There are various ways to writing computer programs for the Spectrum Next ranging from developing on the machine itself, to writing the code on a separate PC and copying it across when done. The three main languages that can be used, in order of difficulty are: Here are some notes on these options. Programming in BASIC There are a few options for writing BASIC for your Spectrum Next. Sinclair BASIC This is the version of BASIC that came with original…
Here is a list of the file formats that I use within emulators, I prefer compressed files when possible as it saves on disk space. Generation System Best File Format Home Computer ZX Spectrum 7z Commodore 64 7z Amstrad CPC 7z Amiga 500 LHA Portable Game Boy 7z Game Boy Advance 7z Nintendo DS 7z Sony PSP CSO but don’t always work 3rd Atari 7800 7z Sega Master System 7z NES 7z 4th Sega Megadrive 7z SNES 7z 5th Sega…
Ares is a great multi-system emulator supporting a wide range of retro machines. It’s not obvious what file formats are supported though, so here’s a list: atari-2600 a26, bin bs-memory bs colecovision cv, col famicom-disk-system fds game-boy-advance gba game-boy-color gb, nbc game-boy gb game-gear gg master-system ms, sms mega-32x 32x mega-cd cue, chd mega-drive md, smd, gen, bin msx msx, wav msx2 msx2, wav myvision miv neo-geo-pocket-color ngpc, ngc neo-geo-pocket nap neo-geo ng nintendo-64 n64, v64, z64 nintendo-64dd n64dd, ndd…
I had issues with my Dell Optiplex 3050 micro PC not booting via UEFI into Batocera Linux. When trying to boot, I was stuck on a black screen with the message “Booting Batocera.linux” but the system wouldn’t continue to boot. If I switched the Dell Optiplex BIOS to use “Legacy” boot then it worked, but then the PC wouldn’t recognise other OS installations if I swapped out Batocera, and I didn’t want to have to keep fiddling with the BIOS…