Spectrum Computing

hitm4n wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:06 pm I can just about manage golf games, snooker and pool, but when it comes to management of sports, its a big no for me. Don't think i ever played any of these, and don't want to either...

I have to agree. I looked at the selection and my first thought was "Garbage"

A blooming 18 years ago I remade the Spectrum classic, Spiky, and I actually had the clock in the statusbar show the system time

Once upon a time, decades ago, I thought the ZIP format was amazing " you could compress data "?! (it may have been .LZ or LHA - who can remember after this long) My thought was ... " why wouldn't you just keep compressing your data until it didn't take up any space at all "? Wel...

Could it be Rex?

Dun Darach?

Old-User wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:58 am I think @ParadigmShifter has got so excited about hacking the poor outrun code that by this time tomorrow he will have disassembled the whole game and optimized performance by 200%!

It would still be slow as fuk though

ParadigmShifter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:04 am Surely they make the wire wide enough for a 0 not to get jammed. It's bends and kinks in the wire that makes the 1s get stuck. That's like electronics 101

Sst77 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:38 pm Nevíte někdo náhodou kde je v této hře zakódována mapa?rutina na adrese 30252 vykresluje na obrazovku a a načítá data určené IX 63310.odkud se zapisuje na tuto adresu? Diky

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Knight Lore (and a whole load of other games!) - the time limit. There's no need for it. After a while it becomes apparent that it'll be impossible to finish before the time ends, so what's the point of playing on? I agree with this one. That has always annoyed me and seemed like a stupid feature.

Yeah, I think it's because it offers good contrast if the secondary colour is black, without feeling entirely colourless in the way a pure black/white version often does. I was just about to say the same - high contrast with black but less boring than white. But also showing C64 users, that our gam...

Psh, you and all your complicated code. Surely it doesn't get much worse than this?
Not only will it grow the stack and give an error, but the RETURN isn't even needed

I wonder what happens if you do this;

10 LET pig = 10
20 LET dog = 20
30 PRINT pigdog

(easy to test, but I can't be bothered, lol)

Zaxxon on the Speccy was indeed a terrible and not well-executed game, but I honestly struggle to think of anyone that could do a real good conversion of it in 1985, because isometric and scrolling on the Spectrum is no mean feat.

I like it, but I'm not sure I'd want one. I'd like to be able to see the things I'm cutting up instead of losing them on the messy background image

blucey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:33 pm Shouldn't JSW2 be in there? I mean it's his game engine and half his levels.

It's not his engine as it has been completely rewritten, so it definitely shouldn't be there.

I'm totally game and willing to roleplay, so I'd give myself to Sporty

Lee Bee wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:20 pm I really get a kick out of big maps, especially the ones that have little repetition, and bigger structure, like landscapes.

LOL

StanVanman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:16 pm Give or take four days, it's exactly four years since the incredible Astro Blaster appeared from nowhere:

Well, it can't be both "Give or take four days" and "exactly four years" at the same time

Agreed. Aside from the negative connotations it seems intended to invoke, what would poor key choice (or poor UI design generally) have to do with autism? I don't think it's too bad. I mean, it's not worse than calling a friend a ... c-unt because he says something silly. I just take it as an exagg...

I shouldn't make these so easy ... you should have a choice of guessing.
Well ... next time

Mpk wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:29 pm That's nothing like Zorro!

More like Blue Thunder, maybe?

I'd guess "Cyclone".

I tried another one. It gave me 4 choices and I couldn't chose, so you get all four ... but I suspect even the worst would've been enough :lol: https://i.imgur.com/FrkL3SY.jpg The prompt was; Seen from above, a mole dressed in a aviator outfit climbing into a biplane placed in the foreground. he is ...

This one should be easy;

The_Guy222 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:39 pmLike, imagine what a Commodore 64 NEXT would be like. 99% compatibility with C64, but options to have processor ramped up to 8 or 12 Mhz or something, 512 KB RAM or more, dual SID or better, a VERA-like chip.

... and even more brown

equinox wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:09 pm10 NEW

Well, to be precise that command doesn't crash the Spectrum - it resets it. Big difference