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  • TZXs speed loadingIs it possible to write a program that will play back tzx files at double speed, the way that TAPER can play back z80 files at 3000 baud? The Z802TZX…

    ... ROM loader, had custom (usually speedlock) loading routines. Once you'd got ... />
    When you see emulators loading games at high speed (before ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Thieves School - Demo availableHi there! The demo of Thieves School is available in [url]http://ws.vtrbandaancha.net/En/TS/TS.htm[/url], Downloads section. It allows to choose one…

    ... so difficult (a turbo saving/loading routine can be ripped from ... other thread, I love the Speedlock loading routine!. Thanks for the feedback ...
    worldxxisoft worldxxisoft February 2009 Games
  • When did multiloads start?Hullo, again. Long time reader, rare topic starter! In the mid 80s, when Elite grabbed the rights to the likes of Commando, Bomb Jack and Ghosts N' …

    ... the first game to use Speedlock loading system too, which was coded ... Spectrum game to employ the Speedlock turboloader..
    Hercules Hercules July 2009 Games
  • spectrum loading noise on Bluetones CDWas listening earlier to the Bluetones 'Return to the last chance saloon' CD. During the instrumental part of 'The Jub jub bird' there was a noise i…

    There's an Aphex Twin track called "Peek 824545201" which begins with a normal, then speedlock loading sound.
    Also New Order's "Murder" has loading sounds towards the end of it, you have to listen pretty carefully though.
    Nomen Luni Nomen Luni February 2010 Games
  • spectrum loading noise on Bluetones CDWas listening earlier to the Bluetones 'Return to the last chance saloon' CD. During the instrumental part of 'The Jub jub bird' there was a noise i…

    ... begins with a normal, then speedlock loading sound.
    Also New Order ... 's "Murder" has loading sounds towards the end of ... called Inkey$ which has no loading sounds; it was the B ...
    perini-ps perini-ps November 2012 Games
  • New loading screen for Bubble BobbleFinally, after a long time without knowing what to do, graphically talking, I managed to develop a new loading screen for this Taito coin-op conversi…

    With Neil's consent, I've made a couple of adjustments to his screen to accommodate the Speedlock loading timer and put it into a TZX:

    [youtube]49lzHwn65DE[/youtube]

    Available for download from the link in my signature
    jp jp April 2014 Games
  • Speedlock 5 & 6Is it really possible to convert a working VOC of a speedlock 5 or 6 game into a TZX ? The reason I ask this is because I have a couple of games tha…

    ... a working VOC of a speedlock 5 or 6 game into ... happens just before the first speedlock block. The rest of the ... speedlock seems to convert fine but ... beep. (As if you were loading into a real spectrum and ...
    Tim Hingley Tim Hingley February 2001 Emulators
  • Speccy loading schemesI was wondering. How did programmers get those spectrum games to load using the different loading schemes like the faster loaders?(speedlock) Did the…

    I was wondering. How did programmers get those spectrum games to load using the different loading schemes like the faster loaders?(speedlock) Did the code have to be saved in some special way? How did thye get the different colours also?
    Anonymous Anonymous July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…

    ... ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were ... least favorite now. Ever tried loading Starglider 128? These bleeps make ... in comparison to the standard loading scheme!
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan July 2003 Games
  • MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…

    ... /> Starquake
    Hyper Sports (Speedlock)
    Jack The Nipper (Turboload ... the capabilities of mp3 for loading. In terms of sound ... a totally inappropriate way of loading games for a start). ... drawn- even turboloaders and speedlock were dealt with ease.
    Spector Spector September 2006 Emulators
  • Problem loading Warajevo tapes even if they are converted to TZXDear readers, Yesterday I experimented with some of my older Warajevo tapes (which are known as being completely different from Lunter tapes) that c…

    ... ; most of them have Speedlock protections, but the emulators ... I disabled edge protections, loading accelerations etc. Only EmuZWin ... was wondering that Fuse starts loading the original Warajevo tapes, ... had problems with game loading with the other emulators, ...
    clausjahn clausjahn June 2009 Emulators
  • Fastest loading cassette game?What was the fastest loading cassette game? Obviously size vs speed has to be compared, but I seem to recall a car racing game which seemed to load …

    What was the fastest loading cassette game?

    Obviously ... 't Outrun or any other speedlock game) ...

    I was ...
    SKR SKR October 2009 Games
  • Name that game: loading routineName that game but with a twist. I remember loading a game and it had a strange loading (protection?) scheme. It played normal when loading up initia…

    ... and it had a strange loading (protection?) scheme. It played ... and my strange fascination with loading schemes. I have already ... checked Andrew's excellent protection loading website, but no luck!< ... , whom I believe were using speedlock quite a bit.
    < ...
    Van_Dammesque Van_Dammesque December 2009 Games
  • Speedlock - a loader or a virus?Believe it or not, my rubber refuses to load 100% anything Speedlock related. At least the later ones used in 1988-1990 games. I was using the output…

    ... refuses to load 100% anything Speedlock related. At least the later ... the real machine always got loading error in the end... It ...
    maiki maiki February 2011 Games
  • Jet Set Willy and the Speedlock loaderHi everybody, I'm building a Manic Miner/JSW tribute site (yes, another one) and I was missing my original copy of Jet Set Willy. It's buried in my …

    ... ... "protected by SPEEDLOCK".

    What? Speedlock? JSW never had Speedlock! Yet there ... Speedlock code to my TZX maker, and it loads up. The loading ...
    Spirantho Spirantho March 2011 Games
  • Speedlock and Games questionI have found that games such as [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004564]Slap Fight[/url] and the others, e.g. [url=http://www.w…

    ... ].
    Are all listed as Speedlock 4 types, why then when ... />
    Different sub-versions of speedlock 4? Different companies providing different ... /> EDIT: Not just different coloured loading stripes but the routine in ...
    Van_Dammesque Van_Dammesque March 2011 Games
  • Speedlock Source CodeOooh - found some interesting Amstrad/Spectrum Speedlock source code over at [url]http://web.archive.org/web/20070126232648/http://andercheran.aiind.…

    ... - found some interesting Amstrad/Spectrum Speedlock source code over at [url ... documentation:

    [QUOTE=]The Speedlock Macro-Dos System is designed ... simple file handling system for loading game files, with filenames of ...
    jp jp November 2012 Development
  • SpeedLockI'm aware that there are seven (7) - yes, SEVEN!! - different iterations of the SpeedLock loader. I've loaded games from all 7 types, one by one, and…

    ... !! - different iterations of the SpeedLock loader. I've loaded games ... lieu of a border or loading stripes

    ... games claiming to be SpeedLock actually fail to adhere ... up, I'm currently loading each game one by one ... can get through 1000+ loading tapes.
    Swevicus Swevicus February 2013 Games
  • Hunchback II loading screen by zombi2I'm about 3 years late (!), but found a new loading screen for Hunchback II by [URL="http://zxart.ee/eng/graphics/authors/z/zombi2/qid:2662/"]zombi2[…

    ... late (!), but found a new loading screen for Hunchback II by ... spliced it back into the Speedlock release... which can be downloaded ...
    jp jp January 2014 Announcements
  • Bad Sabre Wulf Speedlock 1 TZX?I've been having trouble getting a Speedlock 1 TZX of Sabre Wulf to load on my 48K and 128K machines.<br><br>It works fine under emulation, but with …

    ... been having trouble getting a Speedlock 1 TZX of Sabre Wulf ... up until Speedlock Block 2 - I see red/blue loading stripes for ... both machines, as do other Speedlock and Alkatraz TZXs...
    jp jp June 2015 MIA/STP/SDP
  • the loading screen.It wasn't so bad in the past, with all the colourful lines during the loading stage. But now that everything has improved so much it is kind of annoy…

    ... the colourful lines during the loading stage. But now that everything ...
    darryll darryll December 2001 Emulators
  • Loading noiseHas anyone come up with a good setting on the realspectrum emulator to give a perfect loading noise on tzx files? If so could you please tell me what…

    Has anyone come up with a good setting on the realspectrum emulator to give a perfect loading noise on tzx files? If so could you please tell me what it is as I would love to get this right!
    Thank you very much.
    Speccy Steve Speccy Steve September 2001 Emulators
  • Wanted: TZX for Psycho Soldier (Athena 2)Afternoon, After seeing a bid on Ebay for the said title, it looks as though this title may stay MIS (Missing in Snaption) for some time. There is …

    ... /> I presume the loading scheme will be Speedlock 7 (AKA 4).
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2001 MIA/STP/SDP
  • are the following (tzx) really missing ?On the list at [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/stp/games.html"]www.worldofspectrum.org/stp/games.html[/url] there are some existing items ages a…

    ... english version (speedlock)
    - F.I.R.E. (standard loading)
    - Rygar ...
    secarica secarica March 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…

    ... . There are no instructions for loading with the TAP file included ... documentation for these games (specifically - loading)
    Thanks for any help.
    ember ember March 2002 Games
  • +2A external tape loadingGot a +2A on the way and will want to load externally. Now I know that the +2A is basically a stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a floppy …

    ... understand it the +3 tape loading lead works on a +2A ... have pinouts on the tape loading/saving lead. I have scoured ...
    Keith Coles Keith Coles March 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…

    ... the room and spoiling the loading process.

    Anyway, were ...
    davidjs_uk davidjs_uk April 2002 Games
  • Platoon TZX / Decryption toneDownloaded Platoon from the TZX vault earlier today. Kept crashing when loading into my real speccy via PlayTZX, and I i realised the Speedlock 6 dec…

    ... earlier today. Kept crashing when loading into my real speccy via ... , and I i realised the Speedlock 6 decryption tone was missing ... repeated forever.

    After loading it into TAPER it seemed ...
    exobuzz exobuzz June 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Randomize USR xxxxxA weird topic: When I was a kid I use to mess around with the RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx, sad I know!!! For instance RANDOMIZE USR 51234 would give me a loa…

    ... 51234 would give me a loading screen with noise funny colour ... of basic simialr to the Speedlock protection screen i.e a ... /> Anybody know where these fancy loading things come from or a ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Realtime Tape Loading, Windows Speccy EmulatorHi folks, I'm very impressed by the amount of Windows Speccy Emulators that have been popping up this year !. What with Spectaculator, ZX SPIN, and…

    ... be first to implement realtime loading of tapes via the line ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2002 Emulators
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