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ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 31 August 2005Wednesday 31 August 2005 Quite a bit of background maintenance work this month, along with the usual batch of skillo tips, including tips reproduced …
... no longer appear on the screen (oops!) on one,
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Jetpac not working on EmuZWin27I'm not sure if it is a bad tzx but everytime i try to play Jetpac the screen goes blank. Jetpac (1983)(Ultimate)[a], i tried the alternate version t…
I'm not sure if it is a bad tzx but everytime i try to play Jetpac the screen goes blank.
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ZX-81 Ram Pack problemHi! I know this is a ZX Spectrum forum, but I am hoping someone here might be able to help me out... I have posted this to c.s.s. but noone was able…
... code into the machine, if I type some simple line ... /> "test" - it works. But if I start to type in ... with strange lines over the screen.
This happens ... more tests :
If I enter the following line ... in.
If so then there is still ... -
Come on I can`t be the only oneAs a spotty 13 year old computer game addict back in `87 my idea of a sexy laydee was the chick on the cover of Imagines "Game Over", even the loadin…
... ", even the loading screen was pretty hot if my memory serves me ... -
48k spectrum, video problems help neededHi All, I have been browsing this site for a long time and today i have finally registered and am after some help!! I have a 48k speccy and the vid…
... .uk/brokenspeccy.wmv"]here[/url] (if you get a page of ... in the middle of the screen with a quick red lines ... a fuzzy black and white screen!!!
The logic of ... the TV speaker.
If you follow the click noises ... -
DS Spectrum emulator is going to be released...I thought this news deserved it's own space !!! TheHive, the author of the exellent ZXAdvance for GBA, is really working on a speccy emualtor for th…
... exellent use of the touch screen by implementing a virtual keyboard ... even release a demo ROM if I can get things working ... next few weeks. PM me if interested.
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....Got the touch screen keyboard working today - even has ... -
Speccy art wanted.Alright, those of you who don't know, I'm working to launch a magazine in November called RETRO:BYTES. And I've been asking about for submissions to …
... the RETRO:ART section. So, if you've done an excellent ... programming skills etc... grab a screen shot on your emulator, save ... out as a GIF image (if you can) and send it ... -
ZX Adventure Club thingyI've not quite worked out a good 'official' name for us yet. Any suggestions gratefully recieved. Right, for the first game I've chosen Haggisoft's …
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The plot appears on-screen when the game has loaded ... and use in-game hints if there are any). The only ... you in the Real World. If we get stuck at some ... -
unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
Don't know if anyone's interested in this. ... over the ROM and the screen and ended up changing itself ... decrypters but running in the screen memory, a turboload which changed ... old Pokerama mastering stuff too if that's of any use ... -
NEW GAME COMING SOONMr Cauldwell has been busy again. How about this for a scenario....... Loco Bingo ========== The Plot -------- In the very near future a hith…
...
is dangerously unstable, and if left undisturbed for any length ... /> the top-right of the screen, the number flips over and ... the next stage. However,
if the
number does not ... form the new number. However, if these
two
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Something wierd!I'm in the process of making a game for the Cronosoft Cassette 50 compilation, called Brian Vs. The Bullies. It's a simple Jet Set Willy type game ma…
... two versions, one with a SCREEN$ and one without (although both ... loaders that display instructions on screen). The former will be used ... only happened today (or yesterday if you're reading this on ... -
z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... screen.
sp_DeleteSpr(sp_phantomas);
if (phantomas.facing == 0)
{
if ... TRANSPARENT);
}
else if (phantomas.frame == 0)
... }
else
{
if (phantomas.sal)
{
sp_phantomas ... -
Avoid "Program:" and "Bytes:" messagesI converted some original +D programs into TZX files. That works fine, but I'm worry about the "Program:" or "Bytes:" messages of the program blocks …
... program blocks after loading the screen. Is there a simple solution ... the next blocks after the screen? If I load the original program ... -
z88dk + splib2: another question (sprite instancing)I'm making some tests with z88dk+splib2, with the idea of creating a game sometime in the future, and I have come across a problem. Let's suppose I …
... and draw the whole screen with them. But, if I want to ... of the brick on the screen.
That means a ... of memory if I want to have many bricks on screen (*).
If not, I would have to ... -
Name that game number 23,843,342 in a seriesHello! Name this game please, so I can play it later. OK, I'm not sure if you could select your screen colours but as far as I remember it by default…
... 'm not sure if you could select your screen colours but as ... -
ZXSoftware.co.uk UpdateHi folks, This weeks update should be worth a laugh. I've been playing a bit with the code recently so anything not working please tell me. The up…
... I go along.
If the game doesn't appear ... your mouse in the emulator screen and tapping enter. It works ... -
Public Domain SoftwareFAO Andy Barker. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Screen+Compressor$&pub=^Mikropol$"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infosee…
... worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Screen+Compressor$&pub=^Mikropol$"] ... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Screen+Compressor$&pub=^Mikropol$[/ ... the covertape?
If not, what would you consider ... , and is it required? If so, how would you like ... -
What we'd be doing if we didnt have a speccy.I wonder if this is what we'd have done instead? [url="http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1131273089/The_Man_Show_Hits_The_Beach"]http://www.dumpalink.c…
I wonder if this is what we'd have done instead?
[url="http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1131273089/The_Man_Show_Hits_The_Beach"]http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1131273089/The_Man_Show_Hits_The_Beach[/url] -
The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
... to understand the way the screen is controlled.
The ... controls output to the the screen and the rom sets out ... the memory locations of the screen ( and attributes ). is this correct ... -
Can you name the Game ?During the 80s played an RPG style game where you start in a blacked out maze when you have collected enough gold or have found the exit you leave Y…
... option to recruit a team, if you do not have enough ... you go to a map screen and head towards a castle ... -
Odyssey of Hope......can't get the bloomin thing to work.......help!!!Hi all, sorry to be a bother. I remembered playing a game back when I was in junior school called "Odyssey of Hope". So as I'm 30 in a couple of we…
... that happens is the title screen plays a sound then........nothing ... />
I'm using ZX32 if that helps...
[ This ... -
Bomb Jack EditorKnocked this up a bit back for psj. Works in conjunction with Multiface. Full instructions are in the [url="ftp://82.30.151.43/"]download[/url]. […
... "]Pic 2[/url]
If anybody would like a crack ... and a copy of the screen packer. -
Return of Speccy screen buffer formatI recently discovered that the Spectrum screen buffer format that allows only two colours in an 8x8 pixel block has made its return in a slightly dif…
... recently discovered that the Spectrum screen buffer format that allows only ... -
Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…
... (4433 TStates to copy from screen to store)
screen
Can ...
; Clear the screen to show we are bringing ... ; Copy from store to the screen
ld hl ... -
XLR-8 Mastering utils: quick heads-upFirstly, only do this using an emulated 48K rubberkey at this stage because that's all it was ever tested on. "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - p…
... the bottom 2/3 screen memory. It's the ... full 10-character filename, if you want to do fancy ... the basic into the screen area which is where ... launches it)
"SCREEN$ DESIGNER" - firstly, load the loading ... It'll stick the screen into SoftRom and bomb ... -
WOS - The Computer Game I may start looking at putting some quick routines together for this over the weekend, so wanted to establish some sort of concensus as to the form …
... , and how much of the screen is to be taken up ... memory for screens?
If we can resolve some of ... -
If it wasn't for Uncle Clive...ISTR that until the Speccy came out, the C64 was ?350 (or something ridiculous like that) in the UK, and the Speccy's release was held to be directly…
... price point.
Certainly, if it weren't for the ... -
Convert Screen to TAPHow do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one …
How do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one for memory and then copy them all together into one tap file)
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Help, my Sprite Code wont workI have zipped it all up here: [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/galagorf.zip"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/galagorf.zip[/url] If y…
... /galagorf.zip[/url]
If you run main4.tap, it ... pre shifted sprites
If you run main6.tap I ... a backbuffer then copy to screen
cheers
RZX Archive downI think the motherboard on my PC is fecked. It won't boot up at all, not even to where it checks the memory and stuff. Absolutely no text appears on…
... no text appears on the screen. The lights and fan come ... cables but they seem fine. If the memory was dodgy, it ...
