Speccy Live

4Feb/13Off

The Great Escape: New Loading Screen by Craig Stevenson

posted by TecSoft

The third in his series of classic ZX Spectrum games loading screen re-doings. Watch and vote for it at ZX-Art.

TheGreatEscapeNew

Tagged as: games, graphics 3 Comments

4Feb/13Off

Brand New Game: Zx-PUYO

posted by TecSoft

zx-puyo Another fresh release for the great old ZX81. Author: Philippe DUHAMEL.

Download link: http://zx81.ordi5.free.fr.

Tagged as: games, ZX81 No Comments

4Feb/13Off

Brand New Game: Jim Bagley’s ZX81 Racing

posted by TecSoft

jbracing Jim Bagley has just released a 16K ZX81 game which uses the WRX high resolution schema.

Download link: http://www.sinclairzxworld.com.

Tagged as: games, ZX81 No Comments

4Feb/13Off

SCRplus v0.21 Released

posted by TecSoft

The tool converts images to ZX Spectrum format. Supports ULAplus format, Timex 8x1 attributes and YUV tweaking.

Tagged as: graphics, systems 6 Comments

29Jan/13Off

Brand New Game: Intergalactic Space Rescue

posted by TecSoft

ISR The second game for the 16K Speccy is now released. It's a puzzle game with a space theme.

Your skills are needed in the Intergalactic Space Rescue service, where you
will make space a safer place for travellers by locating stricken starships to
rescue their crew and passengers. Navigation in the 1,000 uncharted sectors is
difficult and you'll need all your abilities to complete your important
mission.

Tagged as: games 1 Comment

28Jan/13Off

ZXAAA Compo 2013 Invitro

posted by TecSoft

So meet the invitation to the party!

Tagged as: invitation, parties 38 Comments

28Jan/13Off

FOReVER XIV (13-15 March) Official Rules

posted by sq

Основные правила
Добавьте обычный .txt-файл с небольшой информацией о вашей работе (или работах), такой как название работы, автор и контактные адреса. Так же вы можете указать всю необходимую дополнительную информацию. Все ваши работы должны быть сделаны специально для FOReVER XIV. Вы можете участвовать без собственного присутствия, но в этом случае, мы не можем полностью гарантировать того, что вы получите приз в случае выигрыша. Все работы с пати будут опубликованы как freeware непосредственно после проведения пати.

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26Jan/13Off

ZX-Chip Podcast #21

posted by TecSoft

Nodeus is glad to present a new release of the zx-chip podcast. The first in 2013 and the twenty-first from the beginning. AY-chip meditation with beautiful and very acid music by Ironman for your pleasure! Only in Russian.

Tracklist:

for Edisson by Ironman

Global techno by Ironman

Napalm rave by Ironman

Narko tragedy by Ironman

Plastic fantasy by Ironman

Rave hauz by Ironman

Rovers here nowww... by Ironman

Visual emotion by Ironman

Tagged as: music, podcast 4 Comments

26Jan/13Off

The Spectrum Show #12

posted by TecSoft

Welcome to episode 12 of The Spectrum Show. In this episode we go back to February 1984 for all of the Sinclair news and latest Spectrum game releases. We compare Missile Command clones to find the best Spectrum version plus there is the usual old and new game reviews.

Tagged as: video 2 Comments

26Jan/13Off

Reviews of ZX Spectrum Games Past and Present

posted by TecSoft

Here are the unused reviews Alex Ross-Shaw wrote for The Spectrum Games Bible, Super Trux and Draughts Genius are from the 1980s, while the rest are all modern, homebrew releases.

Tagged as: games, press 1 Comment

26Jan/13Off

FBZX Wii v9 Released

posted by TecSoft

FBZX is a ZX Spectrum emulator for FrameBuffer written by Sergio Costas and ported to Wii by Oibaf. FBZX Wii can be found on google code at fbzx-wii.googlecode.com.

Updates:

Virtual keyboard does not stop the emulation

Support for installation on usb device

Case insensitive file ordering

The path in file browsing is remembered

Changed layout in file selection menu

Support for Wiiflow

Option to disable Virtual keyboard rumble

Tagged as: emulators 1 Comment

26Jan/13Off

ZX7 Tool Updated

posted by TecSoft

"ZX7" by Einar Saukas is an optimal LZ77/LZSS data compressor for all platforms, including the ZX-Spectrum.

Available implementations of standard LZ77/LZSS compression algorithm use either a "greedy" or "flexible parsing" strategy, that cannot always guarantee the best possible encoding. In comparison, "ZX7" provides a highly efficient compression algorithm that always generate perfectly optimal LZ77/LZSS encoding. Technically it means compressing within space and time O(n) only.

Tagged as: systems No Comments

26Jan/13Off

Software Updates by Claus Jahn

posted by TecSoft

Claus Jahn released ZX-Preview v2.2, ZX-Paintbrush v2.2.9.6, ZX-Editor Second Edition v2.2 and ZX-Blockeditor 2.2 for PC/Windows.

Link for site: http://www.zxmodules.de.

Tagged as: graphics, software No Comments

26Jan/13Off

CSS CGC 2013 Officially Open

posted by TecSoft

And for the duration of the year it will live at: www.csscgc2013.blogspot.co.uk.

The comp.sys.sinclair crap games competition started in 1996, when a competition to create the crappest game possible for the Spectrum was decided upon following a suggestion by a visionary known only as 'Blood'.** Inspiration came from the most buttock clenchingly bad compilation ever: The Cascade Cassette 50, the exciting inlay and advert betrayed a sorrowful collection of unplayable BASIC games created by uncredited 14 year olds paid £10 for their trouble (which they possibly used to buy the cassette!).

The competition is in its 18th year and is so highly regarded across the world it has a page on Wikipedia.

Please email your crap games to: cgc2013(at)rocketmail.com.
Official thread at the WOS: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42328.

Tagged as: games, parties 4 Comments

25Jan/13Off

1Bit Techno on ZX Spectrum

posted by TecSoft

Tagged as: music, video 4 Comments

25Jan/13Off

LOAD “” by Deep Grass

posted by TecSoft

A sleeping cat dreams of a budgerigar in the 1980's when 8-bit was the norm. A video for a song where the main hook is the noise of a ZX Spectrum loading a program off cassette tape.