Spectrum Computing

Great work so far! It looks awesome! I like the look of the drag and drop interface that you created. Also nice is that you have an integrated emulator for testing.

Thanks for all that Typing, @Neil Parsons . Much appreciated!

First time I'm hearing about Maglaxians too. What a name! I gave it a go and was pleasantly surprised! Very playable and I like the simplicity of the levels even though they still present a challenge. Thanks for the suggestion, R-Tape . A game that I've been going back to a lot lately is Wild West H...

Looks great, but I'm unable to pay on ZX Online after multiple tries. Anyone else having issues paying for it?

Happy Easter All!

Agree. These are minor bugs which don’t affect the awesome gameplay in any way. I completed the game with only a couple of small graphical errors popping up.

Oops, I ran into another bug. This one causes you to have to reset the computer or skip to the next level. It can be reproduced on the Next as well as on an emulator. It happens on level 1. Here's how to reproduce the bug: 1. On level 1, pick up any sheep 2. Get yourself in front of the ACME truck, ...

I tried playing again on my Next and after many tries, was able to encounter the bug that shows in TJ's video (attributes on the edges of the play area go funky). I could only see it happen on level 2 and it only happened once out of many tries. FYI, I'm playing on the latest version - downloaded ye...

PeterJ wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:39 pm Another review. This time from TJ. Thanks for the mention!

This video cracked me up especially when TJ swore.

Great game! Thanks for sharing. I never knew Frank N Stein BITD and tried it once recently. This game is giving me a need to revisit it.
Made it to level 2 in hard mode, accidentally.

Very nice work gabriele amore and Lee Bee ! I was expecting something good but this exceeded my expectations. It has a unique mechanic and I love the animations and the well-picked tune. Excellent job on the tune, Lee Bee. It made me like the song more than before. Let me get this onto my Next. Ther...

The type-ins from Sinclair Programs September 1983 (issue 11) are complete, uploaded and tested. You can get the full set here If you missed the August 1983 set, here it is Thanks to Jim Grimwood for his Fantastic site . It saved me a lot of time! Einar Saukas , could you please fix this issue in th...

Good find! Not a bad version of "Centipede" except for that fire button being A instead of M or one of those keys.

Based on what I've played:

1. Commando
2. Marauder
3. Ghosts 'n' Goblins

Some of the other choices makes me think I should play more of these entries.

Interesting find! Never heard of "Monstertronic". Looks like it's trying to copy Mastertronic.

Thanks Seven.FFF for the detailed write-up on how the keyboard mapping works. I looked at the mapping details on Gitlab and it's interesting to see which ps/2 keys are mapped to the Next keyboard. For example, I didn't know that the tilde button on the ps/2 keyboard is mapped to the Edit key(useful ...

Seven.FFF wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:12 pm It's a known bug/limitation in the ps/2 hardware state machine, unfortunately: https://gitlab.com/thesmog358/tbblue/-/issues/86

Thanks for linking to the original bug report, @Seven.FFF . Good to know that it's a known issue. I'll try the PS2 keyboard map method that you suggested.

Thanks @Patrik Rak . FYI: the link in your post doesn't seem to work.

Looks like two more good games to try. Need to get my Paypal account topped up...

It's been just over a month since receiving my KS2 Next, and it's been an absolute pleasure using it during this time. It's a fantastic machine and I'll reiterate that the team behind it have earned my utmost respect. The novelty of receiving it has not worn off yet and it's become my main go-to Spe...

Interesting find! It makes me wonder which other music videos inadvertently feature Spectrum related stuff. Are there any others out there?

My go-to games change over time, but here they are these days: 5 minutes The Pyramid I've always really enjoyed this game but I can't get further than level 8ish without cheating. Every small window of time I have, I'll have another go at it. It's a shortcut in my Speccy Next Links folder. But what ...

Nice find, Thanks Andre and Neil. Not a bad version of Space Invaders, as long as you switch to Issue 2 otherwise it will act buggy. This is a good exercise in bullet dodging!

TMD2003 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:23 pm Eish! Maybe you can tempt it out of hiding with bait made of boerewors.

Biltong also makes good bait for South Africans!
My early Speccy days were in South Africa but I’ve never run into that title. I do recall the ZX Mushroom club. I think one of my Speccy friends was part of the club.

Some games add extra keys to perform actions, when the standard control keys could have done the job. One that comes to mind is Horace and the Spiders. Good game, but on the third level when you go stomping holes in the web, they could have utilized the down key to stomp a hole. Instead it’s an extr...