FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Can I play games from this site, if I don't have an original tape/disk of them ?
A:
Because Speccy.cz became a totally legal site, you can now play all games from this site for free !!! This is reason why, you can't download some games anymore. It's because their current copyright holder wants them to be NOT free ! Because Speccy.cz has joined with wave of legal sites, you can't download any denied game from here. For example, games by CODE MASTERS or ULTIMATE PLAY THE GAME is not possible to download from here... ! Sorry...
Q: What means the numbers in brackets after name of game ?
A:
- 16 - Game for Speccy with 16kB of RAM
- 48 - Speccy 48 game
- 48-128 - game which works on Speccy 48, but on Speccy 128 have some extra stuff like AY music, more gfx...
- 48-128-Gama - same as 48-128, but on Didaktik Gama it works like on Speccy 128 or near like Speccy 128...
- 128 - Speccy 128 game only
- 128 Remix - originally game for Speccy 48 or 128, but is arrangemented for loading levels from RAM of Speccy 128 and not from tape... Usefull with many different disk interfaces.
- 128 Remake - game which is originally for Speccy 48, but someone remakes it to "128" by adding some stuff like AY music, sfx, extra gfx...
- 128 State - game which was 48-128 and on Speccy 128 it loads all levels into 128 memory. But someone arrangemented it for only Speccy 128. Usefull with many different disk interfaces.
Q: How to load games in my emulator ?
A:
When you start your emulator, a screen with choices of Speccy 128 will appear. Select 128 Basic. Type USR 0 and press ENTER. Computer will restart to 48 Basic mode, but with 128kB memory. Select your game .tap file in your emulator, as a tape source (in X128 and RealSpectum emulator by pressing F7). Now type LOAD "" (by pressing j, simbol shift and twice p) and press ENTER. HAVE FUN WITH YOUR GAME !!!
Q: Why many games waits for any key after load ?
A:
In many cases, when you will press T at this moment, you will be able to play game with some "POKES". It's was "standartized" by Fuxoft from former Czechoslovakia. It was presented as T-TRAINING. It was good idea, so many crackers (mainly from Czech Republic) take over this idea. But if you will not get game poked after this, so probably was this pause only for possibility to watch loading screen of the game.
Q: How can I play .vtx files ?
A:
Use AY-Emulator. You can find him in Utilities section.
Q: How can I play .ay files ?
A:
Use MicroSpeccy for Windows or AYPlay for DOS. You can find them in Utilities section.