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  • Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…

    ... to grips with the speed of the game, Emlyn Hughes is ... doubt the greatest footie game of its generation. It felt more ... an incredible long shot that bounces off 2 posts then the keeper ... what is known as going off topic. Shame on you. And ...
    Collie Collie February 2007 Games
  • Good review, bad gameSomeone mentioned Jailbreak earlier on in the week. I bought that on the strength of a Sinclair User review. The review gave it 5 stars but the colli…

    ... with about 200 more games off one of his pals, I liked ... "JIMBO" in on the title screen.

    I've played ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2007 Games
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... a lot of decoding, Frank! I've been off the ... but only in a screen by screen basis for now. I ... />
    5170 REM End of screen
    5200 REM no longer ... linear sequence of 160 bytes for each screen. I have ... close to the end of the screen, causing it to skip ...
    48K 48K February 2007 Development
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... `ve made a pic of the 4 gaps of up/down enemies ... that is positioned on the screen. Pics are double sized.
    Off, instead of Sound On/Off on the 128k.
    FrankT FrankT March 2007 Development
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... of the relevant screen graphic.

    e.g.
    $23 (top left of ... below
    $2B (top left of static gun thing) destroys a ... below
    $30 (top left of hanging hive gun) destroys tiles ... below
    $A0 (top left of large static plant thing) destroys ...
    48K 48K March 2007 Development
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... Anonymous;174376]The beauty of the pickup items is that ... There's a couple of problems with these additions ... same position on the screen your in, like when ... is another little test screen showing my new girders ... to look into, drop left of the platform and edge ...
    FrankT FrankT March 2007 Development
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... is another little test screen showing my new girders ... to look into, drop left of the platform and edge ... . I like the look of the new graphics. Using ... it helpfully increases the screen area in which you can ... restricts you from flying out of the room.

    48K 48K March 2007 Development
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... multiple bombs on a screen then no problem with ... the graphics, the bottom left of the girder replacing the big ... , the explosion leaves the screen boundary.
    I`ll ... ;). i.e. each screen on the map has a ... make caterpillars fast instead of slow. I`m just ...
    FrankT FrankT March 2007 Development
  • DeathsHas anyone ever been on the last screen in a game only to be killed with your last life? (excluding pokes). This happenned when i played 'Tank Comm…

    ... this has got me out of "not-logging-in" retirement!< ... one keypress took me off the end screen and back to the ... t know how many hours of pushing barrels and other ... get that 0.2 seconds of joy but it was ... site with all the recording of speccy games on (smoked ...
    Slacker Slacker March 2007 Games
  • Best compilation pack?What do you think were the best compilation(s) of games? This could be because of the sheer amount of classic games crammed onto one cassette or pos…

    [quote=Mark R Jones;179834]AGREED! Though isn't one missing?[/quote]
    Underwurlde was left off because of compatibility problems with the +2, if I remember correctly.

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton March 2007 Games
  • Border size?Hi I've read the documentation on the border in the CSS. But I think I've managed to missread somthings, perhaps som one can explain. it says 64 bord…

    ... the top 16 border lines of the display - they're likely ... as little of the remainder of the border on any screen edge. Make ... to top or right to left of the screen.
    Woody Woody April 2007 Emulators
  • My little first set of routines.Hi all, I just coded a little set of routines just to draw a screen on video mem and a fade out. I could have just copied the screen rendering rout…

    ... /> ; hl - the address of a screen location ;
    ; ;
    of address
    and 7 ; mask off ... lower order byte of screen address
    ...
    Kiwi Kiwi April 2007 Development
  • Need help with translating RUSSIAN (game) instructions (LETHARGY).Hi there. Is there anyone out there who can help me with translating [URL="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/justabunchofpixels/Lethargy-Potent…

    ... here goes the translation of important information information :< ... left till end from the start of game ... , then falling room down,walking down into hole in left ... bottom corner and walking left into ... sword to cut off tentacles of some pink creature ...
    Ralf Ralf April 2007 Games
  • Need help with translating RUSSIAN (game) instructions (LETHARGY).Hi there. Is there anyone out there who can help me with translating [URL="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/justabunchofpixels/Lethargy-Potent…

    ... here goes the translation of important information information :< ... left till end from the start of game ... , then falling room down,walking down into hole in left ... bottom corner and walking left into ... sword to cut off tentacles of some pink creature ...
    Skarpo Skarpo April 2007 Games
  • Rambo IV Trailer[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE8Zukeb6bQ[/url] I'm looking forward to this, a leave-your-brain-at-home kill fest of a movie.

    ... br />
    I bet the plot will go something like this ... bow and explosive arrows out of his mud-hut
    ... says cheers, and then fucks off for another few years
    I very much hope the plot is like that. We need ... the movie a big f*** off bucket of popcorn.
    Daren Daren May 2007 Chit chat
  • Death Pit by DurellIt WAS completed! How about to release it now? It would be great! [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Death+Pit$&pub=^Durell+S…

    ... bet it's one of those things that will ... ] at the Amstrad version of the game. I've ... the last couple of days for the "fun" of it.
    ... two so far!!! (lower left corner of screen). I exhausted all my ... news on the Speccy version of Deathpit?!?!?![/B]

    Skarpo Skarpo May 2007 Games
  • MILF lovingOk - I dont know what's up with the post count on here. It never seems to go up. This should be no 666 - which I'm going to celebrate with a thread a…

    Is there a way of screen grabbing off MSN cams ? If I can, I'll get some pics. I used to do it on yahoo..
    misguided_fool misguided_fool May 2007 Chit chat
  • MILF lovingOk - I dont know what's up with the post count on here. It never seems to go up. This should be no 666 - which I'm going to celebrate with a thread a…

    ... ;192291]Is there a way of screen grabbing off MSN cams ? If I ...
    mile mile May 2007 Chit chat
  • Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…

    ... hl,16384 ;screen address
    ld de,35000 ;address of graphic loaded ... br /> rr (hl) ;rotate first screen byte to right
    inc ... back one character to the left

    inc h ;move ... ;return into h (high byte of screen address)

    ld b ...
    Rickard Rickard May 2007 Development
  • Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…

    ... hl,16384 ;screen address
    ld de,35000 ;address of graphic loaded ... br /> rr (hl) ;rotate first screen byte to right
    inc ... back one character to the left

    inc h ; ... ;return into h (high byte of screen address)

    dec c ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2007 Development
  • MILF lovingOk - I dont know what's up with the post count on here. It never seems to go up. This should be no 666 - which I'm going to celebrate with a thread a…

    ... ;192291]Is there a way of screen grabbing off MSN cams ? If I ... that was sitting in front of the cam in her underwear ...
    Pilsener Pilsener May 2007 Chit chat
  • There is a god ![url]http://www.break.com/index/robbie-williams-gets-pushed-off-stage.html[/url] Dont know how old this is (he looks quite young).. Headline: TA…

    ... ;195813]that's your proof of god?
    not Paris Hilton ... screaming "mommy"?
    42 days left of a Paris Hilton-free existance ... "found famous/rich" and got off with being tagged. But having ...
    NickH NickH June 2007 Chit chat
  • Preferred way of determining Y co-ord in assembly?I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking…

    ... br />
    MAIN call plot

    ld b ... ret ;EXIT!

    plot ld BC, (coord) ;load the ... ;point hl to start of screen address
    ld a ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... are welcome to improve any of my games as you see ... the player from getting "Out of Screen". Here's the latest (unfinished ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas August 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... the player from getting "Out of Screen". Here's the latest (unfinished ... as "One Line Invaders",(t=left, y=right, m=fire thruster ... suggestions and develop this further. Of course it may need further ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Development
  • B.T. are c*ntsIf anyone here works for BT, hang your head in shame. Having just moved house, I enquired with BT about having the existing line in the new house …

    ... suddenly and unexpectedly kicked me off their "Anytime" dial up ...
    This was after months of having a terrible and hopelessly ... "project BOA". The purpose of which was to deliberatly degrade ... they got frustrated, and left of their own volition. The details ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Chit chat
  • Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…

    ... in each plot row. For each *plot* row we select a plot left of the ... river in column 4 to receive mountains and a plot ... new plot column to the left of the river and a new plot column ... in any plot row receive mountains -- one to the left of the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... space at the extreme edge of the screen could possibly not then ... the bat can reach the left side of screen but not the right ... move one step horizontally instead of immediatelly changing up-down ... the ball hits the top of screen, it could (randomly?) move ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas September 2007 Development
  • I am getting a Mac :)I have decided to get one of the new macs but am undecided as to which to get, i know some people on here use macs but what are the disadvantages of …

    ... through the apple menu (top left of the screen). There's probably a ...
    Winston Winston September 2007 Chit chat
  • Found a few things out in the last couple of weeks :)Q. Who funded Hitler ? Now you bound to say, he did it all on his own ! Alas wrong. Q2. Who prints out money ? (now this i would love to know, i kn…

    ... As for reading the net off course i do, and have ... live backdrop. As one of the video commenters points ... ll see to the immediate left of the "window" behind the ... the image to the left of it would have to be ... the window at the left shows an entirely different ...
    Daren Daren September 2007 Chit chat
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