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  • Pentagram Title MusicMorning all, I've enjoyed reading the many posts here over the past few months, and thought it was about time I signed-up and posted a few messages …

    ... programme used that tune as background music to a period drama ...
    roberthazelby roberthazelby February 2004 Games
  • Where is THAT game?Hi guys!, im looking for a game in which u breakdanced in and created the background, i think it was called pazzaz or pezazz?

    Hi guys!, im looking for a game in which u breakdanced in and created the background, i think it was called pazzaz or pezazz?
    oolong oolong February 2004 Games
  • Help with +2 soundMy first post on this fantastic website. I have used it for information and games for my emulator for about a year and a half now, but unfortunately …

    ... sort of humming in the background - very distinctly - and when I ...
    8bitten 8bitten March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • help with zynaps explanationhas anybody idea how exactly Zynaps works ? it seems that sprites are overlayed by background. are sprites putted first and then background is drawed…

    has anybody idea how exactly Zynaps works ?
    it seems that sprites are overlayed by background. are sprites putted first and then background is drawed or what ?
    Fikee Fikee March 2004 Development
  • Dan Dare 256 colour project many may not be aware of.I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. …

    I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. a while back. I don't think the author went particularly out of his way to make it known. The thread on C.S ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2004 Emulators
  • Shoot up game I can't remember the name ofProbably a question seen a hundred times before but: There was a shoot up game, and as I remember, where one guy walked across the screen with a yel…

    ... screen with a yellow speckled background. On the screen there were ...
    roddy roddy March 2004 Games
  • Rex 2Ten years ago I played a game named Rex 2. Yesterday I wanted to play it again, downloaded txz from WoS, but it wasn't a game I've played!!!! I the g…

    ... screen of Rex demo. The background was black. Is my memory ...
    kmatveev kmatveev April 2004 Games
  • Display Problem In SpectaculatorI have Spectactulator 6.1 installed on two PCs both with Windows 98. It worked fine on both. But now when I run Spectaculator on the other there are…

    ... of grey on the spectrum background.

    This only happens ...
    DodgyGeezer DodgyGeezer April 2004 Emulators
  • Cannot Find That Game. Again!Ok, I thought that game was called Spheroid, but I couldnt see it in the archive. I think its after-1986 game. Black background, greenish obstacles.…

    ... its after-1986 game. Black background, greenish obstacles. You control a ...
    Vortexrider Vortexrider May 2004 Games
  • 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/…

    ... fast and is all white. Background is black, without any kind ...
    Vortexrider Vortexrider May 2004 Games
  • What was that game...?Hi ya all ! I've never done it before, but here am I begging you to name that game ! I really don't remember the name, since the last time I played i…

    ... humans at least )and the background was black, and it was ...
    Arm73 Arm73 June 2004 Games
  • ok, now help me on this.righti-ho, i now have a tape player connect to my pc correctly and i have recorded games to it. now here comes the hard part. i connect the tape pl…

    ... switchs between a red background and a blue background with the big ...
    gohan1239 gohan1239 June 2004 Games
  • Who's had their spectrum stolen?Fortunately not me, but a couple of friends of mine had their Speccy stolen -- although the thieves ran away with batches of stuff, and were probably…

    ... recently?

    _________________
    scroll?

    [ This Message was ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Finding my way home!Ohboy! Just signed up to this forum and boy am I going to hang around here from now on! I just need to tell you about my own background as a Speccy …

    ... tell you about my own background as a Speccy fan.
    ekoman ekoman July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Game loop design?Having some thoughts on how to design the game loop and could do with some hints and tips from folks who have done it before! It's all about how to …

    ... sprite data, graphcis and "template", background data which the sprite covers ... an offscreen buffer where the background is drawn and the sprite ...
    ekoman ekoman July 2004 Development
  • Xenon-II like game on SpeccyHi! There is a shootemup on the Speccy that looks EXACTLY like Xenon-II (from Amiga, etc.) made by some East-European guys (I THINK). I downloaded i…

    ... colour enemies and nice scrolling background (I think even parallax)... for ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat August 2004 Games
  • Spectrum tape sound in Bluetones song?!Hi all, Don't know if any of you have noticed it, but I have and I might as well drop a post about it! On The Bluetones' album "Return to the last …

    ... familiar sound appears in the background! I can SWEAR on that ...
    ekoman ekoman August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How about sneaky things they invented to make you BUY the game?!...the dual of that other awesome thread. For instance, I found it annoying to go and search for a Spectrum game to buy, turn over the box to see th…

    ... box! :)

    _________________
    scroll?

    [ This Message was ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi 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,(HL) ;taking background from screen
    AND B ...
    moroz1999 moroz1999 August 2004 Development
  • Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…

    ... (As I am overwriting the background), but tips on optimisation would ...
    robpearmain robpearmain August 2004 Development
  • Name the game(s)Another thread reminded of this compilation that had one of the most addictive games ever that had me and my brother playing for ages. I'm sure the …

    ... each bike, a plain white background and a green border.
    Tobo Tobo August 2004 Games
  • In need of a Poke (ooer!)Back in my very basic Basic days, machine code was a scary thing. I think I advanced as far as 'LD HA' (or something!) before giving up. However, so…

    ... that caused the text to scroll. Wish i knew that back ...
    Tobo Tobo August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 'Spectrum Diamond' soundtrackHi all, Regarding this Italian film about Matthew Smith and his two most known works, I found that the compilation of tracks included in the soundtr…

    ... 's say music in the background) was quite interesting to listen ...
    Vrooomer Vrooomer August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASin problemsDunny, I seem to have some problems with BASin under WindowsXP. BASically (sorry.ahem), if I maximise the screen it crashes giving me an access voila…

    ... : I'm using winXP with SP1. I have the BASin release ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …

    ... /> LD HL,BACKGROUND
    LD DE,BACKGROUND+1
    ... BACKBUFFER ; Destination
    LD DE,BACKGROUND

    DI ; ... 00000000


    BACKGROUND:
    DEFS 1B00h

    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …

    ... DEFINE BACKBUFFER 0E000H
    #DEFINE BACKGROUND 0C800h

    ORG ... /> LD HL,BACKGROUND
    ; LD DE,BACKGROUND+1
    ... />
    ; BC now contains background

    ; HL HOLDS ...
    robpearmain robpearmain 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…

    ... together to build up the background.

    Just wondering if ...
    dmsmith dmsmith September 2004 Development
  • Broken ZX 48kHey all. I have acquired a broken ZX 48k. It looks in good condition - tried the membrane and it is working with my other 48k very well. When you tu…

    ... Red stripes on the black background) but when it is done ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Imagine and Psygnosisback at the 80es my favourite games company was Imagine. I liked ZZoom, JumpingJack, GreenBeret, WorldSeriesBasketball, PingPong.. then Renegade, Tar…

    ... to Psygnosis graphics) and the background castle..
    Also the game ...
    judasEZT judasEZT October 2004 Games
  • 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…

    ... memory somewhere which stores the background data, ie. the map. But ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
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