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Game Boy Advance EmulationI've finally got myself a GBA flash cartridge and programmer. I've put ZXAdvance on it and I like the setup. Mildly disappointed that it doesn't ha…
... /3 of the screen. That makes 159 lines, and ... why that spare line was white - I don't have it ... ].
I'll have to be careful with the ... it does this by setting their ATTRs in the multi- ... multi-colour sweeps over that area; their pixels remain. I think ... -
The Archon Collection (Disk)I'm about to sell a half-working +3 disk of this game (Side A: Archon - Loads, Side B: Adept - Doesn't) to a geeza in Canada. Then I see that a disk…
... are playing up they may have soft errors or even hard ... a new/different disk than that one.
Soft errors could ... over to fix the sectors that have lost their data assuming the source ... image and target disk have the same ... -
Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
... Laser Basic, blimey. What's their excuse for it being so ... ]Viking Raiders[/I]? Or did that have a dose of MC? Not ... -
Help my Mouse to live a happy lifeYes I have a mouse, probably only one, it must have been forced in by all of the snow, it is in the cupboard under the stairs. I boxed in the bottom …
... their cans of food are always on my shopping list, I have ... where the foxes sleep, I have hedgehogs under the shed and ... of being around, I have two cats that are so well fed ... the way, thanks to those that have u2u`d me with support ... -
Help my Mouse to live a happy lifeYes I have a mouse, probably only one, it must have been forced in by all of the snow, it is in the cupboard under the stairs. I boxed in the bottom …
... their cans of food are always on my shopping list, I have ... where the foxes sleep, I have hedgehogs under the shed and ... of being around, I have two cats that are so well fed ... the way, thanks to those that have u2u`d me with support ... -
I need a beerwho's up for a pint?
... eat fish - his excuse is that they are not farmed. Really ... in batter, the rare ones that have been fished into oblivion.
their father!
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+2 Tape RecorderI was given a +2 for Christmas in 1991, it packed up in 1995 but in the 3 or so but it got some quite intensive use in that time. One issue I rememb…
... recorder and their tape head was aligned differently. When that happened ... etc. All my computers still have their original tape recorder keys!
have done modifications so they ... mp3 players, CDs or even their PC soundcards to load and ... -
Liverton vs EverpoolIt's been a few ages since I last saw a proper football game on TV, it was sometime last century but anywho amazingly enough there's a match going on…
... and all of the professionals that play it, they take all ... in utter poverty. They only have to work a day to ... should all be shot and their money distributed to everyone else ... and the arrogant overpaid arseholes that ply their 'trade' while getting away ... -
More questions to ponder/argue/ignore as you wish...Just copying some stuff to a memory stick, and I found some old questions I'd intended to post on these forums to provoke debate, that I'd never got …
... !) children and adults, each with their own lives and objectives.
that the enemies can sometimes
surprise you with their ... -strategy games on the Spectrum that have surprisingly good intelligence?
the official tattoo threadno not that little guy who has got tattos, what are they of, and why did you get them. (THX you can post links to your old threads if you like :) )
... one small descrete tatoo on their ancle or waist or somthing ... was interested anymore, start planning their next one. Again they would ... down from showing that one, get another or maybe have a peircing ... though as I know plenty that have stopped at one or two ...whats surprised you today?[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270530071118[/url] :) ?13... I always did like chess *cough cough* ;) . I thought when I b…
... ] combine multiple lots? I see that it's more expensive for ... a seller decide against doing that?[/QUOTE]
I don ... that many things in one go.
also some ebayers have ... also posts here :) and they have their stuff pre-packed.whats surprised you today?[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270530071118[/url] :) ?13... I always did like chess *cough cough* ;) . I thought when I b…
... that many things in one go.
also some ebayers have ... they have their stuff pre-packed.[/QUOTE]
Interesting, thanks for that ...Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
... than necessary, is also effort that could have been spent elsewhere. The ... the forum so that people feel invited to have their thoughts discussed in ... an early stage? (bverstee did, bravo for that ...Gaming Epiphany?!?!?Not sure if this has been asked before, but, here goes. I was wondering which games people had played on what ever system and thought 'WOW now that?…
... the characters personalities, and that they crammed a living breathing ... a handfull of us lot that have played it and appreciate the ... Hard pressed to find anything that impressed me on this machine ... games that started the trend of being better than their 16 ...OR in a IFHi guys, I have a string that is defined by the user. I want to have an IF that does something like IF string<> a OR b OR c THEN goto 10 Hope that m…
Both approaches (0 == false, non-zero == true, and 0 == false, -1 == true) have their own pros and cons.
And you don't have to say that Visual Basic got it right... It was first introduced in the first version of MS Basic ;)Second-hand CD shops in ManchesterFollowing Spex's post about hotels, it reminds me that I'm due in Manchester in a few weeks on business and will be staying in the city centre at the…
... =grey key;426157]Do they have secondhand Tattoo shops up there ... the living flesh of southerners that have overstayed their welcome and drunk all ... grim up 'ere (and all that shit...)PCW 2 sided 720 drivesWill these work on the +3? Anybody tried them?
... CSA8, it's mentioned that 9512 drives have their power connectors wired the ...How do you destroy an enemy or object?Hi guys I allways wanted to know this, but how would you go about making and destroying enemies in basic or any language? What, do you use a huge ar…
... room for more than one that caters to different program ... then this same code should have been well documented and reused ... life you would have thought that there could have been a routine ... and Joffa indicated that programmers tended to have their own way of ...How do you destroy an enemy or object?Hi guys I allways wanted to know this, but how would you go about making and destroying enemies in basic or any language? What, do you use a huge ar…
... before and Joffa indicated that programmers tended to have their own way of ... was there, to the extent that if a game had 2 ...ULA Price Poll - You get to chooseIt is difficult to set the price of the book. If it is too low I will undersell my efforts, too high and I overcharge. So choose what you would be w…
... as well.[/QUOTE]
I have no idea what the postage ... here (and those that have registered on my website their intention to buy ...ULA Price Poll - You get to chooseIt is difficult to set the price of the book. If it is too low I will undersell my efforts, too high and I overcharge. So choose what you would be w…
... here (and those that have registered on my website their intention to buy ... my website....[/QUOTE]
That's great. I really hate ... to reevaluate it all again. That leaves a bitter aftertaste. Like ... ll get email notification once that happens. I can't be ...Julian Todd (Fat Worm Blows A Sparky) - insight and possible challenge?I recently spoke to Julian Todd about his days at Durell (for Retro Gamer), and he emailed me his thoughts on Fat Worm. I only had space to include a…
... of these guys were when their games were first released.
have had a commercial speccy game ... Fix It (telly program that saw kids have their wishes granted which was ... an idea for a game that saw you working in a ...ZX Demos and the wow factorI remember reading a few comments in the past 3 years regarding demos. Some comments included how boring it was to see this or that effect again, how…
... what we have done? Can you do it?".[/QUOTE]And that's ... many games do you see that have the word "fuckings" in them ... buddies messing around with exactly that - building circuits to make lines ... not open to explaining how their techniques work to let someone ...Artwork questiondoes this place archive spectrum artwork in addition to games, demos & apps? I just wondered from a professional point of view. as a former 8 bit bi…
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That Conan game indeed misses its ... describtion of it, it assumes that the title is "Conan the ... Mark Jones which don't have their entries in WOS: Iron Sword ... ]
Uff, I guess, that's all :smile:Artwork questiondoes this place archive spectrum artwork in addition to games, demos & apps? I just wondered from a professional point of view. as a former 8 bit bi…
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[quote ... Mark Jones which don't have their entries in WOS: Iron Sword ...Best thing Bill Gates ever made.His daughter. [img]http://www.youlay.net/user/love143/photos/celebrity/Bill%20Gates%20Daughter/album.jpg[/img] How did he manage that? :-o :lol:
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2 things that made me think about money ... thing both kids needed was their parents time. They had ... inheritance tax... the folk in that, all have their money in land / abroad ... lot.. remember its on things that have already been taxed..e.g ...Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
... tailored to a 128K model that reduces flickering via shadow ... load management functionality. Note that memory drops when the conversion ... thread (basically Java UI's have their own automatic repaint mechanism). ... the left? That way we wouldn't have to wait for ...Violence in Videogames....and Alan Bloody Titchmarsh..I don't know about violence in videogames, but [i]this[/i] makes me want to go on a murderous rampage....... [youtube]<object width="425" height="34…
... a study in America says that when children are fed ... more likely to be agreesive, have depression and self esteem issues ... and stupid to understand is that the violent video games are ... poor parenting. Any parent that lets their children play violent adult rated ...Violence in Videogames....and Alan Bloody Titchmarsh..I don't know about violence in videogames, but [i]this[/i] makes me want to go on a murderous rampage....... [youtube]<object width="425" height="34…
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I was watching that Supernanny program the other day ... something, about young kids that parents couldn't control, ...My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
... a couple of other features that have not yet been used.< ... sprite plane. sp1_PrintString allows their locations to be stored with ... it's quick to change their appearance to effect background animations ... just draw the graphics in their native unshifted state. If ...
