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Subtract 4 from an addressThis is a novice Z80 question really: I'm trying to vertical scroll my back buffer, but I'm not sure of the quickest way to apply an offset and mo…
... during each frame while scrolling? Actually during vertical scrolling you don't have ... -
Could Spelunky be good on the Spectrum?For years people have been telling me I have to play Spelunky (a PC game), and when I did I found a nice little game that seems like a good candidate…
I suggested Spelunky in New Game Ideas back in 2010. Its a great game, but needs a good scrolling engine. Flip screen would spoil the gameplay. Character scroll would be good enough. -
Which 16-Bit games did you always want an 8-Bit conversion of?Harlequin is a strategy-based platform game for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST released in 1992 by Gremlin Graphics. https://www.youtube.com/wat…
There was a vertically scrolling breakout clone with was one ... name of it though.
Vertical scrolling is very easy to do ... -
Light Force review:New review at Spectrum Paradise. Light Force this time, an outstanding shoot'em up. Enjoy! http://spectrumparadise.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Li…
... a bad choice for a vertical scrolling shoot-em-up. It means ... -
Costa Panayi (what did u think of his games?)Costa Panayi, underrated Speccy programmer in my book. Although his games were difficult, they were never impossible, all they required were practic…
... /> I agree the graphics and scrolling engine from T.L.L. et ... just handed over his game engine to someone else to write ... -
Which 16-Bit games did you always want an 8-Bit conversion of?Harlequin is a strategy-based platform game for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST released in 1992 by Gremlin Graphics. https://www.youtube.com/wat…
I always thought the original Speedball could have been a good conversion. It only had to do vertical scrolling rather than the multiple of Speedball 2. -
Which 16-Bit games did you always want an 8-Bit conversion of?Harlequin is a strategy-based platform game for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST released in 1992 by Gremlin Graphics. https://www.youtube.com/wat…
... . It only had to do vertical scrolling rather than the multiple of ... -
If Joffa made Harrier AttackHarrier attack was interesting when it first came out because it has an interesting premise of going out and coming back to the aircraft carrier. It…
... for that is not a scrolling engine that can do different speeds ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... , and done away with the vertical scrolling, and just stuck to bi ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... /> [b]Thuderceptor[/b] - An horizontally scrolling space shoot-em-up with ... ] - Very nice, colorful and taxing vertical scrolling budget shoot-em-up featuring ... -
Pac-Land: can be coloured?All versions of this game are full coloured, but not the Spectrum version. It has large sprites, but maybe the scroll is too fine to make a coloured …
Blimey, I'd forgotten about this thread.
I did have a go at writing a 50fps full colour double-attribute pixel-scrolling engine for this.
Sort of worked. Got shelved. -
Good engine, boring levelsWhich games suffer from this ? Shadow of the beast is example no.1 Most Amiga platformers.
Yes it was a good engine but was ruined because it was inaccessible to average players.
Ultimate hardly put a foot wrong in my eyes but this was poor design of a very smooth scrolling engine. -
GameHammer Classic Gaming ReviewsHey everyone, I've been pushing out a lot more game reviews lately so I thought I'd mention my channel here 'cause some of you may like it. The Sp…
the plane seems to move smoothly left and right which is more likely machine code, plus the vertical scrolling seems too good for basic.
Still not very optimised though.
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GameHammer Classic Gaming ReviewsHey everyone, I've been pushing out a lot more game reviews lately so I thought I'd mention my channel here 'cause some of you may like it. The Sp…
... likely machine code, plus the vertical scrolling seems too good for basic ... ]
It's the vertical scrolling that made me think it ... -
1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
... sort of Ikari Warriors/Commando, vertical scrolling (with a bit of flip ... -
1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
... sort of Ikari Warriors/Commando, vertical scrolling (with a bit of flip ... -
1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
... sort of Ikari Warriors/Commando, vertical scrolling (with a bit of flip ... -
ZX Spectrum EmulatorsI'm putting together a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all ZX Spectrum emulators available for the new WoS site. Obviously we'd like the latest …
... bytes) or do a soft vertical scrolling.
That is not ... -
ZX Spectrum EmulatorsI'm putting together a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all ZX Spectrum emulators available for the new WoS site. Obviously we'd like the latest …
... bytes) or do a soft vertical scrolling.
That is not ... -
ZX Spectrum EmulatorsI'm putting together a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all ZX Spectrum emulators available for the new WoS site. Obviously we'd like the latest …
... bytes) or do a soft vertical scrolling.
That is not ... -
ZX Spectrum EmulatorsI'm putting together a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all ZX Spectrum emulators available for the new WoS site. Obviously we'd like the latest …
... bytes) or do a soft vertical scrolling.
That is not ... -
Which coin-op classics still need a great Speccy conversion?Most of my faves have been done in the last couple of years - Turtles, Kung Fu Master, Rally-X, Mr Do, the Space Invaders and Pac-Man emulators, the …
Precious few decent vertical shooters on the Speccy - and ... neat, I guess the best vertical scrolling shooter was Commando, and that ... -
Dun Darach loading screenI have seen in the past some great re-vamped and sometimes completely redone loading screens for old games. Not sure if Dun Darach has ever been redo…
... they went from pixel scrolling to character scrolling to speed up the ... Lightforce was two pixel vertical scrolling I think with some careful ... -
Games where you destroy dreadnaughtsI caught myself recently playing games where you strafe the surface of large ships - be they in space or on water. I was wondering how deep this gen…
W.A.R. and Lightforce? would they count? I think there was some sort of orbital spaces stations in Lightforce. WAR looked a lot like Uridium, but with vertical scrolling. -
1942 isn't all that badIt isn't, you know. I played that for the first time in 15+ years earlier today and it's alright. It's got all the enemy patterns, power ups and basi…
I gave it a bash again - I remember playing it back in the day and not being very impressed. I think it just is lacking in the background graphics. Its not a bad vertical scrolling shooter, but just a bit drab graphically. -
1942 isn't all that badIt isn't, you know. I played that for the first time in 15+ years earlier today and it's alright. It's got all the enemy patterns, power ups and basi…
Another vertical scrolling in the same vein is Typhoon, which I think is superior to 1942.
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1942 isn't all that badIt isn't, you know. I played that for the first time in 15+ years earlier today and it's alright. It's got all the enemy patterns, power ups and basi…
... graphics. Its not a bad vertical scrolling shooter, but just a bit ... -
1942 isn't all that badIt isn't, you know. I played that for the first time in 15+ years earlier today and it's alright. It's got all the enemy patterns, power ups and basi…
... graphics. Its not a bad vertical scrolling shooter, but just a bit ... -
Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…
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; Bi-Colour Scrolling-Buffer Game Engine for Four Player Games ... attribute map to allow vertical attribute-based scrolling.
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Games with Parallax ScrollingI loved that effect. It gave a false depth to the game.. To me a game with parallax scrolling was a better game. How wrong I was.. anyway, a list of…
... me a game with parallax scrolling was a better game. How ... of some games with parallax scrolling:
-Cobra. Fast ... . (maybe ripped code??)
-LEDStorm. Vertical and superfast parallax
-A ...
