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Spectrum +4 ProjectHello there my new forum chummies, Recently I have aquired a specy +2 (grey console) from fleabay after having a wonderfull time at the 2 day Byte B…
... +2 (grey console) from fleabay after having a wonderfull time at ... /> [*]Flip Top Loading IDE CDROM (replacing the Tape Loader)
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Fucking Torrent Sites!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrright, the background ive just left a couple of punk torrent site/communities ive spent the last couple of years on and made lots of friends. anyway…
right, the background
ive just left a ... as shes in bed till after i leave.
which leaves ... -
Simple text compressionI just checked one idea about text compression. Do not take it as recomendation but rather as info which can you save some time when you are solving …
... is size after removing not acceptable characters and replacing white-space runs ... -
Trying to help a ZX81 user[QUOTE=ZX81OAP at the ZX81 forum]I am looking for the name of a magazine that was mainly for computer projects. I started some improvements for the …
... ( white text on a black background) this still works.
after a year. Mine got thrown ... -
Jumping to BASIC after importing 23296,1703Sorry for the confusing title. :-D Now that I've learned how to stop a game from starting after loading (in Fuse and Specemu), I have a few more que…
... stop a game from starting after loading (in Fuse and Specemu ... same as returning to BASIC after an USR command but, can ... -
Postman Pat Special Delivery ServiceWotcha, all. I've just been watching Postman Pat: special Delivery Service (the new one with his gyrocopter thing) with my 2yr old (honest!) and the…
... out jobs etc. In the background there is a beeping noise ... occurs just before Sabreman regenerates after he's been killed in ... appear, ground-up, in the background.
Just thought I ... -
Help with finding a game titleHi, I'm trying to remember the title of a game I used to play on our Speccy, I'm thinking the game would have been out circa 1984-85, and I wonder if…
... shooting. It was a blue background to the screen, and I ... remember there were other levels after that with totally different objectives ... -
Thinking of making a "Wicker Man" text adventureI introduced my friend to the wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, after she reminded me she liked D+D/MMORPGs; so we played an…
... text adventures the other night, after she reminded me she liked ... ". After completing that as well (with the film playing in the background ... a "Wicker Man" based adventure after I was unable to find ... -
Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
... switches between two colliding sprites after a COLLISION test, allowing you ... to destroy the original bullet sprite, change the type of ... with our original primary bullet sprite.
The second ... t creating or deleting the sprite data tables for those ... -
A typical sprite listing to analyse, please?Hi all, Would anyone be interested in helping out with my ongoing Assembly studies by posting up, posting a link to or mailing me a typical sprite l…
... or mailing me a typical sprite listing to analyse? :roll:
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The Most Rare/Sought After ThingWhat is the most sought after/rare item of vintage hardware or software in the world, ever (related to early 80's home computers)..? [b]ZX81 Collect…
What is the most sought after/rare item of vintage hardware or software in the world, ever (related to early 80's home computers)..?
[b]ZX81 Collection[/b]
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Inernet connectivity lost after long offline timeHi all, couldn't find anything on Google so I thought I may ask here. Sometimes after I disconnect my connection to do something for which I don't …
... ask here.
Sometimes after I disconnect my connection to ... XP) disables the internet connectivity after a certain idle time has ... -
Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …
... I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in ... to the screen, first restoring background at their old positions and ... -
Little Sprite DemoI've managed to make a little headway with my fooling around with sprites, so I thought I'd stick a snapshot demo thing somewhere for anyone who is i…
... the attributes associated with the sprite were being cleaned up properly ... />
The scrolling of the sprite is handled completely on the ... -worked out frames for the sprite's positioning. Also, it moves ... -
+2 (grey) Faulty Black & White StripesI believe that there was a thread before about a +2 with same problem but I couldn't find it. So I am posting again hoping to find the same advice. …
... the same advice.
After connecting a working interface (PC ... white stripes on a white background every time it starts up ... -
Naming stars after people?Anybody know how? how much? best place you can do it? what happens after youve done it? Somebody close to us only has a couple of months left to liv…
Anybody know how? how much? best place you can do it? what happens after youve done it?
Somebody close to us only has a couple of months left to live, so thinking about naming a star after him so he lives on forever -
Question on copying screen bufferHi, Al my prevoius games were copying graphics directly to screen memory starting at 16384. Now I'm experimenting with screen buffer where I could d…
... seems to "flicker" at the sprite edges.
Do you have ... image from buffer to screen after HALT.
Am I ... -
Jet Set Willy sprite evilities.Hello everyone. I am currently trying my hand at modding Jet Set Willy, but there is a big problem - I can't use half of the sprites. I am using JSWE…
... guardian editor, and select a sprite, there's a big list ... I enter it in, the sprite is STILL pliers!! How on ... earth do I change the sprite so that only the spinning ... -
Loading program over the MIC jackI put the plug into the wrong jack and loaded a program over the MIC jack. Is it possible that the ZX 48K is damaged because after a while the pic c…
... ZX 48K is damaged because after a while the pic crashed ... can see only a blue background with fine stripes.
Feelin' kinda proud of myselfOkay, it has bugs. But I kludged it together about 10 mins after getting the sprite thing to actually work. [url]http://britlion.googlepages.com/Spr…
... together about 10 mins after getting the sprite thing to actually work ... yes, if you ignore the sprite library bit, what happens on ...So which 8-bitter was biggest in which country?ewgf's topic "Be honest now..." got me thinking about this. As we got people from most European countries here and also a few abroad, tell us which 8…
... maybe give some examples or background info.
Wasn't ... the Spectrum was virtually dead after 1985 or so, most people ...What does this screen mean?Hi, I wonder if someone might be able to shed some light on what this screen means when powering up the machine: [url]http://i720.photobucket.com/a…
... /photo.jpg[/url]
Background is that I sold a ... ]
However, afew days after delivery, buyer said it had ...Lunar Jetman and +3Has anybody got Lunar Jetman to work on native +3 mode? Converted to disk , will load up fine but freezes on blank screen before the game starts. Aft…
Has anybody got Lunar Jetman to work on native +3 mode?
Converted to disk , will load up fine but freezes on blank screen before the game starts.
After reseting you can see the graphics in the background for a split second.Sprite RotatingI was looking (actually at Everyone's a Wally), and noticed that all the graphics for the main characters are left facing, and two characters wide. …
... sprites as part of the sprite routine?
I thought ...What's the law regarding writing sequels to old books?I've long been tempted to attempt to write a sequel to a series of childrens stories that were originally written back in the period 1939-early 1950s…
... happen to have a legal background who would know whether this ... ? Does copyright over work expire after a certain time (I think ...Frank Sidebottom author of The Biz, dies after a fallChris Sievey, aka ZX Games author Frank Sidebottom has died after cancer treatment. [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7844579/Man-b…
... author Frank Sidebottom has died after cancer treatment.
[url ...Knight Lore on c64.. after 25 years..It seems that Knight Lore coming on commode a quarter century after speccy version. ;) Well, better late than never.. The game is still in developmen…
... on commode a quarter century after speccy version. ;)
Well, better ...Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... and borders, and a black background is the Spectrum's best ... multiload load to deal with after like 50 screens.
background used as ink for detail ...
