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Elite's iPhone/iPad Spectrum Emulator updated... with Manic Miner, Monty and more!This was updated earlier today: [URL="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zx-spectrum-elite-collection/id391336343?mt=8"]link[/URL]. Now includes Manic M…
... the licensed games after reading the blurb in the Emulator. Totally get your point ... about Commando/Bomb Jack etc.
Happy with the ... that keen on but the good thing with retro ... surprised.
Love the Rebelstar games and they work ... -
yeah - unix for zx spectrumI started a new hobby project. An operating system for ZX Spectrum. A unix clone. Talked to my friend about it and he asked me what if after I'm done…
... asm or C. The C entry point is always at the top and falls ... through to the asm entrypoint after ... collecting parameters from the stack. malloc jumps directly into the ... -
Converting a decimal number to binary...Hi Folks, Been thinking about ways to convert a decimal number to 8 bit binary and came up with the following: [CODE]100 REM ----------------------…
... seem to use a string after the BIN command. I did ... BIN was a function, but reading the ROM disassembly, I see ... to floating point
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; This routine finds the floating point number ... '0's or '1's after it.
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Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... (actually, reading is slightly more complex because a drawback of the way ... the stream number and then makes the call to the Spectranet streams module. The ... anything at all (save whatever entry point you use for *all* your ... -
Retro Gamer Issue 88Good issue this month, fair bit of Missile Command. I 'presume' Rainbird Rich is the guy who wrote the article on Firebird this month, looks really …
... did really get back into the magazine after they stopped giving away ... their best bits - the annuals/hardware manuals - for reading on planes during ... . I mean the Gremlin collection - whats the point really ? Had all the games from ... -
"Video games cause rape" - Fox News[COLOR="Red"]"[I]Bulletstorm, a violent new video game released on 22nd February, could turn players as young as nine into rapists[/I]", says US 'new…
... they were.
The point I was trying to raise ... in during some of the most important developmental stages ... through; You're surprised after everything they went through that ... after reading your post, that you being a pacifist is probably the ... -
New platform game: Sid SpannersHi all, here is my Christmas present. A new platform game (well, more of a mini-game really). [url=http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmspc…
... is that at some point in the future, there'll probably ... />
2. "The Intro tune exits immediately bug". This bug never ... occured on the emulators ... loading the game for the first time, the intro tune quits after about ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... all over the place but the magic of seeing the copyright for the first ... it lock up immediately in the interrupt handler after displaying the message. My approach ... ]only[/I] in the floating point print routine. The upshot of this was ... -
Your Views on... GhostbustersI dusted off the Master System version of this and inspired me to try out the Speccy version. It's a good game with it's strong and weak points. I …
Just realised (after reading Tipshop) that there appears ... at different addresses. The second version corrupts the memory at $FExx ... slightly different code (notice the addresses are different too):
the tune... By this point I'd got ... -
Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... [/b] (extension to existing entry)
The original version of this game ... [/b]
The 48k version crashes after loading Level 2. The 128k version ... level data at some point, so all the platforms become invisible and ... -
GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
... (since the ULA will be guaranteed not to be reading memory immediately after an ... interrupt). This is what the Spectranet CPLD ... version reading has to ... -
CrusoeI'm making slow progress in mapping & debugging this game, having to restart several times due to various unfortunate events. The latest was getting …
... 've finally completed Crusoe after 26 years. A couple ... not acted on immediately - and this includes the casket flag. ... the casket again after each step in the combination sequence to re-set the ... shortcut back to the island where the lookout point is situated.< ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... meant reading from port C? Or maybe that's the whole point: ... only one problem: when reading keyboard, the upper half of port ... different ports after all?
Another thing. The reference says ... an address space by always reading from port 0xFE doesn' ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... ;554380] Or maybe that's the whole point: because upper byte doesn ... only one problem: when reading keyboard, the upper half of port address ... different ports after all?
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BUZZSAW+ Demo No. 3Right, another demo of BUZZSAW+. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap"]Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap[/URL] The default con…
... sprite was drawn near the top of the screen, the border would flash ... fixed the bug with it trying to re-use that code after ... it had been scrapped. I'd rather foolishly put the ... 'reset re-entry point' rather than just [I]above[/I] the marker.
TZX format rev. 1.21Once 1.20 draft seems to be official now I would like to suggest some additiones to do on 1.21. I hope it will be easier to upgrade once block 19 has…
... is now at that point. I've been reading some posts and ... .
[QUOTE]All the 'useful' information could just be ... ...
- The TZX format is the most extended one I ... how accurate is the tape representation...
Even after all of ...Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…
... go on discussing the finer point forever so it' ... as it's his site after all! ;)
the purpose of the inlay preservation project. ... />
(b) Increase the standard for submitted images from ... link added to the WOS entry for a title ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... Rouge Trader book, checked the entry for the Legiones Astartes (Space Marines ... /> Though I will partly concede the point on discipline :p
... or something.
after the original ones in rogue trader ... fro what came after. most of the time you are ...TZX format rev. 1.21Once 1.20 draft seems to be official now I would like to suggest some additiones to do on 1.21. I hope it will be easier to upgrade once block 19 has…
[QUOTE=ccowley;565127]Maybe, after reading the discussion here, they decided ... after all.[/QUOTE]
Yes, maybe :(
At this point ... written, son of the devil etc. be the most widely used ... and the one selected for ...Keys redefine routine and key check.I have written some asm code which allows me to redefine keys (for a game etc.), and also allows me to be able to check any keypresses for the redefi…
... . :)
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; The bits in A after checking keys are as ... 31
inc hl ; point to the key bit pattern
... with $ff
; On entry, HL = address of message
inc hl ; point to the key_xxx_pattern byte
ld (hl ...writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... after LD an interrupt gets accepted and because CURRENTLY PC does point ... getting pushed on the stack. So, after an interrupt has ... ended, the restored value of ... a HALT that could occur immediately after an interrupt. Honestly, I ...writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
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It's very easy to write to ROM - I can do it right now, with (as you stated) a simple LD (HL),n opcode with HL set towriting an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
[QUOTE=PeterP;565980]The problem is the ROM value was updated ... to do. That's the whole point of writing an emulator. ... there is a HALT instruction immediately after return from interrupt handling ...
Obviously you would execute the HALT. What else could a ...Steve Jobs deadVery sad... [URL="http://www.apple.com"]www.apple.com[/URL] RIP Steve.
... after reading his twitter feed for a while. Every time anyone had the ... him to return, at which point he'd make an "Oh ... insist..." type post and so the cycle would restart. It was ...New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…
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; The bits in A after checking keys are as ... 31
inc hl ; point to the key bit pattern
... with $ff
; On entry, HL = address of message
inc hl ; point to the key_xxx_pattern byte
ld (hl ...Which Ultimate Play the Game game's do you like (tick the ones you like)After discussing Sabre Wulf in another thread, I thought it would be interesting to see which games of theirs we liked and disliked in proportion to …
... real, in spite of all the different point of views, it is ... ) and the fact itself ("[I]he killed alcatraz harry[/I], after alcatraz ... my opinions randomly without reading the rest of the conversations.
it's ...Unboxing my old SpeccysToday I dug out my old collection of computers from the bygone age. My ZX81 fired up fine, but it looks like the keyboard membrane is goosed, as on…
... is OK for both the 128k and the +2.
Perhaps there ... 're OK for the +2 but not for the 128k.
EDIT: editing just after reading last gtsamour entry... ok, I got it ... my +2 and another for the heatsink model when I'll ...Unboxing my old SpeccysToday I dug out my old collection of computers from the bygone age. My ZX81 fired up fine, but it looks like the keyboard membrane is goosed, as on…
Here are the schematics for the cables...
+2 Grey ... ;581621]EDIT: editing just after reading last gtsamour entry... ok, I got it ... my +2 and another for the heatsink model when I'll ... /> But since Macc confirms that the cable from this seller works ...Technical Help Forums - Am I expecting too much?A common problem I observe when on technical forums for programming questions is arrogance. I really hate it when you ask e a simple question, but …
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AND YOUR POINT IS?
the op's view has changed after reading these replies. :-)What paging scheme is the "standard" for 128K models?Sinclair implemented an arrangement so that even numbered pages are non-contended, and odd numbered pages are contended (quoting from memory, haven't…
... that shortly after the falling edge of the INT signal, the video ... is triggered 22us after the beginning of the last scanline that ... all the time: normally for reading, but sometimes (when the CPU ... to meet the requirements of the gate array. The key point here ...
