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Bounce, Bounce, Bounce Goes The Bouncing BallFor some reason, 1986 saw a lot of bouncing ball games being released. The most well known ones were Trailblazer, Bounder and Action Reflex. Why was …
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Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... 'casual' Speccy game player of yesteryear is not likely to ... out money for a CD of them. There may be ... Jonathan, but you are one of the precious few. I can ... CD-Rs?) with a load of old games and the odd ... author of one of the games will get less than 1/50th of the ... -
Big Brother - You're Safe....I said a week or two ago that my youngest sister-in-law might be a housemate. But, you're safe from the exploits of her on the air.. (she should giv…
... find one of these tickets, you have a 1% chance of being selected ... ever going to get hold of a Kit Kat?!?!?!?!???!?!?!?!?!?! :(
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MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... depend on how much of the frame time is ... some real guru of a programmer get some of the Z80- ... possible, given the hardware limitations of the Speccy. You need ... 6 sprites, but only 1/4 of the maze is drawn ... is an overlay on top of the original, with execution ... -
Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
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MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... possible, given the hardware limitations of the Speccy. You need ... 6 sprites, but only 1/4 of the maze is drawn ... is an overlay on top of the original, with execution ... code itself isn't of much use to the ... more along the lines of disassembling the thing to ... -
What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
... at the time that alot of my mates were getting ... afternoons were my favorite time of the week, as I ... could wait for a couple of week for the big ... demo or the pre-release of Doom, or the Wolfenstein demo that ... days with a great deal of pleasure 9and remember the ... -
Background image with SP1 and Z88DKWhat is the prefered way to place an entire (or very large) image in the background when using SP1? Should I convert it to a long (32*24=768 ) list o…
... [B]uniquely[/B] cover 1/3 of the full-size screen (256 ... ). This reduces the number of required unique tiles immensely and ... your screen$ with some combination of tiles, characters removed from ... buffer to supply background instead of or in combination with ... -
Best burger everHere's what you need: 1 George Foreman grill 1 burger bap 2 burgers 2 cheese slices pate mustard margarine Instructions: 1. Slice and butter the ba…
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Good sized piece of fresh cod.
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Just look at this little cutie[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-Game-TRANZ-AM-on-MICRODRIVE-CART_W0QQitemZ180001349012QQihZ008QQcategoryZ112866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/…
... that can store approximately 80k of data. :)
Necros.[/QUOTE ... good point, i did think of that, what a waste but ... with 6-7 covers on 1 face of a cart ;) and they ... -
Budget GamesI want to know what you think is the best technical budget game - Spellbound your favourtie budget game - Feud not very good but a favourtie of your…
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best budget game - booty
not very good but a fave - caves of doom
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Budget GamesI want to know what you think is the best technical budget game - Spellbound your favourtie budget game - Feud not very good but a favourtie of your…
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+3 soundhello there, just a quick-fire question today. i'm kinda keen on the idea of using my +3 quite a bit, particularly if i bother to to actually sort …
... laying around. The type of caps used for this ... are correct. Almost all of the caps in the ... useful. i wouldnt have thought of that myself - so cheers ... useful, it saves alot of messing around trying to ... be better building version 1.0 of this mod. It was ... -
What was yor first spectrumgame ever played?What was your first spectrum game ever played, and where? I remember mine very well, it was Horace and the spiders at an electronics shop that had a …
caves of doom.
and yes it was probably the most exciting christmas ive ever had.
big old tin of games donated, and loads of compilation games bundled with speccy.
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Really stupid question about Speccy games..I just noticed a post by chop983 in another thread and he mentioned Everyone's a Wally. I can remember playing that game. I never did get what I was…
But that isn't true in such games as HL 1 and 2, Doom 3, Quake 4 and more. Hell, even some space sims didn't tell me what I was meant to be doing! -
Self Relocating CodeOn page 47 of [url]http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80/doc/ldosq1-3.txt[/url] is an article about relocating code. The documented routine that performs the…
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SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…
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Can anyone help me with the name of an old ZX Spectrum Game?Hello I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. I've been racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum game I used to play when I was …
Yes, sorry about my vagueness! Temple of Doom/Planet of Death - it all made sense in my head! ;) -
Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …
[quote=redballoon]I wrote Super Mario 64. Just in my spare time, like.[/quote]
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What is the rarest sinclair item u have ?For me, its a Sinclair PC200 boxed working and complete, has anyone any idea what its worth ? I am going to be selling it along with the rest of my …
... Games" book with the Dungeon of Doom in it.
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In Machine Code, what is the quickest way to sort bytes?I am playing around with some ordering of sprites, where I want to order them by vertical position. I used some Rodnay Zaks code to order some bytes…
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*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... the chap who voted it 1 out of 10 in the archive ... to eat all but one of the fruits, and end the ... -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... the chap who voted it 1 out of 10 in the archive ... believe that someone put the 1/10 rating in BEFORE the ... -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... the chap who voted it 1 out of 10 in the archive ... to keep new games out of the best 100 list. Whenever ... person who voted Farmer Jack 1/10 is probably the individual ... -
Chromasoft StartrekHi, all I wrote Chromasoft Startrek, and a few others also. Startrek was ported to the NewBrain. I lost interest in games after that. I am astoun…
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The Most Played Budget Game You Ever BoughtI loved the fact you could pick games up for ?2.99 when I was a kid. We had a local Newsagent that stocked a small selection of games. Twisting my mu…
... were Feud, Curse Of Sherwood, Ghosthunters, Dizzy, Caves Of Doom, Devils Crown, Empire ... Fights Back, Ninja, Twin Turbo V8, Werewolve Of ... -
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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Stupid SuperstitionFive minutes ago in the office, one of my female work colleagues was working away at the desk opposite. I was just in the middle of typing a reply on…
... yeah thats brought back loads of memories from it.
In order, that was Toys of Doom, Dark Angels and Computer Warrior ... . A lot of my game purchases were influenced ... -
What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... I would question the number of people that would use it ... from the poll, then 1 out of 6 is a high percentage ... -
What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... I would question the number of people that would use it ... from the poll, then 1 out of 6 is a high percentage ...
