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  • Witchcraft: Nirvana, Bifröst and such[url="http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/10/buzzsaw-zx-spectrum.html"]"When considering this next to nearly every other ZX Spectrum game though, Buzzsaw is l…

    ... obey the 'two colours per character square' rule that defined the ... Storm, from 1988, so these tricks were known even back in ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone January 2018 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spectrum Issue 4S composite video fuzzy (horizontal blur)Dear people of WoS, Thank you very much for taking the time to read. I have an Issue 4S I recently acquired and planned to fix up as a gift for a…

    ... the text smeared ~1/2 character block width to right of ... solder splatter (this board has double sided mask) cleaned up any ...
    handsfelloff handsfelloff January 2018 Hardware
  • New version: AL'S DOUBLE BILL[img]http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/zx/ADB.png[/img] Hi everyone, the new version of the [b]AL'S DOUBLE BILL[/b] compilation is out! This is a …

    ... of the [b]AL'S DOUBLE BILL[/b] compilation is out ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu February 2018 Announcements
  • How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…

    ... I'm experimenting with a character that moves by itself. Using ... CLS is causing the character to flicker, is there a ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2018 BASIC
  • Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…

    ... the text from microdrive one character a time using [b]INKEY ... fast: it glues together three tricks.

    So, I am ... is precisely placed inside B$ character array using slice operator and ...
    mattsteel mattsteel May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • Double Dragon II vs Double Dragon 3 Amiga Title MusicSo here we go again, another month gone since the last "Which is Best?" contest which saw me place 3 Amiga breakout games against each other, Giganoi…

    ... title music against each other, Double Dragon II - The Revenge & ... ; Double Dragon 3 - The Rosetta Stone, ...
    ZEUS ZEUS December 2018 Chit chat
  • easy character sethave a look at this program im working on: http://pasteall.org/pic/1b1bb11e1d1897f3c3f0b3e6c0db26aa im a bit stuck. what i want it to do is rea…

    ... over the original upper case character set. (i think i know ...
    digital digital May 2019 BASIC
  • how are character sets (fonts) stored?i know its in 768 bytes of memory. does it store each character in blocks of 8 bytes or is it just a continuation of bytes from start to finish addre…

    i know its in 768 bytes of memory. does it store each character in blocks of 8 bytes or is it just a continuation of bytes from start to finish address?
    digital digital May 2019 Assembler
  • PAPER&INK: screen/character differenciation?So I was looking at a type-in listing earlier and I got to wondering how the Spectrum differenciates between knowing that the PAPER/INK commands need…

    ... background/text colour of the character. To change the attributes of ... a character only the command needs to ...
    LevelUp LevelUp September 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Mighty Music ProgramsI'd like to think I'm reasonably proficient (after all of 32 years) in the 128K Spectrum's PLAY command. However, this program is absolutely nothi…

    ... so even though the two character sets together take up only ... /> - Accidentials - sharp, flat, natural, double-sharp, for line and space ... graphics into more and more character sets, but I figured ... this is enough for now. Character set "C3" would probably ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone April 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Accidental double post, please deleteDouble post, sorry

    Double post, sorry
    Spector Spector October 2020 Games
  • Double Dragon 3Hello Everyone, First and foremost, hopefully I am posting in the correct forum group for my question/request, my apologies if not. I have got …

    ... got a craving to play Double Dragon 3 on my childhood ... ://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/double-dragon-iii-the-rosetta-stone ...
    AD-RS1600i AD-RS1600i October 2020 Games
  • Earliest game to use custom character set ?The [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58040/who-has-got-the-earliest-zx-spectrum-software/"][b]topic here[/b][/url] about early sof…

    ... game to use a custom character aka "font" set 0-9 ...
    spider spider November 2020 Games
  • Tricks to make mirror image of a graphic?I've been working on a sprite routine for lots of sprites and animations. I'm only storing right facing graphics, and converting them to left facing.…

    ... doing it. It draws a character square sprite in the bottom ...
    FrankT FrankT December 2020 Assembler
  • Whats it like to be a young speccy gamer now?From some topics on here it seems that alot of us(me included) have left behind our younger years in age along long time ago,so when we play speccy g…

    ... very playable.

    The double-play mode of Batty somehow ... and perhaps had a good character - amazing visuals and depth of ...
    Collie Collie July 2002 Games
  • Any Renegade remakes?Does anyone know if Renegade or Target: Renegade has ever been remade by anyone for the PC?

    ... version of Double Dragon... When you tap the stick, your character could ... Renegade games) didn't convert Double Dragon to the Spectrum.
    Swainy Swainy December 2002 Games
  • Any Renegade remakes?Does anyone know if Renegade or Target: Renegade has ever been remade by anyone for the PC?

    ... review Dean:

    "...your character doesn?t walk, he shuffles ... true of course.

    Double Dragon was also one of ...
    MattLamb MattLamb December 2002 Games
  • Any Renegade remakes?Does anyone know if Renegade or Target: Renegade has ever been remade by anyone for the PC?

    ... the stick, so that your character was facing the right way ... version.

    So, the double / triple jumping kick was impossible ...
    icemann icemann January 2003 Games
  • Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …

    ... /> Processes 3
    Character sets 1
    Default character set 1
    A small electronic box of tricks. It works automatically and has ...
    BadBeard BadBeard March 2003 Games
  • Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!

    ... colors are also allowed per character block. like the Spectrum [I ... colors if it's a character sprite as one color needs ... as many, if not more 'tricks' [I]( grfx modes )[/I] to ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... should be a *tribute* to Double Dragon (and it's ilk ... villains rather than the main character.

    Remember what made ...
    Zagreb Zagreb July 2003 Games
  • Parasol Stars for Spectrum Having played a lot of Bubble Booble and Rainbow Islands on Spectrum, and later on also Rainbow Islands and Parasol Stars on Amiga, I feel like it w…

    ... " pics , or the little mayhem character in the "mayhem in monsterland ... ... actually it's 8*2 double the height of the 8 ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... write text ( normal and/or double sized ), 9 bright, f flash ... custom Graphics using the regular Character set ( similat to font creator ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Development
  • C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…

    ... more than 2 colours per character square?[/quote]
    [/quote]
    tricks and then the pictures. I ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Games
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... character squares that change between screen updates. The second uses the double ... are tile oriented -- each background character square contains a udg graphic ... identified by a character code, with sprites floating over ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …

    ... usage. If you develop a character oriented sprite routine (i.e ... result is a relatively easy double-playfield display of sorts.
    character oriented sprites. The implementation of ...
    TrueVideo TrueVideo March 2004 Development
  • URIDIUMDoes anyone actually like the Spectrum version of this game? Or was it some sinister plot to make the Spectrum look silly trying to compete with the…

    ... -Cat wrote:
    There were tricks to get the whole screen ... my own titles that use double buffering and shift at 50FPS ...
    TMR TMR May 2004 Games
  • Double Dragon Forever: Demo now readyNot exactly Speccy related I know, but since the demise of Double Dragon 128k I have been working on the background graphics of a PC Double Dragon ga…

    ... it is infact, just completed Double Dragon on LAN (using MameMore ... on, just like Coinop for character..

    Haven`t played ...
    CKay CKay January 2005 Announcements
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