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The Atari 800XL (600XL, 1200XL, etc..) How popular was it in the UK?I was wondering how popular in the UK in the '80s (if it was available) was the Atari 800XL (or variants)? There's quite a few UK youtubers I watch …
... stores, compared to Speccy and C64 (and even Amstrad!).
2 ... which has all 4? arcade screens and plays excellent.
... cassette recorder to the Speccy and pressing play. The Cassette ... , bbc, even electron, oric and jupiter ace users lol) but ... -
DivMMC EnJOY!Coming up... [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/DivMMC_enjoy_first_render.jpg[/IMG]
... V6Z80P speccy core by me and Alessandro Dorigatti. It features ... from a conversation between me and Alessandro Dorigatti who wrote ... like a working 128K menu and basic (like plus-d), from ... ZX Spectrum hardware, my family and other important obligations.
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Aspartame "is safe"In case there's anyone remaining on WoS who believes in the nonsensical "aspartame is toxic" hoax, here is a link to a reputable source which refutes…
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Aspartame "is safe"In case there's anyone remaining on WoS who believes in the nonsensical "aspartame is toxic" hoax, here is a link to a reputable source which refutes…
... there with "rap music" and "civil war") and basic O-level biology...[/QUOTE ... -
Aspartame "is safe"In case there's anyone remaining on WoS who believes in the nonsensical "aspartame is toxic" hoax, here is a link to a reputable source which refutes…
[QUOTE=robert@fm;739967]... (although sites like Dorway show that to be a contradiction in terms, up there with "rap music" and "civil war") and basic O-level biology...[/QUOTE]
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Aspartame "is safe"In case there's anyone remaining on WoS who believes in the nonsensical "aspartame is toxic" hoax, here is a link to a reputable source which refutes…
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Spectrum 4Ever Mrs PacmanHave to admit I did not expect this. What a great port to the ZX Spectrum. What was your take on this game when you first played it ? [youtube]6G7…
... first, still found it fun and engaging.
Pacman games ... to do with Udg's and basic, and code for it filled plenty ... of books and magazines. One if my first ... -
Spectrum 4Ever Mrs PacmanHave to admit I did not expect this. What a great port to the ZX Spectrum. What was your take on this game when you first played it ? [youtube]6G7…
... first, still found it fun and engaging.
Pacman games ... to do with Udg's and basic, and code for it filled plenty ... of books and magazines. One if my first ... -
Encyclopaedia Galactica (Remixed)Here it is at last, finally put to bed a few minutes ago: [url]http://www33.zippyshare.com/v/21829770/file.html[/url] This is the remixed version r…
... to the DNA sequencer and seems to reset the ... tried in both 48K and 128K and don't seem to ... carelessly stored above 49152 and is being paged out ... of liquid water underneath and it's definitely worth ... for about a dozen screens and find nothing you should ... -
Things not to do in a powercutplay hide and seek
... you that a PC, two screens, and a couple of misc wall ... -
Things not to do in a powercutplay hide and seek
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What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... order to increase difficulty, certain screens having these manic-miner'ish ... to do this inbetween the screens), and just too much 'sudden death ...
* There's a few screens that literally let you max ... certain weapons (your default gun and its 2x version, but ... -
DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
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As a non-programmer and BASIC novice a year or so ... make the link between BASIC and machine code, and it's easy to ... />
Open SPIN and create a simple BASIC program that will run ... window containing your one line BASIC program:
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DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
... />
As a non-programmer and BASIC novice a year or so ... make the link between BASIC and machine code, and it's easy to ... />
Open SPIN and create a simple BASIC program that will run ... window containing your one line BASIC program:
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New Z88 owner, but what now?Just scored a Z88 off eBay for something like ?36. It's working, has a 32k RAM pack and a "SpellMaster" cartridge. I bought it out of curiosity as I …
... for my home with pitchforks and torches for such heresy :)[/QUOTE ... battery life measured in minutes and cost several hundred pounds at ... word processing, lightweight spreadsheets/databases, and BASIC programming on, it had the ... -
1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
... worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/b/Bongo. ... 'three levels of difficulty and six screens in each level'.
screens, and two for the following).
and all screens will be exactly as ... -
Graphics questionHello. I was wondering, does anybody here know of a method to display a large (as in, the better part of the screen) bitmap/raster image using ZX Sp…
... uses tape instead of disk - and change the !" to "m: ... done using a similar BASIC routine but the LOAD ... are OLDAF,TARGET,OLDSP and the TSTACK data. The ... br />
The SCREEN$ and BASIC could just be SAVEd separately ... all be done in BASIC in the normal way. -
Graphics questionHello. I was wondering, does anybody here know of a method to display a large (as in, the better part of the screen) bitmap/raster image using ZX Sp…
Thanks again, I'll give that a go. It'll be easier like you say to keep the image and basic program separate. I'm hoping next to compress the image and include it with a short decompression code. -
ZX-spectrum+3 vs Amstrad CPC 6128 Disk drive Speed.Hi to all!!! I wonder which of both micros have the fastest disk drive? The two computers have similar/same 3" drives but different OS (+3DOS vs AMD…
... + have the same drive, OS and basic!
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WOS slowdownPeople, what's going on? I wasn't able to load WOS yesterday at all. Today I got somehow into forums but opening any thread was too much. Is it som…
I wouldn't mind the slow loading times if they had nice stripy borders, loading screens and some ear-splitting bursts of white noise to go with it :)
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Spectrum games you liked to play whilst pissed :)Spectrum games you liked to play whilst pissed... So back in the day, when you enjoyed getting drunk (you blimin piss heads !) what was your favour…
I used to put on the YS demos. all those flashing screens and scrolly messages... WHAT A TRIP........ -
Spectrum games you liked to play whilst pissed :)Spectrum games you liked to play whilst pissed... So back in the day, when you enjoyed getting drunk (you blimin piss heads !) what was your favour…
... YS demos. all those flashing screens and scrolly messages... WHAT A TRIP ... -
Back in the day when schools had 'a' computer.I stumbled uppon this photo when looking for something completely different on-line. It got me thinking and reminiscing. Do you remember when schools…
... AC! We learnt LOGO and BASIC (MS) and I remember the teacher was ... classes that I truly enjoyed and wished we had more of ... when looking for a book and immediately petitioned the lecturer to ... . I didn't hear back and I suspect they have no ... -
NIGHTSHADE Loading screenI Remember being slightly disappointed when I first saw this loading screen reveal itself, I've been wanting to have a go at this one for ages so, he…
... you consider doing loading screens for Jetset Willy and Manic Miner? It ... today) games never had loading screens, and the magazine adverts for them ... of the time (1983/1984) and really (I think) added to ... -
ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…
... this because the test screens looked a bit boring ... balance between play area and action I plan to ... only move 4-way, and are pre-shifted horizontally ... has 8-way movement, and is also pre-shifted ... up a couple of test screens and post them later today, ... -
We could design the LokiWouldn't it be great... if this community would develop what Sinclair himself started but was never finished: a successor of the 128K with 'cartoon l…
... USB for KB and Mouse and an Ethernet (spectranet) and SD slot ( ... tape recorder for backwards compatibility and for sound. It would ... (maximum 4MB) and use Andrew Owen's SE BASIC and ULA+. This would ... original design with the ULA and BASIC. If the Buddy GUI was ... -
SAMPLE-TRACKER vast INSTRUCTION with screensHi, I wrote it mainly for CrashNicker and other 1-bit / Beeper users, but I suppose it could be also useful for every lo-fi musician (YM/AY chip, Co…
... usually use the most common and basic features.
Hmm, this might ... -
ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…
If you get 6 levels into 48k then you'll need another challenge - maybe inter-level story screens and a flashy looking green-screen computer terminal? :-P -
Opening my new game projectHi I am working to a new game (tentatively called "Donkey Kong Reloaded Done Better"...i was not happy with the graphics of Donkey Kong Reloaded) whi…
... platforms on the lower screens) quite a lot, and it got a ... you could fall down several screens and even back to the starting ... />
I made some polishing and designed the animation for the ... before going on designing more screens)
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THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... as well as the new screens?[/QUOTE]
I'm ... fix anything, besides providing new screens and more detailed descriptions. As a ...
