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Using the actual SpectrumI've been downloading some great games that I used to play some 15 years ago and I use an emulator to play them. But I'm just wondering if any of you…
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How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
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"The Spectrum just doesn't have ... programming requires assembler. I didn't say it was impossible to use ... machine code. You won't find any 8 way ... sure. You also won't get as many sprites ... machine code. You don't have enough memory to waste ... -
Games UNDERated by magazinesYep, a slight twist on the previous topic. Which were the games you thought were underrated by mags, but were really much better in your opinion. …
... scrolling - but didn't really get the praise it deserved
... the Speccy - but didn't do so well in reviews.< ... every mag except Crash - it's a fantastic game. ... broken the reviewing systems, it was that good for ... /Dun Darach clone - it should have been rated ... -
Whats it like to be a young speccy gamer now?From some topics on here it seems that alot of us(me included) have left behind our younger years in age along long time ago,so when we play speccy g…
... for 8 minutes and didn't like it, so it must be rubbish".
It turns out that to judge ... thought Enduro was rubbish when I came across it on an emulator ... the rave reviews, tried it again and it soon became one of ... -
Best joystickWhat was your best joystick to use for the Speccy? Mine would have to go to the Atari VCS original. This was a joystick that could live thru just ab…
I didn't do too bad with QuickShot IIs, ... +... at least, I think it was. It was the one you could ... Master System's joypads with it through the adapter cable. And ... -
Horizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…
... it does indeed suck. I think I cleared a screen when I ... was a kid, but I can't do it now ... the bubble sort program. Actually, when I first had a Spectrum ... -
SDP Project Started, Can't Wait ;-)Hi folks, I can't stand it any longer, I'm just gonna lob what I have on the SDP page with respect to disks that are needed. I've manually done the…
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Okay, I'll add it (Pang/SOTB) to the Compilations ... prepared for this, but it all helps, so any ... per disk, I just can't do it on my own. This ... to splash my cash out when I have any ;)
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pics of people who visit wos :)hi everybody, how about having pics of people who visit world of spectrum :) octave
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Tournament in Speccy games - Speccy Tour 2002Hi all ! I see a lot of talking about games here, so how about playing some Speccy's games ?? You can found final update of Speccy Tour 2002 (ST0…
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The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
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The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
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Retro Remakes: Jetpac & HyperbowlMy brother and I comprise Banshee Studio's (known in the Spectrum era as Banshee Software and Redsoft). We have completed writting a PC retro remake…
... we're having trouble with it as this is the first ... to do multiplayer in a ream time environment and we didn't plan it ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
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2. It dumbed the spectrum down. The ... case) but it wouldn't tell you exactly *what* it did to ... speed up or what it didn't do to increase the accuracy. ... windows emulation just isn't up to scratch. Spin ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
It would be nice to see a bit of colour on the walls etc. Target Renegade had some and even though it clashed, it didn't do any real harm. Besides, I like a bit of clash in games. ;)Glider RiderRemake anyone? Remixed Tune? Fluffy Banana Music? This was a great game and deserves to be brought upto date (as does the music, actually leave the …
... hill and race down it then quickly switch ... it because the screen is scrolling to the next block when ... I don't want it to?
I do ... remember that time I fluked it ... . I was riding down a short hill and couldn't ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... /> [quote]I honestly think it would be dumb to e ... they'd rather you didn't do something but there's ... that he should lighten about it all.[/quote]
[quote]It's just 3 guys getting ... worrying about. I can't do crap about it either way.
Funniest Thing I've Ever ReadThis from Amstrad's company information page: 1984 Amstrad launches the first mass market Home Computer package (CPC range), designed by Amstrad e…
... didn't do too badly on the home PC front though, what does it ... .25" disk I played on it :)
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... 't have the patience to learn them - for that reason, like when ... you do poorly in a subject in school, it may not ... be you can't do it you just dislike ... promising anything but i might do it for Sid Spider ( using that ...Ever not get past level 1 in a game but still played it?I never got out of the first screen of bugaboo the flea. I kept going back to and tried to beat it. Bugaboo was so cool just jumping around avoiding…
I didn't play it much, but I never could ... , and never knew what to do next.
Anyone could help ... me?
It'd be nice to see ...Zynaps compo.Hi all. Lets make a competition with Zynaps. Ok? Grab a screen with some emulator of your score in game?s hi-score table. Post a link to that image …
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I didn't complete it, but I (think) I came ... played, but I think when you complete it, it just loops back to ... the begining again. I don't ... .
Oh, and I didn't use any pokes either!Did you own any other 8bit systemsI didn't get a Speccy untill Christmas 86, after owning an Atari 2600. I stuck with my Spectrum untill 1992 when I finally got an Amiga (spit) Most …
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A Casio handheld Computer (didn't do much!)
C64 (in the ... /> Texas Instruments TI99/4?? (Erm, it had chess!)
Amstrad CPC464 ...Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
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(Woody - I couldn't get SPIN to reproduce this even with 'emulate ULA snow' turned on?)
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GFX.SnowEffect := (Registers.I >= 64) and (Registers.IIs spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
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Didn't think it was worthwhile coding the effect when the I register ...ArtistryIn my younger days (and to a certain extent, now) I was always intrigued about how the loading screens were constructed. Back then I'd assumed it was…
... the time (not sure why it didn't work the remaining 10% - I ... slowness and didn't do much debugging on it :) ). Again, I don't remember the ... pixel here. If there isn't it PLOTS with the ink colour ... . If there is, it skips advance along that direction ...where to get moonrakerhi i search the game moonraker. in the archive they wrote Missing In Action! . i hope that it is allowed to ask this question. if someone have an id…
... i do not remember the author nor the year.
it is ... "-games in the archieve and didn't found it.
but maybe ...Head Over Heels remake RELEASED !Hey all ! The Retrospec remake of Head Over Heels has JUST been released. The URL with everything important, including a 15Mb download is : [url="h…
... options on how to "fix" it... :
1 ... it will kill you constantly though
2. If you didn't do ...
2. If you didn't do anything else but Fall down ... thing to do.
What do you guys ... bugs" please do report them so it can be fixed ...Zub - Lightfarce - Will the hidden game unlock on a PC?I've tried to use the keys to make Lightfarce work on my emu [Spectaculator] but ot just won't happen! I know it works I used to have the classic on …
... record, I managed to get it to work, but that was ... so, what did it do that the other nasties didn't?
The ... "ZAP" on it looked like a contender, but it didn't do anything except knock ... out at me... and, no, it didn't.FOR OLD-SCHOOL MANIAX (tape ;) ).Hi there. My friend started to work on new way of loading games for ZX. It's dedicated to old-school fans, who wants only tape stuff. There is a …
... . I've used it and it's not preferable but ... convert them to TAP. It creates chunks and also ... add a loading screen. When it's done loading all its ... parts it starts off in whatveer ... an ingrate! ), that it doesn't do it with spectrum software so you ...WTSS Mapso has everyone seen this then yet? [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/w/WhereTimeStoodStill_4.png"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectr…
... map for WTSS, but it wasn't finnished... It was something about half ... one from group, but I didn't use it... There is something "secret ... isn't played anywhere... Neither you finnish it... Maybe if you will do ...So who plays PS2, Xbox & GameCube games?I'm still into gaming in a big way, how about you guys?
... a couple weeks but when i webt t oresume it was stuck.
it nor do i think id want ... questionnaire type thing i'll do it. mind you i dont think ... like those more. but i do admit i want Contra, Rayman ...
