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The grass is always greener...I have been a ZX Spectrum User since I owned one in my teens when they first came out in the early 80s. Not that I use it every day, but I get a fit …
... think it complements the Spectrum. Because of the C64 display, I always ... think the ZX Spectrum is ... Last Ninja are fantastic on the C64.
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Remakes Of Games - Is the Speccy Poorly ServedI've been spending some time over at the Atari Age forums (stop booing!) due to a new version of Chimera coming out for the XL/XE. One thing that str…
... spending some time over at the Atari Age forums (stop ... slow and obviously inferior to the C64 version. But what about Speccy ... games on the same scale on the Speccy?
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The Hobbit 128K editionWhat's this?<br>What better to celebrate the new forum with, than a long-awaited release!<br><br>I got tired of all the quibbling over tiny details i…
... tiny details in the development thread, and decided the only way ... new bitmap screens, ported from the C64, BBC, and DOS disk ... . Many thanks to the efforts of the numerous WoS contributors for ... A new title screen, crediting the original authors and WoS.
The Paranoia ComplexI've been searching for a copy of The Paranoia Complex to add to the collection. However there's no trace of it online (I can only find the Erbe rere…
... only two magazines that reviewed the game? I came across some ... information that the game was pulled from the shelves and the title was ... changed to "Cyber World" on the c64 and Amiga. Probably to avoid ... (Paranoia RPG). So was the Spectrum game pulled as well ...Peeking the contents on screen? How?You will have to forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I can peek the location of a character (1024 is top left from memory) and the peek …
... me for growing up on the C64, but I know I can ... peek the location of a character (1024 ... will return the chr$ code of the character in the square, the same can ... be done to retrieve the ...What C64 game is this?I mentioned in another thread ([url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/51127/games-you-envied-on-other-systems-but-were-never-converte…
... game appeared on both the Spectrum and the C64, and I liked it ... , and the sequel was C64 only, but ... on the C64 and maybe other machines, but not the Spectrum), and the prequel ... to a good game on the C64 and Speccy. It won't ...Who was the best music composer for the spectrum 128?Rob Hubbard dominated the C64. Most of the stuff we composed on it was usually top drawer. He also dabbled with the AY chip but I always feel the com…
Rob Hubbard dominated the C64. Most of the stuff we composed on it ... drawer. He also dabbled with the AY chip but I always ... he arguably did better than the the c64 counterparts and still remains one ... of the best composed speccy ingame tunes ...New game: Sam Mallard - The Case of the Missing Swan[img]http://i66.tinypic.com/o8z6vd.png[/img] [code] Sam Mallard – The Case of the Missing Swan. Version 1.0 by Ersh in 2016 The clock had tur…
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Sam Mallard – The Case of the Missing Swan.
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The clock had turned midnight and ... doing 10 years ago on the c64, I don't think I ... coded from scratch in assembly. The code, puzzles, story and additional ...Gunfright for C64 and more!After Knight Lore and Pentagram, Gunfright also arrived for the C64/128, Plus 4 and Atari 8 bit. The stunning speed, especially in the C64 version, …
... 8 bit.
The stunning speed, especially in the C64 version, of course ... the speed is still very good. The C64 version is around the speed of the ... Amstrad and MSX versions and the ...Samurai Warrior - The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo. BUGFIX.While playing around I managed to put the game in a bugged state. When the game is in this state any enemy that's facing right while executing an att…
... 't resets the jump variable that holds the state of the jump, so ... is back on the ground the variable still holds the 'falling' state.
Another thing, in the c64 version you can deflect or ...SQIJ - the worst Spectrum game gets a new version.Well, I wasn't going to say anything until it was finished, but a remake of SQIJ was suggested (for fun) today over at the Next forums, so I had to m…
... a remake for the Spectrum, based on the C64 version, so ... my priority is finishing the 128K version of ... a small "quickie" for the regular 48K machine. :)
The whole map is there, the shields barriers are ... will also show the bits of the tree that has ...New Game: SQIJ 2018 - the worst Spectrum game remade.I think we all know that the Spectrum version of SQIJ from 1987 is one of - if not THE - worst game for the ZX Spectrum, but lately I've been working…
... is a remake of the original C64 version (complete with same ... it's actually playable, unlike the official Spectrum version.
... say it - even better than the C64 version. That version is so ... technically a lot better than the official Spectrum version - it ...Spectrum vs C64 faked sales figuresOn ITV's 'the Chase' 29th January 2018, there has been another speccy reference. I missed it live so have just downloaded and checked it. The ques…
... at the time. The guy who put the Z80 into the C128 ... people around at the time, including the creator of the C128, have ... injury, the expert on the show explained that the C64 was the most sold ... choices of computer! Ghaa! The C64 was released within a couple ...is there a way of seeing what is on the +3e hdd by using graphics?i want to develop a disk drive mapping system like you get on the c64. unfortunately it seems like this all has to be done in code. can it be done wi…
... system like you get on the c64. unfortunately it seems like this ... if there is data on the drive or just blank space ... . i might be barking up the wrong tree here.C64 Intro Tape ?Just a quick question about the C64, a cursory Google did not really help but I'm not really the best at finding stuff. As with our Speccy's you g…
Just a quick question about the C64, a cursory Google did not ... Amsoft/Amstrad" tape, what did the C64 have with it please ? :)
the C64) in its own box, unless ...Donkey Kong And The Wrong ColoursI vaguely remember asking this question many years ago, but it seems worthwhile in the context of the frankly amazing hack/mods I've just discovered …
... it seems worthwhile in the context of the frankly amazing hack/ ... for someone to fix the colours in the licenced Ocean port ... rendering something that looked like the arcade game.
... as good. As it stands the C64 and (especially) Amstrad ports shame ...Computer Haiku (converted from C64)[url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer Haiku" by Commodore Educational Software, 19…
... details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer ... only known to the original programmer - the random number generator ... using RANDOMIZE at the start of the program and then ... unnecessary on the C64 but which would stop the program in ...Games way better on speccy than on C64I was thinking about creating a comparison video about games that are way better on spectrum than on c64. What good examples can you come up with and…
... better on spectrum than on c64. What good examples can you ... up with and what are the main differences?
... good examples are (speccy vs c64)
- Amaurote (isometric vs crappy ... while I hate the C64 version, video of the gameplay looks fine so ...Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
... color screen that mapped over the original, but perhaps gave ... have suddenly started outperforming the C64 of the era, but at a ... just reusing the RAM that came with the speccy and treating ...
Might that have killed the idea of building new machines ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... on the C64.
While colour clash wasn't on the C64 ... terms of movement physics on the C64 version.
This ... was using Mini Office 2 to type off the odd letter. The games ... bigger and less impressive sibling the C64.
Mind you, ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... on the C64.
While colour clash wasn't on the C64 ... terms of movement physics on the C64 version.
This ... was using Mini Office 2 to type off the odd letter. The games ... bigger and less impressive sibling the C64.
Mind you, ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... on the C64.
While colour clash wasn't on the C64 ... terms of movement physics on the C64 version.
This ... was using Mini Office 2 to type off the odd letter. The games ... bigger and less impressive sibling the C64.
Mind you, ...New Games WantedI'm sure 99% of you know already, but just in case you don't... CRONOSOFT.CO.UK is happy to release quality Speccy software you may have written!
... 4 (or 5 on the arcade version) mini arcade games like Invaders ... .... Well my version would take mini versions of 4 or 5 ... seuck game, at least on the C64, the Amiga and ST(?) version are ... loading tape system sussed. The first C64 game BALLOONACY will be out ...New Games WantedI'm sure 99% of you know already, but just in case you don't... CRONOSOFT.CO.UK is happy to release quality Speccy software you may have written!
... 4 (or 5 on the arcade version) mini arcade games like Invaders ... Well my version would take mini versions of 4 or 5 ... i meant, but moreso the c64 version, the amiga version is pretty flexible ... loading tape system sussed. The first C64 game BALLOONACY will be out ...TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... , and C64 4 color sprite palette again all as separate mini-plugins ... . the spectrum palette.
The Palette mini-plugin is really the crux of the image ... editing process. The Image ...*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... makes you wonder whether the potential of the machine has been ... having a new mini golden era, like in the early 80's ... were written FOR THE SPECTRUM, using the strengths of the Spectrum to it ... a more 'fun' computer than the C64 for example, which could cope ...The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... R-Type for the CPC, Spec and C64 where the CPC came out ... endure a mini-review here. Maybe they got confused between the CPC ... an advantage than on a c64 since the c64 also has hardware sprites ... that are not affected by the ...AV CableI have purchased an AV Cable for my Sega Mega Drive. Since it has a 5 Pin DIN connector, which fits into the 8 Pin DIN socket, I presume it will wor…
... signals are fairly standardised on the TV side.
the same. The C64 has a 5 pin ... DIN socket, but the later ... DIN (circular) sockets (like the Spectrum, but bear in ... funny 9-pin mini-DIN socket, the ST uses a ...Last Speccy game you completed?I've just completed [i]Izzy Wizzy[/i], which I found to be an excellent game. What was the last Speccy game you completed?
Probably The Flame Quest or Lena vs Margo by Igor Makovsky (the one who did Ultimate Manic Miner). They're not proper games though more like just mini-quests, made using Jet Set Willy 64 (not the C64 version).improvements to gameshello while i playing a few spectrum games,i thought how better some games would be better with an improvement:- automania-128k tune,less grating t…
... ]: Vastly improve the collision-detection in the platformer sections so the witch doesn ... . Have "recharge" for magic like the C64 version has.
[B ... /> [B]Firefly[/B]: Make the transporter-activation mini-game a bit easier ...
