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So which 8-bitter was biggest in which country?ewgf's topic "Be honest now..." got me thinking about this. As we got people from most European countries here and also a few abroad, tell us which 8…
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New game out now: Final Fantasy ZXEver since I played the games on the SNES, I thought that it should be possible to make a strapped-down version for the Speccy. Just minus any super …
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Z88dk on the Mac?Is this possible to do at the moment? I've seen that there is 1.6 available for Tiger on Source Forge, but there doesn't seem to be much in the arch…
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Change color from the starting screen?How can I change the background color from the starting screen permanently? I wish to have this for my ZX 48K. Micky
How can I change the background color from the starting screen permanently? I wish to have this for my ZX 48K.
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48k Timing Tests...Here's v1 of the timing tests for the 48k Spectrum, with a little background [IMG]http://www.zxspectrum4.net/images/timing_test_v1.jpg[/IMG] [URL="…
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Game w/ character moving inside a castleI'm looking for examples of games with a recurring theme and if I'm not mistaken there's no list or a way to search for them. A forum and Infoseek se…
... , chandeliers, fire torches (usually with animation), shelves with books, wood doors ... -
Why do you love Willy? Can you help?Hi all, I'm currently finishing the first year of my Foundation Degree in Computer Enterprise (MMU) and for one of my last assignments, I'll be usin…
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New Game: Heart StealerMy first platformer is finally released! Having a Speccy since a long time ago, I've really wanted to make a game for it. Since february, I've final…
Flood II animations from 1992 (not Spectrum!).Here's a video of some animations & graphics I did for a game called 'Flood 2' in 1992 which I was making for a company called 'Bullfrog'. It was nev…
... . At the end is my animation of 'Kuato' from the game ...RIP Frodo the Rendering Beast, 2006-2010Please, no flowers :) Frodo died a couple of days ago whilst rendering a very-close-to-finished version of the 1990 chapter intro animation. Rather …
... of the 1990 chapter intro animation. Rather sad, but to be ... and CPU, and was having animation rendering times measured in *days ... detail to the 1990 intro animation to take advantage, I think ...Games that made your jaw dropThere were some games that really 'wowed' you the first time you ever played them - those games that made your jaw drop in disbelief. It might have b…
... .html"]Scuba Dive[/URL] - the animation on the sea creatures and ...What does this screen mean?Hi, I wonder if someone might be able to shed some light on what this screen means when powering up the machine: [url]http://i720.photobucket.com/a…
... /photo.jpg[/url]
Background is that I sold a ...PLEASE HELP ME: favorite zx 48k games onto game boy advance with FooN injectorDear World of Spectrum forum users, as first a very [B]big thanks[/B] for your great database and the effort to bring up [I]the world largest zx spe…
... , some music plays in the background and then the gray main ...Lunar Jetman and +3Has anybody got Lunar Jetman to work on native +3 mode? Converted to disk , will load up fine but freezes on blank screen before the game starts. Aft…
Has anybody got Lunar Jetman to work on native +3 mode?
Converted to disk , will load up fine but freezes on blank screen before the game starts.
After reseting you can see the graphics in the background for a split second.Google gone fancy.Has anyone else noticed that the background to Google's home page now contains a fancy if a little gawdy background? What's all that about then? Is …
... anyone else noticed that the background to Google's home page ... fancy if a little gawdy background?
What's all ... allows you to change the background. I'd pick plain white ...Sprite MaskingI was looking at the sprites in some games, and noticed they have sprite followed by mask. Usually a row at a time (so the mask is sort of interleave…
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Get the background byte
AND it with ...Loading screen recreation in HTML 5I have just developed a LOAD "" SCREEN$ simulation using the new canvas object in HTML. It is imitating the image bytes loading, as well as the attr…
... attributes pass, including the border animation. A recent browser such as ...What's the law regarding writing sequels to old books?I've long been tempted to attempt to write a sequel to a series of childrens stories that were originally written back in the period 1939-early 1950s…
... happen to have a legal background who would know whether this ...Matt Smith as Doctor Who?Now that Matt Smith's first series (or season) as the Doctor has ended, how do you rate him? Do you think he's done a good job, is suitable for the p…
... when she's in the background of a scene, and together ...The Joffa Smiff Vid-Pic Depository.To All Friends of Jonathan Smith AKA Frobush. As most of us know, Frobush posted many short video clips and pictures on the WoS forum. Some videos …
... very random and without a background "story" ... he just took up ...Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…
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See here for background on the keyboard, including reviews ...Sir Clive interview on Dutch TVMy dad called me to say he spotted Sir Clive on Dutch TV channel "Het Gesprek", it was part of BBC's Click program reporting on internet / tech gadge…
... see first image, some 'loading' animation appears, and nothing ever happens ...Adventures with music?Does anybody know off the top of their head if there were any text adventure games with background music? I can't think of any but I wasn't a big adv…
Does anybody know off the top of their head if there were any text adventure games with background music? I can't think of any but I wasn't a big adventurer in my old Spectrum days..Picture interference on red areas.I recently got a 48K Speccy off eBay, did a composite mode and it seemed to work OK, but then my TV had to go off for repair so I didn't use it for a…
... power-on or the black background of most games look fine ...Developing on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)Ok, so I decided to install Ubuntu as my main OS, but keep XP as a bootable partition just in case I err mess up Ubuntu, :) I also have XP VM in Virt…
... can't find anything except z88dk which goes right over my ...Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... and borders, and a black background is the Spectrum's best ... , 1 colour characters with the background used as ink for detail ...Granny's Garden[IMG]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Granny%27sGardenWitch.gif[/IMG] As I'm sure everyone is aware, Granny's garden is not permitted for distribut…
... version had a nice black background.
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[*]So ...Recommended hi-res Speccy wallpaperHi. Just setting up my HTPC in the living room and thought that it would be nice to have some retro wallpaper(s) but no idea where is a good source. …
... rubber key model in the background).
Can anyone link ...Sploogie SymphonyJust started work on a hopefully epic long tune. Gonna be my special project. I can't spend any time on anything else while I'm having a creative m…
... themes for the characters and background, then trying to piece it ...