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OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
... only slow-down code is usually to make sure it runs ... 'd be true if everything else were equal but it just ... .
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There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…
... mistakes, clicked Build, Compile and Execute in Visual C++... and it ... my hideous cold is feeling better now! If only I could ... to be some error somewhere else in it that I'll ... -
Announce Pasmo 0.5.1Hello. New release 0.5.1 of Pasmo, multiplatform Z80 cross-assmbler. The main news are related to macros: the MACRO parameters now are expanded ins…
... /> 2) You KNOW that the 'else' will be replaced with 'jp ... the cases and reverse the logic. Or maybe your if/else/endif ... -state then you really are better off programming it in C ... -
Announce Pasmo 0.5.1Hello. New release 0.5.1 of Pasmo, multiplatform Z80 cross-assmbler. The main news are related to macros: the MACRO parameters now are expanded ins…
... /> Or maybe your if/else/endif block is at the ... ret can be placed before 'else', which wastes 3 bytes ... state then you really are better off programming it in C ... evaluation, condition evaluation etc, not simply jump optimisation. Structured assembler takes ... -
Announce Pasmo 0.5.1Hello. New release 0.5.1 of Pasmo, multiplatform Z80 cross-assmbler. The main news are related to macros: the MACRO parameters now are expanded ins…
... -state then you really are better off programming it in C ... evaluation, condition evaluation etc, not simply jump optimisation. Structured assembler takes ... of the C in the else branch if 'z' was pressed ... -
Now That's What I Call An Arcade ConversionA couple of months ago I modded my Xbox so it can play all the old arcade games and other consoles. I was playing the arcade Commando and enjoying i…
... if you could call it better than arcade (though I prefer ... to) but it`s a simply amazing conversion... Bubble Bobble...
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New tzx vault update releasedThe latest .tzx vault update has just been issued. There are many hundreds of new and updated dumps for the Spectrum, C64, Vic 20 and also now the C1…
... /> Just to note to everyone else. There's so much material ... be sure and in some cases tapes vary depending on when ... a pause problem (beautified), or simply slipped through the net with ... -
I Want DENIED Gamessorry pressed enter to soon that should read I want denied games information Erm so what are the reason's for games being denied I know Thor/Odin a…
... us feel the company is simply making the wrong advertising maneuvre ... -- just unnice, or, in some cases, due to ignorance. It isn ... provocatory way.
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Probs with PC can anyone help ???I'm having problems with my computer so have to write this email at work. My machine at home is giving me real problems and I wondered if anyone can …
... which "intercepts" files before they execute for whatever reason. (on older ... safe mode and see what else is running. Disable it and ... smell and blue smoke are usually a bit of a giveaway ... -
Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…
... /> But then why charge everyone else?
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Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…
... /> But then why charge everyone else?
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Right - I feel better for getting that big moan ... "normal" - for want of a better word.........shouldnt equality mean that ... -
Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…
... it nice to kill people simply because their religious views differ ... , spend the time you'd usually spend in front of the ... not, and I'm a better person than many I know ... -
One for Blakes7 fansI know this is old, but I recently re-discovered this site. Now, If I could have any PC case out there - I'd want this one! [url="http://www.bit-te…
... can do better with just buying the hardware somewhere else ... you are ... basically just buying the brandname and the cases ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... is not used for anything else since it only runs at ... , simply they are too different in design. While th Z80 usually spends ... for an opcode, the 6502 usually spends 2 to 4.
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... the C64 indeed HAS the better graphics, simply because it can display ... ? So it's not a better mode, just a different one ... tradeoff in the 320x200 mode, else it wouldn't be 320x200 ...Home TapingWhat was the best game you ever copied?
... copying or anything. It's simply because the quality of the ... so crap that the games usually didn't load. It's ... up with posh looking cassette cases. Loads of C90s with hand ...Movie / TV show scenes that really freaked you out!!!Having just watched the infamous 'boat ride' scene in Willy Wonka, I thought I'd start a discussion on which parts of films or tv shows really scared…
... five people tell horror stories, usually with an encompassing story to ... here, as it's far better if you watch it yourself ... a cartoon boy, and everything else was real. The (real) man ...Abu Simbel Profanation &emulatorsI recently tried game from subject in Spin, EmuZWin and some other newer emulators and noticed sad fact that it works not, better said controls work …
... bug report I say: write better manual, put more setting in ... are usually very sensitive, incommunicative. In
80% of cases I ...What is your favourite game tune/music on a Spectrum game?In the 128k version of Renegade 3: The Final Chapter, remember the music that played on level 2 (the Egyptian Zone)? That was such a class tune that …
No, it's simply very clever phased modulation of ... processor hungry though, that nothing else can really happen while it ... snare drum effect is way better.z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
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If the cases above don't fit, you ...100 envelopesWell, in the pursuit of a new job I have just finished writing 100 covers letters and posted them off with CVs to various offices around Belfast. Wh…
... all sorts of crap that simply wasn't true. I checked ... that) but not for anyone else.
The last straw ... more money and a much better manager and prospects :)
Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…
... not developed'. Maybe we need better simulation of Spectrum's Ear ... /> And again, 'maybe' we need better help in software - without it ... them then the files just simply won't exist. Until Ramsoft ... the original data. As someone else on this thread pointed out ...RARE/Ultimate games!I recently bought an XBOX 360 and Perfect Dark Zero, and it made me realise how much i missed RARE and Ultimate - Play The Game. Anyone else have an…
... incredible Fairlight, which far, far better than any Ultimate 3D game ... company) arcade games, or anything else they did, until the N64 ... divided over which game was better (between DKR and MK64), ... for the N64 (which today usually costs more than the console ...Looking for ramsoft MGT +D Software Compilation ArchiveOnce upon a time on the internet there existed a mgt +d archive on the ramsoft website with specially adapted multiload games as disk images etc. I …
... want with protected games, else why not simply snapshot the games using ... the multiface 128 would be better suited. Snapshotting the games works ...Another idiot writesGuy's I seem to have a problem when trying to download files from the WOS archive. None of the links (such as [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub…
... as a client don't usually have anything to do with ... , but anything else will at least give you better indication as to ...Worst loading screenAlmost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?
... , and/or there was little else but the company logo on ... on those later games where (usually) a rather lame half-arsed ... /or when something a lot better would have been expected (most ...4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)
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In ... as a first project. Far better to get a couple of ...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…
... thereabouts. The name has become better known/well used over the ... the old days it was simply funny.
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Im married with ...I just did something very out of characterI was downstairs when i heard something come through the letterbox. It was a newsletter from the BNP as soon as i saw what it was i opened the door a…
... fact that some jobs are better suited to men or women ... my knowledge discrimination in those cases would be illegal. So how ... are safer drivers, rather than simply to support women, this doesn ...
