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1 rats - you can, er, `awaken the sleeping snakes' to attack them,
1 partly related to the staggered screen update.
1 or knock away a prop to get them to turn around (tricky). The
1 involves not only copying the 6k of screen data, but looking up
1 if it returns...
1 gremlin at the top can be delayed (further) by moving to your
1 fortypic
1 fortynin.p-6
1 fortyn81
1 fortyemu {
1 each byte in a table from the ZX81 ROM as well. So I ended up
1 drawing only a quarter of the screen each frame.
1 dirt pile in the top-left, once you have a full pile.
1 copyright Sinclair Research, or Amstrad, or somebody.
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1 `"!b"<n"En">q>
1 ZX81 programs effectively run in the speccy's screen memory;
1 You can email me at [email protected].
1 WHY IS IT 128-SPECIFIC?
1 WHY FORTY NINER?
1 The title screen graphic is based on a scan of the tape inlay.
1 The flashing effect when you die isn't quite right. This is
1 The collision detection is just as bad as it was on the '81.
1 TITLE SCREEN
1 PROBLEMS WITH THE PORT
1 PLAYING THE GAME
1 I wanted to do a pseudo-hi-res game, and this one's not bad.
1 Fortyn81 - ZX81 Forty Niner patched to run on the 128k Spectrum
1 Forty Niner is/was copyright Software Farm.
1 Forty Niner
1 Emulating the pseudo-hi-res screen is a real CPU hog, as it
1 Collect all the gold nuggets then go for the exit. Avoid the
1 CONTACTING ME
1 All the stuff I did (patching, emulation, etc) is public domain.
1 64 bytes of the ZX81 ROM, as required for the pseudo-hi-res, are
1 3. Toggle border
1 2. Documentation
1 128s have an alternative screen.
1 1. Start game
1 -- Press space to return --
1 -- Press space for more --
1 , (!!@5 "6
1 "fortypic"
1 "fortynin.p"
1 "fortyemu"
1 "`$:?()><=+-*/;,.0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1 "Sorry, this program needs a 128."