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  • Crash: On The Screen compo scansAs the work on Microhobby's Pixel A Pixel printed loading screens restoration is going well lately, I would like to start preparing for making the sa…

    ... start preparing for making the same work on Crash: On The Screen competition.
    Which ... ?

    [code]Full name On the Screen
    Publisher Crash (UK)
    On The Screen into same restoration process, but ...
    moroz1999 moroz1999 October 2015 Support files
  • is there something special about the left hand column on the screenSo.... I've noticed that when I move my player round when it bumps into the left hand side of the screen (print at 5,1;"X" etc that the controls rev…

    ... it bumps into the left hand side of the screen (print at 5 ... ,1;"X" etc that the controls ... is working fine on the right hand side of the screen (say print at ... by this weird reversing effect on the left hand side

    Wookiee Wookiee February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Here is a list of all the games on the Amstrad e-mailer.I reallydon't recommend getting this e-mailer for the Spectrum games! I bought it cos my BT e100 died. Anyway this is a list of the games, as a coup…

    ... getting this e-mailer for the Spectrum games! I bought ... /> Chess
    Eric and the Floaters
    Boulder Dash


    The category headings, and stuff in ... Amstrads wording as it appears on the screen.


    top ...
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2003 Games
  • problem on the video output (spectrum 2+)Hello, I'am french. (Sorry my english is very bad). I have a problem on my spectrum 2 +. At the beginner the picture (on my tv) have 2 area where 2 t…

    ... a problem on my spectrum 2 +. At the beginner the picture (on my tv ... (even after extinguished the tv).
    Now, the picture is very bad ... are some square and line on the screen.

    Please, help me ...
    pacman pacman February 2007 Hardware
  • Into the screen driving simulator effectI was wondering how the racing games of yore did the into the screen scrolling effect. I'm sure you could do something crude drawing bars on the scre…

    ... wondering how the racing games of yore did the into the screen scrolling ... do something crude drawing bars on the screen of differing heights (in fact ... very, very crude and on the Amiga so I'll apologise ... but I was wondering how the likes of Chase HQ, Outrun ...
    SnakeOilSteve SnakeOilSteve February 2008 Development
  • Question on copying screen bufferHi, Al my prevoius games were copying graphics directly to screen memory starting at 16384. Now I'm experimenting with screen buffer where I could d…

    ... were copying graphics directly to screen memory starting at 16384. Now ... I'm experimenting with screen buffer where I could draw ... m not clearing any sprites on the screen, I'm just copying static ... image from buffer to screen after HALT.

    ...
    Ralf Ralf December 2009 Development
  • VIC 20 on the SpectrumThe original "20 Commodes" program released for CSSCGC 2008 has been improved and now has its own entry in WoS. The improved code has been sitting on…

    ... ) Updates to the VIC charset pointer are reflected on the screen immediately (try pressing ... CAPS+SYM+C on the emulator screen)

    If you only ever tried out the ...
    Jimmy Jimmy October 2010 Announcements
  • clear a windowed area of the screenHi everyone! Ain't been on here for donkeys, but have recently started messing around with a little game. I'm looking for ideas/opinions on the bes…

    ... ideas/opinions on the best way to clear a window on the screen RAM.

    My last attempt at a game used the ... stack, but the code took up a ... a 25x24 char section of the screen.

    Any suggestions?< ...
    Atari_Jetman Atari_Jetman October 2014 Development
  • z88dk : FIle Handling in C on the +3e environment under Win 764bitHello my fellow WoSers! I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little pickle of z88dk / Windows using +3e Filesystem. So a little inf…

    ... could just lump the bin in the memory of the system but I ... br />
    So the program prints out on the screen "Writing text to file ... " followed by a new line with the ... to BASIC - sadly no output on the disk at all... not a ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 June 2017 Development
  • A new emulator is in townHello, I'd like to announce a new ZX Emulator, it's Spectacol (https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol) a free (GPLv3+) emulator which currently t…

    ... and depending of the movement detected the cursor (always within the contour) icon ... taps automatically upon the ads. I have enabled the android option to see taps on the screen ... and figured this could be used for games alongside the ...
    hikoki hikoki April 2016 Emulators
  • ZX Advance on the DS....It's fantastic!!! I new soon or later I was bound to get a DS, even though I have Zero time to play with it, and I am glad I did!! First thing I did …

    ... room on the display to show the whole spectrum screen at once !!!
    Besides, on the ... be able to use the touch screen to simulate the keyboard, with some sort ... of quick remapping of the controls ...
    Arm73 Arm73 December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…

    ... /> disk drive led come on.
    The screen just flashes black and white ... around
    the border, almost ... and RESET does not show the diag screen,
    and I dont ... /> Any ideas as to what the fault is?

    ...
    mlasham mlasham December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Building a new emulator ON the ZX SpectrumIn 1997 I wrote a ZX81-emulator for the ZX Spectrum. In 2000 I wrote a Videopac/Odessey2-emulator for the ZX Spectrum. Now I'm thinking of an emulat…

    ... with just 1 fixed screen with games on it like DONKEY KONG ... are built up? The have a fixed screen with only a limited ... could light up. Emulation of the screen can't be too hard ... can load the fixed screen and only have to print the moveable characters ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2004 Emulators
  • On 48k, can I copy 4k before next screen updateFollowing on from my thread at [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=6423&forum=11"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/v…

    Following on from my thread at [url=" ... to Screen in under 1/50th, or am I missing the point ... , I basically want to copy back to front screen ... to 4000h, with no flicker on the screen.

    HELP ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Can anyone tell me how to emulate the ZX Printer on a PC-printer?What code's do you sent to the PC-printer to make it print a LLISTING or SCREEN$ with Sinclair font or the SCREEN$ as it has loaded on the screen? I…

    ... to the PC-printer to make it print a LLISTING or SCREEN ... $ with Sinclair font or the SCREEN$ as it has loaded on the screen?
    the result through the interface trough the PC to the printer.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2004 Emulators
  • Tintin on the Moon, 3 kind of levels??I just completed the game "Tintin on the Moon" and I found out that there are only two kind of levels, the third, apparently when you have to land th…

    I just completed the game "Tintin on the Moon" and I found out ... when you have to land the rocket on the moon, It seems I ... level I had the congratulations screen, with the message and the rocket landed. I ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx April 2006 Games
  • Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …

    ... is with avoiding the obstacles. On the Spectrum, the scrolling is slower, ... always in the middle of the screen rather than the left hand ... , and would have worked well on the Spectrum version.
    ... the most famous games on the C64, is actually better on the ...
    Spector Spector January 2007 Games
  • Head over Heels on the C64Dunno if this' a good place to bring this up :D I've been comparing Head over Heels versions and the C64 version is way inferior, everytime there's…

    ... everytime there's a lot on screen the action slows to a crawl ... knocking those killing blocks around, on the 64 version, not only ... help in this situation) and the other the sprite stuff.
    < ... br /> So here's the question, if the C64 hardware sprites had ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 June 2008 Games
  • Your views on...Heavy on the Magick[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002274]Heavy on the Magick[/url] I was impressed with this game. For the size of the charac…

    ... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0002274]Heavy on the Magick[/url]

    I ... this game. For the size of the characters, the graphics were great which ... it a serious go. The loading screen was cool as well.
    CUCHULAINN CUCHULAINN July 2008 Games
  • Suckered by screen shots on the packaging?Who got tricked into buying some junk like Yi Ar Kung Fu on the basis of the graphics on the back of the box, which, quelle surprise, turned out to b…

    ... Ar Kung Fu on the basis of the graphics on the back of the box, which ... , quelle surprise, turned out to be the ... :

    PS: They pulled the same trick with Hypersport as ...
    Paperboy Paperboy July 2008 Games
  • Games that are way too hard ... on the EASIEST settingToday I dug up my MAME emulator and played a few oldies. Amongst those was "Side Arms" (Japanese Version; dunno if and how it differs from the wester…

    ... />
    Afterwards I checked the dip switches and was flabbergasted ... especially all the wacky 2D shooters where the boss enemies churn ... cover almost the entire screen, think it's totally over the top. ... 's "Image Fight" (had it on the PC-Engine).

    ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG July 2008 Games
  • VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…

    ... Basic program takes 197 seconds on the current version of 20 Commodes ... Owen (on WoS as 'obo'). His code is mainly for the SAM ... the screen memory area.)

    There is a VIC 20 page on ...
    Jimmy Jimmy August 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Doom on the Spectrum - QuestionsHey folks, I'm just wondering if anyone could answer some of the questions I have about the Doom demo created for the Speccy. It's basically one sm…

    ... answer some of the questions I have about the Doom demo created ... 'score'. You view the screen as if through a screen with a skeleton ... a full game like that on the Speccy or would it be ... run it as several games on an emulator for it to ...
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere October 2008 Games
  • Keane on the spectrumMrs and I went to see Keane in Manchester on Saturday. For one song, they recreated the speccie loading screen on the massive projection behind them.…

    ... one song, they recreated the speccie loading screen on the massive projection behind them ... .... nice!

    And I recall the ... DVD for the IT Crowd did the same thing too - iconic is the ...
    mickmog mickmog February 2009 Games
  • cracking co-ops on the X-box 360If i start 3 more xbox threads bill gates promised to give me 20 quid. me and the lass have had a right laugh playing through GOW, GOW 2, and left …

    ... themselves. not online ones. ones on the same console.

    we ... at war' the other day as the back of the box said it ... -op. it was proper crap, the screen was squashed in leaving black ... no effort to include the other player in the storyline, it just ...
    mile mile March 2009 Chit chat
  • "This is a screensaver that do not save the screen"Which was a quote from the first release of SCREEN$ back in April 2001. Little did he know that, against the best judgement of myself and my peers, I…

    Which was a quote from the first release of SCREEN$ back in April ... ]

    Unpack the SCREEN$.scr file and the "scr" folder to your ... few words on configuration:

    SCREEN$ has possibly the nicest Speccy screen you ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • JUNGLE TROUBLE - Stuck on first screen Please Help!!I Can't even get past the crocodile on the first screen! :o I'm obviously missing something. There doesn't appear to be a jump key. I use 5=Left 8=R…

    ... 't even get past the crocodile on the first screen! :o
    I ... then I could go up the ladder on the left hand side. (after ... which I got clobbered by the ... Spectaculator most the time, but the game has the same problem on others, ...
    ballroomeast ballroomeast May 2009 Games
  • Your views on...The Snowman[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004609]The Snowman[/url] Another game I haven't played. Was it any good? It looks basic, but …

    ... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004609]The Snowman[/url]

    Another ... 'a fun. I really like the loading screen too.
    I may ... just have to fire it up on the ...
    CUCHULAINN CUCHULAINN July 2009 Games
  • Snow on screen of 48K Speccyok you wizards I fixed up my 4116 ram issue as Winston and McLeod advised me before by replacing with 4164's.... all I could find here in Singapore (…

    ... my regular shop had) was the old ceramic/metal top chips ... work fine. I also broke the crystal (I think 14MHz) off ... I got it working. Snow on the screen. Particularly on cyan / red. See Pic ... suggestions? experts? could it be the crystal? BTW This happens all ...
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae October 2009 Hardware
  • Black screen on a Spectrum?I'm looking at a Spectrum+ on eBay right now and the guy says when he plugs it in and turns it on, the screen is black. He says it's because a casset…

    ... at a Spectrum+ on eBay right now and the guy says when ... it in and turns it on, the screen is black. He says it ...
    Tupin Tupin November 2009 Hardware
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