How to hack on the zx spectrum Videos

I rather like the slightly rambly delivery. It's relaxed and entertaining.

Uncommitted Logic Array (not Universal ) Pedantic, I know.

Love the shows, he really knowes his stuff.

Ben Hack, Hecking the Spectrum.

+Brian Fahrlander This is the 3rd part. He goes through replacing the ROM. He uses a 32K one and includes original and a custom ROM with a switch to boot from either.

+Fred Marsh Is it my imagination or were computers more fun in those days?

+Fred Marsh Is it my imagination or were computers more fun in those days?

+Robinson Road The Sinclair 1000 Was also a Z80 CPU and the Whole Motherboard had only 4 Chip The Z80, Ram, Rom and a Multi Function Chip which was a very slow Computer and only 2 K of Ram which Could be Up Graded to 16, 32 or 48 K of Ram Modules but Writing some Program you had to Take Some Memory Module off at Time for Programming which was a Pain in the But, because Some Program only Work on the 2K of internal Ram and other 16K of Ram! But at that Time I was Programming I enjoy the Learning of Programming Different Computer Like Osborne 1, IBM PC Jr, Apple 2 Plus with Z80 CP/M Option, Commodore 64, IBM PCXT and PCAT, Timex Sinclair 1000 up to 48K Modules, TI 99/4A and the Tandy 100 Computers Which was Fun and Time Consumming Still Programming in C++ and Cuda Lots of Fun - Derf

+Adam Stężycki That part is smaller. However, you cannot download additional tape images to the MP3 player on the go, unless you have another few pieces of equipment with you. I'm going to doubt that it's "better" because file navigation in MP3 players is usually inferior, and sound quality is of no regard to a 1-bit loader running a few KHz.A phone is something you always have on you, and you can download and play tape images straight out. I think it's an elegant solution.One thing i disliked is the buzzer, i think it will butcher some of the more complex tunes which use the range beyond cutoff frequency of the speaker as a primitive analog demodulator to make something that sounds better than your typical 1-bit pulse, it would become audible buzz on the buzzer instead. But i'm not entirely sure how to fix it, maybe laptop/tablet/psp speaker, maybe some analog filter. Another issue is no ability to save - neither a disc interface nor tape output. I'm not sure whether tape output would have made the project a lot more difficult, but if it didn't, it would be worthwhile.

True - Sinclair was based in Cambridge. Point of manufacture is irrelevant (otherwise we'd all be saying Apple is from China ;) )

+Paul Johnson Actually built in Dundee, Scotland.

Crisps (aka potato chips originated in Ireland  around the 1300s). The spectrum is Zed Ex and yes, Aluminium is spelt like that...

+Paul Johnson If the place of origin gets to claim the "proper" name for something, then calling them crisps is improper. So, either start calling them Potato Chips, or let the ZEE thing slide.

No double standards here. One standard. English. Anything else just isn't cricket...

Double standard. Got it.

Potato chips are chips (you call them french fries despite the french never having created them). Crisps describes what they are. If you take a chip out of a block of wood that is fairly thin, it's a shaving, not a chip. Same applies to crisps - they are more a potato shaving that has been fried until crisp.... My apologies for being English and therefore correct ;)

+Paul Johnson Stop calling potato chips "crisps" and we'll talk.

I never knew you could jump and at the same time pick up the object you were just standing on to gain extra height. Can you do this in the original game, or is it part of your hack?

Yes, you can also do this in the original game. Check my channel, I've also done a walkthrough for the original version where this technique is used.

LOL. Knight Lore was released in 1984, Head Over Heels 1987. Dozens of websites will confirm this. Obvious troll is obvious.

Knight Lore was released over two years before Head Over Heels.

Wow, superb in-game music... that alone is worth the hack.

Wizard lost weight or something...?

@edzzzwin No he won't. This track is a "remix" wich is absolutely legal on everywhere on the planet. And i think Jarre Maestro does not care about people who uses his songs anyway. Actually Hannibal Lecter will see you in his plate for trying to spread FUD and threatening someone, who did not do anything.

No. It was done by AY-3-8910 sound chip, similar to today's GPU, but only generating sound. ZX Spectrum 128, as well as Amstrad 128, MSX and Atari ST were equipped with it. Look at 3w ... youtube.com/watch?v=eSfoQKiXo5g

@edzzzwin Why don't you download this file from World Of Spectrum (link already added), get an emulator, and find it out by yourself? Please inform yourself before offending me.

I wonder how can soundtracker be played at the same time there are another type of sounds like in-game effects. Is that about 128k page memory?

nice, 8 bit Manetic Fields, solo at 4:00 is so fuckin cool, obviously it is Jarre`s, i mean the song

на 3-х канальном звуке подобное - нобелевская премия!

I think the ZX Spectrum 128K had a dedicated sound chip like Commode 64.

Huge fan of PAC-MAN! Love the song as well!

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its гениально!

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Really makes a difference putting that tune in. The game was very enjoyable as it stood but the addition of a game tune just adds a little more to a great dish :)

Wow. The memories are flooding back. I appreciate that times have moved on but modern AAA developers can surely learn from this. x

The tune is found only on the 128k models (along with sfx) and not on the 48k models (sfx only here)!

Yes, this video was made from a hack of the original game, where someone added the 128K soundtrack.

I used to play this for hours when i was a kid....oh well time for borderlands 2 now :)

Amazing what an in-game tune can add to a game.

Is this the actual music from the Speccy ?

Great conversion - the soundtrack's ace!

i played this game for months lol

This game never ended right?

KILL THE GENERAL!

Thanks :)