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Perfect Dark (N64) - best FPS ever?Since we're talking about Half-Life 2 on this board, I thought I'd mention Perfect Dark, the best first person shooter ever. Don't believe me? Hardly…
... (in single player mode, not multiplayer, where all characters are ... international awards and the like. Not one (console loving) reviewers ...
I've not tried the high resolution pack yet, though.
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Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... you say "256 planes were not enough".
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not move so their position in ... the engine I have will not cope with this out-of ... solve seems a lot like fitting a round peg into a ... -
OpenGL - how to install it and whatever?How do you actually install OpenGL, if it needs installing at all? I seem to remember for Quake 3, when it came out in 1999, that I had to install a …
... mates', or if it's not too demanding, on my desktop ... 9200SE (spit spit). Or just not play it at all. I ... it at my mates', or not bother. And so on.
not even upgrading, you're replacing ... all games at a high resolution and frame rate, even if ... -
OpenGL - how to install it and whatever?How do you actually install OpenGL, if it needs installing at all? I seem to remember for Quake 3, when it came out in 1999, that I had to install a …
... GFX card has. That's not because of the disposable nature ... money at their machine and not get the full potential out ... well, define how well. What resolution with how many visual settings ... -
OpenGL - how to install it and whatever?How do you actually install OpenGL, if it needs installing at all? I seem to remember for Quake 3, when it came out in 1999, that I had to install a …
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I'm not disagreeing, everything you've said ... and resource hogging :evil: , but not in 2001.
It ... a new one is replacing, not upgrading.
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OpenGL - how to install it and whatever?How do you actually install OpenGL, if it needs installing at all? I seem to remember for Quake 3, when it came out in 1999, that I had to install a …
[quote=The Starglider]Not at all. If I pull ... , if you count the lower resolution and texture maps, but apart ... on the gameplay, at least not to me (my XBox plays ... be said that whether or not I had played HL2 game ... -
N64I've just received an N64 I won off eBay at the weekend. Before I make a complete dork of myself and complain that it doesn't work to the seller only…
... that fixes it, but if not, then there is either an ... you the option of higher resolution graphics.
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Amiga........Anybody else have an Amiga? I had a A1200, quite good actually after the speccy died! Any websites like this one dedicated to the Amiga?
... a flat screen, but im not sure if its possible. i ... bits probably.
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Here's my wallet george take itso now the never to be released original theatrical trilogy is to be released [url=http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060503.htm…
i think i've posted this before, these 'new' original releases are letterboxed, not anamorphic, so the resolution is much lower than it could be.
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Here's my wallet george take itso now the never to be released original theatrical trilogy is to be released [url=http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060503.htm…
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PS3 Launch Delayed Till March 2007 in Europe and AusAnyone whos been waiting for november will have to wait even longer now unless they live in the U.S of Japan
... 60fps, with maximum detail, 1280x1024 resolution.
Absolutely stunning game ... Athlon with a Radeon 9600. Not top of the range by ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
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The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... similar to the C64 or not but... the Plus/4 doesn ... but at the cost of resolution. It's 2 bits/pixel ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
[QUOTE=piters]Maybe it was not called so by C64, but ... speed.
Something what is not possible on poor, miserable Speccy ... C64 using a lower horizontal resolution doesn't help you at ... /> So although you halve the resolution in C64 lowres, you still ... -
RAM chips are 4164s and 4564s interchangeableI paid for some 4164s online, for upgrading my Spectrum 16K to 48K, and I've been given 4564s. I've tried these along with the correct logic ICs and …
... section fourth from the bottom (Fitting an upgrade). I can't ... board first. Maybe it's not a good contact. I've ... on the chip that's not supposed to be National Semiconductor ... -
Delay routine requiredI'm putting together a short routine to play some Beep style music. I need to be able to pause between notes when required. These pauses are defined …
... that can do this ? If not, can anyone suggest a solution ... />
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... the spirit of the Spectrum, not just in terms of looks ... , whether you liked it or not. Many people came down on ... the "or not" side. As JamesD says, the ... ever seriously considered. The screen resolution was such that a TV ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
[QUOTE=monty.mole]Not a chance! I hate that ... shooters it had at that resolution. -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... backward compatibility but they choose not to implement one.[/QUOTE]
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
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3. The Timex 256x192 pixel, 32x192 attribute mode
not the software driven ones Sinclair ... early '80s but it was not useful anymore). I still like ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
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3. The Timex 256x192 pixel, 32x192 attribute mode
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... .mole]I would have said 256x192 with four colours and no ... meant. I miscalculated on the resolution for some reason. Using the ... video memory gets you a 256x192 four-colour clash free display ... -
Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
... made by dividing the screen resolution availiable in BASIC to 10 ... other words, if I'm not mistaken, each cell is 25 ... .5x17.5. I'm not very fond however of trying ... -
Speccy, a new Spectrum emulator for Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphonesThose of you with Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones may have been suffering from the lack of a Spectrum emulator. All the existing emus were writte…
... about the E61's keyboard not working fully and he said ... the games at their original resolution. It would make them smaller ... -
manic miner version?in the archive I?ve found this screen from MicroHobby: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/MicroHobby/Issue061/Pages/MicroHobb…
... on a 240x200 resolution rather than 8x8 in 256x192, so to fit ... -
manic miner version?in the archive I?ve found this screen from MicroHobby: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/MicroHobby/Issue061/Pages/MicroHobb…
... on a 240x200 resolution rather than 8x8 in 256x192, so to fit ... -
This is..............probably a really stupid question and I'll be laughed off of the forum for it but I'll ask it anyway! I have just got a super duper 19 inch So…
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When there are no more analogue TVs...It won't be long, I suspect, before it's impossible to buy a new analogue TV. This will of course doom real Sinclair Spectrums to not being able to d…
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Not in Europe, our digital TV ... 's no change in picture resolution.
The only ... [QUOTE=guesser]er HD is not digital. Well it is but ... screen with snow, and not care if it's a ... is in high definition or not?
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When there are no more analogue TVs...It won't be long, I suspect, before it's impossible to buy a new analogue TV. This will of course doom real Sinclair Spectrums to not being able to d…
... * replace standard resolution.[/QUOTE]
It's not even being broadcast ...
