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  • Queries about loading schemesAccording to the review of Wizard's Lair in Crash issue 14: [quote]Wizard's Lair has an unusual fast loader, which makes the border flash in wide ban…

    ... 's Lair has an unusual fast loader, which makes the border ...
    darkman darkman September 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Speed SettingsI'm using ZX32, and I'm wondering how fast I need to set it on a Celeron 800 using keyboard. I've got display update at the top of the slider, adn so…

    ... , and I'm wondering how fast I need to set it ...
    MartinUK MartinUK September 2004 Emulators
  • city slicker(tips)hello here is a list of tips(not complete)for "city slicker":- --------- the tower --------- beefone-removes guard near pail switch(dungeon)switc…

    ...

    right flame-stops fast guard

    weight-to ...
    ladderman ladderman September 2004 Games
  • Fast division in machine codeHi Does anyone know what is the fastest way to divide a 16 bit number by 24 in machine code. Derek [ This Message was edited by: dmsmith on 2004-0…

    Hi

    Does anyone know what is the fastest way to divide a 16 bit number by 24 in machine code.

    Derek

    [ This Message was edited by: dmsmith on 2004-09-24 20:04 ]
    dmsmith dmsmith September 2004 Development
  • Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…

    ... the smoothness of say a sprite on the Spectrum is better ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow September 2004 Games
  • OT: Where should I go on Holiday? Tell me about where you live.Right, I need a holiday, I haven't been away for 2 and a half years and Im getting fed up of Burnley.Trouble is I don't know where to go. Seening as …

    ... I have 3 hard and fast rules regarding holiday destinations,
    Sharopolis Sharopolis September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Master tapes...How were Speccy games mastered for duplication? Were they done with one big, special master reel? If so, how did they get the signal from the Speccy…

    ... ones) use their own custom fast-loaders?
    Scribbler Scribbler October 2004 Games
  • Emu problemsHello, I read an article in retro gamer and found this place and was wondering if you guys could tell me how to make the ZX spectrum Emulator run sl…

    ... and they all run really fast.....what is happening.
    Also ...
    Kheldar Kheldar October 2004 Games
  • Cobra - scrollingHi everyone, I have been studying some of the code in Ocean' Cobra game using a debugger, in the hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In cas…

    ... unaltered, except for being unplayably fast.

    Has anyone else ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…

    ... .ZX and .SP snapshots.
    [*] Sprite Finder made available without switching ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov October 2004 Emulators
  • SpeedloadersSince I read Lee Tonks' post about the speedloaded version of MM3 he did, I've been playing around with various speedload routines I found on TTFn & …

    ... on the Spectrum, & how fast was it ?
    One of ...
    darkman darkman October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SOLDJust picked these up today, boxed Codemasters Dizzy Collecton; Dizzy Fast Food Fantasy World Dizzy Treasure Island Dizzy Magicland Dizzy and a 4 ga…

    ... Dizzy Collecton;
    Dizzy
    Fast Food
    Fantasy World Dizzy ...
    thx1138 thx1138 October 2004 Sales
  • Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…

    ... I am trying to make sprite movement routine. Actually I ... did it, however my sprite
    flickers terribly while ... background
    2. Draw sprite into background
    3. Delay ... Draw stored background into sprite
    5. Change sprite coordinates
    6 ...
    Ralf Ralf October 2004 Development
  • Is there much ?Do you think there`s much cooperation, and in fact co-development now goes on within the 8-bit community.. in fact is there any? I know that`s a daf…

    ... , apart from sharing bits of `fast` code... and with the time ...
    CKay CKay November 2004 Development
  • Into the eagle's nest questionSome time ago (more than 10 years) I completed "Into the Eagle's nest" game. Now I'm trying to complete it again. On first level I've managed to acti…

    ... (the hits begin to increase fast while theare are no enemies ...
    kmatveev kmatveev November 2004 Games
  • Any one here know about computers?(sniggers - I knew that title would get loads viewing this) Okay, folks - my monitor's on the blink. It's beginning to flash a green tint. I've had …

    ... flat screens that have a 'fast' pixel update rate - can anyone ...
    Tobo Tobo November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Is the IY register used by the spectrum rom?Hi I've been writing a sprite routine and have noticed that the sprite data gets corrupted at some points. I have no idea why and can only guess tha…

    ... /> I've been writing a sprite routine and have noticed that ... the sprite data gets corrupted at some ...
    dmsmith dmsmith November 2004 Development
  • Make your games run faster - HalfLife 2, etc.I was always a bit disapointed that my XP3000+ and Radeon 9600pro couldn't run Deus Ex2 that well. That's until I saw this tip in a magazine. (apol…

    ... supports it, turn on AGP fast Write in your BIOS (sometimes ...
    Tobo Tobo December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spectrum 3.5 Floppy help and adviceGod I'm useless. Can I please ask for some serious advice here as I'm just too uneducated to get anywhere with this! The Problem. I want to be abl…

    ... discovery and just got nowhere fast.

    Could someone please ...
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Combining NostalgyHi, Perhaps a childish idea, but in the name of nostalgy... Most if not all of you know and remember the cards that were about cars, planes, motorc…

    ... )

    3) Main character sprite size (not of course in ...
    SpecMem SpecMem January 2005 Games
  • please help to find certain speccy art page........that I found sum time ago. (and can?t find now, of course..) On that site one guy has put his own remakes of Dizzy loading screens, there was o…

    ... each other and were showed fast enuff to make screen look ...
    m?s?xi m?s?xi January 2005 Games
  • Project Future remake in progressActually I was too fast for my own good and posted the following bit in the "Them!" thread because I read "Project Future" in the title. D'oh! But h…

    Actually I was too fast for my own good and ...
    Sokurah Sokurah January 2005 Games
  • Saving game filesHi Just had one small problem solved very fast here, thanks Fred really appreciated :) My next question is:- If I am playing an adventure game in…

    ... one small problem solved very fast here, thanks Fred really appreciated ...
    Chris A Chris A January 2005 Emulators
  • Nebulus.As we are speaking so much about recordings of completed games on this forum, I have a question about people's opinion here. On HARP Spectrum Zone w…

    ... Nebulus, to complete it as fast as possible, meaning loosing as ...
    Frankie Frankie February 2005 Games
  • Popeye 1 no colour clash?How was Don Priestley able to get rid of the colour clash in this classic game (and the Trapdor etc)??? Was it because he was doing the fast switchi…

    ... because he was doing the fast switching thing? (Oooh, a technical ...
    Skarpo Skarpo February 2005 Games
  • Help needed with "The Devils Crown". Bugged!!Hi there, just joined the forum,nice to see such an active community. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me. : ) Ok, I've been playing…

    ... when this item spawns, the sprite is always stuck inside the ...
    Gosub Gosub February 2005 Games
  • Quickest Assembly to find if point in rectangleWhat is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle. e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40 how do i know if a point (e.g 20,20) is in…

    What is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle.

    e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40

    how do i know if a point (e.g 20,20) is in the rectangle, as fast as possible in assembly
    robpearmain robpearmain March 2005 Development
  • Flashing slowly...By lots of thanks to attendants of #speccy@ irc.astrolink.org .. Today, I argued with people at #speccy, and downloaded a \"feckin\" emulator liste…

    ... flashing in the emulator are fast and after a while it ...
    tayanc_molla tayanc_molla March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speed of blinking L on a Speccy???Friend of mine and I have had a "discussion" (close to a game of fisticuffs) about how fast it takes to invert the attribute for the blinking L (or t…

    ... game of fisticuffs) about how fast it takes to invert the ...
    Skarpo Skarpo March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • JX-Speccy bugs.A few bugs i have noticed upon testing JX-Speccy out, Renegade runs too slow and Kwik Snax has corruption and lots of sprite flicker like Rainbow Isl…

    ... has corruption and lots of sprite flicker like Rainbow Islands.
    Whitesnake Whitesnake March 2005 Emulators
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