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Help with a Fairlight style gameI am thinking about having ago at writing a 3d game similar to fairlight. I'm busy on another project at the moment but there's nothing like plenty o…
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... to wander and consider the plot.
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New tzx vault update releasedThe latest .tzx vault update has just been issued. There are many hundreds of new and updated dumps for the Spectrum, C64, Vic 20 and also now the C1…
@ Mark,
Which browser are you using ? Safari, Netscape, IE (groan) :).
It might be the .htm extention as opposed to the .html that's throwing it off plot ?
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
This is what I've compiled so far:
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Dr Who.....Yup, it`ll be starting soon, but the big question is.... What will happen during the broadcast? a) Nothing at all - it`ll all go fine. b) "We are s…
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Dr Who.....Yup, it`ll be starting soon, but the big question is.... What will happen during the broadcast? a) Nothing at all - it`ll all go fine. b) "We are s…
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Preservation QuestionsHi, I went reminiscing of the past recently and found this site, and firstly can I say thank you VERY much, this is by far one of the best Spectrum s…
CronosoftI ordered a few Cronosoft games a short while ago and they arrived today. Although I've only played the games in question (Egghead III and Rough Just…
... meantime ! Anyway back to the plot , I set up retro-soft ...CGC 2005 -- MANIC MUSLIM (Official Osama Bin Laden Simulator)Anyone interested in seeing BONIOSOFT's utterly shite MANIC MUSLIM game should go to... [url="http://www.lofi-gaming.org.uk/speccy/cgc2005/"]http://…
Hmm, lets see. Good use of machine code, colour, collision detection, plot, level construction, learning curve,.......
Call this a crap game!? Get out of here!Classic only you hateWhich so called classic do you hate or what feature do you hate about a game you like! Classic I hate: I hate knightlore it's the spectrums dragon's…
>I don't think Shadow Skimmer was ever >considered a classic...
Probably not after it got released and people saw how nasty it was!
But, I think it did get five stars and a "Classic" from Sinclair User at the time, IIRC.5th International Sinclair & Sam Days, Urmond NLTook a trip to Urmond (NL) on Saturday to check out the 5th International Sinclair & Sam meeting. It proved to be an interesting afternoon, spent wit…
... commands were altered. PRINT gave PLOT, NEW gave SCROLL but the ...5th International Sinclair & Sam Days, Urmond NLTook a trip to Urmond (NL) on Saturday to check out the 5th International Sinclair & Sam meeting. It proved to be an interesting afternoon, spent wit…
... commands were altered. PRINT gave PLOT, NEW gave SCROLL but the ...RND not random?I recently wrote a simple Alien style game where the bad guys shoot you at random, it works fine, but after a while the Variable that is supposed to …
... or Y coordinate of a PLOT command)
Try this ... an X coordinate in a PLOT statement, it would be rounded ...Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... ignore memory contention and just plot the display as it looks ...Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... ignore memory contention and just plot the display as it looks ...Favourite Horror FlicksWe've already discussed sci-fi tv shows and films a while back so I thought I'd ask what everyone's fave horror films are. I just watched the excell…
haha Geroge Cloony's first film. I bet he's really proud of that!
Actually, tacky horror films have spawned a few stars ain't they? Johnny Depp in Nightmare on Elm St. for example.HGTTG : The movieJust saw it and I did enjoy it. There were bits and pieces which were of course brand new but all in all I would have to say I am looking forward to…
... mean, there is the whole plot element, zaphod has his second ..."Hitchhikers Guide"i loooove H2G2, the new movie, the books, the radio show, the tv show (on BBC America), the toothbrush set, and the limited edition Zaphod kitchen si…
I went last night, and it was excellent. My son (aged 11) and I pissed ourselves laughing pretty much all the way through.
The new Zaphod made good sense, the new Marvin was hilarious and much better than I anticipated.
Granted, ...A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…
10 PRINT AT 8,11; INK 1;"#1 eBayer!": INK 2: PLOT 75,50: DRAW 100,100,PI*99What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
... while playing with combinations of PLOT, OVER, DRAW, INK and PAPER ...Game endings..which are your best / worst ones?I'm not sure how valid this is on a spectrum site considering the memory capacity of the machine,but were there any games out there with any good gam…
... /> screen to collect all the stars again. Tchoh!)
[B ...A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…
1 let x=5:Let y=5
2 let y=y+1:If INKEY$="a" then let y=y-2
3 PLOT x,y:Let x=x+1:GoTo 2
80 chars or thereabout (without line number :( )... Don`t know what is is mind, heheWhich would be the best game to play while listening to the Dr. Who themesorry, I couldn't resist it :)
... involves flying a spaceship?
stars would be moving from right ...next gen consoles watch E3 press confrencesIt seems that the ps3 is going to be photorealistic apparantly when one of the ps3's was running a formula 1 racing game a F1 driver who saw it didn'…
... seem to be losing the plot on the link I posted ...next gen consoles watch E3 press confrencesIt seems that the ps3 is going to be photorealistic apparantly when one of the ps3's was running a formula 1 racing game a F1 driver who saw it didn'…
... seem to be losing the plot on the link I posted ...Isometric 3D gamesFor today's chore, I'm trying to list all isometric 3d games. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Isometric+3D+Graphics$&phras…
... ]Max Headroom[/B]!
[B]Stars Stripes And Mr Bush[/B ...NOT that frog[url="http://www.headstaggers.com/?shoe=flash&moo=show&id=22"]http://www.headstaggers.com/?shoe=flash&moo=show&id=22[/url] thanks to Fil for the ann…
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5 out of 5 stars
Buy this iconic masterpiece ...NOT that frog[url="http://www.headstaggers.com/?shoe=flash&moo=show&id=22"]http://www.headstaggers.com/?shoe=flash&moo=show&id=22[/url] thanks to Fil for the ann…
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5 out of 5 stars
Buy this iconic masterpiece ...