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  • Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…

    ... listening to Big country and simple minds.

    Just won ... />
    Other stuff
    Altai joystick (boxed)
    Vixon motherboard (connect ...
    mel the bell mel the bell September 2018 Games
  • Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…

    ... listening to Big country and simple minds.

    Just won ... />
    Other stuff
    Altai joystick (boxed)
    Vixon motherboard (connect ...
    grey key grey key September 2018 Games
  • what components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power onwhat components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on? i remember doing this a few times when i had …

    ... right connections to rewire a joystick by connecting each in turn ... to the joystick board while the cable was ... parallel port and a little tester program was running to tell ... short, not thinking about the joystick end of things being connected ...
    Antiriad2097 Antiriad2097 October 2018 Hardware
  • what components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power onwhat components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on? i remember doing this a few times when i had …

    ... the connector up correctly, simple interfaces like joystick interfaces are less likely ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK October 2018 Hardware
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... hangup is really simple, its the lack of joystick. See I got ... so used to the joystick games back in the day ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch January 2019 Chit chat
  • Bit of fun - one change onlyI also posted this on another marque's forum (for their products) to see. Its just a bit of fun really. OK, if you could of made one change to a S…

    ... RAM or ROM is relatively simple. As it stands, the ULA ... RAM and a built in joystick port would have been rather ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK February 2019 Hardware
  • Amstrad CPC joystick with 1,2 or 3 fire buttons usable with Spectrum?I was not aware that some cpc joysticks (or with a 'cpc mode selector') allowed up to 3 fire buttons! But it seems the pinout is not the usal one …

    ... is not simple due to the wide range of joystick interfaces that ... more than three designs of joystick interfaces from Kempston for a ... chip or two joystick ports, it is fairly simple to modify the ... />
    If there are two joystick ports (like on the Amstrad ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK April 2019 Hardware
  • Amstrad CPC joystick with 1,2 or 3 fire buttons usable with Spectrum?I was not aware that some cpc joysticks (or with a 'cpc mode selector') allowed up to 3 fire buttons! But it seems the pinout is not the usal one …

    ... that the buttons are just simple switches and 2nd button is ... I can use 2 button joystick with every game. Even with ...
    arttu arttu April 2019 Hardware
  • ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…

    There’s a simple reason I told you to ... the menu to set the joystick: when you have set all ... your joystick buttons, just save the configuration ... file and see all the joystick settings. Then you can copy ...
    chernandezba chernandezba December 2019 Emulators
  • ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…

    ... ="chernandezba;959376"]There’s a simple reason I told you to ... the menu to set the joystick: when you have set all ... your joystick buttons, just save the configuration ... file and see all the joystick settings. Then you can copy ...
    chernandezba chernandezba December 2019 Emulators
  • Getting Android emulators for rhe ZX Spectrum to work with "Ye Olde" 9 pin "D" joysticks circa 1984!I suppose people could say "Why Bother" ? Well at least I have an answer (I have a lot of these old joysticks!) . So if I am minded to try and get…

    ... />
    Your normal Atari-style joystick will report the same state ... a button on your Atari joystick, your Mayflash adapter probably ... ] get an Atari-to-USB joystick adapter.

    You ... to confuse you even more. Simple solutions for simple problems.
    fms fms May 2020 Emulators
  • Great Manual ,"Shame About the Game" Yup I came across a 1984 ZX Spectrum program with a REALLY GOOD manual. All nicely printed with a ring bound back . I remember trying out similar st…

    ... type of joystick to use . I decided to keep it simple with ... to use an old style joystick with a Mayflash Genesis adapter ... I set up the Spectaculator joystick options for Cursor and then ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio June 2020 Games
  • Great Manual ,"Shame About the Game" Yup I came across a 1984 ZX Spectrum program with a REALLY GOOD manual. All nicely printed with a ring bound back . I remember trying out similar st…

    ... type of joystick to use . I decided to keep it simple with ... to use an old style joystick with a Mayflash Genesis adapter ... I set up the Spectaculator joystick options for Cursor and then ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler June 2020 Games
  • Additional Information , Notes , and Details , re.the Main Windows Edition of Spectaculator There is no lenghy instruction to go with Spectaculator . Mark did a great job adding extra info. with this thread:- [url="https://worldofspectr…

    Keeping it simple :- Yes I think you are ... not enough to configure the joystick as per Mark's piece ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio July 2020 Emulators
  • How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…

    ... couldn't find a good simple print function, so I decided ... . I was planning to add joystick support in here but I ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • Looking for a utility (keyboard and joystick tester)Hello everybody! I'm looking for a utility program of the Spectrum (hope this is the correct place to post it!). It showed the keyboard on screen,…

    ... well be other keyboard or joystick testers also.

    If ... type in a simple BASIC program to test Kempston joystick interfaces.
    1024MAK 1024MAK October 2020 Games
  • Getting Better at TZXThere are possibly fewer "rules" in chit chat so I thought I would put this here. it is a couple of years since I attempted doing any TZX files so…

    ... basic Multifacing abilties, a simple button press would not do ... appear in Spectaculator's joystick options menu so I ... KEYBOARD only? ( no joystick controls for the Spectrum version ... with a game "this late" , joystick controls would automatically be included ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio November 2020 Chit chat
  • Bit of fun - ToastRack , one change onlyAlthough there's an old "one change only" topic about, I was thinking about the toastyrack 128's earlier. Its actually the only Spectrum model I've n…

    ... , and Caps lock LED,
    [*]Joystick port wired as Atari compatible ... ]
    [list][*]Dump the tape tester and the keypad routines and ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2020 Hardware
  • Finding and listing the Games that are PWI ( Playable Without Instructions)The idea for this came up here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58008/what-of-zx-spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referri…

    ... or setting up the keyboard/joystick options. So there are ... all the player and joystick/keyboard options have to be ... Games like "Batty" that need simple set up selections are very ... Joystick Selection ) . This way the "party" games requiring relatively simple ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio November 2020 Games
  • Best Game for the 16K ZX SpectrumMaybe this has been covered before, but I thought I would ask for some "best game" ideas for the 16k Speccy

    ... a whirl (even though no joystick option) . It seemed at ... for fire . This seems simple enough (for right handers) ... it up on a joystick with emulator might improve ... try . Can a non joystick game like this be ... it before with a non joystick game . Maybe I ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio November 2020 Games
  • Finding and listing the Games that are PWI ( Playable Without Instructions)The idea for this came up here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58008/what-of-zx-spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referri…

    ... work . When I pressed a joystick button I got lots of ... are not provided?"

    Simple games like "Space Invaders" have ... or it it just another simple zapping game? .This is the ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio December 2020 Games
  • Are there any TWIN COMPUTER games or any other twinned software for the ZX Spectrum?I noticed in the PSS Game "Tobruk" that there was an option for the use of 2 Amstrad Micros . The instructions say :- "This advanced version of Tobru…

    ... two computers together via the joystick connector on sinclair machines ... I looked up the Amstrad joystick connector to see what is ...
    Pin No. Amstrad CPC Joystick Port
    1 Up
    simple serial communication. Was rs232 via the joystick port ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2020 Games
  • Best "Quick and Easy " Games for JoystickYes I know , the immediate reaction to this is that it must have been covered here loads of times before . And yes , of course , there are loads of …

    ... Kempston or Sinclair joystick options. Its as simple as picking the ... that list that have the joystick/keys options you want.< ... have with selecting the appropriate joystick options in your emulator.< ... no need for a separate joystick option beyond the simplicity ...
    Antiriad2097 Antiriad2097 July 2021 Games
  • Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …

    The above joystick does not right click properly . ... worth fixing . It looks pretty simple inside. It could be the ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio August 2021 Hardware
  • Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…

    ... were essential)
    [*]Kempston compatible joystick interface OR later on, a ... joystick interface compatible with the Sinclair ... is it’s not as simple as it looks. Although the ... off switch
    [*]Built in joystick ports (two, to the existing ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK September 2021 Hardware
  • Using a Mayflash MD USB Adapter with Spectaculator on Windows 10Using a Mayflash MD USB Adapter with Spectaculator on Windows 10 First, plug the Mayflash MD USB Adapter into a USB port and let Windows do it's t…

    ... the opposite side of the joystick D plug . Sorting out the ... not so easy as a simple rewire as the Arduino "retains ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio October 2021 Emulators
  • Getting Better at TZXThere are possibly fewer "rules" in chit chat so I thought I would put this here. it is a couple of years since I attempted doing any TZX files so…

    ... game did not allow proper joystick selection
    3) The ... it appears that a very simple part of "getting better ... sorted out ( on simple games anyway) the joystick selection bit . But ... there" that are brilliant for joystick configuration but not much else ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio March 2022 Chit chat
  • New release of ZEsarUXFound today by chance on: [url]https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases/tag/10.1-13122021[/url] [quote]ZEsarUX-10.1 Beta1 Pre-release che…

    ... />
    Added real joystick support on Mac
    Added ...
    Added new joystick event to exit ZEsarUX< ... left-right movement on joystick, to play Decathlon-like ... Added Spectravideo Joystick emulation
    Added support for simple speaker output ...
    Luzie Luzie May 2022 Emulators
  • 1942 isn't all that badIt isn't, you know. I played that for the first time in 15+ years earlier today and it's alright. It's got all the enemy patterns, power ups and basi…

    ... am trying to configure a joystick to play the Spectrum ... in Fuse and SpecEmu. The joystick correctly types numbers in basic ... pressing those directions on the joystick does nothing. I tried ... entries. Am I missing something simple here?


    ...
    wongojack wongojack August 2022 Games
  • Standard Development LibrariesSo after some time away I decided to re-register after a Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/SpectrumNez/status/1578158361236963328) led me to a Visu…

    ... /57925/how-to-write-a-simple-c-asm-horizontal-scrolling-game ... a keyboard library. And a joystick library. (But the keyboard and ... joystick are like 20 lines of ...
    Timmy Timmy October 2022 Assembler
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