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trying to remember a kids tv programWe were talking about old kids tv programs at work today and I remembered bits of two things that I watched that I cant recall the names of... progr…
... today and I remembered bits of two things that I watched ... cant recall the names of...
program 1) it had a ... -
The best ZX Spectrum emulatorsIt's been suggested we add a sticky thread where people can recommend their favourite emulators. A couple of rules. 1. Don't just nomina…
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A couple of rules.
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DivMMC Enjoy! and ZX Spectrum 128k +2 GreyHi guys,<br><br>First time poster but a long time Speccy enthusiast, from Canada. :)<br><br>I just obtained a DivMMC Enjoy! expansion, and I am using…
... with my +2 Grey Issue 1 unit.
I can ... find a working TAP file of Saboteur 1 or 2 that would ... -
maths help 'JSW'JET SET WILLY uses a lookup table to play the opening tune (Moonlight Sonata) this is the table [code] 34299 DEFB 81,60,51,81,60,51,81,60,51,81,…
... up in groups of three (1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3 ... -
SkoolKit 5.0SkoolKit 5.0 has been released. SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into ASM format or into a bunch o…
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SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling ... format or into a bunch of HTML pages. It's written ... .
As for (some of the) new features, [i]skool2html ... ] now spits out HTML5 instead of XHTML 1.0 Strict, and there ... -
Kempston joystick - port MSB value?In a situation where let's say the kempston is being polled like this: LD BC,NN1F: IN A,(C), what is the 'correct' value of NN? 1. 00 2. FF 3. S…
... is the 'correct' value of NN?
1. 00
2 ... code but is a simplification of the way it's done ... bit no-no? Like, chances of some never-before-seen unnecessary ... -
New disc image format: LDBS... Yes, I'm doing exactly the same thing that [url="https://xkcd.com/927/"]XKCD 927[/url] portrays. Don't worry, I have my reasons. LDBS is an at…
... utility to display the contents of an LDBS disc image.
The current development version of LibDsk (1.5.0) can also generate ... -
Something is missing from my life.I've been bandying around with the idea of why it's just not quite the same, even when playing Spectrum games as it was back in the eighties. . A…
... easy access to huge amounts of games.
. Instant- ... />
I'm thinking of picking 1(?) game a week, as if ... play the accumulative library. Of course there could be the ... should grow in chronological order of release. Ideally this should be ... -
ZX shed dates?Disclaimer - I might be able to find this info on the wos forums, but my initial searches didn't quite work it..... Can anyone tell me when each i…
... tell me when each issue of ZX Shed was published?
Also.. The PDF of issue 1 I have seems to be ... version, as it says "issue 1 - didn't we do this ... -
Calculate if two segments cross in assemblerHello, Im developing a little game and I need something that I cant archieve. I have two lines (segment of a line). Line one: X11=coord X of …
... of ... of point 1
Y11=coord y of point 1
X12=coord Y of ... point 2
Y12=coord Y of ... of point 1
Y21=coord y of point 1
X22=coord Y of ... point 2
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Enterprise DevCompo #2We at EnterpriseForever are organizing 2nd DevCompo for Enterprise and would like to invite everybody who would like to join :) Now there are no cat…
... ="https://enterpriseforever.com/enterprise-devcompo-1-37/qa/"]EnterpriseForever[/url] or ... to Q&A topic of DevCompo #1, but soon it will ... /> Entries of [url="https://enterpriseforever.com/enterprise-devcompo-1-37/"]DevCompo #1[/url] -
Ruminations about Life, Middle Age and Human Nature in General.So being forty. I've grown to admit that I am now middle aged. With it comes a perspective on life that I'd not appreciated in my younger years. I ca…
... what it is a collection of 'shallow primative urges' masqueraded ... seems to be two types of people, 1) People driven by noting ... unrelated to one's level of intelligence.
Professors ... and politicians do. An example of this is school mums. Three ... -
ZX Spectrum 48k issuesHi all! A couple of days ago I bought my first 48k Speccy off ebay (I already own a beautiful QL expanded with QubIDE interface and 640k ram). It was…
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While making all of this work I noticed two ... from my newbie point of view :) ):
1 - I read 3 ... ohm from 0v to pin 1 of IC6 (the Repair Guide ... either with tape version of ZX Tape Diagnostic either ... . After about 45 minutes of run it starts to act ... -
2x difficult name the game with illustrations ;-)Hi, I know you guys are really good at this so here are two games that I vaguely remember, but couldn't google out.. (1) Sideways Racing game I…
... down. Sometimes if your direction of motion can be reversed (not ... an animation with larger version of the 1,2 or 3 trio ... beginning, there was this kind of level:
[img] ... [/img]
Several rows of platforms that spanned many screens ... -
ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…
... /> return 1;
}
rewind(fp_in); // rewind to beginning of the file ... of storage
store_l=store+1; // literal store pointer -> start of storage+1 ...
buffer_ss=buffer+_START; // move screen check start to start of ... -
Cheapo Quiz 2, by Ron's Dog.I gave my mate Ron, who likes to swear a few cross words, some titles of Spectrum games. After a few choice colourful words, he then gave them to his…
... few cross words, some titles of Spectrum games. After a ... nonsense from the dog of Ron.
1: first time, travelling ... that have the main part of a bird, but only ... one of them (6,4)
9 ... Me, has a face covering (1,2,3,4)
10 ... -
The Sword of Ianna from RetroworksNow available to download, enjoy this masterpiece ;) http://theswordofianna.retroworks.es/en/download-2/
Now available to download, enjoy this masterpiece ;)
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Why can't you make a BASIC program as big as you want?Let me rephrase that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that can be multi part? In other words one that can LOAD lets say a story, in se…
... the reader reaches the end of PART 1 up pops the option ... -
Games you would like to see released on a tapeWhich existing Spectrum games would you like to see as real tape releases? As for me: Prayer of the Warrior Robotron 2084 Survivisection King's…
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Prayer of the Warrior
Robotron 2084 ... Preliminary Monty
Eugene: Lord of the Bathroom
Buzzsaw+
Sunbucket
Prince of Persia
Fire and Ice ... to find now)
Sword of Ianna - previously only on a ... -
HAWK THE SLAYER - New Audio DramaHi all, I'm just gauging interest, testing the water, and, umm, sort of prematurely letting the cat outta the bag with my project that I started wor…
... the water, and, umm, sort of prematurely letting the cat outta ... full-cast audio drama production of Hawk the Slayer?
< ... for the play, 1 for the "Making of," and 1 for soundtrack (new ... old soundtrack is still part of the production.
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Saboteur 2 on SwitchSo... my christmas present to myself was Saboteur 2 (it was 1€) for the switch. It was one of the first games I fell in love with, i got it way be…
... was 1€) for the switch.
It was one of ... was never that found of Sab 1, but i'll probably ... to be some sort of special ops like troops ... also has a couple of differences that I remember ... original. And the different type of graphics & music is ... -
uMIA(?): "Igra"With the forums back and some promise of a database update, I thought I'd post this. For years on end, I've had this game on my hard drive. No ide…
... forums back and some promise of a database update, I thought ... Bulgarian. And, after lots of digging on WOS to find ... /> Full title: Igra
Year of release: 1997
Publisher: G ... ZX Spectrum 48k
Number of players: 1
Controls: Kempston
What does a minus percentage mean regarding a statistic?Can any experts please tell me what this would mean regarding statistics? Two-sided 95% confidence interval of -13.1% to 100.0%. ???? Thanks
Can any experts please tell me what this would mean regarding statistics?
Two-sided 95% confidence interval of -13.1% to 100.0%. ????
ThanksQuestions about microdrivesHi! Bought an Interface 1 and two microdrives along with around 10 microdrive cartridges. Installed (great but very expensive) vdrive zx into one …
... vdrive zx into one of the microdrives and replaced ... Couple of questions:
1. I have a bunch of microdrive ... Cookie crashes after couple of seconds of gameplay. Are Ultimate ... games incompatible with interface 1? (I ...BBC Bitesize used with a SpeccyIt has been ages since I last looked at a Simultaneous equation . I realised that I had forgotten about them almost entirely . My curiosity as stoked…
... when I bought a copy of Tasmath 1 which includes TASIMEQ (Simultaneous ... uk/bitesize/guides/z9y9jty/revision/1"]https://bbc.co.uk/bitesize ... /guides/z9y9jty/revision/1[/url]
and ... able to knock a few of them off . Next stop Quadratic ...That Nostalgia ThangI was bored sitting waiting on a bus the other day and it was bucketing down with rain. As it does in gloomy situations like that, my mind started t…
... re talking like the guests of a retirement house, always ... and complaining about the decadence of morality, the uneducated youth etc ... Total War, Fallout 1 & 2, Age Of Empires 1 & 2, ... its innocence with the rise of powerful entertaining companies etc.". ...Little Known Classic GamesI've been spending a while downloading some of my fave speccy games lately, and while I probably have most of the well-known great speccy games on my…
Jumnbly was indeed a great game.
On a similar note Locomotion by Mastertronic is also great fun if you like the Jumbly/Split Personalities type of game.
?1.99 for it at the time was a bargain.Bloody Jet Set WillyThis game suffers from the same problem that many others from that time do: it's too damn hard? Anyone got any pokes that will make the game easier, …
... 'll type it straight out of the mag)....
... go to the bottom of the stairs in the First ... then press a combination of keys 1-6 with 9 and ... a different room.For example9,1 puts you on The ... />
That last bit of it confused me but it ...Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
... was a job lot of QLs!
(1 point)
no ... on the game of the same name?
(1 point)
1/365th of a year. Clues to the name of this game.
(1 ...
16: The Gates of Wolfdorp, Pilefoot, Trollwynd. Conversations with ...
