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Videolympics and Homebrew Gaming WeekendOld games for old computers! New games for old computers! A pub! Naked ladies*! What more could you possibly want in an event for 8-bit gamers?! …
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In Java for ZXHi All I am glad to notify you that I have opened the sources of my J2Z80 translator (0.1 version) which allows to use Java toolchain to generate Z8…
... (16 bit signed), short(16 bit signed),char (8 bit unsigned), byte (8 bit signed)
Microsoft grant distribution permission for Ultimate games!In a surprising announcement, Microsoft, the owners of Rare Ltd, have given the go ahead for their entire back catalogue of 8-bit games to be made fr…
... their entire back catalogue of 8-bit games to be made freely ...Google Maps 8-bit[youtube]rznYifPHxDg[/youtube] A Spectrum version soon? Click here to try it [url]http://maps.google.com/[/url]
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A Spectrum version soon?
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[url]http://maps.google.com/[/url]Optimize this: Distance CalculationBased on a taylor series expansion, suggested by NA_TH_AN, I've got this so far, which is far far faster than SQR(X^2+y^2) Formula is: in a right an…
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bit code, though - so it ... ended up as 16 bit. I'm sure it ... this up by making it 8 bit calculations doing clever carry tricks ...This week is 'Retro Week' on The Register[QUOTE][B]Retro Week[/B] Thirty years ago today, a pre-knighthood Sir Clive Sinclair launched his first colour computer, the ZX Spectrum, and the ea…
... many, many other - usually incompatible - 8-bit micros of the time, we ...Ten 8-bit ClassicsThe Register's Retro Week continues with these ten classics from Lucy Orr [url]http://www.reghardware.com/2012/04/25/retro_week_ten_eight_bit_classi…
The Register's Retro Week continues with these ten classics from Lucy Orr
[url]http://www.reghardware.com/2012/04/25/retro_week_ten_eight_bit_classic_games/[/url]
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Games bought in IndiaI'm spending honey moon to Goa, and Ill be 2 days in Bombain... I've already been at a flea market and saw tons of bargains: 8 bit games (those GBA 1…
... and saw tons of bargains: 8 bit games (those GBA 145 games ...Freax - The Art Album (Demoscene art book - Spectrum, C64, Amstrad, ST, Amiga...)I've got the following hardback book on sale on eBay as a Buy It Now listing. "FREAX - THE ART ALBUM", which is in excellent condition. (286 pages, …
... Falcon, Amstrad CPC, PC (8-bit oldschool, 24-bit newschool, ANSI, ASCII) plus ...Retrospectiva 2012We would like to invite the Sinclair community to a little online competition we organize each year called Retrospectiva. [URL="http://rsp.retrocomp…
... competition is open to all 8-bit platforms, the only exception we ...OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…
... (remove BASIC lines), DIR (toggle 8-bit character set support), EDIT (edit ... 16-bit hex), \ (for entering 16-bit octal), ~ (for converting 16-bit decimal ... $ handling. Supports matching UDGs and 8-bit character sets.
* No ...CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…
... have chosen base b=2^8. I was also interested how ... , so I have chosen r=8 rather than the tempting r ... Z80 variant, which returns the 8 bit result in A:
8 bits at once, most of ...So say a WOS'er won the lottery......and they wanted to finance the scene in some way, what would be the best thing they could do? Pay for licenses to get a few games undenienced? G…
... /> Adjust the American dominance of 8 bit representation on the web (ie ...Speccy characters in plastic anyone?Browsing the brilliant HackaDay website, I stumbled across this nice prog for those who want to recreate some 8-bit nostalgia in plastic glory - i.e.…
... who want to recreate some 8-bit nostalgia in plastic glory - i ...If The Spectrum Never Existed...Out of curiosity... Just say the Spectrum was never made, what computer would you have opted for as an alternative back in the early-mid 80s? BBC M…
... 've been looking at the '8-bit wars' on Youtube and have ...Any such thing as an 8bit radio station?I remember ages ago hearing about Starglider radio but I don't know if it's still going. Does anyone know of an 8 bit radio station? Love that sort …
I remember ages ago hearing about Starglider radio but I don't know if it's still going. Does anyone know of an 8 bit radio station?
Love that sort of thing!Get Lamp InterviewsJason Scott, author of the interactive fiction documentary "GET LAMP" has posted unused footage from interviews that were not published in the commer…
... where he talks about the 8-bit computers, the birth of text ...RFC: Chloe-1252 hi-res 80 column fontOk, have done the full Windows-1252 character set (which is easy to display in video mode 1 in SE Basic using 8-bit ASCII mode). [img]https://dl.dro…
... 1 in SE Basic using 8-bit ASCII mode).
[img ...Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... and Heartland, development was a bit more organized and we had ... - The Robin game changes a bit from one computer to another ... was not possible on the 8 bit platforms. We settled on the ...While I remember, and before I forget...Which one of these makes more "sense" visually? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/FWxtV.png[/IMG] VS. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/n2vPb.png[/IMG] I know that e…
... name or pic-link some 8-bit examples where either style is ...Using R as a loop counterThis is just something silly I've found a while back. xD [b][How-to][/b] Setup your routine like this:[code] ld a,X ;see below ld r,a loop ;your …
... way to loop using an 8-bit register, yay!
So ...What other systems to try, and why?Just for the fun of it: Suppose, by some weird force of nature you've become bored with the ZX Spectrum :lol: AND still have some free time left, wh…
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Other (8-bit) homecomputers? 16-bit machines? 32-bit machines? Console XYZ ...Suggested Spectrum model for retro hobbyist?I'm planning on getting myself a Spectrum of some sorts to add one of the most famous 8-bit computers to my retro collection (already have C64, A1200…
... one of the most famous 8-bit computers to my retro collection ...Christmas-themed games?Hi all, I thought that this would be the most logical place to ask: if anyone is making a Christmas-themed game for the Spectrum or other 8-bit mach…
... for the Spectrum or other 8-bit machine that they plan to ...Looking for Inves Spectrum +, Spanish Spectrum 128K, Microdigital TK-90X or TK-95Hi, As title, I am looking for several different machines. An Inves Spectrum + A Spanish Sinclair Spectrum 128K A Brazillian (PAL-M) or Argentini…
... large trade list with 8 bit and 16 bit computers and consoles from ...Interview with Clive Townsend (Saboteur)Here you have at [URL="http://www.elmundodelspectrum.com"]www.elmundodelspectrum.com[/URL] this exclusive interview with Clive Townsend. Don?t forget…
... the Spectrum and load that bit of code in along with ... Gear, Genesis) very different from 8 bit computers?[/I]
Not really ... Santa Pics. Some are a bit blurry but you may be ...Microcontrollers and the SpectrumBeing unusually busy lately, I didn?t get a chance to comment at the time on a remark in an older thread, but I shall take the liberty of doing it no…
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Most 8 bit microcontrollers generally won't have ... ?Parallel Slave Port?, composed of: 8 data (3-state), 2 address ...Fastest Z80?Hi , Could somebody explain more about the Kawasaki Z80 33 MHz to me? Is it fully backwards binary compatible with older Z80s and could it be used a…
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? Up to 33 ...Retro Gamer 112New issue is out soon, a real 8-bit treat with an article on Chaos (and lords of Chaos) and a making of the Martech run and gunner Rex which I did a …
... is out soon, a real 8-bit treat with an article on ...
