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  • Best use of colour in a spectrum gameEven though the spectrum couldn't manage individual colours per pixel like the Commodore and Amstrad, some games managed to achieve very effective fu…

    ... achieve very effective full colour graphics while keeping colour-clash to a ... games boasted the best use of colour?

    To start the ...
    dmsmith dmsmith November 2004 Games
  • The Rant Thread.A thread to rant and ramble about stuff that makes you mad: 1) Why can't women say things in only a few words.Instead of a simple yes, no, we…

    ... abused. Aren't we all people of colour, just different ones? Whatever, ... people with different cultures which is sometimes defined by your skin colour ... but not always. The secret is to not be afraid of ... to the people who abuse and the people being abused. ...
    Luny Luny August 2021 Chit chat
  • 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. …

    ... think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which ... runs the ZX Spectrum original of Dan Dare with
    ... would very much invite offers of hosting.

    -Thomas ... mildly modified
    version of .z80 as currently distributed to ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2004 Emulators
  • Examples of severe colour clash?I'm looking at making a video of ZX Spectrum games - both good and bad, and making it accessible for the layman. One thing I'd like to do is brief…

    ... looking at making a video of ZX Spectrum games - both good ... Wally games are perfect examples of colour clash being fairly prolific, does ... is a brilliant example of having virtually no colour clash and remaining ...
    peteprodge peteprodge September 2016 Games
  • People of the former "Soviet Bloc" was there any politcal software?Please, I mean no offence, and am not the best at expressing myself online, I was just curious.... I imagine a degree of censorship existed in some …

    ... />
    I imagine a degree of censorship existed in some fomer ...
    thx1138 thx1138 August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…

    ... tarted up - get rid of colour clash, make sprites 256 ... due to the precedence (?) of the operands being screwy) I ... to start converting other people's java and ... I am seriously thinking of shoving the code somewhere ... speccy games in full colour (48K ones only ...
    Speculator Speculator December 2004 Development
  • World of abusive drunks - share your abusive drunk stories. :)One time when I was getting the bus home from town, two really drunk women got on and started singing really obnoxiously loudly. Then, considering th…

    ... of sectarian abuse at the tops of their voices, trying to wind people ... were shouting a load of vile stuff about people of the other religion ... bus was slowing down, one of them was singing "The Wheels ... about eighty sitting on another of the seats on the other ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick January 2007 Chit chat
  • Sam Revival issue 19 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 19 of Sam Revival is now out! Let's start off with what's on the coverdisk: Conquest. Written by Peter King in 1997 this originally had a lim…

    ... March with a few people but with my ... memory and a couple of machine code instructions with ... a game! Plenty of colour screenshots show it in ... Simon Owen, another master of emulation, goes over the ... least, is some fantastic colour screenshots from Sam Fighter ...
    Quazar Quazar September 2007 Announcements
  • The weird case of Express RaiderAnyone knows why this game was writen by this hungary team? (which by the way, never wrote anything else for the speccy)?? Maybe they wrote this conv…

    Anyone knows why this game was writen by this hungary team? (which by the way, never wrote anything else for the speccy)?? Maybe they wrote this conversion of the coin op and the people of US Gold liked it??
    Ivanzx Ivanzx November 2007 Games
  • Shoot em up designerJust seen Jonathans site, years ago he started doing a Shoot em up Designer utility. Could be very good, i think if people are interested please ema…

    ... good, i think if people are interested please email ... theres obviously a ton of colour clash if the object flys ... over a different colour. Is it possible to ... the object on 'top' of the background so its ... say 5 different levels of shoot em up, after ...
    psj3809 psj3809 January 2008 Games
  • No colourHi! I'm trying to fix a 6A 48K machine that outputs no colour and shows the characters as if they were in bold. So far, I've done a couple of thing…

    ... machine that outputs no colour and shows the characters ... before the modulator - Still no colour

    Changed the ... I've followed a couple of colour signals from the video modulator ... />
    Although having no colour and boldish characters the image ...
    odious odious April 2008 Hardware
  • Dynamite Dan/Rod BowkettI'm surprised no-one's mentioned this before, but in this month's Retro Gamer, there is the interview with Rod Bowkett. I was looking forward to this…

    ... six months for most people to become competent with ... compares to other Spectrum games of the time.

    of the Night, etc). Bowkett says ... great ingame tunes, fantastic use of colour, really good level design, and ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2009 Chit chat
  • PaperBoy remake?PaperBoy was an amazing game and still one of my top 10 classic games but the Speccy version was awful! Im interested to know how many people would b…

    ... amazing game and still one of my top 10 classic games ... many people would be interested in seeing a remake with plenty of colour ...
    retrogod retrogod March 2010 New game ideas
  • Colour or Monochrome?The release of the game [B]Cheril Perils [/B]at: [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30403[/URL] made me voice my preferenc…

    ... there's some colour leakage as a result of the Speccy's ... colour attribute system (and isn ... use of colour with some small colour clash? Personally, I'd say colour all ... the way. Lots of really colourful Spectrum ...
    ewgf ewgf July 2010 Games
  • Stimulate your senses..?Ok, was mulling this over the other day - it's probably been discussed before but what the heck. I was thinking back to home computers & entertainme…

    ... of course, and with it game the beauty not only of colour ... but also of SOUND, music and then ... , providing real-time communication with people around the world.
    < ... Or the smoky smell of burning buildings of a war zone?
    Morkin Morkin August 2010 Chit chat
  • Singularity (a great first person shooter)I thought I'd post this as I've just played a very good modern game that for some reason most people seem not to have heard of, so maybe some of you …

    ... people seem not to have heard of, so maybe some of ... and there were several people there asking how a ... or why the Russian people always speak English in their ... 't like, though some people do. On the plus ... either gets a semi-circle of colour around it (to show ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2011 Chit chat
  • All of Birminghams Citizens Advice Bureaux to close from 11th Feb.[url]http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42339.html[/url] [quote]Category: Neighborhood Living Region: United Kingdom Target: Birmingham City Council…

    ... CAB has announced the closure of the Open Door Information ... has decided to withdraw funding of ?600,000 which currently pays ... CAB has been serving the people of Birmingham since 1939 and last ... independent legal advice from citizens of Birmingham at a time when ...
    thx1138 thx1138 February 2011 Chit chat
  • Fascinating video of ancient artifacts.This is the most fascinating display of the most ancient artifacts from all over the world. Presented by Klaus Dona. It can be downloaded or watche…

    ... under black light. Inlays of the Orion constellation are in ... Jade snakes, plates with inlays of spirals and 7 concentric rings ... Mostly human.

    Proof of an advanced global civilization pre ... in the tower of babel story. And the people of the world ...
    FrankT FrankT June 2011 Chit chat
  • Would you be an organ donor?I don't know what prompted it, but at work I overheard a typist tell another that she'd never sign up to be an organ donor as if you were dying in ho…

    ... (that if any group of people were corrupt enough to let ... you gain the benefits of having the people who just can' ... parts being given to people of different colour/race/country of birth, etc, ... some people might feel embarrassed about the prospect of being ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2011 Chit chat
  • Game of 96 and Hop n ChopSo, I played one of the suggestions for GOTY 95, Hop n Chop. Enjoyable and good use of colour (I left the scene when monochrome seemed to be the onl…

    So, I played one of the suggestions for GOTY 95, ... Chop. Enjoyable and good use of colour (I left the scene when ... garish Jack and the Beanstalk colour clash!)

    Well done ... />
    What was the game of '96, then guys?
    mickmog mickmog January 2013 Games
  • Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…

    ... understandable though because of the lack of RAM and I ... beautifully animated set of monochrome or limited colour screens showcasing the ... best of the Spectrums ... large sprites and good use of colour and sound.
    Kung ...
    Rebelstar Rebelstar June 2015 New game ideas
  • 48K colour issuesGentlemen, A friend handed me over a number of 48K machines to service, and among these there are four of them with various flavours of colour iss…

    ... handed me over a number of 48K machines to service, ... four of them with various flavours of colour issues. I hate fixing colour issues ... with? One of the Speccies shows a colour image with some ... with a yellowish background instead of white. Others will follow ...
    Opus Discovery Opus Discovery September 2015 Hardware
  • Bad use of colours in Spectrum gamesI'm preparing an article about colourful Spectrum games. I have many examples of good use of colour but I also need examples of bad use of colours. …

    ... . I have many examples of good use of colour but I also need ... examples of bad use of colours.
    So please give me examples of games which are too colourful ...
    PopoCop PopoCop April 2017 Games
  • Are there later versions of AGD that allow colored sprites?I'm plugging away at AGD with the help of Pauls excellent video tutorials and I just wish one could add a bit of colour to the sprites. I've seen gam…

    ... at AGD with the help of Pauls excellent video tutorials and ... one could add a bit of colour to the sprites. I've ... />
    Its a brilliant piece of programming though, amazing it fits ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch July 2017 Development
  • which is the best pc remake of a spectrum game?which is the best remake of a spectrum game for the pc?

    ... want to play the Klass of 99 ZX Spectrum version, and ... />
    [quote]
    Castlevania: Lacks of colour, but still looks great, I ... br />
    Is anyone aware of a recent report on Castlevania ... /> It's just the policy of the people behind the project, they ...
    Jmk Jmk December 2002 Games
  • Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …

    ... games myself, but finding supplies of blanks is difficult. Maybe it ... whichever format) as cheap for people to buy as possible. Cassettes ... games sold to as many people as possible, and to make ... ! You've made great use of colour ! :)


    [quote]< ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers March 2003 Games
  • Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …

    ... games myself, but finding supplies of blanks is difficult. Maybe it ... whichever format) as cheap for people to buy as possible. Cassettes ... games sold to as many people as possible, and to make ... ! You've made great use of colour ! :)[/quote]

    thank ...
    Amigo Amigo March 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... )

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    thanks people, its okay i guess.
    of colour, though i wouldnt say theres ... them, then make good use of colour.

    i went for ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... 's not much good use of colour, though i wouldnt say theres ... them, then make good use of colour.
    [/quote]

    The ... interest so that people do their own ports, perhaps of games that ...
    Steve Halfpenny Steve Halfpenny June 2003 Games
  • Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…

    ... people who'd just like to colour the games for the heck of ... think the term "256 colour project" leads people to be misled into ... s some "retrospec" like team of talented people. It's not. A ... to grips with the concept of colour, toolset and application would be ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2004 Games
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