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- Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:15 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Editing basic on a spectrum
- Replies: 10
- Views: 622
Re: Editing basic on a spectrum
Also consider ZX-Editor, part of the ZX-Modules suite: https://www.alessandrogrussu.it/zx-modules.html
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:03 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: How to load from tape than save as a tap file
- Replies: 4
- Views: 168
Re: How to load from tape than save as a tap file
You can run Taper in DOSBox, but in native Windows it won't have run since... Windows 98, most likely. Sergey Gordeev created a new version of Taper that will run under later Windows version. Download it at: http://sg-software.ru/taper/ (click on the black button with "Скачать Taper 3.1" ...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:20 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: The Ice Temple menu screen music
- Replies: 9
- Views: 341
Re: The Ice Temple menu screen music
Thank you R-Tape :D I suspected it was a traditional tune in fact. Meanwhile, I found the version I most probably heard first. It was in Angelo Branduardi's musical score for State buoni se potete, a 1983 film by Luigi Magni broadcast on TV by RAI the following year. Which is actually earlier than 1...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:00 am
- Forum: Music
- Topic: The Ice Temple menu screen music
- Replies: 9
- Views: 341
Re: The Ice Temple menu screen music
Chords and rhythm of the first few bars sound vaguely similar. However I surely did not hear it there, I played the Monkey Island series up to the third chapter.
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:51 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: The Ice Temple menu screen music
- Replies: 9
- Views: 341
The Ice Temple menu screen music
Lately I was wondering about the tune playing in the menu screen of The Ice Temple. I think I heard it somewhere else, not a long time ago, certainly not back in the day.
Does anyone know its title? Or is it an original composition?
Does anyone know its title? Or is it an original composition?
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:36 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Why did you NOT upgrade to a CPC in the 80s?
- Replies: 142
- Views: 3167
Re: Why did you NOT upgrade to a CPC in the 80s?
CPC? What's that? Codice di Procedura Civile? (*) Seriously though, Amstrad was known in Italy mostly for rebranding low-end hi-fi and car stereo systems in the 1980s, so that their home computer range did never take off here. Neither did their business machine one, for the strong presence of Olivet...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 2:27 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Hopman
- Replies: 10
- Views: 695
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC
- Replies: 99
- Views: 9209
Re: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC
Fantasy Zone Escape from the Pyramid only works without in-game music, perhaps there are multiple .TAP files of this one for that reason. Correct: you have to load the files marked as "128" in fact. EDIT: @Alessandro wrote both volumes...700+ pages all about speccy :shock: :o :o :shock: Y...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:29 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Piracy of new Games today on the ZX Spectrum and Next
- Replies: 22
- Views: 883
Re: Piracy of new Games today on the ZX Spectrum and Next
On other side, I don't understand why anyone is selling Spectrum games this days. Well it's not "anyone", the majority of contemporary authors (including yours truly) just encourage you to give a small optional donation. Anyway - I shall give my motivation for it. When I put Italia 1944 o...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:57 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: I got my 1st Speccy!! (+2A) advice on compatibility?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 141
Re: I got my 1st Speccy!! (+2A) advice on compatibility?
I didnt realize DivMMC (which I got) adds even /more/ compatibility issues, lol. But hey, good excuse for me to look into tape loading the old fashioned way! Perhaps some indie devs do this on purpose to make people buy the tape? :shock: No, contemporary games usually come in TAP and sometimes TRD ...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:53 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Piracy of new Games today on the ZX Spectrum and Next
- Replies: 22
- Views: 883
Re: Piracy of new Games today on the ZX Spectrum and Next
Completely agree with @AndyC. No one in their right mind would ever think about making a profit out of Spectrum games - apart from the proverbial pack of Rolos (or whatever candies you fancy, Ricolas and Golias in my case).
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:42 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC
- Replies: 99
- Views: 9209
Re: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC
Hi segasonicfan , if you wish to know everything about Spectrum file formats, I cannot but recommend you my Spectrumpedia. You will find all the information you need written in a concise and exhaustive way in Vol. 2, Chapter 2, pages 229-246. The link to download a free PDF copy is in my signature. ...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Kempston - Why dont games make it default?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 487
Re: Kempston - Why dont games make it default?
What for? There are lots of people here who cut their teeth on the keyboard, including yours truly
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: I got my 1st Speccy!! (+2A) advice on compatibility?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 141
Re: I got my 1st Speccy!! (+2A) advice on compatibility?
Welcome on the forum :) I must admit have a soft spot for the +2A, it is the only historical Spectrum (apart from the old rubber-keyed model) I hold more than one unit of in my collection. At least on my LED TV and VGA monitor, colours are much more vibrant than the previous models and beeper and AY...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games with their own "Airwolf Wall"
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1368
Re: Games with their own "Airwolf Wall"
Wizball was and still is one of my favourite games of its era on the Spectrum, and I never found its beginning that difficult. Just, as Jason wrote, bounce very slightly and acquire left-right movement, then full directional movement. The rest should be rather straightforward. On the other hand, Ka...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 11:25 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: New release of SpecEmu
- Replies: 218
- Views: 45585
Re: New release of SpecEmu
Same for me. Windows 10 x64, no option present.
Not something I shall miss anyway, I already made a TAP file out of it following the instructions, and played it on real hardware through the DivMMC.
Not something I shall miss anyway, I already made a TAP file out of it following the instructions, and played it on real hardware through the DivMMC.
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Just a minor detail...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 664
Re: Just a minor detail...
... that I found while playing Atic Atac: This is the starting room: https://i.postimg.cc/Kz8BMwwp/ROOM.jpg If you see the ACG helmet down left, we can see it has the letters ACG printed on it, but in a way according to the perspective of the whole screen, but if we turn the screen around, the helm...
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC
- Replies: 99
- Views: 9209
Re: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC
Hi @Bolton80, try this file of Side A. I am not familiar with this game so I cannot tell whether it runs as expected or not.
http://disegnareconlaluce.altervista.org/Rats-test.zip
http://disegnareconlaluce.altervista.org/Rats-test.zip
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:19 am
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: uMIA: "Caccia al 13" (Rebit Software, 1983)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 136
Re: uMIA: "Caccia al 13" (Rebit Software, 1983)
Interesting... I should mention this in the third edition of the Spectrumpedia in 2032 :) Maria Teresa Ruta states in the interview that the computer is fed data about the matches to be played next Sunday(*), then the program elaborates a system for the Totocalcio pool prediction contest(**). This l...
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:03 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games with multiple parts AND multiple genres
- Replies: 23
- Views: 673
Re: Games with multiple parts AND multiple genres
Some PSS strategy games, namely Theatre Europe, Tobruk, Battle Of Britain and Bismarck, contain some simple, and in some cases optional, arcade sequences alongside the main strategic part.
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:55 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why does CAPS LOCK break Bubble Bobble?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 722
Re: Why does CAPS LOCK break Bubble Bobble?
They will work if you load from 48K mode. However, this will obviously leave you without the AY music (which will please @equinox's dad at least). Again, the Musical 1 re-release will play AY music in the background. A TAP file of it will soon be added to the collection for the DivIDE, in the next ...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:58 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: How did your ZX Spectrum die?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 711
Re: How did your ZX Spectrum die?
In 1993, after nine years of honorable service, the voltage regulator failed and fried the RAM.
On a side note, all Spectrums in my collection were purchased on Ebay in the 2010s.
(Edited: nine years instead of eight)
On a side note, all Spectrums in my collection were purchased on Ebay in the 2010s.
(Edited: nine years instead of eight)
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why does CAPS LOCK break Bubble Bobble?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 722
Re: Why does CAPS LOCK break Bubble Bobble?
The original Firebird release of Bubble Bobble won't work on the +2A/+3.
The Hit Squad re-release will, but without background music. The Musical 1 re-release runs with background music.
(See the +2A/+3 incompatibilities and corrections list in my signature)
The Hit Squad re-release will, but without background music. The Musical 1 re-release runs with background music.
(See the +2A/+3 incompatibilities and corrections list in my signature)
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:51 pm
- Forum: SAM Coupé
- Topic: Did Sam Coupe had Zx Spectrum ROM?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 866
Re: Did Sam Coupe had Zx Spectrum ROM?
My knowledge is very poor when it comes to Sam Coupe and I decided to improve it a bit today :) Sam Coupe could run Zx Spectrum games and other programs, right? So did it have a copy of Spectrum ROM? I guess that without ROM memory a lot of programs would crash. If so, how did they deal with copyri...
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:09 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: John Gibson of Ocean/Imagine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 403
Re: John Gibson of Ocean/Imagine
Sad news. Rest in peace, Zzoom alone gave me so many hours of fun back in the day.