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  • Text adventures.Playing text adventures on handheld systems, is it possible-sensible and which system is best. Cheers.

    Playing text adventures on handheld systems, is it possible-sensible and which system is best.

    Cheers.
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. May 2013 Emulators
  • Mansion Kali, Spanish C64 text adv, gets Speccy portMansion Kali, a spanish text adventure game released by the nice fellas of Commodore Plus at last RetroMadrid event, is now available for the Spectru…

    Mansion Kali, a spanish text adventure game released by the ...
    Rockersuke Moroboshi Rockersuke Moroboshi June 2013 Brand new software
  • Scrolling by 2 pixelsWhat is the fastest way of scrolling a Spectrum screen line by 2 pixels left or right? When thinking about it I've come to this simple solution: [C…

    ... is the fastest way of scrolling a Spectrum screen line by ...
    Ralf Ralf August 2013 Development
  • SpecBAS 0.789 releasedHi all! Back with another SpecBAS release - this one's mostly just about sprites and bug fixes. One new addition I do quite like is the expression c…

    ... saves by default as ASCII text, and does not use the ... by the compiler
    Scrolling via the text output routines (CAT, PRINT ... et al) no longer corrupts text
    OUT now attempts to ... in the editor when mousewheel scrolling
    Loading of string and ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Another vertical scrolling questionwhile talking about w256 x h128 vertical scrolling, are 128k modes have any advantages over 48k models? has extra ram or swappable screen buffer any…

    while talking about w256 x h128 vertical scrolling, are 128k modes have any advantages over 48k models?

    has extra ram or swappable screen buffer any use on scrolling?
    Arda Arda October 2013 Development
  • Found my old Manic Miner scrolling hackI don't remember if I put this old hack here on WoS so [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.tinney/manic.szx"]here's a snapshot[/URL]. Be impressed w…

    I don't remember if I put this old hack here on WoS so [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.tinney/manic.szx"]here's a snapshot[/URL]. Be impressed with the silky smooth scrolling :p
    Woody Woody October 2013 Games
  • Yet another Prisoner (spanish) text adventure!Had you guys a good time playing [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=mansion+kali&loadpics=3]Mansion Kali[/url]? Then, from the v…

    ... ' The Prisoner, a brand new text adventure simultaneously released for the ...
    Rockersuke Moroboshi Rockersuke Moroboshi October 2013 Brand new software
  • Help identifying a Text adventure!I have the feeling that this Spanish text adventure: [url]http://computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=307&sec=spectrum[/url] is actually the translatio…

    ... the feeling that this Spanish text adventure:

    [url]http ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx December 2013 Games
  • AVENTURA GAME - More spanish text adventures!From spanish author Miguel A Mat?as, actual worker at the Technical Support Service in our local GAME chain store, we have a new text adventure where…

    ... store, we have a new text adventure where you'll have ... of listening about foreing-language text advs? Wait for the oncoming ...
    Rockersuke Moroboshi Rockersuke Moroboshi February 2014 Brand new software
  • 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 +…

    ... />
    [CODE]
    ; Bi-Colour Scrolling-Buffer Game Engine for Four ... to allow vertical attribute-based scrolling.
    ;Use 8x2 repeated block ...
    joefish joefish March 2014 Development
  • Wanted: New/Newish text adventures for Monument MicrogamesSo we have general games in card-box packaging with added goodies, and we have compilations in new long-boxes. I'd like to begin a third and final r…

    ... and final range for Monument... Text adventures.

    I know ...
    Graz Graz April 2014 Wanted
  • Parallax scrolling - Shadow Of The Beast tech demoHi there folks! I thought I'd post what I've been pottering around with for the last couple of weekends. I've been experimenting with doing multi-la…

    ... with doing multi-layer parallax scrolling on the humble 48K. I ... />
    It runs at 25Hz, scrolling a 224x192 screen.

    Kayamon Kayamon July 2014 Development
  • Best text adventure?I'm looking to revisit a text adventure, and I was curious what people would recommend as one of the best text adventure games on the Spectrum. Not …

    ... 'm looking to revisit a text adventure, and I was curious ... as one of the best text adventure games on the Spectrum ...
    SteveSmith SteveSmith August 2014 Games
  • Less MIA - Mail Master + Text Master (1982) S&B SoftwareHi all :) -2 in MIA list :) this time thanks go to Rich Mellor - RWAP Services for original tape :) [IMG]http://forest.no-ip.org/wos/s&b/inlay.jpg[/…

    ... .org/wos/s&b/Text%20Master%20(1982)(S%26B ... .org/wos/s&b/Text%20Master%20(1982)(S%26B ...
    gorski gorski August 2014 MIA/STP/SDP
  • JAWS The TEXT Adventure ??While surfin the web this caught my attention: JAWS The TEXT Adventure: [url]http://games.usvsth3m.com/jaws/[/url] Why isn't this one on the WOS a…

    While surfin the web this caught my attention:

    JAWS The TEXT Adventure:
    [url]http://games.usvsth3m.com/jaws/[/url]


    Why isn't this one on the WOS archives? :lol:
    XvarZ XvarZ August 2014 Games
  • Early thoughts about creating a text adventureSo I always wanted to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure. I tried looking at PAWs and GAC, but frankly I'm probably too stupid to use them. I…

    ... create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure.

    I tried ... could merge it into my text adventure...)

    Cheers. :o
    dakidski dakidski December 2014 Development
  • Simple text scroller, first character problemin a text scroller, whole line scrolled to the left by 1 pixels using RL(HL) ; DEC L method. But at the rightmost character must be printed immediate…

    in a text scroller, whole line scrolled to ...
    Arda Arda January 2015 Development
  • English text proof-readingHi, I'm a non-native speaker of English, and within few weeks (or earlier) I am supposed to give my technical report for evaluation. I don't want to …

    ... willing to read through the text and check it against the ... chapters. The quality of the text to read through is similar ...
    tomascz tomascz February 2015 Chit chat
  • 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 ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How to get the current line position of a +3e's text window?Does anybody know how to get the current line position of a [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/zxplus3e/]ZX Spectrum +3e[/url]'s text window? I've r…

    ... /]ZX Spectrum +3e[/url]'s text window? I've read the ...
    programandala.net programandala.net March 2015 Development
  • Quoting textPossibly I'll be the only one ever to ask for this :)<br><br>Is it possible to change the quote setup so that it includes the name of the quoted pers…

    ... blah blah blah", my reply text just shows "Well blah blah ... click on submit with your text, it changes it to "Sir ...
    hackersanon hackersanon May 2015 WoS/Forum Issues
  • Text editor with touch keyboardThe text editor doesn't seem to play well with the Windows 8 on screen keyboard, when you click inside it the keyboard appears and then slides away i…

    The text editor doesn't seem to play well with the Windows 8 on screen keyboard, when you click inside it the keyboard appears and then slides away immeadiately, presumably because some JavaScript has diverted focus away from the text field.
    AndyC AndyC May 2015 WoS/Forum Issues
  • SpecBAS 0.844 releasedHi all - it's been a while... Having some unexpected extra time off work, I've been able to get some work done on SpecBAS and it's now a bit more …

    ... just embedded in PRINT or TEXT commands
    Commandline launching - sets ... of files to save on scrolling long lists
    REPLACE$(target ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • JAWS: The Text Adventure<div><img src="http://i62.tinypic.com/2rhv0xc.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://i61.tinypic.com/90czlx.gif" style="line-height: 1.7em;"><font face="A…

    ...  of a classic ZX-Spectrum text adventure in Sinclair BASIC.
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2015 Brand new software
  • Scrolling colourful graphicsHi,<br>I'm experimenting with scrolling colourful graphics. I'm keeping 8 pixel empty gap between colourful blocks to avoid colour clash.<br><br>But …

    ... ,
    I'm experimenting with scrolling colourful graphics. I'm keeping ...
    Ralf Ralf June 2015 Development
  • The text edition window shrinksJust when I thought that all my problems here were solved , another bug has popped up : When I begin writing a message , no matter if a new discussi…

    ... typing the first character the text edition window shrinks vertically to ... only one line of the text at a time . Additionally , the ... name/avatar and write the text in the "Activity" window which ... normally . Then I copy the text to the clipboard and paste ...
    modern_hermit modern_hermit July 2015 WoS/Forum Issues
  • Emulator support to paste textIs there any emulator that supports pasting text ? Something like: - for every ZX frame (just after interrupt) "insert" a new char (force keybo…

    ... any emulator that supports pasting text ?

    Something like:
    RMartins RMartins August 2015 Emulators
  • SPECTRUM GAMES FOR SALE incl. TEXT ADVENTURESYet more clearing out. A number of nice titles including quite a few text adventures. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=…

    Yet more clearing out. A number of nice titles including quite a few text adventures.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=millys-pigdog&_sop=1

    cheers

    P
    pigdog pigdog August 2015 Sales
  • New Game: El Cetro del Sol - Spanish text-adventureHi there! If you happen to enjoy playing old-school spanish text-adventures then this announcement is right for you! ;-) "[b]El Cetro del Sol[/…

    ... enjoy playing old-school spanish text-adventures then this announcement is ...
    Rockersuke Moroboshi Rockersuke Moroboshi October 2015 Brand new software
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