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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... coding style is not much different from what I would ... preachy. It certainly ended up much larger than I ... layout in mind in the Spectrum's case whereas printf() ... big programs are broken up into units of header ... for the address of the start of each array, we ... -
Reading +D and Microdrive cartsHi chaps, Not sure this is the right forum, but hey ;-) I've got a few +D discs and Microdrive carts I need to get data off. I can take the discs in…
... Cartridge[/URL] is a good start for moving files to tape ... past I've hooked a Spectrum up with a PC soundcard and ... MakeTZX running. Obviously, MakeTZX is not an option for you though... -
Z88DK fun and gamesHi, I was wondering if anyone here uses Z88DK with TommyGun and knew about how to link the two together (e.g. how do I use a screen, sprite or map e…
... C start-up code. It does things like collect argv/argc from the ... or the path variables are not pointing to the correct directory ... I do when compiling a spectrum C program:
1 ... />
+zx means select the spectrum as target
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divIDE ProductionJust to let everyone know that we have made further progress with the updated divIDE. Board design has been completed and changes have been made to …
... At the moment it will not do anything, as ZX Spin ... can move the selector bar up and down and select ... get the selector screen on start up you press "1" (this ... a way of installing this from a compact flash card, ... be offering it as an option to DivIDE Plus users ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... on the Spectrum 128K and you should get the normal start up screen ... 48K and 128K mode on start up.[/QUOTE]
So let ... in 48k mode by itself (not the 128K selector) right?
from this state (1982 Sinclair...), should ... -
free anti virus sofwaredoes anyone know where i can download some for windows xp. prefereably nice and simple and not some huge file that will take ages to download. thank…
... may need a scan on start-up. Avg won't do that ... will keep your computer free from viruses.
I've fixed ... System recovery (not a system restore) is the only option.
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... re-start the speccy, re-load the assembler and code (from tape ... decent set-up would have been a single spectrum with disk ... commonly available assemblers for the spectrum were not written with 'real' development ... that it took up none of the spectrum's memory to ...Proprietary apps and their free alternativesThis is probably old news but it might be useful to someone. There were many programs on this list that I was unware of. [url]http://whdb.com/2008/t…
... what I could want from a graphics package. But ... , Windows and Macs aside from the GIMP, I can ... to find them, the menu system being designed methodically.< ... rotate-by-X-degrees option in a completely different ... a shortcut to not having to start up VMWare I find ...FUSE on the PSP!Great news for us Speccy fans who chose the PSP over the Nintendo DS, only to find the PSP was sadly rather neglected in the Spectrum emulator area …
... mine, and we could start a sub thread of Monty ... authors to not post the source code up for their ... might benefit as they did from you. It's perfectly ... use FUSE (which apart from anything else is an ... practical platform) to play Spectrum games. So It worries ...Sound Problem with Fuse under Fedora9Hi all, Wonder if anyone can help me out with this. I've installed Fuse 0.9.0 under Fedora 9 using yum and I'm having some problems with the sound. …
... the sound. Whenever I start up Fuse I get a ... worked perfectly and some did not.
FUSE ...
(this is from memory and not exactly right)
option, so there was in ... has a policy of not distributing any binaries that ...New Spectrum game available - Egghead 5Timed to coincide with Egghead's 18th birthday (although it fits in rather well with WoS's 12th as well), Egghead Round the Med. is now available to …
... rather than the collect-em-up option as a couple of ... puzzle game, but not in the collect-em-up.
... already done so. At the start of the game, and ... area that the player would not need to visit, at ... the most trouble of all. From Sea Shore, head left ...Anybody use MAME?Just downloaded it there and got some golden oldies working. Anybody else use it?
... does not help).where did you download your cheat file from?.here ... the "enable cheats" option ticked then when you start a game, press ... TAB. This should bring up the MAME menu ...Retro-X Alpha availableChanges from WIP 7 (Alpha 3) to Alpha 4 ( 1.5.08 - 14.5.08 ). Requested by and help by - in brackets. Bugfixes: * Viewer: o File list not displaye…
... normal Spectrum screen. Allowing 200% messes anything up. I also do not ... s only one menu where there's an option to remember ... picture, there is a option to start the Avi conversion. It ... real Spectrum.
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This is planed, not unlike ...Attn: Dunny Re: Basin[QUOTE=Dunny;282407]Just out of interest, is there any demand on these boards for a standalone version of BASin's graphics tools? It'd be just the U…
... I can lift it from ZXSpin. I'm also ... dragging the mouse while selecting (by moving the mouse ... "Show last image imported" option on the View menu?
... individually, even if Basin's not loaded.
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option for this, so you can set up a ...BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... (a subject that was brought up before)
... 7 to move the cursor up. We could simply use ... it was done on the Spectrum. The numeric keypad, arrow ... and the other, but not both at the same time ... having the option to insert codes from the context menu on a ...CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... cgc/[/url]
is already up and running and impressively so ... /> original rubber-keyed Spectrum. This is completely separate from the
winner ... it off to a good start and I certainly
... were permitted in CSSCGC 2008. Not that it matters much as ...CronosoftIt's a bit of bad news, but I'm sorry to say that I'm probably closing up the Cronosoft label. I'm struggling financially at the moment, and Cronoso…
... just enough to make up the costs, or a ... making money of the Spectrum retro scene). What I ... failed venture that is not wanting to address its ... been my only intention from start to finish to try ... will only come from within Cronosoft, not from your efforts. These ...Ultimate backlash?Looking at all the polls posted on here recently, it would seem that Ultimate's games are not so fondly thought of as I thought they would be. I jus…
... and Atic Atac still stand up as good games, in the ... child to a Spectrum game today I would definitely start with an ... possible that Knight Lore may not look so great in comparison ... took that 'wow' factor away from Knight Lore and was an ...Why should I keep my SpeccyOk, so some of you might have noticed my add in sales to swap all my Speccy stuff for an Atari 800. Well, maybe I am a bit hasty, I have not really g…
... move with the times and not be a stick-in- ... that much satisfaction from loading up a game from a tape for ... than a PC, for a start :-)
Using an ... for stuff to load from tape (well, not for me at ... said that, I have no option but to do debugging of ...Spanish ZX Spectrum+ 128KDoes anyone know what the differences are between the Spanish and the UK versions of the ZX Spectrum+ 128 ? A couple of people have reported that th…
... UK versions of the ZX Spectrum+ 128 ?
A couple ... Plus interface - it just does not start up, although the interface will work ... don't use signal CLK from ZX bus. Need only M1 ... clone Didaktik M (model 1990) not use CLK signal:
[url ..."ZX Spectrum Book 1982-199x" - your opinionThe "ZX Spectrum Book 1982-199x" by Andrew Rollings can be now downloaded for free, so many people can read it. What is your opinion about this book?…
... as he just saved up for weeks to get ... /> Andrew Rollings' The ZX Spectrum Book - 1982 to 199x covers ... for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, some were very very ... happy. Imagine the complaints from you then if theres ... it through from start to finish and not turning into ...Games hacked to be played with Sinclair Joystick #1 (67890)I have mentioned a few of these in other threads, but I think they kinda deserve their own... I have been hacking a few of my favorite games which ha…
... =fog;421405]I just loaded up android 2.. that only has ... hhmm
sinclair space raiders from 82 also is keyboard only ... 2 has Kempston/IF2 option when you start it and works fine ... , but I am not sure if would be up to that, since ...Z80 compressorIs there one available? Is it any good? Peeps have been suggesting we should look into this, so here's a new thread! I'd do the compressor on the …
... remembered, and can be manipulated up/down. Each file is ... n bytes = offset from start of file to start of each chunk. Length ... n immediately before it) does not appear in the resultant compressed ... you can set a global option that ignores all these extra ...Platform Game Designer 2Right, with Telly Heroes out of the way, I've decided to have a second attempt at this. I've ditched the old PGD2 source, and started again with the…
... changes which required me to start over with each revision. I ... part is building the screens up character square by character square ... designer which imported the tiles from the ocp art studio and ... the likes) that the spectrum does not have that would make the ...Speccy Laptop on Ebay[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-48K-128K-Laptop-Boots-DOS-Emulator_W0QQitemZ110502786311QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputing_RL?has…
... ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-48K-128K-Laptop-Boots- ... rather cool... shame its not in black though[/QUOTE]
not utilise the whole of ... screen in DOS an option to scale up is provided in ... of newer Tosh Satelites from about 1998-99 in ...Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
... of system of building sprites from a basic unit, and a ... only horizontally) be an acceptable option for you?... That would severely ... that is not an option, could we at least come up with a ... feel sprite development can really start until some rules for recycling ...DivIDE and joystick interfaceWhich joystick interface works with the DivIDE and ZX 48K? I have TurboRAM but it works not correct or blocks DivIDE. Multiface One works with the j…
... which prevents the DivIDE + from booting up on almost every occasion, on ... (different from the first one) which allows DivIDE to start, but ... berserk, also it does not allow ResiDOS to start.
... OK plugged straight into my Spectrum, and it makes no ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... from the Spectrum Character Set onto the screen, not Attributes. It will pick up ... with HL pointing to the start of what you want ... of where you want to start printing
'Add a ... hl ;Character Set start address. 8 because every Spectrum character
add ...Arkos TrackerHi all, I'm proud to present you my Windows-based Tracker : Arkos Tracker, for you to compose for Spectrum, CPC and MSX. It requires .NET 3.5 at lea…
... , and it became a glitchfest from start. Well, it is a rhethoric ... ; 25 scanlines is ~6000t? Does not looks really fastest then, it ... who converted the player on Spectrum said that it was really ... /> > Non-50 Hz update option is unavailable for ZX and ...The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... arcade/console/computer gaming from the 80s will always ... better than equivilent Spectrum games but the Spectrum has no such ... is simply not true. For a start, the Spectrum is extremely ... the "Spectrum generation" is all grown up its becoming not uncommon to ...
