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48k to 128k upgrade - problemsHi friends! I built 128k upgrade according to the [url]http://hw.speccy.cz/128krebuild.html[/url]. After I powered on my Speccy it said hello with s…
... welcome screen - Success! I took first game - Knight Lore and loaded ... expect to recive DivIDE+ in next week - can I use it ... -
Streams - File HandlingHello there my fellow WoS'ers I am attempting to write a Z80 / Snapshot Launching program that is based on a category of files # - Z whereby each f…
... reading, I have met my first hurdle - I need to know ... , "C:FILETST.TXT"
30 NEXT #5,c
40 IF ... -
Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... Commodore and this is my first time that I've tried ... the toilet. You have to first press that damn "C" key ... "
no, you have to first "open" the printer port and ... -
Emulation of ZX Spectrum 128+2 (grey)Please read this thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35523[/url] result: exist 3 (or more) versions of grey ZX Spect…
... Spectrum 128+2. First version contain board ISS1. Next version is ISS3 ... .
But exist also next version of board signed as ... -
IDE Hard Drive on your Spectrum!Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Today, I am going to share with you something that has truly captivated me over the last couple of months, some of you…
... /> [B]So a little history first...[/B]
A while ... ]
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[URL ... 48k spectrums to get here first LOL.. so for the moment ... this first installment... I hope that you follow me onto the next ... -
I'm being sued...3 months ago I interviewed an old man who used to be important for the portuguese movie industry... I had a couple of conversations with him, all ve…
... I sent the article the next day... and aparently the tag ... old" and repetitive).
first time something like this happened ... -
Othello/Reversi Validate and Make MovesI'm working an Othello/Reversi game The board is represented as a 2d array 8*8 ie: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00012000 00021000 00000000 00000000 000…
... /> ie 000000000
ie so first pos is up, then up ... each direction:
see if next tile in direction is other ... present) if no then try next until edge is piece tested ...
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move to next player go
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The good old days (what do you honestly miss)?I was reading a post on Gamefaqs where the author was saying how modern games were better than older games, and even though that's just his opinion (…
... you can copy them for next to nothing to a blank ... in the blanks yourself. The first one is a car that ...saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …
... exist; it saves from the first line >= start to the ... $(s TO s+1)):
NEXT s: INPUT ""
9995 RANDOMIZE ...Which is the best Deus Ex game?Damn, mean to ask as a poll: Which Deus Ex game do you prefer: (in order of release) 1. Deus Ex, 2. Deus Ex: Invisible War, 3. Deus Ex: Human Revo…
... control bots and turrets in first person view, which is a ... you view it as a first person shooter, and not as ... is only set in the next decade from now, when technology ... would be possible in the next decade if possible at all ...SP1 library questionsI'm working on my first game. I've not written a game since the late 1980s and that was a text based multiuser dungeon for BBC Micros with econet... …
I'm working on my first game. I've not written ... econet... so it's my first game with graphics. It's ... be moved off the screen first. Is that the only way ... from one screen to the next. Does SP1 have to be ...AND,XOR,OR,BIT,RES,SET,CPL,NEG,RLC,RRC,SLA,SRL,RL, RR,SRA for BASICAs this was drifting away from the original INKEY$ thread I thought that I'd create a new one. So here's a routine to provide all of the above mentio…
... the accumulator always takes the first parameter, so for BIT,RES ... "
99 PAUSE 0: CLS : NEXT b: NEXT a
[/code]probably a stupid question about RST16I'm using the 'hello world' code borrowed from [url=http://equant-retrochallenge.blogspot.com/2008/07/zx-spectrum-assembly-programming-under.html]her…
... /> inc hl ; Move onto the next character
jp printline ; Loop ... />
[/code]
the first time I call printline it ...First issue is outI have brought the first issue forward for people to see how the format is going to be if they want to write for the magazine. have a look and let m…
I have brought the first issue forward for people to ...30 minute video from BBC East 1981There is an incredible 30-minute video from the East Anglian Film Archive [url]http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/5099[/url] showing Clive Sinclair…
... thousands of ZX80 cases stacked next to the girls
assembling ... Mrs Ann Sinclair, wife and first Lady Sinclair to-be; Mr ...Issue 2 voltage troubleDear all, I got my hands on an old issue 2 from a friend. Price was close to zero so I did not hesitate to take it. After powering it up I was sur…
... and capacitors without any success. Next guess was some fault in ... video circuit but as a first step I decided to measure ... Speccy, so what to look next. Is it more likely that ... guess for what to look next would be highly appreciated.
Games where you can't get off the first screenPlayed a couple of games tonight where I couldn't get past the first screen. Last Ninja 2 Mystery of the Nile With Last Ninja 2, a combination of p…
Played a couple of games tonight where I couldn't get past the first screen.
Last Ninja 2
Mystery of the Nile
With Last Ninja 2, a combination of poor controls and not reading the instructions are probably to blame.Repairing another Issue 2 48K Spectrum.I said at the start of the other thread that I've got another one of these and I've started investigating it. The board is more-or-less exactly the …
... a complete short circuit. I first replaced the 7805 and that ... far. I think I'll next investigate the diodes in the ...Space Invader names pleaseHi all, Feeling creative? If so I could do with some help creating names for a feature in my next game (another platformer) featuring a lot of rand…
... for a feature in my next game (another platformer) featuring a ... a bit selective, as every first word needs to match every ...Testing needed (+demo)Hi, As my "next" project is mostly finished (still hoping to get it out next week), I realised I need some testing. So here's a demo. [url]http://…
Hi,
As my "next" project is mostly finished (still ... hoping to get it out next week), I realised I need ... it's intended as the first (of 3) level.
first level?
Any other ...Don't Stop Beleeeping - My first go a BeepolaMy first go at Beepola. [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30109412/Journey2.wav[/url] Cheezy yeah I know. One day I'll finish it off.
My first go at Beepola.
[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30109412/Journey2.wav[/url]
Cheezy yeah I know. One day I'll finish it off.what was the first game you played with your new joystick interface ?I remember getting a kempston + quikshot 2 (soon trashed) from the local woolies and electrical shop... first game... decathlon, was great at trashi…
... woolies and electrical
shop... first game... decathlon, was great at ...Power Brick ProblemDear all, i was just Powering up a 48K Rubber Key Speccy using two differnt power bricks. First one from my issue 2 Speccy, second one from an issue…
... using two differnt power bricks. First one from my issue 2 ... not caps.
With first power supply the Speccy works ... resets quite frequent for the first 5 minutes, until the power ... inside. So what to check next? It seems not to be ...Undefine functionHere's a routine to selectively remove variables from the VARS area and reclaim the space. This can be done partially from BASIC already by assigning…
... would entail adjusting the next address pointer by ... first TO last: READ z$: PRINT USR undefine,z$;: NEXT ... z
-or-
FOR z=first TO ... last: PRINT USR undefine,z$(z);: NEXT ...
;number or for...next control
NUMBER: ld ...SpecBAS 0.724 Now available!Hi folks - Again, a new SpecBAS for you. Some stunning bugs made their way into the last one, so I had to get a new version out sharpish. And for o…
Hi folks -
Again, a new SpecBAS for you. Some stunning bugs made their way into the last one, so I had to get a new version out sharpish. And for once, you windows folks are at the bleeding edge :)
Anyhoo, new features are few ...Crazy Cryptic, Cryptic Games Name Game.Here goes guess this ZX Spectrum game. The first to guess correctly gets to go next: [B]Start of day power reduction[/B]
Here goes guess this ZX Spectrum game. The first to guess correctly gets to go next:
[B]Start of day power reduction[/B]The next XBox might not run used games (gotta love the software houses...)Edit: Sorry, I posted this to the wrong forum (thought I was in the Chit Chat section). Can any mod please move it there. Or leave it here and preten…
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If the next XBox will not play used ... ://kotaku.com/5879202/sources-the-next-xbox-will-play-blu+ray ...Google Chrome tip for searching InfoseekIf you are the sorts who searches Infoseek often for a game (for the Cryptic clues game thread maybe?), and find the 2 step process of going to the i…
... ) Enter the following in the next field: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum ... Infoseek, you simply have to first type the keyword (say, wos ...Death of Chris "Kizzy" from Triad Developments / The KnightsHello all, It's my very sad duty to report the death of "Kizzy" from the UK demo group Triad Developments / The Knights. He was found dead on Tuesd…
... some time.
I first met Chris in about 1995 ... 'd find them out the next time I was over, but ...
