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Speccy 4A board problemHi all. I was hoping for some help with my Speccy (with 4A Board) before I send it off for repair. When I power it on all looks fine (i.e. copyright …
... for some help with my Speccy (with 4A Board) before ... a low tone/beep with the command appearing briefly on screen ... results in the low tone again and the same command briefly ... 've swapped the ULA with a known good one ... 't enter the run command to run the diag ... -
Viewing SCR screens in a web-pageI wrote a small program in java some time ago which allows you to view the spectrum screen dump in a web page. how about using this in the world of s…
... the necessity of having '.scr' in the first place, as one ... convert them all with one command:
$ for f in *.scr; do ... -
Viewing SCR screens in a web-pageI wrote a small program in java some time ago which allows you to view the spectrum screen dump in a web page. how about using this in the world of s…
... the necessity of having '.scr' in the first place.
[/quote ... convert them all with one command:
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new to emulators...I tried using a speccy emulator several years ago...but I see that they have improved by leaps and bounds now. So...what is the best emulator to use …
... the graphics were displayed with the name SPECTRUM...I ... I was into programming with Sinclair, that you had ... (Is this a problem with Spin...or just something ... a problem with SPIN as such, just that in order ... +U with those command words. Load the game either in a ... -
How To List BASIC?Hi, I want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is there a piece of code I can load into a 48k Spectrum which will read in a .TAP file and list i…
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Not familiar with this command. How would I use it ... of Basic - any lines existing in the second piece of code ... overwrite ones that already exist in the first.
Since it ... 't used for loading code in the normal way the Basic ... -
Atic Atac vs Sabre WulfThese two were pretty similar- someone described Sabre Wulf as "Atic Atac with leaves", which is a bit harsh. I personally think that Atic Atac is th…
... rooms in order to open the locked rooms with the newly found keys ... etc., but in about 10 ... -
250,000 games on ebay - 2nd chance ??hi guys , thanks for all your help in the past few days , watching over the auction , it was quite exciting at the end ................until the winn…
Read all the messages in this forum properly now... and ... correct funds to go along with their oversized egos.
in this matter...
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New SPIN Beta - 0.41 releasedOk, thanks to everyone (especially Refrenz and Fraser) for getting that bug nailed so quick. GDI mode is now more stable (apparently) and it's fast…
... /> Spin crashes on my system in GDI and openGL modes. DirectDraw ... II 266 (yes P II), with 160 MB Ram, i740 graphics ... 't go away when I press enter) in OpenGL mode.
with the scanline intensity settings yet ... -
Favourite Speccy Game baddiesJust wondering what game villains (major or minor) are your favourites. Mine would include: The "hooded" guys from "Soldier of Fortune" The wee hel…
the fastest things from halls of the things... when you saw one of them moving at warp character block speed around the next bend and you tried not to panic and press 9 keys at once in an attempt to fight/run away. -
can't rememberHi, It's been a long time since I tried to poke a game but just can't remember how to do it. Tried looking around here and searching on the net. I va…
... I copied what it said in magazines, and somtimes improvised myself ... in its loading.
Then LIST, and insert a STOP: command ... before the line with the command RUN.
< ... it loaded put your pokes in, and remove the STOP ... -
More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
... Terra Cresta with that particular graphics configuration in game without ... overwrite what it is colliding with, in other words make disappear ... Thanks for clarifying this. I read some where that the demo ... />
maye you read that in my article on peek n ... -
AMX MouseDoes anybody knows how the AMX-mouse works? Is it like a mouse for the Atari ST/Amiga? And if so which IN-port uses the software Which programs can …
... any other software than came with it (AMX Art / Icon Design ... ) and stuff I wrote in BASIC using AMX Control which ... extensions to BASIC for use with the mouse.
It ... compatable with Carrier Command, so it's possible to play it in some ... -
Finding the length of loaded Bytes:Is there a way from BASIC of finding out how big a block of bytes loaded from tape was? i.e. - if you do LOAD""CODE and load in a lump of bytes, ca…
Not in BASIC.
You should load the header with a small ...
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Takashi/TKrap64 is still in business!He's moved to Atariage's forums and is entertaining everyone there: [url="http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26594&postdays=0&postorder=…
... time. If you read on, he does in fact say some ridiculous ... are two completely different machines with completely different architecture!
The ... -
"Spectrum" by Billy CobhamI've just finished listening to [I]Spectrum[/I] by Billy Cobham. And what a great record it is! I would recommend it especially to those among you wh…
... :)), in the MUSIC section, you can read several lyrics with an ... in [I]Du hast[/I] Lindemann pronounces "Du hast" ("You have") with ... rolling on the floor with laughs when Lindemann ... in Worcester, Massachussets, because the local authorities had charged them with ... -
Spanish GamesHello! I'm a spanish player and i wish to know how many spanish games do you know and what is your opinion about those games. Thanks!!
... to redefine the keys :)...
I was in love with (and still ... (even those that maybe failed in playability) had EXTREMELY NICE GRAPHICS ... -
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…
I loved Oliver Frey's work too.
It's interesting to read the connection with Thalamus books...
I think THALAMUS was to the C64, what ULTIMATE was to the Spectrum. It's a shame that they came so late in the C64's life. -
Name of a joystickThis is a really arb question. But can any of you guys remember the name of the grey joystick you used to plug into the 128k It was not kempston , t…
... am not sure about which keys to use often I select ... , because it's easier to press a small key to fire ... did actually remap any joystick press with 6789 ( it's an hardware ... second fire and many other keys as substitute for jump ( usually ... -
Imagine versus UltimateImagine (The Name of the Game) Ultimate (Play the Game) Well, twenty years after their heyday, how do these two super software houses' products com…
... in the "Knight Lore" genre.[/quote]
But if you read ... the interviews with the Stamper Bros. (transcribed ... have suffered. How often in any field of entertainment ... And what have Imagine got in comparison before they were bought ... -
UDG/sprite HelpRestore 5: For N=20 To 21: Read G$: For R=0 To 7: Read B: Poke Usr G$+r,b: Next R: Next N
... was short in time. Therefore only the poke with the box.
read them with SCREEN$ from the screen ... all your characters and read them back with SCREEN$. Not only that ... , but you can make more characters in ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... have to muck about with the attribute byte to ... also responsible for the keys to flash. If you ... and magenta, the keys stop flashing in 256 colour. I ... for the keys so that they flash even in 256 ... :)
EDIT: Actually, keys flash only if they have ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... top 64 in the Palette, is mixed with the current ... also responsible for the keys to flash. If you ... and magenta, the keys stop flashing in 256 colour. I ... for the keys so that they flash even in 256 ... reason. To allow mixing with current attributes, use the ... -
Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... it was you yourself, in response to my "utter moron ... page to read it."
And nowhere in any of ... than you can do with any of my requests ... I hope she never disagrees with you, because you'll obviously ... br />
"Go on with your silly war and make ... -
Playing games in co-operative mode!Although there were far too few games on the Speccy that required more than 1 person on the keyboard, I found that some games were more playable or m…
... : A very rare version with blank keys in place of the normal Z ... and X keys, and with a Metal ... coloured, "scratch" motif pattern in the ... vicinity of the blank keys. This is ... -
what is this? help! (may be a micro drive, im not sure, im confused).hey, i was at a car boot today and i found a tape drive that said "computer program data recorder" so i snapped it up thinking it could be of some u…
... to tape useing that recorder with the ear and mic inputs ... your sound card to MIC in the casette. Adjust the volume ... 75% in your computer, turn up the trebble, and press play in WINAMP ... and REC in your casette recorder. -
Redefinable joystick keysEr... difficult to describe in a subject line, but you'll see what I mean. :) Just about all Spectrum emulators allow you to map one of the joystick…
... now choose what PC keys to use in place of the cursors ... /ctrl. You *can* use a kempston with ... , or even use the Ultimate keys (QWERT) with your QAOPM.
This month's Retro Gamer - Cascade 50 honouredWell, after what seems like no end of Cascade Cassette 50 talk this month at WOS ("50 [I]great[/I] games on one [I]great[/I] cassette"), Retro Gamer …
... mag, they have to squeeze in hundreds of comps / consoles and ... a comparison. id glady write/read about Commodore, Apple, Oric, ... of a game i read a review on in 1989. it's ... reviews in RetroGamer - Which includes new games. Also there are interviews with ...This month's Retro Gamer - Cascade 50 honouredWell, after what seems like no end of Cascade Cassette 50 talk this month at WOS ("50 [I]great[/I] games on one [I]great[/I] cassette"), Retro Gamer …
... mag, they have to squeeze in hundreds of comps / consoles and ... a comparison. id glady write/read about Commodore, Apple, Oric, ... of a game i read a review on in 1989. it's ... reviews in RetroGamer - Which includes new games. Also there are interviews with ...This month's Retro Gamer - Cascade 50 honouredWell, after what seems like no end of Cascade Cassette 50 talk this month at WOS ("50 [I]great[/I] games on one [I]great[/I] cassette"), Retro Gamer …
... they have to squeeze in hundreds of comps / ... comparison. id glady write/read about Commodore, Apple, Oric ... a game i read a review on in 1989. it ... in RetroGamer - Which includes new games. Also there are interviews with ... to play them than read about them. I ...manic miner and musicWas Manic Miner the first ever speccy game to have in-game music? I was asked this, and I thought it was, but if anyone else can think of one that c…
I've always understood it to be the first game to feature in-game music, but I don't know why I think this to be the case. Will read that link with interest later.
