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ChoplifterYesterday I found the Spectrum Version of Choplifter (hacked version, no screen, no credits) in my collection of tapes, which I currently TZX-ing. Af…
... of Choplifter (hacked version, no screen, no credits) in my collection ... a official conversion? It looks very professional, but I cannot remember ... -
Black screen of deathI recently aquired a zx spectrum (revision 3b) of the rubber key variety. it was all running smoothly(for about an hour after pluggin in), i left the…
... and returned to a black screen.
Restarting the device ... left me with a black screen with some minor interferance.
screen.
ive done the composite ... joy, still the same black screen with slight interferance (which shouldnt ... -
How feasible is it to add a second CPU to the ZX Spectrum?Today with IDE, and USB, and TCP/IP and other wonderful technologies arriving on the ZX Spectrum, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll run out of CPU tim…
... write a very short program onto CPU1 to copy the screen memory ... -
Writing to the screen from a bufferI?m designing a game and am spending a bit of time trying different ideas before I commit my self. I?m currently thinking of writing data to a buffer…
... buffer? to the screen. Can the whole screen be drawn from the ... -
Screen Play - Macmillan Softwareok splitting hairs now :-D and it aint important, but doing my bit by pointing it out. should "Screen Play" be "Screenplay" no space, is on the box,…
... it out.
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Help with finding a game titleHi, I'm trying to remember the title of a game I used to play on our Speccy, I'm thinking the game would have been out circa 1984-85, and I wonder if…
... across the top of the screen and you had to shoot ... screen, and I'm pretty sure the spaceship was purple and yellow ... -
The skiving off topicI'm trying to juggle several (work related) problems here, but I've been at it for so long now that I'm getting distracted, so I'm skiving off for a …
... with Edward Woodwood) was a very good horror film. Like most ... Wives (the original version) was very good too.
Hostel ... Japanese version, as it's very good, and approximately ten zillion ... was all implied or off screen, which really worked, as the ... -
I am going to defeat ROGUE....Right - the time has come to beat the classic dungeon-crawler game ROGUE. Still an out-and-out classic in my mind, despite the low-res (no-res?) gra…
... ?!
I'd be very interested to know:
yellow and the 'confusion' potion green ... -
SpecEmu screen rollHi, Downloaded SpecEmu on the basis of your poll. The screen rolls (just like it did on my Mum's color portable circa 1985). I didn't want it to be T…
... basis of your poll. The screen rolls (just like it did ... -
Some DVD and film questions1. You know how some DVDs are region free (either because they are released that way, or because they are copies of region protected DVDs that have h…
... second, with a lower screen resolution, on an NTSC ... has a fifty Hertz screen refresh rate, an NTSC ... PAL TV has a higher screen resolution).
... advantage over a 50Hz TV screen (does it?), but ... most are rubbish, and very very few are hilarious. Most ... -
Writing internet servers in ZX BASICNew Spectranet news! I have just finished adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example: [code] 10 %listen #4,…
... on the screen.
This is of course a very simple example ... -
Silent Hill (No spoilers)I've just completed Silent Hill (Playstation) and I thought I'd post up my thoughts. Some time back I also completed Silent Hill 2 (XBox), and made a…
... Silent Hill games are superficially very similar to the (pre-RE ... up clicking all over the screen to see what you can ... good reason, etc). It was very well done indeed.
Back To School (q. on loading screen)I never thought about this until just a few moments ago. Any particular reason for the blue border around the loading screen? [img]http://www.world…
I never thought about this until just a few moments ago.
Any particular reason for the blue border around the loading screen?
[img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/b/gif/BackToSkool.gif[/img]General question about electronics I guess... (128k +2a)[Short question] When I very slightly put my finger on top IC15 on my +2A the TV picture becomes crazy and the spectrum acts if it just resets I don…
[Short question]
When I very slightly put my finger on ... like loading something (blue and yellow border) and then crashes...
Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
... 5 was that it was very awkward to handle collisions ... In the example games, uncompressed screen data previously used up 484 ... forces a change of screen with LET SCREEN=n. The compiler should ... rewriting the window resizing and screen addition/deletion code I ...Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…
... in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool ...Category correctionsThese are some little changes for some games : -Ares : Arcade Beat em up : There is no adventure part in this game, you only have to kill all the en…
... all the enemies in the screen.
-Capitan Sevilla : Arcade ... platform, beat em up and very little quest part, so there ... platforms and shooting is also very important.
-Gonzzalezz : Arcade ...Listening ZX spectrumI recently got hold of ZX spectrum 48k machine, and it was a joy. But very soon i wanted to be able to transfer games from emulator (.Z80, .snp, .tap…
... it was a joy. But very soon i wanted to be ... ZX, which only showed blank screen until i press break. I ...The ---- Games of the decadeIn a few months time, we leave the first decade of the twenty-first century, so to rip off a thread idea from another forum, what are your games of t…
... interesting characters. Such a very, very good game (which I' ... and lots of on screen enemies, but that's ... 2 (XBox)[/B] - very good indeed, and sadly unknown ... game actually funny?), is very inventive, has a great ... foot sections, no on-screen map on the driving ...very strange clouds tonightI stepped out earlier at about 1am for a cig, and there was no wind at all, calm enough for the flame from my lighter to not even flicker, yet the cl…
... I have ever seen clouds, very thick cover, and racing across ...What's this game?Hi everybody, please name this game (the screen is from an italian magazine hack)... [URL="http://yfrog.com/0f41182471g"]http://yfrog.com/0f4118247…
... /> please name this game (the screen is from an italian magazine ... an early "Ultimate"-like game, very similar to Jetpac or something ...Playstation 1....anyone know.....if there are any flip screen RPGs in the line of Dungeon Master or Eye of the beholder for the playstation one?.....not jap RPGs please note. Very…
..if there are any flip screen RPGs in the line of Dungeon Master or Eye of the beholder for the playstation one?.....not jap RPGs please note.
Very surprised I can't fine even one...seems Dungeon master would have been ripe for a conversion.Emulators that open in full screen modeHiya all I've been going through the emulators one by one but can't find one that opens and closes in full screen mode. Is there one? Reason being…
... opens and closes in full screen mode.
Is there ...Best Speccy Loading Screen??Ok Chaps! Which game do you think had the best loading screen??? Graphics, colour etc.....
Ok Chaps!
Which game do you think had the best loading screen???
Graphics, colour etc.....Loading screenI was reading the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26571"]loading screen thread[/URL] and was a bit insipired. I went to…
... "We have" additional material "loading screen". Only that and hit "Search ... asked for titles using loading screen - or did I misunderstand ... Doom actually has a loading screen, of sorts, but the ... version has a text-only screen made using PRINT. Espionage ...Repair options for my own dear old Spectrum 48k?Hello all, This is my first post to this wonderful forum, which is part of a truly great website! My name is Arnold, and I live in Utrecht, The Nethe…
... it only showed a black screen (well, at least ... this Spectrum:
One: very simple, just swap the ... that are malfunctioning is very appealing to me, since ... lot to me: some very precious memories are attached ... ?
Thanks very much for your help!
zx Spin full screen problemHi guys,dont know what i have done here,but when i press F4 to go full screen,it just minimises to the task bar and theres a little black bar just ab…
Hi guys,dont know what i have done here,but when i press F4 to go full screen,it just minimises to the task bar and theres a little black bar just above bottom left side of task bar showin minimise,restore,exit buttons.Anyone know what ive done?cheers.Captain Blood (anything missing?)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000810"]Captain Blood[/URL] Loading screen has this info: Music by [COLOR="Silver"]the very…
... screen has this info:
Music by [COLOR="Silver"]the very ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/c/gif/CaptainBlood ...Snow on screen of 48K Speccyok you wizards I fixed up my 4116 ram issue as Winston and McLeod advised me before by replacing with 4164's.... all I could find here in Singapore (…
... it working. Snow on the screen. Particularly on cyan / red. See ...An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
... /> -Gigascreen or any other fast-screen-switching effect
-Wire 3D ... />
While I'm not very fond of transforming the Spectrum ...
