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  • A new loading screen for "Where Time Stood Still"Original thread by user "toniman" at ZonaDePruebas forum: [url]http://www.zonadepruebas.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2036#p6313[/url] The author of this …

    ... />
    The author of this screen is MAC, one of the ... toniman, MAC has drawn this screen using Art Studio in a ... mouse, etc.

    Original screen:
    [img]https://lh4.googleusercontent ... .gif[/img]

    New screen by MAC:
    [img]https ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2012 Games
  • Additional Zenobi Loading Screen CreditsAdditional Zenobi loading screen credits. John Wilson's recently been posting up some material on a new picture blog and I noticed that several of t…

    Additional Zenobi loading screen credits.

    John Wilson' ... [/url]
    T'was a Time of Dread: [URL]http://www ... .cgi?regexp=^T%27Was+a+Time+of+Dread$[/url]

    Strident Strident October 2012 Infoseek database
  • Ghost 'N Goblins - New Loading ScreenInspired by the new loading screen for Ocean's "Where Time Stood Still", I decided that I would go through some Spectrum games that had truly woeful …

    ... the new loading screen for Ocean's "Where Time Stood Still", I ... went about creating each loading screen.

    I decided to ... Goblins" as my 1st Loading Screen to redo. I was curious ... the new ZX Spectrum loading screen :

    [img]http://i1239 ...
    redballoon redballoon November 2012 Games
  • 2nd WoS Screen$ compoOk, what about a new compo? This time we are going to change a little bit the topic, and it is going to be about mock-ups of never released games for…

    ... about a new compo? This time we are going to change ... .It can be a new screen$ or an old one you ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx November 2012 Announcements
  • Converting games to disk: difficult loadersThis thread has an spanish version in foro speccy, but I haven't gathered enough information to overcome my problems. I've been converting some game…

    ... that they load into a buffer, are decyphered, moved to their ... blocks and it is very time consuming. The only data I ... 't touched it yet. The screen is loaded in a "disorded ...
    Zup Zup January 2013 Games
  • The Great Escape - new loading screenThe third in my series of classic ZX Spectrum games loading screen re-doings - another Wakelin cover for Ocean's "The Great Escape". For such a grou…

    ... classic ZX Spectrum games loading screen re-doings - another Wakelin cover ... aces game, the original loading screen was cock :

    [img ... was done by the time the loading screen was done, that is ... 's not waste any more time...here it is.

    redballoon redballoon February 2013 Games
  • Fastest redraw of screen from UDGsHere's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be used in games: On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the scre…

    ... with a character-mapped screen and render that as ... drawn, to try to minimise screen tearing.

    ... e. 8 bytes at a time, or the first byte ... is larger than the rendered screen and/or wraps-round ... the translation from map to screen.

    And ...
    joefish joefish March 2013 Development
  • New loading screen for "Black Tiger"I've been busy during last weeks making what I think is a very good loading screen for Capcom/US Gold coin-op conversion, as it looks: [IMG]http://p…

    ... is a very good loading screen for Capcom/US Gold coin ... .TZX form (saved as a SCREEN$ file). Of course, if anybody ... /their collection, from a long time ago, before Capcom's free ... the original and poor loading screen to this new one.
    Neil Parsons Neil Parsons May 2013 Games
  • How slow can a CF-card goSurprising. My 48k Spectrum did not allow me to CAT all the 254 files that my private DOS (for CF-card) can store in each sub directory. Spectrum get…

    ... by MC, took the same time.

    It now appears ... 's sector buffer.
    It clearly is the printing on screen of ... individual CAT entries where Spectrum takes too much time ...
    roko roko July 2013 Hardware
  • Good games where time based input isn't required?I'm looking for games that can be played on a tablet (7" galaxy Tab 2), and since I hate touch screen controls (I just can't get used to them), I wan…

    ... ), and since I hate touch screen controls (I just can't ... where you can take your time entering your choice. Games under ... adjust to using touch screen input in real time.

    Any ...
    ewgf ewgf July 2013 Chit chat
  • Defective +2 grey with only random coloured screen while powering onHi, so the story goes: After buying myself an divIDE and a grey +2, this runs well for a few days. But while playing a game the picture stucks and …

    ... coloured.

    At this time I?ve attached a Kempston ... key of this, the screen changes one time to another random picture ...
    Luzie Luzie September 2013 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... can?t spend too much time on my current problem. I ... moves eight pixels at a time. Moving left and right is ... just inc or dec the screen address by one. Up and ... to cross one of the screen thirds. Assuming my cursor starts ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside October 2013 Development
  • A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…

    ... bicolor[/B] graphics everywhere* on screen.

    In ... I didn't have time to finish yet, they ... btiles"[/B] anywhere on screen (even partially hidden outside ... just didn't have time to finish testing it ... ENGINE is also "full-screen". Technically, perhaps it ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas November 2013 Brand new software
  • FZX Driver for z88dkAn fzx library for z88dk can be downloaded [URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWM2hWNjAxMVkxaEk/edit?usp=sharing"]here[/URL]. The libr…

    ... );[/B]
    Output characters in buffer.

    All output goes ... of characters actually written to screen and the carry flag will ... the bottom right of the screen.

    [B]int ... same as above but this time word wrapping is enabled. The ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2013 Announcements
  • The alternative loading screen challengeSomething a little bit different. :-o Only eight this time. These are all well known speccy games however the screenshots of the loading screens are…

    ...

    Only eight this time. These are all well known ... not pick any where the screen was imo too wildly different ...
    spider spider December 2013 Games
  • Using the stack to blit bufferI was using a ldir to blit my back buffer to the screen RAM, and it was working pretty well if not rather slow. After reading about using the stack …

    ... to blit my back buffer to the screen RAM, and it was ... and pop stuff to the screen, I gave it a ... lines from memory to the screen.

    Can anybody ... like:

    ld sp, buffer
    pop af
    pop ...

    ld sp, screen+18
    push hl
    Atari_Jetman Atari_Jetman February 2014 Development
  • Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…

    ... [CODE]
    ; Bi-Colour Scrolling-Buffer Game Engine for Four Player ... for drawing sprites in border-time.
    ;
    ;+2A ... ld a,(IX+0) ;odd time-wasting instructions to throw interrupts ... hl = address of attr on screen
    ld a,(print_attr_cache)
    joefish joefish March 2014 Development
  • Once Upon A Time In Speccy Land....Yea, once upon a time in f@ckin Speccy Land huh.... Pissed off, fed up..basically don't give 2 ****s! Mongy Lards, Big Boobs, Big Women...F@CK IT!!! …

    Yea, once upon a time in f@ckin Speccy Land ... this kind of ******** on my screen
    Ok, David Whittaker music ... is this monstrosity on my screen!
    Give it a whirl ...
    rubberkeys rubberkeys March 2014 Chit chat
  • New loading screen for Bubble BobbleFinally, after a long time without knowing what to do, graphically talking, I managed to develop a new loading screen for this Taito coin-op conversi…

    Finally, after a long time without knowing what to do, ... to develop a new loading screen for this Taito coin-op ...
    Neil Parsons Neil Parsons April 2014 Games
  • Bypassing bits of faulty ULAs: the LOAD!Hi everybody, Recently I had a sick Spectrum sent to me. The symptoms were that the machine would run fine, except that it wouldn't load. The border…

    ... remaining high all the time except for briefly at ... (you know how the screen goes if it gets a ... at all.... and this time some stripes appeared when loading ... easily, I connected the buffer input line directly to the ... s pin (by which time it's gone through ...
    Spirantho Spirantho July 2014 Hardware
  • Manic Miner loading screen adjustmentHad half an hour spare earlier and wanted to try a few things. Always like to learn anyways even now. [URL="http://www.yellowspider.co.uk/speccy/Man…

    ... .tap"]Manic Miner New Loading Screen$[/URL] , .tap file so right ... compressed a bit to save time (given that most of it ... the top third of the screen.

    The most annoying ... to fix it in the screen$.
    spider spider July 2014 Games
  • Double Buffer UtilityHi Folks, I've been experimenting with double buffering on a 48k Speccy for a small project I'm working on. After reading lots of good advice here…

    ... # In this example the buffer matches the screen size.
    #
    ...
    # from the buffer to the screen
    # NOTE - ... in the buffer
    #
    #Copy to screen x- ... />
    #1 - Create the buffer
    def createBuffer(self):
    KrazyKattapilla KrazyKattapilla August 2014 Development
  • Jetset Willy ATTR Buffer 2Does anyone understand how Jetset Willy uses the system vars area as screen ATTR buffer 2? H5C00 D23552. Thanks

    Does anyone understand how Jetset Willy uses the system vars area as screen ATTR buffer 2?

    H5C00 D23552.

    Thanks
    stevebroad stevebroad September 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Twister: Mother of Charlotte - Help with final screenGreetings, I'm close to finish my next submitted game to the RZX Archive, which is '[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005488"]…

    ... br />
    The last screen is giving me some trouble ... -----
    'On the final screen it's time to do battle with ... At the top of the screen, the Evil twister appears as ... the base of the screen begins to flash. A ... sits on the final screen, coiled aound a spiky ...
    DeusX DeusX September 2014 Games
  • Creating a linked list in Z80[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I am using a circular buffer to store tiles to be displayed on the screen. Tiles only appear for a set period of time, so when …

    ... circular buffer to store tiles to be displayed on the screen. Tiles ... only appear for a set period of time, ... function that moves through the buffer looking for live tiles ... saying that time is wasted working through the whole buffer when there ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside October 2014 Development
  • clear a windowed area of the screenHi everyone! Ain't been on here for donkeys, but have recently started messing around with a little game. I'm looking for ideas/opinions on the bes…

    ... clear a window on the screen RAM.

    My last ... a lot of room. This time around, i'm looking for ... 25x24 char section of the screen.

    Any suggestions?
    Atari_Jetman Atari_Jetman October 2014 Development
  • SpritesYes yes, I know this has been hashed over plenty of times before, but... I have knocked up a quick tiling routine which works with my back buffer co…

    ... which works with my back buffer code, and would like to ... move 2 pixels at a time). Also a table to reverse ... , it will be a flip screen game (also looking at spectranizing ...
    polomint polomint November 2014 Development
  • Testers for new z88dk clibA long (long, long, long) time ago a few people offered to help test the new clib in z88dk. Much time has passed since then and I won't hold people,…

    ... (long, long, long) time ago a few people offered ... anyway especially since my time is going to be ... /> scanf("%[A-Za-z0-9 ]", buffer);

    fprintf(sidebar, ... creates three terminal windows on screen. Once the z88dk forums ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2014 Development
  • New[ish] loading screen for Dan DareI spent a little bit of time at [URL="http://zxart.ee/eng/mainpage/"]zxart.ee[/URL] over the weekend, and found a really interesting Dan Dare [URL="h…

    ... spent a little bit of time at [URL="http://zxart.ee ... /ian-mathias/dan-dare/"]loading screen credited to Ian Mathias and ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/d/gif/DanDare ... LOAD[/URL] TZX with that screen:

    [youtube]e0-t ...
    jp jp February 2015 Games
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