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Saving and restoring data in 128kHi all I'm trying to program a game using compiled ZX Basic for the +2A/+2B/+3. Thanks to a lot of info I found on the forums, I manage to access …
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I'm trying to program a game using compiled ZX Basic for the +2A/+2B ... lot of info I found on the forums, I manage to access all memory ... from the main program but no data is restored, so I assume I'm ... -
Printing text using direct screen addressingHaving some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwell…
... defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog ... brain for this function. I'm trying to get the text working properly in 128k ... sprite movement.
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I'm such a messPeople may notice i haven't been posting lately, the reason is i'm not very good at the moment. I'm an emotional mess. I've been best friends with …
... lately, the reason is i'm not very good at the moment. I'm an emotional ... mess.
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Grpahics mode: Key combination for black squareSo I'm trying to type in a game listing to see how it works and I need to type a black square in the listing and have completely forgotten how to use…
... I'm trying to type in a game listing to see how it works and I need to ... and managed to turn the paper and ink of the cursor ... to get the black square. Can someone let me know the key combinations to ... type the square and then ... -
I'm getting NeuteredThe title says it all, today I am having a vasectomy (gulp). We have three kids now and we do not want anymore. Kid 3 tells me the pill cannot be…
... me the pill cannot be relied upon. I decided not to put ... to ladies is barbaric) and get the vasectomy.
I must say I ... the loss of my fertility. It kind of feels like I'm gong to the ... doctors to be down graded. -
Are line numbers considered the first statement in the line?I'm trying to understand how BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming manual and am puzzled by the results of the control var…
I'm trying to understand how BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming ... the statement number within the line according to the manual but whenever I look at the ... -
type in to learn about IM2I'm trying to mess around with learning about IM2 and I found a nice little article in Sinclair User September 1988, issue 78, Page 70-71 [url="https…
I'm trying to mess around with learning about IM2 and I found a nice little ... [/url].
Nice article, but the type in has some sort ... been able to figure out what it is.
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Looking for a utility (keyboard and joystick tester)Hello everybody! I'm looking for a utility program of the Spectrum (hope this is the correct place to post it!). It showed the keyboard on screen,…
... br /> I'm looking for a utility program of the Spectrum (hope ... reminded me of the Batty game graphics. I think it ... showed a lot of other information, but I'm ... tool.
I'm trying to configure Kodi retroplayer with Fuse ...Eliminator by Hewson (1988)I'm trying to work out some of the finer details of this sub-Space Harrier styled shooter. Check out the screenshot below: [img]https://worldofspe…
I'm trying to work out some of the finer details of this sub- ... /screens/in-game/e/Eliminator.gif[/img]
In the top ... 't see any to pick up. I'm baffled. Or maybe I'm just crap ... and can't get far enough into the game to ...Dynamite Dan II - Island 6 - HELP!Hi all, can someone possibly create a snapshot of Island 6 (car park island) on Dynamite Dan II for me please? I'm trying to work out why half the…
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I'm trying to work out why half the time when jumping ... into the sea and die and the other times the game allows me to ... getting that far only for the game to decide wether you pass ... not know if I'm going to get screwed by the game.
So ...70s/80s TV spot I am trying to findThe following is very vague in my mind but does anyone remember a TV spot between shows that was shown (in the UK) repeatedly I think in 70s or early…
... that was shown (in the UK) repeatedly I think in 70s or ... about the countryside or country way? and had a women and I ... a path (and i think vanishing!!) all set to some classical music ... - It wasn't a typical advert but I ...The Rats not loading on +2bI'm trying to load The Rats (James Herbert) on my +2b from an original tape, but won't load in normal or 48k mode. Can anyone advise a way round this…
I'm trying to load The Rats (James Herbert) on my +2b from an original tape, but won't load in normal or 48k mode. Can anyone advise a way round this please?PSI ChessHi, Anybody out there remember the game "PSI Chess" by The Edge? Well, there seems to be no problem finding a snapshot ot tape image for this game …
... .[/email] In particular I'm trying to find:
- how the moves can be ... /> 5. GAME MODE
"Game" mode starts the actual game. Press "I" to exit this ... mode.
Upon entering "Game" mode, the ...Brand new topic? Who used to map games?IS this a BRAND NEW topic? :) I doubt it. But what the hey? Who here used to MAP games? I hadn't heard the expression 'walkthroughs' back then but I…
... , 28 images. I'm trying to hack the game to disable enemy moving routines to make mapping easier ... for - due to the way it scrolls about the place. I'll have a ... /> In the vein of SDP and STP I'd like to dub my ...hidden classicshi all , weve all got our favourite games and a lot of answers are very similar when topics such as " best game ever on speccy " are posted , can i a…
While I'm on the subject (on another thread) Renegade and Target Renegade were both excellent - I'm still to complete the first game.
And I was strangely adicted to SuperKid. Not sure why, but I thought it was a good game and I still play it.GamesI was looking thru the top 100 games in the YS rock and roll years website, and it occurred to me that i seem to have played at least 90% of them at …
... commercial UK Speccy releases, cos I'm trying to collect all of them (got ... and at the moment, although I know it is not 'complete', it has ... total, but the 7,300 figure is the ones I know for sure ... were commercially released. I would ..."Empire" by FirebirdDownloaded this game of WOS the other night on one of them ol' whims. It looks quite intriguing but, such is life, whilst stuff like Xecutor has a wh…
... was in the summer and I was trying to get up the courage to ask a ... Minerals (M). A pod marked X is your way off the planet ... useful.
I think the aim of the game was to create your own ...Cronosoft - NEW SOFTWARE HOUSE - FIRST RELEASE NOW AVAILABLEHI EVERYBODY! I'm really pleased to announce our first Spectrum software release: EGGHEAD IN SPACE by Jonathan Cauldwell The third in the EGG…
... Micro-mart soon, and I'm going to make the game available on EBAY once ... a picture of the cassette uploaded onto the website. I'm trying to have a standard ... gives me a good chance to play the game properly - and call it ...a little help......I am new to this retro scene but lived thru the speccy and some great memories have been flooding back. I am trying to locate a game where there was…
I'm trying to map Wriggler at the moment with screen shots. If ... bother. I'm bothering now because I was always baffled at how the game was ... mapped out and now I have the technology to do ...name the football mangement game......pleasei've been trying to find the name of this football management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it that i can remember that my help so…
... try and think, i've spent literally years trying to track this title ... this is the first time i've ever asked for name the game help ... /> p.s. i'm a Sheffield Utd fan so i'm trying to forget this season ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... a 16 year old game. Especially when the Speccy mags never really ... , guys, I'm rootin' for y'all! (Meanwhile, I'm trying to convince a buddy to remake ... Target Renegade for the PC!!!)
GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…
... game (say in the last 10 years) that is well converted to the ...
Just because a game is contemporary, doesn't mean ... as a 2D top down game)
Tomb Raider (played ... />
This is the point I'm trying to make. Games that COULD be ...Damn, this sort of thing makes me angry.[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3038531795&category=11994"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3038531795…
... that's the case, then I think it's fair game to snipe the winning ... , because i'm not in objection to what you do, I'm just trying to make the common ... post, and that's what i'm trying to say. :)
Ive also ...Making TZX files from tapesThought I should address this problem in a seperate thread. In a nutshell, I've been trying to convert my programs on tape to TZX files. So far no s…
... it detects the header (complete with name etc), adn loads the data but ... it hangs after the ... anyway?!
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I'm trying to TZX my collection of programs ...which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…
... game I like, and I have the skill to code it.
At the moment I'm trying to ... learn AI as I ... have avoided it before.
Sorry to ...The WoS Type-Ins ProjectGood folks of WoS! Lend me your ears (figuratively speaking of course)! At long last, the kind and noble Martijn has cleared the Type-Ins project for…
... t completely change the look and feel of the game, I should think it ... Fangmole's tunnels? :)
I'm trying to acquire a scanner, and if ... . This is in addition to the 30 odd TZX of type ... day or two, once I get the information for the database right!Anybody got any news on the Double Dragon remake?????
... /> At the moment: it recognizes commands from logical part of game and ... draws them on the screen. (for example ... . At the moment I'm trying to decide which way will be the easiest and the fastest.WOS and it's futureI just got into a good old fashioned argument with some guy on another forum about WOS. Basically I recommended this site for games, and this guy cam…
... IP - which in the growing mobile phone game market is rapidly approaching ... all of them.
[quote]I ... out the facts about the situation. I am not preaching - that would imply I'm trying to ...[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/+…
... ", a new Russian game on TRDOS? I've been trying on Spectaculator 6 ... in Spectaculator 6? The game is available, I believe, from the optical brothers website ... anyone tried the starcraft demo from the same site? I'm curious to hear how ...Classical music in Spectrum gamesFollowing a point made by GOC, I would list the pieces of classical music featured in Spectrum games. As far as I can remember right now: - Manic Mi…
... I'm trying to think of other overtly electronic soundtracks. Bladerunner of course, and The ... live. And (to connect this with the thread topic) it ... should have been a Speccy game ... Golden Axe style Conan game would have been great.
