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Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…
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Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…
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Quiz IV (Oh God not another one!!!)Yup, another chance to prove your knowledge of Speccy games. Some questions are cryptic, some aren't! One point per corecct answer. Post your answ…
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Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
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Best Speccy ProgrammersRe-post from the thread "Who is your fav speccy programmer". It was getting rather unwieldy so I thought I'll post a new topic on this. So, after mu…
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Name the Game (TM)Hi Everyone, The game I'm looking for is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up. Possibly in black and white that had nice graphical touches like shimmer…
Hi Everyone,
The game I'm looking for is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up. Possibly in black and white that had nice graphical touches like shimmering lightbulbs and a Mona Lisa (?) to fly over. Any ideas please ?? -
ID this game pleaseIt was a snooker game from 1986/1987 and released on some budget label (I think) The balls were small and to help those with green screen (Amstrad C…
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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…
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What game was this?Anybody know this one? It was 4-way scrolling, viewed from overhead. You control a tank, and you have to set up reflectors at various points to aim a…
Anybody know this one?
It was 4-way scrolling, viewed from overhead. You control a tank, and you have to set up reflectors at various points to aim a laser-beam to hit some target. -
Programming:How can I make a "Multicolour" border for one of my games? I know how to make one, but that makes the border flash colours, then do the next command,…
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an old story;-) : need game name...This is an side-scrolling space shooter. Graphics is monochrome. I cannot remember many details, but there were many little enemys, some powerups (ma…
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New Spectrum Game Released - Egghead 3Just to announce that I have finally completed the third outing for the little fellow, Egghead In Space. Anyone wishing to download a 48k version of…
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did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
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Spectrum Graphics Artists WantedDoes anybody fancy designing some graphics for a new horizontally scrolling Spectrum shoot-em-up?
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Brand new Spectrum shoot-em-upNow that Egghead in Space is finished I have begun work on another new Spectrum project, a horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up. An early demo. versio…
Newer name of the gameI can't find out the name of my old favourite game. This was a Boulder Dash style game, but no scrolling screen. I think you had to collect ?beer? or…
I can't find out the name of my old favourite game. This was a Boulder Dash style game, but no scrolling screen. I think you had to collect ?beer? or something else.
Pls help!ZX Spectrum 48k Sync ProblemHi, Sometimes when I loaded a game it starts scrolling vertical. Seems something like a VSYNC problem or something? anyone familiar with this problem…
Hi,
Sometimes when I loaded a game it starts scrolling vertical. Seems something
like a VSYNC problem or something? anyone familiar with this problem and
knows how to solve it?
Regards,
SanderNEW CRONOSOFT RELEASE... DEAD OR ALIVEI'm pleased to announce the second Cronosoft release... The excellent "DEAD OR ALIVE" game, for the Spectrum. It's a vertically scrolling arcade sho…
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It's a vertically scrolling arcade shoot-em-up, and ...Fake Screenshots - BMP2SCR RocksHi all! I was wondering how would some games look if their programmers have followed the 8 pixel scrolling so attributes could follow graphics. Anyw…
... have followed the 8 pixel scrolling so attributes could follow graphics ...name the football mangement game......pleasei've been trying to find the name of this football management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it that i can remember that my help so…
... match/game 'commentary' was a scrolling list/text description of the ...Which game is this?There is a game for the speccy (duh!) which features a bloke flying along a scrolling landscape. There are 4 planets to choose from and that's all I …
There is a game for the speccy (duh!) which features a bloke flying along a scrolling landscape. There are 4 planets to choose from and that's all I can remember other than it was great. Anyone know what I'm talking about?Dream remakesAll this talk of the DD remake got me thinking about what kind of games I would love to write on the speccy if I had the Z80 skill, graphical talent,…
... look maybe like Nightshade/Gunfright, scrolling around Antescher with the ability ...Those posh-looking Spanish gamesOn the "any programmers" thread, someone posted this link to an old Crash article: [url="http://www.crashonline.org.uk/98/euro.htm"]http://www.crash…
... the standout - an 8-way scrolling underwater maze game with good ...Frog hopper questionThe 3 Frog hopper (by Walltone) tapes on the WOS archive all share a very interesting problem: when you load the game up and press I for info, you ca…
... , you can see the game scrolling some dubious blocks of characters ...Help me find KangarooKangaroo was this game where you control a kangaroo on a scrolling screen. He has a jet pack and he has to pick up items and avoid enemies and the ga…
... control a kangaroo on a scrolling screen. He has a jet ...name of the gameit was a race game,topdown view, tracks were fitted in one screen, no scrolling. i remember it uses colors (green for grass at least), cars were very…
... fitted in one screen, no scrolling. i remember it uses colors ...Spectaculator 5.21 problemI am using Spectaculator V5.21 and 99.99999% of the time it is excellent, but on some games (especially old BASIC games with scrolling and Oracles Ca…
... (especially old BASIC games with scrolling and Oracles Cave) I get ...What was this game called?There was this game i used to love playing on the speccy it was a side scrolling game and you was this bloke and every time you jumped up and down yo…
... speccy it was a side scrolling game and you was this ...are all the spanish games bad ?can anyone explain why a lot the spanish (mainly dinamic) games seem to play the same way , same huge graphics , same boring scrolling shoot em up , …
... , same huge graphics , same boring scrolling shoot em up , platform action ...