Spectrum Computing

For all the tongue in cheek comments others have posted, sadness is my overwhelming emotion too. :( Z80s have been part of the computing landscape for about as long as I have. Yep. I actually thought the original post was tongue in cheek because of the "Water Foundry" thing. At least Fede...

Sad to hear. RIP. The gallery on that linked page is tremendous. He managed to get so much movement and life into his screens, true classics. It's impossible to pick a favourite. Pogo comes to mind, not because it was necessarily my favourite, but because my copy never went beyond the loading screen...

Oh no, does this mean my Spectrum will stop getting security patches?

And what happens to my game library? Honestly, if I have to pay for Ocean's Mario Bros one more time...

Agreed, this looks great! I'm also pleased to see it's cross-platform. Mac support is always the first thing I check, as so many tools are Windows-only (eg. MPAGD), or sort-of-working-with-Mono (eg. #CSpect). I'll definitely be trying this. For reference, if anyone's interested at all, I have some b...

Will post one later or someone can take my go if they like.

Pobulous wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:41 pm This doesn't look like it's been mapped yet, and was only reviewed by one of the big 3 mags.

I can’t really fail to get this one… It’s Smudge & The Moonees.

Does it work or does it not? Shrodinger's Clock

The bank switching is an instantaneous hardware switch so there's no delay. So, just the few instructions needed to switch banks then I guess? I was expecting a bigger speed penalty to bank switching. The game I'm working on (with z88dk) has music stored in one of the upper memory banks to be playe...

Shame it's not something more exciting, but I'm glad the mystery is solved.

AlWo73 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:42 am I think that might have come before KK and was the inspiration for it, sure I've read that somewhere..

How interesting! And a uMIA? Check your attic @Oloturia! Otherwise, let’s hope @Andre Leao and friends can uncover it for us someday…

Really nice article, AlWo73 . Lee P There's definitely a knack to Kosmic Kanga and loads of people seem to find it uncontrollable. For instance, in the Sinclair User review: Controlling the kangaroo is rather haphazard and consequently zapping anything becomes a matter of luck as well as skill. But ...

Never rated it.

Pi-man cruelly overlooked, again.

It's been over a year since I posted here, and it's obvious that things didn't quite go according to plan. Unfortunately 2023 turned into a pretty awful year. Without going into detail, it's something most of us will sadly go through with our parents sooner or later. Fast-forward to 2024, I've been ...

A little bit scary. If you never had any shred of doubt it was a bot - and not a weird fanatic with bad grammar - you obviously haven't spent much time on Amiga forums.

Lee P wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:25 pm Finally in the 1724 club! Only took me about 100 attempts.

I just joined the club too. See you in the "21st Cavern".

mmspeedrun wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:38 pm It's here:
https://jswmm.co.uk/topic/421-file-mani ... -challenge

Well, whaddyaknow? Thanks!

Great work, Luny. Highly addictive and just a little frustrating! Do you reckon easy/hard modes would be a possibility? In easy mode, the nectar level wouldn't reset when you lose a life to allow a bit more progress. Also, perhaps a small delay after shooting an enemy before it respawns. As it stand...

Central Cavern 1724 That's very impressive. I managed what felt like an unbeatable run and got 1721, so where you managed the extra 3 from I don't know! I managed to shave quite a bit more off the first half come get tantalisingly close to getting back in front of the wind-up toy, but it's impossib...

clebin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:08 pm The graphics have their own style which is different to the 16-bit releases with less black outlines. I'm torn on which I like better to be honest.

I take this back - it was rose-tinted spectacles. Seeing the Amiga version again, the Next version is definitely prettier.

I don't think this been mentioned on here so far: Head Over Heels for the Next is out now (for KS2 backers only at the moment, but there will be a boxed version and presumably a paid download) https://www.rustypixels.uk/product/head-over-heels-ks2-only/ I haven't had played that far through it yet, ...

Q - The Hit Squad

B. Rambo

The links maybe legit now, but you wonder what the long game is. Very dodgy.

Evil Genius wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:43 pm Metalyx

A bit belated, but well done!

Metalyx was a competent little asteroids type game from what I remember. Nothing outstanding but I was happy with it for £1.99.