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For the database, 'Crime Busters', inspired by[I]Crime Busters[/I], by Players: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001155[/url] Inspired by Namco arcade game [I]Mappy[/I]: …
[I]Crime Busters[/I], by Players:
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Possible uMIAs by Elfin Software?[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005307[/url] Just picked up Tobor by Elfin Software and not only does it have an instruction …
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Just picked up Tobor by Elfin Software and not only ... = known
Checkman = Chuckman (maybe?) by Custom Cables International (which bought ... -
"Chronos": how fast should it really be?I was reading [URL="http://timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Archive.htm"]Tim Follin's webpage[/URL] the other day and came across a curious remark abou…
... remark about "Chronos": [QUOTE]"Chronos" - by fellow St Helens types Steven ... it was my favourite shmup, by far. I simply had to ... />
This mysterious procedure at address 58392 turns out to be ... shifts the off-screen buffer by 4 pixels during each iteration ... -
Chronos (BUGFIX)Please add the following "known errors" entry to [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000951"]Chronos[/URL]: [QUOTE]Bugfix provid…
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[QUOTE]Bugfix provided by introspec:
[LIST][*] According ... ; next pixel line address
djnz 58434[/ ... />
Bugfix provided by Einar Saukas:
[LIST ... /> Modified "BUGFIX" file provided by Einar Saukas.[/QUOTE]
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Z80 internal compressionThis isn't exactly a ZX Spectrum problem, but since WOS probably has some of the best Z80 coders in the world, I thought I might ask anyway. For my …
... placed at a platform-specific address called the Advanced Power ... - if $fe, skip row
3) save row to backup buffer ... of 256 rows, check for row duplicates
- if duplicate ...
- replace first byte of row with $fe
- write ... -
handy method for passing m/c parametersI knew that a single number or string parameter could be passed to a m/c routine with either: [b]LET a=b+USR address[/b] puts b on the calculator st…
... /> [b]LET a=b+USR address[/b]
puts b on ... ]LET a$="abc"+STR$ USR address[/b]
puts a pointer ... /c parameters in a utility by Simon Goodwin, a method which ... ]LET a=b=c+USR address[/b]
puts b & ... a=b=(c=(d+USR address))[/b]
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The music format used by Odin?Has anyone ever "mapped out" the data format for the music used in games by Odin, so one could (try to) make his own music using that engine? I love…
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ZX Spectrum manufactured by SAMSUNGI just got hold of a 48K ZX Spectrum Issue 4S of which was manufactured by SAMSUNG. I was not aware that Samsung manufactured Spectrums under licence…
... 4S of which was manufactured by SAMSUNG. I was not aware ... in the REPUBLIC OF KOREA by SAMSUNG Electronics Company Limited under ... -
DiHalt 2013Hello everyone! from 6 to 7 July in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) will be held openair demoparty "Dihalt 2013."The program includes the following competit…
... must be compiled under the address # C000 (49152), with ... Maximum size - 16384 bytes.*
By default, the distribution channels for ... br /> *Maximum 2 entries by the author.*
Go to ... format editor must be accompanied by (optionally specify which editor ... -
Contacting Facebook?This is part query, part rant. How does one go about contacting the walled garden that is Facebook without having an account? Their website - like m…
... without actually disclosing an email address or any other way ... last time my main address got screwed by them and after 6 ... Despite not verifying "their" email address (they can't 'cos it ... effect and permanently remove my address from all their databases. ... -
Struggling with this routine... Any ideas?I'm trying to write a routine that plots 3 pixels to decrease the energy bar in the top right corner by 5 units, but it just wont have it! There mus…
... in the top right corner by 5 units, but it just ... energy by 5
push bc
loop1 ld hl,51993 ;address ... loop2 ;increase value of a by 18
ld b,171 ... -
Spectrum FPGA clone with HDMI video output by Jozsef LaszloThis clone is based upon the ULA core I wrote for opencores.org . It features a scandoubler and HDMI conversion engine. Jozsef has found that a 28MHz…
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Wizard,The by Eugenio CiceriI've decided to post here this unknown MIA game by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Eugenio+Ciceri$&loadpics=1"] Eugenio …
... here this unknown MIA game by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... -
The most convincing humans in gamesI'm currently replaying Dishonoured again, and good though it is, I'm still annoyed by how it fails to live up to the promises. One thing in particul…
... is, I'm still annoyed by how it fails to live ... Revolution, or Skyrim. Yes, Saints Row 3, GTA IV, etc all ... don't have real lives (by which I mean routines, they ... knocking the games I mention, by the way, just pointing out ... -
ZX Spectrum Bits n' Pieces For Sale!Hi Spec-chums! I have here for sale some ZX Spectrum items which I thought might interest you peeps in the community. It's just a few bits n' pieces …
... prices include postage to UK address by Royal Mail. Can post outside ... /> Good nice, clean condition. Made by Micro Electronics. Price = ?5
Keyboard ProblemsHi, I need a bit more help... I tested the Spectrum + I got from ebay today and there seems to be a problem with the keyboard. It looks like the mi…
... middle 4 keys on each row are not working (4567 rtyu ... want to make things worse by fixing it until its more ...20-column multicolour: a half-baked ideaI was writing an email reply to one Mr Jowett about multicolour routines, and in that way that explaining something to someone else makes you think "…
... last scanline of the character row above, we're busy ... data for the next row down. While the ULA ... need to change each character row SEVEN times, not eight. ... pull off 18 columns by carefully arranging our PUSHes ... have to work that out by hand all the time. ...Merry Xmas Santa[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003136[/url] by Icon Software 1984 There is the programmer name in the Hall of Fame: P. Adam…
... ?id=0003136[/url]
by Icon Software 1984
address from Ubik or Icon Software ...Scrolling by 2 pixelsWhat is the fastest way of scrolling a Spectrum screen line by 2 pixels left or right? When thinking about it I've come to this simple solution: [C…
... scrolling a Spectrum screen line by 2 pixels left or right ... ]
to scroll it by one pixel and then doing ... it again to scroll it by 2 pixels.
Is ...Unskippable content in gameszzzzLodger has moved out, got married, on honeymoon, parents collected stuff, accidentally left his games behind. I'm borrowing them till he gets back, …
... 't give me a forwarding address, so he'll have to ... along, and had lost interest by this time. Ran a race ...Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... opp is enough to get by, This time because of the ... , If i just want to address a value in C, why ... /> So I am guessing that by incrementing any of the single ... values were never getting 'remembered' by the spectrum.
Whats ...ZX NEWS from CZ/SKI don't know what thread to use, so I'm trying to post it here. I've been at Spectrology 2013 meeting in Wittenberg/Germany last weekend and people t…
... run as a ROM (from address #0000) and must have AY ... since 1999 will be terminated by its owner this fall. The ... , most of them develop software by crossplaftorm method (as, sjasm + emulator ...Copying data between memory banks in USR0 modeI am experimenting with Funky Fungus to load the majority of its data (levels, screens, music etc.) into memory banks 1, 3, 4, 6 and (partly) 7 by sw…
... 4, 6 and (partly) 7 by switching into them and filling ... DivIDE, which employs USR0 mode by default, therefore that method does ... only run with the DivIDE by using Velesoft's .Z80 loader ... bank with a POKE [program address],[bank number] command before execution ...JSW2 - Game Loader DifferencesThere are three official releases of JSW2. I'm not counting the 'JSW2-128' version here as far as I'm aware this was not in any way 'official' as it …
... . This version has been altered by James McKay so that when ... the 'basic' at a higher address, and then examined the loader ...SpecBAS 0.789 releasedHi all! Back with another SpecBAS release - this one's mostly just about sprites and bug fixes. One new addition I do quite like is the expression c…
... br /> SAVE now saves by default as ASCII text, and ... prevented strings from being sliced by one index
An ... and HSV were incorrectly optimised by the compiler
Scrolling ... address handling
PALETTE COPY could overwrite screen information by ...MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... ; ATTR = attributes for graphic
;ROW:COL = 0->23 : 0 ... has one DISPLAY entry ordered by type
DISPLAY: ;example ... 15 ;bytes in a DISPLAY row
;graphic action ... distinct DISPLAY type entry ordered by type
ACTION: ; ...Help with calculating screen addresses[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I?m having a bit of a coding session whilst at work so can?t spend too much time on my current problem. I?m sure someone on thi…
... inc or dec the screen address by one. Up and down is ...Games that were not well rated by the Speccy mags that you enjoyed...When I was young......... I took every Crash review as gospel (well I was young!!) quite often I rebelled (!!) and purchased a game that they despise…
... case in point being Storm by Mastertronic which despite having a ...SCREEN$ bug fixI've been using the SCREEN$() function recently for reading data off the screen rather than taking up space with an array and I got fed up with the s…
... . Instead of SCREEN$(row,col) use FN c$(row,col) where FN ... hl
call $33b4 ;STACK_NUM row
pop hl
ld ... $
bit 0,c ;DE=address, BC=length (0 or 1 ...Get starting address of gameHi, Anyone know how to get the starting address of a game? I've looked at the TZX format and couldn't see anything obvious. I'd like to load the…
... how to get the starting address of a game? I've ...
