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by Morkin
Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Pacman Begins
Replies: 25
Views: 1114

Re: Pacman Begins

This is ace..! Perfect game to have with my weekend morning coffee... :dance

14,320. Gets a bit frenzied after a while.
by Morkin
Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Super Sonic Bros. Fast scrolling platform game which tries to not look like a ZX game
Replies: 19
Views: 1146

Re: Super Sonic Bros. Fast scrolling platform game which tries to not look like a ZX game

Looks cool - 4-pixel scroll is very smooth-looking. 8-) Only thing I found is that it feels like Sonic style momentum (and style) but the level I played seems to require Mario-style precision. It looks good but I found the controls a bit tricky. I had about 10 goes and couldn't get past the tube/wat...
by Morkin
Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: List of Z80 coding articles in Your Sinclair/ Sinclair User / Crash magazines
Replies: 13
Views: 524

Re: List of Z80 coding articles in Your Sinclair/ Sinclair User / Crash magazines

I got an email the other day saying that Andrew was about to start a Kickstarter to produce a book containing all those articles. Ah yes I recall seeing something on Twitter about a Kickstarter from Mr Hewson, though I don't tend to pay much attention to Kickstarters. Also I've been trying to reduc...
by Morkin
Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: List of Z80 coding articles in Your Sinclair/ Sinclair User / Crash magazines
Replies: 13
Views: 524

Re: List of Z80 coding articles in Your Sinclair/ Sinclair User / Crash magazines

Ah cool, a while back I was actually wondering the same thing.

For example didn't Andrew Hewson do a regular column for SU for a bit? I was always wondering whether there was a compilation of any of this sort of magazine articles without having to trawl through the contents of each issue.
by Morkin
Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239100

Re: Guess the screen$

Ba dum tish.. :lol:
by Morkin
Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: New version of Knightmare
Replies: 6
Views: 530

Re: New version of Knightmare

Heh - could've been done as a text adventure.

> MOVE RIGHT

The dungeoneer moves left. They have fallen down a chasm. What a fool.

Spellcasting..... D-I-S-M-I-S-S....
by Morkin
Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: The pips
Replies: 10
Views: 524

Re: The pips

At 8 am on 17 September 2008, to the surprise of John Humphrys, the day's main presenter on the Today programme, and Johnnie Walker, who was standing in for Terry Wogan on Radio 2, the pips went "adrift" by six seconds, and broadcast seven pips rather than six. This was traced to a proble...
by Morkin
Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
Replies: 54
Views: 2611

Re: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?

Perhaps the best metric isn't 3 minutes, or 5 minutes, but "can you complete it in less time than it took to load?" Additionally, Bugaboo has an intro sequence (over a minute) after loading, and at the start of each game you have to wait about 20 seconds for the flea to fall into the cave...
by Morkin
Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Chaos: The Battle of Wizards - Online!
Replies: 9
Views: 456

Re: Chaos: The Battle of Wizards - Online!

Ah cool, I recall ages ago Steve was doing an online version of Chaos.

I didn't realise that one had been released and now there's two :dance
by Morkin
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:51 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Paul Holmes): vote
Replies: 19
Views: 601

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Paul Holmes): vote

1. Tapper
2. Bomb Jack
3. Grand National
by Morkin
Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Machine code comment syntax recommendations
Replies: 40
Views: 1229

Re: Machine code comment syntax recommendations

- 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. Haha, when I first started learning z80 my code was littered with comments like this, before I realised it was all totally useless :lol: For writing z80 code, my...
by Morkin
Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Retro computing exhibition in Kingston Upon Thames at Kingston Uni - 14th-17th February
Replies: 1
Views: 123

Re: Retro computing exhibition in Kingston Upon Thames at Kingston Uni - 14th-17th February

Haha, nice username... Someone had to take it at some point :lol:

Looks like ace fun, would love to go but I doubt I'd realistically have time to get up there that weekend :?
by Morkin
Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: R-type question
Replies: 54
Views: 2095

Re: R-type question

Cool, love challenges like this - you'll have to give us some progress updates. 8-) I don't think I ever got very far, one of the issues is that you lose your power ups after dying, which makes it harder. I got pretty frustrated with it. Even with POKEs I think I only got to the big spaceship level ...
by Morkin
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Carlos Granados Martinez): vote
Replies: 13
Views: 741

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Carlos Granados Martinez): vote

Just as an aside, and in case anyone hadn't seen it, there's a cool mod of Fred in which it runs a bit faster.

It looks and feels better without making the gameplay harder IMO.

Info here:

viewtopic.php?t=9511
by Morkin
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Introduce yourself!
Replies: 672
Views: 184328

Re: Introduce yourself!

...Cue SC members going to their other half with this pic saying "See? My collection's nothing compared to this...!"
by Morkin
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Why yellow?
Replies: 26
Views: 1500

Re: Why yellow?

One of the mysteries of the universe, I guess.

I'm now waiting for someone to start up a project to count how many games in the archive are PAPER 6.
by Morkin
Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239100

Re: Guess the screen$

Woohoo..! Though I'm sure someone's posted that apple before, with a chunk bitten out of it...

I don't have a new one to hand so anyone feel free to jump in.
by Morkin
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239100

Re: Guess the screen$

Ninja Hamster
by Morkin
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:09 am
Forum: Design/Ideas
Topic: Papers, Please
Replies: 3
Views: 456

Re: Papers, Please

I played Papers, Please years ago. It's good fun. Kind of an 'admin simulator' with dark humour. :) As well as remembering all the new rules chucked at you and quickly referring to memos, manuals etc, I recall most of the physical gameplay is about organising documents/files on your tiny workspace, ...
by Morkin
Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Help remembering a game with an Elephant and a Dragon
Replies: 7
Views: 313

Re: Help remembering a game with an Elephant and a Dragon

Ok, in that case, from now on, wrong suggestions permitted.
by Morkin
Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Introduce yourself!
Replies: 672
Views: 184328

Re: Introduce yourself!

Marc_NL wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:13 pm That ultimately looks something like this:
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Wow, that's one hell of a collection :shock:
by Morkin
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Carlos Granados Martinez): vote
Replies: 13
Views: 741

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Carlos Granados Martinez): vote

1. Fred
2. Sir Fred
3. Misterio
by Morkin
Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:26 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Ian Weatherburn): vote
Replies: 10
Views: 722

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Ian Weatherburn): vote

1. Leader Board
2. Zip Zap
3. Alchemist
by Morkin
Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Game Of The Year 2023 Final Vote
Replies: 25
Views: 4516

Re: Game Of The Year 2023 Final Vote

Haha...! Love MST3k...
by Morkin
Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239100

Re: Guess the screen$

Wahay..! Seems like ages since I guessed on right.

Quite a few people have skipped recently, so anyone feel free to jump in.