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Is it a form of despondency or am I just now lazy?I know there are quite a lot of us 40 to 50 year oldies from the Spectrum era and I was wondering if anyone else felt this way? I seem to have the in…
... 50 year oldies from the Spectrum era and I was wondering ... lower these days.
2. Work - I spend all day coding ... retro related), so it wouldn't be surprising that that burns ... for so long that it doesn't work for me deep down. If ... -
Limitations of emulationsYears ago at a trade fair, I got chatting to the guys who programmed [i]Gyron[/i]. They were demonstrating it and showed me an undocumented feature: …
... of extra colours outside the Spectrum's colour palette (such as ... things that just doesn't work under emulation. I can't remember all the ... lines of counting all the T-states needed to refresh just ... ultra-hardware-specific and don't work on emulators? -
Rod-land - struggling to get working on my real +2 (grey machine)Hi Everyone, I've had a week enjoying tinkering with my +2 and there are only a few games I have not managed to play on my +2 that I enjoyed back …
... (distorted tape) so won't load from this :( I' ... works. And if that doesn't work I usually take a snapshot ... initially loads on my real Spectrum but corrupts as soon as ... to play that I haven't managed to was NARC ... and the tap file won't load. But the problem ... -
Magnum Light Phaser supportHello I've been hoping as well as searching Emulators that support the Magnum Light Phaser as my original ZX Spectrum 2A+ James Bond Action Pack won'…
... original ZX Spectrum 2A+ James Bond Action Pack won't work on ... some popular emulators but it doesn't seem that Fuse as ... and AMX Mouse doesn't work that way for ZX Spectrum Lightgun games. ... Does anyone know another ZX Spectrum emulator that supports better for ... -
The Legacy of the White Crane - Ishido 2Hello! I would like to introduce the second part of my 2015 game, The Legacy of the White Crane. New part - new features: a taoist monk, Dalgon, wh…
... Dalgon. ULAplus support (unfortunately, it doesn't work properly in many emulators, but ... things), Kempston Mouse support, more keyboard layout, joystick support, english, hungarian ... many other things that don't come to my mind... AY ... -
An online basic emulator for spectrum basic?I was looking at some basic tutorials lately and I thought it would be fun to make a simple basic emulator for the spectrum basic, similar to http://…
... simple basic emulator for the spectrum basic, similar to http://tomasp ... something like this for the spectrum? It doesn't need to do a ... things but just handle easy* spectrum basic and able to insert ... -
what are people's favourite........hi there, what are people's favourite games and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
... time favourite game on the Spectrum:
ARNHEM - Operation Market ... in the archive, but it doesn't work correctly for me - the artillery ... command does not appear to work. -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
The Spectrum just doesn't have enough memory or ... 65536 memory addresses on a Spectrum. Each memory address stores ... how to live right? The Spectrum is no different - the ... memory stores everything about the Spectrum...
LD BC ... for this line of work. -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... says
"The Spectrum just doesn't have enough memory or speed ... requires assembler. I didn't say it was impossible to ... machine code. You won't find any 8 way ... machine code. You don't have enough memory to ... which invariably will not work in a way condusive ... -
Didaktik M (ZX Spectrum clone selling)Here is an offer to buy ZX Spectrum clone ( DIDAKTIK M ) from Slovakia, basic info: 100% functionality, Kempston & Sinclair joysticks connectors, tap…
... kind of ROM checksum doesn't work, but it doesn't work on +2, +2a,+2b ... memory is on same speed (doesn't have slow and fast pages ... differences. Actually, it has good keyboard, good tape interface, built in ... -
Haunted HedgesAnyone get this game to work? With me, it shows the first screen, but none of the options work, except redefine keys. You can't start the game or any…
... it on a real Spectrum, and it still doesn't work. Neither the tap ... can get this game to work, whether on a real machine ... -
Moon AlertOcean did this in 84, the one with Wagner playing over the titles. I'm one of those gits that likes playing games on their origianl Spectrums, but th…
... the same file on a Spectrum 128 and it says something ... 2 y/n?", and it doesn't work. I have never come across ... -
Thinking of a gameChaps I'm thinking of a game where you worked for the mob
... little temperamental, so if it doesn't work try it the next year ... Wooley, Stephen Hill in Your Spectrum issue 17)
IF ... -
Saving machine code on EmulatorI have been dabbling with Chapter 26 of Stephen Vicker's "ZX Spectrum Manual". [url="http://www.madhippy.com/8-bit/sinclair/zxspecman/zxmanchap26.htm…
... a few speccy emulators - it doesn't work.
I could have ... changed in a later issue spectrum, and the ROM for this ... just isn't one of the common ones ... -
Speedlock & Spin (again)Following on from the Vixen thread, I've come across another game which crashes during the decryption beeps - Imagine's "Ping Pong". With Vixen, a ne…
... when you learn how a spectrum actually works when loading from ... test tapes work, you need to disable anything a spectrum will *not ... for RealSpec too. A Spectrum would not auto start or ... it doesn't work for all the tapes. The auto control doesn't work for some ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... which will be on the Spectrum. How? I used my ... softare just in case it doesn't work - it's not essential. ... 128k games should work no problem on it. ... br /> Let's hope that doesn't happen.
Oh, and ... Complier. If you don't want BASIC on the NC100 ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... which will be on the Spectrum. How? I used my ... why the hell aren't you writing in pure ...
[/quote]Cyborg, I don't know what to say. If ... softare just in case it doesn't work - it's not essential. ... 128k games should work no problem on it.[/quote ... -
Games that aren't workingI cannot get Hostages loaded on Spectaculator. On Spin I can't get past the first menu with the 48k version. With the +2 version the controls don't…
... played Hostages on Spin, it doesn't work. The 48k game freezes at ... game. I wouldn't have expected it to work in 48k at ... Sinclair control, or the redefineable keyboard work perfectly here - I just played ... -
hidden classicshi all , weve all got our favourite games and a lot of answers are very similar when topics such as " best game ever on speccy " are posted , can i a…
... /> I don't know. My brother had a Spectrum about 15 years ... with 'Magic Knight Trilogy' which doesn't work on ZX32.
I like ... -
Underwurlde = Crap?Ultimate have this huge reputation, and in terms of production it's deserved, but I don't think that the playability of their games are necessarily a…
... the "use keyboard to pick stuff up" thing doesn't work when playing joystick ... -by-a-drunk-man nonsense doesn't rectify matters :(
And ... the Buckfast-swigger designating the keyboard controls again. -
T H E . S H A W . B R O T H E R S . . . did you play on these games? . . . . *website online now*There's a Spectrum section on our site at [url="http://www.sickhappyidle.com"]http://www.sickhappyidle.com[/url] (click on the spectrum or go through…
... reason the speed up function doesn't work right (it's probably me ... a link adding to our Spectrum links in our (cunningly titled ... ) Spectrum Links page then let me ... [/url]
...click on the Spectrum image or go through "Shaws ... -
Spectaculator - any hope for support for CTRL ?When running CP/M for +3, the CONTROL key is SSHIFT+CAPSS (i.e. EXTENDED). 1. It would be fine to emulate this to the PC's CTRL key. At present it is…
Hmm.. doesn't work on my Microsoft Natural Elite either :( Beeps like mad as soon as I press both shifts+enter.
I worked around it by selecting "48k keyboard layout" which makes the ( -
compatibility between ZX computers?Hey all, I'm new here :) I was wondering about compatibility between ZX computers. Is it possible to run a game made for ZX80 on a ZX Spectrum? Or a …
... rewrite BASIC code, it should work (more-less). But if You ... not work of course.
But don't worry, even Spectrum machines ... with every Speccy) several progs doesn't work correctly or doesn't work at all. :) -
compatibility between ZX computers?Hey all, I'm new here :) I was wondering about compatibility between ZX computers. Is it possible to run a game made for ZX80 on a ZX Spectrum? Or a …
... it seems like the demo doesn't work..
It stops just after ... the ZX81 Emulator for the Spectrum. Only not if used IM2 ... -
Attic Attac - return of the Speccy!I had gone to my hometown over the weekend to my grandma's place. And while investigating the attic, I found a trunk full of Speccy goodies includin…
Ok, cool. Also let me get this straight: I should plug in the leads into the mic socket of the Spectrum? I've been trying the ear socket and it doesn't work (and no wonder). So much for my technical knowledge! :) -
Z80 to TZX Converter !Hey Everyone ! I have a bit of time lately and I coded a little utility that can convert the Z80 snapshot (any version, 48k and 128k supported) to T…
... 44100 and 30303 frequency. It doesn't work with 45454 or anything in ... to load in the Real Spectrum at most "normal" frequencies and ... -
[NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…
... frame rate is? (Many ex-Spectrum owners are not technical).
doesn't support it, it'll try 75Hz. If that doesn't work it ... (which says the monitor isn't capable of 100Hz or 75Hz ... -
Recognize any games by loading noise? :)Hi all, OK, a bit surreal question, but seems there are many around who were really into games, so how about any who can recognize some games just …
... of useless attempts: it doesn't work. I was young. Maybe ... voice has changed... Couldn't even get the block ... able to replicate a Spectrum loading, it would be ... starting sounds which weren't as similar as I ...
I think most Spectrum games have enough in them ... -
problem with my 128k spectrum +2afirst sorry for my english yesterday i?v get a 128k spectrum +2a,when i put it working, it started fine. i can watch the main menu, but i can?t use d…
it doesn?t work
to judas:
no conoceras algun manual de spectrum de hard, es que me han pasado uno y no va
