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New game: Dex[b]DEX - A painty-maze game for the 48K/128K Spectrum.[/b] [IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/ip5zeu.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/euqyv6.png[/IMG]…
... -maze game for the 48K/128K Spectrum.[/b]
[ ... 1982-style arcade game purely in BASIC. It turns out I could ... variety of different Spectrum-based BASIC compilers. This met with ... modern-computer-based, fully Speccy BASIC compatible *and* offered a ... -
saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …
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Best type-in game?Was wondering what people thought the best type-in game was for the Spectrum. There were a few half-decent ones if I remember rightly... I never h…
... people thought the best type-in game was for the Spectrum ... so most of my typed in stuff was done in basic though! -
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…
... can themselves be defined in variables (or expressions which ... from being evaluated in advance by the BASIC interpreter; choosing ... "Nonsense in BASIC".
It works on 48k, 128k and +3 ... for assigning values to BASIC variables from machine code. ... -
BASIC: Find the nearestHello guys) A few days ago I found oldie ?Jeux et casse-tete a Programmer? by Jacques Arsac (Paris?85) and suggested my nephew to try a few in Basic…
... nephew to try a few in Basic. He chose Game #8: Shadok ... -
Revision 2012 InvitationEver since the 90s, the traditional Enormous Demo Party That Happens Over Easter Weekend Somewhere In Germany (originally Mekka & Symposium, then Bre…
... Over Easter Weekend Somewhere In Germany (originally Mekka & ... Spectrum productions are placed in the general 'other computers ... occasion, Hooy-Program (in association with Royal Belgian ... requires 128K; load in USR 0 mode (enter 'usr0' in 128 Basic then ... -
Experiments mixing ULA+ and Timex Hicolour featuresI'm trying to improve my Verilog skills, so I've written a description of a complete ZX Spectrum 128K (+2 grey ROMs), with AY-3-8912. I wanted to add…
... of a complete ZX Spectrum 128K (+2 grey ROMs), with AY ... to add ULA+ support, and in the way, I discovered that ... slow because I do it in BASIC) and while it's being ... -
enhanced GOSUB/GOTO (in BASIC)Further to my previous post under "BREAK from GOSUB" here's the two ideas mentioned there put together. Note that to keep it quick it expects the DEF…
... start of the first line in the program.
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number padding functionI wrote a number padding function in BASIC a while ago, but when I came to want it again I couldn't find it, so I've done this enhanced [url=http://w…
... wrote a number padding function in BASIC a while ago, but when ... /padnum.asm]PadNum[/url] function in assembler. As per usual it ... , rather than using MAKE_ROOM, slotted in the STR$ aligned on the ... it. It works on the +128k and +2A as well.
Keyboard issuesI'm getting back into programming in BASIC, but I'm finding using a PC keyboard to emulate 48k or 128k BASIC tiresome due to the mapping of keys, esp…
... 'm getting back into programming in BASIC, but I'm finding using ... keyboard to emulate 48k or 128k BASIC tiresome due to the mapping ...Basic Challenge NO.7Ok Boys and girls get your thinking caps on. IN BASIC how would you plot an arc of a ball falling to the ground? so it gets lower and lower and mov…
... thinking caps on.
IN BASIC how would you plot an ...How to change the colour of an input line?Hello my fellow WoS'ers I remember the way-back machine on the humble 48k where I could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change the …
... could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change ... this not be done on 128k machines ?
This would ...Work out attribute location in MCHow do I go about writing a MC routine which calculates the attribute address from a set of PRINT co-ordinates. I know you in basic you multiply the…
... .
I know you in basic you multiply the vertical co ... />
Struggling to do it in MC!Your Sinclair Smash Tips - Corrected ListingsOver at Hercules' [URL="http://craigsretrocomputingpage.eu5.org/smashtips/index.html"]YS Smash Tips site[/URL] he has a list of hacks that don't work…
... html"]Daley Thompson's Supertest 128K[/URL]: Crashes once game ... "]Everyones a Wally[/URL]: Nonsense in BASIC error. Page 16.
... .html"]Highway Encounter[/URL]: Nonsense in BASIC error. Page 24. [B ... .html"]Trapdoor[/URL]: Checksum in line 50 is wrong. ...WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
Hi in an attempt to keep my ... better to put them all in one place.
Thanks ... yet..)
I typed in the program and when it ... ran in BASin it hangs all the ...Help! Experts in BASIC/ASM, Hardware, in-game screenshots needed!There are several games which are too complicated for me to get the in-game screenshot. If you guys could help me, the Spectrum community would appre…
... for me to get the in-game screenshot. If you guys ...TRY DOING THIS IN BASIC[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=e28ZpLwrzU0[/url] It was just something I did in Xara Photo And Graphic Designer 7 (an…
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=e28ZpLwrzU0[/url]
It was just something I did in Xara Photo And Graphic Designer 7 (and it AIN'T Art Studio either)BASIC games on GameBoy Advance emulators? Possible ???Does anyone know is there any way to make ZXAdvance or FOON play BASIC games ? The game I want to convert is my own game which I quickly reprogramme…
... make ZXAdvance or FOON play BASIC games ?
The game I ... /file/newa50[/url]
(Bit in blue where it says 'click ... buttons I allocated typing as in BASIC ... but no game !
Anyone ...Questions about BasicHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…
... we are basicly learning basic BASIC programming in order to get to ... questions, examples for differences in basic language. Maybe you can ... things like DEG and RAD in Basic...
5. finally ... , playing music, also something in the manual which didn't ...128K ToastrackI'am searching for a 128K Toastrack in good condition. Please think of shipping to Germany. Please send me a PM if you have a realistic offer. ;-)
I'am searching for a 128K Toastrack in good condition. Please think of shipping to Germany.
Please send me a PM if you have a realistic offer. ;-)Newbie Spectrum developer advice ....Hi, Im new to the site and to spectrum developing - well, not quite, I wrote Spectrum programmes in Basic 30 years ago but then went off into the wo…
... quite, I wrote Spectrum programmes in Basic 30 years ago but then ... what is possible these days. In particular
1) The programme ... port a 48k tzx into 128K Spectrum? If so, how?
Basic to any of these things ...Screens and BasicA question about the ZX screens. I am using software to convert my own art and drawings to the ZX Spectrum. I have some tools to change .jpg files in…
... screens and to output them in the .tap format.
However ... /> Do you know any trick in BASIC to load such a "byte ...horace and the spiders loading error ?[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002350[/url] the tap , "horace2" seems to crash in 48k mode, but works in 128k +2 mode in sp…
... to crash in 48k mode, but works in 128k +2 mode in spectulator
in basic" instead of runningLoading / Saving Data in VariablesHello there my fellow WoS'ers I was wondering if there was a way (in basic) where I could save variables like string / integer arrays? i.e. [cod…
... if there was a way (in basic) where I could save variables ... and then load them back in - say another program that had ...Loading basic from basic?Hi Guys, Could you please help me. I want to create a menu on my plus 3 disks. If I use the line below I just get "c nonsense in basic" if inkey$…
... I just get "c nonsense in basic"
if inkey$ = "1 ... will load fine from a basic listing.
Can anyone ...CODE SCREEN$ in MCIs there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in bas…
Is there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in basic?quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…
... old clunky version did, but in a more aesthetically pleasing form ... parameter is the source, as in LET a$=b$. a$ & ... expression, or destin location if in RAM;
b$=source string ... expression, or source location if in RAM;
l =length to ....SNA snapshot compatability between esxDOS and emulators?Currently I am using a ZX Spectrum 128K (toastrack) with DivIDE Plus (with new GAL's) and esxDOS 0.8.5. It saves and loads 128K .SNA snapshots withou…
... using a ZX Spectrum 128K (toastrack) with DivIDE ... It saves and loads 128K .SNA snapshots without any ... work either (snapfiles of BASIC programs)). Is that to ... to use esxDOS's 128K snapfiles in (certain) emulators? I ... know.
In the other direction, I ...Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…
... ' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic
unreadable, easy ...Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …
... of a certain period in my childhood, unfortunately, ... They were trying to program in BASIC. They showed me how ... , the computer responded: Nonsense in BASIC. WOW! It talked to ... me and get me a 128K +2. I was ... sick or something. Sometime in the afternoon my dad ...
