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Oure Dawn of HopeMy copy of Oure Dawn of Hope has never managed to load. At best I get 1/3 of the loading screen and then I get a loading error. The tape signal itsel…
My copy of Oure Dawn of Hope has never managed to load ... to tzx before) and I get the following error:
Block 1 => Program ... sound good to me) and/or trying to convert the audio to tzx? Or ... what tricks to do to the audio, then feel free to educate me. -
How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... 20 DATA 6,191,33,1,64,17,0,64,175 ... /> [/code]
Remember to save the program before you run it! Just ... then "(INKEY$="a")" becomes "1". So the player moves down.
And ... the other part becomes 1, and therefore y will decrease with 1, and the ... -
New Utility Z80onMDR - Transfer Z80 snapshot to Microdrive CartridgesWith the growing popularity of the excellent vDrive [url]https://vdrivezx.com/vdrivezx/[/url] I've adapted one of my utilities to create Microdrive …
... tried to copy tapes to Microdrive is aware of the challenges especially with the later ... as possible to get games onto cartridge, including the ability to create compilations ... creates an MDR with snapshot 1 & snapshot2, snapshot1 has an ... -
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... he's given me the all-clear to get the next CSSCGC underway ... into the most meagre of games. You are openly encouraged to program ... the way back to 1996, with links to the original website or an archived copy ... gameplay, but also show me that you didn't just ... -
Last Problem in Chapter 3 of Toni Baker's Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum.Chapter 3 of this great book is all about how to use the registers and covers the operations LD, ADD, ADC, SUB, SBC, INC, DEC, SCF and CCF. The la…
... all about how to use the registers and covers the operations LD, ADD ... />
The last task asks a program be written to produce a 1 if ... mind this only expects us to use the operations outlined above.
LD H, D 61 Copy DE to HL
LD L, E ... -
ZEsarUX 9.2 Release CandidateHi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX Release Candidate version 9.2. The final stable version will come in a few weeks, so stay tuned! You can down…
... setting --copy-file-to-mmc to be able to copy files to a mmc ... -Optimize sprite rendering (saving 1% cpu on my computer)
to-pixel text rendering:
-Allow 1:1 scale
-Allow to ... Fixed setting bit 4 of the "Select screen mode and rom configuration ... -
ZEsarUX v9.2 Final released - Version 9.2 - Cliff Hanger edition. 05 April 2021As seen on: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases [quote] ZEsarUX-9.2 @chernandezba chernandezba released this 21 hours ago · 6 com…
... setting --copy-file-to-mmc to be able to copy files to a mmc ... -Optimize sprite rendering (saving 1% cpu on my computer)
to-pixel text rendering:
-Allow 1:1 scale
-Allow to ... Fixed setting bit 4 of the "Select screen mode and rom configuration ... -
Did anyone ever hack Zynaps to remove the player ship inertia?I've always loved this game, but I am not a fan of the inertia on the player ship. Is anyone aware of a hack that removes this inertia? Or does anyon…
I've always loved this game, but I am not a fan of the inertia on the player ship. Is anyone aware of a hack that removes this inertia? Or does anyone have the Z80 skills to hack it out? -
The threat from the ISDAWhat does everyone here think about ISDA closing down abandonware & emulation sites? Personally to an extent I can understand their position, but if …
... a program, I can't ever see anyone managing to form ... a (successful) legal case based on the argument ... t get your emulated copy of the program from the tape you own, but ... , do tend to interpret the spirit, as opposed to the letter, of the law. -
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 …
... errors or omissions, please let me know at [email="eddie. ... /> If you have a copy or transcript of the original instructions, then ... press one of 1-4 to change to each of the four viewing ... can't seem to break into the program. If the program has not overwritten ... -
S.O.P. Save Old ProgramsHi ! Does anybody have any idea how can I save my old collection for the future ? I've lots of tapes full of programs. I use Z80 emulator (ver 3.50)…
... I can't save the original format every program. After loading I ... so I'll have to load only the missing programs, but I ... minutes), so I load it to verify (4 minutes again) and ... .... ZXCOPY, OMNICOPY at the beginning of history and COPY 86M later. Do ... -
Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…
... , I was just about to post to the "What were the worst games ..?" thread ... a copy of the Spectrum manual in the WoS archive. To cut to the chase, though, the ... tape file.
Note: 1) In an emulator, Caps Shift ... very, very much a BASIC program! -
what did people.................hi there, what did people use their spectrum for? (playing games, programming, graphics, music or just for fun) :) octave
... wrote a basic program that let me use menus select files for ... I would need to write a better tool. The first attempt ... UV. Then rewrote the work-alike to use the editors buffer.
... to the assembler I was able merge editor and assembler into one program ... -
Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
... many parents?
(1 point)
Copy of Viz comic book ... the objects to their rightful place and world.
Name the game.
(1 ... />
11: Lead the undead along the walls to the tune of Ten Green ... -
Memory usageBrowsing the online documentation for the Spectrum I came across a peculiar discrepency. As we all know the start of the RAM is at 16384 which is whe…
... support the ZX Printer in that mode.
The COPY command ... doesn't use the Printer Buffer but ... the original ROM caused the printer buffer to be cleared at the end of the COPY ... you'll see that the program and variables will slide ... -
Spectrum edge connectors and 'Dataman Softy S4'Hi, I moved this from the sales thread because it seems more appropriate...anyway... I was twerping around the idea of turning a Spectrum into a we…
... about connecting a Dataman S4 to the edge connector; I can ... />
The best way to do this is to assert the /ROMCS signal ... a (very) short program running in the Spectrum to do this code ... a z80 program in the EPROM at $0000 copy your EPROM to main memory ... -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... machine code program only needed to call the function dispatcher to execute a ROM ... 24K) to execute the cassette routines and to copy the function dispatcher to RAM. However, the special ... line as possible for the logic of the program.
I wrote ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... believe", there are utilities to copy a *.trd image to 3.5" floppy ... , but why not? Sound good to me :)[/quote]
great! i ... ! ) take the amiga program and make a CD32. I just need to find ... be available soon for just ?1.99 GBP (a shade over ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... of code to the program that would back the original cassette game up to +3 ... post you a copy and all you need to do is ... use clone cd or some 1:1 copier ... CD format is good for me, and cheap too. I can ... Cassettes I'd like to see sell for ?1.99 or ?2 ... -
SPIN & Multiface recognitionI've recently tried running Romantic Robot's Lifeguard program on SPIN. However, it keeps coming up with "PLEASE TURN THE MULTIFACE ON" regardless of…
... with the switch that causes the problems.
Anyway this program ... works perfectly as far as I can see...
1. Select ... too and no probs. The key is to make sure you ALWAYS ... activate the multiface first by ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... /> [quote]This is for me to do the duplicating myself, and this would ... ) you print out the art work through a program ilke nero or ... there is a physical copy to buy at the same time, they will ... free one is trying to sell is, to me, quite ridiculously makes no ... -
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…
... , when using the TAPER transfer program, the first part of the header plays at ... real Speccy to do the transfer.
Thanks to everyone who ... 's bought a copy ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... me (Terminator and the slime tentacle monster), and the conversion works well. Just select the ... copy-routine which will copy the second screen from 49152 to the ... (Because DirectX 8.1 did not install here ... able to choose between these modes to select the one ... -
Programing ROM CART from PCHave anybody tried to make a piece of hardware that would be able to program (burn) SINCLAIR cartridge from PC? In the sense, you take TAP or TZX and…
... previousy mentioned, make it impossible to write memory values (No sprite ... starting the snap. Even though the spectrum only pages in 16K, the copy program located ... at address 0 in the ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... a couple, one being a copy i actually own, and its ... ideas come alive you need to program some. even if all you ... standalone? i guess the games runtime is in the program itself and only ... , so you need to load them into the main program. I'm sure ... -
Wye Valley CompilerI notice the Wye Valley Compiler available on WOS is only a Z80 snap of the 48k version. Although it *says* it's available as a Perfect TZX, the TZX …
... , the copy I have is not an original tape - it was a copy ... made using a program called "File Copy", so the gaps will ... not be the same ... happy to have a go at making a TZX of my copy ... -
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…
... are surprised by the screen andf the "brown" says to me you are not ... getting browns, oranges, copy it into a paint program and look at ... fast animation of the same graphic carefully designed to achieve the effect ,,, okay ... -
More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…
... an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can ... stated the POKE used to transform line 1 of a Speccy BASIC program to line ... choose to use the poke which removes the REM make sure your program ... Again when it comes back to me I'll post it.
Most sought after gamesWhich original games are most sought after by the avid Speccy collector??
... t know the correct name of this program, or even the company, ... way from being able to track down a copy now. (Any ... from Ultimate, The Great Giana Sisters, the two sequels to Marsport, and ... Willy Meets The Taxman and ...Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... in the number corresponding to XXX. So the codes are either: 1) ... disassemble it live - save the program as a Z80 when ... to 128, select a Multiface with pre-installed Genie 128, and load the ... actually manage to load the disk. Of course, the Realspectrum debugger ...
