Spectrum Computing

I'm reassured by it only having ten levels, perhaps I'm less rubbish than I thought. (Got as far as The Pits) First attempt, level one was a nightmare for me. I needed to get used to the strict collision and most importantly not be so bloody eager. There's a trick with The Pits: it's easy with it, ...

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=zxdb/sinclair/entries/0042782/MushroomSoup-RUN-1.scr&border=0 Mushroom Soup . I heard the review on Crash radio this week and it reminded me how much I liked this little game. I noticed little extras like you actually bend down to pick up the m...

Massive thanks to bartfast * for sending me the tape for this. With the help of people in this thread , I managed to convert it to TAP. I'm not uploading anything to the site yet as there some questions over what's what here. Here's the TAP . But it's exactly the same as Abrasco's Golf , already in ...

8BitAG wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:37 pm I use a USB tape player and had good results following TMD2003's tips here...

Can I ask which USB tape player? There's loads out there and I want to make sure I get it right.

Breadbins aside, I bet Speccy games cover most of those sins!

Lycanthropy - Knightlore
Illuminati - Illuminati
Tarot - Gypsy Tarot
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Thanks fellas. I haven't even got past the first hurdle yet! https://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/AudacityProb.png I'm playing the tape, but no trace is being recorded, despite the green bar at the top moving in sync with loading noises (and responding to changes in volume). The Ste...

That all depends on how tidy your code is, and if you RETurn from every CALL!!! :lol: You can get away with a lot of mess in a game with, for example, a jump JP directly to your 'You Died' or finally 'Game Over' function, and have that reset the stack pointer, then jump again directly to your title...

How do you set SP from machine code? ld sp,44000 Yep just like that Sludge. As long as you're not planning to return to BASIC, you can LOAD SP anywhere your own code will not encroach, and the stack will build down from there. Maybe allow 100 bytes space to be extra careful. It's best done once at ...

sludge wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:22 am Any easy way of remedying the issue or will my data have to be shifted lower down?

Can't you put the stack below your own code? You can go as low as CLEAR 24000, but a bit higher is safer in case you have a large BASIC loader later.

1 - Cricket Challenge 2 - The Racing Game The field sport games are the same formula. The racing game arguably has more going for it in terms of presentation and play, but I went for the one that interested me more. Nay third place. I'm not a horse racing fan but I can remember both my uncle and my ...

Can anyone give any pointers on how to convert cassette tapes to TAP/TZX. I thought it would be straightforward, but nothing has worked so far. I'm after the basics: -how do I get the sound onto a laptop? I have a tape player, a mono-stereo jack, and Audacity to record. Do laptops automatically reco...

This is what I use on the title screen to load Kempston values into the game code: It might be less confusing to have 3 separate routines rather than all that code poking. So e.g. on the intro page you have a byte that says what control option has been selected, the game code could look something l...

and found out why - different graphics set if you load in 128k mode... never even knew this was possible.... ? They're not different graphics, well they are, but not intentionally . The program uses memory location 23300, which needs to be zero so the program can find the graphics correctly. This l...

Lee P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:09 pm I was thinking 23 lives was too generous, until I reached level 3 and that bloody trident thing at the bottom left. Argh!

I called it a wobbly candlestick, but my experience of it was much the same! In the end I had to do it from stationery, and mark where my feet needed to be and what stance.

Glad you both like it! I think this user review by @Digital Prawn sums it up really well. Having level names, whether in Czech or English would add to the fun, though coming up with 128 of them could be a stretch...

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/m/Maglaxians.gif I always return to Maglaxians . It just cheers me up, and reminds me that I may never tire of platform games. You probably couldn't get more 'oldschool' and 'bedroom' if you tried. 23 lives, I reached level 10... of 128! ...

Miner Willy.

Hi sludge . That was based on my code from way back. Not sure what went wrong with the 'nextlinedown' routine, but that was one of the problems as goblinish points out. Here's a fix. Compare the extra bits I blanked out - you tried to draw and colour sideways when you only need to go down. Also, you...

Thanks for the heads-up Jim. Congrats on your first 100% machine code game. So good I played it twice (as instructed). Despite it actually running on QPC2, I've added Mona Loser to the DB queue as a QL game. Can't think of a better way to do it. UNIS is actually pretty good. Does anyone know who the...

Here's a few for starters:

- speak in words of only one syllable for the hour
- play while having to answer general knowledge questions
- speak in voices suggested in the chat - accents, celeb impressions

Sounds like a bit of daft fun, and I'm always up for that Is this for the early May bank holiday @RoseTintedSpectrum?

I'll get my thinking cap on. Post them in this thread or PM?

Heh you're playing it wrong blucey - think of it as relaxing car journey, with explosions. I definitely get why it's a marmite game though. Some will like the atmosphere and that it's not too difficult, but I can see why some would see it as a slog. Contrary to most - I like the game but not the mus...

uglifruit wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:33 pm I'm really enjoying this. And looking forward to the last one the trilogy "We're Wolves" due out in 2064.

There aren't many things I'd support on crowdfunding these days, but...

I wonder if we'll get any mavericks voting for their earlier stuff. For some people that's always the best. I wonder if Stuart Ross is still a fruit graphic designer? StuRoss 8bit Fruit Design LTD made an honest living right up until a few years ago when AI spoiled the party. The Canary Wharf office...

Hehe thanks Kryten