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A special 100th Episode issue of The Spectrum Show magazine has been given a full professional print run (limited numbers) and will be available to buy from Monday 15th. It is already available to Patrons, and the feedback has been great. Details here. http://www.thespectrumshow.co.uk/magprint Patro...

Yes, the Speccy does not know any difference, it just thinks there is a disk in the drive. I don't have a M3, but everything else I have tried software wise, just treats it like a disk without any issues.

PeterJ wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:32 pm Hi @PaulJ,

Yes please. Could you scan (600dpi please) and email me them.via Google drive or similar? Cheers.

Done. Link sent.

The one I can imagine least is @PaulJ's kitchen designer! I wouldn't buy it now (they probably use VU-3D these days), but I like the idea that it was a possibility to do serious spectrum. Presumably coded when you were working here ? (One of the few text adventures I've actually completed btw, and ...

Not sure where to post this but… In a recent batch of Speccy related goods I have found a few paper items that I can’t see in the database. Forgive me if I’ve been looking in the wrong place! Just wondering if they are of interest at all.. Care of your ZX Microdrive Cartridge: Folded leaflet Various...

The one I can imagine least is @PaulJ's kitchen designer! OK.. From my very old memory... I think it was something like this... https://am3pap003files.storage.live.com/y4miuLSU-sE0o97uiT60Qa_GKmiWwXrEc4uf_NqEaIPdo2iQB4VW22BD8Ei_gf37uS3Fn5y2x5z-1R8WtPauPf38HI0LeDw1IoEo_mhJJ9Co96wdHFWHpXROVgQj5k0rdJf...

*cough* Harry Price games...

Ooo a lot of good stuff. I have 95% of my BASIC games (and hand drawn inlays) from 83 onwards. Where it went wrong was went I bought a Microdrive. I then stored all my stuff on those, and when I sold it.. they all went. I didn't think I would need them again! The things I can remember.. 1. ADAPT - A...

I have not had this issue, works for me. At a guess - for the deletion prior to re-printing are you sure you're over printing at the previous y coord and not at the new incremented coord? I made a few such errors during my implementation. Ahhh yes... knew it would be something blatant I was missing...

Has anyone got to grips with this command, or can offer help? I have a graphic consisting of 2 UDGs.. (AB). I can get HRprint to work fine when moving horizontally, but vertical movement causes the bottom or top lines of the 8 pixel block to remain on screen causing a smearing effect. I have tried u...

Not a commercial game, but it is listed on Lemon:

My game Baldy (https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=4015) was released by me on the Speccy (BaldyZX).

Does that count

Could be a version of akalabeth?
There were a lot of them about.. and some type-ins probably.

Quick question. What if the item is not game related? For example I want to upload the Transform 1984 catalogue and other non-game documentation, or documentation that covers the company in general rather than one specific title. I also have all the material (manuals, TZX and photographs) for the He...

Space Evaders was a hacked version of Space Raiders. Not much changed, but the machine code for the game was published as a readers own game!

My fav has to the Artic one though.

Thanks for you work and for protecting the site.

Hello Paul, Yes, I'd be interested in seeing the packaging. Not having owned that particular box myself, I can only guess from looking at the photos that it looks a lot like that flimsy / brittle plastic you get in things like toys. Can anyone confirm this? Here it is... looks the same. It was just...

HI @J2112Z, The only packaging I know for the Interface one is: https://www.retro8bitcomputers.co.uk/Content/images/computers/Sinclair/zxexpansionsystem/zx-spectrum-expansion-boxed.gif and https://www.retro8bitcomputers.co.uk/Content/images/computers/Sinclair/zxinterface1/zxinterface1-boxed.jpg I h...

I played it in my Kong shootout and looped to level two a few times. Ever since I have been asking people to hunt for the third screen. I believe it could also be compiled BASIC. One note, if you load the TAP into a text editor you can clearly see the levels if you set the width to 32 chars and loo...

I played it in my Kong shootout and looped to level two a few times. Ever since I have been asking people to hunt for the third screen. I believe it could also be compiled BASIC. One note, if you load the TAP into a text editor you can clearly see the levels if you set the width to 32 chars and look...

Happy New Year.. slightly late because... (gasp) I've been celebrating in real life!! Resolutions... ermmmmm Get Episode 101 complete.. in some form... had at least four attempts and today had a major change to implement!! Grrrrr Finish writing at least one of my on-going games... Contribute more to...

I'd be interested. Depends on how things play out here, but hopeful I can join.

Trudge I’m afraid. Maybe I should have marked the doors or provided some other way to inform the player which order they are. Yeah, that's a real shame. Huge flaw in an otherwise really spiffy little game that's right in my sweet zone. 25% off. (And I don't actually see any merit/point in it. What ...

pavero wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:49 pm Or you can look at the map.

https://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=CastleofDrGame

Did you intentionally miss out the three secret rooms?

Rev_Stuart_Campbell wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:59 pm It seems like fun but is there any sort of logic to which door a key will open or do you just have to trudge around trying every one until you find the one it works on?

Trudge I’m afraid. Maybe I should have marked the doors or provided some other way to inform the player which order they are.

Yes! Episode 100 is finally live. Lots of goodies and over an hour long!!

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