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  • Games not loading in my original spectrum 48kHello. I have recently bought a zx spectrum, for nostalgia purpose (haven't touched one for more than 20 years) The computer boots fine, but I can'…

    ... , but I can't load games. I connect my computer's ... not "getting" it Instead, the screen border is blinking cyan and ...
    Ooops Ooops May 2012 Hardware
  • Two more M.I.A.sI wrote two simple educational games in 1988 called "Easy Time" and "Easy Maths" (may have been "Easy Math"). They were written in compiled BASIC, a…

    ... wrote two simple educational games in 1988 called "Easy ... were conversions of existing games for the Amstrad CPC ... shop, and wrote the games at home afterwards. ... top-right of the screen displaying a time. ... (per title - I think) single payment.

    Not ...
    joefish joefish June 2012 Infoseek database
  • Isometric games - How to ?I understand how to render isometric scene by most naive way - starting distant tiles and continuing by drawing tiles closer to camera. But that is s…

    ... slow way how to draw screen. How games like Head over Heels ...
    catmeows catmeows June 2012 Development
  • Some errors in Polish games[b]Boks ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023682[/url])[/b] Names of two developers are Jacek Kucharski and Marek Trojanowicz …

    ... this was true for games made by the MiC ... screen, is a brand that was used for her other games ... br />
    Both these games are the same game, the ... i X" on its starting screen.

    The ... is 1986. Note the loading screen, and the original vinyl ...
    JudgeDeadd JudgeDeadd July 2012 Infoseek database
  • BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 2This second demo shows animated and moving tiles together, and also how to implement collision detection. This knowledge should be enough to implemen…

    ... implement almost all kinds of games, including styles similar to ... these are drawn "manually" on screen.

    Also ... the new location within a single frame. It's also ... 1;

    // clear bitmap screen
    printMode(32);
    zx_border ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2012 Development
  • BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 4In previous posts I demonstrated how to move multicolor tiles up and down smoothly by a single pixel, and sideways by an entire char (8 pixels). Thi…

    ... and down smoothly by a single pixel, and sideways by ... multicolor tiles moving by a single pixel sideways. How is ... technique typically chosen by commercial games: [I]pre-shifted graphics ... shifted by a single pixel. Depending on the screen position, the program ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas August 2012 Development
  • Spectrum 128 toaster and divide incompatibility problems with some demos and games.Okay so I got this thing now. It?s my first Spectrum ever. [img]http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2016/speccyl.jpg[/img] [url]http://img824.image…

    ... ]

    Basically, only some games work and others... not so ... ?t start, goes to white screen or shows menu for a ... the spectrum goes to white screen where I can start coding ... to get working versions of games because that would probably be ...
    Mendel Mendel August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Spectrum +2 owner, got problems!Hi everyone, I'm new to the Spectrum scene having grown up a C64 user, I was offered a Spectrum +2a for ?20 with no software. I decided since the div…

    ... can see my games and load them but every single game I ... area then crashes to a screen of corrupt graphics, Deathchase does ...
    BuckoA51 BuckoA51 September 2012 Hardware
  • Games with good scrollingI know the Speccy's forte was not scrolling games but their must have been some that not flick screen and maybe even smooth! I remember playing a few…

    ... scrolling games but their must have been some that not flick screen ... lot chunkier!

    What games would you recommend?
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow October 2012 Games
  • Ghost 'N Goblins - New Loading ScreenInspired by the new loading screen for Ocean's "Where Time Stood Still", I decided that I would go through some Spectrum games that had truly woeful …

    Inspired by the new loading screen for Ocean's "Where Time ... would go through some Spectrum games that had truly woeful loading ... went about creating each loading screen.

    I decided ... the new ZX Spectrum loading screen :

    [img]http:// ...
    redballoon redballoon November 2012 Games
  • 2nd WoS Screen$ compoOk, what about a new compo? This time we are going to change a little bit the topic, and it is going to be about mock-ups of never released games for…

    ... mock-ups of never released games for the Spectrum.
    Here ... see there is plenty of games to choose ;)

    The ... .It can be a new screen$ or an old one you ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx November 2012 Announcements
  • Alien (Mind Games / Argus Press) - new screenHope you like what I've done until now. [IMG]http://programbytes48k.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/alien-new-screen2.png[/IMG] I've been passing sever…

    ... days composing the new loading screen for the perennial strategy/tactical ... .cz/zxsf/descargas/Alien-new-screen.zip[/url]
    Neil Parsons Neil Parsons November 2012 Games
  • Vote for the Timesplitters (if you like great games!)Since it's looking less and less likely that we're going to see a new Timesplitters game ([URL="http://www.edge-online.com/news/free-radical-execs-sl…

    ... (which were cross-platform games on the last generation of ... crossed) to make all single player and multi-player levels ... the multiplayer (some single player levels in games can be brilliant ... from all three games available in all three single player campaigns.< ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2012 Chit chat
  • Richard Hewison - add some games1. I have email from Richard. Carrier Command - I was a tester on the 128k Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions. I also contributed half a dozen or so …

    ... small bit to the loading screen (when I was at TelecomSoft ... interview
    [url]http://amiga-games.blogspot.com/2011/09/amiga ...
    Gennady Demidenko Gennady Demidenko November 2012 Infoseek database
  • divIDE +3e: How can I put games into hard disk?I've got a +3, a divIDE and the +3e ROMs. I want to copy some games in the CF card so my +3e could execute them from BASIC ("disabled" divIDE, loadin…

    ... BASIC ("disabled" divIDE, loading games without NMI button). I've ... It seems obvious, but some games like Parapshock (Microhobby) won' ... be copying protected games, and then copying 128k games.

    screen corruption, that kind of ...
    Zup Zup December 2012 Games
  • Batman gamesThree games published by Ocean: [I]Batman[/I], [I]Batman the Caped Crusader [/I]and [I]Batman the Movie[/I]. What's your favourite? [CENTER][IMG]ht…

    Three games published by Ocean: [I]Batman[/ ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/b/Batman ... www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/b/Batman ... www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/b/Batman ...
    JuanF. Ramirez JuanF. Ramirez December 2012 Games
  • Tape leads questionMore of a confirmation, really (I hope). I picked up a +3 just recently, and have since bought a few of the old games I used to know & love when I w…

    ... a few of the old games I used to know & ... that game). Some of the games are on tape, of course ... through the TV but the screen doesn't change: the Spectrum ... *, assuming that I need a single plug at Spectrum end and ...
    gutted gutted January 2013 Hardware
  • Zelda "proto-type" sells for $55,000!!!In the more-money-than-sense awards, I was reading in another forum about a prototype of [B]The Legend of Zelda[/B] for the NES, which sold for $55,0…

    ... said "[I]This is THE single most impressive item in video ... spelling mistake on the start screen (collectors go insane for things ... reason prototypes and betas of games are so sought after amongst ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2013 Chit chat
  • The Great Escape - new loading screenThe third in my series of classic ZX Spectrum games loading screen re-doings - another Wakelin cover for Ocean's "The Great Escape". For such a grou…

    ... series of classic ZX Spectrum games loading screen re-doings - another Wakelin ... aces game, the original loading screen was cock :

    [img ... by the time the loading screen was done, that is) due ...
    redballoon redballoon February 2013 Games
  • Unspecified Custom Loaders IdentifiedThis thread specialises in loaders which are considered to be "Unspecified custom loaders" according to the Infoseek engine. These loaders (after som…

    ... 've been looking at some games which appear to be listed ... NO loading stripes on the screen - the border simply flashes and ... blocks as opposed to large single ones

    Example(s ... at normal speed
    - Some games will include a pre-loader ...
    Swevicus Swevicus February 2013 Infoseek database
  • Speccy games inspired by arcade gamesOK we all know about the endless Space Invaders/Pac-Man clones that came out in 1982-3 but what about games that were *ahem* directly inspired by mor…

    ... 1982-3 but what about games that were *ahem* directly ... inspired by more obscure arcade games without actually giving them ... www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/k/ ... www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/a/ ...
    leespoons leespoons February 2013 Games
  • Spectrum zx (faulty) games, joystick, tape playerSpectrum boots up but sticks on copyright screen - told this is a keyboard fault. Otherwise in good condition. All manuals (VGC) leads PSU etc Joys…

    ... up but sticks on copyright screen - told this is a keyboard ... /> Varied collection of arround 25 games - no idea if they work ... -faulty-tape-player-joystick-and-games/1010830831/gallery#gallery-item-full ...
    Stevehaley Stevehaley March 2013 Sales
  • Fastest redraw of screen from UDGsHere's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be used in games: On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the scre…

    ... code to be used in games:

    On ... with a character-mapped screen and render that as ... drawn, to try to minimise screen tearing.

    ... larger than the rendered screen and/or wraps-round ... the translation from map to screen.

    And ...
    joefish joefish March 2013 Development
  • BIFROST* for graphic artists - part 1Using multicolor requires 2 very different skills: [I]programming[/I] and [I]graphic design[/I]. I already wrote several tutorials about the former …

    ... multicolor in the entire Spectrum screen. In BIFROST*, the ... graphical presentation, obviously. These games should typically use the ... some advice about designing multicolor games.

    In ... a single multicolor tile), or create a new Spectrum screen and ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2013 Development
  • Speccy clearout - GamesI'm having a big clear-out of a lot of Speccy stuff, so part one is the software. (followed by hardware at a later date) If anybody is interested in…

    ... interested in any of the games below, then PM me and ... single item then the highest bid wins.

    All the games ... 2 (Prism Leisure)
    California Games (Epyx)
    Chequered Flag (Psion ... .D.)
    Scope 2 - The Games Designer (ISP)
    Speed King ...
    bobs bobs March 2013 Sales
  • Font hack that was used in a lot of early gamesThere was a little hack for changing the fonts on a spectrum and I remember it being used in a couple of old games on the 48k, it was a sort of ye od…

    ... in a couple of old games on the 48k, it was ... a new line on your screen$ loading image....sure these were ...
    KK128 KK128 April 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Games with reflections in (i.e. with working mirrors)On another forum, the question arose of why modern games mostly don't have reflective mirrors, when they have almost every other visual effect you co…

    ... question arose of why modern games mostly don't have reflective ... br />
    Anyway, what other games with mirrors/reflective surfaces (that ... reason why so few modern games have working mirrors in ... texture is shown on the screen, thus creating the illusion of ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2013 Chit chat
  • Is anyone else really bad at games?Or is it just me? I do wonder sometimes. A new game comes up and people ooh and aah, and say it took them an hour to complete, and it's a bit short.…

    ... , how do you get off screen 1 then? Because I've ... like 15 lives to complete screen two. I'm dreadful!
    games I never completed.

    games not finished.
    Gedlion Gedlion April 2013 Games
  • Arcade Game Designer 4Just released over at the AGD forums. New this time: Sprites can now be individually coloured using the SPRITEINK command. If 16x16 sprites aren't…

    ... of sparkle to your AGD games! Alternatively, there's an effects ... a control menu/static text screen), double height text and score ... leave and re-enter a screen. The adventure modification also has ... even need to write a single line of BASIC! However, if ...
    jonathan jonathan May 2013 Brand new software
  • The games without loading screenNow i can remember only some of it - Australian Games, Poseidon Planet Eleven, Quazatron... Which ones ?

    Now i can remember only some of it - Australian Games, Poseidon Planet Eleven, Quazatron... Which ones ?
    ^m00h^ ^m00h^ May 2013 Games
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