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The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... and they quite enjoy some of the games..especially the younger ... still holds interest for people....
Of course, once all us ... playing the games...It will of course dwindle in popularity, but ... have downloaded games from loads of old systems that I ... -
Problem with PRINT #stream on +128kWorking on a +128k, I want to choose whether all report output goes to screen or printer, so I use PRINT #stream where stream = 2 or 3 for screen or …
... bug is with the handling of colour control codes to stream #3 ... they cause an "8 End of file" error. As the only ... ]
You can POKE the colour attributes directly to the screen ... be one or zero. The colour values are zero ( black ) through ... -
After-Christmas mapsCavelon [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Cavelon"]http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Cavelon[/url] Doombase [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?…
Pavero, any chance of map for Mercs?
[ ... so big area and lots of colour.
Inspired by the ... -
MercsAnother fave,i loved the arcade and MD port,but the speccy port was great too,i loved the detail on the tanks and obstacles along the way.
I think some of you are too harsh about ... this "Rambo factor" - killing hordes of enemies can be really fun ... is rather good and use of colour for everything (player, enemies, bullets ... -
After-Christmas mapsCavelon [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Cavelon"]http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Cavelon[/url] Doombase [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?…
... =Ralf;463268]Pavero, any chance of map for Mercs?
of colour.
Inspired by the ... easy to map all corners of the game, maybe with some ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... media?[/QUOTE]
To remind people of the law, and to allow ... ;463872]Already transfering into memory of the computer is a licence ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
[QUOTE=joefish;463881]To remind people of the law, and to allow ... -
Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…
... monocrhome or a flickery mess of colour clash and it showed that ... admit its influence; the likes of R-Type and Zynaps would ... -
Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…
... 't been a full colour vertical space shoot-em ... that was the point of making the game, something ... try to introduce too much colour and detail. Commando was ... think that the balance of colour and detail in Light Force ... of a good idea, hey I've got a great colour ... -
Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…
... 't been a full colour vertical space shoot-em ... that was the point of making the game, something ... try to introduce too much colour and detail. Commando was ... think that the balance of colour and detail in Light Force ... of a good idea, hey I've got a great colour ... -
Scariest Supernatural Movie/DramaI'm going with: [I]Woman in Black - 1989[/I]
... few decades. Most of these sort of films were quite ... likeable friend, is terrifying. Of course today's audience ... It's not even in colour! I'm not watching ... . Films have been in colour since the 1980s[/I]", ... above two, the lack of colour actually helps, as it ... -
TIMEX 2048: anybody can convert GIGASCREEN?Hi. Timex 2048 has stable GigaScreen (no flickering at all). I know there are several big TC2048 fans on the Forum. Could anybody write a viewe…
... cells, using the standard 15-colour palette; GigaScreen = rapidly switching between ... screens to give the illusion of colour blending.) -
TIMEX 2048: anybody can convert GIGASCREEN?Hi. Timex 2048 has stable GigaScreen (no flickering at all). I know there are several big TC2048 fans on the Forum. Could anybody write a viewe…
... cells, using the standard 15-colour palette; GigaScreen = rapidly switching ... screens to give the illusion of colour blending.)[/QUOTE]
... ' ;) ), that it was one of the machine's features and ... he replies).
Of course I will write here ... -
Budget Game World Cup Extra timeRight I thought about this for a while and I'm going to stick to my original plan even though I've cut loose the cruel elimination type shit I was go…
... these years) were a sort of fairy people of Irish myth. I suppose ... 'd become dark, stunted shadows of their former selves as related ... -
Budget Game World Cup Extra timeRight I thought about this for a while and I'm going to stick to my original plan even though I've cut loose the cruel elimination type shit I was go…
[QUOTE=Zagreb;466564]The Sidhe (pronounded "Shee", fact fans; yes you've all been saying it wrong all these years) were a sort of fairy people of Irish myth.[/QUOTE]
I deny I've been pronouncing it "sid-hee" all these years. :D -
So if you could take one Speccy game back in time to 1982...... what would it be? I think I'd take [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001521"]Driller[/URL] back, as it was one of the few …
... /> [*]Astro Marine Corps - excellent use of colour and a clever tape loader ... -
So if you could take one Speccy game back in time to 1982...... what would it be? I think I'd take [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001521"]Driller[/URL] back, as it was one of the few …
... games which made strategic use of colour or 3D technology. So stuff ... , via 1987 with a wad of cash, since Denton claimed they ... start. Oh, and steer clear of anything involving minature tvs and ... -
TIMEX 2048: anybody can convert GIGASCREEN?Hi. Timex 2048 has stable GigaScreen (no flickering at all). I know there are several big TC2048 fans on the Forum. Could anybody write a viewe…
... .zip[/url]
example of color graphic with attributes 8x1 ... .gif[/img]
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BeliefsNot sure if this is an acceptable poll or not but just thought I'd poll the beliefs of the average geek. I won't try to taint the poll for now with …
[QUOTE=Matt_B;469614]I've gone for the last option on principle. :smile:[/QUOTE]
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BeliefsNot sure if this is an acceptable poll or not but just thought I'd poll the beliefs of the average geek. I won't try to taint the poll for now with …
... interests and tastes of people with this kind of view are all ... this site which unites people of my sort of age, and sees some ... a business, hosting big groups of people, media, public speeches, regular ... charming view), I know lots of people who are also not ' ... -
BeliefsNot sure if this is an acceptable poll or not but just thought I'd poll the beliefs of the average geek. I won't try to taint the poll for now with …
... this site which unites people of my sort of age, and sees some ... a business, hosting big groups of people, media, public speeches, regular ... charming view), I know lots of people who are also not ' ... br />
ive ****ed loads of girls!! :P
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Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…
... , or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a ... 's cleaner, but more limited colour pallette over the C64's ... -
Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…
... most of the isometrics spring to mind, the extra colour on the ... Amstrad versions really helped the look of a lot of ... though, even with the lack of colour, I think that Green Beret ... into account.
Heroes of Karn was a personal favourite ... -
Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…
... had same resolution and no colour clash, Myth on C64 used ... Spectrum & Amstrad for use of colour. Sometimes the Spectrum palette was ... this time wasn't one of them.
R-Type ... the MSX version trumps both of them in the looks dept ... -
Issue 65 of Scene+As I understand that some programmers wants to be informed if their programs were distributed on our disk magazine, here is a list what will be on ne…
... also had reported posts about people being called racists. Come ... German/Slovakian/Russian stuff. People are annoyed as you seem ... crazy thing is the majority of people who release new games ... please, do not go accusing people of being racist. Just ridiculous -
Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…
... had same resolution and no colour clash, Myth on C64 used ... Spectrum & Amstrad for use of colour. Sometimes the Spectrum palette was ... colors instead of our 15. I don't care about colour-clash ... when I look on nice colorful game instead of ... -
Why do they always smile in supermarket adverts?Did you ever notice in the like the supermarket adverts on tv,they always seem to be smiling and full of life,then when you go into real supermarket …
... eating wotsits and masturbating instead of a young couple cuddling.[/QUOTE ... could start by using people of normal size instead of the Hammondites they ... -
Why do they always smile in supermarket adverts?Did you ever notice in the like the supermarket adverts on tv,they always seem to be smiling and full of life,then when you go into real supermarket …
... could start by using people of normal size instead of the Hammondites they ... -
Brand new Horace GameWe could think on how should the next Horace Game be, taking in account that the past three are mixtures of old, well established classic arcade game…
... and noticed quite a lot of colour clash.
When Horace ... -
England reinstated as best team in the worldSwitzerland were the last team to beat Spain and England have just beaten them. Therefore England are the best team in the year. Phew!
... he knows about the problems of the country and was elected ... he has a long history of family or great granddads who ... /> At the end of the day if the people of the UK voted ... didnt even vote him in. People 'liked' Blair and voted him ...
