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  • Italian versions of ZX GamesHey everyone ! While transfering A LOT of ZX games to TZX files I stumbled across an original casette with about 10 games on each side. Side A is fo…

    ... with about 10 games on each side. Side A ... />
    I looked on WOS to find some info ... couldn't find anything... the search on Google revelaed this site ... just feature the in-game menu as a loading screen - ... and most with loading screen have it completely remade ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat January 2004 Games
  • Sound on Spectrum +2/a & 3Okay, so now I've got 2 +2's and a +3 and they all have absolutely the crappiest no existant, buzzy, sound on the planet. Surely they all cant be fau…

    ...
    no existant, buzzy, sound on the planet.
    Surely they all ... :(
    (even tried turn up the volume on the TV ;) )

    One ... decided to add to keep the standard up? :)
    mlasham mlasham February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …

    ... for many platforms over the years I'm only ... to be missing some of the basics.

    So. ... of graphics on-screen. Some of them are the background and ... In my old STOS days on the Atari ST you defined ' ... define 'areas' for each screen and check for my guy ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks February 2004 Development
  • When time stood still for 42 par secsWhat I mean by that is that around 4 years ago (maybe more, memory fails me) I innocently entered "ZX Spectrum" in google, and a moment later the wor…

    ... I had a look at the archives on WoS! "Gadzooks!" I told ... myself. Here were all the games ... if I can convey the disbelief, the joy, the incredible feeling of ... saw the title screen and heard the now familiar Manic Miner tune on my ...
    Arjun Arjun March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 1943 Title MusicHow many of you are familiar with the music on the title screen for the game 1943? It appears to be 3-channel music; when I first got the game all th…

    ... you are familiar with the music on the title screen for the game 1943? It ... soundtrack. However, I recently loaded the game into my 48k Spectrum ... , and, wow! the same music! :o
    < ... ? Pretty nifty use of the beeper, and the use of timing to ...
    monty.mole monty.mole March 2004 Games
  • EmuZWin version 2.3 Final release. To be continued...This is the Final release of the version 2.3, but hope version 2.4 will be ready soon, with great new features added... Version 2.3 Release 1.99 (15…

    ... smaller then 256x192 (in Multicolor On mode,the emulator was crashed).
    the last known when the window was in normal state (not full screen ... /> [*] Keyboard is redrawn.
    [*] Stay On Top Transparent menu item moved ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov March 2004 Emulators
  • games your playing at the minuteAs weve done all the whats your favourites i thought id ask Just out of interest what speccy games are you playing? this week, last week? Lately mi…

    ... russia (by the way what the fuck do you do on it? i ... screens? cant get passed the water on the left and cant go no ... talk to and get the object from on the right)

    _________________ ... was edited by: mel the bell on 2004-03-15 20:15 ...
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2004 Games
  • tranz amARRRGHHH ive now got 5 cups -most ever (in about 20 years) but cant find anymore grrrr by the way does anybody know how many cups there is, and are …

    ARRRGHHH ive now got 5 cups -most ever (in about 20 years) but cant find anymore grrrr

    by the way does anybody know how many cups there is, and are they all on screen together or does another appear once youve got 1?
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2004 Games
  • Dan Dare 256 colour project many may not be aware of.I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. …

    ... to make it known. The thread on C.S.S. is ... 'Dan Dare: The
    recolourisation', which runs the ZX Spectrum original ... hosting for about a week on the servers already
    named ... include source
    on the real site. The algorithm is trivial, and ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2004 Emulators
  • "TommyGun" gets a complete MAKEOVER for next release ...From the author, Tony Thompson ... """""""""""""""""""""""""" [B][I] I hadn't worked on the TommyGun editor for while. But when I got sick (about …

    ... have the MapEditor, the CodeEditor and the MemoryEditor to finish. The MemoryEditor ... m sure I can find the stuff on the web somewhere.
    ... the map screens, now you control SabreMan and he runs from screen ... to screen. I will be ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Development
  • Original instruction scansTake this list: - Austerlitz 1805 - Art master - Battle 1917 - Gallipoli - Bloodwych - Bulge, the - Dambusters - Encyclopaedia of war: Ancient battl…

    ... br /> - Bloodwych
    - Bulge, the
    - Dambusters
    - Encyclopaedia ... tennis
    - Jaws (by Screen 7)
    - Kirel
    ... still have the scanned JPGs of the instructions on your hard- ... disk.
    - You still have the ...
    GOC GOC April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy screenI wonder if anyone can help me? I am using the MAGNIFICENT Spectaculator 6.1. It has been a VERY long time since I have used a 'real' spectrum. I was…

    ... me?
    I am using the MAGNIFICENT Spectaculator 6.1. It ... wondering which screen resolution is nearer to the real spectrum screen. 640x480 or ...
    itsallgood itsallgood May 2004 Emulators
  • WSpecEm - lift the mystery!A friend of mine who knows very little about the wonderful world of emulation, and who has no interent connection, decided to buy one of these very u…

    ... who knows very little about the wonderful world of emulation, and ... *really* puts the biscuit crumbs in the bed is the emulator it comes ... . Now, while *most* of the files on the dodgy CD are 48K snapshots ... was on a 2.6GHz Pentium 4.

    [quote]The sound ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone May 2004 Emulators
  • No TV/composite picture on Spectrum 128KI have a heatsink-type Spectrum 128 that doesn't produce a picture any more, neither on the TV nor on the composite port. Apart from that, it seems t…

    ... picture any more, neither on the TV nor on the composite port. Apart ... can't really follow the instructions in the service manual.
    ... might be the MC1376P on the left-hand side of the board, since ... get a replacement, but the chip is discontinued. Ordering ...
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Identify this game please?Okay...basically the game is set in the future. It consisted of two characters, one on the left of the screen and the other on the right of the scree…

    ... the future. It consisted of two characters, one on the left of the screen and the ... other on the right of the screen. They are ... seperated from each other in the ...
    Goenitz_196 Goenitz_196 May 2004 Games
  • What was that game...?Hi ya all ! I've never done it before, but here am I begging you to name that game ! I really don't remember the name, since the last time I played i…

    ... I got on an italian tape magazine!
    Anyway the game was ... ,
    and the game was set all in one screen.
    One ... player left, the other on the right with ... then shoot it against the other.
    The character where as small ...
    Arm73 Arm73 June 2004 Games
  • Don't forget about a priority of GAMEAll of us were united with this site, which name ? World of Spectrum ? speaks that it applies for being considered as storehouse of all Spectrum-prog…

    ... to the contents the owner of this site should build work on more ... universal principles.
    Let's name a core of the contents ... of a site. What the most important? ... and publicity at changing in the contents of archive (For example, ...
    Viktor Drozd Viktor Drozd June 2004 Games
  • How did you make it load?I used to have great difficulty getting games to load on my old Speccy + and found using superstition sometimes helped... apart from turning my tape…

    ... wait until the tape stopped and turning it back on with a ... . Doing the same face as the lad on the skool daze loading screen for the entire ... duration of the game ...
    nuttyfox nuttyfox July 2004 Games
  • MAGIC VGA BOX and +2Hi all, I ve bought a magic vga box(seen on ebay) which supports resolutions up to 1024x768 75hz. I though it would be nice to own one for general p…

    ... take from the modulator pin. The signal comes up on screen (very noisy ... but it is there ). The vgabox ... on screen the refresh rate was so slow.

    On the other hand the ... to time a frozen screen of the speccy but somehow more ...
    Anestis Anestis July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …

    ... commands for moving sprites around the screen, playing music and sound ... have based the language on Microsoft BASIC as this is the most ... commonly used dialect in the ... . How much money depends on a whole bunch of factors ...
    ccowley ccowley July 2004 Development
  • maketzx problemsDoes anyone else have problems running maketzx v2.33 (with or without the GUI) on Windows 2000 Sp4? I've just changed my OS from Win Me where i've m…

    ... v2.33 (with or without the GUI) on Windows 2000 Sp4?
    the pigdog?

    When I ... run maketzx the DOS box flashes up on the screen but then immeadiately ... tzx. Doesn't work through the command prompt either.

    pigdog pigdog August 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Mobygames.com have added the Spectrum!As you may remember, I posted a petition to persuade the multi-format games information site [url="http://www.mobygames.com"]www.mobygames.com[/url] …

    ... posted a petition to persuade the multi-format games information site ... systems, so those will be the easiest, as only publisher/ ... paragraphs) and defining which areas the game will be categorised in ... all goes alongside information for the game on other machines.
    MartinUK MartinUK August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Friday the 13th...was it poked at all?I put Friday the 13th on my mate's website to play online, the original plan being to program a specific game for a specific date, eg Friday the 13th…

    ... Friday the 13th on my mate's website to play online, the original ... date, eg Friday the 13th would appear on it's namesake's ... be a $#!+? game seeing as the controls are buggered, but has ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie September 2004 Games
  • Please help! Spectaculator stopped working with .TRD files...I am using Spectaculator 6.1 (also tried 6.25, same prob). This is what i now see when i try to load a .TRD file: [url="http://server5.uploadit.org…

    ... of dropping the file on the emu i have gone through the menus to ... find the file.< ... that i get that spectrum screen crash/curruption. Then when i ... this message when clicking on the icon for the prog:

    ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow September 2004 Emulators
  • OT: Where should I go on Holiday? Tell me about where you live.Right, I need a holiday, I haven't been away for 2 and a half years and Im getting fed up of Burnley.Trouble is I don't know where to go. Seening as …

    ... /> Seening as this is the world of spectrum and that ... people from all over the globe on here I thought I ... 'd throw the question open to ... native.
    Im afraid the Brits are at a disadvantage ... where Im liable to tread on a landmine or get ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Screen$I wasn't sure where to put this! Has anyone got or does anyone know where I can download a load of Speccy Screen$ in 1 file. Let me explain..... I …

    ... Screen$ in 1 file. Let me explain.....

    I LOVE the ... way the Speccy loads Screen$ and I would love ... file that has loads of Screen$ in it so that I ... /> Just type:
    10 Load"" Screen$
    20 Goto 10
    itsallgood itsallgood September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The original MaziacsThis is probably old news to most of you, but never mind! I was flicking through an old magazine (C & VG, June '82) when I noticed an advert for a Z…

    ... called 'MAZOGS'.

    The blurb includes, "You will be ... must also face the guardians of the maze in the form of a ... />
    It also says, "The cassette on which the game is supplied is ... of the highest quality, and ...
    Blunderbuss Blunderbuss October 2004 Games
  • Best/worst endingsPity this cheap'n'nasty UBB-clone doesn't have polls, one of the many features it lacks. :roll: :) What does anyone think are the best, and worst, g…

    ... think are the best, and worst, game endings on the Speccy?? ... />
    I would rate endings on the following scale:

    ***** ... most of them the same, would have on playability, and hence ... takes to get past the Hitchcockian last screen (it should have ...
    robert@fm robert@fm October 2004 Games
  • Zaf-forth to Z80 compiler Build 5This forth like complier is changing almost every day with new items been added. Here is a new Zaf-forth word add it the sptword.fth file - which is…

    ... /> ;"Draws 30 circles to the screen"
    ;"random sizes abd ... - SPT"
    ;"shows the use of the following"
    ;"Zaf-forth ... />
    zxcls
    ;"clear the srceen"


    ... spaces
    ;"print 6 spaces on screen"

    ."Compiled in ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) October 2004 Development
  • Real tapes on SpectaculatorI'm having trouble trying to load external tapes into Spectaculator. I'm using a portable CD player with some WAVs that I've burnt onto a CD and I ha…

    ... CD and I have the CD player hooked up ... my pc in the 'aux' plug. Now the sound card is ... hearing it as the little bar goes up ... next to the volume slider but Spectaculator ... with the volume for the aux, the main volume and the volume on the CD ...
    itsallgood itsallgood October 2004 Emulators
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