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'Bumpy' questionOne of my favourite Spectrum games is 'Bumpy'. This game of French origin is a classic puzzler, and is a joy to play, right up until a certain, unsol…
... up and hop over a vertical block. So that means you ... -
Thoughts about 1990Just dipping my toe into 1990 research (I know I said I'd be taking a sabbatical, but it seems to be slowly, surely, drawing me in), and wondering ho…
... collapse and Crash sticking candy bars on its cover, ending with ... -
Platform Game Designer 2Right, with Telly Heroes out of the way, I've decided to have a second attempt at this. I've ditched the old PGD2 source, and started again with the…
... code for basic horizontal and vertical patrols, plus another type of ... -
RGB output differences on +2 and +2a/b +3I've got a 37" LG 1080p lcd tv (37LH7000) I'd hooked up my +3 to it and it displays a clear picture (colourwise) however each column looks like it's …
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Is it true that our sweets are shrinking...?...but can it be proved, or is it just our memories from childhood deceiving us? We've had the usual Friday morning discussion in the office about h…
... Creme Eggs, Curly-Wurleys, Mars bars and Wagon Wheels) but is ... -
Blank Jet Set Willy II .gif map?The link for the map file "JetSetWillyII.gif " works, but the image that I am presented with is blank with a little red x in the corner, although it …
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Dragon Spirit reviewMy latest review at Spectrum Paradise: [url]http://spectrumparadise.blogspot.com/2010/04/dragon-spirit.html[/url] It's a vertical scrolling shoot'e…
My latest review at Spectrum Paradise:
[url]http://spectrumparadise.blogspot.com/2010/04/dragon-spirit.html[/url]
It's a vertical scrolling shoot'em up arcade conversion.
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Games from before your timeI really enjoyed reading NickH's piece. I found it interested that all of his games were from 87-88 - by which time I had stopped buying games (havi…
... (having hit 17 and the bars of Coventry)
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damaged spectrum+ (blinking squares)Hi, Sorry for my poor english, but I couldn't find on family forums any remedy for my hardware problem with my first speccy in my life :) I've bought…
... the screen black and white vertical belts and blinking colour, little ... -
Manic Miner (BBC Version)Hence me putting this in Chat rather than Games... Most screens are the same (I say most) although I've never ever managed to do this one, talk abou…
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Found an old tapeWay back in the 80's I wrote some basic (and later compiled basic) programs to hold character data for playing the fighting fantasy books. I tried fl…
... a tape that seems to fade in and out a lot ... -
The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... of life then it will fade to black as we each ... individually fade to black.
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ZX Spectrum + Issue 6A Repair attemptHello everybody! I got ZX Spectrum + which doesnt work properly. On power up I can see color mosaic, then paper goes black and i can see thin red ba…
... i can see thin red bars from memory test. It stops ... -
New beeper song[url=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9498358/oldsite/cantslowdown.tap]Can't Slow Down TAP[/url]. [url=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9498358/oldsite/sources/cantslo…
... convert a load of the bars from 24 to 48 length ... -
48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
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The black and white bars, with or without gfx splotches ... -
ula bookula book is here: [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url] can i post sam coupe stuff here - she kind of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom i…
... the effect of doubling the vertical resolution without increasing the bandwidth ... -
Another......help me find a game thread I'm afriad. It's a spaceship sim thing. I remember that in one of the lower corners there were 3 indicators that used…
... seconds type thing....3 verticl bars with little markers on them ... -
Speccy 48k Earphone jack problemThis is odd, today I set up my rubber key as normal, headphone out of the tape player into the "ear" of the spectrum, started everything off but noth…
... spec and im getting loading bars and its finding games, (not ... -
Broken +3I have noticed that some members on this forum prefer to repair Spectrums instead of just buying another one from ebay. I would like mine fixed at so…
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Why are speccy games so ****ing cool?I grew up with a spectrum and fell in love with it from a young age, so I may be slightly biased, but it seems to me that the look and feel of games …
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Proof of time travel?A woman is seen at a premier of a Charlie Chaplin movie, in 1920, talking into a MOBILE PHONE!!! [url]http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/57334/…
... /aliens who fly around near bars at night in America and ... -
128+ and Divide+ not working togetheri think theres something wrong with my 128 (toastrack), divide+ just wont work on it, corrupted screen on bootup and with big thick black bars rollin…
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drawing a series of stacked 3D shapes in ExcelI've been working on a problem concerning water emptying from a container, and how this is affected by the shape & size of the container. I've divide…
... divided the container into 1mm vertical (Y) slices and have a ... -
Tale of two SpectrumsHi All I have two 48k Spectrums, along with two different tape recorders. Now, one Spectrum will load everything from both recorders, and the other…
... get the red/cyan loading bars, prog name sometimes, but no ... blue/yellow
data loading bars.
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Loco BingoDoes anybody have any tips for [B][COLOR="Blue"][I]Loco Bingo[/I][/COLOR][/B]?! I've bought pretty much everything Cronosoft sells for the Spectrum …
... one carriage half blocking the vertical shaft, or having to wait ... -
The I remember That Thread!!!!!A thread devoted to all things retro from out past, be it old TV shows, old chrips, chocolate bars, drinks, places or people. Can anyone name this f…
... TV shows, old chrips, chocolate bars, drinks, places or people.
Upgrading 16k MemoryHi All I have a fully working issue 2 16k spectrum and a broken issue3 48k spectrum (It's showing the black and white bars and some flashing blocks)…
... showing the black and white bars and some flashing blocks). I ...SwivSo I've just been playing (and reviewed [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2011/01/spectrum-games-swiv-classic-zx-spectrum.html"]SWIV[/URL]). …
... /> Good game if you like vertical shmups. For me it's ...Strange DivIDE ScreenI've just got an SD card adaptor for my DivIDE and it does something strange. On startup, I can see the DivIDE logo and it registers the adaptor, bu…
... . Either I get the saving bars or a totally corrupt font ...
