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Screen PreloadersDid any of you chaps write your own spectrum games or applications. If yes , did any of you guys manage to get a preloading screen going..... Its …
Did any of you chaps write your own spectrum games or applications.
If yes , did any of you guys manage to get a preloading screen going.....
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Identify game - flip-screen mazeI was playing this game in the mid-80s, I would say. It was a flip-screen game, a bit like Jet Set Willy in that regard, although it was viewed from …
... say. It was a flip-screen game, a bit like Jet ... small gaps.
Each screen was a bit of a ... -
Quiz - my first attempt!And so it is! My first attempt at a quiz... 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a total of 33 points. 2. Give your answers excl…
... same game?
13. Push your enemies off a platform ... the Guardian in the last screen.
23. Which was ... one appearing on the loading screen.
28. Among the ... -
Screen$ ScreensaverDoes anyone know where I can get a screensaver called "Screen$" that apparently simulates a Speccy loading?
Does anyone know where I can get a screensaver called "Screen$" that apparently simulates a Speccy loading? -
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 ... you can imagine doing is push objects around, drop them, or ... -
windows loading screenhello all, anyone got a windows98 bootup screen that looks like a spectrum tape loading screen? Will be cool isn't it? Imagine...a grayish screen, w…
... , anyone got a windows98 bootup screen that looks like a spectrum ... tape loading screen? Will be cool isn't ... ?
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Which game has best ending screen?Spectrum games lacks ending screens mostly, but there may be some brilliant games with very good ending screens/demos. I'm now searching for them. I…
Spectrum games lacks ending screens mostly, but there may be some brilliant games with very good ending screens/demos. I'm now searching for them.
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Manic Miner - your favourite screenThis is one of the most famous games, and the reason why is becasaue it's one of the best. The screens are so stylishly done and brilliantly structur…
... . But what is your favourite screen out of the 20 you ... -
Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…
... led come on.
The screen just flashes black and white ... does not show the diag screen,
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SCREEN$ - The premier Spectrum Tape Loading Simulation of screensDunny, I have this (a little less than) EXCELLENT SSaver in my laptop, and in my home desktop (both Win2K). I'd only hope it could *remember* the se…
... settings when reentering the "Settings" screen, and that it had a ... ://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/screen$.htm"]http://homepage.ntlworld.com ... /paul.dunn4/screen$.htm[/url]
It ... -
ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner Screen Editor 1.0.1I have just released a minor new version of my Manic Miner Screen Editor. It no longer allows the user to specify an amount of air which causes the S…
... version of my Manic Miner Screen Editor. It no longer allows ... -
Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
... + OR from preshifted sprites to screen.
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Drawing to screen:
1. Work directly ... on the screen, and somehow synchonize your drawing ... pages, I implemented a "push-many-timer" scroller, great ... -
z88dk Spectrum Screen Driver problemHi guys, I've been messing around with z88dk a bit and was trying to output some stuff to the screen. Reading the docs, it says that I can use the Z…
... output some stuff to the screen. Reading the docs, it says ... I can use the ZX screen driver to set the x ... 0x01 and 0x20 after my screen clearing routine in order to ... set the screen to 32-character mode... anyone ... -
Crasched Spectrum+ 128, HELP!Hi! I recantly bought a Sinclair Spectrum+ 128 on a seconhand store. It shows random colour squares spread over the screen, mostly the upper part a…
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squares spread over the screen, mostly the upper part and ... the lower part of the screen. Is this due to faulty ... seems to reset when I push the reset button but. Anyone ... -
Loading screen as an gif or png?I'm in search for a gif/png picture with the spectrum loading screen (blue yellow stripes)animated. Can someone tell me where i can find it? Christi…
I'm in search for a gif/png picture with the spectrum loading screen (blue yellow stripes)animated.
Can someone tell me where i can find it?
Christian
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Speccy screenI wonder if anyone can help me? I am using the MAGNIFICENT Spectaculator 6.1. It has been a VERY long time since I have used a 'real' spectrum. I was…
... ' spectrum. I was wondering which screen resolution is nearer to the ... real spectrum screen. 640x480 or 600x800?
Which ... -
Does Screen Flipping work on a 48k Spectrum?On the other post it showed some basic code to flip the screen on a +3. Does it work on a 48k Spectrum. Can anyone show me the machine code to: Se…
... basic code to flip the screen on a +3.
Set the screen memory to default 16384
Flip the screen memory to 49152
Name the 3-screen Nintendo Game and WatchCan somebody name the following Nintendo Game and Watch three-screen game? Two smaller screens were o the side and one big in the middle. On the fi…
... Nintendo Game and Watch three-screen game?
Two smaller ... .
On the first screen (left) you had to reach ... the island. Second screen (middle, big one), you are ... pac-man like screen). On the third screen you were leaving the ...Full-screen display problem with SPINI'm using a PC with an "extreme graphics" on-board intel video card and SPIN (which is a perfectly good emulator in all other respects) has issues wi…
... ) has issues with going full-screen. It simply refuses to do ...Some maps/ZX Screen SnapperChubby Gristle [url="http://zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=ChubbyGristle"]http://zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=ChubbyGristle[/url] Prayer of the Warrior 1 [url…
... [/url]
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ZX Screen Snapper 2.20
[url ...IM 2 interrupts and smooth scrolling - easy peasy!Okay, been fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think) how to use IM 2! Now I run my game Ragnar Revival in IM2 and use HALT to sy…
... and use HALT to sync screen drawing (dumping of offscreen graphics ... , one with IM2 for synchronizing screen manipulation (a scrolling text) using ... (16384)
intfunc
push hl
ld hl,16384 ...need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... LD HL,(SPRADR) ; taking precalculated screen address where to draw sprite ... LD B,A
PUSH HL
PUSH BC
DRAWBEG ;drawing ... sprite.
DRAWEND
PUSH BC
EXX
LD ...Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…
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Spriteloop:
PUSH BC
... Entry:
; HL Contains Screen Address
; DE Contains ... Exit
; HL Contains Screen Address
; BC ...IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... /> PUSH AF
PUSH BC
PUSH HL
PUSH IX ... Entry:
; HL Contains Screen Address
; DE ... Exit
; HL Contains Screen Address
; BC ...I have done a Spectrum Screen Design Template As PDFI use this for my games, to work out attribute and screen addresses. It is A4, to be printed landscape [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/s…
I use this for my games, to work out attribute and screen addresses. It is A4, to be printed landscape
[url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/specform.pdf"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/specform.pdf[/url]Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... /> PUSH AF
PUSH BC
PUSH HL
PUSH IX ... /> PUSH HL
; CONVERTS A SCREEN ADDRESS ... ENTRY:
; HL CONTAINS SCREEN ADDRESS
; DE CONTAINS ...On 48k, can I copy 4k before next screen updateFollowing on from my thread at [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=6423&forum=11"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/v…
... copy 4k from Backbuffer to Screen in under 1/50th, or ... to copy back to front screen with no tearing/flicker etc ... , with no flicker on the screen.
HELP ...Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …
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PUSH AF
PUSH BC
PUSH HL
PUSH IX
PUSH DE ... /> ;DOATTR:
; PUSH HL
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; ; CONVERTS A SCREEN ADDRESS TO AN ...Screen$I wasn't sure where to put this! Has anyone got or does anyone know where I can download a load of Speccy Screen$ in 1 file. Let me explain..... I …
... download a load of Speccy Screen$ in 1 file. Let me ... the way the Speccy loads Screen$ and I would love to ... file that has loads of Screen$ in it so that I ... /> Just type:
10 Load"" Screen$
20 Goto 10
Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…
... individual pixel before saving the screen$
I have no digitizer ... the loader load run a screen$ and then start loading the ... stop the user closing the screen$ away. I guess there is ...
