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List of 128 only games and 128 games that were different to the 48k versions.Can anyone think of any 128 games that were different to 48k and i'm not talking about music enhancments but more graphical,or speed or bigger maps e…
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3 Weeks in Paradise, Spellbound, Knight Tyme and Stormbringer ... events, and all events were in a single load. -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... loads 32 bytes to each in sequence. Therefore the screen ... but can be seen in 3 weeks in paradise but does lines the ... slow....
Song in Lines 4/5/ MDA Demo ... loader I ever saw in 1984 (my one hacked ... a whole load of All-In-Ones (multiload games made ... -
Games that checksum the ROMHello, is there a list of games that checksum the ROM and won't run (or maybe exhibit a different behaviour) unless it is the original 48k one? Searc…
definitely 3 weeks in paradise 128K loads a 58K block which overwrites the rom then checksums it afterwards so this will only run with the original 128K rom :mad: -
Games that checksum the ROMHello, is there a list of games that checksum the ROM and won't run (or maybe exhibit a different behaviour) unless it is the original 48k one? Searc…
[QUOTE=nuggetreggae;730548]definitely 3 weeks in paradise 128K loads a 58K block ... ensure the checksum still works in the modified ROM. If it ... note that the .TAP version in the archive will load on ... -
Games that checksum the ROMHello, is there a list of games that checksum the ROM and won't run (or maybe exhibit a different behaviour) unless it is the original 48k one? Searc…
... found that "feature" of 3 weeks in paradise when trying to convert it ... , so it crashes when loaded in 128k mode. I guess some ... runtimes will crash if not in 48K mode, or if they ... -
Has anything about the Speccy been discovered since the 90sAs the title says. What im talking about is, have recent programmers unlocked anything on the speccy to improve games/gameplay since the computer was…
... (Think it was 3 weeks in paradise). Not sure whether that ... Nothing that wasn't possible in 1982-1990, but I ... for the 48K ZX Spectrum in 1997.
... ROM.
In 2000 I coded the Videopac ... who coded 20 games in hires in just 1K. Although it ... -
the worlds longest game tape ?just curious if there is a known title... as I was looking at multimixx 4 and that has gauntlet 1 / 2 and deeper dungeons and it reminds me of an ata…
... 't be copied), but 3 weeks in Paradise 128k overran the ROM space ... -efficient loaders would be Speedlock (in some games) and Alkatraz. Some ... but often loaded every byte in 48k RAM, and had to ... include a 12 second "void" in the tape to decode their ... -
Speccy mix-up quiz!Apologies/kudos to Prophet who has run these 'mix up' quizzes in the past, but thought I'd try my arm. In the piccy below there are [B]20 speccy gam…
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Speccy mix-up quiz!Apologies/kudos to Prophet who has run these 'mix up' quizzes in the past, but thought I'd try my arm. In the piccy below there are [B]20 speccy gam…
[QUOTE=JeffB;792923]I recognise that totem pole... I think it's either from 3 Weeks in Paradise or Livingston Supongo....[/QUOTE]
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Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... (had one, for about three weeks, in the early 90's) and ... fair few 64's. For in my opinion, the Spectrum is ... the best out of the three technically, and if you wanted ... close to a Master System in that respect) but it was ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... (had one, for about three weeks, in the early 90's) and ... fair few 64's. For in my opinion, the Spectrum ... the best out of the three technically, and if you ... close to a Master System in that respect) but it ... but mankind can not stay in the cradle forever." :) -
Smart platform-action games?Most platform-action games for the Speccy rely on "fast thinking" (to keep running while avoiding enemies) and pixel-precision movement (mostly jumpi…
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In a graphic adventure, the main ... idea, including Popeye, 3 Weeks in Paradise, Bride of Frankenstein, etc ... .
In a nutshell, in graphic adventures you encounter ... obstacle are available in the same screen. In "smart" platform ... -
1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.
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Best and worst loading coloursWas just thinking the other day about this, what are the worst / best loading colours that have been seen ? :) Apart from loaders with either mult…
... /Yellow does work quite well in some cases, as does Green ... 's look good on '3 Weeks in Paradise' for instance.
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What was on your first pirate tapeOf course, we all started with Horizons and then bought our first couple of games (in my case, Bugaboo The Flea - which I still haven't managed to co…
... Make a chip, 3 weeks in paradise, Spawn of evil (text/ ... GAMES 21 - Bombjack, Dangermouse in doubletrouble, Fahrenheit 3000, Monkey ... Arcturus, Blackjack, Craps, Close in, Moon buggy, Starstrike 2, ... Jack the nipper 2 - in coconut capers, Mercenary, Rigels ... -
Bug fixed ROMHi Folks, Is there a bug fixed 48K ROM that is totally compatible with the original? I have searched the internet but the ROMs I have found all s…
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Which 128k games actually used 128kA lot of 128k games were 48k games with decent AY music, or used screen flipping features, What games actually used 128k, e.g. all banks for game …
... with some 128K releases (3 Weeks In Paradise springs to mind here) where ... the 48K version of it 'in one' -
Bringing back spectrum games on Steam, as well as micro computer games in generalHello, Clive Townsend recently re-released Saboteur 1 and 2 on Steam and Switch ? I think it would be great if more old games were briught back. M…
... ,Cybernoid 1 and 2,Mandragore,Three weeks in paréadise... And many, many ... -
Bringing back spectrum games on Steam, as well as micro computer games in generalHello, Clive Townsend recently re-released Saboteur 1 and 2 on Steam and Switch ? I think it would be great if more old games were briught back. M…
... , could you please just jump in front of a train instead ... ,Cybernoid 1 and 2,Mandragore,Three weeks in paréadise... And many, many ... -
Bringing back spectrum games on Steam, as well as micro computer games in generalHello, Clive Townsend recently re-released Saboteur 1 and 2 on Steam and Switch ? I think it would be great if more old games were briught back. M…
... , could you please just jump in front of a train instead ... ,Cybernoid 1 and 2,Mandragore,Three weeks in paréadise... And many, many ... -
Bringing back spectrum games on Steam, as well as micro computer games in generalHello, Clive Townsend recently re-released Saboteur 1 and 2 on Steam and Switch ? I think it would be great if more old games were briught back. M…
... , could you please just jump in front of a train instead ... ,Cybernoid 1 and 2,Mandragore,Three weeks in paréadise... And many, many ... -
Really obviously terrible design choicesI've developed a little fondness this weekend for a game I never rated back in the day - Firebirds by Softek. https://youtu.be/Bvd8FUu-YtU?t=360 …
... amounts of colour clash in games by specific software ... clashes. Trying to cram in as much detail/textures ... a things moving around in jerky 8-pixel steps ... colour like for example in Dan Dare, Starquake or ... time they realised 3 Weeks in Paradise, they had an option ... -
Politically Incorrect Games I Love To Own . By today's standards a lot of the 1980's freedoms seem to be seen as being politically out of date and sometimes abhorent even from some standpoint…
THREE WEEK IN PARADISE
I quickly checked ... JUNGLE context?
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Politically Incorrect Games I Love To Own . By today's standards a lot of the 1980's freedoms seem to be seen as being politically out of date and sometimes abhorent even from some standpoint…
[quote="harriusherbartio;989477"]THREE WEEK IN PARADISE
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Three free +3sI'm about to throw out three Spectrum +3s. The computers themselves all work, but all the disk drives are faulty. Two of them are boxed, the third is…
... 'm about to throw out three Spectrum +3s. The computers themselves ... to collect them from Weardale in County Durham. I'll hang ... a couple of weeks in case anyone is interested in taking one or ... -
An evening in with the Speccy emulatorAfter a day at work which didn't exactly go according to plan, and after three weeks of disruption at home due to redecorating, the old soul needed a…
... to plan, and after three weeks of disruption at home due ... left and no bullets in the onscreen counter. If ... was ripped and used in the rather nifty ninth ... also mixing in the politics theme, I played three games ... You play Jim Hacker in his first week on the ... -
Making a Speccy-Like Text Adventure for Windows (follow-up)Hi to every1 who took an interest in the previous thread. I've decided to take up what I suggested previously and make a Windows version of a speccy…
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in three weeks time so I don;t ... paper, but put a mouse in my hand and I have ... if they'd be interested in posting it on their website ... -
WOS site not reachable from Amsterdam ?Being in Amsterdam some three weeks ago, I tried to access WOS site from a public internet. The request has failed. The internet access was remarkabl…
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100s of games for sale!Dear All In preparation for a move to Manchester, I wish to get rid of the following games as a job lot! The list below should be pretty accurate, …
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In preparation for a move to ... three weeks (before start of October).
I am currently living in ... Man (Martech) (stickers all in mint condition, but no map ... (Beyond) (no keyboard overlay, box in average condition) ?1.50, Punchy ... -
How to play Alone in the Dark on the PC?I have all three Alone in the Dark games, and they all run fine, but I don't have the manuals, so can anyone tell me the control keys, please? I don'…
I have all three Alone in the Dark games, and they ...
