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  • The Art of selling a Spectrum gameSee if this takes your fancy... [url]http://www.retroyak.com/the-art-of-selling-a-spectrum-game/[/url] :D

    See if this takes your fancy...

    [url]http://www.retroyak.com/the-art-of-selling-a-spectrum-game/[/url]


    :D
    RetroYak RetroYak January 2014 Games
  • Controlling the Spectrum keyboard from a PCI've given up the notion of hijacking the joystick port as an entry point to control from a PC - I will have to go down the route of building a PIC c…

    ... ve given up the notion of hijacking the joystick port as ... an entry point to control from a ... have to go down the route of building a PIC circuit.
    ... of a Proface Interface and connect it to the mule.

    ZX Spectrum ...
    Subliminal Aura Subliminal Aura March 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Great Mystification: A reflection upon the feebleness of the "distribution denied" policyThis argument has been debated several other times in this place, yet I have not expressed my thoughts about it, and I would like to hear comments by…

    ... many of us know, a handful of publishers/authors of Spectrum entertainment software in the past ... pose a threat to this argument. This is not the case of the Spectrum scene ... take an interest in the Spectrum only as a part of general emulation) are ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu November 2002 Games
  • A video interface for the Spectrum, MSX compatibleSo you can use the same code for displaying sprites, tiles, characteres, and so no, on both the Spectrum and the MSX. That is, the Spectrum now has a…

    ... , on both the Spectrum and the MSX. That is, the Spectrum now has a "dual-screen ... " feature: the well known ULA ... kind of MSX-Spectrum hybrid, usually in a matter of few hours.

    The ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2008 Hardware
  • Thinking of making a "Wicker Man" text adventureI introduced my friend to the wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, after she reminded me she liked D+D/MMORPGs; so we played an…

    ... then considered the possibility of creating a "Wicker Man" based adventure after I was ... unable to find one...the ... avoid, that kind of thing. With all the talk of folk making/attempting ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie July 2009 New game ideas
  • The rescue of a coil.The problem at hand was a known defect transformer from the switching convertor inside a Spectrum. Both windings are not interrupted and not intercon…

    ... hand was a known defect transformer from the switching convertor inside a Spectrum. Both ... sofar shows that the habit of keeping a Spectrum powered while the convertor is not ... ideal for a real test. Removing the coil from a working Spectrum took me ...
    roko roko November 2011 Hardware
  • The need of having a 257-byte table for IM2 routinesThis came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum. I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is due to certain joys…

    ... the interrupt routine address calculation.

    People that play with Spectrum ... to the former). From the people that use the a real Spectrum, how many of them ... use it with a ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2012 Development
  • Another 'What is the name of the game thread'Hi All, I have recently rediscovered the joys of spectrum emulators after a few years away but really could do with some help finding a favourite gam…

    ... have recently rediscovered the joys of spectrum emulators after a few years away but ... finding a favourite game of mine...

    The game itself was adventure based ... /> I believe you had the choice of being a Mage, Knight, Barbarian and ...
    Gibbo9 Gibbo9 November 2014 Games
  • The Colour of Magic (discworld)I am after, in very good condition and complete, The Colour of Magic (a discworld game) and also any other Discworld titles which may have been relea…

    I am after, in very good condition and complete, The Colour of Magic (a discworld game) and also any other Discworld titles which may have been released for the Spectrum
    thx1138 thx1138 March 2003 Wanted
  • The Tomb of Dracula remake (sort of)!I have converted The Tomb of Dracula (a crappy Spectrum game from K-Tel) to the Commodore 64(!) Have a look at [url="http://www.geocities.com/tombofd…

    I have converted The Tomb of Dracula (a crappy Spectrum game from K-Tel) to the Commodore 64(!) Have a look at [url="http://www.geocities.com/tombofdracula2004/"]http://www.geocities.com/tombofdracula2004/[/url]

    Enjoy if you can! :)
    TombKeeper TombKeeper February 2004 Games
  • Forget the name of the game, keyword "SORONOROS"Good day! Far far away, more than 10 years ago, I was playing in the wonderful animated adventure on ZX. All what I able to remember at this moment -…

    ... , I was playing in the wonderful animated adventure on ZX. All what ... at this moment - it's a spells "SORONOROS" and "WATER FALL ... must be to put on the tables (?).

    I was ... this game? Please remember me the name of adventure.

    Thanks.
    chiko chiko February 2005 Games
  • Spectrum +3 Problem & A Modification IdeaThis is a dual post. And it's also my first post, so I apologise if I get stuff wrong lol. My mate bought a Spectrum +3. I'm unsure about how many d…

    ... to gut the Spectrum of it's motherboard, and to place a Pentium 2 ... this, is to run a Spectrum emulator on the same hardware, so that ... wether I'm causing a mortal sin to the Spectrum, or it's ... actually a nice way to re ...
    bzr_wolfetone bzr_wolfetone February 2007 Hardware
  • 25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…

    ... vbSpec
    * Suggested the idea of writing a JavaScript Spectrum emulator (April 2006)
    * Discovered a couple of previously undocumented bugs in the Spectrum ROM
    * Clearing ...
    chev chev February 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…

    ... from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour ... remember a game that actually looked better on the Speccy than the C64 ... Daze looked slightly better on the Spectrum than the C64 with richer colours ...
    karlth karlth August 2010 Games
  • Simple explanation of interrupts (in the context of Z80/Speccy)I wondered if somebody on here could explain in simple terms how interrupts work on the Speccy and where interrupts are source from. Are they a natur…

    ... source from. Are they a natural feature of the Z80, or are they ... non-maskable-interrupts in the case of resetting a spectrum.

    I know ... this is probably common-knowledge on the ...
    takapa takapa June 2012 Development
  • GamesI was looking thru the top 100 games in the YS rock and roll years website, and it occurred to me that i seem to have played at least 90% of them at …

    ... is a perfect case of "WoS saved the day" kind of story. A Brief History of Time is ... /> In India, the Speccy was released as the db Spectrum + in 1986 (not ... a collection of Spectrum tapes but NOT in the original jacket. The inlay instead had a ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2003 Games
  • New Spectrum game - On Reflection"On Reflection" has been my pet project for the last two years or so. My initial idea was to try to create a Spectrum adventure which was a bit more …

    ... necessarily make for an easy adventure, the removal of pointless locations and instant ... for the Spectrum that was closer to modern interactive fiction - text which actually tells a ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks December 2007 Games
  • Other books worth getting as good as "Speccy Nation"?I bought this off amazon - it has reviews of fifty Spectrum games that capture the essence of the machine, and it looks good fun. I'm wondering if th…

    ... brief write-ups of each game covered:
    [b]Sinclair ZX Spectrum: A ... then this is a great read:
    [b]The Spectrum of Adventure[/b]
    ... [i]https://www.tomchristiebooks.co.uk/the-spectrum-of-adventure-2016 ...
    Mousey Mousey November 2019 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • learning with the spectrumHello friends! When you load a game into the spectrum (i.e a game for the 48k), how can you guess where is stored its first and its last instructio…

    ... you load a game into the spectrum (i.e a game for the 48k), how ... you can find the ROM but..where does a game go with ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What is the name of this game.Hi all, I am trying to remember the name of this old a rather obscure looking game I had. It was in a different kind of box from all my other Speccy…

    ... am trying to remember the name of this old a rather obscure looking ... had. It was in a different kind of box from all my ... it had the picture of like a lamb or a sheep or a lama on ... space shooting a laserbeam. It had like a futuristic sort of theme to ...
    Parvini Parvini June 2006 Games
  • The Smell of Intrigue in the good old days.When I was a kid I remember part of the wonder of discovering arcade machines and playing on them, was this weird but some how quite intriguing smell…

    When I was a kid I remember part of the wonder of discovering arcade machines ... . I remember as a kid the joy of discovering a big leather bag in ... had the same smell. I own a lot of records now, as a collector ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk November 2015 Chit chat
  • windows 8 !!!!!!!!I've just tried windows 8 on a new laptop, and I hate it already ! You're not supposed to close windows anymore, just keep opening new ones and windo…

    [QUOTE=fogartylee;666131]Read 'Accidental Empires' instead - it's where Triumph of the nerds came from :)[/QUOTE]

    Other good related reads are 'Where Wizards Stay Up Late', 'The Nudist on the Late Shift' and 'A Brief History of the Future'.
    ZheXer ZheXer November 2012 Chit chat
  • Polyphonic music with the speakerAnyone knows how to make music with more than one voice with the 48k speaker?

    ... on a real Spectrum speaker vs a PC speaker.

    I think of ... a variable duty on the fixed square wave. If you look at the spectrum of ... such a signal (I think every ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2005 Development
  • New Spectrum game - On Reflection"On Reflection" has been my pet project for the last two years or so. My initial idea was to try to create a Spectrum adventure which was a bit more …

    ... the Spectrum that was closer to modern interactive fiction - text which actually tells a ... story in a novel- ... "You are in a long corridor. The door is East." really ... now I'm off for a few days.

    woodcock88 woodcock88 December 2007 Games
  • i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…

    The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - A Brief History.
    RichB RichB January 2008 Chit chat
  • The Spectrum is a Piece of ShitHow can you all stand there and defend a computer that was ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH even back in 1982, compared to classics like the Atari 8-Bit, Commodore…

    ... /> What do I hate about the Spectrum? EVERYTHING

    ... severely limits the commands available to the number of keys available ... the Spectrum is vastly overrated and is shit! The sound is like that of a ... baby breaking wind, and the so-called ...
    Foebane72 Foebane72 October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A deeper exploration of the SpectrumI've been reading a lot of posts in the BASIC and development forums and they've really intrigued me. Although my knowledge of the deeper working of …

    I've been reading a lot of posts in the BASIC and development forums ... me. Although my knowledge of the deeper working of the Spectrum are extremely (and I ... about it. Can someone recommend a good starting point?

    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton November 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Can anyone help me with the name of an old ZX Spectrum Game?Hello I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. I've been racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum game I used to play when I was …

    ... racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum game I used to ... years here! It was an adventure game where you had to ... /> I can distinctly remember the cover of the cassette the game came in. It ... was grey/blue with a ...
    Polly Polly August 2006 Games
  • History Channel documentary doesn't even mention the SpectrumI recently saw this documentary about the history of computers and it didn't even mention the Spectrum. Was it really irrelevant when it comes down t…

    ... documentary about the history of computers and it didn't even mention the Spectrum. Was ... not worthy of mention? Was the Timex such a failure in the U.S ... to see a documentary, on any channel, that mentions the Spectrum, or its ...
    torstum torstum October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The ZX Spectrum Book of MapsFollowing some discussion in a maps thread, I have decided to make THE ZX SPECTRUM BOOK OF MAPS - VOLUME ONE At the moment, I have the following in…

    ... to make

    THE ZX SPECTRUM BOOK OF MAPS - VOLUME ONE
    a game from a franchise, an underrated game and an adventure game ... . There will also be a section for ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 December 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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