Spectrum Computing

Holy Smokes! Did you make these PDF's, @pavero ? Very impressive!! Thanks for sharing!

I've been checking my email all morning today, then suddenly towards midday, I got a text message that looked like spam. After almost ignoring it, the word "SPECNEXT LTD" stood out in the message and there it was! Then another text message arrived for the machine I ordered for my brother. ...

Thanks for your replies, Einar Saukas . It was helpful. All the type-ins from Sinclair Programs Issue 10, August 1983 are now available. It includes all Spectrum and ZX-81 type-ins. I took whatever was available on Jim Grimwood's TTFn site, tested, checked for bugs, typos e.t.c. and made corrections...

TAP only. Decades ago, many people preferred snapshots because they were more "convenient". But there's no reason anymore, since every emulator supports TAP/TZX with fast loading now. Thanks Einar Saukas . For ZX-81 titles, are .p files the preferred way to go? How about running screens f...

According to this video, it does work. I do not have a Next yet but I went ahead and purchased one anyway to use when my Next arrives.

1-min later... I've just realised it was uploaded at Jim Grimwood's site... :roll: :mrgreen: well, it doesn't really matter. It was worth messing around with BASIC type-ins from magazines again. Don't worry - I did the same thing with Hang Out The Washing! some time ago. It didn't bother me because...

Grongy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:47 pm Thanks a lot! As for the crashes - I suppose you used a version 1.0, which was buggy, yeah. Version 1.1 never crashed on me; you should try that, if that happens again on 1.1, we can fix it with your help!

Cool, thanks @Grongy . I'll get version 1.1 and try it.

Neil Parsons wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:54 pm Good job. May you send it to Jim Grimwood's TTFn site? Not preserved there yet.

Yes, I will send it over to Jim. Thanks Neil.

I think Marco's and your Spekku-Man must be the best Pacman games on the Speccy. Wow, another great Pac-man remake! Thanks for pointing it out @R-Tape. This one slipped past my radar and I have to agree with you that these two are the best Pac-man games on the Speccy. However I did encounter a cras...

When I saw the subject line, I got all excited thinking that the units were about to be shipped. Like you SkoolKid , I'm also waiting eagerly for the remaining KS2 units to ship as I live in the US. Also like you, I have a birthday in January (mid Jan) so maybe it'll arrive in time if I'm lucky. If ...

Typed this out from Sinclair Programs a couple years ago then the thumb drive broke. Found a backup today.

Touch Type

Happy New Year, everyone!!

Excellent conversion Marco! Great job and thanks for giving this to the community

Merry Speccy Christmas, Everyone!! Enjoy and stay safe!!

Wootiful!! Awesome!! Thank you Dave! The content all looks very entertaining. It’ll keep me occupied while waiting for the KS2 Speccy to ship.

Fun game this one. The controls feel good and the difficulty level feels just right, at least for me. Like Ralf, I also couldn't get the kempston option to work. It responds, but your character hops around randomly and the controls move him around unpredictably. This was using SpecEmu emulator. I tr...

Great puzzle game. I like the smoothness of the movement - Thanks for sharing.

Is that a genuine request for a TRD file or just the fact that TRD is only one letter away from TuRD? :D :D Yup, it's just a silly request I did on a whim because of the TRD file extension. But in all seriousness, I do think that if there's any game that deserves a TAP to TRD conversion, this one w...

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 10:12 pm Alright alright! - apart from Toms, Singleton, White, Escort and Reidy, which other coder made such a name for themselves with so few titles?

How ‘bout Richard Wilcox?

Very entertaining indeed! Great game.
Is there a Trd format available at all?

Commando?

Everyone’s a Jetset Wally
Alien ate my Hamster

@R-Tape , If you're still looking for stuff, I have a silly little game that I just wrote in BASIC.

This game plays really well. Excellent job!!
Now I'll have to go and discover your other games

Karnov?