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No contended memory?Sorry if this is a stupid question. But I'm trying to learn more about the ZX Spectrum. If I had a stock 48k Speccy and I could wave a magic wa…
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Contact Sam Cruise - BugWhile playing through 'Contact Sam Cruise' yesterday I happened upon a bug when I was arrested, when I moved inside the jail cell the screen scrolled…
... . I seem to remember it scrolling on it's own when ... be controlled off screen to catch up with scrolling, not scrolling when Eric ... right in the game, the screen usually scrolls left. Do you ... />
You're right, the screen scrolling was a red herring. I ... -
Contact Sam Cruise - BugWhile playing through 'Contact Sam Cruise' yesterday I happened upon a bug when I was arrested, when I moved inside the jail cell the screen scrolled…
... ;840919"]You're right, the screen scrolling was a red herring. I ... -
2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…
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[i](Horizontal Scrolling Adventure)[/i]
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[b]A full screen scrolling demo by Hikaru[/b]
[b]8-way scrolling 50Hz multicolour demo: Ninjaman[/b ... /51535/ninjaman-8-way-scrolling-50hz-multicolour-demo"]Link[/ ... -
2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…
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[i](Horizontal Scrolling Adventure)[/i]
by Climacus ... />
[b]A full screen scrolling demo by Hikaru[/b]
[b]8-way scrolling 50Hz multicolour demo: Ninjaman[/b ... /51535/ninjaman-8-way-scrolling-50hz-multicolour-demo"]Link[/ ... -
P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
... a tech prototype, showing some scrolling, another guy shimmed in, used ... I was optimizing my full screen scrolling, I got a post asking ... -
If Joffa made Harrier AttackHarrier attack was interesting when it first came out because it has an interesting premise of going out and coming back to the aircraft carrier. It…
... ="morph;885651"]Other than smoother scrolling and maybe more detailed, less ... would have been nice. With smooth pixel scrolling, more enemies and levels ... -
How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…
The fastest scrolling engines in Spectrum games usually ... ]Green Beret[/b] has real scrolling actually limited only to 8 ... on... Making a true full screen scrolling with complicated background and masked ... -
How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…
... ;888902"]Making a true full screen scrolling with complicated background and masked ... -
How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…
... on... Making a true full screen scrolling with complicated background and masked ... so which did 4-way scrolling of platforms and eliminated color ... -
ZXBaremulator v2.0Hi all, I've released the new version of my ZX Spectrum bare-metal for Raspberry PI. The new features and the images can be found on my project si…
... hard work and the rapid "screen scrolling" that was sometimes required for ... -
Is Sabre Wulf a bit naff?Go on, I'm feeling controversial. I have never, ever liked Sabre Wulf. It looks pretty nice but even back in the day I found it a tedious and frus…
... single screen, 8x8 pixel graphics and in came the flip screen / scrolling larger ... -
What to write / programme?I've been trying to get back some motivation to write something in machine code for the Spectrum. I don't feel I am organised enough to write somethi…
... multiple sprites, tiles and full screen scrolling.
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IM 2 interrupts and smooth scrolling - easy peasy!Okay, been fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think) how to use IM 2! Now I run my game Ragnar Revival in IM2 and use HALT to sy…
... and use HALT to sync screen drawing (dumping of offscreen graphics ... ) and it's indeed very smooth.
I'll ... with IM2 for synchronizing screen manipulation (a scrolling text) using HALT, and ... ROM
jp 56 ;for smooth return to Basic
Implementing smooth scrolling in games that don't haveHowdy, How easy/difficult in general is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls on boundaries such as Gothik or Saracen? Does it depend …
... general is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls ... on the engine or are scrolling routines fairly standard? Could I ...50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy.
screen buffering with page-swapping.
screen before they even start.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 ... and maybe even smooth! I remember playing ... a few shooters that seemed smooth enough.
I remember ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particularly bad effort was ...Artist / Artists Required For 3 Brand-New Spectrum Game ProjectsHi all, I am currently looking for high quality sprite and background tile artists for 3 forthcoming Spectrum games I have on the go at the moment. …
... 1st Game:
Vertically scrolling shoot-em-up in the ... 2nd Game:
Horizontally scrolling platform game. Possibly in the ... Will have a full colour smooth scroll, and may also end ... :
A flip screen arcade adventure, full idea yet ...Cobra - scrollingHi everyone, I have been studying some of the code in Ocean' Cobra game using a debugger, in the hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In cas…
... hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In case your not ... /> The code that reprints the screen is very interesting. Basically it ... can be PUSHED onto the screen using the stack. The one ... into a format which the screen redrawing routine can use.
Fastest way to write something to screen$Hi, I just got pasmo.exe and start playing with attr scrolling, well, not scrolling, just write different values to a block and see if I can introdu…
... start playing with attr scrolling, well, not scrolling, just write different values ... fastest way to update the screen. I know that ldir/lddr ...First game with scrollingMany games are just a bunch of static screens - you have to exit one screen to see another (for example Manic Miner, Saboteur, Bruce Lee). But there …
... - you have to exit one screen to see another (for example ... huge screen and when you go in any direction the scrolling begins ... the first Spectrum game with scrolling.
[ This Message was ...Top-down scrolling driving games...What would be the best top-down scrolling-screen driving game for the spectrum - excluding Trans-Am?
What would be the best top-down scrolling-screen driving game for the spectrum - excluding Trans-Am?Games with Parallax ScrollingI loved that effect. It gave a false depth to the game.. To me a game with parallax scrolling was a better game. How wrong I was.. anyway, a list of…
... me a game with parallax scrolling was a better game. How ... with parallax scrolling:
-Cobra. Fast and smooth as hell ...Name this game, please (kids game)Hi! Second game what i looking for is game for kids. I remember one nice and funny game look really friendly. Most colors is yellow, you play as pe…
... clouds from down screen to up. Game engine had smooth scrolling and tracking ...New for 2009 - mc onelinersI found the limit of one line and one screen's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to carry the format over into m…
... one line and one screen's worth of program ... do that fits onto one screen as a complete listing. ... first effort, 1lmcattrroad, a scrolling road racer that uses the ... 's room on the screen for quite a few ... the write to the screen so the scrolling appears smooth.Outlandish claims on Spectrum games adverts!I was flicking through The 'CRASH' Xmas special today (yes, I was on the loo at the time) from 1984/85 and it made me giggle some of the claims softw…
... the Spectrum:
"Superb scrolling routine, described by experts as ... of the screen and you have to wait for the scrolling to ... ! And it's not exactly smooth scrolling!
GIFT FROM THE ... , why wasn't there any screen shots on the ad itself ...2D Scrolling tile based editorOk, first of all, I thought TommyGun could do it, but the option to create a 2d scrolling map is greyed out.... All I want to do is create some 8x8p…
... option to create a 2d scrolling map is greyed out....
screen widths wide where each tile ... forcing TG to create a screen 1024px wide, drew in some ...Character scrollingOk, first I'd like to say that I'm not looking for a complete routine (but that might help) because I am hoping to write it myself and learn a bit mo…
... the top third of the screen (inlcuding attrs but thats easy ... completed the top third before scrolling it? Also double buffering, ... difference when scrolling one third or 2 thirds of the screen? I ... /> Thanks.. I've never done scrolling before so any help is ...Flip Screen vs ScrollingWhich do you prefer? I've always liked flip screen games but I had a C64(spit) owning friend who hated them with a passion.
Which do you prefer?
I've always liked flip screen games but I had a C64(spit) owning friend who hated them with a passion.
