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Anybody got the Retro Gamer emag volume 1 or 2?I was reading this month's Retro Gamer and noticed an advert for a disc containing issues 31-55 of Retro Gamer for the bargain basement price of …
... the bargain basement price of £20. That's 25 issues for ... a copy of this or the volume 1 disc containing retro-gamer ... issues 1-30 ?
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Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…
... INK 7: PAPER 0: BORDER 1: CLS
20 LET a$="AN INTRODUCTION ... : PAPER 0: BORDER 0
50 CLS : PAPER 0: INK 3: BORDER 0: LET a ... /> 9000 IF o=2 OR o=3 THEN LET l=-l
9010 IF o=2 OR o ... -
An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 7: BRIGHT 1
14 DIM f$(20,32 ... /> 140 LET z$=t$(k)(1 TO 3)
145 IF t ... $=2 AND (a$(1 TO 1)="i" OR a$(1 TO 1)="p") THEN GO ... ]
%connect #4,"172.16.0.3",2000
LIST #4
games you wish were a bit easier (or harder?)easier: Rockstar Ate My Hamster -- it just seems impossible to light up all 4 discs in the space of a year. 2 years would seem like more of a challen…
... so seems to be about 1 in 3. too hard
0 on level 10...wish there ... was a tougher setting. (or that I had someone about ...General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
... : LET i(3)=8: LET i(4)=1: LET i(5)=0: LET ... /> 9150 REM *---------------------*
9160 REM 1.0: 26-Jul-2010 - Inital Design ... AT i(2),i(1);i$;l$(1, TO 3):
LET i ... 9260: REM Minus sign present or not first character
9440 ...Broken keyboard due to broken ULARecalling csmith's thread about dead ULAs, a thread appeared in the Zonadepruebas (Spanish) forum regarding... a dead ULA, but only a partially dead …
... other words that the value "0" that the ULA puts on ... giving a +5v signal for 1, or 0v for zero) is controlled ... is at 0, IORQ is at 0 and RD is at 0. The ... I didn't have a 20 pin socket, I used a ... /> PIN 2 = IORQ;
PIN 3 = RD;
PIN 4 = A0 ...Help preserving a tapeHi! I got hold of three cassetes each containing unique Greek Spectrum programs of 1983-1984. I managed to tzx two of them but all my attempts of p…
... INTERRUPTED/(END OF BLOCK or LOADING ERROR at byte ... nomefile:* VERIFY @@@@@@@@@* ( 214 , 64 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 64 , 0 ,)
lenght data block: 5632 ... .txt';
Created:'tap 3 1.tap';START: 45146;END: ... 30(2386T/2) at byte 20, bit 2
Continuing ...Repaired some 128K's todayI have lot's of ZX Spectrums laying aside with some more complex defects. Today I decided to try to fix some of them. I thought: why not share my ex…
... br />
(added 20:44)
I just discovered ... /> "If an address or data line error is identified ... area. For address or data line 0 there will be ... one stripe, for address or data line 1 ... there will be two stripes, for address or data line 3 ...Indirect Variable AssignmentHere's another wacky routine. This allows assignment of values to variables where the source & destination variables can themselves be defined in var…
... be defined in variables (or expressions which evaluate to variables ... ",22,"rabbit",3
6 FOR a=1 TO 3: READ v ... val"+CHR$ (a+64));
20 NEXT a
30 PRINT ... "Undefined variable" or "Invalid argument" or "Parameter error" or "Nonsense in BASIC ...A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... concentrate more on gameplay or design. The only ... 28, 20}; // full screen - border
struct sp1_Rect levelbrect = {0, 0, ... 1,1}, {0,160,88,2,0}, {0,160,120,2,0}, {0,160,56,2,0}, {0,0,0,2,0 ... .
uchar levelb[32*24*3];
...DATA vs PRINT and OVERjust messing about and came across this alternative way of drawing a map....now before I start mucking about with my actual program.....is there any …
... /> 10 INK 0: PAPER 4: BORDER 4: CLS
20 RESTORE 1000 ...
30 FOR m=1 TO 3: READ a ... />
Are there any limitations or additional benfits to using this ... can) despite trying a OVER 1 and OVER 0 type instructionBIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 5In my [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40437"]previous post[/URL] I demonstrated how to move multicolor images smoothly i…
... printInk(7-OUTSIDE_COLOR);
printAt(20, 1);
printf("Delay: %d ... br /> printAt(23, 3);
printf("or O/P to move ... /> hrcPlayer += dhrcPlayer;
dhrcPlayer = 0;
// update player vertical ...BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 6The purpose of this demo is somewhat different from previous ones. Instead of teaching a new technique, the main goal here is to demonstrate how much…
... hrcPlayer = 100;
dhrcPlayer = 0;
dirPlayer = 1;
// initialize enemies ... /> lin[3] = 20;
hrc[3] = 120;
dhrc[3] = -2;
min[3] = ... implement a complete game, or for additional visual effects, ...Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
... games / software to your +3 DOS hard-disk partition. ... the more complex the game or software TAP is.
...
[code]
20 LOAD "" SCREEN$ : PRINT AT 20,0 : LOAD "" CODE
30 PRINT #1 ; INK 7 ; BRIGHT 1 ; " ";FLASH 1;"PRESS ANY KEY ...BLOG- ZXSporgBasic RPG development thread- Inspired by the Spectrum 30 show, and after a six-month wait while I was busy playing loads of gigs, I have decided to do a spot of Spectrum coding…
... so feel free to comment or make suggestions as you wish ... sporg basic v0pt004 20130215
20 REM next to do - ... l2110
1002 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 6: CLS
1060 DATA 0,0,1,25,63,254,188,0: DATA 96,32 ... x=1: LET y=1: LET xo=1: LET yo=1: LET d=0: ...SpecBAS 0.766 Now available!HI Folks! Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but with a one-year-old son I'm not getting much time these days - that will improve later, I'm su…
... either a single value or a range (start ... />
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v0.0.0.766
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... stream (OUT stream-id) or the default screen (OUT ... embedded in a PRINT or TEXT command
... or rather, aren't executed!)
FOR EACH n IN [1,2,3 ...Printing textThis is probably quite a basic question, or there might be something obvious I'm missing. I'm looking for an economical way of printing formatted te…
... probably quite a basic question, or there might be something obvious ... /> defb 22,1,20,16,1,17,7,19,1 ; AT 1,20, INK 1, PAPER 7 ... 22,3,20
defb "LINE 3 TXT"
defb 22,4,20
defb "LINE 7 TXT",0
[/CODE]
The ...MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... asking for suggestions for changes or additions to the features.
256 REM defb $20,$01 ;SPACE, Pause, $01*256 ... &5 -4&3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6< ... KEYX entry
KEYX: defb $20,$01 ;SPACE, Pause, $01* ...New game: Krunel[IMG]http://www.speccy.pl/images/news/krunel_00.png[/IMG] Game name: Krunel Type: logical Author/group: [url]speccy.pl[/url] Platform: ZX Spectrum …
... to match the at least 3 tiles of the same ... , Sinclair I or II, Times Computer 2068 port 1 or 2.
... 2 joystick ports and AY-3-8912 sound chip working on ... the track he made over 20 years ago - cover of ... /forum/index.php/topic,975.0.html[/url]
VELESOFT' ...STP: Query about Dizzy prince of yolkfolk and MakeTZXI'm trying to create a TZX from my copy of Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk using MakeTZX 2.31 (not sure why I'm not using 2.33), but I can't seem to get…
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Block 1 => F: 0 - Speed: 100% - Line= 0, Length= 20, Pause=2066ms ... neither BASIC header (blocks 1 & 3) seem to want to register ... with this particular title and/or this version of MakeTZX?
DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
... I am way off base or I'm cocking up the ... />
[CODE]10 PAUSE 0
20 RANDOMIZE
30 REM array ... 10)
50 FOR n=1 TO 10
60 ... n)
70 DATA 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ... n
90 PRINT x(1)
100 PRINT x(2 ... )
110 PRINT x(3)
120 PRINT x(4 ...Mastertronic Compilation Disks 1,2,3As part of my +3 resurrection I came across some Mastertronic compilation disks that MAY be MIA: +3 Compilation Disk 1 Side A Finders Keepers S.O.S.…
... be MIA:
+3 Compilation Disk 1 Side A
Finders ...
Wulfan
+3 Compilation Disk 3 Side A
Molecule ... /> Also Disk 3 has been damaged by pop or coke, had to ... be worth trying the Kryoflux or just send them to someone ...3D Games in SpecBAS!Not really :) Actually, yes - here's a type-in for you: MontyMole's "Crap Castle Master" [code] ZXASCII AUTO -1 PROG CrapCastleMaster 1 REM Crap Ca…
... ZXASCII
AUTO -1
PROG CrapCastleMaster
1 REM Crap Castle ... br /> 5 WINDOW ORIGIN 0,0,0 TO 256,192: SCALE SCRw ... XCam=4: LET YCam=-20: LET ZCam=4: LET ... br /> 20 LET HAng=100: LET VAng=0: LET GotKey=0: GO ... /> 40 PRINT AT 19,0;"(Press Any Key) ": GO ...Repton ManiaHi all, I am the creator, and look after, the Repton Resource Page ([url]www.reptonresourcepage.co.uk[/url]). For the site, I have written a freely …
... : L Wall 20: Cracked Egg
21: Monster frame 1 22: Monster ... wall 1F: Monster standing 20: Monster frame 1
21: Monster frame ... are zero, file is V2 or 3, otherwise V1
0x000B If ...
0 48K
1 48K + If.1
2 SamRam
3 128K ...Boomshine in SpecBASHere's a little game called "Boomshine": [url]http://www.k2xl.com/games/boomshine/[/url] It's a really nice, relaxing puzzle game about exploding b…
... 1))+blobs(f,1): LET blobs(f,3)=RND*(SCRh-2*blobs(f,1 ... ))+blobs(f,1 ... (nb+1,6)=-1: LET gamestate=0: LET wongame=0: LET np=0
3): LET r=blobs(f,1): LET state ... 247;SCALE 2,2;CENTRE 20;"Level ";lv;": Goal: ";target ...Raycasting (3D Games!) with SpecBAS<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Here's one I wrote just recently. I wanted to see …
... oh1,oh2=0,pla=IIF(map(px+1,py)=0,0.001, ... Engine60 RECTANGLE INK 5;0,0 TO SCRw-1,SCRh/2 FILL ... : RECTANGLE INK 6;0,SCRh/2 TO SCRw-1 ... ,SCRh-1 FILL ... 70 FOR x=0 TO ... /> ry,ddx=SQR(1+(rdy*rdy)/(rdx*rdx)),ddy ...Scart 128 toastrack tip (powered scart)<br>It you have a toastrack you may like to know that you can create a powered cable ( +5v to the pin 16 on the scart) with out taking it from the sp…
... taking it from the speccy, or modding you speccy .
or so.You will need to ...Testing Joystick InterfacesWhile looking for something completely unrelated, found one of my old test programs. This is useful for testing interfaces that conform to the Sincla…
... /> [code] 5 PRINT AT 3,0;"76543210 76543210"
10 LET ... /> 13 IF k$="Q" OR k$="q" THEN GO TO ... 4,0 ;C$;" ";a;" ";
55 PRINT AT 4,20 ;b ... (num-128) : LET b$(1)="1"
1050 IF num> ... (num-32) : LET b$(3)="1"
1070 IF num> ...Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... 28th June 2014
20 REM ***USER DEFINED GRAPHICS***
255 LET chu=1: REM Conditon 0 or 1. We will record to ... INVERSE 1; INK 0;AT 1,1;"LOAD"
610 PRINT INVERSE 1; INK 0;AT 3,1 ... "
950 PRINT AT 20,1;"Z X CV B N ...
