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  • Timezone - Atlantis - wrong SCREEN$The ingame/LOAD SCREEN$ for Timezone (Atlantis) are the ones for the R. D. Foord version. That version has broken links for the SCREEN$

    The ingame/LOAD SCREEN$ for Timezone (Atlantis) are the ones for the R. D. Foord version.
    That version has broken links for the SCREEN$
    hackersanon hackersanon November 2016 Infoseek database
  • 1986 Best Loading Screen: from # to C.I'm nullifying [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53546/best-1986-loading-screen-to-b#latest"]this previous thread[/url] about th…

    ... /discussion/53546/best-1986-loading-screen-to-b#latest"]this previous ... threads about the 1986 loading screen championship.

    So, please ...
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel November 2016 Games
  • Cool program - buffer delayHere's something fun I wrote tonight thought I'd share. It's essentially a simple buffer delay. A building block for many things. https://www.drop…

    Here's something fun I wrote tonight thought I'd share. It's essentially a simple buffer delay. A building block for many things.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/rk4q1xu2k2mkk62/BufferTest.z80
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…

    ... the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow ... without pushing the instructions off screen. I would rather they print ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Which Tolkien game had this loading screen?I recall game name had a word "Mordor". Searching WOS using "Mordor" didn´t help. Looking at other Tolkien games screenshots, it´s not Lord of the Ri…

    ... sounds right, though. The loading screen was something like a close ... Lord of the Rings loading screen. The screen didn´t have any ... didn´t fit to the screen, just the head and neck ... of colour "splashed" on the screen.

    Were there re ...
    Spectrum48K Spectrum48K December 2016 Games
  • Fast way to clear the screen ?So I was wondering fastest way to clear the screen. I've tried this and this works but is it better than CLS ? LD HL,16384 LD BC, 6144 Loop…

    ... fastest way to clear the screen.

    I've tried ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 December 2016 Assembler
  • Screen resolutions and the Speccy's limits?What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a …

    What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a limiting factor. What are the theoretical limits for a 128K model for example and why?
    Rebelstar Rebelstar January 2017 Hardware
  • New loading screen for VIAJE AL CENTRO DE LA TIERRAHi, The original screen: [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2616449/spectrum/viaje_ox2.png[/img] And my version: [img]https://dl.dr…

    Hi,

    The original screen:

    [img]https://dl. ... /> Has been a really hard screen to do !
    MAC_BG MAC_BG February 2017 Games
  • A sped up pixel-shift routine for 1-byte–wide spritesHere’s an optimized (for speed) real-time sprite shifting routine for sprites that are one byte wide. It uses no memory variables for storage of inte…

    ... number of shifts or current screen/sprite data address. Instead ... br /> ex de,hl ;save screen address in DE


    msl_draw_loop
    push bc ;store counter
    ld ... msl_shift_done
    ex de,hl ;screen address -> DE, spite ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore February 2017 Development
  • Copying a single character from one place to another?[code] ORG 33000 LD A,8 LD HL,16384 LD BC,256 LD DE, 18432 LOOP: PUSH AF LD A,(HL) LD (DE),A ADD HL, BC POP AF DEC A JR NZ,LOOP REST […

    ... DE, 18432
    LOOP:
    PUSH AF
    LD A,(HL ... upper left hand of the screen to be copied below. But ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 March 2017 Assembler
  • DRAGON'S LAIR PART II loading screenHello again, I really like this screen but, wanted to try and do something closer to the box art. [img]http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0fb0/3f…

    ... />
    I really like this screen but, wanted to try and ...
    mickfarrow mickfarrow April 2017 Games
  • SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…

    ... to mouse moves triggering screen updates.
    Optimisation ... /> Proper fix for SCREEN UPDATE while the screen is locked.
    buffer)
    Added direction sensing ... messages to mess with screen update timings
    ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • New loading screen for En busca de Mortadelo (MIA on WOS)While [b]En busca de Mortadelo[/b] for some is still listed as MIA, it's already been served with nice loading screen by Ignacio Prini Garcia (Neil P…

    ... been served with nice loading screen by Ignacio Prini Garcia (Neil ...
    Michelle_KG Michelle_KG May 2017 Games
  • New loading screen for BATMAN THE CAPED CRUSADERHi ! The original screen: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/iuskk1qw9wkvnpt/batman_cx2.png?dl=1[/img] And my version: [img]https://www.dropbox.c…

    Hi !

    The original screen:
    [img]https://www.dropbox. ...
    MAC_BG MAC_BG May 2017 Games
  • Mojon Twins MK2 and lighting effectsDoes anyone have any experience in getting the overlay.h working in the MK2 engine. There were several games written in the churro that used the ove…

    ... de, 22561
    ._ovldbl
    push bc

    ; Copy ... ; hl = ovl_y * 4
    push hl
    add hl, hl ...

    ; DE -> buffer, HL -> ovl_halo

    push hl
    add hl, hl ...
    andydansby andydansby June 2017 Development
  • small screen video digitizinghi, i have a program that allows me to grab moving screen shots of whatever i want to load into it. unfortunately it does it full screen so i can …

    ... allows me to grab moving screen shots of whatever i want ... . unfortunately it does it full screen so i can only have ... . i have a program called screen machine, that does this but ...
    digital digital June 2017 Software
  • Is it possible to add a listing to a screen?I made this picture (see next message for link) deliberately in the bottom half of the screen hoping to be able to have another display in the upper …

    ... the bottom half of the screen hoping to be able to ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch June 2017 BASIC
  • High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …

    ...
    CALL 3503 ; clean the screen

    LD DE,POS_1 ... and attributes

    PUSH DE ; store the present position ... /> PUSH DE ; store message address
    LD A,2 ; upper screen area ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu July 2017 Assembler
  • Flood Fill IssueHi Folks, Came across the following Flood Fill routine by John Metcalf: [code]; scanline fill by John Metcalf ; call with d=x-coord, e=y-coo…

    ... ,255 60004 2E FF
    push hl 60006 E5

    screen edge

    seekleft:
    screen edge,
    ; setting pixels as ... /> pop hl 60100 E1
    push de 60101 D5
    jp ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2017 Development
  • In-game Screen FlickeringHi folks, today while playing 'Beyond the Ice Palace' I noticed strange behavior of my Issue 6a Spectrum+. When I pressed '2' (for UP) + 'O' (for …

    ... ) at the same moment the screen flickered as captured in this ...
    Vaylo Vaylo August 2017 Hardware
  • 1k Chess (was the 924 bytes thing!)Hi, I've decided to do a major rewrite of large parts of the code for the isometric Chess thing that I've been messing with. It got to the point, …

    ... idea which uses a small buffer to construct data seem to ... of 4 bytes from the screen and put each individual bit ... done, the buffer is restored to the 4 bytes on screen.
    Arkannoyed Arkannoyed September 2017 Development
  • iPhone 5 screen fading with stripesHallo folks :) [b]Disclaimer: yes, I've googled the problem and it looks like it's a knackered 'digitizer'/screen issue but just thought I'd check…

    ... it's a knackered 'digitizer'/screen issue but just thought I ... I'm getting a faded screen with vertical stripes. Everything works ... shop for a fix/new screen). I've tried a regular ... it goes back to passcode screen it's ok for a ...
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection September 2017 Chit chat
  • New Renegade loading screen by Ricardo RodriguezWhat a corker! [img]http://zxart.ee/zxscreen/border:0/palette:pulsar/mode:mix/type:standard/id:193385/[/img] TZXs updated with this new screen ar…

    What a corker!

    [img]http://zxart.ee/zxscreen/border:0/palette:pulsar/mode:mix/type:standard/id:193385/[/img]
    TZXs updated with this new screen are [url="http://www.drumfu.com/Renegade_Ricardo_Rodriguez.zip"]here[/url]
    jp jp September 2017 Games
  • Replacing lower RAM 4116 ZX Spectrum 48k - desoldering advice please?A long post, but interesting pictures perhaps. :) I'd like some advice: (also apologies I think I picked the wrong 'Hardware' category for this, plea…

    ... />
    Here's what the screen looks like when the board ... -install one of these sockets (push it in incorrectly, lose a ...
    Kamineko Kamineko September 2017 Hardware
  • A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…

    ... ) 2017

    ;————————PREPARE SCREEN AND DISPLAY CONTROLS———————

    call 3503 ;clear screen, open channel “S”
    ... br />
    2$ push bc ;remember counter
    ld ... .16 * .002)
    push ix ;preserve IX, as the ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore October 2017 Development
  • Loadsa bullets on screen (silkworm)Did games like silkworm just draw everything to the screen or did they have complicated optimisations? and the types of games where sprites can occu…

    Did games like silkworm just draw everything to the screen or did they have complicated optimisations?
    and the types of games where sprites can occupy the same space,(cobra) were algorithms used to see which sprites are visible?
    slenkar slenkar October 2017 Development
  • Black screen on my 48k SpeccyHi! I have a problem with my 48k rubber key speccy. I keep getting this black screen with white stripes after the computer has been running for a w…

    ... /> I keep getting this black screen with white stripes after the ... then kaboom.
    The black screen does not go away until ...
    Sam Cruise Sam Cruise November 2017 Hardware
  • Spectaculator 8.0 says it's registered but "buy online" nag screen persistsI bought Spectaculator 8 just over a year ago, and now I have a problem with it acknowledging my registration code. I get the nag screen to "buy onli…

    ... code. I get the nag screen to "buy online", then I ... no longer receive the nag screen, and immediately after the nag ... screen appears again. I try again ...
    Foebane72 Foebane72 November 2017 Emulators
  • Test of screen switching timings.I modified the btime.tap test by Jan Bobrowski to explore the timing of screen switching. The new test, ptime-128, produces different results on diff…

    ... to explore the timing of screen switching. The new test, ptime ... appears at the left-top screen corner (press the Q button ...
    weiv weiv November 2017 Emulators
  • Isometric enginesWhilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing around with a little isometric 'room' building idea. Just wondering what sort of…

    ... with dirty rectangles in a buffer off screen, so maybe its not ... blocks being drawn onto the screen. Clever nod to Bobby Bearing ...
    Arkannoyed Arkannoyed November 2017 Development
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