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The curious case of the vanishing zerosRight, I'm back for more help guys This time I think I've figured out the code ok....but still it fails - well it works but only once... Basically …
... it would be chopping these bits out because I hit the ... -
Annoying colour issues with UDGsMe again... Flush with the success of finding the latest version of BASin to play with I tried to buff the graphics of the various screen items All…
... can see the black outline bits
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Some Games & Bits I'm After...Am looking for a few games to add to my li'l collection: Moonlight Madness (Bubble Bus) Pentagram (Ultimate) Marsport (Gargoyle) Combat School (Ocea…
Am looking for a few games to add to my li'l collection:
Moonlight Madness (Bubble Bus)
Pentagram (Ultimate)
Marsport (Gargoyle)
Combat School (Ocean)
Cyberun (Ultimate)
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is there something special about the left hand column on the screenSo.... I've noticed that when I move my player round when it bumps into the left hand side of the screen (print at 5,1;"X" etc that the controls rev…
... ;"X" etc that the controls reverse and you end up going ... -
Disable interrupts?Well, I've read the bits from the David Webb book about interrupt modes and (vaguely) appreciate the principles behind having a vector table, after r…
Well, I've read the bits from the David Webb book ... -
DATA vs PRINT and OVERjust messing about and came across this alternative way of drawing a map....now before I start mucking about with my actual program.....is there any …
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Revision 2012 InvitationEver since the 90s, the traditional Enormous Demo Party That Happens Over Easter Weekend Somewhere In Germany (originally Mekka & Symposium, then Bre…
... C64 and other 8/16-bits in the all-new Oldskool ... -
Wanted Spectrum + 2 and other bitsHello everyone, I haven't been on here for quite a while,was wondering if anyone could help me with the following,I'm after a grey…
Hello everyone,
I haven't been on here for quite a while,was wondering if anyone could help me with the following,I'm after a grey spectrum 128k +2,in a good working order,a multiface which I can use with the spectrum 128k,any ... -
Vortex Tracker binary format?Hi! Does anyone knows how is the Vortex Tracker format? I don't need the .PT3 format, which is essentially a text file, but the binary form that Vort…
... goal is to alter some bits of the in-memory module ... -
Starquake - hints and tipsNot that many votes for it so I guess some may not even know it. It is a [B]fantastic[/B] platform shoot-em-up hybrid starring B.L.O.B - Bio Logicall…
... is to find the missing bits of the core of the ... pieces you need, these include bits that look like the core ... and help pick up the bits you need to sustain life ... -
'nuther Speccy auctionLumped another lot of Speccy games on fleabay, which you can check out [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251009505049&ssPage…
... auction if anybody wants specific bits, or if anybody wants to ... -
The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…
... before giving up) to 16 bits. So I could initialize it ... -
more games on ebayHi Folks A few more bits from the spare room. [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/millys-pigdog/m.html?item=170796516691&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT…
Good new(ish) C64 and CPC games?Like maybe most of us at WOS, I keep more or less up to date with new Spectrum releases, but I don't follow other 8 bit machines' new software, so I'…
... , other games for other 8 bits might be interesting too, so ...OlympicsJust had a tour of the Olympic park today....still lots of building site bits but some of the buildings are looking pretty nice and when they turf it…
Just had a tour of the Olympic park today....still lots of building site bits but some of the buildings are looking pretty nice and when they turf it up etc it should be good looking
Just curious what others thinkBUG in zxspin and SpecEmu - read Loading speed in WAV fileI'm created a new save, but it can run at 44.1 KHz, to test it, i make a new file from WAV 44.1 KHz to 88.2 KHz. Load this file in a emulator zx-spin…
... emulator only read 16 bits, and not 32 bits.
The max ...those darned recursive functions againI've been stuck on this one all evening. I want to dump out some memory in binary to debug a program. I've got a simple mod 2 division loop to do tha…
... digits will come out in reverse order, but if the function ...More Speccy ListingsListed a few more bits over the last couple of days - some ending today, some ending in a couple of days. The listings can be found [URL="http://www…
Listed a few more bits over the last couple of ... involve flogging off random Speccy bits! :lol:
Anyway, cheers ...Arctic Moves - Game missing from WoS as last part of the trilogy Army Moves-Navy MoveWhen you manage to finish the game "Navy Moves", a last screen appears with your soldier surrounded of women and a message displayed on the screen: …
... by Dinamic, although the 8 bits versions of the game never ...Snapshots (SNA) -> Keeping the loading screen?I've seen quite a few Snapshots (SNA) that kind of hesitate on the loading screen prior to entering the game menu... I quite like this. Anyone know …
... suspect peeps that didn't reverse engineer each game the BP ...Your 8-bit micro preferencesWell, I kinda love [U]all [/U]8-bit machines. Yup, I've not found one that I haven’t warmed to in one way of another, but obviously there are …
... my bum and buy more bits from Rwap. There has to ...ZX81 GamesJust lumped 6 ZX81 games on ebay, along with a couple of Spectrum bits... [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251038890802&ss…
... with a couple of Spectrum bits...
[URL="http://cgi ...Speed tip - "e" notationHi Folks, Whilst reading my "new" Sinclair ZX Spectrum BASIC manual I came across "e" notation again. In MRT I have the following line which is use…
Hi Folks,
Whilst reading my "new" Sinclair ZX Spectrum BASIC manual I came across "e" notation again. In MRT I have the following line which is used to calculate the current time in hours, minutes and seconds.
Orginal code:
...Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…
... of the 32-bits into the top 8-bits of the 40 ... of the bottom n-1 bits.
Ditto base 10 ... , b = base, n = number of bits required
If a ... *b is represented in n bits)
then is it true ... is also represented in n bits)The last 8 bit standingCan someone tell me which of the 8 bits was the last to fall? (ie. the last to have commercially released games). Someone at work told me that the …
... me which of the 8 bits was the last to fall ...Display file addressHi Folks, Could someone please help me. I seem to recall that the address of a given byte of the Spectrum's display file breaks down as row, column…
... " and that the last five bits specify the column (0-31 ... sure how the other 8 bits work though?
Many ...