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by chip-fork
Mon Mar 21, 2022 12:22 am
Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
Topic: Next after a year of ownership
Replies: 49
Views: 1983

Re: Next after a year of ownership

I saw something a while back, a bit of code to but a background image into a game using next basic. There was a bit on a recent the spectrum show on youtube about using the next to put backgrounds behind spectrum games and add boarders with lots of colours. Starting at about 23:40 https://www.youtu...
by chip-fork
Sun Dec 26, 2021 5:57 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: WOOT 2021 IS HERE!
Replies: 71
Views: 4099

Re: WOOT 2021 IS HERE!

So, Last Christmas Ever , then. Is it supposed to look like that? Was it originally written for a C64 or a PET or one of those other weird 'MURICAN machines that has hearts and spades and inverse brackets all over the place? I think I found the good ending. Although I'd prefer not to be reminded th...
by chip-fork
Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:56 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: WOOT 2021 IS HERE!
Replies: 71
Views: 4099

Re: WOOT 2021 IS HERE!

it kept giving a loading error right at the end. I have tried loading a sound file using one of those mp3 players built in a cassette. I found that loading would fail right at the end. I found editing a short bit of silence onto the end of the sound file that was generated from the tap file gave mu...
by chip-fork
Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:36 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Woot 2021 - submissions wanted
Replies: 69
Views: 3302

Re: Woot 2021 - submissions wanted

hi. hopefully my submission will be ready this week. but any tweaks and i need to retest the whole thing to make sure i haven't broken anything.
by chip-fork
Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:21 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: ZX Spectrum games reviewed by Willie Rushton and midlands children in 1983
Replies: 19
Views: 788

Re: ZX Spectrum games reviewed by Willie Rushton and midlands children in 1983

I have very strong memories of watching Micro Live. And although I don't remember this show. The main male presenter felt familiar. So I looked him up as maybe I saw him in something else. I probably recognise him from Jigsaw. Adrian Hedley is only the flippin creator and performer of NOSEYBONK !!! ...
by chip-fork
Fri Sep 17, 2021 11:52 pm
Forum: Emulators
Topic: New online emulator RAZE (100% written in Rust, Open Source, MIT license)
Replies: 27
Views: 1979

Re: New online emulator RAZE (100% written in Rust, Open Source, MIT license)

Oh wow! I was just writing to request an onscreen d pad as a feature. when I realised you already have it! But it only appears on the page when I'm on android. Not on a PC. Which makes sense. I would like the option to have the d pad and fire either side of the screen when in landscape mode. I've wa...
by chip-fork
Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:41 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: ZX Spectrum games reviewed by Willie Rushton and midlands children in 1983
Replies: 19
Views: 788

Re: ZX Spectrum games reviewed by Willie Rushton and midlands children in 1983

This is a great find. I don't think I ever saw it back in the day.
by chip-fork
Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:54 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Any good examples of 3D vector programming?
Replies: 134
Views: 6648

Re: Any good examples of 3D vector programming?

That's cool! you made impressively rapid progress with this project.
by chip-fork
Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:58 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Any good examples of 3D vector programming?
Replies: 134
Views: 6648

Re: Any good examples of 3D vector programming?

This is for the BBC not Spectrum, but this site about Elite has lots of well written explanations of all the routines.
For example there's one on back face culling. And one on drawing the ships to screen.

https://www.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/
by chip-fork
Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:58 pm
Forum: Emulators
Topic: Works fine in emulator; fails on real Speccy
Replies: 14
Views: 2412

Re: Works fine in emulator; fails on real Speccy

are you using an sd card reader to load the file onto the real spectrum? i was using last k to do keyboard input. but switched to a method more like this. last k is 23560 but you want the more fiddly Multiple Key-presses section https://chuntey.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/how-to-write-zx-spectrum-games...
by chip-fork
Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:38 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Woot 2019 Tape Magazine
Replies: 59
Views: 11439

Re: Woot 2019 Tape Magazine

I did very badly on the quiz 005% . But I did get Street Hassle right! Because the cover art is by Jamie Hewlett.
by chip-fork
Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:21 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Super Enquiry Simulator
Replies: 11
Views: 2657

Re: Super Enquiry Simulator

Beep boo beep boop boop. That was the sound of me dialing a non rotary phone. Good to see the Super Enquiry Simulator on here David.
Hope everyone sticks with it. That's what you've got to do if you want get anywhere with these call center people!
by chip-fork
Tue Nov 05, 2019 1:30 am
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: What are your current ZX Spectrum projects/games that you are working on?
Replies: 46
Views: 9972

Re: What are your current ZX Spectrum projects/games that you are working on?

I like the look of your ATTR animations. I've been looking at something similar, but I didn't use background chars like that. It gives it a haywire appearance that adds to it. It sounds like you're busy, but if you ever found time to submit a demo to this year's Woot Tape Magazine it would be very ...
by chip-fork
Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:21 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: What are your current ZX Spectrum projects/games that you are working on?
Replies: 46
Views: 9972

Re: What are your current ZX Spectrum projects/games that you are working on?

Eek! It's been kind of a year since my first spectrum release. My follow up is also multiple choice interactive fiction. It's got a wrestler who encounters a UFO belonging to Dracula whilst on his way to the opening ceremony of a jumble sale. I got the first chapter playable in the summer. I'm going...
by chip-fork
Fri Dec 28, 2018 7:35 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Replies: 48
Views: 11745

Re: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

the fictional games company from this has a website

https://tuckersoft.net/

https://tuckersoft.net/ealing20541/history/

i dont have netflix but they know how to tempt me!
by chip-fork
Wed Dec 26, 2018 3:39 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Sinclair User and Sinclair Programs
Replies: 9
Views: 2324

Re: Sinclair User and Sinclair Programs

presumably the illustrators worked on other titles by the same publisher. or at least generally the magazine publishing machinery was bent to fit publishing listings. i think the magazine illustrations worked the way cover illustrations do. i remember typing in a mining game where you collected aste...
by chip-fork
Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:18 pm
Forum: Sales/Commercial
Topic: Clicky click's dungeon, downloadable tap available via donation or not
Replies: 5
Views: 2013

Re: Clicky click's dungeon, downloadable tap available via donation or not

Oh wow . Thanks for checking it out everyone. I'm starting to think about what I'm doing next. And your support, comments and downloads are really helping. djnzx48 Thanks for the kind comment. No need to apologise. The option is there to donate. But commenting, sharing the link or just downloading t...
by chip-fork
Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:08 pm
Forum: Sales/Commercial
Topic: Clicky click's dungeon, downloadable tap available via donation or not
Replies: 5
Views: 2013

Clicky click's dungeon, downloadable tap available via donation or not

Clicky click's dungeon of hand drawn computer graphics Clicky click the dolphin has found a coffee shop where they can show their artwork. The only problem is that the coffee shop is in a working dungeon! It's a short multiple choice interactive text jobber. there's a browser version. or you can scr...