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SPECTRUM +3 NIGHTMAREGot my Specci +3 through the post this morning. The good news all the keys work and it turns on ok. The bad news the disk drive doesn't work. When yo…
... hear the loading noises, the screen doesn't change colour. It ... stays the same, a blank screen with a red border. I ... the loading lines on the screen but the sound was all ... one. I don't know if plugging the lead in as ... -
Searching for a game or two...Maybe my beer-soaked brain is letting me down but I'm sure I use to play a game on the speccy that I'm buggered if I can remember its title. It had …
... speccy that I'm buggered if I can remember its title ... graphics on a light green screen (a bit like Castle Master ... of hugging the landscape. The screen was split and I'm ... -
PssstI have just been playing 'Psst' and, after looking at the loading screen for the past 22 years or so, it suddenly dawned on me that the robot in the …
... , after looking at the loading screen for the past 22 years ... the robot in the loading screen looks just like one of ... is a wonderful film and if you haven't seen it ... -
Good hobby, not so good start!Hi there, I'm new here and am extrrrremely sorry if I'm asking something that has been covered before/is obvious, although I did have a nosy about a…
... here and am extrrrremely sorry if I'm asking something that ... .. LOAD came up on the screen... nearly there, thought I, moments ... heartbroken and I'm wondering if my machine has gone a ... -
Dragon's Lair 2Does anyone out there have proper instructions for Dragon's Lair 2? I have used the ones featured on the WoS site, but they don't seem to give enough…
... . I have made it to screen 3 (the throne room) but ... this level should be played. If anyone could help I'd ... -
Could i damage my specctrums if i ............If I placed some quite powerful speakers near ( about 10cm away )to where my spectrum collection is stored, could i damage the actual machines ( the …
If I placed some quite powerful speakers near ( about 10cm away )to where my spectrum collection is stored, could i damage the actual machines ( the cassette mechanism ? ) ? -
Batman (John Ritman version)I've managed to get five pieces of the batmobile. After going through a door protected by rising and falling spikes, I come to a screen which has a m…
... spikes, I come to a screen which has a mini Batman ... what to do now.
If anyone knows where I am ... -
BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…
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Added - 128k Auto-sensing. If you don't use the ... permanently. (Crackfiend)
Fixed - LOAD ""SCREEN$ didn't display properly (the ... SCREEN$ wasn't properly highlighted).
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BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …
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Added - 128k Auto-sensing. If you don't use the ... permanently. (Crackfiend)
Fixed - LOAD ""SCREEN$ didn't display properly (the ... SCREEN$ wasn't properly highlighted).
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What happens during a reset?I always used to wonder about this, but only thought a bit more about it last night when noticing after all these years what actually happens. Obvio…
... happens.
Obviously, the screen goes black, but you also ... value being sent to every screen position - a byte with ... blank PAPER if that value was also sent to the screen attributes ... />
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Worst loading screenAlmost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?
Almost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever? -
Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... /> Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a ... so the image "tesalates" again. If I could read each byte ... -
Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…
... other I need to know if it's possible to add ... managed to create a loading screen as well and edit that ... graphics.
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Name that screen shotJust picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on pag…
Just picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on page 18 column 2 row 1 -
What is an "Unknown Port"?Port FF is unknown and so can return screen data on a 48k/128k/+2 models. But what if no Kempston mouse is plugged in. Is Port DF classified as unkno…
... unknown and so can return screen data on a 48k/128k ... /+2 models.
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Name the game...?Can anyone help me? It's a strategy game which involved moving tanks and infantry units about on a contour map. There was a status box in the bottom…
... the bottom part of the screen with scrolling text in it ... .
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Spectaculator ProblemI wonder if anyone can help with a problem I have with Spectaculator? Trying to go from 128k mode to 48k mode by 'switching models' I got a white sc…
I wonder if anyone can help with a ... models' I got a white screen with a black border. I ... same. What makes me wonder if I am leaving something on ... -
Your Rights ;) if you want them ?Sample letter Data Protection ?information recorded on film. The Data Protection Officer ORGANISATION ADDRESS HERE YOUR ADDRESS DATE Dear Sir or…
... CCTV CAMERA / NAME OF CAMERAPERSON IF YOU ASKED IT, OR WRITE ... that you first focus on IF YOU CAN NARROW DOWN THEIR ... on video and film and if these are recorded on tape ... .*see note below
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what is the name of this game? If anyone can help me, i am looking for the name of a game I used to play on my spectravideo 318 maybe on other platforms as well You run around an…
If anyone can help me, i ... you get taken to another screen where you draw against him ... -
Screen DisolveHas anyone got any good assembly code to dissolve the screen I could see
Has anyone got any good assembly code to dissolve the screen I could see -
128k Screen Flipping - Sample Code PleaseI know this has been covered before, but I cannot find out code to do the following: On a 128k Spectrum tell the speccy to display from address 4915…
... that I can display one screen, draw to the other and ... -
Screen effects in MCAs I see there is still interest for MC programming on Speccy. So, I made little presentation of screen or slideshow effects with source files, demon…
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Loading screen made of Hama beadsOK, so not your usual approach to preservation, but I thought people might be interested in my attempt to render a Spectrum loading screen using Hama…
How can I tell if 128k in codeIs there an easy way in code to check if the Spectrum has 128k, rather than 48k so I can display a message "Must have 128k" etc
Is there an easy way in code to check if the Spectrum has 128k, rather than 48k so I can display a message "Must have 128k" etcName the arcadeI've just rediscovered MAME; the last time I tried it, there was only support for a few old games, but now it seems to support almost every arcade ma…
... you died and the continue screen appeared, there was a fairy ... leather who, ahem, "molested" you if you weren't careful and ...Pregame WaitHi and a happy summer time to all ;) After trying Leaderboard got a bit interested in knowing what games expect you to go through multiple decisions…
... (seven if you count having to press a key on start screen ...Has this been done before?Are there any emulators whose speed can be adjusted by the Spectrum program that the emulator itself is running? So that, say the Spectrum program ca…
... inserted before the CPU intensive screen draw routines, and then the ... would be normal), but the screen update wouldn't be at ... non-compatible emulator.
If it's possible, then surely ...Games that could do with running faster, without affecting the timer, the music or the controlsRegarding the topic on the emulation forum, what Spectrum games do you think would benefit from a speed boost? Nowadays, most of us play Spectrum gam…
... this has some real drawbacks. If the game has a timer ... , and so on, but the screen drawing would be far faster ... rate. I don't know if Outrun would benefit.If were still around......(and perhaps writing for the Speccy still), what could s/he do nowadays? It's just struck me that if Harry Price were still in there, he could ha…
... 's just struck me that if Harry Price were still in ... [/i] game. :D
If Jon Ritman were still around ... on the Speccy.)
If Don Priestley were still around?...
