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Questions about GALsI'm working on an old danish floppy interface for the speccy ([url="http://allan.hoiberg.dk/eng/zx/"]CS-Disk[/url]) The original interface contain…
... the big picture on the website) with a GAL16V8D. The GAL ... 3, A13=4, A12=5, A11=6, A8=7, ... 4 = A13 ; /* */
PIN 5 = A12 ; /* */
PIN 6 ... -
The House of the DeadDear WOS, I've been on a bit of a HOTD spree lately and I've been thinking: What if the original House of the Dead game (from 1996) were converted…
... thinking: What if the original House of the Dead game (from ... all 4 stages from the original game
- 2-player drop-in ... á la Alien Breed or The Chaos Engine (which means full ... )
- Infinite ammunition for the players' weapons (Atari joysticks only ... -
How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…
... certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And ... on top of the screen while the beam is busy ... will be finished before the beam catches it.
the smooth ongoing scroll step be? 2? 4? 8 ... and draw entire column on the right.
The flash feature (graphics attr)Flash feature on speccy is not an artist-friendly thing. But sometimes it is useable... Do you know any good use of flash in games? For example I re…
... with tricky use of flash (the big classic is JSW).
Please ...30 years later - Your personal favorite games of 1987Happy New Year everyone :) Looking back to 1987, which games would you choose as your top picks today? There was a lot of good stuff published tha…
... Monty
[*]Barbarian
[*]Big Sleaze, The
[*]Bismarck
[*]Bosconian ... [*]Throne Of Fire
[*]Through The Trapdoor
[*]Thundercats
... [*]Thunderceptor
[*]Trantor The Last Stormtrooper
[*]Ultimate Combat ...Issues with Spectrum 48K on SCART input of LCD displaysHi *! I'm new to the forums, but not new to ZX Spectrum. I have bought a ZX Spectrum 48K in 1983 and own it since. It was stored some 20+ years on…
... composite mod: the direct wire, the decoupling capacitor and the single transistor ... to get rid of that big and ugly CRT and ... , I tried connecting the Spectrum to 2 different devices with SCART ... br /> With decoupling capacitor, the picture is much brighter, but ...The "Big Issue" about the ZX 48K rubber key Spectrum . Which Issue is best? There is no easy answer as every 48k rubber keyed Speccy owner will have their own favourite so it will be pretty subjective . But my favourite a…
... subjective . But my favourite at the moment is an Issue 6A ... time they had sorted out the problems and by then there ... fewer oxidization problems on the legs of the chips. So did Speccies ...Tapes 85-88Hello! I am hoping this will be of interest to some of you. I've recently rescued everything I could from cassettes that have been sat in my loft …
...
The games:
Lazerbikes 2: Late 1985
the same folder as the TZX.
Al and the Attributes 2 ... br /> Infinite lives: Bank 2, Address 41887, Value 0
the graphics and coded the match highlights. We had big ...ZX Dev - Conversions * New Spectrum games Compo!! *Hi Everybody! A new edition of the ZX Dev has just started, we have been planning it for the last weeksand finally we have come up with this speci…
... about Conversions. But the range and possibilities to ... games will be quite big as not only conversions ... You have all the informations in the fórums, so ... his banner and the icons for the tabs of the navigator ;)
the same success as the first one 2 years ...128K memory bank selection to avoid contention issuesI'm currently developing a game and I'm trying to get my head around the memory contention issues of the various 128K/+2/+2A/+3 spectrum models in or…
... head around the memory contention issues of the various 128K/+2/+2A/+3 ... spectrum models in order to make the ... says that for the 128K/+2 models, banks 1,3,5 and 7 ... need to check if the machine is 128K/+2 and if so ...A game from an other machine.if someone interesting, this is a game I created in 1989. this is the basic source, maybe somebody can convert to specy. An image: http://www.ep128.…
... in 1989. this is the basic source, maybe somebody ... 0,63,63,5;-5,-30,-30,5;5,-30,-30,5
243 ... ,63,1;0,-30,-30,2;5,-30,-30,20
... $
570 SET INK 2
580 SET CHARACTER ... /> 1270 SOUND SOURCE 2,ENVELOPE 2,DURATION 10,PITCH 25
It's the big seven oh for me today!Fortunately I never did agree with that famous line of The Who's 'My Generation'! Nevertheless after spending fifty plus years tearing up the tarmac …
... with that famous line of The Who's 'My Generation'! ... though to tell the truth that was probably the closest label that ... starter) you cannot possibly imagine the impact that owning and learning ... where to find them. The unity that the Speccys ease of programming ...Spectrum 128k +2 Grey and DivMMC reader problemHi guys, I am trying to figure out why the DivMMC reader do not work on a Spectrum 128k +2 grey I grabbed recently over the net. What is for sure…
... Spectrum 128k +2 grey I grabbed recently over the net.
... ZX Spectrum 48k
- the Spectrum 128k +2 is working apparently normally ... is ok.
- the Spectrum 128k +2 will also load a ... right but when using the DivMMC into the I/O expansion ...Strange Fault on 128 +2 GreyHi I've got 2 128 +2 Grey Spectrums and I thought they were both in good working order but it seems not but I have no idea what is wrong with one …
... that worked perfectly on the other spectrum. 2 notable games were ... Renegade 128 and Bubble Bobble 128. The ... thing is the snapshots load fine and ... it loaded fine, selected the controls, title screen had ...Anyone using Amazon Web Services?I didn't want to hijack Lee's donations announcement thread, so I thought I'd ask the question I raised there separately. Is anyone here using Ama…
... small" instance would serve the WoS website for about £ ... I got the impression it wasn't that big as ... facility, designed for exactly the job of storing and ... images and binary blobs. The access controls, which can ... thought triggered by the idea of paying 5 grand a ...Spectaculator TZX and TAP file association breakdown (the PC version of Spectaculator).Untill a few days ago I had not noticed this much since I first joined WOS .But it has recently "reared its head again" . What is this all about?Well…
... My PDF software had "captured" the file association effectively making it ... on how to play the game and the key presses needed. My ... it up or restore the file association. The damage appeared to be ... irreversible. (so no wonder the WOSSERS of 2 years ago could not ...Needing my spare room backMy collections will always be my pride and joy, however I have a mountain of duplicate items, games, etc ! The time has come to try to streamline thi…
... duplicate items, games, etc ! The time has come to try ... will probably go the E-Bay route in the end but ... help.
Among the available items are:
the original 2 program wafas )
Boxed Toastracks
The big ...[VIDEO] The Big 3 - CommandoIn this video we take a look at the classic game Commando and just compare it up to the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC versions. This is not a "this ve…
... we take a look at the classic game Commando and just ... compare it up to the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC ... "this version is better than the others" as its more of ...Restoring AY registersAfter doing (not still finished) the sna to tap converter, I'm going to try to do the same for 128k snapshots. I've got threee ideas about what to do…
... that does the following steps.
2.- Load SCREEN$ (with the transfer code ... loads part of RAM page 5, page 2 and page 0.
5.- Restore page register $7ffd.[b ... restored between step 4 and 5.
[b]3.- Load ...A recollection of a Bug in a "good" game:the mystery of the bug and the game will be revealed later!Well what is the "big deal":- a bug in an old Spectrum game. So what! Well , I should explain: it was a good very popular game and I have to watc…
Well what is the "big deal":- a bug in an ... or similar so I dropped the subject . But yesterday I ... be able to reveal the game and the bug to all ... play them .But back in the the 1980s when I bought a ... just have to make the effort , read the rules and get back ...Req: Tintin on the Moon Kryoflux dump to repair my original disk!!Obtained a copy of Tintin on the Moon but the disk has been completely formatted and needs repairing!! Have the DSK image and created Kryoflux stream…
... copy of Tintin on the Moon but the disk has been completely ... formatted and needs repairing!! Have the DSK image and created Kryoflux ... Track 39 due to the protection, the stream is 2.59mb due to ... br />
Proof I own the disk:
[img]https://preview ...Oric Atmos HelpMaybe a bit of a long shot but there are enough skilled people here, so hopefully I can get some thoughts please. OK I have an Oric Atmos here, it…
... I also understand the input composite feed to the modulator is too ... />
Thoughts turned just viewing the modulator RF output instead, I ... in blindly aka: MUSIC 1,2,5,10
For ... have that much doubt the majority of the machine is alive, I ...1989-2019Ok Ok maybe this is going a bit far now, but here's another year to look back on the games from 30 years ago and tear into them, or give occasional p…
... -3D games!
[b]2/5[/b]
< ... was eventually responsible for the creation of the 36th chamber of ... off somewhere near the starting screen. The idea of the game is ... get to the end of the game in the arcades, as the game actually ...Five on a Treasure Island - On tape for the Sam CoupeHi, Selling the above mentioned game at the moment, ends in 5 days :) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Famous-Five-Five-on-a-Treasure-Island-Game-o…
... /> Selling the above mentioned game at the moment, ends in 5 days :)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Famous ... -Island-Game-on-TAPE-for-the-Sam-Coupe/264243892031?hash=item3d8629cf3f ...ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 06 May 2019Monday 06 May 2019 Bank Holiday laziness means I have some time to get this update out. Hurrah! * Eugene Lisovy provided replacement POKEs for F…
... ,
Herbert the Turbot, Moritz to the Moon, Ninjakul 2: The Last Ninja,
Gandalf, Harbinger 2 - The Void, Higgy 2: The Wrath of McMania and ... /> Terrors of Trantoss, The, Tiki Taca, Very Big Cave Adventure, The
and ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 30 July 2019Tuesday 30 July 2019 A bit of a delay with this update - Real Life and all that. Hopefully it's worth it! * Andy Ford sent in POKEs for Amusemen…
... , Frogger and
Manic Miner - The Big Bonus Edition.
* Andy ... Balls,
Grid-Run, Higgy 2: The Wrath of McMania, Highlander,
Grey Island, Higgy 2: The Wrath of McMania, Hypertron,
Need some help building a cable for Spectrum 128k +2 to US Commodore 1084S-PHello WoS users! Does anyone have a diagram detailing how to build a cable to go from the Spectrum 128k +2 (grey) to a Commodore 1084S-P (US version…
... cable to go from the Spectrum 128k +2 (grey) to a Commodore ... 1084S-P (US version). The Commodore ... DIVMMC Pro and the LCD. As for the grey +2, I wanted that ... one to be representative of the ...ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 02 October 2019Wednesday 02 October 2019 Blimey, charlie - look at the time - I'd best get a Tipshop update done before October arrives, eh?! (Erm? Ed) * I add…
... at Hamilton Halls.
The versions we originally had ( ... versions. Gareth actually provided the Dark Tower one
... (blummin' huge) solution for Xtroth - The Adventure.
* Yuri ... cheat for Dizzy, Prince of the YolkFolk.
* ...Speccy Full-Price World Cup 2020: Quarter Final 1Winner of group A vs runner-up of group B vs one runner-up of group A. Winning game goes through to Semi Finals. Voting lasts for 2.5 days. As …
... lasts for 2.5 days.
As most of the voting occurs ... within the first 24 hours, the Semi ... Final stage will only last 2.5 days until ... 8.00pm Saturday 29th February.
In the ...
