I would recommend to select one of the newer 128K machines in Fuse menu (Machine -> Select... -> Spectrum 128K, +2, ...) This way you may get nicer sound effects and music in many post-1985 games (e.g., RoboCop or Chase H.Q. which also feature bits of digitized speech).
I used to get my games there too, also got my Amiga from there. I got my C64 from City Computers on Lime Street too and frequented Las Vegas on Skelhorne Street. Great times!
Yes, was a brilliant shop in the corner of Central Station. I used to work there in the late eighties. Thought I was cool walking through town in my red jumper with the Bits n Bytes logo on. Happy times🙂
TY so much. I have been looking for instructions on how to do this. Being an American I didn't even know what a spectrum was during the 80's. I have long been wanting to try the games to see how they were compared to the beloved commodore 64 of my youth.
@@indiosse Yes, compared to other computers of the time the Spectrum had some, let's say, ' limitations' in graphics and especially sound. But it still had/has one of the best games libraries out there. And who wouldn't have a fun time playing the great games, and marvelling at how the truly terrible ones ever made it to production!
It was marketed in the USA but was redesigned and renamed as the Timex Sinclair 2068. Most games for the Spectrum didn't work on it though and had to be modified.
Fuse has a problem: no full screen option. You can make it closer to full screen if you change your PC's resolution. I just prefer the Speccy emulator.
Thank you for a great video. I can't find any instructions on how to make your controller a Kempston joystick. I've been in the settings for the joystick but no luck yet. I'm on Windows 10.
Hi, Sorry for the delay getting back to you. That was such a good question I thought it deserved a new video. Please have a look at th-cam.com/video/kkGa2NPLf8s/w-d-xo.html to find out how to set up the joystick. Have fun!
I don't know if it's because I'm on Linux, but my game didn't start running automatically. I emailed for help. I had to enter LOAD "" (2 double quotes) for it to start.
Some versions of Fuse simulate putting the tape in the tape drive so you need to give the load command to play the tape. Have a look in the menus to see if there is a run tape option which might do it automatically.
Hi Bob, Great video. I am playing a game called "Mountains of Ket" This is not something which can be completed in an afternoon! I remember playing it back in the 1980s, back then your progress was saved onto a cassette. Is there a way of saving it when using Fuse Emulator?
Hi. Thanks for the comment. Yes, you can save to tape - I think. In the Fuse menu look under Media. You can open a tape for writing which will create a tape file on your PC. I think it's something like... - Select Media > Tape > Clear to clear any existing tape - Start to save the game - Select Media > Tape > Write - Save the virtual tape to a TAP/TZX file I hope this helps.
Hi, in FUSE have a look in the options menu under joysticks. You can set the keyboard up to mimic one of the standard joysticks. You also need to enable it in the options -> peripherals -> general menu. This should let you set up the arrow keys for a lot of games. If you've got some sort of game controller you can map this to mimic a standard joystick as well. Have fun!
@@ΗλιαςΣαχινίδης In Fuse you can press F2 (look in the file menu) to take a snapshot of the emulator. This saves the entire state of the system so you can get back to exactly the same spot using the file->load command. Very useful if you're coming up to a boss level or just made it through so you don't have to play the whole game to get back to the same part of the game!
Thanks! Unfortunately World of Spectrum doesn't let me download anything. Probably things have changed over the past three years. Or I'm doing soething wrong. Anyway there are probably tons of other free rom sites. It's just sad, because WoS was a very famous site and a reference point for all of us Spectrum fans.
Hi. WoS seems OK from my PC. It's changed a bit since the video but the downloads are in the files section at the bottom of the game page. You might need to right click the links and save file as - some browsers can block downloads if they go across servers.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO ! I DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM AND I ALREADY USE THE LEGENDARY ZX SPECTRUM WITH SOME GAMES LIKE: DYNAMITE DAN, RENEGADE 1,2 AND I STILL SEARCH GAMES ON WORLDOFSPECTRUM ! OF COURSE THUMB UP ! BOTH OF THEM ! WITH ALL GOOD WISHES, GREETINGS FROM S-LOVE-NIA-EUROPE !
In general Spectrum games didn't let you save a high score table. The only way around it is to use a snapshot in the emulator (if it has that feature). This saves the complete state of the computer so you can reload it later. It then as if you never turned the computer off so it will still have your high score.
Hi Rich, You can map your joystick to press specific keys on the keyboard - Options->joysticks->keyboard. This should make it easier to play games with difficult keyboard layouts. I'm not sure if you can remap the actual keyboard e.g. make the A key appear as a B in Fuse. You'd need to look into that. The full Spectrum keyboard is already mapped so you can use the basic editor. On the PC keyboard the left shift key is mapped to Caps Shift,the right shift key is mapped to Symbol Shift. Have a look here for the Speccy keyboard layout. slady.net/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-keyboard/layout/ I hope this helps.
Bytes N Bits thanks for the reply I’ll certainly check it out looks fantastic! I set up an Amiga emulator last week and was amazed how good it was so hoping this will be the same. Thanks again great video! 🙌🏼
Hi. Yes. Basically any development platform that gives you access to graphics capabilities will work. It's not a platform I've used for gaming but I suspect there will be tutorials online. Search for C# games libraries as well as these will give you a running start. Let me know how you get on!
@@billybollockhead5628 Sorry. Got my wires crossed here. I'm talking about writing Spectrum games for the PC using Visual Studio rather than creating code to actually run on a Spectrum. Have a look at th-cam.com/play/PLp_QNRIYljFpUXFznr12zUhRHVOsLsotX.html for a more modern development environment for the Spectrum.
Very often, when I listen to retro game lovers, I suspect that they have never used a modern gaming console, or at least Steam. Almost always, these are people for whom the path (to the game) is more important than the goal (the gameplay, that is, the game itself). They are not so interested in playing as in making something work in an unusual way. Just compare how much time you spend on setting up, and how much on the game itself? The game should run out of the box. Because the game is made to be played, and not to build a tower of crutches. You should only go into the settings if you want to improve something that already works. And not start each game by searching the Internet for a game manual, matching the numbers of the controller buttons to the game buttons that you still have to find ... This is not the path of a player, but of a retro technology fanatic, a demo scene activist, a programmer. Otherwise, very different concepts. But the latter very often identify themselves with the former. Maybe they were gamers, but that was a long time ago. But they don't admit it to themselves.
Hi. Using the standalone Fuse emulator only gives you a few set screen sizes. The 3x screen as as big as it goes. You can get full screen using the fuse core in RetroArch but I find that more limiting when you want to use the emulator for anything other than gaming.
I would recommend to select one of the newer 128K machines in Fuse menu (Machine -> Select... -> Spectrum 128K, +2, ...) This way you may get nicer sound effects and music in many post-1985 games (e.g., RoboCop or Chase H.Q. which also feature bits of digitized speech).
I guess you're right. I never really looked at the post 48K machines. I'll have to give them a go. Thanks.
There was a fantastic game shop way back years ago in Liverpool called Bits n Bytes :) Bought many a good speccy game there!
I used to get my games there too, also got my Amiga from there. I got my C64 from City Computers on Lime Street too and frequented Las Vegas on Skelhorne Street. Great times!
Yes, was a brilliant shop in the corner of Central Station. I used to work there in the late eighties. Thought I was cool walking through town in my red jumper with the Bits n Bytes logo on. Happy times🙂
Thank you - Brings back memories........Bruce Lee and Dizzy lol.
Thank you! This guide has been very useful!
You're very welcome!
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TY so much. I have been looking for instructions on how to do this. Being an American I didn't even know what a spectrum was during the 80's. I have long been wanting to try the games to see how they were compared to the beloved commodore 64 of my youth.
Great! Have fun playing the games.
you're gonna be disappointed
@@indiosse Yes, compared to other computers of the time the Spectrum had some, let's say, ' limitations' in graphics and especially sound. But it still had/has one of the best games libraries out there. And who wouldn't have a fun time playing the great games, and marvelling at how the truly terrible ones ever made it to production!
It was marketed in the USA but was redesigned and renamed as the Timex Sinclair 2068. Most games for the Spectrum didn't work on it though and had to be modified.
That is great! I will let my kidds discover the games that we used to play😊
That's great. I hope they enjoy them.
Downloaded fuse emulator,works brilliant 👍
Great. have fun with the games!
@@BytesNBits Currently playing Target Renegade, was one on my favourites when playing on my original spectrum +2 in the late 80's
Love fuse, I use it to test all of our homebrew games! :)
Cool. What games have you been developing?
@@BytesNBits Gherbert Groundhog in Save the Date, Babyman Vs Manbaby, Lockdown Town ZX ;)
awesome thank you!! I spent hours on this!!!! :))
You're welcome!
Fuse has a problem: no full screen option. You can make it closer to full screen if you change your PC's resolution. I just prefer the Speccy emulator.
That is an issue. I'll have to give the Speccy version a go. Thanks.
Thank you for a great video. I can't find any instructions on how to make your controller a Kempston joystick. I've been in the settings for the joystick but no luck yet. I'm on Windows 10.
Hi, Sorry for the delay getting back to you. That was such a good question I thought it deserved a new video. Please have a look at th-cam.com/video/kkGa2NPLf8s/w-d-xo.html to find out how to set up the joystick. Have fun!
I don't know if it's because I'm on Linux, but my game didn't start running automatically. I emailed for help. I had to enter LOAD "" (2 double quotes) for it to start.
Some versions of Fuse simulate putting the tape in the tape drive so you need to give the load command to play the tape. Have a look in the menus to see if there is a run tape option which might do it automatically.
Hi Bob, Great video. I am playing a game called "Mountains of Ket" This is not something which can be completed in an afternoon! I remember playing it back in the 1980s, back then your progress was saved onto a cassette. Is there a way of saving it when using Fuse Emulator?
Hi. Thanks for the comment. Yes, you can save to tape - I think.
In the Fuse menu look under Media. You can open a tape for writing which will create a tape file on your PC. I think it's something like...
- Select Media > Tape > Clear to clear any existing tape
- Start to save the game
- Select Media > Tape > Write
- Save the virtual tape to a TAP/TZX file
I hope this helps.
Very nice thanks but can I play the games with modern keyboard arrows ??
Hi, in FUSE have a look in the options menu under joysticks. You can set the keyboard up to mimic one of the standard joysticks. You also need to enable it in the options -> peripherals -> general menu. This should let you set up the arrow keys for a lot of games. If you've got some sort of game controller you can map this to mimic a standard joystick as well. Have fun!
@@BytesNBits can I also ask you how to save games
@@ΗλιαςΣαχινίδης In Fuse you can press F2 (look in the file menu) to take a snapshot of the emulator. This saves the entire state of the system so you can get back to exactly the same spot using the file->load command. Very useful if you're coming up to a boss level or just made it through so you don't have to play the whole game to get back to the same part of the game!
@@BytesNBits thanks a lot
Nice.thx
Thanks! Unfortunately World of Spectrum doesn't let me download anything. Probably things have changed over the past three years. Or I'm doing soething wrong. Anyway there are probably tons of other free rom sites. It's just sad, because WoS was a very famous site and a reference point for all of us Spectrum fans.
Hi. WoS seems OK from my PC. It's changed a bit since the video but the downloads are in the files section at the bottom of the game page. You might need to right click the links and save file as - some browsers can block downloads if they go across servers.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO ! I DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM AND I ALREADY USE THE LEGENDARY ZX SPECTRUM WITH SOME GAMES LIKE: DYNAMITE DAN, RENEGADE 1,2 AND I STILL SEARCH GAMES ON WORLDOFSPECTRUM ! OF COURSE THUMB UP ! BOTH OF THEM !
WITH ALL GOOD WISHES, GREETINGS FROM S-LOVE-NIA-EUROPE !
Great to hear you've got it all working and are enjoying some 80's gaming.
Do i need to know the dewey decimal system
There are a lot of games in the collection.
@@BytesNBits alphabetical order
How to load zx specrum game via emulator while the game is situated on second, third (and so on) track?
Have a play with the Media -> Tape controls.
Nice channel! Great vid.
Thank you very much!
is there a way to keep your highscores? i'm using spectaculator
In general Spectrum games didn't let you save a high score table. The only way around it is to use a snapshot in the emulator (if it has that feature). This saves the complete state of the computer so you can reload it later. It then as if you never turned the computer off so it will still have your high score.
Very interesting.
Glad you think so!
Is there an option to map the keys
Hi Rich,
You can map your joystick to press specific keys on the keyboard - Options->joysticks->keyboard. This should make it easier to play games with difficult keyboard layouts.
I'm not sure if you can remap the actual keyboard e.g. make the A key appear as a B in Fuse. You'd need to look into that.
The full Spectrum keyboard is already mapped so you can use the basic editor.
On the PC keyboard the left shift key is mapped to Caps Shift,the right shift key is mapped to Symbol Shift. Have a look here for the Speccy keyboard layout.
slady.net/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-keyboard/layout/
I hope this helps.
Bytes N Bits thanks for the reply I’ll certainly check it out looks fantastic! I set up an Amiga emulator last week and was amazed how good it was so hoping this will be the same. Thanks again great video! 🙌🏼
working with win10?
Great! Have fun!
Any way to create spectrum games in c# and Microsoft visual studio?
Hi. Yes. Basically any development platform that gives you access to graphics capabilities will work. It's not a platform I've used for gaming but I suspect there will be tutorials online. Search for C# games libraries as well as these will give you a running start. Let me know how you get on!
@@BytesNBits : eh? How would C# and visual studio compile down to z80? The header alone would be bigger than 48k!
@@billybollockhead5628 Sorry. Got my wires crossed here. I'm talking about writing Spectrum games for the PC using Visual Studio rather than creating code to actually run on a Spectrum. Have a look at th-cam.com/play/PLp_QNRIYljFpUXFznr12zUhRHVOsLsotX.html for a more modern development environment for the Spectrum.
Hi , can anyone advise me on a spectrum download I just cant get to work ? thanks in advance
Hi. Which game are you trying to get working?
How can I make this full screen I can't find it
The stand alone version doesn't have a full screen option. Under settings - filter you can do a x3 zoom, or just drag out the window size.
@@BytesNBits ok thanks for that I'll give it a go
Hi, is Fuse and the files on ZX Spectrum virusfree? Thanks a lot
Hi. I've never had a problem. But as with all downloads I'd make sure your protection is all up to date and that you scan everything.
Is their any way to save your progress on Fuse?
Hi. You can use snapshots. Have a look at this video th-cam.com/video/XIXoBznZ4VA/w-d-xo.html. Have Fun!
@@BytesNBits Got it. I'm now on level 14 of Manic Miner. I couldn't get past 6 before so I stopped playing it at the time. It's been a while.
Great! This really helps to get past levels without having to devote your life to the game :)
Very often, when I listen to retro game lovers, I suspect that they have never used a modern gaming console, or at least Steam. Almost always, these are people for whom the path (to the game) is more important than the goal (the gameplay, that is, the game itself). They are not so interested in playing as in making something work in an unusual way. Just compare how much time you spend on setting up, and how much on the game itself?
The game should run out of the box. Because the game is made to be played, and not to build a tower of crutches. You should only go into the settings if you want to improve something that already works. And not start each game by searching the Internet for a game manual, matching the numbers of the controller buttons to the game buttons that you still have to find ... This is not the path of a player, but of a retro technology fanatic, a demo scene activist, a programmer. Otherwise, very different concepts. But the latter very often identify themselves with the former. Maybe they were gamers, but that was a long time ago. But they don't admit it to themselves.
Each to their own!
how do i make the game full screen
Hi. Using the standalone Fuse emulator only gives you a few set screen sizes. The 3x screen as as big as it goes. You can get full screen using the fuse core in RetroArch but I find that more limiting when you want to use the emulator for anything other than gaming.
not on windows
No, I zoom my screen in to solve that problem.
tool lud intro
I know. The sound is a bit more even on the newer videos.
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d0u0zXq7QSEAt8pQRbPO6Q9SHsRlvx7L zxc
Thanks