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ZXTune - ZX Music playerHello, all! I am glad to announce my project on WoS! It's ZXTune - advanced ZX Music spectrum player and ripper. Here are some of the advantages of …
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RIP Ernest BorgnineAnother classic guy from film and TV has died. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18764244[/url]
Another classic guy from film and TV has died.
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Softek IS Compiler - wrong fileUnder "Softek 'IS' BASIC Compiler" the file SoftekISBASICCompiler.tap.zip does not contain that program, but a version of the Softek Super C Compiler…
... -time file, plus all the sprite & demo files. Without RTCODE ... -
New recoloured game - After The War 1 :)As suggested and requested by some people I tried my skills with adding colour to this well known Spanish beatemup. And well... I did it :) I can sa…
... is more apocalyptic. But the sprite may seem to disappear there ... -
Car doors, Windows (Microsoft) incompatibilities, and other ponderablesJust some things I've been wondering about recently.. 1) Following the death of Eric Sykes (RIP), I downloaded and re-watched (the very funny) The P…
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 1In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. …
In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. Even so, sometimes experienced developers may decide to access BIFROST* internal routines directly, for ... -
RIP Onslow[URL="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/corrie-actor-hughes-dies-aged-68-172816845.html"]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/corrie-actor-hughes-dies-aged-68-172816845.h…
[URL="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/corrie-actor-hughes-dies-aged-68-172816845.html"]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/corrie-actor-hughes-dies-aged-68-172816845.html[/URL]
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Spy Hunter - IssuesI have been playing this good old game from US Gold, and found myself with some questions... I have realized that in the rzx. files, the helicopter …
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 3This new demo demonstrates the BIFROST* built-in sprite support that I mentioned before. In BIFROST*, "sprite tiles" are 2 special tiles that BIFROS…
... // hi-res vertical sprite movement
int ... // erase and move enemy sprite
BIFROST_drawBackTilesH(linEnemy, colEnemy, ... // erase and move player sprite
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Tony Sly, No Use for a Name frontman, dead at 41not been an rip thread for a while, a few days old now but.......... [url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-tonysly-deadbre8701u…
not been an rip thread for a while, a few days old now but..........
[url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-tonysly-deadbre8701ul-20120801,0,2662857.story[/url] -
UDG in AssemblyHow do you create User Definable Graphic and move it around the screen? In C64 its as easy as: [code] SPRITEENABLE = $d015 SPRITEPOINTER = $07f8 =*…
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=* 2000
Sprite
!byte $00, $0f, $ff ... it (1= sprite 0, 3 = sprite 0, 1, 7 = sprite 0, 1, ... it
lda #(Sprite/$40)
sta SPRITEPOINTER ... ; set sprite pointer for sprite 0
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Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... generated "masks" dynamically for the sprite and key background objects - this ... -
Harry Harrison RIP[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19270109[/url]
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 5In my [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40437"]previous post[/URL] I demonstrated how to move multicolor images smoothly i…
... dirPlayer; // hi-res vertical sprite movement
int dhrcPlayer; ... // hi-res horizontal sprite movement
int px ... br />
// erase player sprite
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rip tony scott[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19314967[/url]
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Sony rip of Nintendo (again!)[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19269761[/url] It's a couple of weeks old now (I think) is this news story, but it's one that I feel is wo…
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19269761[/url]
It's a couple of weeks old now (I think) is this news story, but it's one that I feel is worth mentioning. Sony have anounced that the VITA will act as a PS3 controller [I]just like[/I] ... -
RIP Neil ArmstrongNot many people would sit in a rocket to the moon with today's technology. A true inspiration, and a name that will live on....
Not many people would sit in a rocket to the moon with today's technology.
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RIP the 96Now the truth about Hillsborough has been made public, fans would like to make You'll Never Walk Alone number one in the UK in their memory. Please …
Now the truth about Hillsborough has been made public, fans would like to make You'll Never Walk Alone number one in the UK in their memory.
Please buy this from a UK retailer, even from the UK I can use my Amazon account to buy from Amazon.de ... -
SpecBAS 0.754 Now available!Hi all - Due to overwhelming demand from half of my userbase (That's ASH-II to you lot), BEEP has been added! It's not just any old BEEP though - y…
... ADSR envelope control
Sprite cloning - creates clones of ... br /> Fixed a crash using SPRITE ERASE
Fixed(?) a floating ... point error in sprite movement, with values too ... proper priority
Fixed sprite flickering that resulted from ... -
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 6The purpose of this demo is somewhat different from previous ones. Instead of teaching a new technique, the main goal here is to demonstrate how much…
... /> int dirPlayer; // hi-res vertical sprite movement
int dhrcPlayer; // hi ... /> }
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Binary sprite grabber[IMG]http://glair.narod.ru/prog/spritegrab.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://glair.narod.ru/prog/pb_sprgrab.rar"]download[/URL]
[IMG]http://glair.narod.ru/prog/spritegrab.jpg[/IMG]
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Turrican 2 - Mock up of a Mock upOne of the games that I was most looking forward to in the latter years of the Speccy's commercial life was Turrican 2. The previews made the game l…
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clones more successful than the originals?were there any clone/copy/rip-off versions of speccy games that either outsold or were more popular generally than the originals they were based on? …
were there any clone/copy/rip-off versions of speccy games that either outsold or were more popular generally than the originals they were based on?
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Idea for the WoS Best Spectrum game of the year award - Joffa trophyHello guys, I was thinking something, but I dont know if its going to be too fool or silly :D I was thinking that It would be a very good homage to …
... with the image of the sprite of Cobra. So now the ... -
Goldeneye XI don't remember seeing Goldeneye X mentioned on WOS, so to help remove the lousy after-taste of GE rip-offs like Goldeneye Rogue Agent (XBox 1/PS2) …
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RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop 1981-2012Died last month. Obituary: [url]http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948[/url]
Died last month.
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Vectrex Regeneration Out Now On iOSNot sure if any of you guys are fans of the Vectrex or not? Anyway, the long awaited emulator for iOS is now out. The app is free and Minestorm is i…
... Up, Hyper Chase, Pole Possition, Rip Off, Scramble, Solar Questt, Spike ...