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  • Another Spin problem game?Anyone else tried loading Doomsday by Relion software? Doesn't seem to want to load.

    ... 15:12, Dunny wrote:
    The bug turned out to be an ... code that was superceded when the new speedloading loop was written ... very long pauses were allowing the B register to go over ... ]

    In most cases the B register wrapping will indicate ...
    Woody Woody October 2002 Games
  • Jet Set Willy IIIt's just occurred to me - has anyone ever actually managed to complete JSW2? I mean REALLY complete it - every time I ever did it, I would reach the…

    ... he ends up in the Central Cavern (the room where it all ... .

    Regarding the music, in MM the title music was Straus ... The Blue Danube, and the in-game music was In The Halls Of The ... -Facing (though I did use the bug fix POKEs from (I think ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2002 Games
  • TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…

    The version number gets changed to ... was Andrew B. that saw the bug.

    Fraser ...
    Fraser Fraser March 2003 Emulators
  • Skool Daze 2 ?Did I imagine it or do I remember seeing a sequel to the ace game Skool Daze? Any link would be much appreciated.

    ... a bug where if you stood against the far left of the school ... cannot remeber which) the screen would scroll to the right( leaving Eric ... amazing.

    To fix the bug you then had to work ... your way through the school and the playing field completely ...
    Mikal Mikal April 2003 Games
  • Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…

    strange - the bug with the double print apart, that means ... print something one way or the other.

    if you ... />
    (I think that's the correct format - been awhile since ...
    GP GP May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... even shouted "GO AWAY" when the doorbell rang, and wouldn't ... an excuse, but why does the +2 only recognise that abimsal ... I could use my "BUG" stick instead of the keyboard.
    [/quote ... /> [gloat]Heh, my version of the Bug came complete with dual kempston ...
    Refrenz Refrenz June 2003 Games
  • Hacker 128KHas anyone spotted any differences between Hacker 1 (48K) and Hacker 1 (128K) ?

    Its the bug where a man cannot return to the car. I haven't seen it but it was spoken about here once.
    Fraser Fraser July 2003 Games
  • forbidden planet..ok heres an odd one thats always puzzled me. I wonder if anyones got any more info... I go to my local game shop, and i buy an orignal copy of forb…

    Yes, I called them. Later release of FP had a bit of audio on the end of the tape with the programmer answering the phone and taking another call about the bug! :)
    Richard H Richard H July 2003 Games
  • What is YOUR eBay I.D?A lot of us on these forums use eBay. Just curious, what is everyone's eBay i.d? here is a link to mine - I never bother sellnig anything in July/…

    ... of you might know, i the bug$er who jumps in and ... chucks wads at the auctions.

    Been collecting ... , and a few punches to the Speccy+, oh those keys where ...
    Cornishdavey:)) Cornishdavey:)) July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Games you actually completedThis may have come up before but I am new to this forum so... Which Spectrum games did you actually complete? They were extremely hard by todays sta…

    I completed the following with assistance from me ... (well, got as far as the bug)
    Bruce Lee (back to ...

    THe thing with speccy games was the the Finale (if there ... times out of 10 shite!!!! the usual

    *** Well Done ...
    stupidget stupidget July 2003 Games
  • Manic Miner - Different Tape InlaysSo why did bug byte have two different inlays for MM? [ This Message was edited by: mlasham on 2003-07-28 12:38 ]

    ... are actually four variations of the Bug Byte Manic Miner inlay.

    Three for the hand/explosion inlay and one ... for the original miner version.

    the list of other Bug Byte games.
    RichB RichB July 2003 Games
  • Manic Miner - Different Tape InlaysSo why did bug byte have two different inlays for MM? [ This Message was edited by: mlasham on 2003-07-28 12:38 ]

    ... stuff.
    I've found the Imagine logo brings back good ... memories too. At the time that Arcadia was released ... still looks great - as did the Bug-Byte and Ultimate ones - but ... I think Imagine had the best one.
    mlasham mlasham July 2003 Games
  • Jet Set Willy?Hello all! I just dug up a copy of Jet Set Willy and loaded it up. Then after a while a got a strange feeling that everything wasn't as it should be…

    I think the Manic Miner cheat you mentioned, only worked on the Bug Byte version.
    thx1138 thx1138 August 2003 Games
  • Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …

    The 'snow bug' in the ULA is present in all ... models upto and including the ... machines it actually crashes the system.

    The bug is activated by ... setting the I register below 0x80 ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle August 2003 Emulators
  • Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …

    Hi Andy,

    It's not the snow effect that's the problem - it's whether the bug actually crashes a 128/+2 or not ;)
    Jon Needle Jon Needle August 2003 Emulators
  • Tomahawk tzxI've just downloaded Tomahawk from the WOS archive and the tzx vault: both tzx files are not original copies of the game but hacked counterparts. Is…

    ... WOS and TZX Vault sources. The Bug-Byte re-release matches so ... ago ;)

    However, indeed the WOS TZX is beautified, but ... POKE block to get past the lenslock protection. Can't remember ... ?

    Thanks again for the report, it appears that some ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • X-Out level loaderCan anyone confirm all the levels of this game (the original game tzx) will load? Does anyone want to find how the checksum works?

    Hi Fraser, the bug just means that ... normal mode which means the % speed of turbo ... 'estimated' again, rather than using the schemes' specific timings :(.
    ... have to know about the checksum to display it ... /> Also, it would seem the lerm tapes have a checksum ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker September 2003 Emulators
  • X-Out level loaderCan anyone confirm all the levels of this game (the original game tzx) will load? Does anyone want to find how the checksum works?

    ... I did in the past, was take the WAV sample into ... MakeTZX 2.32 (due to the bug in v2.33) and then ... just split the sides back up in Taper ... you could use the WinGUI and add the Sync and Bit ... we (and yourself Fraser) have the command line syntax to do ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker September 2003 Emulators
  • Platform game maker?I've not been here for a while, so maybe I've missed some news, but if I remember rightly, wasn't someone writing a Platform Game Creator for the Spe…

    ... a demonstration game produced using the utility.

    Unfortunately ... I noticed rare occasions when the program would crash. To ... the program will be released as soon as I have fixed the bug ... , in the meantime I'm working ...
    jonathan jonathan November 2003 Games
  • Platform game maker?I've not been here for a while, so maybe I've missed some news, but if I remember rightly, wasn't someone writing a Platform Game Creator for the Spe…

    ... a demonstration game produced using the utility.

    Unfortunately ... the program will be released as soon as I have fixed the bug ... , in the meantime I'm working ... head".

    Apologies for the delay.

    [/quote]< ...
    stupidget stupidget November 2003 Games
  • Dizzy X-Journey To Russia - English translation in 48/128 version & FIX of Abe's Mission-MissionHello there! Last week, there was discovered English translation of Russian game Dizzy X-Journey To Russia on the Internet. But it was available onl…

    ... unplayable (Okay, I CAN READ the Text, but many other users ... />
    Btw: Wixet, what was the bug in the first version of Abe?
    LCD LCD December 2003 Games
  • Use MakeTZX to make perfect TZX filesI own the "Heise Sammelkassette 2" with many Spectrum programs, among them the utility "Super Loader" to record files with a higher speed. On this ta…

    ... .54? I didn't see the bug when I tried voc2tzx yesterday ... which is much newer than the one I used which wasn ... 't working with voc2tzx. The latest is 5.06 for ... for 98. A 'voc conversion' bug was fixed with v4.01 ...
    Fraser Fraser December 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Use MakeTZX to make perfect TZX filesI own the "Heise Sammelkassette 2" with many Spectrum programs, among them the utility "Super Loader" to record files with a higher speed. On this ta…

    ... WOS are older versions then the current ones on my HD ... which will also include the c64 versions and the DIRECT.EXE utility ... version of VOC2TZX fixes EXACTLY the bug you reported about GoldWAVE VOC ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat December 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • The Longest Speccy gameWe've had the best games the worst games what about the longest games :) Which game took u ages to complete either because it was so difficult or jus…

    The Hobbit certainly, but not because of the Goblins Dungeon but because ... of the bug in the game ... long though after playing on the emulator it appears to ...
    Elite must surely be the longest game, 'cos it never ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2004 Games
  • Absolutely mega fab-tastic !!!To all those who still haven't been enlightened by the russian game 'Fire and Ice'... DOWNLOAD AND PLAY IT NOW !!!!! - Mega fab-tastic addictive ac…

    wasnt abe released after that? or the bug fixed version anyway
    mel the bell mel the bell February 2004 Games
  • Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …

    New Zealand Story loads the last level perfectly well here ( ... ). Don't know about the bug at the end of the level though - I ... Island Dizzy, they only did the first one and changed item ...
    VincentAC VincentAC March 2004 Games
  • Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …

    ... have enough pieces, you get the message "*NEED MORE PIECES*".< ... have enough pieces, you get the message "NTATION CORRECT*NOT" ... (This is a hangover from the other agency help "Correct orientation ... pieces")

    With the bug fixed, and when you do ...
    jp jp March 2004 Games
  • Text adventuresHi everyone (first post!) how ya all doing? I was just wondering to myself how many of you used to play text adventures? I remember when I was aroun…

    ... Beyond' though it was the only fanzine I never collected for some ... recall now. I do have the complete sets of 'Soothsayer', 'Spellbreaker ... Handbook', 'Syntax' and not forgetting the one and only 'Adventure Probe ...
    Adventurer Adventurer March 2004 Games
  • EmuZWin version 2.3 Final release. To be continued...This is the Final release of the version 2.3, but hope version 2.4 will be ready soon, with great new features added... Version 2.3 Release 1.99 (15…

    ... know what is the Bug? :) The bug is... no, crash of the application is ... of a crash the executable itself disapper from the hard disk ( ... directory (Spectaculator 5) - that is the Bug...

    So, if ... style of the Debugger actually is not a bug. Though I ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov March 2004 Emulators
  • Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…

    ... 'm new to the Forum; just got the bug for everything 80 ... prove its superiority over the c64 to all my ... be different so he got the c64. When Uridium, W ... I was bowled over by the amazing grahpics and booming ... 'm glad I got the spectrum because there was something ...
    Parky Parky April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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