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ZX Piano for iPad[URL="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zx-piano/id393781120?mt=8"]ZX Piano for iPad[/URL] is a great toy. You can play the wonderful ZX Spectrum as an …
... /app/zx-piano/id393781120?mt=8"]ZX Piano for iPad[/URL ... wonderful ZX Spectrum as an 8 bit piano!!!
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How looks a Spectrum shown in a TFT VGA monitor?Some people has just asked me if a cheap Dealextreme VGA Box is capable of showing a decent picture from a ZX Spectrum. Well, I've just modded one r…
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what games are truly great regardless of format?the old comparisons things turns up here a lot favouring 1 machine or another.. but as I was listing "into the eagles nest" on a certain auction site…
Feedback need about a platform gameI've developed a few iPhone games based on 8-bit computer games and am now working on a stealth platformer for the iPad. I believe that 8-bit gamepl…
... few iPhone games based on 8-bit computer games and am now ... the iPad. I believe that 8-bit gameplaying was more pure than ... />
The game is a bit similar to Saboteur, i.e ...Game ideas that could have expanded uponPosting about [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000077]Action Force 2[/url] elsewhere got me thinking ... why didn't someone fol…
... been done sometime after the 8 bit era?
Any other ...Loading screen noise in Scott Pilgrim vs the WorldAfter coming back from a short vacation and starting to watch some movies, I watched "Scott Pilgrim vs the World". It had references to 8-bit stuff f…
... World". It had references to 8-bit stuff from beginning to end ...eZX Sparky[url]http://members.cox.net/supersparky/[/url] Is anybody else following the development of this interesting little project? How long has it been ar…
... at making the ultimate 8 bit computer we always wanted ... the next logical step in 8 bit technology, not supercharged version ... are becoming the mainstream and 8 bit processors have been relegated ... case for the hobbyist. 8 bit processors are still the easiest ...The Manic Miner intelligence testI've spent the morning watching various teenagers playing 8 bit games. One thing that really struck me is Manic Miner seems to be quite good at showi…
... morning watching various teenagers playing 8 bit games. One thing that really ...On the wireless tonight...Alright folks, Well, I always thought that I had a face for radio, and now I'm going to see if I have a voice for radio too. Fledging Cheshire radio…
... talk about the 8-bit indy development scene and other 8-bit related stuffs ... regarding indy developments and/or 8-bits as long as they ... @thisisthecat.com (you knows which bit to remove). Please avoid the ...New tool: ZXBOOT.EXE[B]ASM[/B] is proud to present the first release of ZXBOOT.EXE: [url]http://www.4shared.com/file/NP-FVOSf/zxboot__beta_.html[/url] ZXBOOT is a comma…
... output of ZXBOOT is 44100hz 8 BIT unsigned mono WAV or binary ...Other good oldschool computers?Hi! I'm a collector of games, and i looooooooove computers. I'm very much intrested in: -Amiga 500&1200 -Atari 8-bit -C64 -C16 -Spectrum -QL -CoCo -…
A game called Jetpack (not to be confused with Jetpac)This actually sat on my hard disk for ages (months, a year?) before I bothered playing it. I suspect I downloaded it thinking it was a DOS version of…
... -DOS machines, it's very 8-bit in feel, best described as ...games you only just found out exsisted YEARS laterI never knew drop zone was ported to the snes.. it's cack compared to the atari 8 bit IMHO.. but was surprised to see it had been ported.. a showcase…
I never knew drop zone was ported to the snes.. it's cack compared to the atari 8 bit IMHO.. but was surprised to see it had been ported.. a showcase game for the atari compared to this "effort"Oric Atmos 64 for $10 in the US. Daayym[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Oric-Nova-64-vintage-8-bit-computer-working-4-books_W0QQitemZ180612882979QQcategoryZ4193QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m8QQ…
... .uk/Oric-Nova-64-vintage-8-bit-computer-working-4-books_W0QQitemZ180612882979QQcategoryZ4193QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo ...8 Bit Lounge - 8th Feb. - BirminghamJust a heads up to you guys that we'r going to be hosting a Kick Off 2 tournament at the Hare and Hounds Pub in Kings Heath, Birmingham. There will …
Just a heads up to you guys that we'r going to be hosting a Kick Off 2 tournament at the Hare and Hounds Pub in Kings Heath, Birmingham.
There will be 3 Amiga's as well as other retro systems and also a DJ playing music which we have grew up ...Converting a decimal number to binary...Hi Folks, Been thinking about ways to convert a decimal number to 8 bit binary and came up with the following: [CODE]100 REM ----------------------…
... convert a decimal number to 8 bit binary and came up with ... REM --------------------------
110 DIM b(8):
LET b(1)=128 ... 16:
LET b(5)= 8:
LET b(6)= 4 ... 7)= 2:
LET b(8)= 1
120 REM --------------------------
Octode - new eight channel beeper music engineYes, another one. This engine provides eight channels of tone, without volume or decays, and with small pauses between rows, so it is Wham-like. It a…
... . Like ZX-7, it uses 8-bit frequency dividers, so usual detuning ... 'm personally don't think 8 channels are useful, but why ...Screenshots May Vary book - ZX vs C64 vs CPC[IMG]http://www.parkproductions.btinternet.co.uk/images/bookpreview1.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94jpuWsOdns"]http://www.youtube.…
... moving graphics. Back in the 8-bit heyday meant seeing all the ... for 3 versions of 280 8-bit games & discovering the fun ...New To Group....Hi All, A quick introduction as this is my first post. I am a Scarborough, UK based chap who is quite heavily into retro computing, more specificall…
... into retro computing, more specifically 8 bit home computers. I have a ... is basically in columns, every 8 pixels, it does sound like ...Elite Press ReleasePRESS RELEASE Noon, 16th March 2011 ? Lichfield, Staffs, United Kingdom Elite? Announce ZX Spectrum Game Software Market Worth In Excess of US$150…
... -zx-spectrum-hd/id418720728?mt=8[/url]
They ... -spectrum-elite-collection/id391336343?mt=8[/url]
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Elite ... : The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in ...+3e Commands, Syntax and Help (please =()Hello there my fellow ZX'ers, I have been having a very late play about with ZX SPin, and I have been enjoying some of the interesting features, lik…
... getting on with the next bit.
I created a ... SLAVE *#1* IDE 1) the 8 bit device HDF wouldn't load ... />
I am at a bit of a loss, thats what ...Why didn't you want a NES?I'm trying to work out why consoles didn't make much of an impact in the UK in the 80s. At school in the late 80s, I knew one person who had a NES, …
... System. Everyone else had an 8-bit computer. And when the 90s ... people upgraded to a 16-bit computer rather than the Mega ...bruce lee credits[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000718[/url] Ron designed it / coded it on c64 (and prolly atari 8 bit IRC) as on the loading…
... on c64 (and prolly atari 8 bit IRC) as on the loading ...Was it always this bad?There's lots of things in life that still take me by surprise even though I should be used to them by now. Things like how it is still daylight at 10…
... near so extreme. In the 8 bit computer days it was, I ...Recreating the era of 8-bit computers[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13201254[/url] Nice little piece about old computers.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13201254[/url]
Nice little piece about old computers.Recreating the era of 8-bit computers[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13201254[/url] thought it might be interesting to you geeky lot :)
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13201254[/url]
thought it might be interesting to you geeky lot :)GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
Hi,
Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec?
Is there anything current out there?
[url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8-bit-guis-eye-candys-not-just-for-the-32-bit/[/url]What would you like to see.......in a new 8 Bit computer fanzine? Later this year will see the launch of the first issue of a new fanzine dedicated to reporting on the latest a…
....in a new 8 Bit computer fanzine?
Later ... greatest from the ever eventful 8 BIT scene. From the CPC to ... more detail than any other 8 BIT resource. A bold statement, but ... as long as it is 8 Bit, current and community based in ...fast font engine possible?inspired by the recent "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and having done some of the work on this in the past i wonder if it …
... width). this would enable fast 8-bit calculations for measure_font function. ... thus for standard zx fixed 8?8 font the definition would be ... font format)
(each 8 bytes are one character…)
byte 7,8: mask for a 1111111111111000
