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Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;783532]i.e. everything but games with lots ... its due, it got the S.C.U.M.M. games ([i ... [/i], and [i]M.U.L.E[/i], none of which ever ... -
Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
... its due, it got the S.C.U.M.M. games ([i ... [/i], and [i]M.U.L.E[/i], none of which ever ... -
Decimal to Binary stringHi all, Anyone got a less labour intensive BASIC routine than this? Example:- take 170 and convert to a string "10101010" take 4 and convert to a s…
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I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... Revelations after enjoying the demo's I'd played , but didn't ... then obviously when he's stunned it's in for the melee ... grunts double up, there's like 10 of them trapping ... EDIT: Knew I'd get him eventually, he's not that hard ... times.....plobrem solv[B]e[/B]d! ;) -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... bastard. I think it's a very cheap way of ... obviously when he's stunned it's in for the melee ... grunts double up, there's like 10 of them trapping ... EDIT: Knew I'd get him eventually, he's not that hard ... 5 times.....plobrem solv[B]e[/B]d! ;)[/QUOTE]
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What's the Speccy's equivalent of Atari's E.T.?E.T. has long been associated as one of the worst games - if not the worst game for the Atari 2600. I wondered, is there an equivalent for the Specc…
... , "what was the Speccy's equivalent of Atari's E.T.?" But I ... , which I interpreted as, "like E.T, what game on the ... most cynical cash-in?" I'd agree World Cup Carnival is ... by chart-toppers Daley Thompson's Decathlon and Hyper Sports, etc ... -
Game of Life.Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life simulator into the CSS CGC compo but for the Sinclair ZX81. I decided to port…
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Alien FeroxAfter several stop-start ideas that haven't come to anything, i've kicked myself up the arse and decided to actually do something with AGD 4.5. Thes…
[QUOTE=deadpan666;797648]It's looking good so far! :)[/QUOTE]< ... same position, but Type 7 (U-D movement) works fine.
'classic' songs you don't like...Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling. just heard it earlier,forgot how much that song gets on my nerves. The chorus could be the mo…
... br /> Also John Peel's favourite band. I only ... . Dean Taylor's [I]There's A Ghost In ... I] (plus Mark E. Smith's collaborations with [URL=" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPvAAv1wvxg"]D ... .O.S.E.[/URL] and the ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... out what it is that's so unappealing about the poor ... old C64's graphics; I'd like to dub it ... call warmth.
i.e. something that is entirely non ...Things you only figured out after all these years.Its funny isn't it when for almost all your life you believe something to be true, and then after all these years realize it's not true, or never hap…
Sod S.H.I.E.L.D., the US has already had and done away with flying aircraft carriers:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron_%28ZRS-4%29[/url]Things you only figured out after all these years.Its funny isn't it when for almost all your life you believe something to be true, and then after all these years realize it's not true, or never hap…
[QUOTE=joefish;809182]Sod S.H.I.E.L.D., the US has already ...A vehicle for wireframe engineHi, I'm playing with wireframe graphics right now. I'm open for ideas for (simple) game that would use wireframe engine. So if you have an idea, plea…
... up to four roads (N/S/E/W) in each cell, and ... have been better if I'd rendered a vehicle (which could ... much the calculations (which I'd optimised by keeping the movement ...New Game(s): Sir Ababol 2 and Sir Ababol DXHere is our own Christmas Present from Mojonia! We weren't going to release these games (at least, by the moment) but we decided just yesterday to fi…
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If anyone's ...Meaningless Management SpeakThe team had a meeting yesterday with our Operations Manager about what he expects from us in 2015 and i have never heard so much bull**** in all my …
... /> "Ok, let's get this board round ... on board so it's gonna run smooth. ... Mrs S in SR1, she's ... hours. She's a known ... Fortunately she's a DNACPR ... eye on her U&Es, ... br /> Me: "She's fecked, let 'er be ...
There's 30 like that before ... patient. It's bloody mad.
Things you only figured out after all these years.Its funny isn't it when for almost all your life you believe something to be true, and then after all these years realize it's not true, or never hap…
[QUOTE=joefish;809182]Sod S.H.I.E.L.D., the US has already ... it sank in trials. I'd seen ships and subs before ...Denied GamesA friend of mine said that the copyright laws for games only last for 30 years. If this is the case all spectrum games made before 1985 become freew…
... equipment in question. That's where manufacturer-provided documentation ... for software, music CD's, books/magazines etc. Also ... strong encryption, [U]D[/U]igital [U]R[/U]estrictions [U]M[/U]anagement etc, ... of above expectations. That's where file sharing comes ...More SpecBAS funHere's a neat little effect I lifted from a thread about displaylists and stuff from an Amiga forum - although SpecBAS has no hardware to assist, it …
... in memory. The bank's identification number is put ... variable "circles" and it's set to 320x256 pixels ... to transfer the graphic's pixels into an array. ... sized to match. SpecBAS's arrays are normally 1- ... d*((MOUSEx/SCRw)*8): LET e=SIN d*((MOUSEy/SCRh)*8): IF a+e ...Trial version of CharAde graphics engine for Sinclair BASICA trial version of my <span style="font-weight: bold;">CharAde</span> graphics engine for Sinclair BASIC is now available. It consists of a block of …
Yes, that's how you'd use the background screen. The ... middle, you could LPRINT "ABC,D.E,FGH" and it won't ... like "." into the block. There's just a rule that any ...Broken search (or bigger problem with WoS?)This might have been brought up already, but the problem really hit me under the belt, as it were. Then I sent a msg through the form afterwords, and…
... scaremonger, shitstirrer and troublemaker. He'd like nothing more than WoS ... to be said, that's [b][u]not[/u][/b] a very nice ... and admins?
It's all very well becoming sick ...New javascript-based emulator just publishedHello, community! I am so glad to present to you my new javascript-based emulator (I've called it [b]jVGS[/b]) which is used to play games at our …
... a=u&168|u>>8&1|!y8, e=y ... ;
return a|=d&2, a|=(e^c^d)&16, z ... ;>4)&15) : b=(e&(c^y))>> ... /> y=~a&64;
u=a|=aPokes needed for following games - any help? :-DHi speccynites,..I need a few special pokes if anyone can help so I can get these games longplayed on the real hardware, can any of you help??? The …
... other things though like Snooker :-D
I also still need ... working Infinite Time poke for S.T.U.N. Runner 128k version ...z88dk v1.99A Release Candidate[b]Z88DK VERSION 1.99A RELEASE CANDIDATE[/b] Download from: http://nightly.z88dk.org/Releases/ The release candidate will be available for te…
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__DPROTO(`b,c,d,e',`b,c ...Mister Beep?It seems Mister Beep has vanished. August 2015 was the last time he visited and posted to WoS, and released a game soundtrack. He's not answering my …
[quote="Einar Saukas;856749"]He's also a [u]D[/u]eveloper.
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Yep, that's a better way to remember (my brain threw up the word co[u]D[/u]er last night but didn't get any further)Mister Beep?It seems Mister Beep has vanished. August 2015 was the last time he visited and posted to WoS, and released a game soundtrack. He's not answering my …
Despite his substantial height he's also an excellent [u]D[/u]isco [u]D[/u]ancer.
You've probably tried but isn't Mister Beep (superb mechanic btw) on a polish beeper forum? I can't find the link.Mister Beep?It seems Mister Beep has vanished. August 2015 was the last time he visited and posted to WoS, and released a game soundtrack. He's not answering my …
... substantial height he's also an excellent [u]D[/u]isco [u]D[/u]ancer.
Am I the only person who ever watched any of these kids TV gems?Whenever I ask people about Robostory, Zoom the Dolphin or that kids TV show where the funeral bloke turned into a monster made from seaweed, they lo…
... cold classics that everbody (i.e. nobody) watched like Press Gang ... and the original Tomorrow's People, I'd say Cloudburst (National School ...Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... routine. I stole Jon Ritman's random routine. Just the top ... z,loop
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jp ... hl,(seed+2)
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add ...Hi-res graphics mode in the ZX81?Hi all, I am starting to discover this interesting machine :) I have a question for those experts in the ZX81: The Hi-res mode was an option availab…
... works with factory-state ZX81's and RAM packs, and ... character set. Aka [u]U[/u]ser [u]D[/u]efined [u]G[/u]raphics boards. Again ... br />
Software-wise, there's many different ways to use ... hardware options. And there's been quite some advancements over ...
