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50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
... real time 2 pixel width mirroring effect :-)
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Corny Joke Thread No1 (had enough of sick jokes)[SIZE="4"][B]Q:[/B] How did Bob Marley like his doughnuts?[/SIZE] [SIZE="4"][B]A:[/B]Wi Jam in!![/SIZE]
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Twin port joystick interfaceDid anyone ever release a twin port joystick interface that (for example) had one port for "Sinclair" and the other for "Kempston"? I'm looking for …
[QUOTE=joefish;522840]Two of them are ... keys [I]at the same time[/I]. Which means you can ... Kempston ports at the same time. -
50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
[QUOTE=joefish;523224]The picture of a ... things one pixel at a time at 50 times a second ... , or two pixels at a time 25 times a second, they ... of masked sprites in that time, although the scenery only occupies ... also a fair bit of time taken up with preparing the ... -
Hacking a Joystick InterfaceI have a DK'Tronics twin-port joystick interface that does Kempston and Sinclair 0-6 keys. I know it has only 14 lines connecting it to the edge con…
[QUOTE=joefish;523303]It's fair warning. ... still kill the Z80 in time. The problem comes with ResiDOS ... -
50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
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Look, I' ... be prepared for people to compare it with the benchmark - Cobra ... -
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…
... . One good example is to compare the N64 version of Star ... than anything else at the time but the PS1 easily beats ... -
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…
... . One good example is to compare the N64 version of Star ... version so I can't compare them.
To be ... than anything else at the time but the PS1 easily beats ... -
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…
... versions, so I can't compare any other (well, I played ... was over 18 at the time and a low grade blocky ... -
The Commodore 64xI was reading my Daily Mail this morning when I espied an announcement that the Commodore 64 was back with Blu-ray drive and other accoutrements. [u…
... disgusting to be honest - just compare direct ports from Speccy and ... nothing right[/B]. For its time when you had to think ... -
Goobye... and thanks for all the fish!Hi. The ones that know me probably know that I used to love the spectrum "retro" scene, from the start on the comp.sys.sinclair, the first emulators…
... did in their free time, without asking for anything ... PSP to pass the time when I'm commuting ... br />
Anyway, as Joefish says, "This is the internet ... People post rubbish all the time (yes, everyone points to ... else you spend your time on, and thanks for ... -
Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
... Dragon; this has been very time consuming for Swainy and GFX ... rate the game by and compare it to other versions with ... -
50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
... I'm finding a hard time keeping up with the technical ... salivate over.
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Games Where The Sequel Outshone The OriginalAs the title says , what game for you was the one that outshone the original the best? In many cases with movies , the original is the best , but for…
... biggest gaming disappointment of all time,waited years for a sequel ... palette all the time. Utterly abysmal when you compare it to something ... -
Buying GamesWas reading a thread the other day (can't recall which one now - think I'm suffering RAM pack wobble) which put me in mind of the whole process of bu…
[QUOTE=joefish;527716]Our Speccy came from ... the major players of the time (including Debenhams??) but a few ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... copyright message for the first time. The other thought that ran ... the copyright for the first time is something to behold.[/QUOTE ... (or a real Z80) to compare against, though...)
The ... -
Sabre Wulf - don't you just hate itThere's lots of Speccy opinions that divide us, but one thing I seem to stand alone in is my dislike for Sabre Wulf. I'm not joking now, I don't like…
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[i]If you compare their core routines: sprites, screen ... this code in full every time they read the keyboard. From ... -
Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…
... linked list) using minimum required time and space complexity...
compare one number.
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Spectrum writer neededHi guys, it's me Darran, the editor of Retro Gamer who routinely comes along whenever he needs your help ;) Anyway, I want to do a collector's guide…
[QUOTE=joefish;534781]He probably also likes ... -using old predictions.
Compare and contrast:
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Best Zelda gameIGN are holding a competition to find which Zelda game is the best (well, most popular amongst the voters, rather) at: [url]http://www.ign.com/tourn…
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1: you cant really compare the nes games say and ... i voted for ocarina of time because the n64 was "my ... majoras mask cos of the time aspect, really put me off ... -
New Game: Chopper DropAnnouncing my latest game; Chopper Drop. It?s a tough life being a chopper pilot. Day in, day out, you have to pick up crates and drop them onto the…
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Best Skate game for SpeccySo what was it? 360?? I guess the worst must be back to the future!
... Shockway Rider again for first time in 10+ years. Flying along ... wasn't much else to compare with really, but deep down ... navigate a slalem with a time limit than having to slow ... into skateboards around about the time it came out, hence it ... -
The official Doctor Who threadOH MY GOD! I did [b]NOT[/b] see that coming at the end of the episode!
[QUOTE=joefish;541388]But you could guess ... at the end of the time war (imagine how many bystanders ... physical age is unstable in Time Lords there's nothing to ... -
Tim Langdell Loses In Future ?Edge? TrialHar-Har: [url]http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/16/tim-langdell-loses-in-future-edge-trial/#more-62378[/url] And has he bitten off more that h…
... gel, I wondered if each time I am supposed to put ... the name for a longer time than little Timmy has. So ... untrue).
[url]http://compare.ebay.com/like/260759741016?var ... -
The Work Life Ballance.Is it really possible to be successful in your job and achieve a good work life balance? Is it possible to earn a good wage or get the promotion with…
[QUOTE=joefish;546714]Thing is, you assume ... anyone in TV get a **** time too, but a hell of ... -
Port 254 emulation problem. Help, please ...Sorry, but my english is not pepfect. I have a problem and need in professional help. I have developed hard-soft emulator of ZX Spectrum 48. The link…
... you help me one more time ?
It could be great ... etc, which should help you compare traces with your own emulator ... -
Can anyone see a way to speed up the following line of code?Hi Folks, Been looking at bottle necks in my code using BASin's Profiler and the following line (well the 2nd LET statement) is somewhat slow. [COD…
... it. The conversion takes time. Then a string-compare is done, with ... a conversion is done to compare two possibly floating point numbers ... longer than a simple string compare of 1 byte each. < ... a fast single-letter string compare.
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Can anyone see a way to speed up the following line of code?Hi Folks, Been looking at bottle necks in my code using BASin's Profiler and the following line (well the 2nd LET statement) is somewhat slow. [COD…
... in the program, the more time it takes to find it ... /> Further, longer variable take more time as well. So after a ... :
1) If possible compare a literal
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RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... to expect row value next time
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CHK_CR ... accordingly
xor e ; compare BIT 0 from character value ...
