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Spindizzy: good or horrible?Spindizzy is definately a much-loved old speccy game but is it actually any good? I played it a load back in the day, but i played every game i had …
... warp you around the current screen...
... all over the current screen at breakneck speed ... /> You are in the second screen to the right of the ... /> You are in the second screen to the right and then ...
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Any news on the Minigame compo ?I was just wondering, does anybody have any idea as to when the next minigame compo will take place ? I'm eager to send my next crappy creation - per…
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
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Sable Wurf (?)I was just playing Sabre Wulf and for once I actually got places in the game. If this keeps up, I may eventually complete the game. Well, stranger t…
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128k Speccy ScreenAm I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and d…
Yes. The Second screen is in Page 7 and can be displayed by flipping bit 3 (XOR 8 ) of port 32765.
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Games Club Week 27It seems the votes are in for Solomon's Key. Go here, [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Solomon%27s+Key$&pub=^US+Gold+Ltd$&mo…
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Whats the worst spectrum game ever???Heres a question: whats the worst game you've ever played on the spec? Mines was LA SWAT by Entertainment USA it was just AWFUL! the graphics were sh…
Whats the worst spectrum game ever???Heres a question: whats the worst game you've ever played on the spec? Mines was LA SWAT by Entertainment USA it was just AWFUL! the graphics were sh…
BASin and the 128k commandsI've decided to look at incorporating the 128k commands PLAY and LOAD!, SAVE!, MERGE!, VERIFY! for the ramdisk. It won't be full 128k emulation. No …
... be buggy and overwrite the second screen, or are you planning to ...BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…
... 'm thinking mainly of the second screen, but also of MIDI)?
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The second screen is emulated - as is the ...New JSW/MM game releasedHere's a download link to a new JSW64 game that's been written. [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/UltimateManicMiner.zip"]http://homepag…
Aha, that worked (on the eighth attempt).
Down to a new room - the falling "thing" and the slowly moving rope are quite nice.
I'll play some more, but the second screen doesn't show much improvement.
D.New JSW/MM game releasedHere's a download link to a new JSW64 game that's been written. [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/UltimateManicMiner.zip"]http://homepag…
... in the "MANIC MINER PUB" screen (which is situated under the ... jump to get onto the second screen but I keep jumping off ...Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
The advantages of using the second screen instead of a memory buffer ... very well using a single screen, but if you're writing ... of that machine... using the second screen essentially gives you more time ...Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
... be done without a viewable second screen though, and probably was done ... machine:
Draw the screen to a buffer area. Copy ... it to the viewable screen area on an interrupt sync ... time taken to copy the screen. That time would be better ...Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
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Now using the extra screen:
1) Draw the gameplay ... if you include some simple screen selection code). Copying a ... lose from switching in the second screen, and still won't ... br />
Using the second screen provides it's own problems ...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…
... playing area only, not all screen).
03. In the ... ENTER for placing the first screen. Remove a main character (the ... . Focus the emulator, visit other screen, press CTRL+Q. In the ... cursor key for placing the second screen and press ENTER.
Treasure Island - Not the Dizzy oneOK, I never completed this as a kid, it came with the Speccy +2 on release and as a family we sat down and played it. I now have a GP2x and that has …
Thought i'd give this game a go, damn its hard ! Is this the right one ? First screen cross a road - done, second screen try and jump the gaps whilst avoiding the hands, get killed everytime ! Time i watched the rzx i think !Games club wc 08/07/06Heres to games for WC 08/07/06
did anyone play this?, did anyone get past the second screen, cos thats where i got stuck!Games club wc 08/07/06Heres to games for WC 08/07/06
its too hard, i cant get down the steps at the botton of the second screen.Games club wc 08/07/06Heres to games for WC 08/07/06
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First screen is obviously easy, nice graphics ... same as in Knight Lore. Second screen though some of the jumps ...Games club wc 08/07/06Heres to games for WC 08/07/06
... precious energy on entering a screen (the second screen being the example, here ...Games club wc 08/07/06Heres to games for WC 08/07/06
yeah that second screen always gets me, as soon as you enter you walk right and get klilled. arghhhh.Games club wc 08/07/06Heres to games for WC 08/07/06
no sorry, i only got the the second screen. it was fun though, loved all the little animation bits. even the one after you die still makes me giggle.ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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Each character cell on screen contains a single-byte background ... final version is copied to screen, and is how flicker free ... double buffer and draw a second screen like usual into that double ...Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
... achieved by writing to a second screen then flipping that forward when ... /right/left what is on screen and blits in the missing ...Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
... achieved by writing to a second screen then flipping that forward when ... /right/left what is on screen and blits in the missing ...Phantomasa, new ZX Spectrum gameWe are proud to announce the release of a new Spectrum game! Phantomasa!, a platform game that combines puzzle and hability. You can download it (f…
... grips with dying on the second screen :-P Thank god you have ...Phantomasa, new ZX Spectrum gameWe are proud to announce the release of a new Spectrum game! Phantomasa!, a platform game that combines puzzle and hability. You can download it (f…
[QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous]T I'm still getting to grips with dying on the second screen :-P [/QUOTE]
level 3 here :P Why do you make speccy games so hard? :D
