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- Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:31 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Speccy games you didn't realise were Arcade games at the time
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1673
Re: Speccy games you didn't realise were Arcade games at the time
I used to play Moon Cresta. Did not realise it was an arcade conversion until much later when I discovered the joy of MAME. As far as conversions go, it is very accurate.
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:57 pm
- Forum: Design/Ideas
- Topic: Minigames within games
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21572
Re: Minigames within games
Contrary to my original post, if we stick with defusing, decoding, lock picking and the like, which games have done this particularly well in your opinion? I like Rasterscan . The Pickford Bros were not happy with the game at all, but I beg to differ. The lock picking puzzles in this game are quite...
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:43 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Magpi#67 Spectrum pi build questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 863
Re: Magpi#67 Spectrum pi build questions
Welcome to the Forum! I have made this interface for use with ZX Baremulator. With ZXB it is awesome. I cannot rate it high enough. Low lag and a very authentic experience, exactly like using an original ZX Spectrum. The interface works with ZX Spectrums up to the Grey +2. There's a part the guide t...
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:35 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Town centre shop chains that once sold Speccy games, are dying
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1846
Re: Town centre shop chains that once sold Speccy games, are dying
Oooh, Asda has only become a nationwide establishment from two decades ago (like Morrison's). Not had any in my locality until the Noughties. The idea of them having ZX Spectrums or even anything ZX Spectrum related, sounds like sheer fiction to me. My Nan lived in Gosport and they had an Asda in t...
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:25 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 going live tomorrow Aug 11th 2020 9pm BST
- Replies: 40
- Views: 30317
Re: Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 going live tomorrow Aug 11th 2020 9pm BST
I have pledged for a plus. It was £50 more than I expected which hurts a little, but I am happy I made a good decision. It was only a week or so ago I watched fools spending over £800 on these on eBay.
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 going live tomorrow Aug 11th 2020 9pm BST
- Replies: 40
- Views: 30317
Re: Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 going live tomorrow Aug 11th 2020 9pm BST
That ship has already sailed...300 quid now.
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:48 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: ZXBaremulator 3.2
- Replies: 244
- Views: 71386
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 3:36 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: ZX ULAX emulator
- Replies: 258
- Views: 78781
Re: ZX ULAX emulator
Batty looks great! Just enough colour to lift the sprites/score off of the background.
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:19 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: ZX Next/TBBlue Clone
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2932
ZX Next/TBBlue Clone
I spotted this on twitter :
https://twitter.com/manuferhi/status/12 ... 4238803969
I thought it was interesting so I am passing it on. Three PCB manufacturers are in the thread, offering their services. I guess these PCB companies run bots searching for words like 'prototype' to find customers.
https://twitter.com/manuferhi/status/12 ... 4238803969
I thought it was interesting so I am passing it on. Three PCB manufacturers are in the thread, offering their services. I guess these PCB companies run bots searching for words like 'prototype' to find customers.
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:44 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: The IY register and the Spectrum ROM
- Replies: 2
- Views: 641
The IY register and the Spectrum ROM
I have been looking at the ROM disassembly and noticed the routines reference system variables using the IY register. IY is set to 23610 and system vars are read using an offset to IY. This is useful for loading a system variable into registers other than A, as LD r,(IY+N) can be used on all the reg...
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:16 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: ZXBaremulator 3.2
- Replies: 244
- Views: 71386
Re: ZXBaremulator 3.2
Here are some pics below. Always love seeing projects like this. The recreated works great with zx baremulator and I agree it is best used with the pi externally to save chopping the case. I have my Pi attached on the back of the monitor on a harness, so you cannot see it. Your case will look ace.
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:21 pm
- Forum: Design/Ideas
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Multi User Dungeon (MUD)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15791
Re: ZX Spectrum Multi User Dungeon (MUD)
Update.... Progress has slowed due to work and other distractions but some advances have been made. I have written my own text scrolling routine which is a vast improvement on the scroll used by the spectraNet ROM. I will post the scroll code below. I am very open to suggestions for this routine. T...
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:49 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: Load'n'Run.... "Pirated" games?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18440
Re: Load'n'Run.... "Pirated" games?
On each issue of each magazine you find has a screenshot, the fake name and the real name of each game Great site! I enjoy browsing tape magazines. I have found one error. On the page for 'HIT GAMES' there is a snooker game 'Biliardo' with no original game quoted, it is a rip of Steve Davis Snooker...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The Cannonball challenge
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1670
Re: The Cannonball challenge
oops...i did not see Morkin's score
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:01 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The Cannonball challenge
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1670
Re: The Cannonball challenge
This game is good!
I have beaten your score...
I have beaten your score...
- Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:16 am
- Forum: Design/Ideas
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Multi User Dungeon (MUD)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15791
Re: ZX Spectrum Multi User Dungeon (MUD)
For this reason, I suggest you move this project to Github and post a link here, instead of posting copies of your code directly. I will look into this. I am not a trained programmer so I am never confident my code is acceptable. I strive to get a piece of code to work, and gain satisfaction when i...
- Tue Jul 07, 2020 12:30 am
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: Networking on the ZX Spectrum NEXT.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2192
Re: Networking on the ZX Spectrum NEXT.
I do plan on writing a socket library for the Next. This is awesome news. I took a brief look at the AT codes for the ESP , and they were fairly complicated. A socket library would be great, it would making converting spectranet code over to NEXT pretty simple. Coding such a library seems, at first...
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:39 pm
- Forum: Design/Ideas
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Multi User Dungeon (MUD)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15791
Re: ZX Spectrum Multi User Dungeon (MUD)
Another update on progress. Big breakthroughs with client-server communications. I have coded a keyboard entry routine. I have coded a main client loop which polls the socket for incoming data, prints data when it arrives, reads keyboard into a buffer and sends the buffer when enter is hit. So basi...
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 1:09 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: An oldie
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1446
Re: An oldie
I had not heard of this game until today (I never used a TI). Looks like a good game to port over. Will the Spectrum version have the speech from the original?
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 1:01 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: Networking on the ZX Spectrum NEXT.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2192
Networking on the ZX Spectrum NEXT.
Recently I have been exploring the fabulous SpectraNet add-on. The socket library for this device is excellent and mirrors the standard socket library used in python, C++ and most other languages. The documentation for use in z80/Spectrum assembly is first rate. My NEXT related question is, how is s...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:39 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Running ZXDS on a DSi
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2129
Re: Running ZXDS on a DSi
I have pretty much given up getting ZXDS to run from the SD card on a DSi. I now realise that getting unofficial software to run on the DSi is a clandestine occupation that is best left to software thieves and 1337 hacksters. The irony is, I was given the DSi by my son (who upgraded to a switch) and...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:44 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Running ZXDS on a DSi
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2129
Running ZXDS on a DSi
I have spent this evening trying to get [mention]Patrik Rak[/mention] 's ZXDS to run on a DSi with no success. I am using the Memory Pit exploit (camera/SD card) to launch a homebrew menu. When I launch ZXDS I get a splash screen with 'ZXDS IS BOOTING PLEASE WAIT...' but nothing happens. I have left...
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 10:25 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: this code wont give me a random starfield
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3439
Re: this code wont give me a random starfield
ld b,100 ; loop 100 times mushlp ; put mushroom on screen. ;-------this is the bit we are interested in----------- push bc ; store bc on the stack to preserve b for the loop call random ;v v cp 175 ld b,a jr nc,mushlp call random cp 255 ld c,a call 8933 pop bc ; restore b for the loop djnz mushlp ;...
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 10:23 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: this code wont give me a random starfield
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3439
Re: this code wont give me a random starfield
[mention]777[/mention] The not_zero in my example was just an example label you don't need to add that to your code. If I am honest, I found your code hard to read so I am just explaining opcodes as best as I can. My examples were not solutions for your code starfield problem
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 10:09 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: this code wont give me a random starfield
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3439
Re: this code wont give me a random starfield
To be fair, it would be good to read some books explaining the basics. I could confuse you more with my lack of proofreading posts before hitting submit