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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…
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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…
Let's face it, when your palette is just 16 colours it's pretty limited whichever ones they are. That any C64 or Spectrum games at all could look good is more a testament to the artistic talents of the people that made them than the hardware itself. -
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…
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Amstrad anyone ?I grew with C64 and Speccy, and still use both, but I`m curious about the Amstrad CPC464. So, comparing it to the spectrum only, what is it like ? …
... stuck with four colours, and if you want 16 colours, you have to ... a palette of 27 possible colours (3x3x3 RGB settings) which is ... -
Amstrad anyone ?I grew with C64 and Speccy, and still use both, but I`m curious about the Amstrad CPC464. So, comparing it to the spectrum only, what is it like ? …
... stuck with four colours, and if you want 16 colours, you have to ... a palette of 27 possible colours (3x3x3 RGB settings) which is ... -
128k multicolour graphics...ok over the years I've been a fan of multicolour graphics on zx spectrum, an I clearly get that on a 48k the (8x1@2)multicolour limit stands at 18cha…
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Which Ultimate Play the Game game's do you like (tick the ones you like)After discussing Sabre Wulf in another thread, I thought it would be interesting to see which games of theirs we liked and disliked in proportion to …
Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…
... -res fat-pixel graphics in 16 colours. A few bits may have ...The curious case of the vanishing zerosRight, I'm back for more help guys This time I think I've figured out the code ok....but still it fails - well it works but only once... Basically …
... binary is equal to 128,64,32,16,8,4,2,1 ... have a 1 in the 16 and 8 columns, the number ...The curious case of the vanishing zerosRight, I'm back for more help guys This time I think I've figured out the code ok....but still it fails - well it works but only once... Basically …
... binary is equal to 128,64,32,16,8,4,2,1 ... have a 1 in the 16 and 8 columns, the number ... becomes 16+8 (24).[/QUOTE]
Would anyone be interested in......Hi, I'm wondering if there would be much interest in an expansion card for the speccy that gives a VGA output with enhanced gfx & sound capabilities…
... SL/Eva possibilities (320*200, 16 colours on the screen, without attributes ... , from palette of 64 colours, if I recall). There are ...Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... colours than the C64; but the C64 was working with just 16 colours ...Youtube DumpI think there was a thread containing only Youtube vids before but I can't find it so here's a new one. To start, here's my current favourite Mighty …
[QUOTE=The Starglider;614490]I like the fact that if you drop the little quest man onto the map, it still shows Google streetview, but in no more than it looks like 16 colours.[/QUOTE]
yeah pretty wicked, hoep they dont take it down. ;)Fix attribute clash in emulatorWould it be difficult to implement a feature for an emulator that "fixes" the attribute clash on the fly in games?
... would be to set aside 16 colours in the palette to appear ... of the PAPER and INK colours assigned to that attribute square ...The most powerful 8-bit machine, and CPU?Further to the discussion in: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=621787[/url] What actually is the best 8-bit ma…
... in 11 cycles. It has 16-bit registers, not as many ... up to 640x225 (4 colours), 320x225 (16 colours from a palette of 64 ...Outrun Europa in colourSwainy suggested that he'd like to try his luck with Outrun Europa colorful graphics and see if they can be improved. Let's give him the chance :) A…
... organized as 4 palettes of 16 colours.
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Each colour palette has 16 entries (8 for INK, 8 ... RGB values for these 64 colours? It it fixed or custimizable ...Something that just occured to me (Windows 8 related)Even though personally I probably won't be putting Windows 8 on any of my PCs, as it offers no real advantage for me, I have to keep my hand in with …
... ! Nobody needs 256 colour SVGA... 16 colours is surely at least 1 ...Something that just occured to me (Windows 8 related)Even though personally I probably won't be putting Windows 8 on any of my PCs, as it offers no real advantage for me, I have to keep my hand in with …
... ! Nobody needs 256 colour SVGA... 16 colours is surely at least 1 ...Query about memorySo I know this has been asked a lot and I beg your brief indulgence. I have scanned through a lot of old threads already but I'm trying to improve m…
... /> If you get 128 this would (should) mean 128 x 256 + 255 = 33023 ... a 16k machine...
Or 128 x 256 + 0 = 32768 which is ...Query about memorySo I know this has been asked a lot and I beg your brief indulgence. I have scanned through a lot of old threads already but I'm trying to improve m…
... /> If you get 128 this would (should) mean 128 x 256 + 255 = 33023 ... a 16k machine...
Or 128 x 256 + 0 = 32768 which is ...Paradroid for C-64, why not in the Spectrum?Reading the special 30th anniversary Retro Gamer, I came across this game which was considered to be the best game for the C-64, and it does not look…
... artist responsible for that, given 16 colours and not a lot of ...Arcade Game Designer 3The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the 128K Spectrum. AGD 3 now boasts pop-up menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventur…
... is simple via checking X' = offset + 16 * (X DIV 16). It's a ... length, e.g. H = A-X
2) H_offset = H ... [CODE]REPEAT D
X=X+H_offset
Y=Y+V_offset ... using some routine Move_TO(x',y',speed) as you ... fraction part is setting x';y' at the last ...Arcade Game Designer 3The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the 128K Spectrum. AGD 3 now boasts pop-up menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventur…
... is simple via checking X' = offset + 16 * (X DIV 16). It's a pity ... available, so X DIV 16 could be written as X>>4 ... , and 16 * Y as YZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
[QUOTE=antoniovillena;674383]Sorry. My intuition has failed. As you has tested, we add redundancy with the XOR: the bits lost in the matches are more than the bits won in the zeroes.[/QUOTE]
I realized that my intuition doesn't work so well ...SAM Coupe - a video problemHi mates. Lately I managed to acquire a SAM Coupe 512K. There are, however, certain problems that - I thought - You might help me with, in a mome…
Voting on ZX on-line party "AAA Compo" NOWHi, today is possible to vote on various ZX Spectrum works (music/pictures/demos) with this site: [url]http://spectrum4ever.org/zxaaa13/?lng=eng[/ur…
... of pictures" (320/200 with 16 colours. However the entire palette here ... is 64 colours).
Finally we found Jokov ...Voting on ZX on-line party "AAA Compo" NOWHi, today is possible to vote on various ZX Spectrum works (music/pictures/demos) with this site: [url]http://spectrum4ever.org/zxaaa13/?lng=eng[/ur…
... of pictures" (320/200 with 16 colours. However the entire palette here ... is 64 colours).
Finally we found ..."Your Game" - a ZX Spectrum game making competitionHello! Here is an interesting information from Alone Coder: **************************************** "Your Game" ZX Spectrum game making competi…
... its own colour, 320x200 in 16 colours out of 64. You have ...
