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A "bit" of a curiosityHaving to use a bit of m/code to do the AND in that key check function, I was prompted to revisit the "AND,XOR,OR,...for BASIC" topic and came up wit…
... in BASIC. It's inevitably slow, as it does 16 divisions ... -
St Dragon - Its possible to speed up dragon??I remember years ago Bad Beard, at psj3809 comment on makes an slower version of Slap Fight to make it more playable. The version they released were…
... player dragon makes it too slow to react to some sudden ... -
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…
... to camera. But that is slow way how to draw screen ... -
Building a PlusD - problemsI'm building a PlusD for myself, but I'm having difficulty getting the ROM to page in properly. At this moment the ZX Spectrum boots, but is VERY slo…
... Spectrum boots, but is VERY slow, and I can see the ... -
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 3This new demo demonstrates the BIFROST* built-in sprite support that I mentioned before. In BIFROST*, "sprite tiles" are 2 special tiles that BIFROS…
... regular tiles are animated at "slow speed". This is the penalty ... -
Your favourite Spectrum [whatever] beginning with the letter 'A'[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/games/a.html[/url] [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/textadv/a.html[/url] Personally, I'm going to say: B…
... action games no longer have slow down or frame-rate problems ... -
name the game....[b]edit: SOLVED[/b]: Rally Bug. ------------------------------- you're a ball, object of each level is to go from l-r and get to the end of the scre…
... so if you're too slow you get caught + lose life ... -
Disassembled Rescue by MastertronicHi i am just wondering if anyone has ever disassembled the game Rescue by Mastertronic as i dont know what i am doing because i am trying to learn ho…
... language but it is a slow process and so if anyone ... -
A new ZX spectrum cloneOver the past 12 months i have been developing a new spectrum clone as a hobby project to waste my spare time on. It is still not fully complete yet …
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Revisiting Spectrum CPU clock regenerationWarning: This post will be a bit nerdy :-) Some time ago, I experimented with phase locked loop circuits as a possible way to regenerate the Spectru…
... the signal is sent to slow it down by one tick ... -
need a new method for m/c parameter assignmentI've been using a variable length function of the form: "FN a$(a$,a[,b...,z])=STR$ USR md" to search a data table and return a string result. By putt…
... side of it is too slow. With four parameters the "USR ... useful in tracking down the slow sections in the code. -
How to get consistent speeds from BT Broadband?I was wondering if anyone's had a similar situation to mine with BT Broadband and found a solution. The service is reliable but usually slow. With th…
... service is reliable but usually slow. With the standard copper wire ... -
PCL / PS driver questionsDon't know if this ever happened to any of you. I've been searching but I've yet to find a practical, permanent solution. Let's say I have a 1.4M P…
... noticed is that Postscript is slow but doesn't use a ... />
-Why is PS so slow?
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ZXDev - powerful environment for development in four languages is ready for testingXDev/ZXDev is open and free set of compilers, additional tools, libraries and design patterns for target platform ZX Spectrum 48K in different progra…
... languages in their capacity in slow by today's standards CPU ... -
smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…
... pong bat but that is slow and flickering. I'm also ... -
New X-Com game DemoNot that impressive is it? I was expecting a FPS, turns out it's a turn base strategy, but the graphics don't look that much like a 2012 game, and th…
... game in general just looks slow and not very intuitive (like ... -
Velesoft's ZX128+2 with 1.5MB memoryMy old ZX128+2 PROFI (grey model - spanish version) for sale here: [url]http://aukro.cz/super-zx-spectrum-128-2-1-5-mb-i2738723874.html[/url] Back s…
... at full speed without slow down. ULA can slow down only CPU ... -
A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
... with LET rather than the slow POKE.
To alter ... -
New Game: Dave InfuriatorsHere is a new game for both 48K Speccy and 512KB SAM Coup? [IMG]http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff397/adg2011/specyload.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://i12…
decent sports game apps for iPad?not sure how many of you play iPad games but I'm into them at the moment. problem is most tend to be a bit pants... you can test most out for free be…
... ]Pro Snooker 2012[/b] (bit slow and makes you buy stuff ...Android tablet help, please?I've been passed an Android tablet to 'fix', as it's apparently started to run slowly, but since I know nothing about either Android or tablets I cou…
... the web (and it is slow, that I can confirm), so ...SpeedLockI'm aware that there are seven (7) - yes, SEVEN!! - different iterations of the SpeedLock loader. I've loaded games from all 7 types, one by one, and…
... of someone swearing repeatedly)
Slow-paced bleep transposed down a ...Deathchase remake for Android, html and WindowsHi, I've been a longtime lurker here, but not posted. I've been doing the One Game a Month challenge and it's given me the impetus to finally restar…
... quite sure how to fit slow moving tanks in, though, so ...Speccy game - chasing a spy around Europe, anyone remember the title?I had a nostalgia flashback today, and I remembered a game where you had to track down a spy who was fleeing across Europe. You could catch planes (…
... (fast but expensive) and trains (slow but cheap), for some reason ...BSkyB bought O2/TelephonicaIt's been announced to today that BSkyB bought O2/Telephonica. To me, that means that my Be Broadband service is going over to Sky. Something I am n…
... forum[/url] are current offline/slow - presumably because they are being ...Windows emus on LinuxYesterday I tested my new Fuduntu Linux distribution and of course my favorite windows emulators. I was really pleasantly surprised at how well they …
... (randomly crashes), EmuZGL (works, but slow) and ZX MAk 2 (does ...programming tools for the zx spectrumI want to make games for the zx spectrum, but i dont want to use basic as its far too slow. Now I dont mind it if i have to learn on what to do with …
... basic as its far too slow. Now I dont mind it ...Quickest download method from YouTube?I recently upgraded my broadband to BT Unlimited, so I thought I'd take advantage of it by downloading some music videos from YouTube. First one - De…
... 've tried after that - painfully slow. They play online OK at ... Streaming but they're equally slow. I tried emptying the cache ...