Posted By
MMS
on 2014-10-21
14:59:38
 |  Re: Loading Screens
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Yeah, I was always though that ZX Spectrum gamers have big luck having such nice loading screens during load. It was kind aof "cool".
In reality it made loading "little" longer (yeah, for a C16 game + 10KB would almost double it), but loading screens like PSSST, Rastan, Dan Dare II, Fairlainght or Finders Keepers virtually made the long loading times shorter.
Unfortunately C16/Plus/4 loading times were really long by themsleves too.
Without turbo, it was a pain, and with unofficial turbo you can forget loading screen, as you had to exchange the original loader to something else.
I do not know, how they managed with Spectrum, but they had no real carrier. So from the original 300baud (I think it was original zx spectrum and c16 speed with tape) they could go up to 1300-1500 baud, even 2700 baud at Ms.Pacman. All these are the official releases. they had no major problems with the cassettes head position too, as I remember. So, with 1500 baud, an extra 7000byte (1 hires spectrum screen) took extra 36seconds loading time, though I think it was always felt less.
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