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DRAW x,y,a Algorithm - how does the ROM do it?Hi all, Getting on with SpecOS, and one of the things I would love to do is to preserve the original ROM's behaviour when drawing Arcs. This is don…
... y,a where the alogorithm starts at the last point plotted, ... but cannot get the hang of the explanation of the algorithm...
... or Pascal!) implementation of the Arc drawing algorithm implemented ... more optimised versions that achieve the same result.
Future films at the cinemaAnyone looking forward to any particular film coming out in the future ? I'm looking forward to a new Judge Dredd film, Stallone wont be in it, shou…
... particular film coming out in the future ?
I'm ... , should be far 'closer' to the comic (graphic novel ;) , might be ... for it in one of the last Tarantino films (Grindhouse), looks SOOO ... over the top it should be quite ...England reinstated as best team in the worldSwitzerland were the last team to beat Spain and England have just beaten them. Therefore England are the best team in the year. Phew!
Switzerland were the last team to beat Spain and England have just beaten them. Therefore England are the best team in the year. Phew!Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
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- Return of the Jedi (arcade version) - why is this ... thereby ruining the effectiveness of the dark parts in the original Doom ... and unnerving.
- The last part of Psi Ops. Psi ... that at the time you get your last power, the game stops ...Boys from the Blackstuff.I've just been watching Alan Bleasdales's Boys from the Black Stuff on BB4 four. I watched it last week too. I must say that has to be the finest ex…
... the Black Stuff on BB4 four. I watched it last ... week too. I must say that has to be the ... film stands to document the last days of an era ... />
In 2000 the British Film Institute (BFI) ... to determine what were the greatest British television programmes ...Herbert the Turbot - The silent movie...As promised a while ago, the last ever work-in-progress build of Herbert the Turbot is now available from [URL="http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extras/he…
... promised a while ago, the last ever work-in-progress ... build of Herbert the Turbot is now available ... URL].
The game code hasn't been ... stereo instead (something by The Ocean perhaps, or Jean ... map, especially with the twist in the game. I doubt ...The Speccy Tour - How to improve it and encourage participation?[This will be posted on the HARP board as well, to encourage debate.] The Speccy Tour is, as many of you know, [U]the[/U] worldwide championship for…
... and many others. However the last few years have experienced a ... in the Tour from the former USSR countries, where the Spectrum ... and squeezing them to the last drop, whilst being interested ... exactly explained what the Tour is, the established tradition behind ...ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 31 December 2010Friday 31 December 2010 The last update of the year (done at silly o'clock as I'll be busy tomorrow. Erm, today) * Added some tips for Xcel by MadM…
... December 2010
The last update of the year (done at ... Destroyer, Fireflash, I, of the Mask, Knight Tyme, Neverending Story ... II, The, Proteus, Sentinel, Spellbound and ... Qang , Quack-Shot , Return of the Jedi ,
Score 3020 , Sid ...The Hobbit:A guide and how i play it.Yes i know there are walkthroughs and guides on the net but what i want to do here is give chance for those people to complete the hobbit who have no…
... ] are shift +P ,to repeat the last command you typed in is ... suspect the wood elf starts the game from the waterfall at the end of ... a fight as the light from the sword lights the hobbits way.
the waterfall at the end of the forest road i ...The PC megathreadConsole games get discussed quite a lot on this forum, and rightly so, but PC games seem to be mentioned far less, which isn't fair as the PC has a l…
... library stretches back to the early ZX Spectrum days, ... want to like this last one, but it doesn ... is MAME like nowadays? The last version I have is on ... uninfected people and kill the zombies. Has anyone played ... some fantastic mods over the years, for games like ...The N64 megathread[Skip this if you want, the short version is "The N64 was deeply flawed, but still has some of the best games ever", so now you can claim you've read…
... my favourite console. The N64 was the last gaming console to use ... cartridges, it's contemparies the ... to fit on the cartridge. The N64 has arguably the best first ... />
On the plus side, the N64 was the machine that made ...Chaos: online and in the browser[youtube]KT9WTtaBLUk[/youtube] Hello guys, hopefully there's a few Chaos fans still frequenting these forums, do I thought I'd show off something I'…
... in my free time for the last month or so: Chaos multiplayer ... over the internet and in the browser.
the disbelieve and creature spells are ... to start adding some of the simpler spells, but for others ...Ultimate Play the Game Book - Do I finish it?Some time ago I was writing an Ultimate Play the Game book, but for the last two years for one reason or another I've done nothing with it. I've got …
... an Ultimate Play the Game book, but for the last two years for ... a copy of the Jet Pac pages with the view to getting ... looking for? Am I on the right track? Do you like ... -colour history of Ultimate Play the Game would be well received ...The attribute challenge final (part three)Last one :) , I was going to hold off but the pics are ready and the last one was solved in 20 minutes so... I've rotated (some but not all) of thes…
Last one :) , I was going to hold off but the pics are ready ... and the last one was solved ...Ebay items missing in the post.How often do ebay items go missing in the post. I've had two recently. I sometimes wonder if there are people on ebay, who buy things and then clai…
... ebay items go missing in the post. I've had two ... auction finishing. The thing was the auction finished within the mass of public ... holidays we had in the last couple of weeks. I wonder ... sometimes the extent of people claiming non ...Which firms' tapes have self-destructed in the last 30 years?Just wondering.... I'm going through boxes of Spectrum games, and there are recurring themes as to which games' tapes have seized up and/or stopped …
... completely.
One of the biggest misbehavers are Ocean tapes ... . This is exacerbated by the fact that they tended to ... news for keyboard membranes. All the Daley Thompson games are on ...No more News Of The World!Looks like this weekend will be the last one. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733[/url]
Looks like this weekend will be the last one.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733[/url]Last stuff for a while!!Hi Folks This will be the last stuff on ebay for a while. Though the spare room is still full! [url]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/millys-pigdog/m.html?_tr…
Hi Folks
This will be the last stuff on ebay for a while. Though the spare room is still full!
[url]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/millys-pigdog/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562[/url]
cheers
PTaking the Spectrum for a bath - Lots of SEXY photos!Decided to take a Spectrum +2 for a bath this weekend. It was non-working, so it needed fixing. It booted to a fuzzy dark picture and I thought "Ah, …
... see the cassette mechanism on the left and the keyboard on the right ... don't dismantle all the parts from the tape mechanism, because ... I dont know the previous owner)
On the last shot, you ... themselves, but under the keyboard are the springs, which will ...The list of games of letter B is wrongHello. The list of games of letter B is wrong, the last game is "Bolas, Las" and the next games don't show, for example budokan, bump, set, spike...…
Hello.
The list of games of letter B is wrong, the last game is "Bolas, Las" and the next games don't show, for example budokan, bump, set, spike..... etcThe Spectrum Games Bible - Full Colour Versions - Four VolumesHello all! I'm selling the last four volumes of these books (1987-1988, 1989-1990, 1991-1993 and 1994-200x). These are also the full colour versions…
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I'm selling the last four volumes of these books ... 1994-200x). These are also the full colour versions which if ... .
I've put the reserve at 99p, so somebody ...New Game! "The Wicker Woman" finally released :DFor those that haven't been following my thread here [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25866[/url] where I have been toili…
... toiling away at PAW for the last 2 years, my game has ... finally been released on the archive.
Here it ...The good old days (what do you honestly miss)?I was reading a post on Gamefaqs where the author was saying how modern games were better than older games, and even though that's just his opinion (…
... . When was the last time you heard the phrase "[I] ... rubbish when flicking through the hundreds of modern ... a result. On the other hand, the predominance of supermarkets ... PC Zone in the late 90s (the only example I ... so fill in the blanks yourself. The first one is ...Which is the best Deus Ex game?Damn, mean to ask as a poll: Which Deus Ex game do you prefer: (in order of release) 1. Deus Ex, 2. Deus Ex: Invisible War, 3. Deus Ex: Human Revo…
... Ex, even though it's the last to be released),
... it has the best skill system, the most replayability, the best levels ... the items in the game world (which really hurts the immersion), the ... not put things in the boxes... And the endings (multiple, like ...The Shameless Blog Plugging ThreadThought I would create a thread purely to shamelessly plug my Blog...I've just spent the best part of 10 hours putting the last couple of posts toget…
... part of 10 hours putting the last couple of posts together, so ... and films too in the run up to the 31st, so if ...The development of (possibly) the worst car in the world...which is of course the Morris Marina. For some reason, YouTube gave me this as a suggested video (I don't know why!). It was interesting at least.…
... rusty within a year! The handling problems were actually ... was too dated by the time the last iteration (the Ital) came out ... of the history sites about the company, many of the concept ... or dull designs. The Allegro probably being the most egregious example.Last publicationIt has just struck me, and apologies if this has been done, has there been a definite decision made on what was the last published game on the old ZX…
... made on what was the last published game on the old ZX?
I'm not on about the retro games, which are generally ... that can be identified where the big players (eg Ocean, US ... />
So what was the last, or last agreed upon, known full Speccy ...last game you boughtwhat was the last game you bought for your spectrum befor you changed computers
what was the last game you bought for your spectrum befor you changed computersThe short blocks loaded in Jet Pac(Hope this have not been previously discussed. If so, my apologies) Is there any reason why Jet Pac loads three short blocks after the main block? I…
... like Ultimate? (1)
The last block writes two values at ... is the second (the NMI being the first) method to prevent copying the ... (E9h) is nothing but the opcode of the JP (HL) instruction, ... be altered, the loader could patch the game at the point it ...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 …
... game of theirs you liked the most, but which ones ... vote for all of the games of theirs you ... Nightshade was especially dissapointing, although the last two (Martianoids and Bubbler) managed ...
Which Ultimate games (on the Spectrum) did you like? And ...
