Spectrum Computing

... Normally you might think "oh how fast the bottom moves, it's weird". But it really should move even faster. To be exact, 36 pixels in each frame. WHAT?... The calculation is as follows: The pre-calculated game data has been done using an 80 degrees FOV. Consequently, what is seen on t...

Since nowadays most prefer to watch a video before even trying the game, here is a video preview.

Spoiler Alert!
The surprise is revealed in this video.

https://youtu.be/6JuB9Z8-KDg.

Released... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdY5_GEpck9fG47E-Rke83G_j0JolxOgoG7NRihzTi1sD1HoKfHMv108wEjSd0Qg3TORIK52PKypOC56B-vLyvtHjgA9UfaU0k9Qy-iryL7gpkpufDWF-0-wUnxzSSt7kMFT5TbPyAY4iFT_cwSFoKytGTAtY5zGWLXWwiBOAjVWOfJ29mtkkWPVQbPg=s320 That shows that you had early access to the...

The information on controls is on the Game dev thread on ZX-DEV.

blucey wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:43 pm

Rev_Stuart_Campbell wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:12 am 87. FLYING SHARK (And the rules of this chart also let it off for its rubbish non-redefinable key layout.)

Graftgold do this stupid thing where they don't have a menu on screen but if you press 3 you get to redefine the keys.

Whoo, on page 26 !

By the way, being a game developer myself, I'm curious what is the perceived problem with push-scroll ? ... That's totally not the same thing. Those games were DESIGNED to play like that. The ones we're talking about are ones that scrolled normally in the arcade but not on the Speccy version. So th...

By the way, being a game developer myself, I'm curious what is the perceived problem with push-scroll ? This can be well implemented and work perfectly fine. I'm really curious what is so wrong about it. Many arcade games did exactly that, push-scroll, which the base idea is to save the player from ...

Yes, it's a bit heavy on the fire button, but weren't all the arcade games like that ? Including Flying Shark ? It's very different hammering a firing button with one hand compared to hammering it with your thumb or one finger while also steering with other fingers of the same hand. OK. To each one...

Welcome to "People Who Didn't Read The Rest Of The Thread Before Commenting", viewers! Yep, that's me. But I made sure to read at least 3 more pages, to see if any one commented on it. Since I didn't find any comment on it, I added mine. If someone else commented it further on, I'm sorry ...

87. FLYING SHARK Arcade: 1987, Taito Spectrum: 1987, Firebird You were probably expecting this one to be nearer the top too. ... Flying Shark gets a partial pass for the thumb-mangling lack of autofire - an unwanted feature of almost all Speccy vertical shmups, but especially galling in a game like...

Very nice environment graphics.

Sad news indeed.

Great games, I specially loved Batman, since it was my first Isometric game on the Speccy.

Did you mean to have some question ?

What exactly do you want to discuss ?

... Some good suggestions. But Airwolf and Last Ninja 2? Some people have a real issue with the difficulty of Airwolf and apart from that I would say it is average at best. Last Ninja 2 has a horrible control scheme and to be honest is better played on the C64 (although the control still sucks). Be...

There are a few Hardware interfaces around that allow you to run a test ROM, from power up. You can also make a simple board with a an EEPROM with the correct TEST ROM code. From my experience, this is the first thing I do, when I suspect some memory problems. There are also quite a few threads on h...

I see some obvious misses so far ...
Spy Hunter
Airwolf
Commando
Bomb Jack
Operation Wolf
ATV Simulator
Batman
Batman the Caped Crusader
Batman The Movie
Great Escape
Last Ninja 2

Just to name a few from the top of my head.

I don't think I've seen this mentioned on here before. A very pretty looking platformer available from ZX Online. https://zxonline.net/game/treasure-hunters/ [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQb7zKEI1ek[/media] This is exactly the problem with using the ZX Next extra features. It doesn't look...

It can be many things. But most probably it's a shortcut on the data bus or somewhere related with how the keyboard connects to the bus. I would suggest to replaced the keyboard membrane first if one is available. If that doesn't solve it, it's mostly detective work, with an oscilloscope probe or da...

I would suggest that you ran those on a real machine. Would love to listen to it being played on the real thing. Me too but I don't own either a Spectrum 128 or an MSX. Maybe someone here, capable of running the Arkos Tracker replayer on their hardware is interested in trying a song out? Check your...

Bubu wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:23 pm Well, if someone from this forum wants to apply TLC to the screen$, I'll be very greatful

I could help, but now I'm overwhelmed with work, so can't do it.
Maybe later, after December.

Bubu wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:18 pm

RMartins wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 1:23 pm But that loading screen, needs some TLC.

TLC? I know what THC is, but TLC? Tender Loving Care?

Yep "Tender Love and Care"

The game extras and gameplay seem to be spot on.
Congratulations.

But that loading screen, needs some TLC.

And where can we see those dancers moving ?

I would suggest that you ran those on a real machine, so that you get the real hardware generated sound, and not that very clean thing you are getting on a PC Music editor.

Would love to listen to it being played on the real thing.

Just do it.

If I'm not Mistaken the Renegade level bosses also had names somewhere.
Names are in the Manual

"BIg Bad Bertha", is the second level Boss.