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  • Another game I am looking for. and YOU can help me find it.Ok, I remembered this game I played 10 years ago. It was on same casette as Quazatron. It is a 2d platform shooter. You control some kind of soldier/…

    ... />
    It is a FLIP-screen game.
    Character is bigger ... scheme to north star
    The character is kinda slim and ... are no colorful objects in the background.
    That is he ... to right.
    Few enemies on the screen.


    Thanks for ...
    Vortexrider Vortexrider May 2004 Games
  • Favorite 3D ShootersHow many 3D shooters were there for the Speccy? And which is your favorite. My favourite is StarStrike 1.

    ... ENTER, just like it says on the screen... :)

    If by "starting ...
    GOC GOC June 2004 Games
  • Favorite 3D ShootersHow many 3D shooters were there for the Speccy? And which is your favorite. My favourite is StarStrike 1.

    [quote]
    On 2004-06-05 14:30, ... ENTER, just like it says on the screen... :)

    If by "starting ... /> [/quote]

    I redownloaded the TZX and it works!
    on 2004-06-05 18:09 ]
    DodgyGeezer DodgyGeezer June 2004 Games
  • Help with La Espada Sagrada!It's a wonderfull game, but I stuck. I've managed to find all pieces of the bridge, but on the other side the way is blocked by some strange barrier,…

    In the main menu press together keys " ... levels.
    press secret word on the screen "PULSA DISPARO" and you have ...
    g00db0y g00db0y June 2004 Games
  • Product Placement...I was thinking about Mr Wimpy and advertising in games. There were games like Mr Wimpy + Clumsy Colin , that were almost entire "adverts" in themself…

    ... On 2004-06-09 08:42, MattLamb wrote:
    Several of the ... missed a trick. The YS version of Dizzy ... 1 was the same as the complete game, except ... there was no mention on the screen that it cost about ... that you should ask the billpayers permission! Bet they ...
    jil jil June 2004 Games
  • Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…

    "Use the Printscreen, Luke !" (unless you ... even if it's on a platform they're ... just send those screenshots of the OS in action, no matter ... 't even put a pixel on the screen.
    _________________
    Somebody ... Message was edited by: GOC on 2004-06-17 09:15 ...
    GOC GOC June 2004 Development
  • Games that are easier due to bugsThis is a similar type thread, how many games are made easier due to bugs? I remember being able to bounce past the guardians in Underwurlde without…

    ... it where you could build the flintstones house in seconds rather ... stand next to on the screen to the left of where the house was built ... between the two screens and picking up the same rock until the house ... .
    I have not played the game for at least 12 ...
    Starglider Starglider June 2004 Games
  • Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…

    ... speccy... OH how i hate the pc...


    ... /> On 2004-06-17 09:04, GOC wrote:
    "Use the Printscreen ... just send those screenshots of the OS in action, no matter ... 't even put a pixel on the screen.
    _______________________________
    CKay CKay June 2004 Development
  • Another game I need to find, can you help!Actually there are 2 games. The first one is one I used to play in WHSMITHS many years ago on the spectrums there. It is a basic game, I think it had…

    ... know, u guys are great. The Santa one, yes! that was ... it. The helicopter game. Well, im not ... a blue back ground, scafolding on the screen and i cant remember if ...
    cjp_24 cjp_24 June 2004 Games
  • Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…

    ... small flap dropped down on the front, to reveal about ... friends Birthday, taking the mick out of his ... the Spectrum to make the credits, and flash subtitles up on the screen ... in places, and a b&w camera on ... was edited by: thx1138 on 2004-06-29 11 ...
    thx1138 thx1138 June 2004 Games
  • Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…

    ... by looking for any blob on the Screen bouncing up and down.
    Damn, can't remember the name of the game! If i do ... play a game at the arcade, save the game and if you ... i did/do love the TurboGrafx/PCengine. ( The TGrafx handheld is still ...
    Sadako Sadako June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How did you make it load?I used to have great difficulty getting games to load on my old Speccy + and found using superstition sometimes helped... apart from turning my tape…

    ... it back on, it would have miraclously loaded. However, the problem ... become slightly quieter. Turn on the TV just after that point ... Ltd would be proudly displayed on the screen.

    It got ... was to press down on the lid of the tape recorder with all ...
    monty.mole monty.mole July 2004 Games
  • Finishing my Ragnar game...Hi all, Way back then, in my youth, I worked on a game for the Speccy called "Ragnar", which was a 3d isometric style mcoded game written from scrat…

    ... 're using the interupt to synchronise the video output to the screen. Hence you ... interupt then dumping as much on the screen as quickly as possible before ... 's when you get flicker - the screen will have drawn part of ...
    cyborg cyborg July 2004 Development
  • Dynamite Willy/ Jet Set DanI played Dynamite Dan years ago but I didn't really play it until recently. I think that this game is just a tarted up Jet Set Willy ripoff. It's go…

    ... though, because of the sheer volume of things on the screen that can rob ... you of a life. And the fact ... you don't restart the screen or be put ... back to another point in the game ...
    MattLamb MattLamb August 2004 Games
  • need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …

    ... LD A,(DE) ;Get the screen contents
    AND L ... the sprite with the background
    LD (DE),A ;put it back on the screen ...
    INC DE ;increase screen address
    the screen address at
    ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Development
  • Clone Project feedbackFinally i now have some time to start again with my clone project. I have decided to drop the 48k project and go directly on a 128k clone. This migh…

    ... . It could just be centered on the screen in a higher resolution mode ... Message was edited by: pern on 2004-08-28 16:53 ]
    pern pern August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How did you make it load?I used to have great difficulty getting games to load on my old Speccy + and found using superstition sometimes helped... apart from turning my tape…

    ... it back on, it would have miraclously loaded. However, the problem ... become slightly quieter. Turn on the TV just after that point ... Ltd would be proudly displayed on the screen.

    It got ... was to press down on the lid of the tape recorder with all ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 September 2004 Games
  • Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …

    ... the special feeling of completing the Magic Knight games or the Ultimate games on the ... My Elite status came up on the screen after months of trading and ... darkness or Luigi's mansion on the shelf, games companies are in ...
    Starglider Starglider September 2004 Games
  • TAPER again...I'm now using a laptop with Windows 98SE, and TAPER doesn't work with that, which is really disappointing. I think the saying is 2You don't miss your…

    ... actually tells you on the DOS prompt if the DOS/4GW ... the TAPER GUI to come up on the screen - no problems there. The ... 2-3 second sections of the load, sounds very odd ... Man, it's annoying the hell out of me! ... on Windows 98 or 98SE, if they could let me know the ...
    Spector Spector September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Smooth Screen ScrollingHi Everyone, Any suggestions on what is the best way to do horizontal scrolling ie. in Zynaps fashion. I am working on a routine at the moment, whi…

    ... for your suggestions on screen scrolling. The last method is along the lines of ... what i am currently working on.
    on the screen. I intend to check to ... time as probably on average around 60% of the background will be ...
    dmsmith dmsmith September 2004 Development
  • Smooth Screen ScrollingHi Everyone, Any suggestions on what is the best way to do horizontal scrolling ie. in Zynaps fashion. I am working on a routine at the moment, whi…

    ... and then use it everywhere on the screen? This way you no longer ... .

    I also had the following ideas, of which you ... rotations in the worst case and only 1 rotation on average.
    the code, so see for yourself.
    Erlstoned Erlstoned September 2004 Development
  • Best emulator to use for type-insHi Everyone, I have loads of spectrum basic / mc code I had written when I was at school - some cool stuff, I'd like to type it in (from 4" silver p…

    ... using a custom ROM with the emulator.
    [url="http://www ... /gw03page.htm[/url]
    Click on the screen and enter a few lines ... TASM. Most emulators will load the resulting object code.
    Geoff Geoff September 2004 Emulators
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... 2 or 3 of the buggers during the time we had ... if the computer had been set up in one room on day ... start malfunctioning - usually making everything on the screen display a lovely shade of ... people has green screen monitors, but PINK screen monitors is something ...
    stinkfoot stinkfoot September 2004 Games
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... this even on still screen games).
    [/quote]

    The CPC needs ... pixel attribute cell. The equivalent on the CPC is 4 colours on the screen (which can ... "I won the review on the strength of a Flip screen version of a ...
    TMR TMR September 2004 Games
  • Amstrad and the SpectrumWhy has Amstrad made so little of their rights to the ZX Spectrum? In the last few years we have seen various retro products celebrating the Coleco, …

    ... [quote]
    On 2004-09-29 21:38, mel the bell wrote ...
    NEWSFLASH: Amstrad PLC, the UK-based consumer electronics manufacturer ... who acquired the rights to the popular Sinclair range ... saw TVs with menus on the screen and you just scroll to ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... realistic type screen like that, and maybe even the 8bit ... although i've seen similar on the C64 and Spectrum. Also, ... there's screen updates, light, and other obstructions - the photo is ... being VERY forgiving to the picture on the screen making it look better ...
    Sadako Sadako October 2004 Games
  • Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…

    ...
    In the part that rotates the sprite graphics into the correct position ... .

    Also the Inc_Row subroutine would be better ... placed within the code that draws the sprite on the screen, rather than ... was edited by: dmsmith on 2004-10-05 19:05 ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…

    ... the raster to complete both the bottom and top of the screen. Trouble is the ... delay depends on how ... many sprites etc are on the screen ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • Game ProtectionHowdy. New kid alert. Looking through the archive, I've been downloading 'perfect' versions. However some of these have protection systems I've be…

    ... put a special lens on the screen to unscramble the code.
    Tomahawk, Art ... it was highly unpopular among the public and there were lots ... of angry letters in the magazines about it. There's ... lenslock utility (for Windows) in the archive to help you out ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan October 2004 Games
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