I have a memory of a Spectrum game playing some sort of synthesised speech through the speaker that seemed incredibly ahead of its time. I believe the game was called iBall. And the sample said something like “Fight iBall!” Have I misremembered that? Was this a fever dream?
_usefulcat•22m ago
You might be right! I had a copy of 'Slightly Magic' which had some speech synthesis. Great game. Never completed it though
flohofwoe•12m ago
Another Speccy game with digitized speech is Chase HQ:
Although tbf apparently that's done via the AY sound chip of the 128k, which is a lot easier than through the on/off beeper of the 48k since the AY can do digitized audio via CPU-driven volume modulation.
urbandw311er•29m ago
_usefulcat•22m ago
flohofwoe•12m ago
https://youtu.be/yjrbcLm78I8?si=GMIqDdL31hq4ik72&t=87
Although tbf apparently that's done via the AY sound chip of the 128k, which is a lot easier than through the on/off beeper of the 48k since the AY can do digitized audio via CPU-driven volume modulation.