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Where do I begin to build an emulatorHi I would like to build a Spectrum emulator from scratch, the reason? well I'm curious, to see if I can =) I've successfully ported Pocketclive to X…
TOP TIPBring back the good old days of Spectrum gaming on your PC by simulating TV scan-lines. This can easily be done by sellotaping a comb vertically acr…
Bring back the good old days of Spectrum gaming on your PC by simulating TV scan-lines. This can easily be done by sellotaping a comb vertically across each eye.TOP TIP number 2Pretend that you have an NTSC Spectrum by sellotaping different coloured QUALITY STREET wrappers over each eye.
Pretend that you have an NTSC Spectrum by sellotaping different coloured QUALITY STREET wrappers over each eye.TOP TIP number 3Emulator users - pretend you have dot crawl by smearing each eyeball with marmalade and all that and everything.
Emulator users - pretend you have dot crawl by smearing each eyeball with marmalade and all that and everything.Top Tip No. 4For Jet Set Willy fans - if you're tired of the way that the in-game music gets worse as you lose your lives, simply record an mp3 of the tune and pl…
For Jet Set Willy fans - if you're tired of the way that the in-game music gets worse as you lose your lives, simply record an mp3 of the tune and play it back on repeat while playing the game.TOP TIP Number 5To protect your keyboard from wear and damage while playing Hypersports, just train two ants to crawl under the membrane and rapidly jump up and down…
To protect your keyboard from wear and damage while playing Hypersports, just train two ants to crawl under the membrane and rapidly jump up and down.Top Tip n. 6To enhance the realism of Spectrum emulation, follow these tips: - use a pair of headphones at huge volume (don't wear them!) as speakers to simulat…
To enhance the realism of Spectrum emulation, follow these tips:
- use a pair of headphones at huge volume (don't wear them!) as speakers to simulate the Spectrum's internal speaker
- Record a cricket (or host one) to simulate that noise ...In Tip Top Shape No. 7Have your mum present while playing a emu game. When she enters the room where your computer is have her "accidentally" disconnect the computer, the…
Have your mum present while playing a emu game. When she enters the room where your computer is have her "accidentally" disconnect the computer, thereby simulating one aspect of the Chuntey effect.Top Tip of the morning guv No. 8Hit Degauss repeatedly to simulate attribute errors on-screen.
Hit Degauss repeatedly to simulate attribute errors on-screen.top tip number 9Keep your 128K Spectrum keyboard free of crumbs by not keeping your crumpets in the heatsink at the side. Avoid getting a greasy keyboard by not but…
Keep your 128K Spectrum keyboard free of crumbs by not keeping your crumpets in the heatsink at the side.
Avoid getting a greasy keyboard by not buttering the said Crumpets.top tip number 10Convince your friends that you are playing the C64 version of Turbo Esprit by loading the Spectrum version into SPIN, running on a 4.77Mhz 8088 PC. …
Convince your friends that you are playing the C64 version of Turbo Esprit by loading the Spectrum version into SPIN, running on a 4.77Mhz 8088 PC. :)top tip number 11Make your own 'Sinclair C5 for hamsters' by sellotaping a slipper to a rollerskate.
Make your own 'Sinclair C5 for hamsters' by sellotaping a slipper to a rollerskate.Top tip number 12Sinclair Microdrives make ideal 8-track cartridge players for hamsters.
Sinclair Microdrives make ideal 8-track cartridge players for hamsters.Top tip 13Cover your driveway in rice krispies, so when you walk across it, it gives you that gravel sound, but without the cost. [ This Message was edited by…
Cover your driveway in rice krispies, so when you walk across it, it gives you that gravel sound, but without the cost.
[ This Message was edited by: mile on 2006-01-20 13:44 ]Top tip 14Don't smoke #, it's full of trash :evil: Stick to the green, it's nice and clean :) *Even if it is GM to the maximum
Don't smoke #, it's full of trash :evil:
Stick to the green, it's nice and clean :)
*Even if it is GM to the maximumTop Tip Number 15Play The Great Space Race with the television/monitor turned off. It's more challenging that way. :) Necros.
Play The Great Space Race with the television/monitor turned off. It's more challenging that way. :)
Necros.Funniest Spectrum-related memorySeeing the emulated loading screen on the Dreamcast speccy emulator reminded me of something from many moons ago. I was in the local computer shop w…
... was in the local computer shop with the Spectrum set up ... in another part of the shop.
A couple of ...YAY! just testingjust dug ye old faithful speccy and stuff out the loft and just testing and putting away the recent aquisitions ive had recently like a comp pro joy…
... i got from a charity shop yesterday, neater than in a ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 28 February 2006Tuesday 28 February 2006 Lots of maps, and a fairly large modification to Tipshop this month * I've now indexed every currently hosted tip/map from…
... now indexed every currently hosted tip/map from the
British ... that the page number the tip was originally printed
on ... rather useful feature where each tip will generate a hyperlink to ...Phantasmagoria for the PCI picked this up today in a local charity shop. Seven CD rom game. Before I waste half a day pissing about trying to install it on an old PC. Is it…
I picked this up today in a local charity shop. Seven CD rom game.
Before I waste half a day pissing about trying to install it on an old PC.
Is it any good?
cost me a quid.Linda BarkerI was sitting in a coffee shop today drinking my favourite caffeine-filled beverage and flicking through one of the local newspapers when I came acro…
... was sitting in a coffee shop today drinking my favourite caffeine ...Echosoft Keyboard and softwareI have an echo Keyboard and interface in mint condition for the 128+ speccy, problem? the software that runs it is absolute ballax (poor) anyone know…
... gonna make me a pet shop boy by any means but ...American Gothic is finally being released on DVDI just found this out this morning on the SFX message board. I've been hoping for years that this would get a DVD release and now it's finally happen…
... 'll be down at the shop first thing Monday morning to ...Which ZX Spectrum 48K game-music is the best?Hi there. I got an idea I could ask here about the topic like above. What do you think? C64 fans made a ranking of their beloved songs from games…
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David Whittaker - Star ...Is this fair/legal?About a year ago, I bought a (512MB) mp3 player, and after a while it stopped playing music in one channel. I took it back to the shop, and they repl…
... took it back to the shop, and they replaced it. After ... ), so I phoned up the shop (it's about twenty-five ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 28 March 2006Tuesday 28 March 2006 Lots of new POKEs and maps this month - AND the update is actually on time :) * Added C & VG as a listed source, and edited t…
... listed source, and edited the tip displaying script to generate
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Space Smugglers.
Scanning magazine helpIve been scanning a magazine/book (not spectrum related) and most of the pages are fine but a few where the text is near the middle has blurred text …
... to edit them in paint shop to unblur them.
Has ...SPOT*On Spectrum magazine index updateI've updated the database archive files and the various summaries and appendices at my SPOT*On site. All of the 437 issues of the eight core titles (…
... a whole bunch of extra tip & poke entries which Gerard ...Speccy Book pdfs on eBay CDHi folks, I see that the-sinclair-shop on eBay are selling a CD with a number of pds I've done for WoS. I do these pdfs for all for Free, and can o…
... /> I see that the-sinclair-shop on eBay are selling a ...Memorable game demisesHi, No, not demises in games...demises OF games. I can remember three of my games meeting their fate in an unnecessary way Battle of the Planets -…
... didn't load. Returned to shop who replaced it...after a ...
