Software
SAmadeus
Submitted by Dan Dooré on Fri, 2016-03-25 14:39. Software
PD
1990
Arguably the first Coupé ‘tracker’, a converted (under Spectrum emulation) copy of AY Amadeus to use the SAA1099 soundchip rather than the ZX Spectrum 128k’s AY-3-8910.
From http://sam.speccy.cz/samadeus.html
SAMADEUS
This program made by the Czech coder and musician F. Fuka was the first music editor and sound tracker for the Sam Coupé´s Philips SAA 1099 music chip. The predecessor is a ZX Spectrum AY-chip-music routine named Amadeus.
How to run this music editor?
1. boot the disk: press F9 (or num9 in the emulator) and
2. list the directory: type DIR 1
3. load some of the 5 songs: LOAD 2 (or LOAD 3 etc.), next the editor: LOAD 7
4. Spectrum basic wakes up, then press R and RETURN (RUN)
Songs consist of segments. Change the segment with SHIFT+ESC or SHIFT+TAB. Play the segment by pressing the key RETURN. CNTRL plays the whole song.
EDIT (right ALT in emulator) switches to noise, volume, frequency etc. settings and back again
Format's Demo Disc #1
Submitted by Thomas Harte on Mon, 2012-07-30 23:31. Software
Format
1991
An early demo disc, showing what’s possible in SAM BASIC.
Epic Fail
Submitted by wub on Sat, 2012-05-26 19:19. Software
wubsoft
Rob Evans
2005-
A shoot-em-up mini-game… somewhat flawed due to the low number of sprites on screen!
Use a joystick to play, shooting green bad guys increases your speed and red ones increase fire power. Red and green bad guys increase both.
Flexipage
Submitted by Frode on Mon, 2012-03-19 23:04. SoftwareFlexibase Software
David Wornham
1990
A gaming engine/interactive presentation tool ported from the ZX Spectrum and also sold as a PC tool (bundled with a Z80 emulator).
The Garden Centre of the Universe
Submitted by wub on Sat, 2011-09-10 19:28. Software
Wubsoft
Rob Evans
2005-
In the year 2146 scientists discover that a terrible fate is in store for the galaxy: dark matter, that had always kept the universe stable, was fading away as if it was seeping into some other dimension…
Using faster than light telescopes the first signs of impending chaos could be seen at the distant edges of the observable sky…
The force of gravity, finding new strength, was pulling star clusters inwards and crushing entire galaxies as the expansion of the universe itself began to slow and falter…
At CERN new types of matter were created and tested until at last a molecule was formulated, Unlikelium, that when genetically engineered into terrestrial plants enhanced the normal process of photosynthesis to produce bosons of pure dark energy.
Cosmonaut landscape gardeners bravely cultivated specially designed astroturf platforms that were placed in orbit around areas that were found to be low in dark energy.
Slowly but surely the universe found equilibrium and then began to expand as before.
A system of quotas ensured enough dark matter was harvested to prevent disaster and all was well for over a hundred years…
It is now 2251 and a mega-recession is forcing huge cutbacks across the whole of society. In an effort to lower costs a robot gardener is created that will replace all human gardeners if tests find it to be more productive.
The Astro Gardeners Union is outraged and in a direct challenge to the government has put forward their best girl to compete against the robot by fulfilling quotas of increasing difficulty in a head to head battle!
Use the joystick or QAOP to move and fire or M to perform actions.
The action available will depend on which mode the player is in: walking/squishing, picking/planting or watering mode.
The space bar is used to toggle between the three modes.
Use the NMI button to return to the main menu at any time.
tap2hdf
Submitted by roger.j on Thu, 2011-04-28 23:00. Software
2005-
This python script will load files from a ZX Spectrum .tap file (such as the output for Retro-X animation conversions) and output an .hdf hard disk image file, which can be loaded by SimCoupe as the Atom disk, containing those files in BDOS records.
Short 3d Demo
Submitted by Thomas Harte on Sat, 2010-04-17 14:53. Software
Thomas Harte
2005-
A short demo of vector 3d graphics originally distributed with Sam Revival 22. This demo shows a spinning Cobra Mk3 from Braben & Bell’s Elite, an Adder from the same game or a simple cube and allows the viewer to walk around the model using a joystick, with the fire button used for strafing.
A more advanced follow-up demo showing a scene of several objects with multiple colours and allowing the user to tilt their view and move upwards and downwards with improved numerical precision is available on Sam Revival 23.
