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Edge magazine and Spectrum originalityI was reading a letter in the new issue of Edge magazine that said there were very, very few games of any originality on the Spectrum, because the on…
... regarded that way by the people who develop games ... myself I know the general consensus within the industry is that ... Every month when the copy comes into the studio we desperately ... professional point of view, but just for the amusement value of what seeint ... -
Edge magazine and Spectrum originalityI was reading a letter in the new issue of Edge magazine that said there were very, very few games of any originality on the Spectrum, because the on…
... myself I know the general consensus within the industry is that ... Every month when the copy comes into the studio we desperately ... professional point of view, but just for the amusement value of what seeint ... to hear that those inside the industry think that too. ... -
ZX81 and ZX80 emulator on Spectrum 128KA couple of weeks ago we were talking about a new ZX81 emulator for the 128K. Someone beat me. More details at [url="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/S…
... how useful this stuff was for Speccy tapes my interest would ... wonder about the possiblity of creating a loading scheme on the Spectrum that ... uses a totaly different method for the mere hell of doing so. -
ZX81 and ZX80 emulator on Spectrum 128KA couple of weeks ago we were talking about a new ZX81 emulator for the 128K. Someone beat me. More details at [url="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/S…
... how useful this stuff was for Speccy tapes my interest would ... wonder about the possiblity of creating a loading scheme on the Spectrum that ... a totaly different method for the mere hell of doing so.
[/ ... Haven't we all thought of that :)... It sure is ... -
TAP audio to MiniDisc (successes?)I know this has been discussed a long while ago (along with archiving to MP3 format(s)), but I`m curious to hear from anyone who's had any expiriment…
... thanks to Brighton comrade b00mzilla for the link here :) [url=" ... the line outs from the back of the unit, and not the headphone out on the ... out business.
Some of the more recent MD players ( ... to the letter.
Now for the cruel twist of fate ... -
Darkman on SpectaculatorI'm using version 5.2 of Spectaculator but am unable to get Darkman to load. I've tried it on Spin and it loads fine. Anyone else have this problem?
... 'em sent to Steve for the next update of course ;).
... br /> I actually got the original sets of decryption noises/tones/bubbles ... /> From there I manually insert the tones. However if we can ... get a more accurate set of tones then brilliant !
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ZX81 and ZX80 emulator on Spectrum 128KA couple of weeks ago we were talking about a new ZX81 emulator for the 128K. Someone beat me. More details at [url="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/S…
Hi Jon,
No worries, I wouldn't have posted the URL to a public forum otherwise ;))).
BTW, any chance of CSW2 support for the next release of Spectaculator ?
Cheers
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The WoS Type-Ins ProjectGood folks of WoS! Lend me your ears (figuratively speaking of course)! At long last, the kind and noble Martijn has cleared the Type-Ins project for…
... amounts of tips for The Tipshop.
Out of all of the text OCRd, the ones ... which have consistently given me the problems ... are the ... -
The Greatest Spectrum Game Programmer!In my opinion the greatest Spectrum programmer of all time was Pete Cooke, this lone programmer was responsible for some of the best Spectrum games e…
... JohnattanSmith is one of the greatest.
Apart of his goals reached ... , terrific sound routines for the 48k..
Apart of this he had ... under my point of view. FlyingShark conversion HAS the spirit of taito/toaplan ... -
TKrap or Wilsonsamm?Can anyone tell me who this Tkrap is? How about why some people seem too think it's me? thank you. i desperately need to know. - wilsonsamm
... /> (Of course I am joking, there was no Spectrum at the time ... 's adoptive son.
Now for the Spectrum part of the topic... :) -
Where is Oliver Frey?Whats the guy up to now? As well as Newsfield mags his illustrations could be spotted all over the place but I have not spotted his distinctive style…
He has done a bit of artwork for the retro section of gamesTM recently, which Nick Roberts (also of Crash fame) edits. -
POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…
... ve been aware of many of these for a while ( ... exploded" characters on the screen, for the first line of the listing.
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I am also aware of ... characters, similar to the effect of Alkatraz loading screens.
'Own' or 'Designed' Bundles of pirated gamesI found few messages under "Your local Speccy shop..." which triggered my memories... to 1st tape I got, the best tape..., to my pirates... (just to …
I made a series of about 20 discs for the SAM Coup? of Speccy games, and on each one I'd put a stupid BASIC menu with different things going on on it. I think I spent longer on the menus than I did on "backing up" the games, hahaha. :)3D Game makerLittle suggestion to all those wonderful people out there who hack games and write their own wonderful little programs like the jet-set willy editior…
... I recall correctly the vast majority of the thread was spent ... received the same level of training, there's no way for me ... other's with platitudes for the mere sake of doing so?
... [quote]Have diplomacy and respect for the less skilled suddenly been un ...ZXF Issue 6Issue 6 of ZXF, the free PDF magazine for the ZX Spectrum, is now available for download at [url="http://www.zxf.cjb.net."]http://www.zxf.cjb.net.[/u…
Wow - REALLY nice issue - I enjoyed reading it immensly ! Also thanx for the great review of HoH (and Klass'99) and the Z802TZX utility. REALLY made my day. I wish I could print it out in colour :)
Best regards,
Tomaz[NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…
... to spend the extra cash for the shareware version of Spectaculator or ... the authors for their time and quality work made of patiente and love for ... that most of the ex Speccy users are of my age ... complains all the time and give everything for granted. Those ...AY-3-8912 help !Hi all. Happy new yeay. I'm new to spectrum programming, and am interested in writing some music for the +2 AY chip. The problem is...I cant find …
... I go, thanks for the 1/50th of a second info, ... so I'm programming the machine and using headphones ... hear what happens...as for the scanned doc's, its ... tell, the envelope registers only modify the volume in ... (I dont know the technical term for that effect :). ...missing archive from TZXvault ?I tried to download some updates (.zip files) from [url="http://tzxvault.retrogames.com/all.htm"]http://tzxvault.retrogames.com/all.htm[/url] but fai…
... and generate some interest in the sale of CD's and now ... help out, in time for the birthday update of the vault, get in touch ... excellent value, are packed to the brim with content and help ... fund the preservation project rather than some ...Beelzebub and other Spectrum owners...According to the site: [url="http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator"]http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator[/url] based on it's content, [url="http://www.…
... the other week and a record shop was closing down. And for the ... bargain price of ?5 I got the best of the Electro Hippies THE ONLY ... GOOD PUNK.....
40 track of ...missing archive from TZXvault ?I tried to download some updates (.zip files) from [url="http://tzxvault.retrogames.com/all.htm"]http://tzxvault.retrogames.com/all.htm[/url] but fai…
... generate some interest in the sale of CD's and ... out, in time for the birthday update of the vault, get in ... value, are packed to the brim with content and ... help fund the preservation project rather than ... if I buy the cds with the entire WOS database ...Manic Miner Or Jet Set Willy?Hi folks, im a newbie to the world of speecy emulators and the like, and its been YEARS since i played a speecy. Recently downloaded both Manic Mine…
... certain areas of each game. Basically Matthew Smith traded the ultra-tight ... gameplay of Manic Miner for the weird atmosphere of JSW ... . As an actual game, MM is slightly better, because the ...Here's an interesting URL[url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/content/retro.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/content/retro.shtml[/url]
Got it today for the cheap price of 16 Euro and worth each cent, has a nice "worn-out" look. @Chaosmonger: Please report here what they will answer about reviewing the games, you sell. Maybe a free copy of Egghead III-lite on the cover-CD?Database managers for the speccyLooks like we are finally going to have some decent database frontends for our software collection! Just checked out Gamebase ZX and it's pretty goo…
... for the current crop of database managers. this are still early days for some of ... them. But I'm hopeful that pretty soon the ... be replaced by 'fun' as the databases grow and more features ...C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…
... OCP Art Studio.
The pixels were rectangular - twice as ... also think all the colours look pretty much the same. No ... you find on the Spectrum.
Great for skin tones yes ... but no good at all for the cartoony graphics of Rainbow Islands and ...Ebay findsWhat's the best deal you've found, and won, on Ebay? For me, the most recent will be a Speccy +2A with 102 games, most of these are the small cardbo…
... which I got for the princely sum of 50p, Haggled the guy down from ... 75p at the local bootfair ...The Last V8 128k..Hi! What is the difference between the 48k version and the 128k? _________________ - Rubber - [ This Message was edited by: Dasse on 2004-02-09 1…
... better quality. Chunks of the new level were eventually ... the same team doing the only other version, an A8 port), the soundtrack for the ... A8 version of V8 is in the ASMA ... collection and both the ...your favourite adventureWe all must have played text adventures on our speccys,i loved them even tho i only ever finished about 3 in my life. Anyway what was your favorite t…
(nearly 3 years later lol)
my fave is moron(for nostalgic reasons)
and another good 1 is quest for the golden eggcupOK, KiloByte magazine is available for download :)Ladies and gentlemen... Issue 1 of the Kilobyte magazine is available for download. Surf to [url="http://www.kbmagazine.net"]www.kbmagazine.net[/u…
... i want to thank you for the few pages on BASIC
for the month possibly the year. so natrauly i ... was a really young fan of the spectrum and eventualy C64, and ... but not least(for the first half of the issue anyway)the reviews. glad to ...TZX Vault Unique IDHi dudes, when the CAPS IPF format was created, there is a unique ID field within the file, as well as revision info (not that there has been any re…
... aren't enough hours in the day for Martijn ;)
[/quote ... was formed with the express purpose of being the preservation team. It ... for it - the one you use for the Vault included :)
Of ... not enough hours in the day for all projects. My available ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... /> Hear Hear! :)
The emphasis on presentation over playability ... include any support for the graphics "capabilities" of the machine, and in ... fork out for an expansion cartridge holding the extra BASIC ... get a full taste for the machine's potential ...
