Spectrum Computing

Found a cassette with my handwriting on... with a routine I'd apparently written in 1987 (and, I written a BASIC front end for it in 1988). So I'd have been 15 and 16. ...AND the tape still loaded! https://i.postimg.cc/fVD72S5Q/Whats-App-Image-2023-08-24-at-12-15-02-PM.jpg It was a tiny little machi...

I don't think this question is limited to computer games. Sequels (books, films, video games, board games) are often compared unfavourably and 'marked down' if they are too similar to the progenitor. Yet they may tangibly improve upon the original in small ways ... Objectively being 'better' but lac...

I've stupidly just submitted a game that I'm actually enjoying playing.
It's a worrying trend in my 2023 entries!

Maybe I should mention my 'Snaked'

https://uglifruit.itch.io/snaked
Or here



It's not an utterly terrible version, it's USP being the wrap-round screen, and the need to eat constantly.

That double-stacked USR would have been perfect for my Magenta Challenge a couple of years ago. Have you tried this trick before, or is this completely new? I don't think I've used it before. It really just came to me as I was thinking of how USR is treated differently depending on whether it's bei...

TMD2003 This is rather niche, but anyone is 'into' alternate tempered tunings Wendy Carlos's album Beauty In The Beast is amazing. It took me many listens to acclimatise myself to it, so the barrier to entry is quite high, but it's a fascinating exploration of this area. Regarding the failing of 12...

@uglifruit has submitted a GOOD GAME https://csscgc23.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-curious-consequence-of-negative-co.html Thank you for the review. (Just for note it's Jenkinson , rather than Jenkins . My dad would be furious!) Re. level 8 - in fact all levels - exiting a level involves entering the f...

Great stuff on the radio interview @Jbizzel! Managing to put the interviewer straight on his rather off-target assumptions throughout.

And obviously you'll need to quit your day job to review full time after all the press engagements.

In what is a potentially dangerous move, I've been making games to submit into CSSCGC2023 that are (whisper it) quite enjoyable to play . I'm sure that going against the spirit of the competition! I'll not spoil anything before Jamie gets chance to lay into it, but the reason my most recent entry to...

Isn't the 'black box' problem getting ever worse with *noone* really understanding computers, and computers designing their own successors...

... No, wait, that's in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

Not a specific game, but Sainsbury's carries on making me feel very zx nostalgic.

I've managed to get my head around Python's PIP package manager enough to install TZXTOOLS (github here ) and used them to create tzxs from the wavs I ripped from the DVD. Wooh, go me! The three files are here . Two are basically screenshots - albeit with some REM statements in the loader, the last ...

Green Beret and Ghosts 'n' Goblins. Obviously. And anyone that took more than one go is a loser.

(Actually I did all the stages in Beach Head, but not on my first go)

Well I watched it. I obviously enjoyed the three clips of spectrum programs loading (including a not-very-hidden one of the GoFasterStripe logo as a speccy screen$) on the menu. Given the effort involved (in ripping the audio from the DVD, then getting an emulator that loads WAV files) I'm glad that...

Whilst not exactly what you're describing I always found A Whole New Ball Game and Brainstorm (both by Pete Cooke) very much evoked that flavour. (Lemmings too). The Incredible Machine (pc) doesn't seem outside the realms of possiblity on the spectrum. I'd like to see that. Incidentally I wonder if ...

I'd definitely want 3D ATTR Maze published by one of the early companies. The ones that looked like they had hand drawn, photocopied inlays, and liberally used '3D' as a selling point. Or maybe Blaby Computer Games , as they were from a town very near where I lived, and have an equally homegrown fee...

Congrats to @PROSM for the placing!

My QWERT fingering was this:

Rubber keyed spectrum at about 45 degrees, 'caps shift' closest to me.

Index/middle (right hand) Q/W
Index/middle/ring (left hand) E/R/T


All other approaches are wrong.

Here's a quick variant on this, as I had a polite email requesting it. tap file It uses LPRINT (technically stream #3) in place of PRINT #7; to access the routine. So, as long as you've not got a printer attached, this might be the better version to use. Your BASIC will look something like this: 5 R...

You're playing against an "evil computer" in Byte. Which is, thematically, close to Rogue AI, amiright?

It is also the first spectrum game I bought, because I couldn't afford JetPac.

Mum went back and got JetPac. Thanks mum.

I've no idea about the quality. But for a couple of pounds I'm in. (The company selling them seem nice, too. I've bought from them before).

Go Faster Stripe are selling the Hey Hey 16k DVD for £2 at the moment.

Link to the sale items:

here

And specifically to the dvd here:

here

If ask David Reidy and Keith Warrington to revisit education and their Back2Skool world, to reflect my experiences these days. " Sweet F.E ." would have my playing an overworked underpaid F.E. lecturer, with more and more paperwork to do, and less and less time to do it in. After going to ...

Towns overrun by Anns! Terrifying.

flatduckrecords wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 10:56 am This game exists at exactly the lagrange point between anxiety and relaxation. Masterful stuff @+3code

"Lagrange point" ... That's a term I've not heard since my degree. Excellent work.