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Plot questionHi all Is there a way of detecting whether a plot position has been plotted, or whether it's still 'empty' ? In short, I need to know for a pro…
... if it reaches a point on the screen which has a coordinate ... -
When did Cassettes Go Paperless?I noticed that my "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" Cassette tape is paperless. In other words , the tape cassette itself does not have any paper inla…
... not have any paper inlays stuck on both sides with the name ... of the Game on . Instead the "minimal" data about ... -
Spectrum 128k advice neededHi, I'm new to this forum and the spectrum world. I have this spectrum "toastrack" that was working fine until today. It doesn't boot anymore, it s…
... , it shows me this image on the screen.
What board version ... basic test I can perform on it?
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sp1_cs, sp1_InitCharStruct, sp1_InsertCharStruct, sp1_RemoveCharStructHi all, Anyone knows how to use the these structs/methods? The idea is to create foreground objects (without going for removing strucs or validati…
Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
... I'm working on. The algorithm is based on [url="http//www ... .net
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6 ... Leave some space for shadow screen buffer
20 GO SUB ...Whats the smallest amount of time to precise emulate a Spectrum?Whats the smallest amount of time to completely emulate a Spectrum? Maybe the ULAs timings as mentioned here: [url="https://opencores.org/projects…
... get a proper display whats on the screen, we may need to ... screens: One which displays "whats on screen" at this step. And another ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... two bottom rows of space on the screen, a "scroll?" message appears ... /> I found a few posts on how to get rid of ...Name that game - wizards that create platformsHi, I'm trying to find a game I used to play a lot. It's a single screen game for 1 or 2 players. I think that it only used one color for the pale…
... lot. It's a single screen game for 1 or 2 ... then jump on, to reach the upper part of the screen. I ... items or kill the enemies on the screen.
Thanks for ...Best Type-In GamesWhat type in programs did you think the end result was worth the effort of typing them in? Even though most of them were not of the quality of com…
... to reach the highest spot on each screen, some screens had moving ...Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
... [b]lots [/b]of grunts on the screen at once)
* gonna ... /> * gonna draw directly to the screen, no back buffers, so racing ... for pushing bytes to the screen
* may have to sort ...Exact emulation of the Snow effectAs the original post on another forum is outdated, and for those who don't know about that forum, I duplicate this info here: At the beginning of …
... of the screen memory address set by the ULA on the ... the interference of reading ULA screen data and memory regeneration leads ... be no running columns on the screen, which is due to ... Very fast running columns on the screen immediately after loading the tests ...EliteCan any of you good people tell me how to use the LENSLOC that is supplied with Elite.I have the game loaded at the ENTER CODE screen but cannot work…
... lens thing that you put on the screen to unscramble the dots ...EliteCan any of you good people tell me how to use the LENSLOC that is supplied with Elite.I have the game loaded at the ENTER CODE screen but cannot work…
... lenslok unfolded on the screen and adjust the lines on the screen to about ... it up and put it on the screen so that the vertical ... is aligned with central line on the screen. You'll still have ...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…
... can give u some help on the matter.
To ... ' there will be displayed on the screen.U can do wot u ... with a book on AL and familiarise urself on the role of ... ) themselves!
Well, chew on that for a while!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…
... can give u some help on the matter.
To ... ' there will be displayed on the screen.U can do wot u ... with a book on AL and familiarise urself on the role of ... ) themselves!
Well, chew on that for a while!Amstrad telephone plays Spectrum games?Hi, I have been absent from this forum for a long time now, mature student these days! I was perusing a home shopping catalogue, when I noticed an…
It is on page 887 of the Spring/ ... of games can be viewed on the screen prior to downloading and ...Thanksgiving ;-)Since Usenet is rife with these I thought why not here? That will probably be answered soon, but until then... ...What Speccy related stuff are you m…
Mine is finding hints tips and solutions on adventure games on which I got stuck onCheats for Spectrum Games???Hello chaps, good to see people keeping the spirit of the speccy alive!!!!!! I was wondering if anyone could help me? I have a 48K and a 128k specc…
Thank you guys!!! Big help to me, now I can enjoy games that I've been stuck on for years!! Keep on keeping the speccy alive! This is one of my new favourite sites....Brings a tear to my eye..............Sniff.denied gamesI to am guilty of sending denied games by email to other spec chums who are new to the emu scene,spesh ultimate games as they are some of the best an…
... with 2 bits of paper stuck on the tv over the scanners ...Manic flippin MinerAAARRGGGGHHH!!!!! I give up! Is there anyone who would be kind enough to e-mail me a copy of manic miner AFTER solar power generator. I've wasted eno…
... byte,and type in typewriter on first screen,you get a boot ... in lives remainig bit of screen,,this activates level select,now ... the game upto solar power screen and then press and hold ... 1259 for last screen,,infact the screens are as ...What's this racing game?Hi 2 everyone who likes Spectrum. Does anyone know what was the name of this RACING game. It was 2 words i'm pretty sure. It used the ZX Spectrum ba…
... (the blocks you can type on the screen with the blinking "G".What was the first thing you did with your spectrum?This is like an addition to Stuarts topic what made you buy your spectrum,,,,ok what i want to know from you lot is when you got your speccy home,or …
... bars, and a counter on the screen telling you how long to ... twenty seconds of loading, the screen went black for what seemed ...Death ChaseI have 2 copies of 3D Deathchase for my emulator, one is very easy and the other is quite difficult. Can anyone explain this? Does anyone know why th…
i bet one is a snapshot from a game where sum1 has got to a high sector number,i finished monty mole using a snapshot of the game on last screen,that the only way i can see 1 is easy and 1 is hard.your favourite adventureWe all must have played text adventures on our speccys,i loved them even tho i only ever finished about 3 in my life. Anyway what was your favorite t…
oh yeh Dracula,i got really stuck on that so wrote to adventure helpline in computer and video games and got it published,lol.mind you only completed chapter 1.your favourite adventureWe all must have played text adventures on our speccys,i loved them even tho i only ever finished about 3 in my life. Anyway what was your favorite t…
... do know when you get on coach you freeze to death ... ..thats what i was really stuck on,good old cvg.Problem using with keys at same time Hi ! I'm having some problems in my laptop, Compaq Armada E500 PIII 600Mhz, with Windows 98, using three keys at same time. Example: Up, Left and …
... buttons getting stuck). This problem was very annoying on older computers ... thus had more "stuck key" problems. Even on todays ultrafast P4- ... great pains when playing Doom on my 386 33MHz (shoot ... reason for your keys getting stuck on your laptop. As another ...Best way to codeHi, I've been using Zeus Assembler to code MC programs so far. Nothing fancy just the odd scroll left or animation stuff. Wot I'd like to know is, …
... intrupt you can make the screen scroll where your program still ... , then the following message appeared on the screen:
"YOU HAVE FOUND ...Spectrum +2'sWhat is the difference between a grey +2 and a black +2 ? I only ever owned a 48k all those years ago, but I have just got my hands on a grey +2. W…
... ROMs (and a tape deck stuck on the side); the black +2 ...How do I know the RAM size?Just left my parents after cleaning out my pile of old stuff in their basement. Know what I found? My old ZX Spectrum.... Those were the days! Never …
Try this little program:
10 POKE 50000,207
20 PRINT PEEK 50000
If you get the value POKE'd, 207 on the screen, then it's a 48k. If you get a zero, it's a 16k.
