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Z80 to TZX Converter !Hey Everyone ! I have a bit of time lately and I coded a little utility that can convert the Z80 snapshot (any version, 48k and 128k supported) to T…
... it decided variables declared inside the for() arguments were local ... (well, with some garbage on the screen, but i'm presuming thats ... because the loader is stored in screen RAM or ... my game doesn't clear the whole screen yet).
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Z80 to TZX Converter !Hey Everyone ! I have a bit of time lately and I coded a little utility that can convert the Z80 snapshot (any version, 48k and 128k supported) to T…
... things like this, but on the surface it sounds like ... the last line of the screen$, and loads the screen of wherever the ... Z80 was saved right at the ... Lunter's Z802TAP" bit on the screen, he couldve left his ... -
New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
... different ways of displaying the graphics on the screen that a generic way ... to modify any of the games to use 256 ... colours. I think the Spec256 guys made it a ... find any description of that on their site... might be ... was edited by: Tom-Cat on 2004-01-16 11:33 ... -
ebook on graphicsi would like to learn coding about sinclair graphics in machine code. is there any scanned ebooks about it on a site?
... starters, how the heck do i get graphics on the screen and move them ... "Spectrum +2: Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner" by Joe Pritchard ... are no answers to the exercises in the book, but other than ... a Radio Shack book from the USA. The book mentions a a ... -
Spectrum 128 Graphics - A missed opportunity?The Spectrum 128 is my favourite model of the Spectrum - the pinnacle of the Sinclair miracle before it was hijacked by Amstrad. But I can't help thi…
... method which combines UDGs and the little used OVER insturction.
The program will demonstrate the technieques and uses the UDGs 'A ... /> What you should have on the screen after running the routine is a character ... -
Games that wouldnt loadI had a few of these, and even after taking them bck some still didnt load first time :( anybody else have/had games like this The pain in the asses…
... of curiosity what was the Lens-Lock Protection anyway? ... it I never encountered the Lens-Lock system.
the game. At the end of loading ... garbled set of text on the screen that you would have ... produce. The first game I played with that on was ... -
Games that wouldnt loadI had a few of these, and even after taking them bck some still didnt load first time :( anybody else have/had games like this The pain in the asses…
... came bundled with the game. At the end of loading ... garbled set of text on the screen that you would have ... produce. The first game I played with that on was ... br />
I think the helicopter game was "Tomahawk" by ... Scrabble after leaving the tape by the TV for a ... -
N.O.M.A.D. remake released...Well its finally here if anyone wants to have a play, after about three months. Please make sure you allow it to access port 80 on your firewall if …
... indeedio! A great improvement on the Speccy one graphically without sacraficing ... is harder than it is on the Spectrum as you use ... real graphical gripe is the particles the NOMAD leaves look odd ... s still a flashing cursor on the screen seems plain wrong to me ... -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... felt that the advantages of the C64 were ... the blockiness of the sprites and the abuse of the ... VIC's magnifying facilities (caused by the ... on the screen, exploit the VIC's collision detection, dabble with some saw-waves on the ... -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... isn't the same thing.
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On 2004-02 ... [/I] corners to push the limits on the C64 and coders have done ... matter of slapping sprites on the screen and using the hardware scrolling and actually ... -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... on the part of the coders, not bothering to put colours on the screen ... that is.[/sarcasm]
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On 2004 ... BASIC, that overall is better on the Spectrum (which it is), ... don't like all the games on the C64 either) and i ... -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... lazyness on the part of the coders, not bothering to put colours on the screen that ... is.[/sarcasm]
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The word "lazyness ... i don't like all the games on the C64 either) and i ... -
First speccy game you ever ever played..Just having a play on Jet-Pac (on my +2 I hasten to add as I would never play a denied game on an emulator...no sireee ;) ) and suddenly realised tha…
It was "Full Throttle". I was amazed :D by the fact that I could turn the bike that appeared on the screen just by touching a key. Nowadays I'm an IT professional :) -
Spectaculaaaaaaator problems?ive got a couple of strange things happening with my copy of spectaculator version 5.3 and thought somebody could shed some light on it. 1) when i t…
... and Spectaculator would type the word SPECTRUM on the screen.
What firewall ... AV Realtime monitoring runnig all the time? If so try and ... -
Amstrad? crazy cars?I was just looking through the crazy cars booklet in the crazy cars / crazy cars double pack cassette and noticed it says :- Game rules - you are rac…
... get too much colour on the screen, and the game would become a ... />
When the programmer got it right the results could be ... ).
The reason for the differing number of tracks ... different developers working on the two versions of the game. maybe! -
Help with a faulty Spectrum +Just bought it on eBay ( [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=2792353010"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll…
... you then sell it on. (Mind you, the membrane is a newly ... keyboard itself (pushing down on the keys a bit might be ... together and complete the circuit - hence something appears on the screen). I believe there ... -
Footie Director 2 +3 versionI am so happy to find the +3 version of FDII on the site! Now at last I can re-live my student years!! One question though - when you play an away …
... a stat somewhere on the field. If you bring on an attacker that ... /> You?ll see the ground drawn on the screen and after the scoreboard is ready ... , the fans are shown entering the ... -
Footie Director 2 +3 versionI am so happy to find the +3 version of FDII on the site! Now at last I can re-live my student years!! One question though - when you play an away …
... just seemed like random numbers on the screen! Now I understand about registers ... to actually code it on the speccy - what are the best compiler progs ... Speccy prog? What's the best way of going about ... also copying this post to the appropriate forum for MC advice ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... Debugger (I *LOVE* the way everything is on the screen at once... really great ... sure I will also try the assembler at one point. ... , RealSpec (and the eagerly awaited RealX) and the (unfortunetly not free ... think ZX Community has the best emulator base around.< ... -
Why Hex in place of Denary?Ok - most MC books / tutorials advocate the use of hex instead of denary. But the Speccy doesn't actually have a Hex converter so you need to write …
... you have poked the following MC routine into the memory from location ... function always returns the contents of the BC register at the point at ... BC (i.e 6) to the screen.
PRINT USR ... , and 6 will be printed on the screen. But you are not trying ... -
handbook for newbies ?looking at questions what regulary appears on this forum i have an idea. why not to write short book for newbies. if few experienced coders write eac…
... attempted to discover the mechanics behind the madness on his own, can ... i've found z80 tutorials on the web, and in p2p ... now those for z80 asm on the spectrum, including 128k and ... you how to get graphics on the screen, movement, scrolling, sound.
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Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
... way of destroying the gun-thing on the ground on the screen with the last piece ... of clock in it (the ... and trying to land on the roof or something is ... t NEED to put the painting back on the wall (after removing ... -
EmuZWin problem!Hello! I'm trying to load Fairlight I into EmuZWin v2.4.004. It don't load at all. I'v tryed several versions of fairlight I and II. Thees files …
... add a custom grid on the editor screen, like resizable sqares of ... and white dotds on the screen. Do you remember the option to display ... sometimes games just draw something on the screen without using udg graphics, ... to leave a shade on the gfx window, and if ... -
EmuZWin problem!Hello! I'm trying to load Fairlight I into EmuZWin v2.4.004. It don't load at all. I'v tryed several versions of fairlight I and II. Thees files …
... to add a custom grid on the editor screen, like resizable sqares of ... black and white dotds on the screen. Do you remember the option to display ... pointer to leave a shade on the gfx window, and if ... four pointers on screen !![/quote]
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Just in case you think IT jobs are easy!I thought you might get a laff from this:- This guy called me last week from India. Me: Command Centre, Lee speaking Caller: IT Please Me: You're t…
... had upgraded the sales process system from a green screen system to ... I was teaching this bloke on the new system and asked him ... you move the mouse and then double click on that icon ... desk and placed it on the screen and pressed the right button twice!!!!!!!! I ... -
256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
... their projects on the page.
Armando, the screenshots you ... you using to capture the images on the screen? For my part, ... I'm using Vladimir's excellent Grab Screen ... program to capture the images in ... -
Announce: MM/JSW box-set _Party Willy_Today I release Part 1 of my new Jet Set Willy game, [I]Party Willy[/I] - so called because it's in several parts, most notably two 48K JSW parts (Pa…
... get anywhere on Party Willy? Can I bollox!!!! Screen 1 I ... can just manage to get over the bushes, under the ... the house, but cant jump over the blue willy (ooo-er) :lol:. On the screen ... to the left ... -
simple z80 rom for test my emulatorHi there! Does anyone here have a very simple rom(in Z80 format) for testing my emulator. I need a very simple one that implements few opcodes and po…
ok tks for the help I Have already got a z80 snapshot of a little demo that draws some text on the screen. I get it from the Archive section of this site... I think that is enougth to me for now! -
Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…
... /> nathan: I don't think the compressor works that way.
on his webspace. the message was probably months ... had a similar idea. if the compiled program allows LOAD !"picture ... in and poke the right value so it comes on the screen. and some ... -
Making GAC games on an emulatorHi, this is my first post here but I had a question that I hope someone might be able to answer. This may sound like an incredibly stupid question, …
... GAC normally and start creating the game. When you are ... ready to save the game code, do this ... ..." etc on the screen, open the Tape Browser, press the Record button (the red button ... )
3) Now shift the focus to the ...
