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User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... banks, but I like writing Spectrum BASIC games. I can't draw ... developing a system that takes Spectrum SCREEN$ and lets a user ... suitable images, convert them to Spectrum SCREEN$ (Img2ZXSpec), load them into ... -
What was your first job after leaving school?Just wondering what your first job was after finishing school? I left in 1990 and did a YTS scheme (remember them?) on spraying cars but i left afte…
... a job writing Game Boy games for Eurocom, but that fell ... weeks later JPM saw the Spectrum covertape games on my CV and ... give me a job writing games for them. -
Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…
... Spectrum. It will run most of Zx Spectrum games but not Zx Spectrum 128 games ... .
- Zx Spectrum 128 ... computer
- Zx Spectrum +2,+2A,+3 are clones ... of Zx Spectrum 128
- Pentagon ( ... -
Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…
... Spectrum. It will run most of Zx Spectrum games but not Zx Spectrum 128 games ... .
- Zx Spectrum ...
In exUSSR spectrum community all the problems that ... architecture. exUSSR spectrum community was formed ... -
Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
... hasn't been much of Spectrum-related games on the blog since ... obscure games, some of which were actually planned for the ZX Spectrum ... the three games compared this month, that had a Spectrum version. To ... -
Good or Horrible: BarbarianHmmmm. HMMMMMMMM. Barbarian's alright isn't it? I mean it did okay in the reviews, it had nice big graphics and it was a bit different from the…
It would be really good, if the roll wouldn't knock down the opponent. It spoiled the gameplay. Otherwise, a very nice game, good graphics and animation, interesting moves, a bit different that other Spectrum fighting games. -
Chequered Flag needs a remake!I don't know about the rest of you guys but I always thought Chequered Flag was great. There was speed and challenge of trying to master the cars an…
... TT Racer the only two Spectrum racing games which look like a ... from distance, in all other games, the road is only an ... Micro, but there's no Spectrum version, which is really a ... -
Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…
... Soviet clone of the Spectrum. The development team was ... August 1985, the original Spectrum was examined by foreign students ... , and on the original Spectrum scheme, it started development, ... , the developers loaded some Spectrum 16K games - Jumping Jack, Harrier ... -
Spectrum Next in the ArchiveWhen the Spectrum Next is launched, should it be added to the archive, and games archived as per usual WoS usage? There are a lot of new games annou…
... Spectrum 16K" - games for Speccy 16K (or higher)
"ZX-Spectrum 16K/48K" - games ... 48K
"ZX-Spectrum 48K" - games for Speccy 48K (or ... )
"ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K" - games that work in 48K ... 128K
"ZX-Spectrum 128K" - games for Speccy 128K (or ... -
Spectrum Next in the ArchiveWhen the Spectrum Next is launched, should it be added to the archive, and games archived as per usual WoS usage? There are a lot of new games annou…
... an excellent successor to the Spectrum range.[/quote]
[ ... Saukas;908150"]
"ZX-Evolution" - games that only work in ZX ... ZX-UNO
"ZX-Spectrum Next" - games that only work in Next ... the clones of the ZX Spectrum implemented in FPGA, so I ... -
What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
Fifa/ Pes run rings around Match Day, Emlyn Hughes etc. You'd have to be a masochist to prefer the Spectrum football games. -
What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
... a masochist to prefer the Spectrum football games. [/quote]
It ... -
any decent wargames produced on the speccy in the last 20 years?we are looking for strategy/wargames to review in the "Frontline" page(s) of the new Crash annual
... will try to complete the 2016 list soon*...[/quote]
2016, perhaps you could dedicate the ... double check the list of 2016 games from any of these sites ... -
Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
... pretty to read from the Spectrum gamers' point of view, ... be interesting. After all, California Games was the highest-selling game ... the above update and California Games, there was only the tenth ... to get back to more Spectrum-centric games in the near future. -
Is there a AY C64 Delta loading music changer type programme?Rob Hubbard came up with a genius idea of having the DELTA loading screen where you could change it yourself (The lead,Bass, Drums and FX)and I was w…
... games (where music plays while loading the game), but not on Spectrum ... of the standard offer in Spectrum commercial games?
If there are ... ?
In fact, many Spectrum 128k games from the eighties, dont even ... -
Is there a AY C64 Delta loading music changer type programme?Rob Hubbard came up with a genius idea of having the DELTA loading screen where you could change it yourself (The lead,Bass, Drums and FX)and I was w…
... games (where music plays while loading the game), but not on Spectrum ... Pegaz;915195"]In fact, many Spectrum 128k games from the eighties, dont ... gameplay, while in c64 games it is a regular case ... even below the average c64 games, leaving a better overall ... -
Is there a AY C64 Delta loading music changer type programme?Rob Hubbard came up with a genius idea of having the DELTA loading screen where you could change it yourself (The lead,Bass, Drums and FX)and I was w…
... of the standard offer in Spectrum commercial games?
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games similar or better in this ... -
Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
Yes my Recreated Spectrum from Games has just arrived . I have ... lead ,an instruction leaflet , a Spectrum sized mat , a beer mat ... can encase all kinds of Spectrum bits and pieces . But this ... -
Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
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Yes my Recreated Spectrum from Games has just arrived . I ... lead ,an instruction leaflet , a Spectrum sized mat , a beer mat ... -
Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
zxzvm can run z-code on the Spectrum. Though games compiled by Inform 7 tend to run too slowly to be playable. -
Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
... run z-code on the Spectrum. Though games compiled by Inform 7 ... -
Replaying games from Crash Issue 1Only a small conceit in the general scheme of things, but since Issue 1 of Crash was the first Spectrum mag I bought, and I remember wondering at the…
... %) - and as with all Spectrum strategy games, thank Tharg for emulation speed ... movement out of the 16k games so far reviewed at least ... (Britannia, 55%) - I like driving games, but two rounds of this ... -
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…
... is very good , at ZX Spectrum emulated games playing . For me at ... me a half working Recreated Spectrum with a few functioning keys ... -
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles 128k AY music version?Does anyone know if there is a version of Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles with the same AY music from the Atari ST version? https://www.youtube.com/wa…
It seems neither of the Spectrum turtle games were well catered for in ... -
RIP BobSad to wake up and hear the news about the legendary artist Bob Wakelin passing Did so many classic covers of old games specially 8 bit. Great to…
A sad day. When I spoke to him at Play in Blackpool last July he was excited to tell me he was planning on doing some more game covers for some of the new Spectrum Next games that were going to get a physical release.. What a shame that won't happen now :( -
New version: APULIJA-13 V2.0Hello everyone! [i]Apulija-13,[/i] the game that Jonathan Caldwell himself listed among those better showing what you can do with AGD, is back - a…
... not very fond of AGD games as they look all the ... it heavily reminds me of spectrum classic games, with mixed strategy, action ... -
New version: APULIJA-13 V2.0Hello everyone! [i]Apulija-13,[/i] the game that Jonathan Caldwell himself listed among those better showing what you can do with AGD, is back - a…
... not very fond of AGD games as they look all the ... it heavily reminds me of spectrum classic games, with mixed strategy, action ... a lot :) I authored other games with AGD - or parts of ... I try to make my games as much compatible as I ... -
Spectrum stuff online "buying skills". Are real skills needed for low cost Speccy items? Firstly , there are some pretty fundamental requirements that are probably too basic to mention , like buying the right software at the right pri…
When buying secondhand ZX Spectrum cassette games online
Always check to see if the seller refers to the instructions (Is that game cheap for a reason?) -
Afghan Attack (TXT adventure) - clues/vocabulary/solution?Try to play it last night, amazed how unfriendly it is! Just found in Crash-Archive (Review) that you need to type "JUMP OUT" to leave heli... it s…
Most spectrum adventures games here that dont have walkthroughs ... are seriously hard to solve games, otherwise those people already ... I learned.
These games are usually either impossible to ... Or please just try the games with a walkthrough instead. -
The Earth is NOT Flat ! The truth revealed !!!!!!!!!!I see that a recent convention by people who believe that the Earth is flat, has attracted many thousands of attendants, each paying a large admissio…
[quote="zx1;941609"]You're beginning to sound like Cornish Davey! :)) [/quote]
You gave me an Idea for a lecture :
Cornish Davey on, How does the Mandela effect make Spectrum computer games worth £500
