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Adventure Game Corrections & Additions (from Adventure Probe)From adverts in some of the Adventure Probes that Gerard scanned... [B]Cosmos[/B] (Futuresoft) [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id…
... initially but had a free adventure on the B-side which is ... /> Clive Wilson appears to have been the own of Softel (as well ... /> Either Global originally released the game, to match the 1990 date ... ... Technically he re-released the game under The Guild later I ... -
Goody - another game that was supposed to be colourAfter the success with Outrun Europa ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39143[/url]) I decided to search for more games tha…
... was here. A monochrome Spanish game (while most Spanish games are ... colourful),no scrolling, flip screen which really doesn't need to ... ][/URL]
Wow, sprites have their own colour routine! Some ugly colour ... -
Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... doing, leading to developing my own games. So, it was ... Spectrums with Microdrives for development, which was a really bad ideas ... the C64 version of the game should be to the Spectrum version ... I always wished we would have had time to add vertical jumping ... -
Minor non-player characters you'd like to control in their own game?I have two; That cute robot from [B]Arc Of Yesod[/B], and about a week ago I had the idea that the demon-guardian from [B]Underwurlde [/B]would be a …
I have two; That cute robot from [ ... about a week ago I had the idea that the demon ... -
The Top 25 Modern PC GamesIn the thread [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40451[/url] , Ivanzx asks do you prefer modern or 'classic' era Spectrum g…
... game z should be at least ten places higher[/I]" comments which always ... 't the direct sequels, they had a game in between (Deus Ex ... said that they would have trouble naming their 25 favourite PC games ... when it came out, Bioshock had lost most of SS2's ... -
Retro Gaming Round up 53Hi all just mentioned in the thread `what are you listening to?` that i am listening to a podcast but it does have a ZX Spectrum theme in its Top 10 …
... top 10 ZX Spectrum games which should be interesting.For those not ... have a retro game related top 10 and nominate 4 picks of their own ... =12 so two have to be voted out which leads to a ... person states their case for their own games and where they should be placed ... -
Which new game would have seemed like Witchcraft in 82?Just wondered which game of recent years, if released at launch, would have been the most mindblowing/"how can that be possible" kinda thing? The ar…
Just wondered which game of recent years, if released at launch, would have been ... arcade port/standard pacman would have knocked most people for six ... -
Which Mail-order game got you tingling??I remember those adverts in Your Sinclair and Sinclair User with the lists and lists of game titles with prices next to them. Begging my mam to writ…
... if I agreed not to have pocket money for the next ... working days.
But which game that you ordered by mail ... than the local shop) had you up at 6am every ... d given up hope and had a lie-in during ... the mat which said 'left with neighbour' and it had to ... -
Recommend some good films (movies)One thing always surprises me about this forum is that there's no semi-permanent film recommendation topics, but since there are currently two films …
... it turned out. This film had been rumoured and planned for ... characters are very underused. Ford is black in this version, which is ... the actress back then they should have made out that she was ... are in so many of their 'feature' films (as opposed to ... -
Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …
... , mesmerized, thinking that I had to have my own computer. The next day ... talked to me!! I HAD TO have my own computer!!!
Memory ... also had their copy so we were all familiar with the game but ... wanted a new game but I didn't know which one I ... -
Larry The Lander II-Cosmic Carnage[size=4]LARRY THE LANDER II ? COSMIC CARNAGE[/size] By Steve `Jammajup` Dixon 2013 Purple Unicorn Software [u]The Story[/u] Deep in space Larry rec…
... of fire (she fires kisses!) which means she has trouble killing ... have your hands full for sure!,once Commodorecrass is destroyed the game ... five characters either Larry or one of his friends each with their own ... -
Questions about Spectrum 48K soundsHi, I find it a very intriguing task to produce sounds on Spectrum 48K, which has only a beeper. - I am very curious to know how the games produced t…
... sounds on Spectrum 48K, which has only a beeper.< ... how the games produced their sound effects (like when ... of tools were the game producers using to produce ... suspect a game like Sigma 7 had it's own, faster BEEP ... array of bits would have occupied much more than ... -
that "listing variables during runtime" thingWell, I did eventually finish this, but with my meds playing up I don't have much time each day that I can spend at the computer, so it's taken rathe…
... are truncated to 15 characters. Array elements are printed ... (The 16 block graphics have their own character set, rather than ... deleting the new variables which had been stored from the ... error
; Handles regular characters, UDGs & block graphics< ... -
Classic Game Room leaves Youtube over Content ID issues...Don't know how many of you watch Classic Game Room's vids on Youtube, but if I remember right there's a few of us... Well, it would appear that Goog…
... have meant that CGR has decided to go it alone on their own ... ?ve had content flagged that was sent to us by game publishers ... who are happy to see their video games ... reviewed!! The game companies are helping ... -
SpecBAS 0.800 Released!Hi folks, it's that time again for another release. I was going to add a few more features, but I have other projects on the go at the moment, and it…
... boost
String operations should now be quite a lot ... to BASIC
Sprites now have their own OVER mode. Set it with ... dimension now works as it should - these take precedence over ... up two rows of characters rather than one, which resulted in erroneous ... -
How I Would Have Ended BioShock (brilliant!)The 2008 first person shooter, Bioshock (PC, XBox 360, PS3), was/is popular with a lot of people, but I doubt anyone would say it's consistent in it'…
... about how they wish the game would have ended, and it's ... />
Of course, if Bioshock had been released ten years earlier ... then PC owners might well have eventually have gotten this ending, as ... players the tools to make their own levels, instead we will make ... -
Today I have mostly been using Linux.I reinstalled my linux. Was previously running with Mint Linux Debian. I didn't like it because the debian edition has some subtle problems running a…
... Ubuntu with Gnome, which is what I have on one of my ... had right and for that I beleive the XP one was their ... community go their own way instead of following trends by companies which in ... my opinion are loosing their way wrt ... -
DivMMC EnJOY! I do enjoy!!!!!Hi all! Ok, so I grew up in the UK in the 80?s and convinced my parents to buy a 48k Spectrum ?to help with homework? lol. Well now I am older and ha…
... older and have kids of my own, I got ... circuit board and swapped their positions and then resoldered, ... . I had no cassette player! I had bought the ... to load the entire game directory from the ... suggested separate folders ( I should have thought of that lol ) ... -
Buyers bewareRecently over on facebook I made a deal with a guy to buy a Commodore 1541 II Disk Drive, it was out of alignment apparently, plus there could have b…
... why it was displaying characters like it was, the ... beast mate but you should have no trouble at all ... Beast-COMMODORE-C64-CART-GAME-RARE-/251414894017?pt= ... years now) we have had one game that didn't reach ... a refund on Saturday which was a relief but ... -
My experience with a ZX Spectrum clone called Elwro 800 JuniorAfter a long break in using this forum (modellrailroading is my main hobby) I'm back and want to tell something about an interesting ZX Spectrum clon…
... was growing). Still, it should have been a computer that ... environment.
Computers had:
- 64 KB DRAM ... to "MIC" out which is not what description ... were prone to losing their content. I found the ... I managed to load some game into it :)
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[NEW] Retro Virtual Machine v1.0.0 for OSX released!!!!Here it is! Retro Virtual Machine v1.0.0 RELEASED!!!! Many thanks first to Patrik Rak for the PZX format and for their Z80 tests without which RVM…
... and for their Z80 tests without which RVM had not been ... pass all the test i have found.
‘Snow bug ... machine’ model, each machine has their own configuration, snapshots, etc…
... br /> Fast snapshots using the game controller.
User ... -
Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... blog, but - so far I have two problems:
... use this listing for their own purposes, they are welcome ... crashes if a tune had not yet been recorded, ... Print the variables in their relevant places on screen< ... 15 volumes, I only have 7 graphics - a fine ... -
Under development: SETO TAISHO VS YOKAIAfter having been defeated by Funky Fungus, Seto Taisho, the crockery general, returns to Japan with its dreams of glory now shattered. However, duri…
... hordes of mischievous creatures, which seem to be invulnerable ... pointing their fingers to Seto. 'You should not have messed with ... has so carelessly unleashed. Its own kind...
... br /> - game over screen;
- completed game screen, with final ... -
Random Game InterpretationsHi All Just some random thoughts I'd been having around what it is about the (specifically the example of JSW / MM) games that so appeals to me: …
... simply utilitarian sprites or animals which have taken on nightmarish qualities, due ... animals which otherwise would pose no threat to life and limb, have ... with their own meanings or interpretations, or put their own slants on a game?
So were the 80's really that great?I should imagine that most of us on WoS were kids during the 80's. I was 6 at the start of the 80's and obviously 16 at the and. Now that is one he…
I should imagine that most of ... br />
1 - We had loads of power cuts
have the latest trainers, Pringle jumper ... politics as regardless of which party is in power ... b4st4rds that simply look after their own.
Looking ...Reviving a Konix Navigator joystickAaaaaaaaaaaand my next bit of required advice comes courtesy of another eBay package I've just received in the post this morning - with a Spectrum +3…
... (worth the cash all on their own!) and the bizarre Konix Navigator ... so clearly the previous owner had tried to fix it himself ... have taught the kids next door a few very naughty words which ... in the place where they should be, operate the microswitches without ...Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... revert back to normal typing characters.
The second ... the first 128 characters of the set have a corresponding graphic ... lowercase can be used and have their own graphic allocated. (There are ... keys "q" to "z" which should not be redefined as I ...Where's Mr Clowder when I need him?What happened to F-Clowder? I hope he's alright and hasn't had some setback keeping him away from here? He got me wound up to do graphics for a game…
... do graphics for a game he was going to ...
Actually ingenious though their solutions were to get 'computer ... I thought the college had marked me down ...
I couldn't have done it without the college ... sequences, both of which in theory should be able to ...What are the "lost" Ultimate arcade games?I've always been really curious to know what Ultimate did before they were Ultimate, and I've been having a little dig around. We know for sure t…
... Database gives us a list which excludes Gyruss but otherwise conveniently ... ] so they must have had some titles to their name by then.
which came out in 1982, may in fact have been the ... my own mockup - guys, it might be the first Ultimate game ffs ...scientific graphicsJust starting this thread to post a few graphics I have done to amuse myself - which i might use at some point, or if others want to modify them and …
... few graphics I have done to amuse myself - which i might use ... and use in their own programmes. I had in mind for their use an ... for a science program or game or educational package.
