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list of ZX games with raining effect(ula snow)If you know any ZX games with raining effect in screen, then add game name to list. I know about this games only: (tested on real ZX128+2 - grey) 4x…
Games with Parallax ScrollingI loved that effect. It gave a false depth to the game.. To me a game with parallax scrolling was a better game. How wrong I was.. anyway, a list of…
... me a game with parallax scrolling was a better game. How ... of some games with parallax scrolling:
-Cobra. Fast ...8 pixel scrollingJust been playing Gunrunner (always forget how much I love this game, probs cos it's VERY hard) and wondered what other games use 8 pixel scrolling A…
... other games use 8 pixel scrolling AND are decent to play ...The R RegisterI've found some documentation regarding the R register (in that it is updated every M cycle except for a certain number of opcodes in which it is upd…
... some documentation regarding the R register (in that it is updated ... maximum value of the R register is +127? If so, do ...Good horizontally scrolling platformers?Hi folks, Would anyone care to recommend some good horizontally scrolling platform games on the Speccy. Regards, Shaun.
Hi folks,
Would anyone care to recommend some good horizontally scrolling platform games on the Speccy.
Regards,
Shaun.A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…
I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but . . . how do you create random stars? Some help would be greatly appreciated?
AndyThe F register unused bitsI'm doing some reading and trying to organize my Spectrum ML apprenticeship and while looking in greater detail at the flag register one question pop…
... greater detail at the flag register one question popped.
Can I manipulate this register directly or make use of ...2D Scrolling tile based editorOk, first of all, I thought TommyGun could do it, but the option to create a 2d scrolling map is greyed out.... All I want to do is create some 8x8p…
snow patrolJust been for a day out in Buxton and there was light dusting of snow on the hills on the way there. First snow ive seen this winter anyone else got …
Just been for a day out in Buxton and there was light dusting of snow on the hills on the way there. First snow ive seen this winter anyone else got any snow.Character scrollingOk, first I'd like to say that I'm not looking for a complete routine (but that might help) because I am hoping to write it myself and learn a bit mo…
... completed the top third before scrolling it? Also double buffering, would ... great deal of difference when scrolling one third or 2 thirds ... /> Thanks.. I've never done scrolling before so any help is ...ula bookula book is here: [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url] can i post sam coupe stuff here - she kind of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom i…
... is not described as ula snow - the description of that is ... is what i thought ula snow was whereas that is described ... /> has anyone seen the hardware scrolling the orgininal cpc had(not ...Rotating Register PairsWhat's the best way to rotate left (or right) a register pair, so that (eg.) FE76 becomes E76F (or 6FE7)? I presume that passing the intermediate bit…
... rotate left (or right) a register pair, so that (eg.) FE76 ...Games filled with snow....I've just been playing Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 on the Xbox, and was driving the Swedish Rally, which is all very snowy and similar to the roads outsid…
... , I thought that as the snow is here and looks likely ... with that are filled with snow!?
It might put ... mood even if all the snow does disappear, so post Christmas ... a couple of more obvious snow-filled titles.....
Games filled with snow....(not Speccy)....I started a thread in Games after embracing the fact that we're all stuck with snow and deciding to celebrate it by playing games filled with it...(s…
... we're all stuck with snow and deciding to celebrate it ...Schools shut due to snowGoing to be finding out in a bit if my two older daughter's schools are closed due to the snow... but WTF?? My school remained open in 1987/8 when w…
Going to be finding out in a bit if my two older daughter's schools are closed due to the snow...
but WTF?? My school remained open in 1987/8 when we had worse snow and I went to the ten miles to get there every day..A clever method of using a single 8-bit register to be used for two things at a timeI don't know if this is the way the SAVE routine in the Spectrum works. Anyway, this is what I've learned today. I've been commented the disassembly…
... : I didn't found a register that holds 8, and in ... is: a single 8-bit register (L) holds both the byte ... left to transfer, the L register is not 0.
So ...Smooth (vertical) scrolling on ZX SpectrumI was just thinking about this. You know, you have systems like Atari 2600 or Sega SG-1000 that have no hardware scroll, but they have games that sti…
... (probably full 50 fps) vertical scrolling. Games like Monaco GP (SG ... Spectrum games have all jerky scrolling when it is about to ... guy that could do the scrolling smooth - J. Smith but then ...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 …
... is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls ... on the engine or are scrolling routines fairly standard? Could I ...50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
Tile based graphics and scrolling thingy...Here's my best attempt so far at a tile based rendering and scrolling routine. It draws in 22 8*8 graphics tiles along the top of the screen (junk i…
... a tile based rendering and scrolling routine.
It draws ...Canny use of the 'r' register?Seeing Sokurah's code in the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=583188#post583188"]crunch sound thread[/URL] has made me th…
... me think about the r register.
I've used ... crafty uses for the r register?Pixelwise scrolling sideways - how many ways to do it?Not that I need to, but I've been wondering if there's a good way to do this that I haven't considered. Scrolling [B]pixelwise [/B]vertically is "ea…
... haven't considered.
Scrolling [B]pixelwise [/B]vertically is ...ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…
... curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real ... ="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cmonkey/snow.jpg"]Snow[/URL]
[URL="http ... /matrix.jpg"]Green on black snow[/URL]
[URL="http ...ULA snowHow is this feature implemented in emulators ? And how exact is the emulation ? I somehow supposed that ULA snow is something that is not very determ…
How is this feature implemented in emulators ? And how exact is the emulation ?
I somehow supposed that ULA snow is something that is not very deterministic in nature. But if one can emulate it (perfectly ?) then i was wrong.Games with good scrollingI know the Speccy's forte was not scrolling games but their must have been some that not flick screen and maybe even smooth! I remember playing a few…
... Speccy's forte was not scrolling games but their must have ...SpecBAS article in The Register todayDunny's SpecBAS (for the Raspberry Pi) got a write-up in The Register today: [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/13/sinclair_basic_for_raspber…
Dunny's SpecBAS (for the Raspberry Pi) got a write-up in The Register today:
[url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/13/sinclair_basic_for_raspberry_pi/[/url]Author of The Hobbit featured on The RegisterSpotted another ZX Spectrum-related on The Register today: an article featuring the personal history of Veronika Megler (yes, a woman), one of the pr…
... ZX Spectrum-related on The Register today: an article featuring the ..."The Register" logo.What do those walking legs in the "The Register" logo represent? Is there a story behind them and why is it missing the rest of the body? Where is …
What do those walking legs in the "The Register" logo represent? Is there a story behind them and why is it missing the rest of the body? Where is it walking to?
[img]http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/std/logo_414_80.png[/img]Some thoughs about fast scrolling on 128 modelPlease, consider this article as technically interesting concept not a proven algorithm. ONE The fastest scrollers use long sequence of PUSH inst…
... spend 256T by updating one register.
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If ...Scrolling attribute thingJust messing with scrolling attributes. Its absolutely no use, but impressed with the variable speeds of scrolling. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercont…
Just messing with scrolling attributes. Its absolutely no use, ... with the variable speeds of scrolling.
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