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Bomb Jack competitionSome weeks ago, I proposed that we organized some competitions here on the forum. There was a lot of discussion about how we would control the autent…
... can hook my speccy up to the video and make a ... then you have to send a tape to us who want to see your ... only!!) everybody with emulator capable to playback mentioned files can watch ... -
I just wanna WAV it...I spent quite a chunk of the weekend attempting to get a couple of tapes onto my PC. I downloaded various apps, couldn't get Taper to record anythin…
... ; WAV of whatever tape I'm trying to decode.
I ... may then have to decompress the CSW to VOC so ... waveform if I need to double check pause values. ... and all sorts to get some stubborn tapes to work.
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Bug on Cronosoft's Dead or AliveI can't believe this wasn't spotted before... I was recently puzzled to read a couple of reports of a bug on Cronosoft's Dead or Alive and as the pr…
I donated my C50 tape to a member of WOS so ... it, and e-maile it to YS3, LOL i lost the ... -
All hail the ZX81Just wondering... does anyone out there in Spectrumville still have a ZX81? Also, what's the best ZX81 emulator? I had Xtender until the time limit …
... /> It can load from TAPE and DISK
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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 …
So generally: am I able to load ZX81 prog (from tape) to Speccy, using Dr BEEP's emulator????? -
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 …
... : am I able to load ZX81 prog (from tape) to Speccy, using Dr ... ?????
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Added to the emulator is a tool ... ZX81 programs from 300 Baud to 1500 Baud loading files which ... -
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…
... track/16 track machines to convert tapes, originally for ... get the old worn tape to be read. it really ... so music recording and tape transfers are on hold for ... play on your stereo to play your tape ( again, go ... your stereo, rewind your tape. press record on the ... -
Loading games on 48kI've just obtained a ZX Spectrum 48k and am having difficultly loading the games. I've read the loading instructions and are following them: Discon…
... . Press ENTER, then start the tape to begin loading.
Please ... properly connected to the EAR (or PHONES) port of your tape recorder ... before starting the tape. -
AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…
... a google search for Gamebase to see wot I mean). We ... /> Or you could do a Tape to TZX transfer program like MakeTZX ... other hand you might want to wait for RealX and see ... -
Ported whole casettes of backuped utiltilitiesHi! A friend of mine gave me a few casettes he found in the attic - he used these to backup ORIGINAL casettes he had back in the spectrum games. The…
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With regards to the submissions....
We do ... know to be from an original tape and that it copies tape to tape ( ... project. We would love to make everything available and it ... be allowed or submitted to the companies to release their own ... -
Ported whole casettes of backuped utiltilitiesHi! A friend of mine gave me a few casettes he found in the attic - he used these to backup ORIGINAL casettes he had back in the spectrum games. The…
... accept .tzx files made from tape copies, provided the copy ... was created with a straight tape to tape copy and not via copying ... ...
With regard to distribution, again as Andy said ... only material that gets uploaded to the vault server (provided ... -
Corruption (Rainbird)This Magnetic Scrolls adventure is marked MIA by Infoseek but the .dsk always used to be on WOS - I downloaded it years ago from here. Now the .dsk …
... all, we should be able to play a game regardless of ... MP3 files of the audio tape to be played in several situations ... -
Frog Hopper/Code Name Mat Dixon's Pack ??I have found this tape in my collection that I can't find a reference to anywhere. It's a compilation of Frog Hopper and Code Name Mat (one game on e…
... using the 2+ as a tape recorder, and have the "sound ... it on and putting the tape in and pressing play. The ... spectrum tape deck is probably the best ... middle man, its from original tape to voc to tzx. :) -
Adventure type-insI know there are many adventure enthusiasts in here. Did any of you type-in adventure listings from magazines or books? If so, do you still have a …
... , I guess we should stick to the TZX format as some ... -ins do require additional commands to run correctly (some of S ... ). Such instructions should be easy to incorporate in the TZX format ... in transferring the programs from tape to the PC is a TZX ... -
Darkman on SpectaculatorI'm using version 5.2 of Spectaculator but am unable to get Darkman to load. I've tried it on Spin and it loads fine. Anyone else have this problem?
... screen but at least to that point there was ...
The only reason was to do loadscreen grabs and so ... where Spin had to have settings changed to even look at ... of, or, load the tape to get the first screen you ... could get them all to load to at least the required ... -
Darkman on SpectaculatorI'm using version 5.2 of Spectaculator but am unable to get Darkman to load. I've tried it on Spin and it loads fine. Anyone else have this problem?
... a WAV from an original tape to see if there's anything ... series of pilots or tones to make it work.
There ... the Shadows needed a puretone to run after loading main data ... . Someone dissasembled the game/loader to see if some 'dodgy' tricks ... -
Loading programs directly via SoundblasterLet's just hope this does not sound too silly (I'm a newcomer)... Is is possible to connect a real Spectrum's MIC port to the audio out port of a Sou…
... through the MIC socket (dodgy tape-to-tapes) twenty years ago. Those ... tapes failed to load through the normal EAR ... and MIC. Both sockets connect to the same pin (which is ... -
Most Wanted MIAJust curious. What you you say the most sought after 'missing in action' game is? I noticed 'Judge Dredd' mentioned in the list and got excited becau…
... MIAs (probably 99%) were sold to the public and are always ... has then, I urge you to get them preserved one way ... if required, even from direct tape to tape copies as long as we ... -
Fitting 3.5" floppy as +3 Drive B:Anyone done this? I see the cabling differences as talked about on the same page as the sound correction schematics, but thought I'd see whether anyo…
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UPDATE - Not to worry! I have downloaded the ... :) I can just copy snapshots to disk and away I go ..
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[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/+…
... game starts, something is written to disk? Is this allowed in Spectaculator ... same site? I'm curious to hear how it looks as ... favourite PC games. It seems to require a Pentagon 512 -- I ... -
I have Master WordI have just seen that this is M.I.A. I also have the original tape sitting infront of me now :) I'll hopefully upload it this week (once I've tzx'd…
... /> If you can tzx the tape that would be great and ... won't degrade while the tape will so the tzx is ... you can always send the tape to one of the tzx team ... for you and return the tape ASAP.
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Anyone NOT have any problems loading?Loading was always a problem. I often thought I must be the only sad sack trying for the umpteenth time to load in Nonterraqueous. Must have loaded i…
... tapes....
I used to connect the 'loading' cassette deck ... on the Speccy to the MIC on a second tape deck, then ... ' the computer.
Used to be a 100% reliable way ... stuff - much better than direct tape-to-tape. -
Semi-Newbie QuestionsHi Peeps, OK, I'm starting to play with my old spectrum again I have been rather spoiled by my Atari 800xl and a tape to disk utility. To the poin…
... less available memory. And try to buy 3" discs... I use ... +3).
For transfer from tape to +D I use "Transit" utility ... absolutly not like to use the snapshot button to copy games to disc. -
All new to thisHi folks, I hope that somebody here can help me i want to play sinclair spectrum games on both my PC and PS2, but i have no idea where to start. (my…
Cheers mate,
will give that a go:)
Also i have a chipped PS2 is there anybody out there that can write a spectrum emulator to disk that i can play on the PS2
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Striker - Cult Games.Does anyone else remember this brilliant soccer game, i must have spent hours playing this, in fact i still spend hours playing it! Does anyone know …
... swapped my hard drive over to it. Something went wrong ... and I was unable to get it working. The ... />
I did manage to find an earlier version of ... Striker remake I had saved to disk, but I never found ... the motivation to carry on after losing ... -
Changes that would have made a bad game goodA posting about technician ted beign far too hard to be playable got me thinking - what changes could have been made to existing games to make them b…
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- Insert tape, side A
- Rewind tape to beginning
- Press ... PLAY&RECORD
- Wait until tape reaches ... end
- Insert tape, side B
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Basic problems with +3Hi everybody, sometimes ago I bought the ZX Spectrum +3. Currently I have some questions, to verify my thinking. 1. How I can easy copy the ZX Spec…
... ZX Spectrum 48 games to the disk? I know, I ... have to make a loader (basic ... cannot be simply transferred to disk because of custom loading ... special cables to transfer data from PC to 3? disk. For ... I can make a bootable disk for +3 ?[/quote]
Multiface 128 and floppy drive questionHi, promise, my last question......... Been searching around for info, with no luck. With a multiface 128, can you attach a 3.5 inch floppy disk dri…
... t connect a floppy disk drive directly to any Multiface. For ... I recommend as the best disk interface for the Spectrum.< ... can use the Multiface to save snapshots to disk.
Also, ... you can't connect a joystick to ...Top games music.I suppose this one's been mentioned before but having got hold of some music demos (48 and 128) I've compiled this little list of top tunes (In my op…
... side of one tape.
The idea was to play the music ... dig out my copy later to check).
I ... although I can't seem to remember playing this, so I ... on one side of the tape - the little logo saying " ... dig out my 720 Degrees tape to play it again cos I ...Games that wouldnt loadI had a few of these, and even after taking them bck some still didnt load first time :( anybody else have/had games like this The pain in the asses…
... end, but had usually refused to load by this point anyway ... compilation was made by direct tape-to-tape copying on a massive scale ...
