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Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…
... a PC disk controller to read/write C64 disks ... don't come close to spectrum utilities as far as abundance ... variety ( dare i say [B]spectrum[/B] instead? ;) ) of things ... />
ive been to ftp sites and found quite ... other hand are easy to make disk images of, ... -
Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…
... ' they don't come close to spectrum utilities as far as abundance ... variety ( dare i say [B]spectrum[/B] instead? ;) ) of things you ... interface/disk drive for the Spectrum in Sweden...). I only have ... a Spectrum+ which means no serial port ... -
EmuZWin problem!Hello! I'm trying to load Fairlight I into EmuZWin v2.4.004. It don't load at all. I'v tryed several versions of fairlight I and II. Thees files …
... rename supported ROM 16/32K to Spectrum.rom and put it ... expecially with sprites , you need to manually repaint every animation frame ... works. Just select something to make copy/paste available.
to find sprites in AutoWidth mode ... -
EmuZWin problem!Hello! I'm trying to load Fairlight I into EmuZWin v2.4.004. It don't load at all. I'v tryed several versions of fairlight I and II. Thees files …
... rename supported ROM 16/32K to Spectrum.rom and put it ... expecially with sprites , you need to manually repaint every animation frame ... works. Just select something to make copy/paste available.
to find sprites in AutoWidth mode ... -
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…
... support is going to be soley responsible for a spectrum colourisation revival ... and let's go back to spectrum colourisation revival!!
By ... t have to recolor every single bit to be able to see something ... I have no power to decide what to display on the ... -
Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... far can you stretch the Spectrum feel/experience?
... while I'm happy to play old Spectrum classics and on occasion ... " by changing/adding new features to Spectrum games as long as the ... well-chosen new sounds ("true" Spectrum feeling might be lost, of ... -
My first attempt at Gigascreen interlacingWonderful. Did some research on the port which controls memory paging and wrote a short BASIC programme to switch pages 5 and 7 in and out of the scr…
... the Amstrad PCW256 DOS, ported to Spectrum.
In my opinion ... -
My first attempt at Gigascreen interlacingWonderful. Did some research on the port which controls memory paging and wrote a short BASIC programme to switch pages 5 and 7 in and out of the scr…
... the Amstrad PCW256 DOS, ported to Spectrum.
In my opinion ... -
new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…
... any of you actively program spectrum games still or is this ... on improvements of my PC to Spectrum graphic converter called "bmp2scr" that ... earlier :).
Visit my Homepage to download my self-written games ... -
My first attempt at Gigascreen interlacingWonderful. Did some research on the port which controls memory paging and wrote a short BASIC programme to switch pages 5 and 7 in and out of the scr…
... lowest 6912 bytes of RAM to display the screen, at ... . you CAN load screens to ram and call them up ... it's too slow from Basic to use this as interlace ( ... decent result if you were to do two screens from ... code. ive already been trying to do this, or actually, ... -
COVOX works?My Sprinter "simulates" a COVOX soundcard at port 4Fh, but I don't know how to use it! Can anyone explain to me the process of programming it? (To be…
... Spectrum beeper is one-bit D/A converter.. or to ... so it is very similar to spectrum beeper...
... sounds by sending values to port where COVOX is ... />
spectrum 48
write 1 to bit 4 at ... /> but
write 255 to covox
wait
write ... -
New utterly crap game!Inspired by Andy Herbert's crappy game I decided that I should try and produce a similar if not better (or worse depending on how you look at it) eff…
... have I decided to convert Dash It entirely to machine code. And ... ! I used Hi Soft Basic to compile it to machine code. nitpickers!). The ... much so that I had to add a variable speed/difficulty ... br />
The pure BASIC version continues to be available at:
+D/Disciple games archive?Hi all, Having finally got my disciple to work, I'm starting to have a look at hacking multiload games. Is there any archive on the web with games t…
Hi AA,
You've lost me a bit there with the technical side. I'm a complete newbie to spectrum hacking. I'll read through again slowly.
I can't seem to get the links to work?
Thanks for your help,
MikeyZX-BUS?Hmmmm..... While reading Your posts here, I have an impression that various models of ZX Spectrum have various zx-bus ports. Is that true? I knew t…
... . This allows some ZX81 peripherals to be connected to the 2068 without modification ... ]
Did the TS1000 (American ZX81) have the same edge connector ... as our British ZX81. If not, then isn't ...Retro Gamer issue 4It's now out (a few days early by my reckoning), with the news that it's now monthly!!! Pity the CD's a bag of shite though. [ This Message was edi…
I look forward to a future cover CD being devoted to Spectrum AY music, perhaps with some Amiga music as an afterthought. Why concentrate on the Commode, as if that music was the best thing since sliced bread? :)Retro Gamer issue 4It's now out (a few days early by my reckoning), with the news that it's now monthly!!! Pity the CD's a bag of shite though. [ This Message was edi…
... future cover CD being devoted to Spectrum AY music, perhaps with some ...Retro Gamer issue 4It's now out (a few days early by my reckoning), with the news that it's now monthly!!! Pity the CD's a bag of shite though. [ This Message was edi…
... future cover CD being devoted to Spectrum AY music, perhaps with some ...ZX-BUS?Hmmmm..... While reading Your posts here, I have an impression that various models of ZX Spectrum have various zx-bus ports. Is that true? I knew t…
... . This allows some ZX81 peripherals to be connected to the 2068 without modification ... ]
Did the TS1000 (American ZX81) have the same edge connector ... as our British ZX81. If not, then isn't ...Gamepark gp32This may have been asked before but does anybody have a GP32? If so, how good is the Spectrum emulation & is it possible to configure the system to m…
... the buttons can be mapped to Spectrum keys. It's probably dependant ... 2, kempston, maybe even possible to redefine keys. i say that ... necessary software and cable to upload the games to the cartridges, and ... give you a definitive answer to your question. if not you ...Playing spectrum games -------------> CareerI got my 1st spectrum in 1984, my most recent only last week from a car boot sale. At around the same time (1984) I was the only person in my junior …
... researcher might seem to be little or no related to Spectrum gaming. And ... . However if I am able to type with both hands at ... any error, I owe it to the countless hours I spent ...Sneaky/ underhand things you did, to get ur grubby mitts on those precious speccy gamesWell, i got 3 which i need to get of my chest after all these years. 1) Had a friend across the road, went on holiday with him and his parents and w…
... little boy when it came to Spectrum games - my collection is ... eighties, were all the latest Spectrum releases were available full price ... Amiga games were copies thanks to a nice little network we ... least I still have my Spectrum collection. That's the important ...SAGA 1 Emperor KeyboardI have a SAGA Emperor replacement keyboard gathering dust in the attic, and was thinking of auctioning it on Ebay, but don't know what it's worth. Sh…
I used to dream about the Saga Emperor ... me equalled going on vacation to Spectrum-land), I bought my +2 ...Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
... which had numerous different elements to it. I think you had ... to travel through a maze, ... and chose a door to open, and perhaps even ... Mission. Though we edited the basic to reflect his recent holiday in ... ... I guess you had to be there. :)Great escape...Hi my friends, I download Spectaculator ver 6.25 and then grab the Great escape, but I had problems in playing the game... I just use the keyboard …
... playing with 6789 and 0 to fire, which is the other ... have a little program in BASIC to win much more lives (much ... />
I saw a option to put Poke memory but I ... and value (I tried yet to use a tip for poke ... memory to get more lives for LN2 ...What *Should* Have Been the Last Game to Be PublishedHi All, Inspired by the the thread about the last public/official/etc. Spectrum game, in your opinion, what would have been the ultimate (no hint in…
... lot of software houses tried to "push to Spectrum to its limits" instead of ...I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…
Isn't going from learning binary to Spectrum emulation a bit of big jump?
I suspect there are a few steps in between that need to be dealt with first...Best emulator to use for type-insHi Everyone, I have loads of spectrum basic / mc code I had written when I was at school - some cool stuff, I'd like to type it in (from 4" silver p…
... enter a few lines of BASIC to see how easy it is ... .
For BASIC:
If it's more ...+3 Disk Drive "B:"Help me please! I've Googled 'till I can't Google no more. Is there an EASY way to fit a 3.5" FDD to the drive B: connector on the +3, and when it i…
... format the 3.5" disk to spectrum format, but I have a ... . and have got another PSU to run it. I have also ...Help with a type-in programI've been typing in all the programs from "Games for Your ZX Spectrum" by Peter Shaw, & I've hit a snag with the 'Draughts' program. Basically what …
I've now submitted it to jil, so hopefully it will ... CGC page shortly for all ZX81 aficionados to, erm, admire! ;)
to next, I wonder? There should ...
