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  • Phantomas Infinity ReleasedAt last, we're proud to present Phantomas Saga: Infinity. You can download them free from CEZ Games Studio page. We hope you'll enjoy so much as we…

    ... video - shot very briefly with a photocamera is [url="http://art ... loader stripes giving response to a white noise which is present on a tape ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup March 2006 Games
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... around with it for a couple of hours before ... had the bright Idea of writing a database in basic (on ... that were published on a tape mag no one has ... 2003. Now work for a Airline Ticket Printer refurb company ... person in Texas with a complete speccy setup imported ...
    beanz beanz April 2006 Chit chat
  • Egghead 4 available to downloadFollowing his adventure in space, Egghead is today Entertaining a guest. Yes, Shelley is coming to tea and it's up to Egghead to get the food on the…

    ... /> If you just open the tape and auto-load it, then ... most emulators is that a snapshot of the tape-loader is set up ... and the automatic tape routines take ... loading using LOAD"" or the Tape Loader, instead of auto-load. You ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Games
  • Egghead 4 available to downloadFollowing his adventure in space, Egghead is today Entertaining a guest. Yes, Shelley is coming to tea and it's up to Egghead to get the food on the…

    ... loading using LOAD"" or the Tape Loader, instead of auto-load. You ... to see if it makes a difference.

    I've ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton April 2006 Games
  • New TR-DOS GamesI'm really impressed with the quality of "Fire n Ice" - a clear example of what can be achieved on the [modified] hardware. Can anyone recommend any …

    ... are compressed. So to do a proper .TAP of it one ... ) - find some memory to have tape loader in (and somehow get either ... /> But Fire'n'Ice is a fab game.......

    TC
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat April 2006 Games
  • i dont know what iam doingHI ive just dug out the old speccy and she runs find after 10 years under my bed at me mums house! I was just reading the "some qustions" thread and …

    ... Speccy as you would a normal tape recorder and away you ... would work, but its worth a go?[/QUOTE]

    a little, the Speccy has a small amount ... hack, you could write a custom loader and save that to ... be more reliable than tape and my guess is ...
    DEATH DEATH April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…

    ... far the most time in a loader is spent waiting for the ... forget to advance your virtual tape position to the start of ... pretty much means taking the loader, discarding it, and loading the ... as simple as just using a generic "loader detector".

    D ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2006 Emulators
  • How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…

    ... />
    Get yourself a bunch of loaders - a ROM loader, Bleepload, Speedlocks of ... point you have an unrecognised loader which means that you ... also very good for automatic tape starting and stopping.
    ... meant that for each loaded tape block we only had ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2006 Emulators
  • Bought a speccy from ebay but need helpJust bought a speccy now so i don`t have it here yet but i bought one that might be broke have a read on what it says and tell me if you think it`s f…

    ... />
    Get a tape that you know works, and a grab a small-headed ... screwdriver. Play the tape and start the loader ... , and you should see a small screw ...
    Spirantho Spirantho May 2006 Hardware
  • Spin GFX ripper helpwell, I?m not skilled in these things but IMHO I?m not stupid and can learn by trying or after my mistakes.. but this is something I?m not able to di…

    ... ;-)
    and save it to tape
    thx

    (tried ... use.
    I've written a prog that will do the ... to use. I'm just writing a few routines to save the ... 'd like to give it a try.
    rich_chandler rich_chandler June 2006 Emulators
  • Any news of FuseX?I was just wondering if there was any news regarding FuseX? I thought it was due to be released a while ago, but I've heard nothing since? I hope t…

    ... Dammit! :) There has been quite a few new features added and ... thought (I am ending up writing a zip streamer which decompresses as ... feature - speeds up emulation whilst a pad button is pressed.
    a bit more user friendly.
    - Added tape menu with ...
    Crabfists Crabfists June 2006 Emulators
  • Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…

    ... . It was a copy on a blank tape and unfortunately doesn ... it starts out like a normal loader but halfway through ... ago. Was it on a compilation or re-release ... ? I'd love to get a working version.

    a very unusual one too, ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton June 2006 Games
  • 256 color spectrumhi i start to make a project. a 256color spectrum like the spec256 emulator. capable to run 256 color games and the original ones from a cdrom,a flop…

    yes. like the when you power up the 128k+2b appear that menu (tape loader, 48k, ect). is the cpde pf that system a want to find.

    best regards,
    "vassili" Pedro Serra (Portugal)
    vassili69 vassili69 June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 256 color spectrumhi i start to make a project. a 256color spectrum like the spec256 emulator. capable to run 256 color games and the original ones from a cdrom,a flop…

    [QUOTE=vassili69]like the when you power up the 128k+2b appear that menu (tape loader, 48k, ect). is the cpde pf that system a want to find.[/QUOTE]

    That menu system...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Great Bad Bundle PollWith Oh Mummy being mentioned on another thread, it made me think about those awful games that came bundled with the +2. Crazy Golf was probably the…

    ... 128 basic or using the tape loader, you'd get the words ... 128 basic.
    Talk about a tailored-made offer from Amstrad!
    Pascal Tournois Pascal Tournois June 2006 Games
  • Problems with my +2A DatacorderHey folks, Bought a speccy from ebay, but i think its fucked. What do you think? Basically it turns on fine, but when i try load a game nothing wor…

    ... to a tape being played at all. Basically you have the Loader screen ... , and the tape will just play until ...
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere July 2006 Hardware
  • Problems with my +2A DatacorderHey folks, Bought a speccy from ebay, but i think its fucked. What do you think? Basically it turns on fine, but when i try load a game nothing wor…

    ... you play a tape (after you've started up the loader option or ... .

    To re-fit a tape deck, undo all the screws ... cassette? This component is called a tape head. At the back should ... move with the tape head everytime you play a tape, it's quite ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2006 Hardware
  • Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …

    Cronosoft release games, on tape and previously some other games ... games released as well by a variety of people and in ... .99 or so for a tape game its a bargain.

    The ... . I think the programmers enjoy writing these games which are loved ...
    psj3809 psj3809 July 2006 Games
  • Extended Microdrive FormatterHello all, After a few months on a steep learning curve, some heavy duty reading and plenty of trial and error I?ve written an extended microdrive f…

    ... use the screen as a buffer. Works well ... There is no trapping for a non existent IF1 - ... /> There's also a crap loader to help you out. ... ";1;"Whatever"; CODE "?"; CODE "A"; CODE "P"[/CODE]
    ... and fast documentation regarding writing relocatable code?
    ...
    jp jp July 2006 Development
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... this from a preservation/tape dumping perspective, here are a couple of ... icon/button in the tape browser window that allows flash ... my preference for having the tape loader window always open so that ... I run SPIN, the tape loader automatically is opened too.
    pigdog pigdog July 2006 Emulators
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... that - or would a menu item be just ... , speed, flash) so a button would not be quite ... a menu.

    [quote]
    2) When I have the tape ... preference for having the tape loader window always open so ... I run SPIN, the tape loader automatically is opened too ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2006 Emulators
  • probs with TZXHi, just downloaded a game called Special Agent in TZX format. I'm using the Fuse emulator on a mac, and when I open the file it won't load the game…

    ... of thing, it's usually a good idea to describe the ... same, except that TZX is a more flexible format and is ... normal way (LOAD "" or choosing Tape Loader from the menu), then Media ...
    gasman gasman August 2006 Emulators
  • Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …

    ...
    No it wasn't. Writing a decent pool or snooker simulation ... it would if I were writing it. This is probably ... br />
    "I had a few on cover tapes on ... appeared on the 16/48 tape - I assume he's ... written in BASIC with a solitary machine code routine ...
    jonathan jonathan August 2006 Games
  • Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …

    ... br /> No it wasn't. Writing a decent pool or snooker simulation ... would if I were writing it. This is probably ... appeared on the 16/48 tape - I assume he' ... written in BASIC with a solitary machine code routine ... Still, maybe there's a sensible explanation to it ...
    Malc74 Malc74 August 2006 Games
  • Spectaculator QuestionsI've been messing around with this great emulator, and was surprised how easy it was for me to load a game from minidisc into Spectaculator as if it …

    He he - the option's there, but it doesn't work. The resulting TZX has just half a Speedlock loader and generates a tape loading error when you try to load it. :)

    Nice idea, though!
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks August 2006 Emulators
  • Spectaculator QuestionsI've been messing around with this great emulator, and was surprised how easy it was for me to load a game from minidisc into Spectaculator as if it …

    ... TZX has just half a Speedlock loader and generates a tape loading error when ... indeed save your snapshots in a nice Speedlock protected TZX, if ... save TZXs that reload with a turboloader. :)

    HTH
    Marko Marko August 2006 Emulators
  • TZX format questionProbably a daft one, but I like to be sure of these things! For a block type 10 (a standard speed data block), the text states that all values in s…

    ... I to presume you mean writing a TZX out from an emulator ... .

    From a preservation point of view, a tape that has all ... world influences (magnetic fields, dust, tape streatch) can all effect these ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker September 2006 Development
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... you could rapidly build a huge library of games ... you could use any tape deck like with the ... still. The built in tape deck was good only in ... Everyone must know that a tuboload is going to ... and tone) to a standard loader. And no tape counter is unforgiveable. ...
    Spector Spector October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... you could use any tape deck like with the ... still. The built in tape deck was good only ... Everyone must know that a tuboload is going to ... and tone) to a standard loader. And no tape counter is unforgiveable. ... have to agree here. A micro-drive would have been ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TZX filesI copied a spectrum tape program onto my PC as a .wav file and used a converter to convert it to a .tzx file. The DOS window appeared during conversi…

    ... results using the Spectrum Tape Loader program But as a rule the volume ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton October 2006 Emulators
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