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An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
... 3D real-time rendering
-Animation of big sprites
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Vague Memory of a GameI am trying to remember the name of this game. I think it is a Spectrum game as I think I actually remember the color clash! I think it played on a…
... as well. I think the background color was black and the ... -
Framerate of Spectrum gamesI was reading a bit about framerates in modern games and it got me wondering about the Speccy. First off I'd hoped to find what framerate my old gam…
... 's pretty clear that the animation / responsiveness is a lot smoother ... to the quality of the animation, which graphics people got better ... -
Diagnosing Spectrum 48k (faulty RAM chip?)I have a Spectrum 48k (I believe it may be an upgraded 16k model) that doesn't work, and never has ever since the owner gave it to me. When you turn …
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packers / crunchers and general compressionI'm just curious where I would find such things, coming from a c64 background also , there is shedloads. I mean the obvious things like crunchers fo…
Graphical Amusementsstefano (another z88dk bod) has been working on something interesting: run them with the usual LOAD "" [url]http://stefanob.webs.com/rabbit.tap[/ur…
stefano (another z88dk bod) has been working on ...Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …
... to the screen, first restoring background at their old positions and ...Virus Alert HELPDear Tech Support: 2009/11 I am still having trouble with this program. I was told that Blair v7.0 would continue being in operation until at least…
... already installed as a utilities background program with Blair V.1 ...Mrs Is Away For The Weekend :)Well the Mrs has been away since Saturday morning (took the lil' guy with her too! :( ) Anyway, I decided to go to the local boxing gym to brush up o…
... The Tiger blasting in the background from my ghetto blaster which ...+2 (grey) Faulty Black & White StripesI believe that there was a thread before about a +2 with same problem but I couldn't find it. So I am posting again hoping to find the same advice. …
... white stripes on a white background every time it starts up ...Who here knows bash scriptingI want to write a script that looks in a particular directory and finds all *.jpg *.jpeg .png etc. files, and executes a command on each of these, wa…
Speccy WallpaperHello, this is my first post on these forums. I was looking around the other day for a nice Speccy background for my PC and couldn't find one so I m…
... day for a nice Speccy background for my PC and couldn ...Introducing my new game: HeritageAs I've already said in another topic I'd like to bring my own little contribution to "Make this Christmas special" action. Let me introduce my new S…
... has quite nice graphics and animation and when I have seen ...question about generating tap files with z88dkIs there any way to modify the output of appmake without recompiling the appmake binary. The tap file it outputs does a [CODE]randomize usr var "3276…
Is there any way to modify the output of appmake without recompiling the appmake binary. The tap file it outputs does a [CODE]randomize usr var "32768"[/CODE]
(Why the conversion from a string?) I need it to just use the numerical value, as open82 ...YSRnRY: Xmas Special DVD ISO image now available over BitTorrentHeya! I've tested this DVD ISO image on my regular DVD player here and it looks pretty damned good on TV. I've also put chapter points at the start …
... leave it going in the background and it'll get to ..."Games Involved" ThreadThis thread's aim is to introduce the real life situations, events, ideas and inspirations as seen by a [I]gamer[/I]... ZX Spectrum, console or PC p…
... for this thread would be "animation VS animator",
but I ...A questionMay I ask, how all Speccy adaptations of [B]paper[/B] japanese crosswords became inspired of Nintendo Inc? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpu…
... that authors were inspired by animation series, not the game.Game & Watch - Fire RC-04The original game. [IMG]http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq45/FrankT4/fire.jpg[/IMG] My speccy conversion progress. [IMG]http://i432.photobucket.c…
... have to set up an animation loop for the bouncing men ...A side scrolling platform game with colour?Just a call to all the zx programmers that a mario/sonic type game needs to be done, love turbo the tortoise but colour is needed in this, even if i…
... if its on a black background who cares it's night ... the boat level, uses blue background with different coloured sprites and ...Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…
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* Socket library for the z88dk.
* ROM module management system ...spectrum loading noise on Bluetones CDWas listening earlier to the Bluetones 'Return to the last chance saloon' CD. During the instrumental part of 'The Jub jub bird' there was a noise i…
Was listening earlier to the Bluetones 'Return to the last chance saloon' CD. During the instrumental part of 'The Jub jub bird' there was a noise in the background that sounded like a spectrum game loading. Listen to the track and you'll hear it.Loading program over the MIC jackI put the plug into the wrong jack and loaded a program over the MIC jack. Is it possible that the ZX 48K is damaged because after a while the pic c…
Gaming Epiphany?!?!?Not sure if this has been asked before, but, here goes. I was wondering which games people had played on what ever system and thought 'WOW now that?…
... Deluxe for graphics, sound and animation!!
Castle Master on ...Playing undeleted video filesI've dug out an old 320GIG SATA external hard drive which I've stuck in a tower. I've run a file undelete program on it and have found tons of vide…
... Clone Wars plus some classic animation episodes.
Thanks in ...OptimisationI've participated in several thread hijacks about this, so perhaps I should open a new thread. Et VIOLA! Here it is! Knuth, who was earlier reporte…
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EDIT: This is good background reading [url]http://www.faqs ...My first program - a vertical scrollerHi all, I'm new here. Nice to meet you all! A couple of weeks ago I decided to learn Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the Spec…
... next goal is to add animation and collision detection, and make ...Sinclair QL - What Programs were available?I have now re-launched the Sinclair QL Wiki with a new theme and added background information on even more software - I have a stack of software stil…
... a new theme and added background information on even more software ...Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…
... the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work ...My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
... I've been playing with z88dk and splib (with a little ... from the UWOL source code -- z88dk and splib are pretty hard ...Alice in Wonderland 3DToday I've seen this film, nice 3d athmosphere, the look and feel is similar to classical PC RPG games, you are watching a role playing experience. T…
... in contrast with objects in background. For example a moment when ...

