Spectrum Computing

Am getting very close to retirement and would like to rekindle my dreams of programming a Spectrum game in assembly language, but need some pointers to get started. Glad to hear it! There's good advice above, but just in case you struggle with Pasmo and want to try another angle, this was my way in...

It's pleasantly surprising that after all this time, software like this can still appear that is not only MIA, but uMIA! Speaking as a (lapsed) birder, I'd like to see the inlay or instructions if they exist. I've worked out that some of the keys are 6,7,0,enter, but there's a lot more to it. Sorry,...

Andre Leao wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:08 pm Caveted is the right name. He was 13 when he created this game...

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the only bit missing is that I never spent the afternoon typing it in from a magazine then another hour working out why it doesn't work correctly and trying to find the typos in the listing. ;) That bit now gets replaced with an afternoon doing DIY and then another hour working out why it doesn't w...

So I was relieved this morning to realize that it's 'Cave Ted'. Phew, that's better. Ha. I'm an idiot. I was puzzled by the word and didn't make the link you did. I created the ID with 'Caveted' in the title, but should it be 'Cave Ted'? There is no obvious space on the inlay, loading or opening sc...

Lovely. This brings back memories of 'next level' BASIC coding: trying out larger sprites, baddies, gravity, flipscreen, and pretending it was a proper release by drawing an inlay. Fernando's efforts were way better than mine though! I like the jumping sword action, but it doesn't seem to kill any b...

Just completed this. Nice gentle puzzle for a Saturday morning. It's easy once you work out how the jump works.

This is the demo version, and I assume it's the same as the one that appeared on the Crash tape. Nice one Peter. There's also Mr Hair's a very Hairy Remix on the Crash tape. Making entries for both now. It's like the first Mr Hair game in reverse, with extra bits and bobs. IMO it's different enough...

This is a decent disassembler for less than 5K. If I understood what it meant BITD I'd have made use of it. I wonder if the publisher is Your Computer magazine, same as this author's assembler , but I couldn't find evidence of it in the magazine 1982 - 1983. I'll leave publisher blank for now, if an...

Thanks fellas. I did wonder if it was that game, but it looked more like a serious text adventure going by the opening screen. I'm also a bit confused why it's both Chrobák Truhlík and Brouk Pytlík.

Jaroslav Svelch's book 'Gaming the Iron Curtain' mentions 'Pouch the Beetle' and says it was a minor speccy hit in Czechoslovakia. I can't find it in the archive. Has it been lost, or was it not a spectrum compatible game?

Refrenz wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:21 pm ...and now find myself with around 20-ish Speccys in various forms, with the latest one being a Next which sits proudly on my desk next to my PC...

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Added. I put the genre down as Utility: Telecom/Network.

If any techy types know what this program does then please let us know.

Sweet. I would have been very chuffed with myself if I coded this BITD. Jumping on level 3 is trying my patience a bit, so I'm not sure I'll finish this one.

Given the blue main sprite on the inlay, Cascade could have repackaged this as a Watchmen game!

This looks like another highly technical one that would be even more impressive if I knew the topic. I managed to input some values that I thought were sensible (and it does give an "unrealistic data" warning if you get silly), it flew for 3000ft, but the trajectory graph didn't have a lin...

Sounds okay to my ear, and the record play feature is nice. Are there any musicians out there willing to record a snapshot showing just how good this rather limited organ can sound?

@firelord, I'd buy the bundle, but if you reach the €1000 mark I'm worried you'll lose motivation.

I can't identify the game but I can identify the song - Manic Minor by Jega from 1999. With that title it's got to be a Spectrum as opposed to anything else. Ah new to me - great shout. I think we can put it even further beyond reasonable doubt, not that there was any, that Jega is a Specchum if yo...

Ivanzx wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:14 pm Hehe, funnily enough, the graphist is from Cambridge:

But five pounds says his real name is Pedro, and he has a fondness for churros and sleeping in the afternoon.

You know what: after actually sitting down and reading the instructions, these Powerbox games are pretty interesting and fun. Yep. When I originally took the screenshots for the archive I didn't have a clue what was going on. In fact I didn't even know if the map was an electrical diagram of a 'powe...

You can spot the Spanish style can't you? There's something in the graphics and those tiny spider sprites that gives it away (and this is where someone points out that it's Italian or something). It's not AGD either, so there's a different speed and jumping arc to get used to. Nice to see masked spr...

Ideas? You mean ideas for game plots, themes etc. that people can use? Like: You are the Grinch who want to steal/ruin Christmas in Whoville or Cindy who tries to stop him? (To keep it in the Christmas theme) Yep - there's no guarantee they'll be used, but ideas for things like this and articles ar...

http://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/ZXMasTree_Craiyon.png Yes. Put down that ice cream, throw some water on the barbeque, and get indoors — it's time to get busy* for the Woot ZXMas Tape Magazine 2022!** Pretty much anything is welcome: games, minigames, demos, screens, music, idea...

Shedloads of work there. Thanks all.

Cor!