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Old Source CodeWhilst searching through some old boxes today I came across some printouts of some old m/c programs I did back in the 80's. I obviously couldn't code…
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Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
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7. Getting my pixel-plot routine down to ~86t ... per pixel. And within 1k.
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Vague memories...Hi all. I know of several games i used to play in the 80's, but only vagely. Of course, i can't remember their names. I wonder if someone knows what…
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Creating a loading screen in 80'sToday painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loa…
I always used to use MELBOURNE DRAW. It's limited, but it was quite good for designing stuff at pixel level. -
Creating a loading screen in 80'sToday painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loa…
... good for designing stuff at pixel level.
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Treasure Islandizzy bugNow I?ve noticed a strange thing in Dizzy 2 - when going into the water with Sinclair Abuser Mag+Small Video Camera+Rubber Snorkle and taking the Coi…
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Creating a loading screen in 80'sToday painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loa…
... good for designing stuff at pixel level.
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Creating a loading screen in 80'sToday painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loa…
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The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
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The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
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Creating a loading screen in 80'sToday painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loa…
... use ProMotion on peecee for pixel works.
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4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)
You might not have much of a choice...
Does anything other than Ghosts N Goblins
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4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)
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I think that two-pixel steps would be OK. Four ... -pixel steps might not look as ... -
Viewing SCR screens in a web-pageI wrote a small program in java some time ago which allows you to view the spectrum screen dump in a web page. how about using this in the world of s…
... it's actually doubling the pixel width of my Mac - how ... -
TommyGun UsersI was wondering how many people are actively using TommyGun. I'm thinking of shelving its development as I don't think there is really a need out the…
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New JSW/MM game releasedHere's a download link to a new JSW64 game that's been written. [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/UltimateManicMiner.zip"]http://homepag…
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New JSW/MM game releasedHere's a download link to a new JSW64 game that's been written. [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/UltimateManicMiner.zip"]http://homepag…
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New JSW/MM game releasedHere's a download link to a new JSW64 game that's been written. [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/UltimateManicMiner.zip"]http://homepag…
I've only given it a quick go, but the thing that stood out for me was the sluggishness of the controls. It just felt a bit unresponsive - something which will put me off playing a pixel perfect jumping platform game. -
Great games that aged badlyAny thoughts of games that were great at the time, but are just not fun to play anymore. eg. I loved manic miner at the time, and still enjoy playin…
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Codies help? Werewolves of LondonHi All, never one for shying away from the deep end, having only just dipped my toe in to the world of machine code I find myself trying to find out …
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get to one pixel row down on left side ... +32
which is one pixel row down.
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Screen effects in MCAs I see there is still interest for MC programming on Speccy. So, I made little presentation of screen or slideshow effects with source files, demon…
... wrote:
Would a 1-pixel clockwise be difficult?
it ... slowly change while the outside pixel would change every step...
Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
... the background, before updating the pixel-position with it's width ... width can be less than pixel width to allow for their ...Phantomas Infinity ReleasedAt last, we're proud to present Phantomas Saga: Infinity. You can download them free from CEZ Games Studio page. We hope you'll enjoy so much as we…
... the right colours depending on pixel position will be easier. I ...Phantomas Infinity ReleasedAt last, we're proud to present Phantomas Saga: Infinity. You can download them free from CEZ Games Studio page. We hope you'll enjoy so much as we…
... the right colours depending on pixel position will be easier. I ...My Speccy related PC gameHello, I've programmed a win32 game with Spectrum music and soundfx. screenshot : [url="http://bohusk.host.sk/raketascreenshot.png"]http://bohusk.ho…
... for a game with more pixel information, png is the only ...Hardest game you actually completed?Mine was Sonic Boom (the monochrome sega shoot em up). I managed to finish the whole game despite it being (a) rubbish and (b) impossible to see the…
Timex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.
... character now stores both 4 pixel wide characters for either displaying ...OK lets be honest, which great games were infact TOO FUGGIN HARDLeading on from another thread there are many great speccy games, so called Crash Smashes etc etc. But infact are they that good when they're so bloo…
... was too hard, miss the pixel perfect landing, restart, miss the ... pixel perfect landing, restart, land perfectly, ...Timex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.
... the dfile2 address for each pixel row.
On the ...
