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I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... your fronts and use the time it's being attacked to ... by accident. So I just stood still and watched in dismay as ... -
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…
... 4 to 6 at the time which would have made it ... purchase. After all this time I still have not worked out what ... foam/ polystyrene/ spongy card wrapper. Where the wrapper followed the contours ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... this would have meant more time in development, something Nine Tiles ... real-world constraints such as time to market and other market ... ]You clearly missed the bit where I said "you don't ... time...[/QUOTE]
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Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... clearly missed the bit where i said "still without tearing". I DO ... areas a pixel at a time". I would wait (or do ... -
The N64 megathread[Skip this if you want, the short version is "The N64 was deeply flawed, but still has some of the best games ever", so now you can claim you've read…
... mean something, the gamers themselves, still speak of it extremely highly ... many games, so little time. I still say that anyone aged forty ... think the N64 is still my all time favourite console.[/QUOTE]
where the next objective is, and ... -
Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... other neat things! People would still have bought Spectrums, because they ... would still have been below prices of ... send information to that port where the printer is on.
time I still remember that POKE 36879,8 ... -
Take a game - replaSe a letterDale[B]k [/B]Thompson's Decathlon [IMG]http://art.speccy.cz/dalek.png[/IMG]
[B]I[/B]n The Bench (woodworm simulator)
B[B]e[/B]tty (Control Macc Lads' infamous 'perspiring lady')
Where [B]M[/B]ime Stood Still (tedious street theatre game)
The Oracle's [B]D[/B]ave (sequel where you discover your enemy's true name) -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... on PS2, 'coz I've still to complete that...then went ... again for another playthrough where I'm still finding little details I ... Truth for about the 8th time! :D
Really getting ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... able to complete it in time...
Actually, ... house or the temple of time - the "came out" ... song to change time in locations where time doesn't flow ... kept it suspended all the time...
[QUOTE ... to avoid, but I still often forget that I can ... -
The So What's This Buzzsaw All About Then? Thread.Erm. This: [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap"]http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap[/URL] Keys…
... of the beam. And where there aren't meant ... attributes at the same time. That information is combined ... first 16ms just counting time then copying in the ... 1 pixel at a time they still have to move ... character spaces otherwise you still get 8x1 attribute clash. ... -
Gaming innovations that wern't popular...I've been thinking about innovations in gameing that were not popular when they were introduced, but have kind of become standard. Things like: No p…
... regenerating you're health over time as opposed to picking up ... this was popular at the time, but you''ll be hard ... hit and ran away then stood still your health would go up ... -
Great (PC) game alert! System Shock 2 re-released tomorrow!I'm a bit surprised no one's posted about this yet, but tomorrow sees the re-release of one of the best video games ever made; System Shock 2. Yes, t…
... way ahead of their time and still more enjoyable than most of ... 't stood the test of time too well. But I can still play ... the multi-player for hours and have a great time ... -
Kempston (joystick) keyboard??Dear all, I am playing with an idea to have a Kempston keyboard. The wiring would be the same as Kempston Joystick to meet its standart, so that all…
... to two ports at a time and still have a four-player ... are playing multiple player games, where two players on keyboard already ... might collide and where joystick or gamepad are not ... -
Relocation with SDCCI desperately need auto- relocation with SDCC. Something that will compile all of my code using start address 0 and generate relocation table so that…
... definitions, requirements and implementation are still potentially in flux, so hand ... in assembler would be wasted time if I needed to ... It's an example where the layering still exists for now, until ... macro would be better whilst still appearing to maintain the ... -
New game: Gem Chaser 2Gem Chaser 2 can now be downloaded from my website: [URL="http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk"]http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk[/URL] 70 more devious levels, wi…
... -very-good player mode' where you can still play the other levels ... progress if I beat the time limit. I haven't got ... the 'colour matcher' award? The time penalty for collecting the wrong ... properly (i.e. within the time limit), I just abort the ... -
The official Doctor Who threadOH MY GOD! I did [b]NOT[/b] see that coming at the end of the episode!
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The Day The Earth Stood Still - Original b/w version not ... ship that can travel through time, is bigger on the inside ... -
Converting an integer arbitrary large binary number into a printable decimal formThis was asked a long ago at the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup. At that time, I came up with a solution by extrapolating the classic algorithm of suces…
... measurable difference to the FRAMES time; it still came out at 16 ... one, as it saves both time & space (3T and 1 ... place where changes might make a significant difference to the running time ... difficult to save much more time.
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Game loopJust working on my first ever Spectrum game, and am struggling to work out what the game-loop should look like. I've got interrupts enabled (mode 2)…
Haha, but where in between ? :-)
Still struggling to see how I ... my sound out over this time. Do I just play a ... -
Game loopJust working on my first ever Spectrum game, and am struggling to work out what the game-loop should look like. I've got interrupts enabled (mode 2)…
[QUOTE=feynman;747192]Haha, but where in between ? :-)
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Still struggling to see ... precisely by counting the exact time the z80 takes between ... so you can fill that time with tasks like sound ... -
The Adv. Game I'm Ridiculously Trying To Play Part 1Ok, from now on from time to time I will start playing some adventure games and I will keep a "journal" in the forum about my progression, or, more p…
... one at a time), you still have to guess where to use them ... -
Command and Conquer type game?Hey all One of my all time favourite games although not spectrum based, is the Command and Conquer series. I'm sure many of you are famailiar with…
... some goals also move? From time to time (perhaps once per second ... . This way, in a game where the goal keeps moving (such ... about 10K T-states each time, and still get a fully recalculated ... , I just didn't have time to include it in this ... -
The "lost" Gargoyle gamesDoes anyone know the story behind Fornax and Gath. Why were they never released? Likewise what happened to the Heavy on the Magick sequel?
... scene some time in the future, especially where there's still interest in ... -
Atic Atac - knight, serf or wizard?I can't recall completing Atic Atac without POKEs. As everyone harps on about how easy it's supposed to be, I think I'm going to give it another try.…
... it was a waste of time trying to find the right ... was the only baddie who stood still blocking a door. Otherwise you ... -
Sinclair QL: Software Preservation Program (NEW)https://sinclairql.wordpress.com & http://www.hunggartorino.it/ql/ql-microdrive-software-preservation/ If someone want to help us in preserv…
... owned by powerc.com (where Ken Brown still works - the former person ... can find if you spend time and effort looking - alas it ... -
Had enoughAfter approaching another weekend full of enthusiasm towards WoS and how it's heading, and spending most of it fighting spam and online abuse, I have…
... WoS management decisions (frankly I still do, for instance I think ... " as you put it, and still do..there were a lot ... future is a place where WOS can still exist!
I ... in a thread a long time ago...come along chaps! Lets ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... , and man after all this time I still got it, just won ... 't think after all this time I'd be able to ... events on my way to where I am now though, not ... -
Artillery - projectile motion gameI started writing this around 25 years ago and abandoned it due to performance issues, and a lack of physics knowledge. Bandersnatch on Netflix fille…
... the different strings for each time. Otherwise, for emphatising the change ... CHR$ string to save some time, but it will remain slow ... sunset in the mountains, where the peaks still have sunlight while the ... -
Things that people >= 40 (ish) would recognize (and others would likely not)#1: Used to see these all over the place, usually right above the bath tub. [img]http://www.constructionphotography.com/ImageThumbs/A052-01718/3/A0…
In my country, we sill use daylight saving time. Thinking about that...
Are those "time" services still alive? I'm talking about that phone numbers where a machine answered the phone and said the current time. -
What was your Best/Worst school subjects?Bit of nonsense but.. Yeah well, what was your best/worse subjects at school?
... for tests for jobs where they were still on the O level ... than O Levels at the time but I didn't do ... you went for an exam where you'd likely get a ... with education policy of the time that industry wasn't prepared ... -
What was your Best/Worst school subjects?Bit of nonsense but.. Yeah well, what was your best/worse subjects at school?
... for tests for jobs where they were still on the O level ... than O Levels at the time but I didn't do ... you went for an exam where you'd likely get a ... with education policy of the time that industry wasn't prepared ...
