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- Sat May 18, 2024 5:39 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: SkoolKit 9.2
- Replies: 5
- Views: 230
Re: SkoolKit 9.2
SkoolKit 9.2 has been released . TL;DR version for the initiated: RZX support and faster Z80 simulation implemented in C. Should zip contain DLL or other binary file of C-simulator for Windows x64 ? I have no idea of how to compile csimulator.c update This helped to install Windows DLL to pyenv. > ...
- Sun May 12, 2024 3:00 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Inkspector 2.0.5 available
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1921
Re: Inkspector 2.0.5 available
Hi, @Inky.
Is it possible to detect in built-in assembler ZX whether RAM bank switching is locked (emulated ZX is in 128k or 48k mode) ?
Is there a possibility to assemble directly to some RAM bank by numer without paging that RAM bank to C000 address ?
Is it possible to detect in built-in assembler ZX whether RAM bank switching is locked (emulated ZX is in 128k or 48k mode) ?
Is there a possibility to assemble directly to some RAM bank by numer without paging that RAM bank to C000 address ?
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:45 am
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Little bugs in the database 6
- Replies: 150
- Views: 8272
Re: Little bugs in the database 6
Information about the game Blue Max looks like being processed (diagonal screen scrolling). But it is not displayed in the game's info page.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/ad ... ge_sql.txt
@druellan
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/ad ... ge_sql.txt
@druellan
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: A can of worms with multiple genres
- Replies: 6
- Views: 334
Re: A can of worms with multiple genres
We are still at step 1: So far, many people agreed a better classification system would be nice. However nobody took over the task of proposing a new classification and leading a discussion about these details in this forum... I remember there were some people ready to participate. 5 years ago. So ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: A can of worms with multiple genres
- Replies: 6
- Views: 334
Re: A can of worms with multiple genres
But well, was new classification done ? I can find no information about this. Only some lists in discussion of maze games. Links to some important posts The current problem is that categories describe not gaming mechanics, but the plot. That same Vehicle combat can mean space simulator like Elite (s...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: A can of worms with multiple genres
- Replies: 6
- Views: 334
A can of worms with multiple genres
There are several topics about games that belong to several genres. I have found a question and 2 discussions in this forum. More than 1 category https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8337 Game Genres https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=665 The "Maze" ge...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Characters we play in games
- Replies: 0
- Views: 123
Characters we play in games
You don't play with a spaceship at all. It's a maze game. There are four different characters: one can jump, one can fly, etc. -- it's real strategy with the teleporter. :shock: I thought it was a space ship or some vehicle. We often play as a human or an animal, monster or vehicle. Some games use ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: A 16K/48K/128K Spectrum game?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 632
Re: A 16K/48K/128K Spectrum game?
Should 16K games run on ZX 48K as well as on ZX 16K or do any of them have known problems on ZX 48K? There are 3 options to select on S.C. main search page - `ZX Spectrum 16K', `ZX Spectrum 16K only' and 'ZX Spectrum 16/48'. But if 16K hardware has no tricks then all those options are the same?
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
- Replies: 29
- Views: 830
Re: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
Probably there are fighting games for ZX where you can select your unique character? And PC races give you a choice of your car with its own characteristics, more fast or more controllable. swapping Capitan Trueno, you can change between Capitan Trueno, Crispin and Goliath. transforming - Altered Be...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
- Replies: 29
- Views: 830
Re: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
Fernandez Must Die - vehicle, you can use jeep Dragon Breed - vehicle, you ride a dragon but you can leave it an step into small island Spy Hunter? As i see this is 5th case - changing protagonist between levels and no choice. Any Pac-Man clone (when you eat a power pill) No, you just get additional...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
- Replies: 29
- Views: 830
Re: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
I try to search the games where you play as different characters, not a single character with misc power ups. I think these cases are valid: 1 swap protagonist to other one during the game, like in Head over Heels. My first idea was about different characters with different skills. But i don't think...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
- Replies: 29
- Views: 830
Re: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
:D Draconus - morphs into water beast :D Antiriad - you can wear or drop armour and use it as a vehicle First game(s) that come in my mind is MASK series -parts 2,3 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3044/ZX-Spectrum/MASK_II . You choose heroes with different skills/vehicles. Do you mean Mask 3, ...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:21 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
- Replies: 29
- Views: 830
Re: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
Terminus: The Prison Planet (there are four different characters with different movement abilities: you can switch whenever you find a teleporter: I think this is the most interesting character-swap game I have seen on the Spectrum , although some characters are so difficult to control that they ma...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:53 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
- Replies: 29
- Views: 830
games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
Which games give you ability to change protagonist during game except picking up weapons and power ups Protagonist enters some vehicle. select protagonist with different skills before or during the game I think we should exclude all the games where you play different genres on different stages like ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Game versions 48K vs 128K
- Replies: 30
- Views: 844
Re: Game versions 48K vs 128K
I've tried to copy some most outstanding information from +3 table but realized that almost every game is to be copied. Almost all games have enhanced GFX / SFX. Other things are ... Budokan choice of fighting style Night Hunter choice of difficulty level Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o'Fun intro differ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:03 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Game versions 48K vs 128K
- Replies: 30
- Views: 844
Re: Game versions 48K vs 128K
Search inside this forum subtree gives no relevant results and google results are totally poisoned with pages of individual games. So i'll try to put all that together. The most used diffs 28k/128k are AY music and SFX, enhanced graphics or other gfx content - intro, mid-story pictures, final cuts. ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Game versions 48K vs 128K
- Replies: 30
- Views: 844
Re: Game versions 48K vs 128K
Here you can can check which +3 disk games have some additional content: https://zx-pk.ru/threads/31635-spisok-igr-s-uluchsheniyami-skonvertirovannykh-i-eshche-net-s-3.html (the forum is in Russian but the list is in English) Not sure it is correct. That list shows difference between +3 and 128k ve...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:44 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: 2d and other graphics modes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 259
Re: 2d and other graphics modes
Your description sounds like 3D perspective... Do you have any examples? Operation Thunderbolt https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/o/OperationThunderbolt.scr&border=0 Butcher Hill https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/b/ButcherHill.scr&border=...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: 2d and other graphics modes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 259
2d and other graphics modes
ZXDB now knows 3 variants of 2d graphics, Side-view 2D Graphics Top-view 2D Graphics Perpendicular 2.5D Graphics Other options for flat 2d are 1st-person (usually a view from a racing car, a crosshair for FPS shooters) Behind view (racing genre is the only that comes to my mind) Perpendicular 2.5D G...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:21 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: A request for new tags
- Replies: 22
- Views: 959
Re: A request for new tags
Can we also have a tag for games with multiple genres? This is a list https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5187/ZX-Spectrum/Terminator_2_Judgment_Day https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/434/ZX-Spectrum/Batman_The_Movie https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2543/ZX-Spectrum/Iron_Lord https://spect...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: A request for new tags
- Replies: 22
- Views: 959
Re: A request for new tags
The Spy Who Loved Me
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/8 ... o_Loved_Me
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/8 ... o_Loved_Me
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Oblique 3D Graphics - true or not?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 558
Re: Oblique 3D Graphics - true or not?
That's like saying when you click "Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up" Game genre is such a mystic category. You can see Repton has 'maze' genre, Lode runner is `platformer' and Parabola is `arcade action' but none of them is puzzle. BTW can we add tag `puzzle`? So we can just assign this tag to su...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Oblique 3D Graphics - true or not?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 558
Re: Oblique 3D Graphics - true or not?
Look at the walls. Trace a line from the "horizontal" lines (the ones running diagonally up the screen) on each of the tiles. They are all parallel and will never ever meet at a vanishing point. That's no a limitation of ZX graphics, it's an oblique projection. You can make the argument t...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Oblique 3D Graphics - true or not?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 558
Re: Oblique 3D Graphics - true or not?
Let us see user's case to seek for games. I know a cool game, e.g. renegade or double dragon and i am impressed with its graphics mode, that oblique 3d. I want to see other games that are like renegade and i click link "oblique 3d". But i see that `3d painter` and `pippo`. No. These games ...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Oblique 3D Graphics - true or not?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 558
Re: Oblique 3D Graphics - true or not?
PANDEMIA . no, it isn't - "oblique" belongs to "parallel" group where "parallel" means "all originally parallel lines remain parallel in the pic" which is obviously not the case here (unless you want to believe the original angles were all meant to be so weir...