bpp indexed image format as target …
... an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what ... algorithm.[code]byte=next screen byte // get next screen byte
p32 ... offsets from 16384 for each screen line as[code]uint16_t ... copying 32 bytes from speccy screen for every line directly ... -
New loading screen for THANATOSIn 1986 we already had a Mother of Dragons : ) My version: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/dydp51vil0vth1h/thanatos.png?raw=1[/img] [img]http…
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New loading screen for LA AVENTURA ESPACIALMy version: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpwcadkkolea977/aventura%20espacial%20x2.png?raw=1[/img] The original screen: [img]https://www.d…
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Why did JSW only have one staircase per screen?Just that really. Could stairs just have been another square type? Or was that just that way it was designed, and it could handled multiple per scree…
Just that really. Could stairs just have been another square type? Or was that just that way it was designed, and it could handled multiple per screen? JSW2 has more than one staircase per screen. -
Is there an archive of Speccy title screen music?Hi, As above :) I've created a little screensaver for my own use that iterates through .scr and other image files, but I want to also play the …
... the music to the displayed screen (on multiple displays it would ... -
Full screen animationFull screen animations and other interesting hardware developments mainly z80... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjTpFR0oYQ http://www.fruitca…
Full screen animations and other interesting hardware ... -
Screen corruption with devices on edge connector (grey +2)Hi, I've recently done a full capacitor replacement and replaced all 16x DRAM chips on my grey +2. Prior to this I would get a corrupted screen…
... I would get a corrupted screen after a few minutes of ... sitting at the +2 menu screen for several hours and it ... .pl) it starts up with screen corruption. Power it off, remove ... -
48k Spec with composite video mod, screen adjustment possible?I've had a 48k Speccy with a composite video mod for a few years now, and although it works perfectly otherwise, the screen isn't centered correctly …
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Direct drive LCD screen - looking for information on previous projects people may have attempted.Hi All, My first post, so please forgive and guide if I've posted in the incorrect section. I'm a speccy user from way back in the 80's, but m…
... start again with designing the screen, so was working on building ... and captures writes to the screen location so as to build ... a coloured border around the screen.
So kind ... also solve the problem around screen compatibility, and leave me with ... -
Screen RatioAn interesting thing happened with my photos on facebook of my Spectrum setup with my new OSSC (open source scan converter). Some made a fuss (in jes…
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Extra screen in Jet Set Willy?I was online looking at screens from JSW when i came across a reference to an extra screen in JSW called April Showers that could be accessed by typi…
I was online looking at screens from JSW when i came across a reference to an extra screen in JSW called April Showers that could be accessed by typing some code printed in Your Spectrum. Is this true? Has anyone came across this? -
New loading screen for VIXENIt had been a while since I had worked on a screen, so I got with this game whose cover art was its best part. Vixen [img]https://www.dropbox.c…
It had been a while since I had worked on a screen, so I got with this game whose cover art was its best part.
Vixen
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PAW questionThis may not be the right place but anyways there it goes: I've been trying to figure out how to import graphic files in .SCR format in the PAW parse…
... the graphic information into the screen, the bitmap first, then the ... 2/3 of your screen free with PAW because I've not ... because the way the spectrum screen memory is organised using these ... chunks will make loading the screen data very simple rather than ... -
Which game was more wasting time ?Actually, a lot of games were wasting time but I remember some that I played a lot without never see the end ...; for exemple: 1. Underwulde 2. Arc …
... . Better than PAW as you could do pretty good screen images with ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... /> The text adventure ones like PAW and the Quill, and anothr ... running right there on the screen :) where i lived there were ... do when i make a screen scroll vertically and horizontally and ... -
42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…
... - would just print to the screen in normal 32 column text ... (ie, the screen). In order to interface this with PAW, therefore, a ... rather than straight to the screen. I say this as though ... Yeandle, one of the original PAW authors, for any technical information ... -
Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…
... you have created. A full screen bitmaped image on the Spectrum ... use graphics that much in PAW for the very reasons you ... of tracing paper on the screen with blue-tack and then ... method -Ed). Then go to PAW and reverse the process - ie ... -
Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…
... text that goes to the screen (rather than the printer) in ... . There was a version of PAW (called SWAN) that allowed this ... -
What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…
... might have been Quill or PAW for adventure games. I think ... game worked and looked on screen.
Finally, technically competent ...

