Spectrum Computing

I had similar concerns using a 9pin wireless RF dongle for a Retrobit Saturn controller with a DivMMC Future. It works fine on a 48K, but it seems to make the DivMMC a bit unstable on my toastrack. As in, the NMI will often crash the machine requiring a full power down. Perhaps it draws a bit too mu...

I did always wonder how these were done, so yes I will have to muddle my way through this.

This sounds quite interesting but it's beyond my comprehension. Any chance of some example screen dissolves as gif attachments for the idiots in the cheap seats?

In my experience zmakebas is much better than bas2tap.

bluespikey wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:59 pm Now.... It doesn't quite work for some reason.

Your job will remain safe for some time I'm sure.

Uh-oh, all of Grongy's images are now broken links for me

!remind me in 6years

I am impressed at your comedy choices sir, and the incredible pixel art too obviously

I ride an e-bike in London now, since I need to transport two kids and it's about twice as fast as a car for most journeys as congestion has got so bad. I got rid of the car. I was just thinking the other morning that this was effectively Clive's vision. How it could have all been so different... Bu...

Was someone on here not working on converting the Sid Meier one, IIRC?

I used your technique of "moving" only attribute memory, and leaving static graphic vertical bars on the bitmap screen. Here is my demo, programed in pure Basic, moving colors data using defadd trick. As you can see, the scroll is in 4pixels increments: https://i.postimg.cc/GBcZ83PP/pru4p...

That looks and sounds great, can't wait to try it. Good name too!

Great sound effects!

Jet Pac guy

Grongy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:08 pm

Unbelievable. How can so much be shown with so few pixels (and colours!). Bravo! Surely one of your best.

I for one really enjoyed reading Arkannoyed 's thread in which the compact chess graphics engine was refined. I recall I read it on a flight with wifi. The data rate was awful but just allowed some forum reading and that thread was captivating. Would be amazing to see it paired with a game engine an...

Beautiful!

https://github.com/patters-match/artill ... ake_tap.sh

This is how I built the loader and loading screen for my game - might be useful for someone. Took me a lot of trial and error to get working smoothly.

I never had this game back in the day, but I played it a lot on my Gameboy Advance using ZXAdvance emulator. Cropping the screen to fit on the smaller GBA screen didn't matter for this title but I was drawn to its hard-as-nails gameplay and technically accomplished graphics. Can't remember if I even...

Congratulations on a very well made video. It's always fun to discover a familiar topic from a different perspective. I'm fascinated by people's stories about their 'in' to a different culture - and it brings a smile to my face imagining that your window to Britishness was through the pages of Your ...

It's worth noting that a compiler is never going to be able to deal with things like calculated line numbers. This is a favourite of mine for level data. 10 LET Level=1 20 GOSUB 2000:REM draw the level 30 ... 2000 RESTORE (8000+Level*100) 2010 FOR A=1 TO 4 2020 READ A$:PRINT A$ 2030 NEXT A 2040 RET...

https://bobs-stuff.itch.io/text-only-grand-prix-2009

"The thrills and spills of F1 racing completely neutered in the form of a text-only boredom-athon"

PeterJ wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:59 am This one @patters?

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... Cannonball

The very same

I typed up a game from Sinclair Programs as a lad that featured just such a tedious death march made of a page of BEEP statements, and a screen full of gravestones. Perhaps you had too. You had to catch falling canonballs in a boat.

https://i.postimg.cc/fVzhf6vJ/dec.jpg It's a bag-for-life from France, something to do with sportswear goods. No Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson or Daley Thompson to you matey, no lucozade or running shoes to be seen here. That bag is certainly living its life. They haven't used that "A fond l...