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Name of a game ... againDear Speccy fans, I am happy that I have found this forum recently, because I am looking for one old game I played as a kid. I can't remember it'…
... graphic adventure. The interface looked very similar to Tir Na Nog ... . In the upper third of screen was pictured room you were ... . Lower two thirds of the screen were filled with poor text ... -
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.....
Its been a mystery to me , how to do this. -
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 ... -
RealspectrumCan anyone tell me why sometimes when I launch realspectrum it locks up on the welcome screen? I am running it in a DOS shell within windows 98. I'm …
... locks up on the welcome screen? I am running it in ... soundcard?
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BMP2SCRCan anyone help me with this program? I downloaded it but I can't seem to get it to do anything! The readme file isn't the best in the world! Can any…
... able to convert bitmaps to screen$ for the Speccy. Does anyone ... from.
Thank you very much indeed for your help ... -
MLTDoes anyone know how to load the MTL files that are saved using BMP2TAP? I have tried load""screen$ and load""code but neither of them work. Is there…
... BMP2TAP? I have tried load""screen$ and load""code but neither ... great :)
Thank you very much indeed.
Everyone ... -
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…
... the Guardian in the last screen.
23. Which was ... the eyes of the little yellow sphere!
27. In ... one appearing on the loading screen.
28. Among the ... -
what is this game (very vague)i remember this was a text adventure and if u drank this potion u would turn into a flying pink elephant and die (very funny when u did it) , sorry i…
i remember this was a text adventure and if u drank this potion u would turn into a flying pink elephant and die (very funny when u did it) , sorry i cannot give anymore info but this is all i can remember ABout it -
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…
... from the nostalgia, it's very entertaining to see some of ... the spectrum having only 1 screen resolution so all games had ... -
What is the name of the game?As far as I remember I got my Spectrum + together with 2 cassettes. One of them was USER GUIDE COMPANION CASSETTE by GOLDSTAR and the other one (or m…
... game. It was a very simple one screen game. The objective was ... -
Game I.D.This one is on the tip of my tongue, but I simply cannot remember the name! Ok, it's a stunt bike affair, very dark background with mainly blue fore…
... , very dark background with mainly blue foreground. Small main bike with screen ... -
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 ... ?
Imagine...a grayish screen, with the sinclair copyright line ... -
ANN: ZXF Issue 2 publishedIssue two of ZXF (free spectrum magazine - PDF format) has now been uploaded and awaits your inspection. The new URL for the site is [url="http://ww…
... Spectrum"
* "Bitmap to Screen$": loading screen tutorial
* +3 ...
to me directly - are very welcome.
Whilst I ... issue will be begining
very soon and I would really ... -
Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…
... time annomalies appear on the screen. In the time of 48k ... zeros), I came up with very simple solution, which is still ... for two bytes at the very end of a file in ... -
Game over screensFunny, I don't remember very many of these... And I should, since if I had a penny for everytime it showed up to me... :) What do you guys think the…
Funny, I don't remember very many of these... And I should, since if I had a penny for everytime it showed up to me... :)
What do you guys think the goolest 'game over' screen/message was? Or the character's coolest death, whatever? -
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 ... -
ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy: Goodnite LudditeI have just released my new Jet Set Willy game, the long-awaited sequel to We Pretty: GOODNITE LUDDITE! It's the best game I've ever made: atmospher…
... exciting and funny. It's very surreal, set in a Lynchian ... the Rings
+ Manic Miner Screen Editor
+ Jet Set Willy ... -
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,
and I dont see ... -
Name this game (Pink Panther clone)Hi Guys - Yes I'm asuming that no gals are reading this forum. I'm trying to find a game that I remember from my childhood. It was build on the pink…
... /> I remember very little about the game play. One screen was an ... -
The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
... , was some of the full screen images. Terminator 2 springs to ... from dedicated C64 programmers were very good indeed. I'm thinking ... -
++off-topic++ Anyone else bought one of those 8-bit 'retro' consoles advertised on cable tv?tvOver christmas I was bored, and found myslef flicking through all the cable channels on NTL. They change the package so often, i have all but given u…
... /> It was advertised on the screen as a 'retro games console ... painful to watch. But the screen shots were adequate.
very light, and the single games ... ' on it. The instructions are very badly translated from the 'all ... -
Help: Title of a gameHi! I played this game a lot, and I can't remember the title: You are a strange robot (with no legs), you can shoot and move fast in a 2D futuristi…
... scroll: the change from screen to screen is like Sabre Wulf, or ... graphics.
But it was very very addictive.
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Authentic emulation: how to load a tape file?I know people here will know where I'm coming from when I ask is there a way of loading a tape file into a PC Windows emulator so that it emulates ex…
... blue and lines yellow; I want to see the screen image gradually ... -
VERY THANKS!!!OK, IS 'FANTASTIC VOYAGE'! VERY THANK YOU LCD! GREAT!!!!!
OK, IS 'FANTASTIC VOYAGE'!
VERY THANK YOU LCD! GREAT!!!!! -
Anyone remember the game 'Minder' ?Hi, only just found this forum! Was 12 years old when I got me Speccy, I think Lunar Jetman was the very first game I played. Anyway... Minder. I h…
... think Lunar Jetman was the very first game I played.
yellow Jaguar with a truly appalling ... -
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 ... -
new emulatorHi All. If you wish you can download/test/link to/betatest etc. my new emulator EmuZWin 2.0. It emulates S48 and S128 and works under all Windows 9x…
... final release will be ready very soon.
For a ... Sinclair-I joystick.
full-screen mode.
special installation pack ... -
Help please!!!Guys, Does anyone know how to load the Barry McGuigan Championship Boxing game in TZX format using the PC/Windows ZX-32 emulator? Using the ZX-32 em…
... it loads OK until the very end where it seems to ... and stays in a black screen with a red border like ... -
Searching for one more game with spherical robot shooting laserI am sorry for flooding the forum with questions, but I just remembered another game I want to play again. In this game I control a Sphere shaped rob…
... it is yellow color. The background is black color. The very specific ... it's laser you see very rapid laser fire with multiple ... a key. These gates are very quickly flashing beams of light ...
