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What game stopped you from venturing out to play with your matesFrom the topics on here it seems most of us are in our late 20's or 30s possibly 40s so most of us will have been playing spectrum games when we was …
As far as the speccy is concerned, a whole lot of them, namely Batman (Jon & Bernie), Zynaps and Match Day.
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what were your most..................what were your most memoriable times of the zx spectrum and why? :) octave
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NTSC MONITORLast year I bought a +2 at eBay. I live in New York, USA. I had a +2 when I was in Portugal (6 years ago). I posted a topic here and 2 persons told m…
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Emulation on Gameboy AdvanceHi everyone! I saw a topic about spectrum games on mobile phones... and it came to my mind: how about a full loaded speccy emulator for the new Nint…
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Games that are more fun than they should beI've just been playing Gnasher, my fave pacman clone on the speccy. And it occurred to me, that i could easily play the arcade original pac-man on ma…
... Speccy version!
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Games UNDERated by magazinesYep, a slight twist on the previous topic. Which were the games you thought were underrated by mags, but were really much better in your opinion. …
... speccy.
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Best font in a gameMy faves would have to be: 1. Hobbit 2. Starquake 3. Nodes of Yesod 4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5. Knightlore 2 to 5 are stocking fillers compared…
My favs would be:
1) Exolon (cool space fonts!)
2) Zynaps
3) Never ending story
4) Adventures by Brian Howarth (Gremlin for example)
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Where are you from / who are you / do you still use the real SpectrumJust three questions to see how divers the Spectrumworld is and how many users are still around. If you want to stay anonymous, just answer the last …
... need some hardware to generate scrolling margues, logo overlays to that ... , called "TV STUDIO", it generates scrolling margues, titles, puts logos on ... -
Quiz IV (Oh God not another one!!!)Yup, another chance to prove your knowledge of Speccy games. Some questions are cryptic, some aren't! One point per corecct answer. Post your answ…
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Quiz IV (Oh God not another one!!!)Yup, another chance to prove your knowledge of Speccy games. Some questions are cryptic, some aren't! One point per corecct answer. Post your answ…
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18. Name the scrolling shooter by Mikro-Gen where ... -
Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
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5: Scrolling, rolling shoot `em up. Destroy ... -
The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…
... on emulators..
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Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
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Emulation and Debugging functionality[Cut n Paste from the original CSS post] Hi all, I'm currently working on SPIN's debugger, which is coming along nicely. Mostly, it's been devel…
... I open a file called Zynaps.tzx. I play the game ... 't change. It still shows Zynaps.tzx. So when I navigate ... -
Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
snif.. Im not on podium..
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Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
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What Spectrum games do you play most, currently?What Spectrum games do you play most, currently? Mine are: -Match Day -Match Point -Decathlon
Jetpac vs Lunar JetmanTo be honest, I've never given Lunar Jetman the chance, so I want others to tell me what they think is the best of the two. Jet Pac is a totally diff…
... as Jetpac, but with screen scrolling, with the additional enter/exit ...What Spectrum games do you play most, currently?What Spectrum games do you play most, currently? Mine are: -Match Day -Match Point -Decathlon
The games I'm playing currently are:
1) Slightly magic (Atari ST)
2) Mega Turrican (Sega)
3) Zynaps (Speccy)
4) Dynamite Dan (Speccy)
5) Myth (Amiga)ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
I think Cobra is superb, and it was sideways scrolling too, generally considered harder than upwards scrolling a la Commando.ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
Smooth horizontal scrolling was easy to obtain on ... , much more than smooth vertical scrolling, due to the peculiar way ... had first class horizontal scrolling, but vertical scrolling was another cup of ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
moon patrol got decent sideways scrolling,even had parallax,daleys decathlon wasnt to bad at scrolling.
A mention to extreme as well as this did decent up down left and right scrolling without any colour clash...amazing!ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
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Smooth horizontal scrolling was easy to obtain ... first class horizontal scrolling, but vertical scrolling was another cup ... Spectrum, but especially sideways scrolling gave him hell. But ... remember Wheelie having great scrolling and that was sideways ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... should be for the bit scrolling in. Then you need to ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... one-pixel horizontal scrolling compared to vertical scrolling. However, I ... generally easier to program horizontal scrolling. If you know how ... you any problems. Vertical scrolling however, means you have ... I agree that vertical scrolling is easier to do ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
Yes. You are quite right. Scrolling a speccy screen is painful ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
and most dinamic games (AMC1, AMC2, After the war, Navy moves, etc.) use 8 pixel scrolling.ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... to write than a vertical scrolling routine, but would be harder ... speed.
I think scrolling made some games worse - Cybernoid ... it had been done with scrolling it would have had to ... (unless it was character square scrolling) etc.FoonI've recently discovered Foon, which is a Speccy emulator that runs on the Gameboy Advance. I have used it with a GBA emulator to try and get a feel…
Yep, is cool!
Zynaps is totally cool on Foon!! =)ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... /> I still maintain that vertical scrolling is a lot more straightforward ...