Spectrum Computing

The only soccer game on the Spectrum that I enjoyed was ZX Striker, even though it only consisted of a series of free kicks. Everything else, except football manager, was just a painful experience... It´s a Goal has some fine touches, but ball control is quite difficult, which can be really frustrat...

Its clear from the beginning that we are discussing compatibility issues on a very small number of examples, under certain conditions. So, general conlusions are rather pointless. Recently, I tested various custom ROMs and wanted to know how much these changes affect compatibility. I leraned some in...

I recently played the game again on the zx-uno and I can only say that it is excellent!
At the same time, it was very useful for testing different Spectrum cores, which will help us to improve their accuracy.

Thanks for a lot of useful information. We allready know, that some games (Rasputin) require an issue 2 keyboard to work. I'm curious, if there are the opposite cases, where a game requires an issue 3 keyboard and refuses to work on older boards ? Also, heres additional information regarding the det...

Rasputin (48K): the Softlock loader decrypts data against the ROM, so will only work on the original 48K machine. This is a very strange game. Apart from the ROM check, the game works properly only with the issue 2 keyboard. Otherwise, the sound is messed up and the game crashes on start. It would ...

I know there is a fix for many problematic games, but that was not my question.
I wanted to know which ones check the ROM and how they behave if differ from the original Sinclair ones.

Thanks for the info.
It would be interesting, if theres more software that checks the Sinclair welcome message...

A long time ago, when Amstrad released its first Spectrum +2, I read somewhere that a changed welcome message could cause a compatibility problem with some earlier software. Is this true and is there any example of Spectrum software that checks if ROM contains the exact message "1982 Sinclair R...

the.beginner Really like this thread. :) Please keep us updated with your emulator development. I can't help with sound emulation, but I can tell you that almost all authors of the most accurate Spectrum emulators are members of this forum. They may not all be active right now, but if you're lookin...

Very nice Exolon remake for Windows PC and HTML:
https://benjames171.itch.io/exolon-redux

ataribaby wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 10:47 am Thanks but I have that. I am looking for TAPed versions of both original tzx (I have both sides as tzx already) 48k sides with Krait and Adder from above links that no longer works.

Is this what you're looking for ?
https://easyupload.io/m/czorlg

This is the version I used on my 48k Spectrum, back in the day and I’ve never had a single issue with it.
Lenslok protection was removed, I played it to exhaustion during the summer of 1986.

https://easyupload.io/72ze5t

Can you share your version of the game, the one I have doesn't seem to work.
Or this is one of those days again, a full moon or something...

It seems, pictures of Spitfire 40 is missing...

Thanks for the reply :) As for Sinclairian I changed the the GPIO settings in zxscanner.py to match the Zxbaremulator so i could swap sd cards in each machine i have, so it should work in the new PCB but retro shack has changed the PCB to the new PI zero 2 (cheaper). That's not a problem, pi zero 2...

1. Dynamite Dan II
2. Zythum
3. Dynamite Dan

Also there are still some very good games here, that deserve attention:
Tetris
Strike Force Harrier
Moon Strike (amazing loader)
Action Reflex

oO cozy Oo Life is funny, the two of us have literally changed sides. :) I waited several years hoping that the Baremulator would meet all my expectations and then I saw your project with the Sinclairian package and realized that this is what suits me better. Fuse, as a highly accurate emulator, gi...

Dynamite Dan II is by far the best MIrrorsoft game and one of the best Spectrum games ever. Amazing programming acheivement, graphics, sound, playbility, everything...and on top of that the mysterious lack of a final location in the Blitzen Lab. One of the few Spectrum games I can always play and ne...

Nixy The Glade Spirit (C64) :



Abu Simbel Profanation (Atari XL/XE):

@Lee Bee

Excellent.
Now, I hope there is a good chance we get a Monty on the Run AY remix, with this tune...

And what exactly happened, when you woke up ?

I have this but I can't really be posting it (probably) https://i.postimg.cc/cg3LBw7H/jpa.gif EDIT... Actually, quite a lot it seems Where does that loading screen come from ? I only know about this version... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=zxdb/sinclair/entries/0036911/0036911-...

Now there's something I hadn't thought of. By and large I've completely ignored the PZX format because I see very little need for it. But still, if it works... Does a pipe work in DOS or is that Unix-only? Well, I thought the same, until I saw how useful it is to load original tape images, with var...

Even the best ATM2/ZX-Evo games, blow away Next exclusive titles. I expected a lot from Wonderfull Dizzy, but he didn't show up either. But, regardless of the graphics, my main problem is that these games don't have any Spectrum look&feel. If I want to play games like that, there are tons of the...