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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…
... became some sort of shadow rom allowing the editor to be ... the screen (like the Egghead games), but that would involve giving ... a Spectrum ROM, or preferably find an emulator author who wanted to ... have to write him a ROM with various documented entry points ... -
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…
... the screen (like the Egghead games), but that would involve giving ... a Spectrum ROM, or preferably find an emulator author who wanted to ... have to write him a ROM with various documented entry points ... />
The designer as a rom or wrapped in an emulator ... -
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…
... a Spectrum ROM, or preferably find an emulator author who wanted to ... have to write him a ROM with various documented entry points ... to make all kinds of games. Sort of like Tommy Gun ... -
Be honest now...When you got your (first) Spectrum, was it the computer you wanted? And don't worry, this poll is anonymous, so your secret is safe, even if you're …
... one tape full of pirated games (good ones like Jetpac, Cookie ... Am too), we loaded those games with a walkman and I ... managed to get a (sucky) cartridge game.
Can't ... , I enjoyed playing games on it a lot and wanted one myself ... -
Emulators: Who uses what and why?I thought a thread on shared emulator experiences might be full of useful tips and save a lot of time for anyone seeking the same. [B]What computers…
... only when it displays games with scanlines and doesn't ... so I got the ROM's for this emu instead ... - Handy[/B] I always wanted a Lynx, but could never ... with my original Mega CD games though :(
[B]Sega ... ] Plays normal and colour games fine, but choppy with ... -
Some ROM/EPROM questions...I've got a ZX Spectrum +, a +2A and +3 computers, and I've been using +3e project ROMS for a while in my +3. I was thinking about using an EEPROM or…
... II (or RAMTurbo) cartridge slot. In the cartridge slot there is ... also think that switching the ROM bank would be harmless (but ... every day. The cartridge may double as a "ROM testing system" for ... option, but I wanted to have and "old system" cartridge, almost as ... -
Pandora handheld madness !Well, the Pandora handheld that was being distributed by the same people that bought the gp2x to the UK is slowly appearing in drips and drabs... He…
... as no N64 game cartridge used any additional processor ... that changed from N64 cartridge to cartridge (apart from the ... the total amount of ROM memory (the smallest was ... never present in a ROM dump as it ... number of total N64 games released worldwide (under 400 ... -
Cant DecideI have had a lot of spectrums in my time from the 16k to the +3 and as we all know they all have flaws. I am thinking about buying another and wanted…
... Spectrum 'emulator' cartridge containing the original ROM to use games written for the ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... the sort of thing I wanted to know, thanks :-D
cartridge was effectively a ROM replacement, and the ROM was only ... -
Loss of innocenceI suppose my ZX Spectrum era lasted longer than most (although not sure longer than most of you on here). I received my first Speccy back in '83, and…
... (and faster loading from cartridge) and I wanted one, but we didn ... -column text word processing. The games were few and far between ... to put something aside for games and other stuff.
wanted to do the same again ... -
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…
... he would notice that many games didn't load). Either ... RAM test that the ROM performs at reset, reports ... br /> I have a custom cartridge with a test program specially ... another part in the ROM, to the screen (4000h ... is updated from the ROM many times per second. ... -
Flash based rom replacement board for +2A/+3I'm sure I already started a thread about this, but I can't find it... Anyway, this post's to say that I've just sent off the order for the printed …
... flash the contents of the rom as many times as we ... it if an Interface 2 cartridge was used, or if it ... to the original anytime we wanted. Am I dreaming or is ... -
Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... Acorn had a whole 16K ROM to play with for their ... was in a separate 16K ROM. With the Speccy, both ... to fit in one 16K ROM. Spectrum BASIC is quite ... the Speccy such a good games machine is that they didn ... t much use if you wanted to do things the hardware ... -
iPhone App - Using the API to search for Spectrum gamesHi, Apple has just approved the WOS (World Of Spectrum) App, it is a wrapper around the wonderful API that has been created for us to search. You c…
... game on the iPhone. I wanted that, but am not motivated ... 't looking!) even for denied games. Maybe the message should be ... app to the page. Maybe "ROM" is a wrong choice of ... -
Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... any of the Alien Breed games although I did know of ... IDE hard-drive/DVD/CD-ROM and 2D/3D engine controller ... , it plays all my favourite games so I can't see ... had to reflash a ROM cart everytime I wanted to test on ... -
Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…
... fragmented memory as I wanted to use every BYTE ... 'n' play shadow based ROM link with a constant full ... the .SNA and .Z80 games to crash but as it ... I fixed the Ultimate games as they require the memory ... system that has problems with games... I cannot comment on ... -
How to Extract a Font from a Game?I remember it was possible to load/save your own fonts in ArtStudio on my Speccy. I also remember it was possible to loop the loaded block of a game …
... find that very few MC games even bother with CHARS, it ... routine rather than rely on ROM calls, saves a lot of ... the block of code you wanted.
If there isn ... -
How to Extract a Font from a Game?I remember it was possible to load/save your own fonts in ArtStudio on my Speccy. I also remember it was possible to loop the loaded block of a game …
... the block of code you wanted.[/QUOTE]
I think ... to completely dismantle Mega-Drive games using one of the official ... get maps, I scanned the ROM for a header signature and ... -
Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... applied to the 128k games, but I'm not ... spend more time hacking games to save to micro- ... available for downloading or loading games on a real Spectrum. ... mapped in some shadow ROM for his Spectranet device to ... can at the micro-drive cartridge when it goes down - ... -
ZXC3 Rom CartridgeI recently aquired a ZXC3 Cartridge Rom from [URL="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/"]Paul Farrow[/URL] fully populated with the latest diagnostic softw…
... ]I recently aquired a ZXC3 Cartridge Rom from [URL="http://www.fruitcake ... im also transmitting my favourite games via the rs232 lead supplied ... the roms besides the IF2 games and the emulator roms?
games saved on it too... I ... -
Anyone here have the UIEC for the C64....and if so what do you think about it? Guy selling them on Ebay for $55 and I'm tempted to get one, a brief look seems to suggest there is lots of…
... ;-) ) and have all the games I ever wanted on a single CF ... card... you can basically find a "ROM ... -
The Dragon 32/64 threadI got a Dragon 64 a few years ago. Not many games included though. Back in the day, they always reminded me of the BBC with its shape. There always…
... serves me correctly it was cartridge based and it really did ... that.
I always wanted to learn more about the ... there'd be tons of games for the more popular systems ... -
DE9 Omitted?I have been looking around for the answer to this question for a while, but have not come up with the answer, so was hoping that someone here could h…
... as I am aware, Clive wanted to market the machine as ... Business Machine and not a games machine.
The Irony ... biggest business was in fact Games, this is why all pre ... a dedicated game based product (cartridge / controller adapter) that was designed ... -
So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
... of games not running on TS2068 using a ZX Spectrum ROM and ... the ZX Spectrum emulator cartridge. I believe those games used the floating ... -
So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
... of games not running on TS2068 using a ZX Spectrum ROM and ... the ZX Spectrum emulator cartridge. I believe those games used the floating ... -
What is the current state of (non-Spectrum) emulation?It's been years since I've bothered with any emulators on the PC other than Speccy emulators. I do still occasionally use MAME and other emulators on…
... run most games with no major problems.
I wanted to use ... could play the old Amiga games as my disk drive has ... had to 'copy your Amiga ROM. You can't download this ... -
What is the current state of (non-Spectrum) emulation?It's been years since I've bothered with any emulators on the PC other than Speccy emulators. I do still occasionally use MAME and other emulators on…
... run most games with no major problems.
I wanted to use ... could play the old Amiga games as my disk drive has ... had to 'copy your Amiga ROM. You can't download this ... up.[/QUOTE]
The Amiga ROM's aren't that difficult ... -
OpenSE Software CompatibilityWith the earlier Open82 project a page was set up on Wikia ([url]http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Open82[/url]) with compatibility information on var…
... UDG location from the original ROM?[/quote]
... or the option of a ROM with one) so that ... for good compatibility with games in the first instance ... match your goals with the ROM.[/QUOTE]
... open so if someone wanted to take a different ... -
The Duke Nukem Forever demo is due out, BUT...The playable demo of Duke Nukem Forever is (finally!) going to be released, on the 3rd of June, one week before the full game is released (on the 10t…
... there'll be a rom of it available somewhere ... travel aspects - the two games were made by seperate ... s levels and environments. ROM files s are available ... released before the they wanted, and that there are ... three things they wanted to change/implement before ... -
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…
... . If there is enough support/games development for an enhanced clone ... to develop for. If they wanted to write software without such ... would be to modify the ROM and intercept calls to the ... />
Except that trapping the ROM routines for floating point is ...
