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Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... 220MB
the load command from basic for video ... an example):
!load Speccy2009.dvf 16384 step 6144 ... would type:
!load GasmanBurf.day 32768 step 128 ... /> -Developers who use emulators wouldn't have to worry about using ... -
Wallace and GromitNo one has mentioned [B]A Matter of Loaf and Death[/B], the latest Wallace and Gromit adventure yet (broadcast on Christmas day, on BBC1). What did e…
... think of it, I didn't like the bit where the ... -Rabbit, and A Matter of Load and Death) Wallace has loved ... hope the next adventure doesn't contain a love interest, for ... &G adventure, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that ... -
Crazy Hardware IdeasOK, just some absolutely nuts ideas for hardware projects, all beyond my ability, but I'd be interested to hear if any of these have been done: 1. R…
... Spectrum keyboard. So, you wouldn't need to load anything on the Spectrum ... could import simply by typing LOAD ""? (The point here is to ... same way that INVADE-A-LOAD split the game up into ... -
games that are not exactly 'PC'...had a flick through the archive earlier and stumbled on this, [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000795[/url] [IMG]http://i40.ti…
... .org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/c/gif/CannibalIsland.gif[/IMG ... kind of thing which possibly wouldn't get a release nowadays. just ... -
Games you couldn't play...Inspired by the "not exactly PC" and "risque games" threads... I was very young when we got our first Speccy, and so my dad and my older brother (wh…
... the Speccy was bought for) wouldn't let me play certain games ... in it (but he didn't mind [I]The Wild Bunch ... dad/mum/older sibling(s) wouldn't let you play back in ... day? Or perhaps games you wouldn't let your son/daughter/younger ... -
How do you find time?I was wondering how other people manage to find time to play computer games, since my own time always ends up so limited. I mean, most of us were Spe…
... time with relatives we don't like/etc, so where ... so my free time isn't as limited as many people ... but even so, I don't have nearly as much opportunity ... want to finish on a load of formats, to say ... commuting, how many people here wouldn't even get a chance to ... -
The [You] awardsI'm bored, so I thought I'd do the traditional ewgf Spectrum awards, for the first time ever. Once you've ignored my post, please post your own winne…
... other hand, I don't play any Spectrum driving ... Spectrum lover like me wouldn't have thought that our ... that isn't there (since there aren't enough pixels ... took 4.5 seconds to load a 48K Snapshot (seriously!). ... era computer magazine (doesn't have to be Spectrum ... -
t'Other Emulation...Bretheren and, errrrrr, Sisteren, I've resisted the urge to put this in the Emulation board, or other places, as it's not a specific question about …
... -click called "Dark Seed"...I wouldn't mind having another go at ... -
When did multiloads start?Hullo, again. Long time reader, rare topic starter! In the mid 80s, when Elite grabbed the rights to the likes of Commando, Bomb Jack and Ghosts N' …
... game (haha!) into a single load? Then, not long after, it ... 87 then?). Saying that, it wouldn't surprise me if the oldest ... have a answer? I can't ever remember reading a review ... -
Attn: PS2 Hard drive ownersIf you're having trouble getting a particular game to run from your PS2's hard drive (having tried the inbuilt HD Loader fixes, of course), then the …
... (that appears when you load the main menu or an ... online compatibility lists said it wouldn't work. However, a few ... some reason. It won't load the saves from my PAL ... receipt, so I couldn't take back the faulty ... your (original) game doesn't work from the PS2 hard ... -
Volunteers for a Speccy news twitter stream?It bothers me a bit that with the slowdown of activity on raww.org, there's no regularly-updated English-language source of Speccy news on the intern…
... thing - there's a whole load of activity in Spain and ... set up, so it won't matter too much if it ... Twitter's general pointlessness: you wouldn't have to actually be on ... around it - although that probably wouldn't give a huge amount of ... -
Twister, Mother of Charlotte .tzx don't load with ZXSpinThe .tzx version does not load in ZXSpin version 0.666, but loads fine in SpecEmu. In ZXSpin it loads with a garbage on the screen and then reset at …
The .tzx version does not load in ZXSpin version 0.666, but loads fine in SpecEmu. In ZXSpin it loads with a garbage on the screen and then reset at the end of loading.
Some known problem ?
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Creating a Spectrum game that won't load...Dear All, I have recently been using my ZX Spectrum as a reference for the production of a new body of art work and something I keep coming back to …
... , just continues to attempt to load, producing that amazing signature screen ... -
the more recent Rick Dangerous .tzx don't load with ZXSpinI have an older Rick Dangerous .tzx file that loads fine in ZXSpin. However, the actual .tzx version from WOS does not load – more exactly, it …
... version from WOS does not load – more exactly, it loads almost ... -
So what Speccy games are you actually playing at the min?I know this isn't the first ever thread like this but I figured I'd start it for a laugh. Since I'm not really working on anything at the mo' for th…
I know this isn't the first ever ... 've been playing a load of Speccy games at ... it, but I can't for the life of me ... jumping and weird physics wouldn't really do it for ... me. I haven't really got a clue what ... of the story, but didn't really help much.
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politics and retroyou'd think they wouldn't ever clash? spooky they did earlier for me. I went to pick up some speccy games from the other side of london.. and when …
you'd think they wouldn't ever clash? spooky they did ... side I picked up a load of retro games / machines at ... -
Speccy repairs?I've finally got round to testing all the various Spectrums that I seem to have accumulated over the years and discovered that "my" two machines (i.e…
... 't just get second hand in a bundle with a load ... off but I didn't know whether the broken ... who does repairs as I wouldn't really want to undertake ... ideally but I don't know if anyone offers that ... some of the keyboard doesn't work. Seems fully functional ... -
Singularity (a great first person shooter)I thought I'd post this as I've just played a very good modern game that for some reason most people seem not to have heard of, so maybe some of you …
... machines. No, I don't understand the logic either, but ... an amazing new element wouldn't get a better name ... the in games problems aren't exactly MENSA worthy either. ... , and in truth you wouldn't want them to be, ... I've listed a load of negative points against ... -
Implementing smooth scrolling in games that don't haveHowdy, How easy/difficult in general is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls on boundaries such as Gothik or Saracen? Does it depend …
... ?
Never coded before but wouldn't mind starting with something like ... -
Load! Screen$ questionI've got a basic program listing in BASIN which among other things recalls a screen via Load! (I've Save!'ed a screen into memory before hand). How d…
... things recalls a screen via Load! (I've Save!'ed a ... a snapshot but it won't load back in (to BASIN or ... -
Serial protocol, help!Hi, simply trying to find best way to transfer programs from PC to real ZX Spectrum for testing purposes. Under Windows I tried using Spxfr and it w…
... br />
It wouldn't do anyways because I normally ... one is troubles. Won't save normally. On Speccy ... loading with
LOAD *"b" CODE 33000 speccy gives ... type and the execute LOAD *"b" CODE on Spectrum ... code and this can't be tested on emulators. ... -
mrs.t in hospital drama and I missed my breakfastI spent most the day in a&e with mrs.t, bored. After whinging on about her tummy aching all yesterday, she went to the doctor - despite me insisting …
... a&e with mrs.t, bored. After whinging on about ... on my bike, cos she wouldn't take hers, and I said ... -
Success with cassette sdcard adapter and +2After far too long fiddling with tape volume and various compressions of tape files converted to mp3 I was able to get my +2 to to load files from th…
... get my +2 to to load files from this:
< ... /> I couldn't get a game to successfully load with tape2wav in ... loading. Any reason why tape2wav wouldn't work?
On ... note the +2 doesn't seem to like been moved ... game in z80 I haven?t used in 20 years ... -
ZX80 and 81 hardware questionsI'm finding a lot of the documentation that is ostensibly about the hardware of the ZX80 and 81 to be primarily about the software. I was hoping some…
... source for this period. It wouldn't appear to make any difference ... M1+A15 test triggers a load of the video shift register ... -
Penny Pinching.. what you won't scrimp onprogramme on channel 4 currently about it.. quite interesting what extremes some are going to save.is there stuff you save or won't ? some bloke is …
... stuff you save or won't ?
some bloke is ... meat.. thats 1 thing I wouldn't see myself doing.
Downloading pirate stuff in Switzerland is legal if you don't distribute it!?!?!"[COLOR="Blue"]The government of Switzerland has issued a statement declaring that it will not take action to alter [B]current copyright laws allowin…
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Wow. I wouldn't have thought that any governement ... avalanches), building cars that can't turn off their lights, yodelling ...storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…
... REM; but it doesn't interfere with LISTing the ... references to prior variables, wouldn't normally work, as the ... of the variables apparently haven't been defined.
... 256*e
REM Load m/c between PROG and ... =FN p(va)-ml: LOAD "m/c"CODE mc, ...space optimisation algorithm neededScenario: * An adventure game consists of a series of locations, each of which may or may not have some text and/or graphics associated with it. * A…
... of segments for a multi-load game, how would the best ... avoid having to repeat any load?
My first thought ... until there are no cross-load links to previous segments.
wouldn't be inserted until an optimum ...Stuff the Speccy can do but we all thought it couldn'tHey all, Does anyone have any good examples of stuff the speccy can do - graphically, sonically, etc that we thought it wouldn't be able to do? Che…
Hey all,
Does anyone have any good examples of stuff the speccy can do - graphically, sonically, etc that we thought it wouldn't be able to do?
Cheers,
Dave
