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Older PcsDoes anybody collect older pcs? whats the oldest you have? personally im not as such, i have an older one mi mate gave me, but its only maybe 10 …
I've got quite a number, including an IBM 5150 (the original PC, the one with the cassette port and BASIC in ROM) and a Sinclair PC200 (which is basically a PPC512 laptop in a black Atari ST-style case). -
Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…
... with less scenes, screens and gags, minimal animation and backround sprites and objects. This ... draw up the first few screens and see how it could function ... -
Were there other graphic modes for the ZX Spectrum?I've read that there was a "hi-color" mode that allowed the color clash to be 8x1 instead of 8x8. Maybe I have the name of that mode wrong. I'm…
... with 8x2 attributes. The processor and memory access simply isn't ... enough to do any more. And of course that takes away ... ever been used on title screens and in demos. -
1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.
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I have fond and also almost violently hateful destructive ... split into platform jumper type screens and long scrolling sections where you ... The game starts off hard, and continues to the point where ... see more than a few screens into it, most won't ... -
I had a go.I haven't written anything in ZX Basic since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just to put you in the picture, I am a developer and know sever…
... that has it's OS and BASIC (or similar) in ROM, ... /> And although each high level programming language has it's limitations, BASIC ... BASIC implementations on any machine can and does still do useful work. And ... to write a handful of BASIC lines of code than to ... -
1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.
... www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/p/Podder. ... , because they reappear immediately, and you could be right over ... into little rivers crossing the screens and die. So, be very ... www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/load/p/gif/Podder.gif ... -
Drawing some spritesI figured I want to draw some sprites. My target was to do a 16x16 masked sprite. There's no clearing here, just drawing the sprites. My first ite…
... to discover people used 'back-screens' and that even those could be ... allow more hard-coded itterations, and use less loops in the ... -
Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
... played on it), and then a 16k, and finally a 48k rubber ... playing Decathlon, Tir Na Nog, and Atic Atac.
We did ... C64. But my earlier exposure, and basic familiarity with some games, led ... -
LgK image compressorOk people, i decided to make it proper thread since i've finally got something tested & useful for everyone. Here is my "chunky" ZX image compressor …
... by one rather than bytes and vertical byte stripes. But ... Attribute data can be placed (and depacked) either after the each ... have fun compressing your title screens and whatever.
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Under development: SETO TAISHO VS YOKAIAfter having been defeated by Funky Fungus, Seto Taisho, the crockery general, returns to Japan with its dreams of glory now shattered. However, duri…
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The boss screens and the boss level music have ... been completed and tested inside the main program ... be tested before being localized and released. But before doing that ... -
Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
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Assembly language and BASIC are two entirely different disciplines ... game in 100% interpreted Sinclair BASIC. Believe me, I tried it ... typing in one or two BASIC listings from top Z80 ... programmers back in the day and none of them was ... -
Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
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Assembly language and BASIC are two entirely different disciplines ... BASIC faster. Yeah, the Speccy did a lot to encourage programming, and ... good games and everything, but if BASIC had been ... that (well programmed) BASIC arcade games were possible ... -
It's a Pixel THING - recent retrogaming Youtube channelHi, guys! I've recently started my own YouTube channel "[B]It's a Pixel THING[/B]" where I do weekly videos about retrogaming (Spectrum, Amiga, DOS)…
25 years ago, a tiny and basic character animation lead to one ... -
less well known but very good gamesI've been looking through this forum for some talk / enthusiasm / recommendations of good games other than the standard, well known classics. I'v…
... unsettling) with quirky humour, interesting screens and enemies. A speccy classic.
screens/in-game/s/Strangeloop.gif ... -
less well known but very good gamesI've been looking through this forum for some talk / enthusiasm / recommendations of good games other than the standard, well known classics. I'v…
... fairly engrossing wander round and meet enemies at certain ... with quirky humour, interesting screens and enemies. A speccy classic.< ... .worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/s/Strangeloop ... the other day briefly (and randomly) showed the speccy ... -
Just games or also "serious stuff"?Hi guys :) When a ZX48K entered our home in 1986, i started programming for it but mainly i used it for games. No other use was accomplished: no a…
Firstly, playing games, then Melbourne Draw and BASIC programming. With some attempts at machine code. Oh and making game backups with an Interface III device, creating new loading systems... -
Non working issue 3BGuys Hope you can help me here (or maybe, someonene from Europe could take a look at it? I've already tried different ULA, CPU, ROM and low RAM (…
... , take a piece of wire and connect pin 5 on IC23 ... get to the copyright screen and BASIC works, after that, you can ... so that some simple BASIC commands can access and therefore test the ... upper RAM.
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Apple Has Peaked, what should they do next?So the news in the tech industry is that Apple have now peaked and the sales figures for their iPhone have fallen for the first time since it's relea…
... screens. As someone said, iPhones are fashion gadgets and symbol of status, and ... they'll sell most screens) and that curved screen would ... up to Samsung selling screens or not to Apple. ... ) products.
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What is it?One of the ideas for new features on WoS that seems to be popular is to maintain a repository of code/music/graphics/other for people to use in their…
... hosted elsewhere?
And again, would the code be ... if submissions are held and hosted as distinct entities that ... multiple versions of a submission, and this was encouraged - e ... SCR and .PNG/.GIF versions of screens; and both .PNG/.GIF, binary and . ... -
Computer glasses and screen filters... or neither?Perhaps this subject has been covered here elsewere, but my search has not been conclusive.. I have always been curious about the advertised benef…
... I am short sighted and have been since school ... thought playing computer games and programming the Spectrum using ... relatives all wear spectacles. And then at a medical ... to read small print and when using iphones, ... why not. But the screens and TVs are safe. CRTs ... -
Fallout 4Looks like it will be announced tomorrow: http://fallout.bethsoft.com/<br>
... basic accommodation, and basic shops. You start adding lights and signs and TV's and radios, and ... nice furniture, and before you ... heads, and enough food and water to survive, and enough defenses, and power to ... -
Smartphone QueryI have a Vodafone Smart 6 phone, yesterday I was messing around when I got a message from Google saying that the phone had a virus that had damaged 2…
... there were really scummy pirates and hacker types. Before the ... sites like Livejasmin's cams, and chaturbate :))
... phone number scareware splash screens and redirected to pr0n even ... breeding ground for 419 scams, and malware.
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Where did you learn about World of Spectrum from?Was it a web site? Which one? A friend? A social media site? A magazine? If yes, which one? A book? Again, if yes, what is the title? Or you did…
... person those days and the resources were few and basic, everything loaded ... very slowly, was expensive and looked ... Google, or maybe Altavista ???) and got sucked in.
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New Game - Cap'n Rescue: ReprisalHello, I'd just like to announce my new game Cap'n Rescue: Reprisal for the ZX Spectrum is almost complete. This is the third game in the series…
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New Game - Cap'n Rescue: ReprisalHello, I'd just like to announce my new game Cap'n Rescue: Reprisal for the ZX Spectrum is almost complete. This is the third game in the series…
[quote="Timmy;867950"]I've played a couple of screens and it's pretty fine.[/quote]
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P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
... moving around, not flickering, and tracking collisions. You're going ... graphics together from various places and get the mechanics of ... that version only has 12 screens and is running with sprites ... needed something to work with and this was just fine, ... -
I'm writing an Operating SystemOkay this might seem like a bait thread, but I am legitamately interested in figuring out how to write a multi-process system for the ZX Spectrum (no…
... current running basic program/data, and then overwrite standard system variables and basic program ... /data with new Basic program/data.
I'm writing an Operating SystemOkay this might seem like a bait thread, but I am legitamately interested in figuring out how to write a multi-process system for the ZX Spectrum (no…
... to the start of a BASIC program. At the very least ... to swap BASIC programs. Also I'd probably save registers and provide ... should just make the multiple basic instances share the screen. Multitasking ... banking help) is much larger and basic is not designed to be ...Help and Old Couple Got Scammed - Suggestions on Good Anti-= Malware Software.I am helping an old couple that go to my Church. They are an old couple in their 80s. The recently got scammed after they received a telephone call t…
... a PC to use email and basic web searches to keep in ... calls like this and have ensured my parents and their friends don ... mid-seventies but pretty savvy and a tight Yorkshireman so he ...After-Christmas mapsCavelon [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Cavelon"]http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Cavelon[/url] Doombase [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?…
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Bloody hell 60 screens, and each one a work of ...
