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  • do i need a joystick to play games?hi, right now i have games working, but, can i use the keyboard to play them (if so what are the common buttons) or do i need a joystick (if so wher…

    hi,

    right now i have games working, but, can i use the keyboard to play them (if so what are the common buttons) or do i need a joystick (if so where the best place to get one?)

    thanks for your time.
    gohan1239 gohan1239 June 2004 Games
  • Learning Assembly LanguageHow easy would it be to learn assembly language for someone who has a decent grasp of Basic? I mean how long do you think it would take before I coul…

    ... (effectively I had to bind stuff together with a bunch of "include ... It's really easy to make a library with the gnu binutils ... />
    And I can use a makefile to control the whole build process. It ... 's a bit of a time ...
    Winston Winston November 2010 Development
  • Crimble RecomendationsWell it's nearly christmas so the Speccy and TCR Racing set is comming out of there boxes for the festive period. So what simple addictive games sho…

    All the "tap-tap" (as me and my mates used to call them) games; [I]Decathlon[/I], [I]Supertest[/I], [I]Hypersports[/I] etc., although you may want to use a joystick to save smashing the keyboard membrane to bits! ;)
    GreenCard GreenCard December 2011 Games
  • Serious SpectrumHas anyone here used their Spectrum for anything other than gaming and programming back in the eighties? I see all these business and productivity ap…

    ... did once say you could use a ZX81 to control a nuclear power station? Maybe ... ? They probably sold a load of those to Chernobyl and Fukushima (sp ... memory when that's just a texture map these days ;)
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Serious SpectrumHas anyone here used their Spectrum for anything other than gaming and programming back in the eighties? I see all these business and productivity ap…

    ... once say you could use a ZX81 to control a nuclear power station? Maybe ... ? They probably sold a load of those to Chernobyl and Fukushima ... ;)[/QUOTE]
    Chernobyl was a IBM PC infected with "Love ... " and Fukushima was a "Tsunami 64K" and a attack of a Kaiju.
    LCD LCD July 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectrum Show Episode 27Welcome to The Spectrum Show, the show dedicated to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. In this episode I take a look at the news from April 1985. I review th…

    ... needed to ([i]get your parents to[/i]) fork out for a joystick interface ... before you could use a joystick to play ... games! From memory they weren't that cheap - ?10 to ...
    Mousey Mousey March 2014 Announcements
  • A new emulator is in townHello, I'd like to announce a new ZX Emulator, it's Spectacol (https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol) a free (GPLv3+) emulator which currently t…

    ... devices seem quite capable to use a webcam to control games. You would need ... d just need the emulator to control the pointer and send ... the original keystrokes related to the corresponding cam-keys/ ... within the sprite outline to just use computer vision?
    hikoki hikoki April 2016 Emulators
  • Live and learn and be thankful for the opportunityOver at the SpecNext Facebook page there's a video from Kim - forget the last name - about the covertape wars which is yet another facet of Speccy lo…

    ... an instructional video on how to use a computer to control a model and all that ... school computer lab, what a clunker! Bought a 2068 to show 'em what ... for a long time until finally I had to come to terms ... I cant afford to be buying computers on a whim anyway but ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch December 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How the hell do you use a joystick on EightyOne??The joystick option is greyed out! You can't select it because of that, and so I go to the help topics option... and it's greyed out too!! So frustra…

    The joystick option is greyed out! You ... that, and so I go to the help topics option... and ... do I play games with a joypad on the EightyOne emulator ... help topics option? Does anybody use this emulator and can help ...
    Spector Spector June 2011 Emulators
  • Playability of games with a joystick with 4 fire buttons (assigned to keys)While giving a try at a hack that combines a Kempston interface with a programmable interface it has occurred to me the idea that I could use also a …

    ... a try at a hack that combines a Kempston interface with a programmable ... interface it has occurred to ... me the idea that I could use also a modified joystick ... 2 fire buttons assigned to a joystick?
    Renegade Renegade July 2017 Games
  • Recommend a joystick for Microsoft Flight Sim?I just installed Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 professional edition, on my XP laptop. Works fine. Picked it for 50p with two expansions for 50p e…

    ... , unlike Flight Unlimited, trying to just use a keyboard on Microsoft Flight Sim ... , is a nightmare. I press a key to ... />
    So, what sort of joystick should I get, baring in ... mind I am shopping on a tight budget?
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2005 Chit chat
  • I've found a TV remote control. Does anyone know who it might belong to?I've found a TV remote control. Does anyone know who it might belong to?

    I've found a TV remote control. Does anyone know who it might belong to?
    Lord Muck Lord Muck May 2008 Chit chat
  • ram unity for 16k allows also to plug a joystick?hello I?d like to know if a RAM interface for a 16k spectrum allows also to plug, together, a joystick? Thanks

    hello

    I?d like to know if a RAM interface for a 16k spectrum allows also to plug, together, a joystick?

    Thanks
    unixxx unixxx February 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Do you need to use a Pc for Development?Hi all im new here, I used to have a spectrum as a kid and was thinking of getting a 48k again to mess about with. I was thinking it might be fun t…

    ... /> I used to have a spectrum as a kid and was ... thinking of getting a 48k again to ... do you need to cross develop using a pc ?
    use an emulator to test the program ... any benefit in getting a later model machine ...
    Markybhoy Markybhoy March 2010 Development
  • Recommend me a joystick / gamepadWell so far this forum is proving a goldmine in helping me get my spectrum emulator and games working so thanks everyone for that. Next step for me …

    ... far this forum is proving a goldmine in helping me ... step for me is to get a joystick or gamepad that will ... allow me to play my games ... do you guys use. I am open to any ideas but ... I dont really want to spend alot of money ...
    beercritch beercritch January 2011 Games
  • 9 pin atari style joystick on a PCdont know if this has been posted here before but [url]http://www.vilminko.net/henri/projview.php?id=19&lang=en[/url] just 'built' one for ?2.49 (c…

    ... port.

    much better to use a joystick than my PC gamepad
    reanimator reanimator July 2011 Hardware
  • Can you use a ZX81 psu to power a ZX80?Can you use a ZX81 psu to power a ZX80 without causing any Damage? Cheers

    Can you use a ZX81 psu to power a ZX80 without causing any Damage?

    Cheers
    youno youno September 2013 Hardware
  • How do I get a joystick?I am running FUSE on a PC and I find most games that I might want to play are impossible using the keyboard. So my question is, can one purchase jo…

    ... games that I might want to play are impossible using the ... to attach to WIN PC's, what sort of plug do they use ... importantly will FUSE be able to use one? I often notice that ... . Never had a joystick except a proper professional arcade one attached to my Amiga ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Chit chat
  • Is there a way to map e.g. CTRL to --joystick-keyboard-fire on FUSE?Is there a way to map e.g. CTRL to --joystick-keyboard-fire or CURSOR-UP-Key of Keyboard to --joystick-keyboard-up or on FUSE? I can not find a w…

    Is there a way to map e.g. CTRL to --joystick-keyboard-fire
    or CURSOR-UP-Key of Keyboard to --joystick-keyboard-up or on FUSE?

    I can not find a way from the menu, as there a only Numbers, Letters and some other Keys selectable.
    Luzie Luzie January 2017 Emulators
  • HDFmaker - A GUI to click together Next and esxDOS-Memorycard-Images and contentMaybe someone finds this useful: HDFmaker - A GUI to click together Next and esxDOS-Memorycard-Images and content First public released Version…

    ... />
    HDFmaker - A GUI to click together Next and esxDOS-Memorycard-Images and ... />
    Only runs from with a directory called HDFMaker which must ...
    Luzie Luzie August 2019 Emulators
  • JoysticksHi I want to purchase a joystick to use on my PC, maybe for use with speccy emulators, most likely for use with mame - but I just can't stand contro…

    ...

    I want to purchase a joystick to use on my PC, maybe for ... use with speccy emulators, most ... for use with mame - but I just can't stand control pads ... anyone know of any such joystick?

    cheers
    ...
    DrWu DrWu May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Here's a game to map ;)It's called The Archeologist (SP?) and it's another one like Odd Job/Pyramania. Very difficult to control the character, and hence kinda unplayable (…

    ... Odd Job/Pyramania. Very difficult to control the character, and hence kinda ... (Ok I am just used to the brilliance of JSW), but ... I'd love to know how many rooms it ... it I may give it a try, but I'm kinda ...
    Arcane Design Arcane Design August 2004 Games
  • Anyone want a joystick add-on thing for old Speccys?Sorry for the awfully confusing title thread, but I have an old joystick port thing for the speccy, I don't need it as I have a +2A but I figured som…

    ... I have an old joystick port thing for the speccy ... it - you'd only have to pay postage.

    ... is I'll send a picture to anyone interested, basically you ... black box and it has a joystick port on it - I ... even guarantee it would work to be honest guys as ...
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere February 2007 Sales
  • A way to send free texts?Here I go again asking more bloody questions that I never got round to asking! Is there a way to send/recieve sms text messages to UK phones for fre…

    ... got round to asking!

    Is there a way to send/recieve ... sms text messages to UK phones ... for free?

    I have looked up a ... a while back but never found out how or what software to use ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow April 2007 Chit chat
  • pc joystick queryhello i like using a joystick on my PC,but as such i am having problems.i would like to use a joystick i had for amiga(cruiser i think)and i did som…

    ... having problems.i would like to use a joystick i had for amiga(cruiser ... a piece of kit called a"Analogue/Digital converter"to allow me to use a amiga joystick ... on the PC.does anybody know where to ...
    ladderman ladderman July 2007 Hardware
  • Need a pointer to using the spectrum calculator from MCHi all, Can anyone point me to a good resource on using the spectrum calculator stack from machine code? I need to work out the number of seconds f…

    ...
    Can anyone point me to a good resource on using the ... which is equal to 1800000 fiftieths of a second (and 1800000 ...
    1800000 is a rather large number to play about with dividing ... deosnt really explain how to use the calculator (to me anyway!)
    ...
    dickydodds dickydodds February 2009 Development
  • JoystickHi What is the best way to use a joystick within emulation. Somebody sells a D type to USB connector but they say that it does not work on a Mac, I…

    ... way to use a joystick within emulation.

    Somebody sells a D type to USB ... it does not work on a Mac, I cannot see why ... item would not work on a Mac myself.

    Bet ...
    Chris A Chris A February 2009 Emulators
  • 39p a minute to speak to my Mother.My mums in hospital having an op. I've just rang her bedside phone. Do you know it costs me 39p a minute to phone it. What a F*cking rip off, making …

    ... costs me 39p a minute to phone it. What a F*cking rip ... hosiptals do not allow you to use your mobile phone.

    Plus my dad said to have that phone at her ... bedside he had to pay upfront. So they are ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2010 Chit chat
  • Joystick InterfacesDoes anyone have a spare 9-pin D-sub male (the hollow type with the pins) connector with circuit-mount legs on the back (as opposed to the solder-buc…

    ... joystick I can have the lead from?

    I want to use ... my Speccy+ on a slide-out keyboard shelf ... up a second fire button in a joystick to operate fire on a second joystick cable ...
    joefish joefish April 2010 Hardware
  • You know those modern atari games in a joystick...The modern way to play atari games, by buying a joystick that has games in-built? I have a stick with pacman, rally X and other namco classics. Well…

    ... way to play atari games, by buying a joystick that has ... games in-built? I have a ... anyone has ever developed a rubber key speccie (looking ... the original games inside and a hdmi cable?
    < ... Does that Q make sense to anyone!

    ...
    mickmog mickmog June 2010 Chit chat
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