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Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... limited for advanced games like R-Type, its colours are washed out ... score / time / counters.. and they all need cpu time regardless normally ... bit also .. winter games being one I thought was decent on ... with the raster time showing in the border.. you'll notice ... -
R-Type: Good or horrible?I know, right? R-Type. The jaw-dropping poster child for Speccy brilliance? How could I even suggest such a thing. Well, here's the thing. It is…
Visited the film museum in Bradford and it has a ... ). But one stand up machine had r type on it. Oh boy. All the ... controls on the machine were in appropriate though. Four large flat ... played it originally back in the late 80s in the video shop ... -
Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…
... see a fixed DPI setting - one that is capable of capturing ... cardboard boxes (e.g. Driller, R-Type, Elite) giving some sense of ... -processing as possible.
One thing I anticipate being a ... is that almost all this instructions could be in TXT or PDF ... -
Spectrum jonathan cauldwell new game cronosoft competition thingFor launch at the EUROGAMER EXPO at Earl's Court, Jonathan Cauldwell has written a brand new Speccy game. Launching on 22nd September, is the game C…
... the classics such as Cobra, R-type e.t.c.
all doubt of his genius![/QUOTE ... needs to be in a different thread, this one's for the ... -
Spectrum jonathan cauldwell new game cronosoft competition thingFor launch at the EUROGAMER EXPO at Earl's Court, Jonathan Cauldwell has written a brand new Speccy game. Launching on 22nd September, is the game C…
... the classics such as Cobra, R-type e.t.c.
... DO something that relinquishes all doubt of his genius![/ ... flicker-free 25FPS, stick in one or two bespoke routines for ... to you to fill in with help from others. ... , start a new thread in the development forum. I ... -
Various tapes for saleI've been having a read of some of the threads and know some people occasionally just want a tape to play a game on a real Spec or to replace a broke…
... to replace a broken/lost one etc so here's ... .
Most are in pretty good shape but if ... TZX everything I get just in case there's a ... it worth my while traipsing all the way down to ... YS)
Rodland (Storm)
R-Type (Hit Squad)
Screen Heroes ... -
R-Type Loading HelpSorry this is a probably a dumb-arse question but I'm having a real issue's loading the R-Type game on my Spectrum +2 (Grey). I've purchased and trie…
... "R-Type loading error, 0:1"?
I'm here all week ... , I just get "Searching For R-Type Level 1"
I ... tried loading the game off one cassette and then tried loading ... cassettes side B's are in fact faulty as I've ... -
New Spectrum (Spaceship) Mascot?Original spark here...[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=588993#post588993[/url] I'm trying to write this without sounding …
... try to actually build one from LEGO and take ... about how it looks from all the angles. That front ... little too much like an R-Type II screen I've ... stubby version of the latter one. I don't suppose ... BiNMaN had in mind when drawing the aerial rotated one, but ... -
Pixelwise scrolling sideways - how many ways to do it?Not that I need to, but I've been wondering if there's a good way to do this that I haven't considered. Scrolling [B]pixelwise [/B]vertically is "ea…
... buffer and just fill in the edges. Then rotate ... /> R-Type is probably the cleverest design of all, rotating bits in-situ ... copied to the main one quickly to avoid flicker.< ... to block (3) one block to another block ... it only allows you one type of block per row ... -
Pixelwise scrolling sideways - how many ways to do it?Not that I need to, but I've been wondering if there's a good way to do this that I haven't considered. Scrolling [B]pixelwise [/B]vertically is "ea…
... /> [I]The Spectrum version of R-Type does not scroll the entire ... />
Think of one horizontal line with nothing in it but space ... time, since that's all there is in a character line.
one single character of data is ... -
Souce Code for Midnight ResistanceI just saw this on ebay and was wondering if this was the real deal. Does anyone know ? [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-Midnight…
... original source still has all the comments etc in it
in my head)
the ... auction, not just as a one off, or a record of ... (bit like how in the hell did Bob do R-Type)
Pixelwise scrolling sideways - how many ways to do it?Not that I need to, but I've been wondering if there's a good way to do this that I haven't considered. Scrolling [B]pixelwise [/B]vertically is "ea…
... that one of the best colourfull scroll is in Extreme ... that speed one whole screen goes past in under 2 ... which is why [I]R-Type[/I] gets all the attention. [I ... [I]R-Type[/I] to shift it in-place in the screen ... no parallax background textures in the gaps and also ...Cannon Fodder: Easy or Difficult?Well, the title says it all, if you know this Amiga classic, also available in other formats. I'm playing the Amiga version, a revisit after some ch…
Cannon Fodder is one of the classics for sure. ... losing all your power-ups on a tricky part of R-Type.
It's another one of those ... bond with characters, like Jools in Cannon Fodder haha.
Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... you must be constrained to one index register (some systems require ... exclusive use of one of the index registers -- ... /> s2: defm /r-type.tap/
s3: defm /R-TYPE.sna/
s4 ... ; if we haven't visited all items in the partition then
Steve Wilcox quote in latest 'Retro Gamer' magOn page 7, in a feature on his IOS Spectrum emulator, he is quoted as saying: "The Android market has been 'poisoned' by a number of very shoddy Spec…
... , or Skooldaze, or R-Type, etc, back in the day (or now ... licensing agreement, so they all might say that you can ... of use was implicit in the terms of the ... might try this, Nintendo for one.
Then again, ... if I'm still alive in a hundred years time, ...Steve Wilcox quote in latest 'Retro Gamer' magOn page 7, in a feature on his IOS Spectrum emulator, he is quoted as saying: "The Android market has been 'poisoned' by a number of very shoddy Spec…
... or Skooldaze, or R-Type, etc, back in the day (or now ... licensing agreement, so they all might say that you ... might try this, Nintendo for one.
Then ... cover yourself and buy em all of ebay :p
one thing..
...Wolfenstein / Doom for 48k SpectrumHi, is there any game / demo of this kind that runs on 48k machines? Thanks.
... Martijn might archive for everyone in the future to use??[/QUOTE ... that).
[*]Run "alasm64".
[*]Type "W W48". The command line ... /> [*]When it's done, press "R" so "RUN" would be shown ... /> So, I guess that's all, folks! One remark, though: the 48K ...LumASCII - New game from Bob's Stuff.The full 8-level version of 48K Spectrum shoot'em-up "LumASCII" is now finished! Initially the game will be available for purchase from myself for a…
... 's not just new games. All my favorite classics also have ... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004256"]R-Type[/URL], [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ... someone doesn't really like one of these games. But it ... with at least N posts in the forum (or whatever other ...LumASCII - New game from Bob's Stuff.The full 8-level version of 48K Spectrum shoot'em-up "LumASCII" is now finished! Initially the game will be available for purchase from myself for a…
... not just new games. All my favorite classics also have ... org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004256"]R-Type[/URL], [URL="http://www ... someone doesn't really like one of these games. But ... with at least N posts in the forum (or whatever ... design existed as much in 1982 as it does ...Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... unavailable in the archive due to the presence of one ... nuggetreggae.
[*]F.I.R.E.: Problem unknown. [URL="http ... Type USR0 in the +3 BASIC prompt before loading. Note: Loads all ... [LIST]
[*]Albatrossity: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading ...Game Of The Year 1988 (MULTIPLE CHOICE)loading.
... QUOTE=judasEZT;684552]in this year Target:Renegade and R-Type are going ... and amazingly commercial titles.. in a multiple choice poll they ... Make the final poll, with all the winners for each year ... two final polls, one with single and one with multiple votes and ...Time for all games to become (legally) available?It just came to me that none of us are getting any younger. Not much of an earth-shattering statement I know, but more came of this original thought.…
... on top of it. One snickering, self-aggrandizing, pirating ... you should own part or all publishing rights.
type of venture would start ... , both earlier Nintendo's in one machine. They still run ... and wreck "L@@K! R@RE'S" value, or ...Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... and running fine.
Trying all in .Z80 format.
Example would be Myth and R-Type. They run but then ask ... method?
Will probably try one in .SNA and see what happens ...Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... unavailable in the archive due to the presence of one ... nuggetreggae.
[*]F.I.R.E.: Problem unknown. [URL="http ... Type USR0 in the +3 BASIC prompt before loading. Note: Loads all ... [LIST]
[*]Albatrossity: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading ...Horizontal Scrolling/Per Character gamesHello. Can anyone give me the titles of some Speccy games (preferably good ones, but I don't mind hearing about bad ones too) that scroll the playin…
... main methods - one is to scroll some data in-memory or ... clever ones do it all on the screen memory.< ... time.
[I]R-Type[/I] works by having a ... drawing (or not drawing) one character cell at a time ... blocks, few enough that all the data for drawing a ...Horizontal Scrolling/Per Character gamesHello. Can anyone give me the titles of some Speccy games (preferably good ones, but I don't mind hearing about bad ones too) that scroll the playin…
... methods - one is to scroll some data in-memory or ... clever ones do it all on the screen memory ... blocks, few enough that all the data for drawing ... impressive game.
With R-Type the same, although the ... not affect the playability at all, and with Cobra, well ...Top bestest games of all time.I know how much every body loves top ten lists, well today i received a book called the 1001 games you must play before you die. Are your all time f…
... Sonic was the best one as although it does ... is better than the Megadrive one.
I ... br /> [QUOTE=WhizzBang;709433]No R-Type in your top MS games? It ... not going to appear in one of my lists :D ... about all consoles & game machines but that one...[/QUOTE ...The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... that the effect of BRIGHT in my main program is ... should submit the game to R-Type with or without loading screen ... and will use this one. Brilliant entry this one, it'll need ... Don't send it to R-Type, the Bydo empire will ... empire can have it, all of it I say!songs named after spectrum gamesI just noticed DJ Fresh has a track called [b]Arkanoid [/b] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axcufKa9AEY[/url] maybe can we make the ultimate com…
the list so far in alphabetical order. (no offence ZnorX ... />
A Day In The Life (Beatles)
All Or Nothing (Tom ... Trap (Hawkwind)
Def Con One (PWEI)
Dizzy (Tommy Roe ... Baby Run (Sheryl Crow)
R-Type (Jo)
Smash TV (Chase ...
