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by Sokurah
Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:06 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: What was this combat platform game?
Replies: 2
Views: 206

Re: What was this combat platform game?

Could it be Rex?

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by Sokurah
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7696
Views: 232575

Re: Guess the screen$

Dun Darach?
by Sokurah
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: How hard would it be to hack these racers?
Replies: 61
Views: 1735

Re: How hard would it be to hack these racers?

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%! :mrgreen:
It would still be slow as fuk though :lol:
by Sokurah
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: ChesSkelet: micro chess program - 363 Bytes
Replies: 95
Views: 15321

Re: ChesSkelet: micro chess program - 363 Bytes

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
:lol:
by Sokurah
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Mapa ve hře cyclone
Replies: 4
Views: 249

Re: Mapa ve hře cyclone

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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by Sokurah
Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Unnecessary inclusions in games
Replies: 49
Views: 1800

Re: Unnecessary inclusions in games

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.
by Sokurah
Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:41 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Why yellow?
Replies: 26
Views: 1425

Re: Why yellow?

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...
by Sokurah
Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:26 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: The code so bad you won't hire
Replies: 131
Views: 3796

Re: The code so bad you won't hire

Psh, you and all your complicated code. Surely it doesn't get much worse than this?

Code: Select all

10 GOSUB 10: RETURN
Not only will it grow the stack and give an error, but the RETURN isn't even needed :lol:
by Sokurah
Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:00 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Spaces in variable names
Replies: 25
Views: 590

Re: Spaces in variable names

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)
by Sokurah
Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Zaxxon, should have been better for 1985
Replies: 24
Views: 1036

Re: Zaxxon, should have been better for 1985

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.
by Sokurah
Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:47 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: The mother of all chopping boards
Replies: 8
Views: 551

Re: The mother of all chopping boards

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 :snowman
by Sokurah
Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Matthew Smith): discussion
Replies: 32
Views: 1137

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Matthew Smith): discussion

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.
by Sokurah
Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:28 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: If you had to give five ZX Spectrum games to the Spice Girls
Replies: 20
Views: 396

Re: If you had to give five ZX Spectrum games to the Spice Girls

I'm totally game and willing to roleplay, so I'd give myself to Sporty ;)
by Sokurah
Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:10 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Games with huge maps?
Replies: 52
Views: 1251

Re: Games with huge maps?

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.
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LOL :lol:
by Sokurah
Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Just who was Matt Jackson?
Replies: 11
Views: 551

Re: Just who was Matt Jackson?

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 :lol:
by Sokurah
Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Are all coders basically autistic?
Replies: 65
Views: 1974

Re: Are all coders basically autistic?

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...
by Sokurah
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Using A.I to recreate ZX Spectrum loading screens.
Replies: 343
Views: 7695

Re: Using A.I to recreate ZX Spectrum loading screens.

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

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by Sokurah
Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:42 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Using A.I to recreate ZX Spectrum loading screens.
Replies: 343
Views: 7695

Re: Using A.I to recreate ZX Spectrum loading screens.

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

More like Blue Thunder, maybe?
I'd guess "Cyclone".
by Sokurah
Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Using A.I to recreate ZX Spectrum loading screens.
Replies: 343
Views: 7695

Re: Using A.I to recreate ZX Spectrum loading screens.

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 ...
by Sokurah
Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:33 am
Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
Topic: Are the NEXT's graphics 'authentic?'
Replies: 61
Views: 2068

Re: Are the NEXT's graphics 'authentic?'

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 :lol:
by Sokurah
Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:58 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: this short program crashes the spectrum
Replies: 41
Views: 1445

Re: this short program crashes the spectrum

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 ;)
by Sokurah
Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:32 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Joffa): discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 801

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Joffa): discussion

Cobra is the best technical achievement, but I still prefer the look and gameplay of Hysteria . But ... Cobra has an excellently animated burger in it. How can that be bad? :lol: Still though, it's hard to choose between his games - most of them are very good, but I agree that Cobra is a fantastic ...
by Sokurah
Thu Aug 31, 2023 8:19 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: New forum game -- Spectrum graphics in the real world?
Replies: 136
Views: 4857

Re: New forum game -- Spectrum graphics in the real world?

I noticed this shop yesterday, so today I stopped and took a picture.
Perhaps I should go in and ask for the location of any Orolas (the small aliens that you're supposed to collect in the game) ;)

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by Sokurah
Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:19 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: At Dev's Door (Jon Ritman): discussion
Replies: 36
Views: 941

Re: At Dev's Door (Jon Ritman): discussion

Mpk wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 1:20 am Nobody's taking about Jon Ritman in his very own thread. :(
We'll make the best of a bad situation and talk about him when the thread subject is The Oliver Twins instead :lol: