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  • Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …

    ... . Some of them are the background and Wally walks straight past ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks February 2004 Development
  • Instructions image/background colour matchingI'm doing a PDF from one of the JPEG instruction scans; OCRing the text, cutting out the pictures, composing a document in Word 2000 and using Acroba…

    ... in Word (for the document background) or Paintshop (for the image ... between the two programs. (The background green in Word has settings ... might let me change the background colour of the inserted ... I select green the image background stays white.

    ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2006 Support files
  • Background image with SP1 and Z88DKWhat is the prefered way to place an entire (or very large) image in the background when using SP1? Should I convert it to a long (32*24=768 ) list o…

    What is the prefered way to place an entire (or very large) image in the background when using SP1? Should I convert it to a long (32*24=768 ) list of tiles or is there a better way?
    liftarn liftarn May 2006 Development
  • your backgroundwhat does everyone have as their background on thier computers? i have the advert for ghouls and ghosts.

    what does everyone have as their background on thier computers?

    i have the advert for ghouls and ghosts.
    mile mile June 2006 Chit chat
  • Problem with replacing all upper memory with 4164 chipsGuys, i have a problem with the high memory of a 4B issue. At first the board had OKI chips for high memory and one of them was faulty. Since its ea…

    ... to do something more when replacing OKI chips with 4164?
    gtsamour gtsamour December 2007 Hardware
  • +3 disk drive belt replacingwell, I tried replacing the belt but some piece fell out of the drive. I don't know from where :( . It looks like a small screw but without the groov…

    well, I tried replacing the belt but some piece fell out of the drive. I don't know from where :( . It looks like a small screw but without the groove.
    it happened after trying to remove PCB.
    where does it go?
    orange orange May 2008 Hardware
  • ULA gets so hot, it is cracked open!Hi everyone. I have bought a rubber-keyed 48K and the seller said he was selling it as "for spares/repair." Sure enough, it turns out it doesn't work…

    ... front of a dark black background this time and the ULA ... had the gut feeling that replacing the ULA wouldn't fix ...
    memrah memrah March 2009 Hardware
  • Issue 3B problemHi! I have an issue 3B board that is having a strange problem: when I got it it didn't had the -5V and +12v, as usual. After replacing TR4 and TR5 t…

    ... and +12v, as usual. After replacing TR4 and TR5 the -5V ... and moving interference with black background. LM1889 was replaced and socketed ...
    Hernán Pablo Álvarez Hernán Pablo Álvarez April 2009 Hardware
  • Newbie question about my unwell Spectrum...Hi - I have had a couple of dud 48K Issue 3 Spectrums in the loft for 20 years or more. One would initialise sometimes but could not be guaranteed t…

    ... , which has been fixed by replacing TR4.

    The second ... vertical bars on a white background. These bars move from side ...
    weathereye weathereye February 2011 Hardware
  • BackgroundDoes anyone know how i would create a background similar to [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/backgroundmockup.png/][IMG]http://img42.ima…

    ... how i would create a background similar to
    [URL=http ...
    ooze48k ooze48k December 2011 Development
  • Changing background graphics - King's ValleyCould you recommend me a way how to change the background patterns in this beautiful game? I want to get rid of that grid pattern because it makes th…

    ... way how to change the background patterns in this beautiful game ... ...


    original, confusing background
    [IMG]http://i43.tinypic ...
    maiki maiki February 2012 Development
  • Strange Desktop background problemHi all OK,i am using my Desktop background to come on every 3 hours(9am,noon,3 pm,6pm,etc).All was OK that is until the clocks went forward.The norm…

    ... ,i am using my Desktop background to come on every 3 ... try to save the Desktop background's to come on at ... ,3pm,6,pm)the Desktop background ALWAYS change 1 hour later ...
    ladderman ladderman March 2012 Chit chat
  • 28-character wide multicolour(ish) on 48k SpectrumLong-time lurker here... I've always been interested in rainbow effects on the 48k Spectrum, mainly from a perspective of "Just what [I]would [/I]ha…

    ... of INKs on a uniform background. This limitation might allow ... need to be taken) of replacing (statically, or dynamically by ... H: Ink X, Background
    L: Ink X, Background
    B: Ink ... /> A: Ink Y, Background
    F: Ink X, Background

    Then ...
    AMW AMW April 2012 Development
  • Replacing ZTX650 with BD139Today I blew up one of the GALs on one of my DivIDEs while testing on my Toastrack. Shorted M1 with 12V and the 12V circuit broke. I had to replace T…

    ... have experience with the BD139 replacing TR4 in this circuit ?
    Knik Knik September 2012 Hardware
  • Replacing capacitors on a +3 PSUDoes anyone know what kind of PSU does the +2A/B +3 use? Is it a switching one? Judging from it's weight I don't think it must be.... Anyway, I just…

    ... kind). I'm thinking of replacing them... here's the list ...
    gtsamour gtsamour February 2013 Hardware
  • Issue 3 board... How to resurrect?Dear Everyone, Now I have a working 48k Issue 3, a sort of working Speccy+ (still having problems with the keyboard, more of that in another post) a…

    ... flash and alternate with the background colour of the 8x8 block ... it a matter now of replacing all the lower RAM chips ...
    Simon_Carr Simon_Carr May 2013 Hardware
  • Good games that don't have a black backgroundIn an effort to think of something Speccy related that we've not discussed before (though Alessandro Grussu will correct me it I'm wrong ;)), this to…

    ... colour black as their primary background colour.

    There aren ... have some screens with different background colours, such as Jetset Willy ... even they mostly have black background screens.


    [B ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2014 Games
  • Replacing the caps in my model 2 48k spectrumI have taken note and watched a great video about replacing the caps in my spectrum, but after watching it and looking about on where i can find the …

    ... watched a great video about replacing the caps in my spectrum ...
    morcar morcar July 2014 Hardware
  • replacing zzspectrum with a javascript-based emulatorsince long time WOS' archive (infoseek) is using zzspectrum, but it uses java for that emulator applet (and sometimes we can't have it easily install…

    ... ) - how fine/simple would be replacing it with a javascript-based ...
    nitrofurano nitrofurano December 2014 Infoseek database
  • Suggestions for background graphics?Posting here as it'll be a wee bit more visible. I'm making a game with AGD, as detailed in [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.ph…

    ... 4 different styled "zones" for background graphics; Greek temple (white and ... else in the way of background graphics that isn't rock ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie February 2015 Games
  • Issues with Spectrum 48K on SCART input of LCD displaysHi *! I'm new to the forums, but not new to ZX Spectrum. I have bought a ZX Spectrum 48K in 1983 and own it since. It was stored some 20+ years on…

    ... there are color aberations (blue background and purple shadows).

    replacing capacitors or voltage regulator, I ...
    Kolli Kolli March 2017 Hardware
  • Replacing lower RAM 4116 ZX Spectrum 48k - desoldering advice please?A long post, but interesting pictures perhaps. :) I'd like some advice: (also apologies I think I picked the wrong 'Hardware' category for this, plea…

    ... desolder and remove the 4116, replacing them with a socket with ... guess), but I'll keep replacing chips with sockets until I ...
    Kamineko Kamineko September 2017 Hardware
  • Have I got a bit more news for you BBC1 with Charlie Brooker and his ZX Spectrum in backgroundWatching "Have I got a bit more news for you"... double whammy for me. Dr Hannah Fry as one of the contestants and a ZX Spectrum in the background t…

    Watching "Have I got a bit more news for you"... double whammy for me. Dr Hannah Fry as one of the contestants and a ZX Spectrum in the background to Charlie Brooker! Are we ready for a Bandersnatch sequel? :-)
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2020 Announcements
  • OLD TOWER - Background renderingLove this game. Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down. W…

    Love this game.

    Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down.
    What does it look like on a real spectrum, anyone?
    Marius Marius October 2020 Software
  • z88dk SP1 Background animations the right wayThere are a few ways to animate background tiles. The most common is to just print the characters with PrintAtInv in the same position to achieve it,…

    ... a few ways to animate background tiles. The most common is ... idea is to print the background only once, outside the main ...
    amateus amateus January 2021 Development
  • "La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…

    ... ZX version with black replacing the blue background).

    Any one ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2003 Games
  • Games Club Week 4Hi everybody, this weeks game is Bravestarr and can be downloaded here [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^BraveStarr$&pub=^G…

    ... (with a running-horse section replacing the flying jetchair thing) and ... the 'blown-up' graphics (and background graphics) look far more 19th ...
    Zagreb Zagreb March 2005 Games
  • Games Club Week 4Hi everybody, this weeks game is Bravestarr and can be downloaded here [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^BraveStarr$&pub=^G…

    ... (with a running-horse section replacing the flying jetchair thing) and ... the 'blown-up' graphics (and background graphics) look far more 19th ...
    Skarpo Skarpo March 2005 Games
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... /> We could improve player start replacing this:

    [CODE]
    background, which is what we'd ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Development
  • problem using FRAMES to generate 'random' numbersI realise the pros use bytes from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want to use FRAMES to synchronise the printing and avoid s…

    ... magazine to draw a starfield background, replacing a really slow BASIC routine ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn March 2008 Development
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