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  • SpecBAS really needs a manual!That Word doc that I converted to an RTF for you Dunny and ASH-II, is still somewhat sparse. I spent bloody hours PLOT/DRAWing a landscape to steer m…

    ... to an RTF for you Dunny and ASH-II, ... – PNG, GIF and BMP are the most common. Files can ... that when supplying a “graphicstr$” (a graphic in a string, such as ... right in thinking that you can make a drawn line appear ... and chr squares there are so as to use ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch August 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... as to whether you read the instructions).

    A [url="https ... , but that the other 10 are a closely-guarded secret. So what ... , though, in the way you travel through a solar system past various ... short bursts of some music you may have heard in another ...
    Rev_Stuart_Campbell Rev_Stuart_Campbell November 2019 Games
  • How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…

    ... b]I1) For starters, you'd need a C compiler. We will ... is a lightweight text editor.

    While you are using ... one, make a batch file called "build ... if this works, then you have a working development environment. Congrats ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • Using SD card as a ZX Spectrum cart is already possibleHi all, Recently, in a Telegram group, we were thinking why SD cards can't be used as carts for the ZX Spectrum, specially considering how many us…

    ... ESXDOS.

    You can see it working here ... br />
    There you can see how it technically ... games just like others are doing for the Spectrum ... to Amstrad CPC, you can make a CPC/Spectrum SD, ... SD cards, or microSD+adapter are cheap and easy to obtain ...
    Uto Uto October 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What are your thoughts on Speccy-like games?By that I mean games made on other platforms but made to look like they are Speccy games. So, like maybe they stay within 256x192, have colour cla…

    ... made to look like they are Speccy games.
    < ... clash, or maybe they are a larger resolution but somehow ... somewhat true to what makes a Speccy game.
    < ... /> I remember trying out a JSW game on Android that ... Speccy-like games have you enjoyed or not?
    Bloppinius_Blarp Bloppinius_Blarp April 2021 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Did you know that OBD II Code Readers can be bought new very cheaply?I got mine before Covid struck and the cheapest one was about £10 .Most cars built after about 1997 have an OBD II port hidden away usually under th…

    ... mentions them so they are a bit of a secret!!!!). You plug one in ... specialist ones for particular cars are a lot more money . Mine were ... the faults are . And if a fault is easy to fix you can ... then always decide to "have a go" as a DIYer ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio August 2021 Chit chat
  • Why Sir Fred, why?So I thought this morning I would give Sir Fred a bashing. I always liked the idea of the game, but found it too hard and gave up too easily. So here…

    ... this morning I would give Sir Fred a bashing. I always liked ... the secret door resets if you leave the room, so try ... up off the rope giving you more clearance.

    ... stops your jump momentum if you hit any kind of ... I guess I need a bit of a run up to ...
    Luny Luny November 2021 Games
  • Merry Yuletide! To all you pagansSo as not to tread on any PC toes about the right name or purpose for celebrating the winter solstice. I love you guys, you've kept me alive on mo…

    ... br />
    I love you guys, you've kept me alive on ... br />
    Tammy and I are currently residing in Schenectady upstate ... George Washington lived for a while. Its a very charming looking town ... />
    Anyway I hope you all enjoy a couple of days of ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch December 2021 Chit chat
  • Building a ZX Spectrum and I have some voltage questionsI've posted about this before looking for parts, but now I've found all the hard-to-get stuff (thank you Retrolium!). So I figured new questions, new…

    ... to-get stuff (thank you Retrolium!). So I figured ... ). Also, both bricks are unregulated and seem to ... both positive and negative) are a little low since the board ... t populated yet (hence a minimum load)? I should ... offered (and installed) a more robust version of ...
    DistantStar001 DistantStar001 April 2022 Hardware
  • Quiz - my first attempt!And so it is! My first attempt at a quiz... 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a total of 33 points. 2. Give your answers excl…

    ... four mini-adventures included in a disk you had to insert in ... East coin-op where you climbed on a building on fire trying ... Europe by Alligata, you took the role of Sir Henry Morton Stanley ... available in this game there are bombing a POW train and intercepting ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu July 2002 Games
  • New compo!I have decided to attempt to reinstate a classic Speccy tradition, in the vain of an old Sinclair User compo: the begging for games. Sure, all you h…

    You are a madman, sir! :p
    Zagreb Zagreb August 2002 Games
  • The Greatest Spectrum Game Programmer!In my opinion the greatest Spectrum programmer of all time was Pete Cooke, this lone programmer was responsible for some of the best Spectrum games e…

    ... are not so well known, but I bet you played "Fred", "Sir Fred ... " and "La Abad?a del crimen ... coders are Dinamic. Phantis (Game Over II for you, but with a stunning ... I've ever seen in a Speccy (Coloured parallax scrolling and ...
    na_th_an na_th_an February 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …

    ... }

    Message 137
    You are a mile out in open sea ... }^{7}A big red phone rings..^{7}No.2 answers "Yes sir ... ..Of course sir..I'm sure my ... /> Location 31
    You are by a splendid archway by a long row of ...
    BadBeard BadBeard March 2003 Games
  • COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…

    ... i cant swallow. :)[/quote]
    Sir Clive was one of the ... people. For relatively a small price you could have a home computer that ... 'enlightened' vision by sir Clive, it was a good business model too ... 1 inch portable TV's are easily available now, MP3 players ...
    stupidget stupidget July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Microdrives: smelly?They are not talked about much here (probably because nobody had one) but I've always wondered just how good they were. I've heard all the stories ab…

    ... they were.

    When you see one for real, along ... , it makes you realise what a bloody clever bloke Sir Clive was.

    Access times are a little slow, but then waiting ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Editing in-game UDG'sI have just started playing an RPG that was in Sinclair User in 86'. The game is called Forest of Long Shadows and was excellent. You can find it on …

    ... is the start and there are
    52393-52049/8 chars ... /> [/quote]

    A challenge for you sir (should you accept it). As I ... with FOLS there are no UDG's and when you run the ... up the location images are missing. I challenge you to prove me ...
    stupidget stupidget November 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • an idea that could be very very good...but also very very bad...Hello all! I've been having a chat with some of my friends round here that once loved the spectrum (well...2...as they're all heathens round here...)…

    ... and to have a working spectrum you need a ULA! The only ... already mentioned that tapes are a problem - what media are you going to use ... at the same speed as sir Clives original - no processor ... standards.

    If you are determined to build one tho ...
    thingley thingley January 2004 Emulators
  • an idea that could be very very good...but also very very bad...Hello all! I've been having a chat with some of my friends round here that once loved the spectrum (well...2...as they're all heathens round here...)…

    ... already mentioned that tapes are a problem - what media are you going to use ... 4. When you choose to use a real spectrum you lose all of ... are some!) The main one is obviously flashloading. If you built a ... at the same speed as sir Clives original - no processor ...
    Yerz Yerz January 2004 Emulators
  • Erm, wheres Badbeard?Well, where are you?

    ... kind of beard are you growing cyborg? A goatee, a Sir Clive or a full on ... DLT? I never imagined you to ... beard type, but Im sure you look dashing.

    as ... syphilis as well, so its a bit of a bad time.
    Sharopolis Sharopolis February 2004 Games
  • C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…

    ... for the other machines. Sir Clive missed a huge opportunity with the ... . In-game graphics and animation are a separate matter though. But imagine ... screen area and the "pixel" are 2*1 long and only ... .
    [/quote]

    Do you have the URL for this ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2004 Games
  • EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…

    ... . The problem is if you colour the screen in GFX ... and you will see that certain parts of the screen are a ... keys to flash. If you use any colour other than ... man, is he? No sir, Miner Willy likes to be ... were young.
    In a world of magnets and miracles ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2004 Emulators
  • Red Dwarf....Does anyone know, what year was Red Dwarf first broadcast by the BBC? How many years, before or after the last of the mainstream commercial Spectrum…

    MattLamb you are a Smeeeeeeeee... Smeeeeeeeeee.... Smeeeeeeeeeee.... Heeeeeeeeeeeed ;)


    Kryten: Sir they've ... kazza network.. Some of them are a bit poor picture wise , but ...
    Sard Sard June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…

    ... more of a random bug, so sometimes you would be ... others in this thread like Sir Fred, Combat School, ... ones - keep up you lot!) are NOT "this is what ... />
    Try doing a Google for comp.sys.sinclair ... seem to investigate things a bit further (examine the ...
    jil jil June 2004 Games
  • Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…

    ... and the Amstrad E-mailer are examples of 8-bit ... disable virtual memory, you would probably observe a significant speed increase ...


    `Well, you certainly didn't sound very ... dare you sir, you`ve impeached my honour... I dare you to a duel ...
    CKay CKay June 2004 Development
  • Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…

    ... manufactured long before the systems you mention, or rivals like the ... shops:
    'Well Sir, the Spectrum is a fine computer, but for ... more you can have a C64 with a full 64k of memory, a sound ... /> Glad someone knows what they are talking about! he he!
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow September 2004 Games
  • Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…

    ... />
    The colours in brackets are what is achieved from combining ... where all colours are on. All on gets you White and all ... shops:
    'Well Sir, the Spectrum is a fine computer, but for ... more you can have a C64 with a full 64k of memory, a sound ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • spectrum disks for saleI have 296 titles on around 200 disks for sale. Offering them on here first before ebay gets them. Contact me at [email="cluncastle@hotmail.com"]clun…

    ... Barker wrote:
    Or are you anti-preservation like some of ... your other friends you have a consortium with (who are on WoS ... /> [/quote]

    Who are these people? I think we ... />
    _________________
    He sir, is a baboon.

    [ This ...
    monty.mole monty.mole December 2004 Sales
  • sir fredHello. I'm now playing with the game "sir fred" and I have two questions How can I get the sword that is in the room I9 from de map [url="ftp://ftp.w…

    I finally completed Sir Fred a few months ago.

    ... variations are far more difficult than others. And I think you have ... struck on a very difficult one.

    Tell us if you make it and good luck!
    Mikal Mikal January 2005 Games
  • sir fredHello. I'm now playing with the game "sir fred" and I have two questions How can I get the sword that is in the room I9 from de map [url="ftp://ftp.w…

    ... :
    I finally completed Sir Fred a few months ago.
    are far more difficult than others. And I think you ... have struck on a very difficult one.< ... br />
    Tell us if you make it and good luck ... it again and making a RZX file to share ...
    Daren Daren January 2005 Games
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