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Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
... code mixed in with the BASIC to scroll the cars etc.
I'm trying to collect all of them on ... -
Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
... which had numerous different elements to it. I think you had ... to travel through a maze, ... and chose a door to open, and perhaps even ... Mission. Though we edited the basic to reflect his recent holiday in ... ... I guess you had to be there. :) -
Adventure writing with an emulatorI fancy having a go at writign an adventure using a package like GAC, Quill or PAW, but I don't know how to save my game as a .sna or .z80 or .tap et…
... I don't know how to save my game as a ... [B].sna or .z80 or .tap [/B]etc. file from within ... can also create a new tap file in the File menu ... use the cassette recorder window to save to tap, but i dont know ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... that the byte needed to shift is an address ... /> Unfortunately, I'm planning to use a big variety of ... even use a 128 kb memory to store them. thats ... i cannot afford myself to store whole preshifted sprites ... think how to use left-to-right-right-to-left method, ... -
Great escape...Hi my friends, I download Spectaculator ver 6.25 and then grab the Great escape, but I had problems in playing the game... I just use the keyboard …
... playing with 6789 and 0 to fire, which is the other ... have a little program in BASIC to win much more lives (much ... />
I saw a option to put Poke memory but I ... and value (I tried yet to use a tip for poke ... memory to get more lives for LN2 ... -
3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
... of going from a confident Basic coder to a crap MC coder ... know I`d be pleased to know that I could at ... an abyss - the jump from BASIC to Machine Code - I know, I ... take the chance of trying to learn it, once you get ... won't look back at BASIC! -
Emulators and the SAVE"" commandIs there an emulator which can save any data using the SAVE"" BASIC command? I once tried to write a program in BASIC in zx32 and to save it by typin…
Another emulator that can save to TAP is, of course, RealSpectrum. Just use ALT-F7, "Open tape for saving", and then left/right to select the type of file to save to (TZX, TAP...) -
Best emulator to use for type-insHi Everyone, I have loads of spectrum basic / mc code I had written when I was at school - some cool stuff, I'd like to type it in (from 4" silver p…
... enter a few lines of BASIC to see how easy it is ... .
For BASIC:
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Playing text adventures thru emulators....I'm currently itching to play some text adventures through an emulator on my PC, but I was wondering : will it be possible to save my position? Or wi…
... if your emulator supports saving to .tap or .tzx files (virtual tape ... program's save position option to do this.
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If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... as to provide support for the new screen modes in BASIC, and ... address of the BASIC and variables workspaces according to the current mode ... for the 2068 that supports basic in the 64x24 mode ( ... sw program that augments the basic to support the 512x192 mode and ... -
Spectrum 128K only games (`nd TR-DOS)Apart from Where Time Stood Still what other games were 128K only, as opposed to merely 128K versions of 48K games whereby all levels were loaded and…
... game though... it`s supposed to be a real classic...
to the early 90 games that ... TR-Dos ones for me to check through...
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Windows Compile of PlayTZXHad to re-do it as I couldn't find it, but here it is: [url="http://slitscan.spymac.net/Playtzx.zip"]http://slitscan.spymac.net/Playtzx.zip[/url] I…
... think it would be nice to have the -reverse switch in ... will convert in the backgroud to TAP from the TZX and load ... -
Opus Discovery Floppy Disk DriveHiya all I've just bought an opus discovery. I have been informed that even though it has a picture of a 48 rubber on the cover, it is in fact the u…
... making it rather problematic to connect to later models with the ... this updated model does something to address that.
... won't be able to copy games to floppy without you ... from editing a line of Basic to disassembling several hundred decryption ... -
Does Anyone have any advice for me?Hey, I've just recently bought a Sinclair ZX Spectrum + (I've been looking for one for a good year or so) and I plan to be learning to program with …
... dig someone who would want to look like Matrix's ... :)
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Welcome to the forum. If you ... re well on the way to become a true Sinclair ... fan.
...mind to come see my collection? Oh ... but I wouldn't talk to him if I was you ... -
.WAV to .TAPIs there any way I can convert a WAV file to a Spectrum TAP file? I'm asking this because I recently recorded sounds from a lot of spectrum games. I…
I like MakeTZX. It will make a TZX for you, but if WAV file is a recording from tape with only normal blocks, then you will have no trouble converting that TZX file to TAP. -
.WAV to .TAPIs there any way I can convert a WAV file to a Spectrum TAP file? I'm asking this because I recently recorded sounds from a lot of spectrum games. I…
... 'd suggest converting the WAVs to TZX first.
The reason ... need them, and we like to use TZXs first. For MIA ... 'll accept anything from Snapshot to TAP, but then it'll go ... though the infoseek search engine to see if any have already ... -
Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…
... Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic.
... of the way that BASIC draws arcs and circles. ... does, of course, tell BASIC to draw a curve, and that ... is confusing BASIC - it knows it has to draw a ... have to say that I can't remember if BASIC ... -
Classic only you hateWhich so called classic do you hate or what feature do you hate about a game you like! Classic I hate: I hate knightlore it's the spectrums dragon's…
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I refer to it as the speccys dragons ... because it isnt as enjoyable to play as it looks
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New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
... of blocks.
[+] Dirty save to .TAP file added (File|Record and ... As... menu item, then F6 to stop recording). "Dirty" because only ... . Therefore file created is normal .TAP file containing all saved blocks ... -
Help me with something important here pleaseHello everybody, I was wondering if anybody could help me. I'm trying to load a "picture" from the real tape into emulator. I used to create many …
Extended mode, then Shift+K.
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... go from a Basic, to a (Basic, Compiled Basic and MC code) ... 10 to a hundred times speed advantage over basic, and ... s Basic gaming you want then there needs to be ... embarresed by offering forth Basic code, or asking the ... , and surely Basic is the way to do it :)< ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... writing equivalent functions in BASIC which would compile under ... HiSoft BASIC or the Sinclair Extended BASIC compiler. There ... new, or old different Basic) to add in any extra graphics ... Links to WoS topics with relevant discussions about Basic and ... -
Game being created with Platform Game DesignerBeen playing with this since yesterday when i bought it from Cronosoft. To someone like me who cant program its excellent to create a Manic Miner st…
... though.
According to the instructions for PDG it ... some 48k beeper music to your game. If you ... sort of text in basic to add to the main loading program ... br />
(Theme tune to a childrens program in the ... it is for you to do something like that ... -
SpellboundHi folks, xmikex and myself are having difficulties with the 128k version of Spellbound. Anyone familiar with it? We've almost done it, we've managed…
If you don't get any joy with Spellbound 128, feel free to email me a snapshot at the point where you're ready to cast the Release Spell, and I'll look it over. -
Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …
Well it certainly locks up if you poke the BASIC to give an extremely large line-length for the final line in the program. -
Desert Island Disk- If there was only one game?You know the story, youre on a desert Island, youve got your Spectrum and TV and have invented the coconut-generator, Which one game would you play, …
... ! like the one I used to use for my speccy!!!
to run a digital watch for ... 12 volts. (yuo might need to tap off 3 volts for your ... -
New Spectrum game available to download Those who visited the minigame competition site last year may remember a little platform game I wrote in 4K, called Area 51. I've now reworked this…
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it wont rename to tap, it stays as text :( i remember i had that problem before, but i got it sorted in the end, forgot how now :( -
Why emulators are not as good as the real thingI think I remember thx1138 saying before that emus didn't cut it for him. Well, I agree. They are good fun, and I got into the Speccy for a second ti…
It's the performance of coding hardware. The craft of the programers on the Spectrum new how to maximise game design. As soon as people pushed past basic to machine code and compilling then the artistry became trully impressive!!! -
Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... br /> It was a BASIC program with machine code routines...< ... idea what the ratio of BASIC to machine code was? For ... the purposes of the "best BASIC game" question, I'm ... programs have at least a BASIC loader.
... a fair bit of BASIC in that, as well ...
