Search found 13 matches

by Thompson
Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:15 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Zelda-like games on Speccy
Replies: 6
Views: 330

Zelda-like games on Speccy

Like in topic - both old and new titles, what do/did you like and why?
by Thompson
Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:26 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: MultiFace ROM pagein
Replies: 6
Views: 247

Re: MultiFace ROM pagein

Loot at this old piece from YS
Image
by Thompson
Sun May 22, 2022 2:23 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Most immersive Speccy game?
Replies: 24
Views: 977

Re: Most immersive Speccy game?

Definitely Pete Cooke's Tau Ceti/Academy duo and of course Julian Gollop's Rebel Star and Laser Squad.
Honorable mentions: Elite
by Thompson
Sun May 08, 2022 7:24 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The 52 games with awards from all three major ZX Spectrum magazines
Replies: 34
Views: 2747

Re: The 52 games with awards from all three major ZX Spectrum magazines

Interesting, what about Ultimate Play the Games titles?
And in general I'd like to see for example 50/100 the best Speccy games vs magazines
by Thompson
Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:26 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: ESXDOS Boot Loader written in Basic
Replies: 26
Views: 1068

Re: ESXDOS Boot Loader written in Basic

Why anyone would need this? Please elaborate
by Thompson
Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:44 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: 48K music tracker? does such a thing exist?
Replies: 6
Views: 488

Re: 48K music tracker? does such a thing exist?

Stefan wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:29 pm Found it, just needed to read a bit more carefully, it’s Sample Tracker
It requires additional hardware (Covox or DAC output), developed IICR for Russian Speccy clones. But I think that Czech/Slovakian enthusiasts made something similar.
So it's not plain vanilla ZX48k solution
by Thompson
Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:35 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Specasm: A Z80 assembler designed to run on the spectrum itself
Replies: 31
Views: 3372

Re: Specasm: A Z80 assembler designed to run on the spectrum itself

Every good development tool is priceless. Do you plan to extend its compatibility to ZX Spectrum Next (which also uses esxDOS, but provide much more memory, in both old ZX 128 16k banks, and new and more flexible 8k slots from at least 1GB memory) If it's interesting for you there is a Z80 assembler...
by Thompson
Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:41 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: ZxTapeReviver is a tool to convert ZX Spectrum tapes, recorded as WAV file, to TAP files... and revive
Replies: 1
Views: 203

Re: ZxTapeReviver is a tool to convert ZX Spectrum tapes, recorded as WAV file, to TAP files... and revive

Very interesting. Can it reveal signal constants(*) from for example non-standard loaders (Speedlock, Alkatraz etc)?

(*) I mean pilot signal pulse length, data stream pulse bit 0/1 lenghts in T-states and so on
by Thompson
Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:16 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by CRL Group: discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 401

Re: The best Speccy game by CRL Group: discussion

Pete Cooke's gems: Tau Ceti, Academy and ... Juggernaut :P
by Thompson
Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:43 pm
Forum: Preservation
Topic: Linear Programming
Replies: 6
Views: 313

Re: Linear Programming

Linear programming? It's simple(x). :lol: :lol: :lol:
Do not confuse with Mr. Bresenham. :D
by Thompson
Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:44 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Python (...and the Next?)
Replies: 9
Views: 7811

Re: Python (...and the Next?)

There is MicroPython that targets microcontrollers, so somebody would port it (or a subset) to the Next.
https://micropython.org/
by Thompson
Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:37 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Al's Spectrum Annual 2021
Replies: 18
Views: 1228

Re: Al's Spectrum Annual 2021

Thank you [mention]Alessandro[/mention]. Very interesting initiative!
by Thompson
Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:12 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Cracks and Trainers
Replies: 15
Views: 968

Re: Cracks and Trainers

I think the cracktro things widely appeared when software distribution with a floppy disc and then other "fast" mediums has became a standard. So in case of our mighty Speccy, the only common medium of distribution was a compact cassettes and that was not supporting for the scene. PS. I've...