Frogger

General games-related topics
Post Reply
dessony
Posts: 342
Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:26 pm
Location: Indiana, USA

Frogger

Post by dessony »

Everybody,

Does somebody have a Frogger software created by Cornsoft/Sega for this forum? If not, then I successfully cracked that software off a tape and digitized it! I will post that software here pretty soon.

DesSony
User avatar
mrtinb
Posts: 1906
Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:44 pm
Location: Denmark
Contact:

Re: Frogger

Post by mrtinb »

Martin
https://zx.rtin.be
ZX81, Lambda 8300, Commodore 64, Mac G4 Cube
dessony
Posts: 342
Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:26 pm
Location: Indiana, USA

Re: Frogger

Post by dessony »

Mrtinb,

Thank you anyway. Out of my own curiosity, can you copy a program from the website then run the program on a real ZX81/TS1000 with its memory expander or an emulator?

Cheers,
DesSony
User avatar
mrtinb
Posts: 1906
Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:44 pm
Location: Denmark
Contact:

Re: Frogger

Post by mrtinb »

Programs are often stored i P file format.

A ZXpand and TZXduino support reading P files from SD card.

Alternatively you convert a P file to a WAV file with one of the tools. For that I use Java ZX81 Tape Converter. https://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tapeu ... rview.html

A WAV file can be sent by your computer's sound card to the ZX81. Or if the sound is too silent maybe to a MP3 player or a phone, and play the audio from there. You might need a custom cable to convert stereo to mono.
Martin
https://zx.rtin.be
ZX81, Lambda 8300, Commodore 64, Mac G4 Cube
Lardo Boffin
Posts: 2161
Joined: Sat Nov 26, 2016 2:42 am

Re: Frogger

Post by Lardo Boffin »

I used one of these to load a WAV file from my PC to a ZX80:

http://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/conten ... /p616.html
ZX80
ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
Tatung 81 + Wespi
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
User avatar
Ed in SoDak
Posts: 24
Joined: Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:03 am

Re: Frogger

Post by Ed in SoDak »

Another way to boost low audio from a PC is to feed it into your cassette recorder's mic input. Record it to tape at the same time or put it on pause. Either way, send the earphone output to the ZX.

There's adapters used to convert stereo headphone 1/8" plugs to mono, should work fine on the recorder too. Use your normal stereo extension cable from the PC, place the adapter into the recorder's mic jack. It might work fine without an adapter, however only one channel will be used and the PC output may be lower. The recorder's automatic gain may compensate enough it won't matter.

I had to mess around awhile, trying different recorders and WAV playback methods, then find the sweet spot for the PC and recorder's output levels.
-Ed
Post Reply