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Implementing smooth scrolling in games that don't haveHowdy, How easy/difficult in general is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls on boundaries such as Gothik or Saracen? Does it depend …
... easy/difficult in general is it to hack smooth scrolling into a ... on the engine or are scrolling routines fairly standard? Could I ... game and wedge the routine in relatively as-is?
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Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…
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; Bi-Colour Scrolling-Buffer Game Engine for Four ... to allow vertical attribute-based scrolling.
;Use 8x2 ... expense of full multicolour
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Scrolling in BASICI remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen. Obviously vertically its not too difficult - once you dis…
... machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen.
Obviously ... was thinking of horizontally as in a scramble type game
in BASIC) on the Apple II ... like this could be done in BASIC on the Spectrum using ... -
Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …
... featured the best quality scrolling in it? (Something that ... further by scrolling it too in Kightshade and Gunfright ... br /> The full-colour scrolling in Lightforce is smoother than T ... monochrome scrolling both horizontally in Uridium and vertically in Tiger ... -
FAST and SLOW .TAP loading in RESIDOSWhy is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this fi…
Why is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this file is always slow.
[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/tapslow.zip[/url]
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Speccy vs PiI've been doing some side by side comparisons on emulation (rpi) vs actual speccy (48k+). And I'm really impressed with what Fuse can do when the pi …
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I mean, smooth scrolling in games generally: text, graphics, the ... skipp is always off) and scrolling is not smooth, there ... yourself, for example text scroll in Dan Dare, at the ... paper and border.
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Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…
... in a PAUSE option (Press SPACE to pause the scrolling text; BORDER ... will slowly flash black/white; Press SPACE until current BORDER ... colour restored to resume scrolling text ... = 530 (349 lines in .ASM)
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I am soo glad I owned a SpeccyJust passing the time here, and decided (after seeing some CPC screenshots of Shadow Of The Beast in a YS scan) to compare a few CPC games with their…
... dedicated developers. Look at the scrolling in Cobra for example - that ... /> For something from back in the day, Mission Genocide is ... Full screen 50fps vertical pixel scrolling, something you'd be ... the display right over the border area).
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HACK PACK - EGGHEAD 6WOW! I love it when new Egghead games come out. [spoiler]34694,201 = infinite lives[/spoiler] Enjoy.
[quote="goodboy;933323"]in the game exists firm cheat ... while the message is scrolling.
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T.L.L.I used to like playing this game. In fact, Costa Panayi was a bit of a genius - this game probably has the best full colour scrolling I can think of.…
... to like playing this game. In fact, Costa Panayi was ... has the best full colour scrolling I can think of. ... later surpassed that with isometric scrolling in H.A.T.E.!< ... life is lost in collecting the final target in a rather ... level 5 or 6 back in the old days as ... -
How to create pretty screenshot maps[size=+1][b]A. What will I need?[/b][/size] 01. Your favorite [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html]Speccy emulator[/url]. 02. An util…
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04. Scrolling game (scrolling in all directions), 2D ([url=http ... />
06. Parallax scrolling game (vertical or horizontal scrolling only), 2D or ...
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Name this game, pleaseHi, I remember a game where you move a buddy in a palace with more rooms (the screen reminds "elevator action" a bit, but without scrolling). In some…
... where you move a buddy in a palace with more rooms ... action" a bit, but without scrolling). In some rooms he can find ... -
Steve Lockley GameographyI've been in touch with Steve Lockley and asked him to list the games he worked on. On WOS, he's currently credited on the following games: [LIST] …
I've been in touch with Steve Lockley and ... routines in Frank Bruno's, scrolling in Fall Guy, screen decompression routine in Wilf ... -
Pong[IMG]http://www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/video/pic/ponggame.jpg[/IMG] Bats are on the left and right side of the screen. On ZX Spectrum there are …
... t-cycles we could say border is a bit wider on ... to make full screen pong (border pong) possible? I'm almost ... is possible to do it in border with bats on top and ... -
TESTROM3 - utility/rom for test your ZXHere is TESTROM3 utility as 16kB ROM file + flasher for install this rom to divide eeprom (or mapram mode). Work also on ZX Spectrum without ROM and …
... ram pages (during test sign in border color actual
tested ... then show RED + BLACK lines in border.
PRESS reset = ... tested then show multicolor lines in border.
PRESS reset = ... TAPE IN status + same TAPE IN status are signed
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Fastest redraw of screen from UDGsHere's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be used in games: On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the scre…
... of code to be used in games:
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Tape loading problem with Issue 3BI have an Issue 3B 48k that doesn't seem to want to load any tapes. I have an MP3 player connected to the EAR socket. When I type LOAD "" and start p…
... stays blank. No stripes in border or change in paper color.
border and paper changes color.
New version Emulator ZEsarUX-1.0Hi I have uploaded a new version of my Spectrum/ZX80/ZX81 emulator. This is a major stable version, with real timing for all the models and with hi-…
... Spectrum +: no contended memory, snow in border, colour ula delay, interrupt starts ... at the top of the border)
Added RAM pack emulation ...ZX Diagnostics v0.33 releasedHi everyone, I'm pleased to announce the release of v0.33 of zx-diagnostics. This release contains the following changes: - ULATest: Detect …
... white stripes follow tape signal in border
- ULATest: New addressing test ...SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
... issue with sticky mouse button in scrolling and selecting
Fix UPDATE ... /> Fixed poor performance of horizontal scrolling in GL builds
Fix scrollbars ... window.
PROGLINE scrolls in view in direct mode (bottom line first ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... great full colour horizontal scrolling and alongwith R-Type ... two had the best horizontal scrolling on the Speccy.
... liked the fast full colour scrolling in Lightforce too. Brilliant!
... for Extreme, yep good scrolling effects in full colour but I ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... 8 pixels horizontally is stored in a single byte of ... should be for the bit scrolling in. Then you need to go ... along the bytes (or down in memory) and use the ... previous one to rotate into in the next one and ... if that makes any sense). In essence that takes a far ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
Erm..another novice-like question: if you were to use memory bank switching in 128K, did it help in faster scrolling? In other words, did 128K allow programmers to do scrolling faster and/or better?Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... memory bank switching in 128K, did it help in faster scrolling? In other words ... , did 128K allow programmers to do scrolling ... ?
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Potentially scrolling could be faster, but not ...Head Over Heels remake RELEASED !Hey all ! The Retrospec remake of Head Over Heels has JUST been released. The URL with everything important, including a 15Mb download is : [url="h…
... are *very* good. Fantastic detail in the backgrounds, tons of nice ... the surprisingly effective use of scrolling in multi-screen rooms.
in ANY game or application - I ...My speccy sold it's soul to do this.Which 5 speccy moments defied logic and managed to impress you the most at the time? 1. The loader for Moonstrike. 2. The almost flawless R-Type con…
... others the screen was corrupted in several lines and shortly after ... the word BESTIA (meaning: beast) in the same typeset of the ... after (such as the text in border on The Sentinel, or several ... for the ASCII chain BESTIA in the memory.
URIDIUMDoes anyone actually like the Spectrum version of this game? Or was it some sinister plot to make the Spectrum look silly trying to compete with the…
... move around for scrolling... doable if you do it in a smaller ... ... besides you could do that in a semi-text mode which ... to get the whole screen scrolling in 50 frames/s and have ...URIDIUMDoes anyone actually like the Spectrum version of this game? Or was it some sinister plot to make the Spectrum look silly trying to compete with the…
... to get the whole screen scrolling in 50 frames/s and have ... 'just that saying "hardware smooth scrolling" in that context makes it sound ... breaking a sweat with hardware scrolling.Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …
... added to the emulated Spectrum in PC code and accessed from ... />
You could add hardware scrolling in PC code or any other ...
