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Misleading blurbI've been looking thru some of the scans of adverts and inlay cards lately, and apart from the nostalgia, it's very entertaining to see some of the r…
... the spectrum having only 1 screen resolution so all games had ... -
Game recommendations please!Hi everybody! I finally decided to invest some quality time with my poor +3... Since I bought it, I only turned on the poor thing to check if it was…
... the top of the game screen, and I think it started ... -
Scrabble De-luxe dsk image and SpinAnyone else tries loading the disc file of Scrabble De-Luxe into Spin? All I get is the loading screen keep appearing and disappearing - as if it kee…
Anyone else tries loading the disc file of Scrabble De-Luxe into Spin?
All I get is the loading screen keep appearing and disappearing - as if it keeps loading the loading screen. The game just won't start. -
Big WillyI never played Jet Set Willy at the time, even though there was a next door neighbour who seemed to bring it up every time I met him: "Have you playe…
... alone for a while, the screen freezes and changes colour periodically ... -
Whats wrong with my spectrum 48 kWhen i startup, instead of copyright messsage i get gray screen with black square in middle.
When i startup, instead of copyright messsage i get gray screen with black square in middle. -
Unknown GameHey - new to this place, but been a long standing fan to the Speccy. I have a question for everyone... There was this game I used to play, it wasn't…
... to escape from it. The screen view shows the whole island ... -
Loading Lord of the RingsHi I've got a new copy of the Lord of the Rings adventure game. it loads as far as completing the load screen graphics, but wont load any further. Th…
... as completing the load
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What is the name of the game?As far as I remember I got my Spectrum + together with 2 cassettes. One of them was USER GUIDE COMPANION CASSETTE by GOLDSTAR and the other one (or m…
... was a very simple one screen game. The objective was to ... -
Game I.D.This one is on the tip of my tongue, but I simply cannot remember the name! Ok, it's a stunt bike affair, very dark background with mainly blue fore…
... foreground. Small main bike with screen scrolling left to right, lots ... -
something is missing from TZX Vault's AutomonopoliWhile loading, the WOS version of this game (.tap) generates a quite nice red screen with a copyright notice. This version is identical with my ancie…
... ) generates a quite nice red screen with a copyright notice. This ... -
ANN: ZXF Issue 2 publishedIssue two of ZXF (free spectrum magazine - PDF format) has now been uploaded and awaits your inspection. The new URL for the site is [url="http://ww…
... Spectrum"
* "Bitmap to Screen$": loading screen tutorial
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Possibly *weird* .WAV request?Hello there! WOS has sure moved on since I last visited back in '99. Looking great! :) Anyway, I'm in the middle of producing a little homage to ZX…
... finished my ZX-Speccy loading-screen sequence and it looks *ahem ... -
game ending screens / projectI have a funny hobby. I'm collecting game ending screens. I'm currently playing zx games one by one, finish them, and take a screenshot of last scre…
... take a screenshot of last screen.
So I decided ... hack the game for ending screen.if you have this kind ... -
Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…
... time annomalies appear on the screen. In the time of 48k ... -
Quiz QuestI know that on Quiz Quest, that you can create your own quizzes and questions, but is it possibe to. Save a created questions file via an emulator, …
... file, then at file load screen, load the created set from ... -
BC 's Quest For Tireswhen playing this game you can only use keyboard right?.WRONG.if you press the letter "p" while the game has started(paused and waiting for input)a c…
... waiting for input)a control screen comes up and you can ... -
football gameim after a football game i used to play im pretty sure it was called world cup i've looked on the games section and there are a few with world cup in…
... you just had a blank screen and when a goal was ... scored the screen would go fuzzy and the ... at the bottom of the screen and a net going across ... -
Game over screensFunny, I don't remember very many of these... And I should, since if I had a penny for everytime it showed up to me... :) What do you guys think the…
Funny, I don't remember very many of these... And I should, since if I had a penny for everytime it showed up to me... :)
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jack and the beanstalkcan someone tell me what to do on the second screen. I never worked it out in 1985 and nothing`s changed.
can someone tell me what to do on the second screen. I never worked it out in 1985 and nothing`s changed. -
Memory usageBrowsing the online documentation for the Spectrum I came across a peculiar discrepency. As we all know the start of the RAM is at 16384 which is whe…
... which is where the screen memory resides. The screen memory ends at ... -
printer port redirect to (Windows) system printerIs there any emulator (+2A/+3 compatible) that can be configured to output the, say, parallel printer port to the Windows system port ? The default o…
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Better late than never: the answers and results of the Quiz to end all Quizzes!First of all I would ask to excuse myself with those who have been waiting for the answers. But, besides work, study, etc., I had problems in verifyi…
... a fake C64 start-up screen if you press BREAK in ... a different title and loading screen, featuring another soccer star - except ... -
Nodes of YesodYes! Having compiled a screen-shot map of Nodes of Yesod, I have finally completed the damn game at LAST! This particular feat has eluded me ever s…
... !
Having compiled a screen-shot map of Nodes of ... -
ZX Spin 0.4 available for Download.Standard Cut-n-Paste from the CSS post: If all goes well, I'll upload it to WOS on monday. ----------------------------------------- Okay, it's th…
... how SPIN performs in full screen mode using the new DirectDraw ... -
ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy: Goodnite LudditeI have just released my new Jet Set Willy game, the long-awaited sequel to We Pretty: GOODNITE LUDDITE! It's the best game I've ever made: atmospher…
... the Rings
+ Manic Miner Screen Editor
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Can anyone help me with this game?I've been trying for ages to identify a fantastic game for the specy, but have yet to succede. The game is based in space. It was a little like Elit…
... , but no 3D graphics. The screen was divided up into squares ... -
Name this games, please!Hi, could you tell me the titles of this two games, please? 1 It's a sort of Monopoli, but the main theme is soccer. There are stadiums, matches, tr…
... strange, the borders of each screen are made of objects like ... -
XarkLooking through my collection of games I came across Xark. The MIA states that its by Contrast but my version says HITECH. I'm attempted to make it …
... I've got the loading screen
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Out Run EuropaOk, so first of all there was the version that was previewed way back in may of 1989 (preview: [url="http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/outruneuropaori…
... if you look at the screen shot of the new version ... you will see that the screen shot is black & white ... in YS issue 71, the screen shots were full colour and ... -
Name this game (Pink Panther clone)Hi Guys - Yes I'm asuming that no gals are reading this forum. I'm trying to find a game that I remember from my childhood. It was build on the pink…
... about the game play. One screen was an overview map of ...