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  • Great new virtual keyboard!This won't be of use for emulators that run on machines that have real keyboards, of course, but for emulators that run on the XBox, PS2/3, PSP, Nint…

    ... might know, the PSP has a thumbstick on the left side, ...
    Anyway, you use the left stick on the PSP to select which ... button (the left shoulder button) to change the contents of the virtual keyboard ... plus it obscures less of the screen, a minor bonus), so ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2008 Emulators
  • Jack & The Beanstalk - Waking the GiantI am on the 4th screen - have stole the harp. How the fook do I exit this screen? Saw the walkthough on Youtube and the Giant WILL NOT wake up for …

    I am on the 4th screen - have stole the harp.

    How the fook do I exit this screen?

    Saw the walkthough on Youtube and the Giant WILL NOT wake up for me

    Any hints?
    Fiery Phoenix Fiery Phoenix April 2008 Games
  • The vduHi. I recently wrote off my trusty green screen vdu monitor. Using the speccy on the tv just isn't the same. Is there any way to connect the speccy t…

    ... my trusty green screen vdu monitor. Using the speccy on the tv just isn ... 't the same. Is ... way to connect the speccy to a pc screen or some other ... I read somewhere that the signal the vdu monitor jack outputs is ...
    kofol kofol May 2008 Hardware
  • *The* Sinclair Knowledge baseOk, get ready for a long post. :p Let's consider a few facts: -The WOS ftp has thousands of important files, but it can be difficult to find what w…

    ... Sinclair-related stuff on the net that's not on WOS. This includes ... the directories can be expanded on the left side and the contents can be displayed on the ... , newsgroups, WOS, etc. would be on the Sinclair Computer Knowledge Base.
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What good RPGs are there on the Speccy?What good RPGs (Role Playing Games) are there on the Spectrum? I don't play RPGs so I can't really name any, apart from: Bloodwych Bard's Tale, The…

    What good RPGs (Role Playing Games) are there on the Spectrum? I don't play RPGs so I can't really name any, apart from:

    Bloodwych
    Bard's Tale, The
    Heavy on the Magic

    What others are there, please?
    ewgf ewgf May 2008 Games
  • Why didn't The Pawn on the Spectrum have graphics?I've noticed that other versions of The Pawn have graphics, but not the Speccy release. Why is this? I think good graphics could have been achieved o…

    I've noticed that other versions of The Pawn have graphics, but not the Speccy release. Why is this? I think good graphics could have been achieved on the machine.

    Paul
    Paul Panks Paul Panks May 2008 Games
  • A classic thread sub-forum?You know how some sites have a "classic" thread sub-forum? Where any notable threads are moved to, after a certain period of time when no-one has pos…

    ... or to learn something (depending on the contents of the thread).

    Well ... as:


    Spectrum screen layout:

    [URL]http ... />



    Reading the border colour:

    [URL ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Conversion tool - bmp/gif to screen$Hihi Not sure if this is exactly the right place to ask, I don't see a software forum Is there a tool to convert a bmp or gif file to a screen$ sui…

    ... sure if this is exactly the right place to ask, I ... or gif file to a screen$ suitable for spectrum use? I ... to draw the screens on the PC and move them to the spectrum when ...
    Hideki Hideki June 2008 Development
  • VGA to RCAQuick Question: Is it possible to display the contents of my laptop screen on my TV if I use a VGA to RCA connector cable only (Without a TV tuner c…

    Quick Question:

    Is it possible to display the contents of my laptop screen on my TV if I use a VGA to RCA connector cable only (Without a TV tuner card?)
    Swevicus Swevicus September 2008 Hardware
  • Microl - The Database - different versionsWith reference to [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008076"]Microl - The Data Base[/URL], I have two different versions. The s…

    ... two different versions. The supporting documentation is ... the first version comes on a cassette with blue print. The second comes on ... on screen. (this is not the first version). But the ... the two wave files, and the letter, and addendum. And the TZX for the ...
    murtceps murtceps October 2008 Infoseek database
  • Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…

    ... reads a storage location's contents?


    3. Why ... have impressive artificial intelligence? On the 8-bits, the speed and memory limitations ... arcade machines of the day. On the Speccy, Skooldaze aparrently gave the masters and ...
    ewgf ewgf October 2008 Chit chat
  • What game gobsmacked you the most?And where were you when you saw it for the first time? Mine has to be, an obvious choice, Knightlore & Underwurlde. We'd all seen the adverts at s…

    ... get a head start on playing the damn thing before all ... new games were released on Monday and this was ... well before, swinging around on the ropes was fun and riding ... so I could see the KL loading screen, which I'd ... wasted away my free time on!

    It' ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones October 2008 Games
  • On the Burgle - incorrect link?If you go to the Back on the Burgle page, at: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0015806[/url] and try to access the game "On th…

    If you go to the Back on the Burgle page, at:

    [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0015806[/url]

    and try to access the game "On the Burgle", then you just go back to the "Back on the Burgle" page.
    ewgf ewgf November 2008 Infoseek database
  • what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…

    ... being easier and faster on the Speccy than the C64.

    the way the spectrum writes graphics to the screen uses ... very little CPU power (especially in comparison to the ... whilst it's on screen.

    The last thing was ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Quill[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006857"]The Quill[/URL] is listed as "The Quill Adventure System" which is what is reported i…

    ... is what is reported inside the program. However, all [URL ... I guess the short form looks better on screen...

    On the same note ... , I have a "family pack" of both "The ... Quill" and "The Illustrator" in the same box (big ...
    The President The President November 2008 Infoseek database
  • Can the +3 read TOS disks?I've sent 2 dozens of TOS disks so that they could be preserved as disk images, but as of today there's no emulator that can emulate Timex's FDD. The…

    ... emulate Timex's FDD.
    The Timex FDD and FDD3000 are ... the TOS operating system here. To be able to read the contents of the ... disks directly on a Spectrum would ... htm[/url]

    Maybe the FDD3000 roms can be loaded ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Development
  • [Need an Editor] Rodnay Zaks' Programming the Z80I'm submitting to WoS this book (as available on [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000292[/url] - English Version - 2nd Edition)…

    ... ) with an included Table of Contents.

    I'm doing ... intention to do some treatment on the book database PDF files. In ... ) and create a Table of Contents for every title.

    the book on my server for you to ...
    rahtgaz rahtgaz December 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Crash Magazine, the ZX, and the power of nostalgiaI'm currently selling some Crash mags (see Sales section of WOS *PLUG!*) and I started thinking about the power of nostalgia and what keeps us intere…

    ... of step with the times. The focus on the ZX for Crash ... the game Aquaplane, "with full screen action!". Of course, what the ... programmer had craftily done was make the ... match this on the paper area. Of course the graphics never ...
    SteveP SteveP December 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…

    ... news server.

    On the up side I've contributed ... to support 32 colours on screen using 4 CLUTs that ... email
    * Track 2 on the Spectrum EP from Plastic Raygun ... * A tribute thread
    * The owenbot
    * The great CSS meet game ...
    chev chev February 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Aliens vs. Predator has been released for the XBox!!!Aliens vs. Predator, the superb PC first person shooter (the first AvP, not the inferior AvP 2) has been released for the XBox! You need to download…

    ... br /> 2) Copy over all the contents of your Aliens Vs Predator ... are selected by pressing the "Start" button on the control pad. To ... their own label on the key config page. The mappings for UP ... iffy..looking for suggestions on that! The movement isn't smooth ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2009 Chit chat
  • Compilation Contents (has this changed?)Ok, the title of this thread probably makes no sense so here's the long story. When I've looked at compilations (many games published on one or more…

    ... at compilations (many games published on one or more cassettes) and ... at the "In-game screen" ... then I look at the listing for the cassette ... which tape and side the game is on.

    While [URL ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman February 2009 Infoseek database
  • Remapping the keyboard on WinUAE Amiga emulatorYes, I know I should be asking this a Lemon or English Amiga Forum but as I've read so far from other's posts they are either nice but too techy to u…

    ... see where to do this on the emulator - Input page - but there ... options - Configuration 1-4 at the top. Parrallel Joystick 1, Parallel ... that apears on that page?

    And when the keys have ... have to worry about the settings in the 'Game and IO ports ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack March 2009 Chit chat
  • The most atmospheric Speccy and non-Speccy games?I was playing Alien vs. Predator (the XBox port of the 1999 PC first person shooter) yesterday, as the Marine, and I was going through the dark, lit …

    ... made me jump. When the face hugger filled the screen, I literally flinched ... , but is the most atmospheric game on the Spectrum.

    On other machines ... as 3D Deathchase on the Spectrum though). And Goldeneye on the N64 could be ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2009 Chit chat
  • OutRun Not Working on DS EmulationI'm using the rather excellent ZXDS emualtor which also emulates 128k games Had no problem running any games so far, but then I tried OutRun Title …

    ... start the game, it's just resets on to the normal grey screen.

    I am using the .z80 ... file found on ...
    Fiery Phoenix Fiery Phoenix March 2009 Emulators
  • DATA BIN - How to read the contentOkay I hit a snag with my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory. So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jp…

    ... to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too ... into memory, however after reading the +3 manual I have no ... idea how to print the memory to screen (Graph mode will allow ... be able to call print on a memory location range in ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • SCREEN$ 1.9e Released!And here's another update! [url]http://paul.dunn.googlepages.com/SCREEN_1.9e.rar[/url] There's a few new things in this release, but it's mostly bu…

    ... 's mostly bugfixes. Read the Readme file, please. There ... on the pilot tones - the tones play for 1 second *before* the stripes appear on-screen ... screenmodes. If you want the extra effects, then use ... I was somewhat disappointed with the lack of response to this ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Program Counter question - please readSorry if this is in the wrong forum, but please read it through anyway - see on the FUSE PSP emulator I asked the author if he'd add an option to pri…

    ... the author if he'd add an option to print the contents of the ... Program Counter on the screen (away from the emulated Spectrum screen) ... turn off the border to make the screen larger, and ...
    [/B]Then on the title page, where Moonlight ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2009 Emulators
  • The [You] awardsI'm bored, so I thought I'd do the traditional ewgf Spectrum awards, for the first time ever. Once you've ignored my post, please post your own winne…

    ... (sometimes huge) enemies, and the icing on the cake is that it's ... there aren't enough pixels on the Spectrum screen) on the masters and boys is ... amazing). Skooldaze, Trapdoor, the Dynamite Dan games ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2009 Games
  • Atic atac on the zxds on the ndswell thought id replay atic atac finally got it to work on an emu on the ds, it kept crashing even in 48k mode on the 128k speccy, finally worked out…

    ... on an emu on the ds, it kept crashing even in 48k mode on the ... 128k speccy, finally worked out how to change the machine and the ... % and 2 parts to the golden key on my first go :)
    mel the bell mel the bell June 2009 Games
  • Tips on optimizing some newbie assembly routinesI'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you are going to use, so I'm creating a very simple…

    ... routine which reads the grid and draws on screen the characters from the table. It ... the grid _MB23_grid on screen using the graphic data
    // defined on _MB23_tileset. It covers the ...
    na_th_an na_th_an June 2009 Development
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