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- Sat May 04, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Rave to the sound of... a ZX Spectrum loading
- Replies: 16
- Views: 736
Re: Rave to the sound of... a ZX Spectrum loading
Aphex Twin's Cornish Acid starts with some quiet loading noise and ends with a header (which I checked in an emulator and it identifies itself as STARSTRIKE) https://youtu.be/zPzgeK8tBp0 It runs into Peek 824545201 on the album but the loading noise that opens that track isn't from any version of St...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:56 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 15
- Views: 527
Re: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
I've only just clocked that the Action Farce II demo is marked in ZXDB as "never released" so I guess that could be another one to add to the poll when it's re-run!
(The "best budget game demo" poll that it was recently included in should be unaffected since it got 0 votes there)
(The "best budget game demo" poll that it was recently included in should be unaffected since it got 0 votes there)
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1682
Re: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
np. I should've known you'd already be on top of it
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1682
Re: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
There’s a handful of games originally from outside the UK that might need a little thought about the category they go into. Eg. Dustin was originally released in Spain as a Spanish-language game; the only English-language release it got was on a YS cover tape. So it’s technically a re-release of a g...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:01 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Longest wait between Speccy sequels?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 664
Re: Longest wait between Speccy sequels?
There was a 34-year gap between Saboteur II (1987) and Saboteur: Deep Cover (2021).
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
- Replies: 29
- Views: 809
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Little bugs in the database 6
- Replies: 148
- Views: 7902
Re: Little bugs in the database 6
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4537/ZX-Spectrum/Skateboard The game's name is currently "Skateboard", with "Skateboard Construction System" being an "also known as" name. However the cover art, instructions, game loading screen and the game itself all call it &qu...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2690
Re: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
Ah that's annoying! Okay, let's try this instead:
https://easyupload.io/mmt5u7
And if all else fails I'll see if I can put it up on youtube or something at the weekend.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2690
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:01 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2690
Re: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
You can see the end screen of Gyron Atrium in ~30 seconds if you exploit a bug : Start the game and move the gun sight up about half way up the tower just in front of you. Take your finger off the fire button and move forward at full speed. When you crash into the wall you will lose some of your shi...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Little bugs in the database 6
- Replies: 148
- Views: 7902
Re: Little bugs in the database 6
On that subject, the authors/contributors section could do with some attention. The game includes the following credits: Program by S.Hollingworth,M.Incley,P.Harrap. Graphics by N.Adamson. The manual credits: Game Design: Peter Harrap, Neil Adamson, Tony Kavanagh Programming: Peter Harrap, Shaun Hol...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Chesskelet revamped - 269 bytes
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2664
Re: Chesskelet revamped - 269 bytes
Oops yes good shout! I had working links then somehow pasted in non-working ones!
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Chesskelet revamped - 269 bytes
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2664
Re: Chesskelet revamped - 269 bytes
I wrote the author on YouTube (where he had only 2 subscribers), but he didn't respond. It seems the world record holding program is lost forever. It was not archived anywhere. I've managed to track down this page: http://borialabs.free.nf/chesskelet/ The snapshots page is broken but the snapshots ...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:45 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Knock-offs of movie licenses
- Replies: 11
- Views: 437
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:53 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Durell: vote
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1077
Re: The best Speccy game by Durell: vote
I was just wondering why there is no Chain Reaction on the list. Itis an official sequel to Critical Mass, but the game is most interesting because the 128k version has an "unplanned" easter egg. Due to a bug in the game, it’s not possible to hear the beautiful Jean-Michel Jarre tune, ada...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 9:42 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: SpecEmu or another emulator with a good Debugger?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 646
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:50 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Curious eyebrow-raisers from Sinclair User's Gremlin column
- Replies: 92
- Views: 3821
Re: Curious eyebrow-raisers from Sinclair User's Gremlin column
Dead cat 'Selwyn' was the 'beloved pet' which inspired the game Paws . The comment "Gremlin thought the game was inspired by the idea of acquiring the rights to the musical Cats , but let it pass" is probably closer to the mark given the pre-release reviews... https://i.ibb.co/1b8rmTT/ima...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:01 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games with their own "Airwolf Wall"
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1445
Re: Games with their own "Airwolf Wall"
Rigel’s Effing Revenge.
- Tue Jul 25, 2023 12:04 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Alligata: vote
- Replies: 14
- Views: 427
Re: The best Speccy game by Alligata: vote
I’ve also got some nostalgia of Son of Blagger, there used to be a small independent computer game shop near where I lived and the owner gave me a copy of Son of Blagger for free because someone had ripped out the colour code protection that was printed on the back. I never did manage to get the co...
- Sun Jun 25, 2023 2:04 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Curious eyebrow-raisers from Sinclair User's Gremlin column
- Replies: 92
- Views: 3821
Re: Curious eyebrow-raisers from Sinclair User's Gremlin column
Don Priestley gets a slagging off for writing "three pages of drivel emanating from his 'seminar' on the game [ Minder by DK'Tronics ]". It states that TV spinoffs are inspiring programmers to develop new forms of Artificial Intelligence. "Priestley says he's not sure what AI is, but...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:18 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: New forum game -- Spectrum graphics in the real world?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 7852
Re: New forum game -- Spectrum graphics in the real world?
That would be my guess also.
- Wed May 31, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Overclocking Fred
- Replies: 2
- Views: 245
Overclocking Fred
I stumbled across this Russian blog post recently about patching Fred to run a little quicker:
https://habr.com/ru/articles/721386/
Source plus patched SNA and TAP files can be downloaded at https://github.com/kmatveev/zx-fred-reveng
https://habr.com/ru/articles/721386/
Source plus patched SNA and TAP files can be downloaded at https://github.com/kmatveev/zx-fred-reveng
- Sat May 13, 2023 1:48 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: A library of tap2sna.py recipes
- Replies: 87
- Views: 3400
Re: A library of tap2sna.py recipes
Ahh I started looking at some of the missing files but never got round to raising a PR :roll: Looks like you've got all the ones I did anyway, although I used the TZX of Total Eclipse: The Sphinx Jinx instead of the TAP so I don't know if it's still useful? https://worldofspectrum.net/pub/sinclair/c...
- Sat May 06, 2023 11:00 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Good enough to be an Ultimate game?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1927
Re: Good enough to be an Ultimate game?
I think there was a big discussion once about Knight Lore being written before Sabre Wulf (and Alien 8 half finished) and that the general consensus was that it was some Stamper brothers bullsh*t to add to the Ultimate mystique. IIRC (and I'm very hazy on this) something about key control layout an...
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:41 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: How hard would it be to fix Forgotten Worlds?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1524
Re: How hard would it be to fix Forgotten Worlds?
You can use a tool like tzxmerge or similar to combine them into one file, eg:
Code: Select all
tzxmerge -o fw_autofire.tzx ForgottenWorlds128KAutofireMod.tzx "Forgotten Worlds (1989)(US Gold)(128k).tzx"