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Games that made your jaw dropThere were some games that really 'wowed' you the first time you ever played them - those games that made your jaw drop in disbelief. It might have b…
... - and the multi-layered parallax scrolling with the moon 'shimmer' on ...
Cobra - that parallax scrolling (so fast and smooth) had ... -
Please help me name these two games...Game 1: It was a sideways scrolling game where you controlled a tank and a helicopter. The tank killed stuff and the helicopter carried ammo and fuel…
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Colour or Monochrome?The release of the game [B]Cheril Perils [/B]at: [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30403[/URL] made me voice my preferenc…
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ZXDS interlace issues (DS Hardware issues, nothing wrong with emulator)I love ZXDS and its an amazing emulator but just wanted to ask if anyone else has noticed problems with the newer revisions of DS hardware itself whe…
... DS hardware itself when using scrolling type games.
I ... blurryness was especially apparent in scrolling games.
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newbie: on/off and video outputHello, having a lot of 8bit computer I tried the scart cables I have one gave me a scrolling image the other one gave me a good picture but no sound …
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Gaming annoyancesWhat are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scro…
What are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scrolling shooter only for it to turn into an Op Wolf clone on level 2 and a puzzle game on level 3. -
Things I'd ask Chris Smith if he would give an interview about his book and researchGiven your current knowledge about the ULA interns, knowing what technology was capable to do those days, and knowing what people then and now would …
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ula bookula book is here: [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url] can i post sam coupe stuff here - she kind of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom i…
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How do you work with fonts on speccy?just curious really.. I know c64 workings, and obv. the spec you draw direct to screen.. on 64 , you'd make what would be equivalent to UDG.. and sa…
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Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
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128k+ PSUAfter reading an earlier thread I inspected the two PSU's I have for my 48 and 128+, it seems I have the same type, 1.4amp, when the 128 needs 1.85am…
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games that are great despite their obvious flaws...I think 'WONDERBOY' is a great game on the spec, used to play it non stop, but... the scrolling is abysmal. slows down and speeds back up at random w…
... it non stop, but... the scrolling is abysmal. slows down and ... obvious bad points, not specifically 'scrolling' issues or monochrome, etc) -
Looking for a gameThere was this cowboy shooter game that I'm having a really hard time remembering the name of. Something like Cabal basically, only in monochrome (ye…
... 'm not mistaken, with bg scrolling.
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Crystal Kingdom Dev DiskHad a search through some old st disks I have (don't have a machine anymore) and I found some of the developement stuff. The files are in OCP Art Stu…
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Armageddon[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020731"]Armageddon[/URL] was released in 1993. The scrolling message reveals its alternative…
[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020731"]Armageddon[/URL] was released in 1993. The scrolling message reveals its alternative/full title: Armageddon - The Day of Anger Part I
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Sprites masterclassHi All, You guys are probably tired of explaining sprites but I'd like to clarify a few things if possible. I've sorted the vertical aspect of scro…
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Games with Plus3/Disk enhancementsFor about 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced loading times. However, there were a few excep…
... /> Has screens to accompany the scrolling text that is displayed between ... tape you just get the scrolling text.
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Steve Lockley GameographyI've been in touch with Steve Lockley and asked him to list the games he worked on. On WOS, he's currently credited on the following games: [LIST] …
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Chase HQ Pseudo 3d road algorithm ?Hello, I'm new to that forum and to the spectrum. I'm developping games for Colecovision (may be you hear about : Ghost'n Zombie and Smurf challe…
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Zx style PC game Sewer Shark[URL="http://www.parkproductions.btinternet.co.uk/sewershark.htm"]Sewer Shark[/URL] Little PC game I wrote for Retro Remakes competition a while ago…
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Flip Screen vs ScrollingWhich do you prefer? I've always liked flip screen games but I had a C64(spit) owning friend who hated them with a passion.
Which do you prefer?
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XenonCripes this game is tough! I was never much of a fan of Xenon II on the Amiga - but enjoyed having a shot on Speccy [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blo…
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Personal comments in instructionsSomething that I do not feel is right, is personal comments in instruction files. Surely the purpose of instruction files is to preserve the origina…
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Games where you could explore outdoors, and also enter buildingsI love how you can explore the scrolling camp in [B]The Great Escape[/B], and then go inside various buildings that were presented as flick screen. …
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Zynaps: is it handcoded?sorry if this question was already answered. but i did some inspection of Zynaps code and it seems to me that it's screen drawing (and maybe other pa…
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Narrow-boat Simulator?Probably I should not be suggesting a game that I could never write, but I wasn't sure if this forum was just for floating game ideas. Picturing this…
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A.G.D. - How Do You...So, I'm trying out [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020176&loadpics=3"]AGD[/URL] and can't figure out [B]how to make a tile wo…
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Emulators and 50hzI have been trying out ZX Spin and Spectaculator on my HDTV that supports 50hz. I cant seem to find an option for 50hz (say 1360 x 768 x 32/16 colour…
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Slicks (Codemasters) for the ZX Spectrum?If you were like me, you also owned Commodore 64 back in the days, because of the games like Slicks - multidirectional smooth scrolling "Pit & Run / …
... games like Slicks - multidirectional smooth scrolling "Pit & Run / Micro Machines ... no gonna be per pixel scrolling over here... but the game ... -
Last Sunset for LatticaHere's a [b]rough first draft[/b] of the [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/lattica.gif]Lattica map[/url], just to demonstrate th…
... way along them; eg. 3rd tile top row. Moving off one ... on the adjacent tile will temporarily display that tile and then bounce ... back to the previous tile. So that seems to be ...
