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Graphics card questionI'm currently running an Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT card in my PC. I've been playing GTA IV over the last day or two and every time when i've finished pl…
... after about an hour the screen went all wierd with flashing ... quite hot (69C). Maybe time for a new graphics card as this ... own over a period of time. Google for "GTA IV texture ... -
Graphics card questionI'm currently running an Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT card in my PC. I've been playing GTA IV over the last day or two and every time when i've finished pl…
... after about an hour the screen went all wierd with flashing ... quite hot (69C). Maybe time for a new graphics card as this ... -
Graphics card questionI'm currently running an Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT card in my PC. I've been playing GTA IV over the last day or two and every time when i've finished pl…
... after about an hour the screen went all wierd with flashing ... quite hot (69C). Maybe time for a new graphics card as this ... -
Retro Gamer Issue 86 - The cover's a bit special![IMG]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg615/scaled.php?tn=0&server=615&filename=dekmj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640[/IMG]
... on the net. But it still feels good in the year ... are very poor where theres not much on screen at all and ... to the old skool days where kids wrote in tons of ... -
Which machines do you play games on? (A poll)Just a quick poll to see which machines are still popular as games machines - which machines do you still play on, and I mean which machines do you s…
... was 14 years old, I still have the original joypad, complete ... , teethmarks, and slices where it went through the screen glass above my ... />
PS Beanz if you still collect DC stuff I may ... -
Freescape GamesI have always LOVED the Freescape games (Driller, Dark Side, Total Eclipse and Castle Master). They really were IMHO a huge leap forward in games cre…
... since about 1997 - I'm still new at it :D[/QUOTE]
time limits. You are very likely ... to run out of time quickly that way. -
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.
... only game that flip screen scrolling done my head ... the edge of the screen to scroll onto the ... hand side of the screen once you got close ... uses flip screen for the platformy bits where smoother movement ... first wander into a new screen, would be interesting to ... -
Beepola Source CodeAs I haven't done much with it for a few months, I'm releasing the Beepola source code in case anybody wants to play about, add to, or otherwise use …
... the song creators. It would still mean that Joffa's engines ... is, if you have the time.
(It doesn't ... costs a lot of time to add new engines to it, and ... /> Something completely unrelated, that I still haven't grasped yet, how ... -
Gamecube MegathreadWell, we've got a PS2 megathread, so why not a similar Gamecube megathread? One where you can post your thoughts on the machine and it's games, and p…
... Metroid Prime on Wii will still only let you use Gamecube ... out five controllers, only one still works (3rd party too) and ... seeing as at the time it was new I was also playing ... soundtrack - breaks remixes of Papua New Guinea & Stakker Humanoid being ... -
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…
... I'm expecting a few new and difficult missions.
time) we still did a hell of ... -
Street Parties for the Royal WeddingIt says on Yahoo news that only one in three councils have recieved applications to be able to host street parties to mark the Royal Wedding. My eld…
... a lot of food was still rationed. But my aunt said ... a building site where they're building new houses and trucks with ... -
50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
... 2 pixels at a time.
But still, there's no ... it must be shifting the screen address it writes to over ... at either side of the screen? So it's a more ... can't do the full screen width? -
Ultimate Play the Game Book - Do I finish it?Some time ago I was writing an Ultimate Play the Game book, but for the last two years for one reason or another I've done nothing with it. I've got …
... at the beginning (I might still have the original PDFs somewhere ... ).
I still think it would make a ... new, but collects everything into a single place, and I still find screen ... -
Earth Shaker DSJust dropped by to post news of my Earth Shaker remake for the Nintendo DS. It's still a work-in-progress at the moment (no sounds, missing levels, …
[QUOTE=ant512;537794]New version here:
[url= ... doing anything and it's still white screen..
Any ideas ... -
Frank N SteinThis one > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001849[/url] Always seems to crash about level 7 (maybe a bit more) or so with an …
... stack from CALLs to routines where JP is used to return ... goes back to the options screen after running out of lives ... the stack pointer when a new screen is started, making certain to ... -
Frank N SteinThis one > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001849[/url] Always seems to crash about level 7 (maybe a bit more) or so with an …
... countdown being inconsistent, and standing still on level 25 it takes ... would leave just enough time to finish the screen. Why would this ... -
Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
... b]first scrolls the lower screen up one line[/b] before ... spaces. So the lower screen's line 1 is now ... time is still getting printed on the absolute bottom line of the screen ... 't erase the 2nd time at the bottom but ... it. So the 2nd time doesn't get erased and ... -
Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
... b]first scrolls the lower screen up one line[/b] ... spaces. So the lower screen's line 1 is ... time is still getting printed on the absolute bottom line of the screen ... t erase the 2nd time at the bottom but ... . :oops:
Still have the attribute issue though ... -
I didn't even get a job interview.I have been at the Citizens Advice Bureau for 2 years now. I'm one of the most experienced assessors (that's a fairly new role) there, and out of tho…
... my self to a position where I'm not employable at ... specific useless worker...[/QUOTE]
Time to go back to school ... unemployed gives you the time to learn new things. I know if ... 'd also take the time to learn new programming languages, frameworks, development ... -
Most colourful games?I just played [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001563]Earth Shaker[/url] and am fairly dazzled by the overload use of colour (t…
I agree. Asterix maybe is one of the most colourful games for the Spectrum, amazing the first time you see it, but very slow when creating sceneries each time you enter a new screen, what makes it boring. Maybe it's the 'cost' of having such good colours. -
Most colourful games?I just played [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001563]Earth Shaker[/url] and am fairly dazzled by the overload use of colour (t…
... the Spectrum, amazing the first time you see it, but very ... when creating sceneries each time you enter a new screen, what makes it ... the top quarter of the screen using plot, probably to squeeze ... -
Kiwi OS for z80 computerHi everyone, Nearly made my z80 computer with 2K ROM 32K RAM. It has an OS im still writing called Kiwi (apple, blackberry, you get the idea ;D) he…
... memory where the screen is defined.
During screenrefreshment a new image ... memorypart you will get a new screen.
The BBC works ... /> How do refresh your LCD Screen (or how does refresh work ... -
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) -
Multi-screen mazes?Well, it's been decades since I last mucked about with speccy BASIC, so over the last couple of weeks I've been starting out as a newbie learning a b…
... room, you record where the nasty was on that screen. Then, when ... previous screen before that time has elapsed, the nasty just re-appears where ... you left him. If that time runs out ... if he has enough time to cross the screen, then he moves ... -
New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…
That loading screen is brilliant - definitely one of ... 1980s computer games, where even though the loading screen and inlay picture ... the in game world, they still managed to drag you into ... -
Multi-screen mazes?Well, it's been decades since I last mucked about with speccy BASIC, so over the last couple of weeks I've been starting out as a newbie learning a b…
... them, when returning to a screen. This (almost) instantly advances ... is proportional to the time you were off screen.[/QUOTE]
screen and returning directly to ... bit like in Avalon/Dragontorc where things follow you from ... -
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 ... -
Newbie says 'Alreet?'Hiya dudes, Just dropping a line to say hello as i've decided at 33 to try and fulfill a long time ambition to write a speccy game in machine code..…
... = character row within a screen third 0-7
... a new screen address directly from pixel coordinates is more time ... consuming than modifying an existing position represented by a screen ... = moved off screen
10 ; hl = new screen address one pixel ... -
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 ... -
Dizzy, Prince Of The YolkFolk: Alternate loading screen?Hi, Please have a careful look at the new Dizzy remake teaser (seconds 0:42-0:52) [youtube]LGW53914gDk[/youtube] That certainly looks like a [b]*r…
... to look like a Spectrum screen with attribute clash (look at ... [/I] logo on the real screen - it's on a black ... actually black pixels. On that new screen it would mean you'd ... an emulator faking loading a screen as it loads the PAPER ... one pixel line at a time.
