Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

Hi Philip, Glad to hear that the controls work better for you in the more recent versions. When playing on my iPhone I find the 'M' fire key to be way to close to the gamepad. Fat fingers don't help, but there just isn't enough room. If the 'M key was on the right side instead of the left this may h...

Hi Philip A recap first. There are two approaches for a user program, game in this case, to determine the keys being pressed: 1) rely on the ROM interrupt routine that will store the result in LASTK system variable 2) read the rows of the keyboard with IN Z80 instruction outside of the ROM routine T...

It’s 64bit only not directly because of a policy of Apple. The app uses the Metal Framework, which is 64bit only. It could be reworked to run on 32bit devices but I prefer to split my time with my newborn son, wife, job commitments and then new emulator functionality in that order. Basically blame m...

zx83 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:55 pm Any chance of switching to a ZX80 layout when that ROM is selected, please?

With the newly released version 1.2.5 this now is in place.

Regards,
Kevin

Apple have just approved a new version of the app, which has a gamepad mode. It also includes Dr Beep's latest game.

A thinking aloud post. Aside from the key limitation imposed by Apple guidelines of no external program loading, it was obvious that long term appeal for the app was going to be marred by the virtual keyboard for gamers. The keys are too crowded and/or small depending on the iOS device. Hence, devel...

Well, thanks to Kevin and his iPad emulator I was able to figure out that 2 games didn't load on real hardware. Apple have approved in the last few hours the the latest version (v1.1.2) of the iOS emulator now with all of Dr Beep's released ZX81 games. Many thanks to Dr Beep for allowing me to incl...

OK I have the WRX code working in a fashion thanks to comparisons with the EightyOne code. My primary objective was to get the code to work without having a WRX switch, unlike EightyOne, when only 1k & 2k (unexpanded). And then later have a modified WRX option for the 16k configuration to turn it on...

Well, Kevin. Time is on your site. We played games and I found some time to finish the texting and files. Now in your mail. Not only the 1K games, but also SHOGUN, My first ZX81 program, added. Fun part: since spring there is a SHOGUN-app for download, but my AI is better and the game will be free....

What better days than writing explanations of the games and making a ZIP-file than Christmas. Working on it. Plan to be ready before newyearsday. Looking forward to seeing it! Don't let it get in the way of spending time with your family. No pressure. We can add the games in batches over two or thr...