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  • Request for a Writer...I'm starting a new SF, Fantasy and Horror website with some big author names onboard- over at [url]http://www.sffeth.blogspot.com[/url] - and I wonde…

    ... , Firelord, Pud Pud (snigger), The Rats, Jack the Ripper, The Hobbit, stuff like that ...
    Andy Remic Andy Remic May 2009 Games
  • Loading screens, worth the wait?Inspired by a topic in the chit chat thread I thought I would have a poll about loading screens. What with the R tape loading error problems and ea…

    ... I broke into the basic loader to skip the screen loading.

    the SCREEN$ and code blocks, that could reduce loading time ... because of pause between blocks, loading pilot, etc). Some games had ... for 128K music at the end of the main block but ...
    0sAND1s 0sAND1s May 2009 Games
  • Rasputin (AKA???)I just noticed this and thought it was silly ... well ... it's silly in my head ... then again, most things are ... silly in my head. [URL="http://w…

    Rasputin's loading screen is a ... ever wondered, according to the [URL="http://microhobby. ... this game with that loading screen that I haven ... found in any of the files actually preserved ... In the same magazine issue, the same loading screen shot appears within the ...
    Neil Parsons Neil Parsons June 2009 Infoseek database
  • Rasputin (AKA???)I just noticed this and thought it was silly ... well ... it's silly in my head ... then again, most things are ... silly in my head. [URL="http://w…

    ... Parsons;358078]Rasputin's loading screen is a mystery to ... ve ever wondered, according to the [URL="http://microhobby.speccy. ... of this game with that loading screen that I haven' ... In the same magazine issue, the same loading screen shot appears within the [URL ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman June 2009 Infoseek database
  • Fantastic DizzyWhile playing the Amiga version of this game the other day, I wondered if it was possible to make a cutdown version of this for the Speccy? The tre…

    ... it could work well on the faithful Speccy.[/QUOTE]
    < ... the regular formulae and made the game rather unbalanced, like the tunnel with the rats ... like they were added for the sole purpose of draining ... they'd attempted to make the graphics too flash, and ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek June 2009 New game ideas
  • Rasputin (AKA???)I just noticed this and thought it was silly ... well ... it's silly in my head ... then again, most things are ... silly in my head. [URL="http://w…

    ... already checked the YS demo and it contains the same loading screen, unless ... read "does not use a loading screen": :confused: To tell you ... , file contents are different to the other TZX archive I have ...
    Neil Parsons Neil Parsons June 2009 Infoseek database
  • Rasputin (AKA???)I just noticed this and thought it was silly ... well ... it's silly in my head ... then again, most things are ... silly in my head. [URL="http://w…

    ... already checked the YS demo and it contains the same loading screen, unless ... read "does not use a loading screen": :confused: To tell you ... , there is a loading screen listed only if the company issuing said ... didn't make one for the covertape, so none is listed ...
    mheide mheide June 2009 Infoseek database
  • I Ball - is .tap version available?Hi all, I'm after a .tap version of I, Ball (released by Firebird). The original game used the dreaded bleeploader. I checked WOS and other web site…

    ... Bleepload version of the game. All the person on that ... the I'Ball .TAP on his site IS a normal standard-loading ... . It is actually the best possible conversion for ... you will still get the same loading effect (and a ... but with normal ROM loading...
    It is ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat June 2009 Games
  • I Ball - is .tap version available?Hi all, I'm after a .tap version of I, Ball (released by Firebird). The original game used the dreaded bleeploader. I checked WOS and other web site…

    ... the I'Ball .TAP on his site IS a normal standard-loading ... files.... you will still get the same loading effect (and a bit ... bleepload but with normal ROM loading...
    It is a ... is a bleepload. Watch the counter and loading colours !. Bleepload is easily ...
    Hercules Hercules June 2009 Games
  • In a charity shop the other day...got these beuts for 25p each. Ever since I started checking out their hordes of cassettes it's brought up a few gems. Never even heard of Armageddo…

    ... into the logo of the company and not the name of the game/loading screen ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman June 2009 Games
  • In a charity shop the other day...got these beuts for 25p each. Ever since I started checking out their hordes of cassettes it's brought up a few gems. Never even heard of Armageddo…

    ... into the logo of the company and not the name of the game/loading screen ... as a whole.
    [/QUOTE]

    They used the ...
    Code Monkey Code Monkey June 2009 Games
  • Trouble loading BTTF3HI just wondering if you can help me out as am new to the spectrum :) I am tring to load BTTF3 on mt 48k. I put the tape in type load etc then it…

    ... code blocks that load after the loading screen, one with 16384 bytes ... .

    On the original .TZX (the one that doesn't ... 'm not sure if the game loading routines check for any ... after all. Both original and the compilation version use turbo loading.
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2009 Games
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ... new loader with the original loading screen loading first, then the next 2 blocks ... into bank0.

    The blocks are loaded in this ... order on the tap.
    Looks like the tap version ... compressing bank7, adding the 2048 byte block to the end, when ...
    FrankT FrankT June 2009 Games
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ... at 23938 which disintigrates the loading screen to black. RAM ... been hacking the russian loader and extracted the loading screen drawing ... code, it draws the screen from the ... nice to use this for the loading screen.

    ...
    FrankT FrankT June 2009 Games
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ... have succesfully re-instated the original loading screen.

    the tapefiles I made have sometimes resulted in loading ... Warajevo instead. Perhaps the hacked "standard type blocks ... hardware differences (like the page loading order constraints mentioned ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn June 2009 Games
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ... ]

    Thanks for the turbo-loading versions.

    ... I updated the site this evening:-
    the above page. This is ... want a version with the original loading screen reinstated.
    ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn June 2009 Games
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ... by Gogin at the bottom of the screen. After the first large block ... the banner. After pressing 'y' or 'n', the original loading screen appears and the ... rest of the game loads ...
    FrankT FrankT June 2009 Games
  • Most repulsive thing you've ever seen in a speccy game?What's the most repulsive thing you've ever seen in a spectrum game? Has there ever been a game in which the main character has projectile vomited i…

    ... you won the skeet shooting and the guy holdin the shotgun ... winking but always scared the hell out of me ... It was also acomponied by the most horific sound efect. ... was always terified by the rats in booty they were ... that would run across the screen and i think ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. June 2009 Games
  • Win_TZX2TAPI just wrote a small&simple TZX to TAP Converter for conversion of standard blocks. It is dedicated to all DivIDE users who want to do a quick batch …

    ... ]

    Care to PD the source?
    Why? On my ... I have planned to do the same (loading of TZX). With your ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP June 2009 Announcements
  • Win_TZX2TAPI just wrote a small&simple TZX to TAP Converter for conversion of standard blocks. It is dedicated to all DivIDE users who want to do a quick batch …

    ... BEEP;364570]Care to PD the source?
    Why? On my ... I have planned to do the same (loading of TZX). With your ... />
    OK. I do!
    The source (Pure Basic 4.xx ...
    LCD LCD June 2009 Announcements
  • Win_TZX2TAPI just wrote a small&simple TZX to TAP Converter for conversion of standard blocks. It is dedicated to all DivIDE users who want to do a quick batch …

    GUI version is ofcourse superior... but it would be nice to also see the Custom Loading blocks converted to TAP (even though their timing might not be standard) since some TZX's have even standard rom blocks in custom block format...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat July 2009 Announcements
  • Win_TZX2TAPI just wrote a small&simple TZX to TAP Converter for conversion of standard blocks. It is dedicated to all DivIDE users who want to do a quick batch …

    ... be nice to also see the Custom Loading blocks converted to TAP ... it can be expanded in the next versions (It is open ... contribute).
    Thank you for the Source. You program seems to ... work in the same way as mine, but ...
    LCD LCD July 2009 Announcements
  • new system for DivIDE[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/divide-bs-dos.htm[/url] It's modified BS-DOS 308 from MB02+ interface. More utilities, convertors and .MBD …

    ... snapshot saving incorporated into the Spectranet set of base ... completed games over the network. Loading and saving in the "standard" way ... (i.e. from the BASIC ... files saved by the Spectranet with the %SAVE command is ...
    Winston Winston July 2009 Development
  • ANN: Spud v0.203[url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.chandler3/Spud_20090709.rar[/url] [code] ADDED: Spud now loads 48k .tzx and .tap files. ADDED: Standalone …

    ... v0.203a
    ADDED: Removed the menubar when in full screen ... boxes don't wipe out the display when moved anymore. ... blanked out when moving along the menubar. [Skarpo]
    FIXED ... all the compiler settings
    which caused the tape loading to ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2009 Emulators
  • Choc(k)ManIt's listed in infoseek as ChockMan, but the cover states that it's called Choc.Man (Well I never!) [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.c…

    The title has been updated. While at it, I noticed the listed loading screen wasn't actually the loading screen, so I replaced it. Lo and behold, it provides another confirmation of the proper name. :)
    mheide mheide July 2009 Infoseek database
  • When did multiloads start?Hullo, again. Long time reader, rare topic starter! In the mid 80s, when Elite grabbed the rights to the likes of Commando, Bomb Jack and Ghosts N' …

    ... if this is one of the only games were you had ... to reload once the game ended? And why did ... 'reload' data in the middle of the initial loading data? Without a tape ...
    Dwayne Dibley Dwayne Dibley July 2009 Games
  • When did multiloads start?Hullo, again. Long time reader, rare topic starter! In the mid 80s, when Elite grabbed the rights to the likes of Commando, Bomb Jack and Ghosts N' …

    ... you had to reload once the game ended? And why did ... 'reload' data in the middle of the initial loading data? Without a tape ... mean that the user had to rewind the tape during the gameplay or ... to get the initial loading to ...
    Rickard Rickard July 2009 Games
  • When did multiloads start?Hullo, again. Long time reader, rare topic starter! In the mid 80s, when Elite grabbed the rights to the likes of Commando, Bomb Jack and Ghosts N' …

    ... to rewind the tape during the gameplay or to get the initial loading to ... being loaded in the game. Then ,after several minutes , the loading restarts. I ... THINK , if i remember rightly , the missed bit ...
    Dwayne Dibley Dwayne Dibley July 2009 Games
  • Travel with Trashmanits appears there were 2 versions released of "travel with trashman" although the physical cassettes look pretty much idenetical, 1 was a fast load (…

    ... have a different version to the currently publically available ones please ... downloaded here at WOS - with the RAPID LOADING SYSTEM - EPSRIT

    the 48k rom, several real ... block, would guess thats the tool that was used to ...
    Richard_Butler Richard_Butler July 2009 Infoseek database
  • Travel with Trashmanits appears there were 2 versions released of "travel with trashman" although the physical cassettes look pretty much idenetical, 1 was a fast load (…

    ... the WoS version. It is the RAPID LOADING SYSTEM version. It definitely checksums the ... ROM. It may pass the ... on the original Spanish 128 and the Spanish ... BASIC fails on the Spanish and French ROMs ...
    chev chev July 2009 Infoseek database
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