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screen$ and ramdisk 128kDoes anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape?
Does anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape? -
Screen damaged while loadingI've written a simple Spectrum game and did a loading screen for it and now i'm trying to put it together into tzx file. My Basic loader is really s…
... game and did a loading screen for it and now i ... simple:
1 Load'' Screen$
2 load '' Code
My problem is that after screen is loaded,
Spectrum starts ...
"Bytes:code" statement into screen, just into hero's face ... -
Speccy "throwing your rattle out of the pram" incidentsBack in my schooldays, I used to go round to a friends house every Sunday, and spend most of the afternoon playing on his Spectrum +2. (I only had a …
... +2. A sinclair compatible joystick through the side port (with the ... mad, and took his samurai sword off the wall (as you ... -
128k Speccy ScreenAm I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and d…
Am I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and draw the sprites etc... a-la 48k ??) -
Help with +3 in comaHi everyone Had a spectrum +3 under the bed for some time and when replacing its drive i accidentally connected the 5v and the gnd of the led. Now…
... , but it remains with the screen black and the border white ... to the menu. After going through some fluxograms of the +3 ... -
screen$I'm wanting to create a game which is written mostly is Basic, due to lack of MC skills but i need a MC routine if someone would kindly supply it I…
... these in memory
eg screen 1 at address 23296 to ... 30208
screen 2 at address 30209 to ... used to mess up the screen if you were pressing a ... -
48k spectrum, video problems help neededHi All, I have been browsing this site for a long time and today i have finally registered and am after some help!! I have a 48k speccy and the vid…
... in the middle of the screen with a quick red lines ... a fuzzy black and white screen!!!
The logic of ... of the keyboard being played through the TV speaker.
Help with game namesHello! I'm looking for a couple of games for the Spectrum which I can't recall their names. First game was about a spaniard that had to rescue a dam…
... , and you had a fencing sword as well as a bow ... big nose & you went through different screens, mostly with platform ...SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed!NEW GAME COMING SOONMr Cauldwell has been busy again. How about this for a scenario....... Loco Bingo ========== The Plot -------- In the very near future a hith…
... and sheds until they fall through
holes
in the ... from the top of the screen, and Chug may manipulate them ... off the bottom of the screen its
number is
the top-right of the screen, the number flips over and ...Something wierd!I'm in the process of making a game for the Cronosoft Cassette 50 compilation, called Brian Vs. The Bullies. It's a simple Jet Set Willy type game ma…
... two versions, one with a SCREEN$ and one without (although both ... loaders that display instructions on screen). The former will be used ... won't receive any sound through my laptop's headphone socket ...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…
... if you could select your screen colours but as far as ... of some sort and flew through tunnels doing... I can't ...What Spectrum games have yet to be bettered on any machine?What Spectrum games do you think are still better than any other of their types, on any machine? I mean, Turbo Esprit is an absolute classic, but I t…
... that "travelling at intense speeds through oncoming obsticles" that Deathchase does ... /> Manic Miner: The best single screen 2D platform game ever, even ...ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 30 October 2005Sunday 30 October 2005 Crivvens! What an indecently massive load of stuff this month - a veritable feast of tips, maps, POKEs and complete solutions.…
... Realm Of Darkness ,
Excalibur: Sword of Kings , Fabled Black Rose ... 's Scrolls, The , Wizard's Skull, The ,
Wizard's Warrior ...Hidden piccy in Cylu loading screen.I was looking at the eggs at [url="http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#"]http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#[/url] and I was wondering about …
... wondering about the Cylu loading screen ... the little doohickies* on the ...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 ...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 ...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)
Many thanksHow to recover data from old Microdrive cartridges?I have 17 Microdrive cartridges that I filled with games (some listed in the "Missing in Action" section of this website) about 20 years ago. My or…
... so I bought another Microdrive (through eBay) which works perfectly on ... managed to load a few SCREEN$ files eventually, and one 4 ...Denied material in Speccy Demo's?Primarily for the attention of Andy Barker or any member of the preservation crew. I've been looking through my catalogue files and have come across…
... />
I've been looking through my catalogue files and have ... only music, there are no screen shots, game play etc.
The SentinelThe reviews for "The Sentinel" regularly stated that the game had 10,000 levels. The game's level numbering system starts at 0000 and goes up to 9999…
... time, but I remember playing through one of the later levels ... levels in the code entry screen.
How are the ...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…
Got my Specci +3 through the post this morning. The ... 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 ...Unknown gems...While idly browsing through my TZX Vault CD yesterday I came across a few interesting games. Eugen - Lord of the bathrooms: right from the main scr…
While idly browsing through my TZX Vault CD yesterday ... bathrooms: right from the main screen you know you are in ... .
Federation: The loading screen looks nice but I couldn ...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…
... of the batmobile. After going through a door protected by rising ... spikes, I come to a screen which has a mini Batman ...?bomb? game nameoh, I?ve forgotten name of the game (that was mentioned here before) with a jumping guy (maybe fireman) whose task was to extinguish/defuse the firin…
... with no solid borders - passing through any border means the character ... the opposite side of the screen.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?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 1Screen 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 see128k 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 ...
