Spectrum Computing

Weird list. I'm also not sure Miner Willy would make the top twenty... But Donkey Kong and the Space Invader baddy? Or don't they count as "characters". Bowser, Luigi and the Ghosts from Pac Mac seem FAR more iconic than a lot of the game characters listed. Where are Ken and Ryu? Chun Li, ...

I'm really enjoying this. And looking forward to the last one the trilogy "We're Wolves" due out in 2064.

sludge wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:25 am Was the original 80's game part written in BASIC?

Original Frank N Stein had some compiled BASIC, but the rebooted version (and Dr.Acula) don't. I actually asked Colin about that here:
https://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/10/frank-n-stein-re-booted-zx-spectrum.html

Grongy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:30 am

This is obviously not a real spectrum screenshot! "Help"? ... I don't think so, sunshine. You're on your own.

Tim Harford (Financial times, Undercover economist, Radio 4 More Or Less) did a nice half an hour Podcast about the C5 as part of the "cautionary tales" series.

Here.

I'm not sure I like the look the actual cassettes at all.

Though another thumbs up for the pin badges.

ParadigmShifter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:04 am That's like electronics 101

A.k.a. Electronics 5.

Would the teleporting between doorways on "Bounty Bob Strikes Back" count?

What a great one-button game. Super playable and addictive with a top notch level of gloss.

(And if you've not checked out the other things on @highrise's Itch/Patreon they're all well worth a play!)

This is great. Hats off.

Hall of the things *does* matter...

... But so does Hacker II

https://gabrielgambetta.com/zx-raytracer.html

Interesting piece, if anyone's not seen it.

Some assembly experiments with colour and motion.

I did try full frame, the resultant AVI file looked okay. Could be case of upscaling before YTing then.

Does Fuse or ZXSpin or similar have video capture? Are they any more YT friendly?

I've been trying to export video from Spectaculator (PC) and upload the resultant video to YouTube. However the result is an artefact ridden mess.

Has anyone any advice as to settings I should be using? Or should I be using a different emulator entirely for this?

What a great idea for a game. Almost like laying down clay, and also sculpting away at it.

NOPs into HALTs

Can be an easy self modify for a slow down/speed up, (waiting for interrupt or not)

Can I 100% recommend Manic Miner Pesto (hidden away as an included bonus extra with The Perils Of Miner Willy download).

It's the original Manic Miner but you can have it running at up about twice as fast (changeable in game). It's amazing.

https://highriser.itch.io/the-perils-of-willy

Presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGv2u6epVTY&feature=youtu.be I managed to forget to send my entry, misread the deadline. D'oh. 1 CLS:FOR a=3 to 18 STEP 6:for b=0 to 35:PRINT AT FN d(b+a),FN d(b);"*":NEXT b:NEXT a:DEF FN d(x)=x-(x>18)*2*(x-18) Was quite pleased with i...

I made my brother sit through my entry loading in real time.

Truly a Christmas miracle.

Hope everyone is enjoying a lovely break (if they get one), and having LOADs of fun. Thanks for being an oasis of loveliness in a sometimes challenging world.

These are amazing!

And "wonky willy" is a phrase I won't be googling to find them again.

(As found in my signature) I love the behaviour of a 48k spectrum when CLEAR 23855 is entered.

Wish I'd done it in Dixon's.

Amazing work Jbizzel . Bust out the Advocate and spend the rest of the year drinking Snowballs. That is the only way to recover from a stint in the judge's chair. EdToo , you're in for a treat. Though "treat" might not be the word I mean. "Ordeal" might be more apt. And congrats ...

I like that if it's adding to the array, it only adds one byte per item. A quick reworking of sn3j 's VAL$ technique means you could just append a quotation mark at the storage time, then add one at decoding time if there's a need to keep the array as short as possible. With the caveat that it'd be ...