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Claissic older PC gamesI'm looking for some decent PC games from 1995-2002 to play. Nothing too huge like any recent games, i've got Duke Nukem, Quake II and Red Alert but…
... Tyrian will be fine as vertical scrolling "mata-mata". Zone 66 was ... game, too (4 side scrolling). No side-scrolling shoot'em ups come ... -
best endingwhat was the best ending of a speccy game? (i suppose you use your own discretion if you want to use spoiler tags) i noticed most are quite short w…
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It's just a vertical scrolling screen of silhouettes - the people ... -
Spectrum AssemblyHi All, Thanks for letting me in... lol Over the last couple of days I started playing my spectrum emu again and then I started thinking about lear…
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ZXDS 0.8.1 beta 1Hi! The [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]new version[/URL] is out. The major feature is of course the RZX playback, but support for ZIP archives and POK…
... doddle when it's really vertical scrolling.
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Name of the game. MAMEIm looking the name of a game of MAME. It was just like WWF games just with mythology beasts like minotaurs, cyclops, and so... anyone remembers th…
... to Xevious - it was a vertical scrolling shoot'em-up. The background ... -
Name of the game. MAMEIm looking the name of a game of MAME. It was just like WWF games just with mythology beasts like minotaurs, cyclops, and so... anyone remembers th…
... to Xevious - it was a vertical scrolling shoot'em-up. The background ... -
Nice Graphics seduce innocent reviewerWas downloading a few more games to have a whirl on today and came across LIGHTFORCE. Remember this getting smashed by Crash and getting pretty much …
... it has coloured yet pixel-scrolling backgrounds which the sprites actually ... . It reminds me of the vertical scrolling sections of [I]Salamander[/I ... -
Extreme Violence!!Having just mentioned this game in the "Commodore Amiga" thread, I thought "Hey...this would maybe be quite easy to do on a Speccy!"... It's basicall…
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Brand new River Raid remake?one of my friend is trying to make a riverraid remake on flash just to have fun, I checked zx spectrum port of river raid. it is bad, really bad, jer…
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River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…
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Great leaps forward... Timeline thoughtsHi guys What would you say were the great leaps forward in the life of the speccie. I was only in the scene for a few years (from 82-85) but in tha…
Commando - the first (and best) vertical scrolling shoot-em-up (or was ... -
Great leaps forward... Timeline thoughtsHi guys What would you say were the great leaps forward in the life of the speccie. I was only in the scene for a few years (from 82-85) but in tha…
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List of existing games that needs a port to zx spectrumPlease post here the games that exist in other platform(s) but does not exist in speccy. Please keep in mind this is not a to-do list, so don't hesti…
RBG monitor for Spectrum?I'm using a very old TTL RGB monitor with my Spectrum, with a RGB adapter that I made many years for my Sinclair QL. It works perfectly with my QL, b…
... is rock solid, with no vertical scrolling.
[IMG]http://www ...RBG monitor for Spectrum?I'm using a very old TTL RGB monitor with my Spectrum, with a RGB adapter that I made many years for my Sinclair QL. It works perfectly with my QL, b…
... is rock solid, with no vertical scrolling.[/QUOTE]
What video ...I just picked up a free Atari 520stJust got a free 520ST, (no cables or leads) and a small box load of games. :? dunno what to do with it, but it was being thrown out, so I grabbed it…
... allowed for line-by-line vertical scrolling).
I had better ... out of a screen-copying-scrolling routine. It wasn't at ...I just picked up a free Atari 520stJust got a free 520ST, (no cables or leads) and a small box load of games. :? dunno what to do with it, but it was being thrown out, so I grabbed it…
... allowed for line-by-line vertical scrolling).
I had ... of the details, but sync-scrolling is achieved by changing the ... to get single pixel horizontal scrolling but that would generally require ... of a 4-pixel hardware scrolling hack, but that's ...Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…
... music, in-game speech, and vertical scrolling of a kind said to ...Shooter Racer TypeThingA bit like Spy Hunter flipped on it's side but actually plays a bit more like R-Type on wheels... A mock up screen: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com…
... know if one of horizontal/vertical scroll was fundamentally easier on ... /> Unless you're scrolling 8 pixels per frame, vertical scrolling is easier. Sometimes ... just setting a pointer. Horizontal scrolling requires the entire buffer to ...VVVVVV - A retro-styled collect-em-upNot sure if this has already been posted, I did a search. [url]http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-vvvvvv/17-1878/[/url] Could be fun, could be cra…
Looks quite fun, but I'd rather see it running on an 8bit machine. I like the vertical scrolling bit. Reminds me of Splat!VVVVVV - A retro-styled collect-em-upNot sure if this has already been posted, I did a search. [url]http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-vvvvvv/17-1878/[/url] Could be fun, could be cra…
[QUOTE=Graz;415904]Looks quite fun, but I'd rather see it running on an 8bit machine. I like the vertical scrolling bit. Reminds me of Splat![/QUOTE]Hop to it then ;)New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…
It sounds promising.
And I really hope that there will be future projects :)
If I could ask, what kind of project do you consider to try in the future ? A vertical scrolling shooter or race maybe ? :)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…
... to do with it in vertical scrolling shoot'em ups.Your thoughts on TurricanI've always considered the Turrican games ugly and unappealing - am I missing anything?
... also prefer smooth 8-way scrolling engine from Hi Tec (Turbo the ...New game Sea Dragon (beta)Hi. Over at zx.pk.ru there is a lot of talk of a new game for spectrum called Sea Dragon. It is a VERY nice underwater side scroller... technically V…
... think its a very impressive engine and quite brilliant in a ... this, was the multiple sound engine choices - that alone, seems unique ... a choice based on the scrolling engine, or some other technical rational ...New game Sea Dragon (beta)Hi. Over at zx.pk.ru there is a lot of talk of a new game for spectrum called Sea Dragon. It is a VERY nice underwater side scroller... technically V…
... a choice based on the scrolling engine, or some other technical rational ...Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
... . There is a 3d iso engine on the oric released a ... possible to extract a smooth scrolling engine out of that, joefish is ...Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
... . There is a 3d iso engine on the oric released a ... possible to extract a smooth scrolling engine out of that, joefish is ...Smooth (vertical) scrolling on ZX SpectrumI was just thinking about this. You know, you have systems like Atari 2600 or Sega SG-1000 that have no hardware scroll, but they have games that sti…
One game on the Speccy that had quite good vertical scrolling was Flying Shark. It also got around the problem of viewing height by reducing the play area and putting the scores/lives etc... at either side.Flip Screen vs ScrollingWhich do you prefer? I've always liked flip screen games but I had a C64(spit) owning friend who hated them with a passion.
... , with the screen smoothly scrolling vertically , whilst horizontal movement ... illusion of multi-directional scrolling. Quite why it ... harder/more CPU intensive than vertical scrolling.
To ... . Big play area + parallax scrolling + fast + colour. I' ...
