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Ebay bargains!I recntly picked up a real bargain on Ebay: a 128k spectrum with (it advertised) 60+ games/covertapes, but when I counted, there were 130! I haven't …
not spectrum related
but bought Issues 1,2,3,4,6,9 of ZZap!64 magazine of ebay for 99p +?3.49 postage
and then sold all six for ?122 in seperate auctions :smile:
and sold 6 x C64DTV's for ?107 in three auctions :-) -
FN nesting error?While playing with FN functions that call assembly, I've found something weird. Check out this code: [code]10 DEF FN f(a,b)=a+b 20 PRINT FN f(FN f(…
... , the story begins again and three new parameters are evaluated (3,4 and 5) and ... stored in the hidden places for ... "a", "b" and "c", overwritting the value "1" and "2".
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JSWED IssuesI've just discovered an old JSW game I started working on in 2004. It was only ever half-done, and i've just gone back to it (in part inspired by dm…
... 2.3.1., and I use 2.2.9 for my portal graphics and colours, since 2.3.2 ... copy of 2.3.1 (have 2.2.9, 2.3.2 and 2.3.3 on the drive lol) and have a ... play before I hit … -
Doom 3 is now open source!I'm no fan of Doom 3, but I think it's great news that id Software has released the game's source code* into the public domain, so that the game can …
... Thief 3 should have been.
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And why ... fan missions for Thief 1, 2, or 3? Logically I'd suppose ... They couldn't use the Thief 1 and 2 engines because they had ... and suchlike, and the editor is awful. Thief 3's engine was developed for the ... -
Doom 3 is now open source!I'm no fan of Doom 3, but I think it's great news that id Software has released the game's source code* into the public domain, so that the game can …
... it - it's what Thief 3 should have been.
the Thief 1 and 2 engines because they had ... and suchlike, and the editor is awful. Thief 3's engine was developed for the ... -
Creating a new game - AssemblySo... finally I?m studying Assembly Z80... after 36 years. :) Well... it?s sooooooooooooo hard to make a game using Assembly? I bought a book (Spectr…
... good uses for the alternate registers, and both are horrendously ... code is the usual suspect, with 2-3 pointers, a counter, and maybe ... some other working space. The exchange ... first use of the stack too, and it being luck ... -
Starquake - hints and tipsNot that many votes for it so I guess some may not even know it. It is a [B]fantastic[/B] platform shoot-em-up hybrid starring B.L.O.B - Bio Logicall…
... eight core elements in place and 2-3 lives left with a card ... find a Cheops pyramid and swap it for the remaining core element ... pyramid right next to Quake/the core and I couldn't make ... 15 so I may return and complete the list *done*
Multicolour demo using z88dk + BIFROST* (+source)This is just a demo to show how to show multicolour using z88dk, using the BIFROST* engine (more info [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/sho…
... br /> ld l,6 ; instead of: ld hl,6
add hl ... will be added to the final binary and 2- only one copy of ... each function will end up in the ... in the final binary and possibly multiple times. The reason is the compiler ...BezerkI don't think that Bezerk was ever converted to the Speccy and I've always found it a playable little arcade shooter... And Android One doesnt count!…
... game all those years ago and created a main 'humanoid' ... to have graphics for the sprite facing in 8 directions. So, ... here is a night's work - the humanoid sprite and 2 ... mock-ups with some of the background ...Android Layouts...Does anyone on here know anything about layouts for Android apps?? I have a question about layouts which is probably very simple to answer if I wasn…
... is purely for the "Of Interest" category and isn't essential ... as a place holder, and then add the custom widget in programatically ... works much more reliably across the different Android versions, where as ... XML can work for say 2.1 and 2.3 but for later versions ...Lost Retro ComradesDoes anyone, like me, have friends who used to play avidly on Spectrums or other machines back in the day but have absolutely no interest in them wha…
I had a retro chum lived around the corner from me before I moved to the US. Now it's mostly chatting via email and the odd visit every 2-3 years.Help pleeease "Proving Emulator OpCode flags are correct"So I had a cunning plan... I wanted to write a test harness for Emulators that could "prove" that all opcode flags were correct. I wanted something m…
... takes 6 seconds. Multiply this with the outer loops and you ...
Also the POKE aAddr and dAddr should be the first statements after ... br />
LD B,8
lp1: PUSH HL
The memory between 65024 and 65535 will contain the combined AF ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... trying to plant the beacon on the asteroid, but seem ... using Stasis on the round things with the gravity beams ... a big game too? 6 Chapters before a boss fight ... I'd suggest getting the sequel when you're ... much in places (the code thing and "step 3" were a bit ...Fusetest port 0x7FFD test resultsHi, I'm adding the Spectrum 128K emulation to my FPGA core running on the V6Z80p platform. I'm doing some tests; running Fusetest, the machine is se…
... rises some doubts about the timing of the emulator.
... ,1,2,3,4 during the whole port write/read, and I update the bit ... 5 only at the ... end of the port ...Fusetest port 0x7FFD test resultsHi, I'm adding the Spectrum 128K emulation to my FPGA core running on the V6Z80p platform. I'm doing some tests; running Fusetest, the machine is se…
... but I'm REGISTERING the bit5 (disable paging) only ... high (or, when the whole port access has ... 2,3,4 during the whole port write/read, and I update the ... bit 5 only at the ... end of the ...Fusetest port 0x7FFD test resultsHi, I'm adding the Spectrum 128K emulation to my FPGA core running on the V6Z80p platform. I'm doing some tests; running Fusetest, the machine is se…
... 2,3,4 during the whole port write/read, and I update the ... bit 5 only at the ... end of the ... this, Fusetest now passes all the tests.
and test passed OK.
If The Spectrum Never Existed...Out of curiosity... Just say the Spectrum was never made, what computer would you have opted for as an alternative back in the early-mid 80s? BBC M…
... been looking at the '8-bit wars' on Youtube and have been impressed ... the VIC-20 and the C64. The former had a display with ridiculously large characters, and the ... latter the ...Encode two positive int numbers into one?Hi guys) Recently I've been trying to simulate short lists in Basic, but the point is that using limited values, say, 0-99 or 0-999, I remembered ho…
... be worth noting that packing the numbers into a string ... just as quick as packing the numbers into a number. ... quicker. The two fragments below take the same amount of time (3.8 frames ... big=a*1000+b
20 PRINT a,b,big
3): LET b$=n$(LEN ...Encode two positive int numbers into one?Hi guys) Recently I've been trying to simulate short lists in Basic, but the point is that using limited values, say, 0-99 or 0-999, I remembered ho…
... be worth noting that packing the numbers into a string is ... just as quick as packing the numbers into a number. Inserting ... quicker. The two fragments below take the same amount of time (3.8 frames ... big=a*1000+b
20 PRINT a,b,big
The Euro 2012 England supporter's threadCome on in, grab a beer and try not to get too depressed. Let's take the time to enjoy the Euros now, cos we won't be enjoying it once they start! :…
... of adventure in the national side and play 3-4-2-1
or ... 3-5-1 if you ... want to flood the ... without missing the goal or hitting the woodwork.
And surely if ...The Euro 2012 England supporter's threadCome on in, grab a beer and try not to get too depressed. Let's take the time to enjoy the Euros now, cos we won't be enjoying it once they start! :…
... of adventure in the national side and play 3-4-2-1
or ... 3-5-1 if you ... want to flood the ... without missing the goal or hitting the woodwork.
And surely if ...best/worst tv game shows?I'm just watching a new one called Tipping Point on ITV now. this has to be the worst ever idea for a game show. like a big version of those crap mac…
... I switched over the other day and a 3-2-1 repeat was on ... then it had 2 guys juggling knives, (one of the guys was ... spaced/jam/green wing). and yeah some of the 'clues' were silly ...Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... on the sprite of small frame (at the left up corner) and sprite ... of elephant. What is it? Is the ... can see none of the control options 1-2-3-4 work; they ... range" errror. Only "5 Redefine" and "0 Start Game" actually work.How do you save in multi part games?With a game Like [i]The Bard's Tale[/i] or [i]The Lamberley Mystery[/i] saving is a bit more complicated than usual. Rather than just saving and relo…
... the first dungeon in the wine cellar with both the 48k tape and 128k+3 ... disk versions and it doesn ... I've read through the instructions and the only mention of saving or ... parts 2,etc. require a tape file saved at the end of the ...Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... the ULA reads the screen between steps 2 & 3, that line will show the ... data corresponding to the background ... takes several frames (at the very least 3 and a half), so there ...SCR ConverterHI to all Does anyone know the lightest and better (preferably non installing) SCR converter out there? Tried SCR 2 GIF but I can't get it to work. …
I'd just load the SCR file in ZXSpin and save it as a GIF.
SCR2GIF does work, but it needs DOS4GW.EXE in the same directory and only recognises 8.3 file names.How to check the whole memory on a +2 greyHi everybody!!! I suspect that i have a bad memory chip on my +2 Grey. Does anybody know if exist any utility to check the whole memory? Thanks a …
... test code from the +3 that runs from the test screen after ... pressing "QAZPLM", with the bits for ROMs 2&3 and the "special" paging ... configurations removed; so it does the ... as the +2 ROMs don't sum to zero and I ...+3 Stereo mod - soldering help neededI bought a few bits from Ben just recently, and yesterday I opened up the case of my +3 and tried to install the stereo mod. I got stuck quite early…
The original 128k and +2 have resistors between the AY channels to join them but on the +2A/+3 and +2B the pins are directly shorted together on the circuit board.Pope Resigned.Oh first Mile's gone, and now even the Pope's resigned. I guess this means the Vatican will be holding a Pope Idol contest soon.
... should delete my account and put my full name ... speccy person.. he did the lionshare of dk tronics ... some are suited to the job.. I knew 2-3 who were.. another ... who liked women too much and ... had no people skills, and 1 reminded me of ...[STP] Battle for Midway + Theatre EuropeI've just realised that I didn't finish or get any further with two STP's, both from the Classic Conflicts series: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.o…
... label the groups Timelock 1.. 2.. 3
or Timelock Block 1.. 2.. 3, as ... per Speedlock and others ... :
The Covenant,
Swords and Sorcery (Original and Sumit Re-Release ...
