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Retronator β Pixel Spectrum
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Published: 2012-07-02 04:09:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 7066; Favourites: 103; Downloads: 203
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Update: lighter and shinier version (plus transparent), to go better together with the Commodore:---
For all the fans of the one and only β ZX Spectrum 16K/48K β retronated to pixels by yours truly.
It's not purist pixel art, as it uses gradients, blurred drop shadows and a texture for the background. But that's the way I like it, time to move out of the box.
Wallpapers in x2 size are available from the blog post: [link]
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who dare wins 2! commando! manic miner! jetpac! sabre wulf! chase h.q.! tetris! tetris 2! xevious! mr. pac man! ms. pac man! doom! bomb jack 1! bomb jack 2! galaxian! enduro racer! highway encounter! alien highway! predator 1! predator 2! rambo 1! rambo 2! popeye! benny hill:madcap chase! memories! memories! you have to put the cassette on the tape! and we have to wait to finishes! it was a weird era of games! of course weird! but beautiful games! by the way!Β Β
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I'll have another artwork in the future that will have quite some of these games in it. Oh, and I already have one other one too:Β Β
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It's pretty big for pixel art, since I chose the size based on how much text I needed to get on each key while the pixel font being nicely legible. And then some vexel art techniques thrown on top to make it look stylish. 
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This is awesome! mind if i use it in a Game Dev Tycoon mod I'm making?
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Not at all, you can see on the right, it's licensed underΒ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
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Oh, haha, you probably need the derivatives right too for this. So yeah, go ahead, give credits and as long as it's noncommercial it's OK by me.
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ok, don't worry I'll give credit! ^_^
maybe i can commission ya for some more retro devices in the future one day!
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Wow, I used to play all day long with one of these! Good memories. There is a web site with a z80 emulator, it has several games organized by date, www.zxspectrum.net
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There's one made in Javascript as well, so you don't need any plugins: jsspeccy.zxdemo.org
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even a machine as old as this has all the 8 colours on the keyboard...
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[link]
please help
i am looking for zx spectrum emulators that have full CRT video output emulated
81 comes pretty close
crosstalk synchronization and phosphoric delay
also the interface one network
sounds crazy but spec256 implements a virtual 8 processor system to get 256 colours per pixel
im looking for something with only 2 or three machines
can anyone help
the video was made using windows media player classic
it runs video at fullscreen resolution of 320x200 - you need to recapture this using camtasia studio or some other dreadful rubbish screen cast desktop to video program that ought to have been included as part of the driver for the VGA but if microsoft has no idea what the screen resolution or internet bandwidth is...
bmp2scr from lcd website
only needs hmpr bit 5&6 clut scan line interrupt mods with masterbasic style save mode 3 intra frame compression
snapper discs velesoft site
runs zx spectrum 48k and one 128k program using sim coupe emulator with external 1-4mb ram at 6mhz
please help
any zx spectrum 128k emulator for msx turboR800 please vdp9990?
should be able to emulate the amiga with ease! and sharp x68k
anyone get mame to help convert old arcade programs grabbing graphics and audio for older 8 bit systems please?
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Use and emulator that outputs hardware accelerated screen (or run on win7+ i guess) and try fraps as it captures directly from the graphics card. Much better than camtasia. I used fraps to output my A Dream video and runs 720p HD at 30FPS no problem.
To the other things I can't help much. I only ever played with a C# emulator I used for my One Bit music videos on my YouTube channel.
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Welcome to my pixels (and all the favs).
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Which one was your second?
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I remember using the ZX81, the spectrum was the ultimate computer at that time
Good job on the picture, looks beautiful
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Oh, then you must see this comic about a robot running on a ZX81: [link]
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Really nice comics, good find
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