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- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Machine code comment syntax recommendations
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1229
Re: Machine code comment syntax recommendations
You probably know it but maybe someone will find this beginner advice useful: - Dont make comments like "Decrease A register by one" . It's a useless comment. If you have a DEC A command then it's obvious. But a comment like " Decrease number of lives " is very useful. So describ...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: Dizzy Help?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 210
Re: Dizzy Help?
Yes, these are tips for Dizzy games.
It's for Dizzy 1-4 , just as the filename says - "DizzyHelpPart1-4.zip"
It's for Dizzy 1-4 , just as the filename says - "DizzyHelpPart1-4.zip"
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: My new game: Tobit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 543
My new game: Tobit
It's Christmas time, so it's time for my gift game for the Spectrum community. This time I wanted to do something a bit different. It's a game with a religious theme, you don't have them very often, don't you? ;) It's not a Christmas theme however. It's maybe a less known biblical story, yet I found...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 4:21 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: WOOT 2023 released!
- Replies: 90
- Views: 6014
Re: WOOT 2023 released!
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/ad ... ew_rzx.phpMaybe somebody would be kind enough to drop me a reminder when these titles are added to the SC archive, so I can upload the RZX files?
It was made as temporary solution but it seems that it will last for years
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:26 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: La Pucelle - new game under development, demo video 1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 562
Re: La Pucelle - new game under development, demo video 1
It's an ambitious project so good luck with it. An important thing with these kind of games, that people often overlook, is balancing them. So they aren't too easy or too hard. So there isn't any single army unit or trick which beats everything else and makes everything else useless and unnecessary....
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:32 am
- Forum: Music
- Topic: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1455
Re: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:39 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: The New Secret of Pinocchio (Buratino)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 271
Re: The New Secret of Pinocchio (Buratino)
Some backstory for people not so well versed in Russian games and in Russian culture generally. This is a work of Vyacheslav Mednonogov, a famous Russian programmer who created in the 90s such megagames as Black Raven or UFO: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=15244 His nick Copper Feet i...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:32 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: La Pucelle - new game under development, demo video 1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 562
Re: La Pucelle - new game under development, demo video 1
Looks really interesting, we don't get these kind of games much often on Spectrum
Alessandro, is it a remake of this game?
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1366/joa ... the-sword/
Alessandro, is it a remake of this game?
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1366/joa ... the-sword/
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Cursed Castle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1005
Re: Cursed Castle
Yep. it looks like we have a new engine.
Seems like there is yet another game called Crazy Christmas made with this engine:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10714
And it has the same bugs as Cursed Castle.
Seems like there is yet another game called Crazy Christmas made with this engine:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10714
And it has the same bugs as Cursed Castle.
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:11 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: WOOT 2023 released!
- Replies: 90
- Views: 6014
Re: WOOT 2023 released!
Congratulation on realising this. There's a lot of good stuff here.
In Roasty, is some weird control of the hero after flipping the switch a bug or a feature?
In Roasty, is some weird control of the hero after flipping the switch a bug or a feature?
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:32 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Cursed Castle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1005
Re: Cursed Castle
And I was using Spectaculator as well.
With exactly the same scenario - in 128kB mode game
crashed immediately after selecting Kempston, exiting the menu, entering the gameplay and pressing left or right on emulated Kempston.
As long as you don't press anything, it works.
With exactly the same scenario - in 128kB mode game
crashed immediately after selecting Kempston, exiting the menu, entering the gameplay and pressing left or right on emulated Kempston.
As long as you don't press anything, it works.
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:30 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Cursed Castle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1005
Re: Cursed Castle
Nice game with obvious inspirations coming from Ghosts'n'Goblins.
Some things to be fixed:
- Kempston control is messed up
- game crashes on 128kB Spectrum
Some things to be fixed:
- Kempston control is messed up
- game crashes on 128kB Spectrum
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Johnny The Ghost
- Replies: 17
- Views: 898
Re: Johnny The Ghost
So it's Spectrum game, inspired by Atari game, inspired by Gameboy gameI had this game on the Gameboy, it was called Pitman
If you start looking for game inspirations, you often end with such chains.
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:30 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Johnny The Ghost
- Replies: 17
- Views: 898
Re: Johnny The Ghost
So it's actually a remake of Atari 8-bit game.
Nothing to be ashamed of The Spectrum version keeps the good original level design and improves the
graphics and music of the original.
Nothing to be ashamed of The Spectrum version keeps the good original level design and improves the
graphics and music of the original.
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:57 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Johnny The Ghost
- Replies: 17
- Views: 898
Re: Johnny The Ghost
Very nice game!
Good graphics, nice music, smooth movement and good puzzles. What would you need more?
I wonder why this ghost is collecting Roman helmets but maybe it's not the most important thing in the game
Good graphics, nice music, smooth movement and good puzzles. What would you need more?
I wonder why this ghost is collecting Roman helmets but maybe it's not the most important thing in the game
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:34 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Joe blade
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Joe blade
I never got into Joe Blade games.
Can't say they were bad. Just uninteresting for me. It didn't help that they were monochrome and all looked the same. And required mapping.
Can't say they were bad. Just uninteresting for me. It didn't help that they were monochrome and all looked the same. And required mapping.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Just a few barely useful Vic-20 games...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 495
Re: Just a few barely useful Vic-20 games...
Some of these games seem to have a colour clash very similar to Spectrum.
While others don't have it.
Did Vic-20 had something like colour clash?
While others don't have it.
Did Vic-20 had something like colour clash?
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: New game under development - working title "Calais"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 598
Re: New game under development - working title "Calais"
Pretty stuff!
I get some Defender of the Crown vibe here.It will be that as well Political management, diplomacy, espionage and turn-based combat, all rolled into one.
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:15 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: New game under development - working title "Calais"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 598
Re: New game under development - working title "Calais"
Now I'm lost. I was going to believe it's some war simulation but now I'm not so certain
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:14 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Zaxxon, should have been better for 1985
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1064
Re: Zaxxon, should have been better for 1985
Zaxxon is one of these games that have cult status on other platforms but were always nothing special on Zx Spectrum.
Just like Boulder Dash, River Raid or Donkey Kong.
And looking at the video - yes it's bad. Very slow and jerky. Certainly could have been done better.
Just like Boulder Dash, River Raid or Donkey Kong.
And looking at the video - yes it's bad. Very slow and jerky. Certainly could have been done better.
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:36 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Killer Kong screenshot
- Replies: 6
- Views: 318
Re: Killer Kong screenshot
Nice spot!
It looks like the game on the first screenshot is the original one and the game on
the second screenshot is a later version with improved graphics.
It looks like the game on the first screenshot is the original one and the game on
the second screenshot is a later version with improved graphics.
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:24 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: +3 disk games that really stand out
- Replies: 4
- Views: 255
Re: +3 disk games that really stand out
At the Russian forum there is a list of all +3 disk games with improvements:
https://zx-pk.ru/threads/31635-spisok-i ... t-s-3.html
The list itself is in English so don't be afraid to check it out
https://zx-pk.ru/threads/31635-spisok-i ... t-s-3.html
The list itself is in English so don't be afraid to check it out
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:38 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Colour clash query
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1643
Re: Colour clash query
Yes. 16 independent colours without any BRIGHT thing.The easiest significant improvement would be 16 colors for INK and PAPER, without FLASH and BRIGHT:
Spectrum bright colours were too similar to their non bright versions. It was almost like Spectrum had only 8 colours.
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:46 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: Xmas Card
- Replies: 1
- Views: 127
Xmas Card
This seems to be the same program:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... /Xmas_Card
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... /Xmas_Card
Or is there a reason that it's stored as two entries?
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... /Xmas_Card
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... /Xmas_Card
Or is there a reason that it's stored as two entries?
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:13 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Colour clash query
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1643
Re: Colour clash query
Probably the best way to deal with colour clash without serious increase of the screen memory would be hardware sprites. You could even keep the background as it is, with the clash rules. It would have its limitations but with clever design most people wouldn't even notice it. The worst clash happen...