New Zx Spectrum Fans...

[centrlink]

World of Spectrum

Loads of resources and downloads.

 

[DaveC]

OMG ROMZ WAREZ!

 

[centrlink]

Never fear - its all legit - they only put up games for which they have permission

 

[dr.no]

Mkay. I am begining to become interested in the ZX Spectrum. But I've got a few noobish questions.

1.
http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/.../zxspectrum.htm says that there are several versions of the Spectrum. Which versions are emulated now? All of them?

2.
I'd like to see more screenies - is there a page that shows some of the graphic power of the Spectrum? "World of Spectrum" has only got Titlescreens, as far as I can tell.

3.
Which games would you recomend to play in general and which of them would work well on the 6-Button GP32? Otherwise I would just work through the list at http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html

 

[djchk]

http://www.vgmuseum.com/zx.htm

try here for screenies of lots of the games

 

[Axeman]

Never fear - its all legit - they only put up games for which they have permission

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That's not strictly true. They dont take down games to whick there are no objections. Doesn't mean that they have permission though.

 

[Vanamonde]

Never fear - its all legit - they only put up games for which they have permission

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That's not strictly true. They dont take down games to whick there are no objections. Doesn't mean that they have permission though.

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Better than most emulation sites though. Also Amstrad allow the distrubition of the Spectrum roms.

 

[Vanamonde]

1.
http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/.../zxspectrum.htm says that there are several versions of the Spectrum. Which versions are emulated now? All of them?

2.
I'd like to see more screenies - is there a page that shows some of the graphic power of the Spectrum? "World of Spectrum" has only got Titlescreens, as far as I can tell.

3.
Which games would you recomend to play in general and which of them would work well on the 6-Button GP32? Otherwise I would just work through the list at http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html

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Answers to points 1 and 2.

The only spectrum models not emulated are the Russian clones and the Timex US spectrum. For most games on WOS this isn't a problem.

As for playing games on the GP32, you should be find for most arcade games as they have a limited set of keys used. Flight sims and text adventures (unless you have a chatboard) would be a problem, as well as games like Elite and Lords of Midnight.

 

[RobertJ]

1.
http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/.../zxspectrum.htm says that there are several versions of the Spectrum. Which versions are emulated now? All of them?

All the ones worth worrying about.

Basically there are only 3 different types of Spectrums:

The original 48k Spectrum with a beeper for a sound chip.
The 128k Spectrum with the AY sound chip and pageable ram banks.
The +3 Spectrum which is the same as the 128k but just has a disk drive.

3.
Which games would you recomend to play in general and which of them would work well on the 6-Button GP32?

Exolon
Cybernoid
Cybernoid 2
Sabre Wulf
Atic Atac
Pssst
Lunar Jetman
Jetpac
Head Over Heels
Alien 8
Cookie
Jet Set Willy
Manic Miner
AgentX 2
Trap Door
Chuckie Egg
Hungry Horace
Horace Goes Skiing
Amourite

and loads and loads more I cant remember.

 

[trooper]

@RobertJ: You forgot the 128k +2 with the tape deck (The grey one), Which was not entirely compatable with the 128 and +3 (The black one`s) game wise.

Trooper

 

[devlkore]

I can't wait to get my GP32 so I can play Ikari Warriors on the train or on my break at work.

 

[moz]

nodes of yesod

 

[PiNa1971]

99% of ZX games had better versions on Commodore C64 - better GFX, better SFx and last but not least ... beter Music.

Sadly, Frodo still suffers from that white bar bug (

 

[Jarska333]

99% of ZX games had better versions on Commodore C64 - better GFX, better SFx and last but not least ... beter Music.

Sadly, Frodo still suffers from that white bar bug (

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Hopefully not for long...

 

[Shadow of Chaos]

i cant believe that even most people know of the atari more than the spectrum... that definatly takes the biscuit.

 

[WhizzBang]

99% of ZX games had better versions on Commodore C64 - better GFX, better SFx and last but not least ... beter Music.

Sadly, Frodo still suffers from that white bar bug (

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Them's fighting words! C64 did have better sound but the graphics were often big and chunky. There are many games that are better on the Spectrum such as Bomb Jack, Jet Pac, Spy Hunter, any 3d isometric type game and Chuckie Egg.

 

[PiNa1971]

Whizz - dont wanna start flame war, but C-64 beats ZX in every aspect ... including GFX. BUT ZX was THE 1st

 

[bringoutthegimp]

i downloaded about 50 of the roms (first ones on download list) but none of them worked, either the spectrum is too complex for me or theyre the wrong format

 

[Esn]

I have the same problem... all I get is a screen that flashes different colours whenever I try to load a game (TZX format).

 

[Vanamonde]

I have the same problem... all I get is a screen that flashes different colours whenever I try to load a game (TZX format).

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From the news item:

"Preliminary TZX tape support (only block #10 tapes)"

So your problem could be using TZXs that the program isn't compatible with at the moment.

It's played back fine all the SNA and TAP files that I've been using with Speccal.