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  • Fastest emulator screen renderingHi, I'm developing an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what I came up with. 1) Use 4bpp indexed image format as target …

    ... an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what ... algorithm.[code]byte=next screen byte // get next screen byte
    p32 ... offsets from 16384 for each screen line as[code]uint16_t ... copying 32 bytes from speccy screen for every line directly ...
    tstih tstih November 2019 Development
  • What are the "lost" Ultimate arcade games?I've always been really curious to know what Ultimate did before they were Ultimate, and I've been having a little dig around. We know for sure t…

    ... /> It's certainly in their sort of style, though, and has ... possible the Stampers did some sort of work on it, as ... it was attached to some sort of... jet pack.

    screen in a manner rather reminiscent ...
    Rev_Stuart_Campbell Rev_Stuart_Campbell November 2019 Games
  • New loading screen for THANATOSIn 1986 we already had a Mother of Dragons : ) My version: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/dydp51vil0vth1h/thanatos.png?raw=1[/img] [img]http…

    ... =1[/img]

    Original screen:

    [img]https://www ...
    MAC_BG MAC_BG February 2020 Games
  • New loading screen for LA AVENTURA ESPACIALMy version: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpwcadkkolea977/aventura%20espacial%20x2.png?raw=1[/img] The original screen: [img]https://www.d…

    ... [/img]

    The original screen:

    [img]https://www ...
    MAC_BG MAC_BG April 2020 Games
  • Why did JSW only have one staircase per screen?Just that really. Could stairs just have been another square type? Or was that just that way it was designed, and it could handled multiple per scree…

    Just that really. Could stairs just have been another square type? Or was that just that way it was designed, and it could handled multiple per screen? JSW2 has more than one staircase per screen.
    morph morph May 2020 Games
  • Is there an archive of Speccy title screen music?Hi, As above :) I've created a little screensaver for my own use that iterates through .scr and other image files, but I want to also play the …

    ... the music to the displayed screen (on multiple displays it would ...
    polomint polomint June 2020 Games
  • Full screen animationFull screen animations and other interesting hardware developments mainly z80... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjTpFR0oYQ http://www.fruitca…

    Full screen animations and other interesting hardware ...
    rogerjowett1 rogerjowett1 July 2020 Development
  • Screen corruption with devices on edge connector (grey +2)Hi, I've recently done a full capacitor replacement and replaced all 16x DRAM chips on my grey +2. Prior to this I would get a corrupted screen…

    ... I would get a corrupted screen after a few minutes of ... sitting at the +2 menu screen for several hours and it ... .pl) it starts up with screen corruption. Power it off, remove ...
    Megatron-UK Megatron-UK August 2020 Hardware
  • 48k Spec with composite video mod, screen adjustment possible?I've had a 48k Speccy with a composite video mod for a few years now, and although it works perfectly otherwise, the screen isn't centered correctly …

    ... it works perfectly otherwise, the screen isn't centered correctly - it ...
    Skaepoy Skaepoy August 2020 Hardware
  • A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…

    ... even printed out the graphic screen position map in both pixels ... the ability to try some sort of Amiga like sound and ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch September 2020 Chit chat
  • Direct drive LCD screen - looking for information on previous projects people may have attempted.Hi All, My first post, so please forgive and guide if I've posted in the incorrect section. I'm a speccy user from way back in the 80's, but m…

    ... start again with designing the screen, so was working on building ... and captures writes to the screen location so as to build ... a coloured border around the screen.

    So kind ... also solve the problem around screen compatibility, and leave me with ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk December 2020 Hardware
  • Screen RatioAn interesting thing happened with my photos on facebook of my Spectrum setup with my new OSSC (open source scan converter). Some made a fuss (in jes…

    ... big black borders on the screen, and it makes the text ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2021 Games
  • ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…

    ... some tidying up of the screen display is needed and so ... and best fit for this sort of software translation are the ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio July 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • Who's NEXT?How about having a category just for Spectrum NEXT owners? I got mine on Monday, its the original issue, plain jane and quite enough for me to ge…

    ... I never see that test screen thats supposed to come up ... I might be able to sort out my monitor not displaying ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch September 2021 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Fighting Warrior's protection systemThis is one of those bizarre cases where cracking the loading system is orders of magnitude more fun than playing the game. (Indeed, discovering I wa…

    ... unremarkable hack and slash sort of game that seems ... />
    2) The screen is loaded by reading two ... off tape for a screen address, then 8 bytes ... attribute. This allows the screen to be drawn in ...
    3) After the screen is loaded, the remaining bytes ...
    Ritchie333 Ritchie333 October 2021 Games
  • MEGA Manic MulhollandHi Spec-Chums, a few months back I fulfilled a lifetime dream as my son & I made our first ever Spectrum game, "Manic Mulholland" & it got some lovel…

    ... baddies, music, FX, a loading screen & a better scoring system ... of MEGA Manic Mulholland, a sort of pseudo-sequel reboot/complete ...
    the_hawk the_hawk November 2021 Brand new software
  • Dun Darach loading screenI have seen in the past some great re-vamped and sometimes completely redone loading screens for old games. Not sure if Dun Darach has ever been redo…

    ... dull now, having seen the sort of thing people can do ...
    dmsmith dmsmith February 2022 Games
  • Extra screen in Jet Set Willy?I was online looking at screens from JSW when i came across a reference to an extra screen in JSW called April Showers that could be accessed by typi…

    I was online looking at screens from JSW when i came across a reference to an extra screen in JSW called April Showers that could be accessed by typing some code printed in Your Spectrum. Is this true? Has anyone came across this?
    zx1 zx1 March 2022 Games
  • Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…

    ... [/b]of grunts on the screen at once)
    * gonna try ... /> * gonna draw directly to the screen, no back buffers, so racing ... bytes to the screen
    * may have to sort the sprites in ... wrong place or a radix sort if that might be faster ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • Sort 2 byte words (x, y) on ypos, also question about swap (DE), (HL)Well that was a lot of debugging ;) But if you want a routine which takes an array of 16 byte words x, y and then sort them on y (ignoring x), I'm…

    ... words x, y and then sort them on y (ignoring x ... .

    Uses a heap sort since that doesn't use ... 's not fast enough to sort each frame (since once an ... /> // Main function to do heap sort
    void heapSort(int arr ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • New loading screen for VIXENIt had been a while since I had worked on a screen, so I got with this game whose cover art was its best part. Vixen [img]https://www.dropbox.c…

    It had been a while since I had worked on a screen, so I got with this game whose cover art was its best part.

    Vixen

    [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/jbmxvnrnn5mp7vr/vixenx6.png?raw=1[/img]
    MAC_BG MAC_BG August 2022 Games
  • PSI ChessHi, Anybody out there remember the game "PSI Chess" by The Edge? Well, there seems to be no problem finding a snapshot ot tape image for this game …

    ... at the bottom of the screen shows as follows:

    screen;
    - we are in "Position ... , you have to use a sort of pseudo-algebraic notation. (Relax ... in case it's some sort of secret service code I ...
    Ed Ed February 2002 Games
  • Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…

    ... store extra information for each screen. This information can of course ... place restrictions on how a screen is allowed to be built ... enemies must also have some sort of animation. At least walking ...
    Anonymous Anonymous December 2001 Games
  • Ripping Text from ZX games running on EmulatorsHello one and all - All hail Retro! I'd like to know how to rip all the .txt from ZX games running on a windoze emulator (I'm a writer and like do…

    Unless someone writes some sort of screen hack, your best (and undoubtedly ... ) the text from the emulated screen. I don;t know of ...
    Chris Chris November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…

    ... 's 470 pixels max on screen - before you do anything else ... 'll need to refresh the screen too. Not that you've ... a huge issue for some sort of modeller.
    If you ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Interface 1Hi, Just got myself an Interface 1 only to find it does not work. That is to say that I can't use any of the extended commands on it,e.g. CAT 1, LOA…

    ... on that machine, and it sort of works. Any command I ... spinning but returns nothing on screen. I eventually have to reset ...
    Gary Gary October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... is some sort of flickering going on but a grab screen wouldnt ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Viewing SCR screens in a web-pageI wrote a small program in java some time ago which allows you to view the spectrum screen dump in a web page. how about using this in the world of s…

    ... me exactly how the Print Screen button on your keyboard allows ... one can always get a screen dump out of an emulator ... by using the print screen and obtaining a 'standard graphic ... can't be displayed is sort of a waste -- however, I ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi July 2002 Emulators
  • Viewing SCR screens in a web-pageI wrote a small program in java some time ago which allows you to view the spectrum screen dump in a web page. how about using this in the world of s…

    ... can't be displayed is sort of a waste -- however, ... the Head over Heels loading screen comes down to a lot ... the bottom left of the screen. You could always use animated ... do more than a simple screen grab and crop, and ... the internet then Spectrum screen dumps.
    AndyHerbert AndyHerbert July 2002 Emulators
  • Horizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…

    ... . I think I cleared a screen when I was a kid ... />
    I liked the bubble sort program. Actually, when I first ...
    thx1138 thx1138 August 2002 Games
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