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- Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: GOTY 2023
- Replies: 8
- Views: 550
Re: GOTY 2023
Very well deserved winners. Some excellent releases last year.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
I dunno, I'm imagining a man in a cute little blocky room with TV, fridge, etc... I may make this game when I finish my more serious little game project (which only needs another day or two, I guess -- game is done really, but I want to do a +3 disk version so I have to work out how to make a boota...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:54 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Who do you buy your spare parts from
- Replies: 8
- Views: 713
Re: Who do you buy your spare parts from
You are in Southern Ireland I guess. Retroleum have been good for my purchases, but I'm based in UK. Would somewhere like https://www.micomputer.es work better for you?
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: How big should new Speccy games be? 48k? Bigger? Release 2 versions?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 2409
Re: How big should new Speccy games be? 48k? Bigger? Release 2 versions?
I can certainly see benefits in this DAAD ready has a 48k text only option for adventures and 128k option which stores images in the extra banks. There doesn't seem to be any reason why such an engine could be coded to use the 128k banks for a wide range of purposes, extra sprite animations, music, ...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:38 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
Dr beep wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:57 pm The program took me yesterday evening. So still time enough to do nothing afterwards.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Enter the Prilel
- Replies: 5
- Views: 671
Re: Enter the Prilel
Looks good.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:48 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
After a short delay caused by real life I've caught up with reviews. Many thanks for the patience of the contestants who have been eagerly refreshing this thread for the past fortnight. The reviews are here Katakombs of Kakrafon - Jim Waterman Level Up - Samuel Pedigo cmpltly awsme bgl simlater - Sa...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Tall tales about the spectrum
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2438
Re: Tall tales about the spectrum
I guess his story could be correct, I’m know that Ocean used US Gold’s CentreSoft arm for distribution (like Gremlin and a few other publishers), but from doing a bit of digging around, it was Ablex that did the tape duplication : http://www.masis.co.uk/us_gold_information.htm (this has to be the h...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Diagnostics card help.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1067
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
Thanks to @R-Tape we have a strong contender
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:39 pm
- Forum: Graphics
- Topic: Showcasing my graphics
- Replies: 446
- Views: 40321
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:07 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
The key delay got me every time, congratulations on completing it.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:02 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
My approach was to do many, many circles trying to turn at the right time, very unsuccessfully.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Anyone made any 2024 Speccy-related New Year Resolutions?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 787
Re: Anyone made any 2024 Speccy-related New Year Resolutions?
Finish off the last two adventures in my series. One 80% coded, the other 30% but I've mislaid the book of notes I made on it last year.
Survive C.S.S.C.G.C.
Learn z80 machine code.
Repair my poor rubber keyed 48k.
Survive C.S.S.C.G.C.
Learn z80 machine code.
Repair my poor rubber keyed 48k.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
A new delight has appeared Art House.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:08 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 6:30 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
And the first definitely not game Etch A Sketch Delux.
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:31 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
The latest review it up, enjoy Porridge Roulette.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
- Replies: 103
- Views: 5449
Re: C.S.S.C.G.C 2024 is/will be/has open/ing/ed
You keep dangling the carrot about a Next entry, my inbox is waiting