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  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... wants to helpout doing the background graphics, then please let me ...
    Swainy Swainy July 2003 Games
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... drawing all sprites and the background within a character cell to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2003 Games
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... XOR the sprite over the background and then XOR it again ...
    Fraser Fraser July 2003 Games
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... it again to restore the background.
    [/quote]

    Agreed ... considerably. Eg: You have a background, spr#1, spr#2, spr ... .

    To draw: draw background, xor #1, xor #2, xor ... /> To draw next frame: draw background, xor #1, xor #2, xor ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2003 Games
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... it again to restore the background.
    [/quote]

    Agreed ... considerably. Eg: You have a background, spr#1, spr#2, spr ... .

    To draw: draw background, xor #1, xor #2, xor ... /> To draw next frame: draw background, xor #1, xor #2, xor ...
    Fraser Fraser July 2003 Games
  • Spectrum PentathlonHi, What games would you include in a 'Spectrum Pentathlon' that would challenge any gamer's skills in varied ways? Greets, SpecMem

    ... COSMIC CRUISER
    5) SHOOTING - replacing clay pigeons with a copy ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers July 2003 Games
  • ANN: Spectaculator 5.1Spectaculator 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/+…

    Woody

    But I want to listen to music and have those lovely beeps in the background too

    Dave
    dave_beer_uk dave_beer_uk July 2003 Emulators
  • Streetfighter 2!Does anyone remember playing this on the speccy? I had it on tape, and if it wasnt for all the loading times, it would have been a good conversion! …

    ... to load each character and background individually. Which was a pain ... silly if you played without background. WotEF is a better 1 ...
    madmekon madmekon July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... some kind of compression for background (RLE or Lempel-Ziv, maybe ... sprites, AI, some animations in background will be possible
    scrolling ...
    Fikee Fikee July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... non interactive animations in the background, like the cat on the ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... .
    I can simply add background animations into the current version ... of the screen.
    - Redrawing background under the sprites by stack ...
    moroz1999 moroz1999 July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... .
    I can simply add background animations into the current version ... of the screen.
    - Redrawing background under the sprites by stack ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... as ink ( not the background paper but individual cells ... on coloured sprites on coloured background would work fairly decently. ... ink. paper transparent. on background graphics each individual cell ... course when the sprite moves, background is restored.[/I]
    ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... look unnatural compared to the background?

    [ This Message was ...
    Spector Spector July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... all characters??

    The background looks also more clean than ...
    judasEZT judasEZT July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... coloured sprites on coloured background would work fairly decently. ... ink. paper transparent. on background graphics each individual cell ... when the sprite moves, background is restored.[/I]
    ... /> If you provide a background screen and a sprite graphic ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2003 Games
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... look unnatural compared to the background?
    [/quote]


    background.
    Yerz Yerz August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    There's a nice 128k version which uses the AY just for bass and drums and has the old 48k bit in the background - always sounds horribly out of tune on emulators tho ;|
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Damn, this sort of thing makes me angry.[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3038531795&category=11994"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3038531795…

    ... up then took down - not replacing with another dump - for whatever ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... have a copy of a background screen in memory (at #8000 ...
    moroz1999 moroz1999 August 2003 Games
  • Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…

    ... , "the battery doesn't need replacing yet."

    Message 140 ...
    BadBeard BadBeard August 2003 Games
  • Games you actually completedThis may have come up before but I am new to this forum so... Which Spectrum games did you actually complete? They were extremely hard by todays sta…

    ... past the fist boring no-background levels, it was a joy ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie August 2003 Games
  • I still cant find this labyrinth game, please assistI have asked for help to find this game about 2 months ago on this forum but we were unsuccessful. Game is a labyrinth type like Hamte Damte or Nod…

    ... colorful letters and I think background may have been black. I ...
    Vortexrider Vortexrider August 2003 Games
  • Maria vs. Some BastardsTheres a Willy based game that some may know of but not the majority. Personally I don't go for edited or hacked Miner games AT ALL, they never inter…

    ... of maria changing to the background pixel color it would be ... better to have the background changed to marias colour, because ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…

    ... range of Spectrums in the background by adding the 48K+ (it ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best scrolling shooters on speccy?I think one of most popular genres, besides mazes, was scrolling shooter. Can you remember any favorites to recommend, besides r-type

    ... the TR-DOS version. The background music and effects make it ...
    stupidget stupidget August 2003 Games
  • Can Care (a remake)Hi All I've just released my remake of an old speccy game which I've called Can Care (guess which one) and seeing as this is the place to be for all…

    ... some (~15) stars in the background (Yeah, I know this means ...
    GOC GOC August 2003 Games
  • Best scrolling shooters on speccy?I think one of most popular genres, besides mazes, was scrolling shooter. Can you remember any favorites to recommend, besides r-type

    ... the TR-DOS version. The background music and effects make it ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • Recommend a decent games database manager pls!Seeing how many games are piled up on my disk, and that I seldom get to see the screenshots or inlay scans for a particular game, I was thinking of u…

    Ronald Raaijen has such a project.

    A database where SCREEN$ appear after selecting your program.

    Need to check his e-mail adress 'cause he isn't quite active in the scene, just on the background due to LACK OF TIME.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • are the following (tzx) really missing ?On the list at [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/stp/games.html"]www.worldofspectrum.org/stp/games.html[/url] there are some existing items ages a…

    ... 1. Unidentified backup copies need replacing.
    2. Beautified TZXs need ... replacing.
    3. Cracked/Hacked ... TZXs need replacing.
    4. TZXs with ... Stop The Tape Block' need replacing.
    5. TZXs need ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
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